"Is this the real E'cheng?"

He Zhizhou raised his head and looked around, and was frightened by the extremely cold atmosphere, saying, "This is too-too-what."

There were no lights on in the Chen Mansion, only lights were lit on the taller buildings in the distance, shining a few faint rays of light.

Pei Ji's black clothes matched the night very well. He almost blended into the darkness, revealing only his fair and delicate face. "Even the elders find it difficult to kill the evil spirits in the city. We should not be able to do anything."

"Besides, it will be midnight in two hours. If we continue to stay in Echeng, we may become sacrifices for the evil cultivators to set up formations. By then, our lives will be in danger, and we may even help them achieve their goals and bring disaster to the world."

Zheng Weiqi continued with a serious face: "Although the net formation in this city can trap the evil spirits, it can't do anything to the human cultivators. Maybe the meaning of the pagoda is, We are supposed to break through the layers of pursuit and escape from Ele City before midnight. In this way, even if the evil cultivators have become souls, the soul refining array cannot be activated without a living person as a trigger. "

This is reasonable and well-founded. He Zhizhou nodded lightly after hearing it. Only Pei Ji pretended to lower his eyes casually and glanced in the direction of Ningning.

She was usually very active in her thoughts, but she never said a word after waking up.

He felt strange, but was too embarrassed to ask her. He stood still for a while, then moved his throat slightly and whispered casually, "Little Senior Sister, what's wrong?"

Ning Ning looked up in the night, her almond eyes reflecting the distant firelight, as if she had not expected Pei Ji to ask her out loud, revealing a somewhat surprised look.

Pei Ji's ears were a little irritated by being stared at, and he looked away silently.

"It's nothing serious."

She touched the tip of her nose, pursed her lips and smiled: "You may think I think too much... I always feel that things seem a little weird."

He Zhizhou looked over with wide eyes: "No way, weird? Is there cat stuffing in this floor of the tower? Is it really a thousand-layer cake?"

"I guess I'm just overthinking."

Ning Ning's words were a little hesitant: "But the whole process was too smooth, from finding clues to revealing the truth, it seemed to be done in one go without encountering any obstacles - how to say it, the locust ghost made too many mistakes, which were easily discovered. For example, the existence of the locust tree and the letter were easily known to us, as if everything was arranged in advance."

"The plot in the pagoda was originally arranged."

He Zhizhou didn't care about it, and whispered to her with a voice transmission: "Isn't this tower just like a group copy in an online game? The general plot has been set long ago, and players must follow the plot and kill monsters and bosses along the way to pass the level. If it makes the plot fancy and doesn't give any clues, how many people can pass it?"

That's indeed the truth.

Ningning nodded and said nothing.

While the four were talking, they suddenly heard a few sneers coming from nearby. Looking in response, they saw the shadows of the trees swaying in front of the backyard door. With a gust of evil wind, more than a dozen demons of different shapes walked out.

Walking in the front, it was the locust ghost who looked no different from Chen Lubai.

"I've said it before."

She no longer looked like the innocent girl in the illusion. Her long sleeves lightly covered her lips, and her eyes were full of tenderness and charm: "After leaving the illusion, you will have more opponents than just me."

A demon cultivator with a tiger head behind her laughed loudly and joked: "Why, are you addicted to this little girl's skin? It's really not as good-looking as the original one."

Huai Gui curled his lips and glanced at him, but in a flash, his skin turned blue-gray.

The skin on her left arm and right cheek disappeared completely, replaced by a layer of dark brown branches. The branches contained some emerald green, and small young leaves grew, which looked very strange on the whole girl's skin.

"Then I'll leave it to you all. Whoever captures them and brings them back to Lingquan Temple will be credited with the greatest achievement."

The demon girl giggled, "Then I'll take my leave first and go to the front of the formation to have a celebratory drink. See you at Lingquan Temple."

She was a demon born and raised in Echeng. As she was an ancient tree spirit, her strength was not at the top, but it was not too weak. This time, she created an illusion that trapped the four people for so long, so her status naturally rose, and she was invited by several great demons to have a celebratory drink.

