Gradually, word spread that only those who entered the city at night would be protected by the city's spirits, so most people were willing to pay one tael of silver.

In order to keep those people firmly convinced, every now and then people who sneak into the city during the day would go crazy.

This further reinforced the legend of the city that never sleeps.

There were even rumors that those people were cursed and went mad because they disturbed the resting place of the dead souls by entering the city during the day.

The city lord of Never Sleeps, wanting to resolve the issue of the unjustly deceased souls and dispel their resentment, needs to find a cultivator to devise a solution.

It can be described as one link after another.

Although Su Ya suspected there was more to the story, she couldn't figure out the purpose of the person who orchestrated it all.

If this was caused by human intervention, then cultivating immortality would be of no use here.

However, one thing is certain: this outcome is inevitably related to the descendants of the former Sunset City.

It's also possible that the city lord of the City That Never Sleeps is involved.

Such a big matter, if the City Lord's Mansion hadn't intervened, how could things have spread like this?

For a city lord's mansion to stop rumors and gossip, isn't that a simple matter?

This isn't modern society. If you just kill a few ringleaders, those people naturally won't dare to continue talking. Even if they do, they'll do it secretly.

Suya found this matter increasingly interesting.

Next, she wanted to confirm one more thing.

Just look at whether the flood control tunnels have any hidden mechanisms to tell you.

If so, then it's 100% certain that her guess was correct.

And could those mechanisms be located inside the city lord's mansion?

If so, the person behind it will naturally come to light, and Su Ya doesn't care what that person's purpose is.

Since the City That Never Sleeps is recruiting cultivators, and she is also looking for cultivators, she might as well borrow their path.

That way we can go back to the modern world sooner.

She has to say it.

If they are truly descendants of the Sunset City Lord and want revenge, they can simply storm the palace and kill the Emperor.

Why make things so complicated?

unless.

He wanted the current emperor to acknowledge the crimes committed back then.

Issue a self-criticism edict.

Or perhaps, he wanted to become the emperor himself.

Never mind, anyway, none of this concerns her.

Staying indoors during the day, even a person would grow grass.

"Old geezer, take me out of here."

Su Ya asked.

She wasn't asking if she could take me out. She was saying "take me out," meaning she already knew the old man could come and go freely here.

"I can take you, but...?"

"Just state your conditions."

Suya interrupted him.

"Could I come with you for the time being?"

"Weren't you following me the whole time?"

Suya said.

"So you knew!"

Oh.

Su Ya sneered. If she didn't even know someone was following her all along, she would have died countless times by now.

Even forming some kind of x alliance.

"Take me out?"

"What do you want to do outside? Haven't I already told you everything you wanted to know?"

Tian Qingzi asked.

Although this little girl entered as a cultivator, he knew that she didn't have any purple aura at all.

Those who cultivate immortality rely on purple energy for cultivation.

It is divided into the Qi Refining Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, Out-of-Body Stage, Spirit Transformation Stage, Tribulation Transcending Stage, and Mahayana Stage. Only those who have passed the Mahayana Stage can be called immortals.

He is now at the Golden Core stage.

It's obvious at a glance that there's no purple aura in this little girl's body.

But strangely, why did this city that never sleeps determine that she was a cultivator?

Tian Qingzi had already figured it out long ago.

The reason why this city that never sleeps is unguarded.

It's because there's a late-stage Golden Core cultivator in this city.

And he'll be breaking through soon and entering the Nascent Soul stage.

The reason those people went crazy was because of that person.

"I have some questions that I need to investigate on the street."

Suya spoke with considerable patience.

"Just tell me what you want to see. It's dangerous outside, so you'd better not go out."

"You'll help me figure it out? Do you even know anything about mechanisms?"

Tian Qingzi...

"You actually know about mechanisms?"

"That's right, I am the last disciple of the master mechanics."

Su Ya told lies without batting an eye.

"Alright then, close your eyes. I'll take you out."

Suya obediently closed her eyes.

There was nothing she could do; she couldn't get out on her own.

"Open your eyes."

When Su Ya opened her eyes, she saw that she was indeed on the street.

Now, there isn't a soul on the streets, not even a ghost. Shops that were bustling with activity last night are now all closed up.

The whole street exuded a chilly atmosphere.

Su Ya walked along the main road and looked at the flood prevention tunnels along the roadside. She did see something different; the flood prevention tunnels were now made of iron.

Moreover, it is made into a mesh structure, just like modern sewers.

However, around the flood shelter, Su Ya clearly saw a crack around the perimeter.

I tapped it hard, and it seemed a little loose.

It seems there is indeed a chance to control it.

Su Ya spent an hour, or two hours in modern terms, inspecting all the flood shelters in the City That Never Sleeps.

They were indeed all the same.

This further confirmed his suspicions.

Tian Qingzi followed behind without disturbing her.

After Su Ya finished inspecting the last flood-proof cave, she clapped her hands and said, "Let's go back."

Then he consciously closed his eyes.

She heard Tian Qingzi tell her to open her eyes.

Then he saw that he had returned to his room in the Never-Sleeping Building.

"Did you just see something?"

Tian Qingzi asked.

"What I just saw is called a flood control tunnel. If the water level is particularly high, you can turn on the switch, and the middle of the flood control tunnel will sink in, which will make it easier for the water to drain out quickly."

"So, you think that after the torrential rain in Sunset City, someone turned on that switch."

Suya nodded.

"So, someone survived in Sunset City back then."

"That's one way to put it. Moreover, this person is related to the city lord of Sunset City. Ordinary people can't find such a mechanism. So I suspect that person is a descendant of the city lord of Sunset City."

"The descendants might also be soldiers of the city lord."

"No, the soldier wouldn't have thought of washing away the ashes, and he wouldn't have thought of that either. The reason this person opened the floodgate wasn't to release the water from the city. It was to wash away the ashes so that the people who burned the city wouldn't be able to find them."

"He was afraid that the people who burned the city would seek revenge."

Su Ya and Tian Qingzi said in unison.

"So ordinary soldiers wouldn't do such a thing. Only close relatives would do it."

Suya thought that the current emperor was just one step away from becoming emperor, instead of being blocked by Sunset City.

You can imagine how angry he was at the time.

Who knows, after the massive fire is extinguished, what will happen to those ashes?