Chapter 1032 Entering the Fantasy World Again

Yue Hanchuan leaned against the door frame, holding his sword, the tassel still dripping with morning dew. "Mu Yuan sent a message saying that the purification of the Holy Lotus Pond will take three days, and she will need another two days to fully recover."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden noise downstairs.

Luo Li looked over and saw several men carrying a gilded sedan chair across the street. She narrowed her eyes slightly, "Wanhualing..."

Lan Xiaoxiao took a bite of hawthorn and scratched her head, "People from other forces have arrived so early too."

Luo Li's eyes were fixed on the ice crystal patterns on the tassels of the sedan chair, when she suddenly heard the crisp sound of copper bells coming from the corner of the street.

Three red snow deer covered with red silk pulled a glazed carriage past. The curtain of the carriage was half opened, revealing the snake scale tattoo under the gilded armor - it was a member of the You clan.

Lan Xiaoxiao stuffed the last hawthorn into her mouth, and her fingers were suddenly stuck by the icing. Just as she was worrying about her fingertips, Song Wanbai handed her a clean handkerchief, but the moment it touched her fingertips, the tip of her ear felt slightly hot.

"Young Master Luo!" Someone in the streetside teahouse rapped a bamboo cup. It was the disciple from the Seventh Peak they had seen last night, now waving at them from over the railing. "We have to go to the West Market to buy the Holy Lotus Lanterns for tonight's Lantern Festival. The ones in the East Market are just a front for outsiders!"

Before he could finish his words, a piece of brocade was thrown out by the silk shop opposite, which accurately wrapped around the back of his neck and pulled him back: "Stop causing trouble for the Peak Master! Don't you see how many people are here?!"

Luo Li was amused and chuckled. When she turned around, she caught a glimpse of Song Wanbai leaning against the corridor pillar, flipping through the array talismans, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the jade pendant at his waist.

The Demon Sealing Formation had used up most of his spiritual power last night, and he was still a little weak after just taking the elixir.

She was just about to ask him to rest more when there was a sudden loud noise downstairs - a gilded sedan chair stopped at the door of the inn, and a veiled woman lifted the curtain and walked down. Where the hem of her skirt passed, the bluestone slabs were actually spotted with scattered ink-colored spots.

"Under the seat of Lord Wanhua, there is the Fairy Chi Tan." Mu Ze's fingertips traced the lines on the hilt. "It is rumored that the supreme soul skill she cultivates requires a living person as a guide. Three years ago, she once massacred an entire city."

Lan Xiaoxiao shuddered, and the candied hawthorn in her hand fell to the ground with a plop. She saw Chi Tan suddenly look up at the second floor where they were. The corners of her mouth raised under her veil were stained with a trace of black blood, like a poisonous flower just blooming.

Luo Li raised her eyes calmly, and their eyes met. Fairy Chi Tan was the first to look away, "Let's go."

The sedan chair sped up and soon disappeared at the end of the road.

Luo Li stroked the window sill with her fingertips, her eyes fixed on the ink-colored spots remaining on the hem of Chi Tan's skirt.

Lan Xiaoxiao squatted down to pick hawthorns, and suddenly tugged at the corner of her clothes: "That woman's eyes looking at us are not right, like a needle dipped in poison."

Yue Hanchuan tightened his grip on the sword, the morning dew on the tassel dripping onto the wooden board, leaving dark marks. "The You Clan and the Wanhua Territory appeared at the same time. I wonder if this is a sign from the Nine Heavens."

Song Wanbai suddenly slapped the array talisman on the corridor pillar, and golden light spread along the wood grain to form a defensive barrier: "There will be many people at the Lantern Festival tonight, so everyone must be careful."

Mu Ze scratched his head. "But maybe we are overthinking it. Maybe they are just here to attend the Immortal Gathering like us."

"That's possible," Luo Li nodded, "It's always better to be careful."

As the morning light grew brighter, Luo Li led the group downstairs for breakfast. The street-facing window faced the bustling thoroughfare. She took a bite of osmanthus cake when her eyes were suddenly drawn to the silver clematis in a bamboo basket on the street corner.

"I'm going to buy some spiritual plants." As she stood up, she caught a glimpse of Lan Xiaoxiao staring at an empty icing paper and stuffed a piece of candied fruit into her palm. "I'll be back soon."