After saying this, Huai Gui leaped into the air, tapped his toes, and landed on the wall in the backyard. Zheng Weiqi drew her sword and tried to chase him, but was blocked by several other evil cultivators.

The narrator finally became more normal, and said in a deep voice:

[Under the blood moon, there are many demon shadows. The people in front of it were obviously up to no good, but one of the men rose into the air with his hands behind his back, looking like a dragon emerging from the sea, with an aura like——]

Something was wrong.

After the demon cultivator rose into the sky... why did his entire body seem to be broken, swaying back and forth like a twisted sheet, moving backwards all the time?

Oh, it finally saw it clearly.

It turned out that he didn't want to rise into the air on his own, but was blown away by Zheng Weiqi's furious sword energy. ——It turned out that the group of sword cultivators were the real "up to no good" ones!

It learned from its mistakes and continued with a feeling of humiliation: [Looking like a dragon emerging from the sea, with an aura like a loach turning over the ground, with a scream, it crashed heavily into the backyard wall! Zheng Weiqi's thief was unexpected and used extremely strong force. Ordinary monsters would definitely not be able to resist. Although he was defeated today, he is still the king of monsters!

This level of the tower is specially opened for disciples in the Jindan and Yuanying periods. The monsters in the tower are naturally mainly in the Jindan period. Especially these unimportant minions are not Zheng Weiqi's opponents.

The four of them concealed their auras and were not easy to detect their cultivation.

Although the monsters in Echeng did not have direct contact with Ningning and others, the scenes in the illusion were played in real time in Lingquan Temple, so they could easily know that this group of people were just disciples of a small sect who went down the mountain to earn some pocket money.

——What about this extremely ferocious sword energy now? !

"Want to catch me?"

Zheng Weiqi was on the verge of a rage, she drew her sword, and sneered: "Let's see if you have the ability!"

Instantly, the sword's aura surged into the sky, startling the locust tree in the backyard and causing its leaves to fall like rain.

[The woman's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and her body exuded an extremely terrifying pressure, as if the blood in the city was also shocked by her - and behind her, the great devil Pei Ji also drew his sword!]

The narrator was stunned for a moment.

Then he coughed lightly with some embarrassment, trying not to reveal that he had actually put the villain's script directly on this group of people: [Sorry, I read it wrong.]

[Also drawing his sword was his junior brother Pei Ji!]

Several demon cultivators saw that they were quite powerful, and immediately suppressed their determined smiles. After carefully sizing up the four of them, they all rushed forward.

Ning Ning held the hilt of the Star Mark Sword, and when the sword came out of the sheath, a clear sound was heard.

[The tiger demon concentrated and held his breath, quietly waiting in the darkness for the best moment to attack.

He killed, set fire, and plundered the people. But he knew that he was a good boy - today he would show this group of righteous cultivators what it meant to 'Thirty years in the west, thirty years in the east, don't despise the poor young man'!]

Amid the flashing sword light, only the narrator continued tirelessly: [Damn it! Ning Ning, the vicious woman, showed no mercy and stabbed his heart with her sword! How could he just fall like this?]

At the end, he was already sobbing and crying like rain, as if all the protagonists had died: [The group of swordsmen who killed monsters without blinking looked like evil spirits. The moment he closed his eyes, he saw his brothers falling one by one. He remembered running under the sunset that year, which was their lost youth.]

The demons in the city didn't know their details, so they sent some small minions with low cultivation. Once the minions failed to report in time, they would be followed by more powerful enemies.

Zheng Weiqi put away the sword: "There is no time to lose, let's leave here quickly."

Although Ning Ning nodded subconsciously and took two steps forward, she couldn't help but glance at the small skeleton in the corner.

Even in the illusion, she and Chen Yueming had only met a few times. As for the real Miss Chen, she had never had any contact with Ning Ning.

But now, the cold wind was howling, and the curled up skeleton was lying in the deserted courtyard. The clothes on the body were nowhere to be seen, and the empty dark eye sockets were lonely and helpless.

