On the second day, early in the morning, Gu Qingze and Chu Lingxiao prepared to embark on their journey.
Their storage bags are filled with all kinds of supplies, so there is no need to make too much preparation.
At most, you can wear some defensive armor on your body, and carefully classify and place precious talismans and life-saving healing potions in the storage bag to ensure that they can be quickly taken out when needed.
Before leaving, Gu Qingze subconsciously stroked the sword at his waist that was flashing with cold light, feeling the slight coolness coming from the sword. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a little more at ease in his heart.
Gu Qingze waved his hand gracefully and said goodbye to Senior Brother Helan, Brother Jinnian, and Su Han: "Let's go."
Although other people would not accompany Gu Qingze and Chu Lingxiao to take risks together, they still provided a lot of strong support and help.
The Demon King only gave them a mysterious mark that allowed them to enter the Xuanyin place. As for other matters such as guarding the periphery, the Demon King did not intervene, and they had to rely on themselves for everything.
Fortunately, thanks to Senior Brother Helan, he successfully bribed the guards with his extensive network of contacts, so that before arriving at Xuanyin, he had unimpeded passage all the way.
However, along the way, as the distance between them and the border between them and the demons shortened, the scene before them became more and more shocking.
The once peaceful and harmonious village has now become a ruin of broken walls and broken walls, and the charred land is shrouded in a thick haze of death.
The houses collapsed and only some broken walls remained, as if silently crying out the horrific catastrophe that had once been suffered.
On the weathered old tree at the entrance of the village, corpses were hanging precariously, swaying gently in the bleak wind, making a spine-chilling creaking sound.
The corpse's face was extremely distorted, and the final fear and pain of his life were frozen forever.
Noisy crows circled on the branches, pecking at the carrion greedily. Their black wings and bright red blood intertwined, forming a nightmare picture that seemed to come from hell.
A group of withered monsters lay on the ground, their eyes empty and dull, as if their souls had been ruthlessly taken away long ago.
On the streets of the market, corpses were piled up like mountains, and blood gathered into a winding river, flowing slowly.
The broken signboard and scattered goods, soaked in blood, gave off a disgusting, pungent stench.
On the side of the road, a little demon who had lost both legs was lying on the ground, stretching out his dirty little hands, begging bitterly to the passing demon beasts. His voice was weak and hoarse, but no demon beast gave him even a glimmer of pity.
A dilapidated temple not far away was crowded with homeless demons.
They looked haggard and extremely weak, and they huddled together for warmth.
In the corner, a mother hugged her deceased child tightly, her tears had long dried on her dusty cheeks, her eyes were empty and lifeless, and she murmured, as if she was still calling her child's name affectionately.
In the big pit beside the road, many wounded people were lying in a mess. They were groaning and howling in pain, their wounds were festering and bleeding, but they still could not get any effective treatment.
Some of the wounded struggled with all their might to crawl to the side of the road, hoping for a glimmer of hope, but in the end they collapsed helplessly from exhaustion, mercilessly devoured by the cruel death...
Gu Qingze subconsciously turned his gaze towards Chu Lingxiao. When he saw this miserable scene, he felt very uncomfortable. Lingxiao possessed that kind of ability, and witnessing such a scene would surely make him even more miserable.
Fortunately, he had anticipated this and covered Ling Xiao's eyes with a cloth before setting off.
Although Ling Xiao's eyes were covered by a cloth, he was still able to perceive the surrounding scenery with his mental power.
However, if one accidentally touches the surrounding monsters while using mental power to explore the way, one will passively feel the pain they are enduring...
This was something he absolutely would not allow to happen.
Therefore, Gu Qingze decided to support Ling Xiao carefully along the way, act as Ling Xiao's "second pair of eyes", explore the way for him, and lead him to move forward steadily.
Finally, they arrived at the outskirts of Xuanyin.
Before stepping in, Gu Qingze took out the leaf given to him by Senior Brother Helan from his storage bag, patted Chu Lingxiao's shoulder gently, and reminded him in a very gentle tone:
"Ling Xiao, we're here."
Upon hearing this, Chu Lingxiao slowly removed the cloth covering his eyes, gently rubbed his eyes, and then slowly opened his eyes that were as bright as the golden sun.
Like Gu Qingze, he took out the leaves given to him by Senior Brother Helan from his storage bag.
Chu Lingxiao was about to put the leaf into his mouth when he noticed that Gu Qingze was staring intently at the foggy area not far away, with a look of alertness and curiosity that was hard to conceal.
The fog seemed to have life, slowly surging and rolling, as if it would ruthlessly devour everything that approached.
Chu Lingxiao involuntarily put down the leaf in his hand and looked in the direction of Gu Qingze's gaze.
"What? Are you scared, Qingze?"
An almost teasing voice suddenly broke the sudden silence, and Chu Lingxiao unknowingly closed the distance between him and Gu Qingze.
Gu Qingze suddenly came back to his senses because of this voice. He looked at Chu Lingxiao's face close at hand and smiled calmly:
"It would be a lie to say I'm not afraid, but I'm not really that terrified either. Rather than being afraid, I'm more nervous than anything else."
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