There was a copper bell hanging on the eaves of the West Market Medicine Shop. Luo Li had just finished picking out the silver thread lotus when she suddenly heard the sound of metal clashing coming from the spiritual weapon shop next door.

Looking up, Chi Tan's gilded sedan chair was parked at the entrance of the alley. Two Wanhua spiritual masters were arguing with the pawnshop owner, and the snake-scale armor on their waists shone coldly in the sunlight.

"This jade pendant is a treasure left by my ancestors to protect the house!" The shopkeeper stepped back, clutching the mutton-fat jade pendant. "How can Wanhua Ling force a sale?"

Chi Tan's veil was lifted half an inch by the wind, and his lips, outlined with black blood, sneered: "The things of the living can be taken at will."

Her fingertips brushed across the tassels of the sedan chair, and the ice crystal patterns suddenly lit up. The shopkeeper instantly stiffened like a puppet, and his eyes turned a strange black color.

Luo Li tightened her fingertips, and the stems and leaves of the silver thread lotus made a subtle cracking sound in her palm. Seeing this, the pharmacy owner quickly lowered his voice and said, "Miss, please leave quickly. The people of Wanhua Territory are not to be messed with..."

She placed the crystal soul coin on the counter and turned around with Xuan Yue tightly in her hand.

The pupils of the shopkeeper next door were now completely eroded by ink, and he was mechanically presenting the jade pendant with both hands.

The moment Chi Tan took the jade pendant, Luo Li suddenly saw spider-web-like black lines appearing on the back of his neck - exactly the same as the demonic energy that escaped from the demon-sealing formation last night.

It really is demonic energy.

"Huh?" Chi Tan suddenly turned his head and looked towards the pharmacy, his veil fluttering without wind.

Luo Li quickly took the invisibility pill, and her figure disappeared into the shadows of the street corner like mist.

At the end of the West Market Alley, Luo Li leaned against the blue brick wall, watching the ink-colored lines spread from the back of the shopkeeper's neck to his entire arm.

Chi Tan was playing with the jade pendant and sneered, "Is it a spy planted by the Mu family? They know how to choose a place."

She hooked her finger, and the shopkeeper suddenly twitched and rushed towards the glass lamppost in the middle of the road -

"Bang!"

The expected blood did not appear.

The shopkeeper was bounced away by the sudden water-blue barrier, and a glowing substitute array talisman appeared on his waist.

Chi Tan suddenly looked up and saw Song Wan on the eaves of the teahouse opposite, her snow-white clothes fluttering like clouds, and the talisman in her hand was emitting a dazzling golden light.

Luo Li's Xuan Yue Sword was already pressed against Chi Tan's back, and her voice was colder than the tip of the sword: "When did the Wan Hua Ling start using demonic energy to control people?"

The whole street suddenly fell into an eerie stillness.

The old man selling candy figures stood frozen in mid-air, holding a copper spoon, while the playful children kept their legs raised.

Chi Tan chuckled softly, and the dark spots on the hem of her skirt grew wildly. "So it's Young Master Luo. Since Young Master Luo has figured it out..."

She suddenly grabbed the Xuanyue Sword with her backhand, and black blood flowed down the sword. "Then leave them all here!"

"boom--!"

The moment the dark petals exploded all over the sky, Yue Hanchuan's sword energy split the long street.

Lan Xiaoxiao formed a water-blue cage in the sky with a hand gesture, and Mu Ze's blade accurately cut off the tassels on Chi Tan's waist.

As the ice crystal patterns shattered, the pedestrians on the entire street simultaneously let out inhuman roars, and spider-web-like black lines appeared under their skin.

"What the hell is this!"

Luo Li narrowed her eyes, "It's an illusion. This is the main city of Yaochi Holy Land. We can't tolerate the Wanhua Territory being so presumptuous. It can only be an illusion. Everyone, be careful!"

Before Luo Li finished speaking, the surrounding scene suddenly distorted.

The bluestone road turned into a sticky blood swamp, and the shops on both sides turned into piles of eerie bones. The skin of those stiff "pedestrians" fell off, revealing the black demonic energy surging inside.

"Three layers of illusion..." Song Wanbai floated down from the eaves, the array talisman in his hand transformed into a golden butterfly and sank into the ground, "The key to breaking the array is here..."