Ning Ning stepped forward in silence, took out a piece of clothing from the storage bag, and gently covered the girl.

When she bent down, she saw a palm-sized booklet left on the ground.

Without thinking too much, she reached out to pick up the booklet and carefully opened it, only to find that it was Chen Yueming's diary.

The last entry was written in a childish handwriting:

[My sister said that she had known a friend in the backyard since she was a child, and that was the very old locust tree.

She also said that although the tree had become a demon, it was a kind and good demon. Since a few years ago, every night, my sister would go to look for it quietly.

I couldn't understand, where in the world could there be a good demon? But my sister would never lie to me, if she said so, then it must be true.

Tomorrow night, she will take me to see that friend.]

The date written down was exactly the fourth day of the sixth lunar month.

On the second night, Chen Yueming died in the backyard.

"Have Chen Lubai known the locust tree spirit for several years?"

He Zhizhou came up behind her, looked at her and sighed: "Then it really hid well, just like in "Lost", it must have endured for a long time - it and Chen Lubai have been friends for so many years, wouldn't it feel pain when it killed her?"

Zheng Weiqi shook her head: "It is usually difficult for ordinary people to guess the affairs of demons and evil spirits."

After a pause, she said: "It is not advisable to stay here for long, let's leave quickly."

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They guessed correctly. After realizing that no one reported, the big demon in power in the city finally realized that this group of young people were extraordinary, and sent several demon cultivators to search the city, and each of them had achieved great success.

The sword was too conspicuous to fly, so Ning Ning and the others had no choice but to keep running towards the city gate. Seeing that more and more enemies were catching up, even Zheng Weiqi, who was the strongest, was a little overwhelmed.

The narrator sighed: [That's it? That's all you can do? If that's all you can do, don't run away, just go back to that Lingquan Temple and be a sacrifice.]

Zheng Weiqi: "Shut up!"

Another Jindan Dacheng demon cultivator died under the sword. Zheng Weiqi wiped the blood off his cheek and looked at him with disgust: "This demon is really possessed. He actually tattooed the Soul Refining Array on his face."

Ning Ning had never seen the Soul Refining Array before, so she lowered her head curiously.

The man was sturdy and strong, with fine lines drawn on his skin with green strokes. She raised her eyebrows, as if thinking of something: "Why does this Soul Refining Formation... look so familiar?"

"Little Junior Sister, are you thinking of the Soul Crossing Formation of Buddhism?"

Zheng Weiqi replied in a low voice: "The Soul Refining Formation and the Soul Crossing Formation are from the same method, and the formations are very similar. However, the former is a forbidden technique for capturing souls, while the latter is a large formation of Buddhism for saving the dead and killing evil spirits. Although they look similar and both require a full year of soul refining, their uses are very different."

"There is more?"

He Zhizhou suddenly understood and clenched his fist excitedly: "This is an obvious clue! If we can change the formation and change the soul refining formation into the soul crossing formation, wouldn't this level be easy to pass!"

Zheng Weiqi looked at him like a fool.

"To activate the soul crossing formation, we also need living people as the trigger, mostly monks and demons die together."

Pei Ji and Zheng Weiqi killed the most ruthlessly, with dark bloodshot eyes and hoarse voices: "There are only four of us in the city, we can't lose our lives in vain for a floor of the pagoda."

Although the pagoda is an illusion, the damage suffered is real. Once we sacrifice our lives, it would be a loss.

Zheng Weiqi was quite open-minded: "If we can't pass this time, then we can't pass it. Anyway, there is no limit to the number of times we can try in the pagoda. We failed this time, and we can continue next time."

He Zhizhou sighed: "I didn't expect that after so many years, I would see 'victory and defeat are common in the military, please try again, hero' again. I think we did a good job, what went wrong?"

Soul-crossing formation, soul-capturing formation.

Using living people as the introduction.

Chen Lubai, Huai ghost.

Ning Ning gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, and her eyebrows jumped.

Zheng Weiqi saw that she looked strange, and asked slowly: "Junior sister, what's wrong?" Her

voice fell into Ningning's ears very clearly, but Ningning's mind was a mess, and even the voice was vague, and she couldn't tell what it was saying.

She seemed to understand something.

About a secret that none of them could understand.

The previous illusion had so many loopholes and so many unreasonable things, but now thinking about it, all the loopholes have become traceable.

There is no consciousness but the setting of the night terror is used. It only takes a little inquiry to know that the locust tree has become a spirit, and Chen Yueming in the illusion has a completely different temperament from his original body.

These are all very easy to think of. Since Huai Gui is the creator of the illusion, he must also know that there are this or that doubt in the illusion. But she failed to correct it, but waited quietly on the side, as if...

as if she was waiting for them to find it.

It is precisely because all the loopholes are too obvious that it makes people more suspicious.

- What if Huai Gui set up this trap from the beginning, deliberately wanting them to get out of the illusion?

She was under surveillance and could not openly let everyone out of the illusion, so she took this roundabout way to tell them that everything was an illusion.

The last letter was probably because she knew she was being followed by Ning Ning and the others, so she took it in her hands without any precautions, making it clear that she wanted to let them know the truth and learn about the Soul Refining Formation.

As for why she helped them escape, firstly, she might still have a conscience and couldn't bear to harm innocent people. Secondly...

once the sacrifice escaped, the demon cultivators in the city would naturally try their best to capture him. By then, there would be few guards around the formation, and if she wanted to tamper with the Soul Refining Formation, the difficulty would be much lower.

She was just a demon, and she couldn't find a living person to lead her, so it would be useless even if she modified the formation. But what if...

she wasn't a demon?

"Besides us, there may be another person in the city."

Ning Ning's heart was beating wildly, and her voice was a little trembling: "Do you understand that if a demon spirit possesses a person, does that person also have demonic power?"

Although Pei Ji spoke the least, unexpectedly, he was the first to understand what she meant every time.

The young man frowned slightly when he heard this, and replied in a deep voice: "That's right. Do you guess that what we saw was not the locust ghost, but Chen Lubai himself who was possessed by it?"

Zheng Weiqi shook her head: "But when a demon spirit possesses a person, the person's body will not change. Everyone has seen that the arms and cheeks on Chen Lubai's body have clearly become the shape of a tree."

"Maybe--"

Ning Ning's voice was much lower: "Those two parts no longer existed. She got the help of the locust ghost, and then transplanted the trunk of the locust tree... onto herself."

"But this doesn't make sense! The Chen Lubai we saw in the illusion had all her limbs intact."

He Zhizhou paused after he finished speaking, full of disbelief: "No way! Could it be--"

Pei Ji and Ning Ning looked at each other, and a rare strange color appeared in their calm pupils: "She was harmed by a demon cultivator and was seriously injured; or she witnessed the destruction of Echeng and cut off her arm herself, pretending to be a demon."

Zheng Weiqi and He Zhizhou were both shocked.

"Then what is she now--"

What did Chen Lubai deliberately say before she left?

The formation and the banquet were both in Lingquan Temple, "See you at Lingquan Temple."

What did the narration just say in a seemingly weird tone?

Don't run away, just go back to Lingquan Temple and serve as a sacrifice.

Senior sister said that the reason for adding narration is to give hints when necessary. This narration is talking trash from beginning to end, but could it be that the seemingly teasing words are actually a subtle hint?

And there is Chen Lubai. She mentioned Lingquan Temple twice in a row. Was it unintentional, or...

did she want to tell them something without leaving a trace?

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Chen Lubai looked at the several demon cultivators who were unconscious at the banquet, and put down the wine glass with a faint expression.

The demons and evil spirits swarmed out and searched the city for the figures of those cultivators. In the Lingquan Temple, which should have been lively and noisy, only she was left, and a few big demons who raised their glasses to celebrate.

There may be some minions outside the temple, but who dares to come in and cause trouble? These murderous rulers are very capricious. If they disturb the banquet, they may lose their lives.

They used to be so arrogant, but now they have been confused by a simple cup of poisoned wine. Who would have thought that the most loyal "Sophora japonica ghost" would put drugs in the wine at such a critical moment.

The demon cultivators are strong, and these drugs are fatal enough for ordinary people. Although they can't kill them, they are enough to make them dizzy for a while.

She waited for this moment for a whole year.

On the fifth day of June a year ago, the demons attacked from outside the city in the middle of the night. The people of Echeng were all slaughtered. Only she survived hiding behind the locust tree.

At that time, Chen Lubai tried her best to cover her mouth to prevent herself from crying. She heard two demon cultivators walking through the backyard, and their voices were extremely clear.

"As long as we refine the souls in this city for a year, we can draw out the soul refining formation. By then, we will be able to ascend to heaven in one step, and we will no longer have to worry about the so-called famous and upright sects."

The other one laughed loudly and said, "Be careful when drawing the formation. Everyone knows that soul refining and soul crossing are very similar. If you draw it wrong, none of us will survive."

"Hahaha! How could I draw it wrong? Aren't those powerful Yuanying demons guarding by the side?"

Soul refining formation, soul crossing formation, one year.

Human, demon.

As her only remaining old friend, Huai Gui advised her to leave the city quickly while the chaos was going on.

But a wild plan quietly came to her mind. Chen Lubai, who was always timid, coquettish and playful, wiped away her tears and shook her head firmly for the first time.

She wanted revenge.

"Why are you so stubborn?"

The locust ghost advised her: "Your power is too small. If you want to defeat them, it's like an ant trying to shake a tree."

Chen Lubai just shook her head with red eyes.

In order to pretend to be a monster, the coquettish little girl gritted her teeth and removed one of her arms. Her cheeks were also damaged beyond recognition. The locust ghost lived on her consciousness and filled the gaps in her limbs with leaves and branches. She was in so much pain that she could only swallow all her tears quietly.

Then, she naturally integrated into the demon cultivation.

Then, she waited day after day until she learned the method of drawing the Soul Crossing Formation, and also waited until the four people who broke into the city came to practice.

Chen Lubai wanted to save them, and she needed them to attract the attention of the vast majority of demons. After finally convincing the big demon to trap him in an illusion, she tried every means to plant clues to attract the four people out of the illusion and come to the real Goose City.

Midnight is approaching.

The Buddha statues in the main hall were completely destroyed, and the dim candlelight reflected a sense of dilapidated and shabby. She stood up, walked out of the banquet slowly, and came to the formation in the main hall.

The formation was drawn with blood, and a blazing fire was burning on the altar at the center of the formation, which was used for human sacrifice.

Soul Refining and Soul Crossing are almost the same. She has memorized the painting techniques by heart, and it will not take long.

Just as she was thinking this, she suddenly heard a snort of laughter from behind.

As if an electric current suddenly entered her body, Chen Lubai's limbs went numb and she froze in place.

"I have always wondered why those people could walk out of the illusion so easily.

In the final analysis, it was you who did something." The man who spoke had a bit of sarcasm in his tone, and he was completely a superior who looked down on others. "And at the beginning, you said that the illusion was absolutely infallible. You just didn't want us to break the hands and feet of those people to make it easier for them to escape later."

Chen Lubai's palms were covered with cold sweat, and her heart was pounding as she turned around.

A handsome man in red looked at her with a half-smile, and the pressure from the high-level monks became heavier.

Chen Lubai heard him continue: "I wanted to see what you were up to, so I didn't drink this glass of wine on purpose - the others who drank it in one gulp were really idiots, and they even shouted for another glass. How can I be on an equal footing with these people, a bunch of trash!"

"Hey."

Seeing that she didn't respond, the man took a few steps closer impatiently: "Why don't you say something!"

She had long lost the strength to speak.

All the demon cultivators present were Yuanying masters, and their strength should not be underestimated. The one who woke up now was named Ming Liu. Although he was not the strongest, his temperament was the most erratic.

"It's meaningless. If you don't want to talk, then don't talk. Anyway, my only goal is the soul refining formation."

Ming Liu shook his neck, making a small clicking sound: "As for you, it's better to just say goodbye."

The moment the voice fell, murderous aura rose.

The thick evil energy mixed with strong pressure hit her face, forcing her to spit out blood immediately.

Chen Lubai was unwilling to accept it.

Mingming had waited for a whole year, slowly enduring endless hatred day and night, just a little bit.

Just a little bit, she could avenge everyone in the city.

Could it be that as Huai Gui said, everything she did was just an ant trying to shake a tree?

The sense of oppression became stronger and stronger, almost shattering her internal organs. The severe pain gradually devoured his mind, and in a trance, Chen Lubai suddenly saw a sword flash.

...How could there be a sword flash?

In an instant, there was a flash of lightning.

A familiar shadow holding a sword rushed in from outside the door. The long sword was like a distant galaxy that changed rapidly, piercing straight into the man's throat.

Ming Liu noticed the sword wind, turned around and dodged quickly, and at a glance, he actually saw the missing swordsman.

"Walk into a trap."

He smiled hoarsely: "I like it."

Ning Ning quickly exchanged glances with Chen Lubai, tightly grasped the Xinghen Sword in her hand, raised her eyes and said in a deep voice: "Don't even think about touching her."

There might be something strange in Lingquan Temple. After some discussion with the other three, she decided that Zheng Weiqi, He Zhizhou and Pei Ji would continue to attract firepower, while Ning Ning had the fastest body movement and was good at hiding her tracks, so she was most suitable to sneak into Lingquan Temple to investigate the situation.

Ming Liu was not stupid, he could see that they all came to destroy the soul refining formation, and the sword cultivator who was killed halfway was not important, he had to deal with Chen Lubai first.

He had the intention to kill, but before he could attack, another sword light stabbed in front of him.

...Damn it!

The girl was unexpectedly difficult to tangle with. The shadow of the sword split into several lightning strikes that were as powerful as a bamboo breaking bamboo, and each one went straight to his throat. Ming Liu hurriedly dodged, blood flashed in his eyes, and he actually bit his wrist, and the surging blood gathered into a long sword.

The swords collided, making a sharp and loud sound. Ning Ning's strength was not as strong as his, and she turned over and jumped back nimbly to avoid the blood mist that hit her face.

Although she was at a disadvantage, she was able to fight with Ming Liu from beginning to end. Her sword skills were ever-changing and swift. She often used cleverness and did not deliberately fight to the death with the opponent, but to trap him firmly by her side.

Poor Ming Liu, although he wanted to stop the tampering of the formation, had no time to care about Chen Bailu, and could only devote himself to the battle and quickly deal with this desperate sword cultivator.

Chen Bailu took the opportunity to cut his other wrist with a stick, and used his own blood to modify the formation drawn with the blood of the people of E City.

Refining souls and capturing souls, between good and evil, there are also a few strokes.

Ming Liu cursed, but most of the demon cultivators in the city were chasing the fleeing sacrifices, and the few minions guarding outside the temple had been dealt with by Ning Ning. As for the other companions who were poisoned, they could not be relied on.

At the end of the scolding, she actually had a somewhat panicked and wolfish tone, and shouted in panic: "Please, please, don't activate the formation! I will give you all my gold! If you want this cultivation, you can also take it!"

After a pause, she said: "Why are you doing this? If you activate the soul-crossing formation, you will not survive! It is better to stay in the mortal world and enjoy happiness - don't jump!"

Ningning took a deep breath, and turned her head quickly while fighting, just in time to meet Chen Lubai's eyes.

She had already changed the formation, and was standing in front of the burning altar. Her face was illuminated by the fire and turned into a deep red. There were also sparks in her pupils, as if the stars in the sky fell and were hidden in the girl's dark eyes.

Chen Lubai's back was shaking slightly, but her eyes were more resolute and firm than ever before. She looked straight at Ningning, and finally raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a relieved smile.

"Miss Ningning, I didn't lie to you when I said that in the Chen Mansion."

She said, "I really didn't want to leave the mansion at that time... Thank you all, I am very happy in the illusion."

Only in that dream woven by her, when she returned to the misty Echeng, could Chen Lubai say to Ningning the words that had been hidden in her heart for a long time.

As the innocent and ignorant eldest daughter of the Chen family a year ago, instead of the unrecognizable half-demon later.

She used to want to travel the world and be a free heroine, but now, Chen Lubai really, really likes Echeng and Chen Mansion, and she doesn't want to leave.

Dad always wants to urge her to get married, and never refuses any request from his daughter.

Chen Lubai really wants to know what the "unexpected gift" he mentioned for her birthday next year is, but she waited day after day and never got an answer. The brother and sister-in-law who always stick together are so disgusting, but who makes the young couple treat her so well? Chen Lubai magnanimously said that she can forgive them.

Her sister-in-law always likes to ask her if she has a man she likes. Every time the little girl asks that, she will shake her head vigorously. She doesn't want to get married, and to be honest, she actually likes the feeling of sitting on the street and selling calligraphy and paintings when she is old.

But she will never grow old again.

And there is Yueming who always likes to play in the mud and is no different from a tomboy.

Because she grew up little by little under her sister's care, Yueming always listens to her. Even if she sometimes brings back muddy water from playing house, she will be the first to run to her, hold the bowl in front of Chen Lubai with sparkling eyes, and ask her foolishly if she wants to eat.

When the evil cultivators entered the city that day, she and Yueming were chatting with the locust ghost in the backyard. After hearing the screams

, she knew something was wrong, so she hugged her little sister and hid behind the locust tree. There were cries everywhere in the Chen Mansion. Chen Lubai had never heard such miserable cries and pleas for mercy, but she was powerless to do anything and could only cover Yueming's mouth with tears.

Their sobs were faintly audible in the night. Two blood-soaked demons were approaching step by step, and they would soon bypass the locust tree and come to them.

For the first time, Yueming did not listen to her and stay still. Instead, he suddenly broke free from Chen Lubai's arms and ran in another direction.

Her sister, who had always been well-behaved and obedient, never looked back from beginning to end, and did not even look in her direction until she died.

Then blood was everywhere, the air was filled with a foul stench, Yueming died, and the two demon cultivators stopped searching.

That was the first time Chen Yueming acted on her own, and it was also the last time.

Chen Lubai always knew that she was timid, spoiled, and reckless.

But even so, she wanted to do something for the Echeng she loved so much.

Their plan was already half completed.

As long as they worked harder and were braver.

She and Huai Gui could avenge everyone in the city.

The girl raised her head silently, and took a last deep look at the land she loved so much - perhaps what she loved most was not Echeng, but those people in the city whom she would never see again.

Father, brother, sister-in-law, Yueming, the servants who were scared away by the horses, the vendors who always entertained her with a smile, and the children playing in the mud at the end of the street.

They were all so kind, she couldn't bear to leave any of them.

The midnight hour had arrived, and the bells rang.

The next moment, clothes were flying and flames were raging.

The flames surged from the bottom to the top.

The blood array on the ground seemed to have received a response. It should have been a dark red and almost black color, but now it was floating with golden light, instantly illuminating the dark twilight and reflecting the Buddha's face in the hall, which was mostly damaged.

The golden light slowly rose into the sky, becoming more and more numerous and denser, and finally gathered into a mighty force, turning into a beam of light like a long dragon that rushed straight into the sky.

The mist and thick clouds were blasted away, and the dazzling golden light quickly illuminated the dome, revealing a round of goose yellow and quiet moon.

Then there was a loud buzzing sound, and the beam of light suddenly exploded in all directions without warning, turning into countless long bright golden lines, pouring down like raindrops on this long-abandoned town.

It was like the arrival of gods and Buddhas, and the demons and evil spirits had nowhere to hide, and all turned into smoke and dust.

On the fifth day of the sixth month, the Soul Crossing Formation was established.

Hundreds of demons and evil spirits in the Goose City all died under the formation that they had painstakingly created.

And a young girl's game.