Darkness returned to the sky, but the people kneeling on the ground in Wuxin City wept bitterly. Their god had been defeated by an evil spirit and had perished...
"Is this the result you wanted? This city was built with your hard work, and you just destroyed it like this." The white fox coldly looked at Yun Zhiwen, who was slumped on the Zhaixin Tower.
"Heartache? What do you mean by heartache? I just want to build the perfect world in my heart. I don't want to talk to you people about it. You wouldn't understand anyway!" Yun Zhi was panting heavily, clearly exhausted from the battle with the old man!
"How is my essence energy? Is it tasty?" Yun Zhi asked the old man with a wry smile.
"I can return it to you, but you can't do such evil deeds!" the old man said.
"Hmph! I don't need your pity! I just want to get justice for my father!" Yun said bitterly.
"Your father?" The old man asked, somewhat puzzled.
"The father he's talking about is the current God of Wealth!" said the city lord of Wuxin City.
"What? You mean he's the son of Prime Minister Bigan? Isn't he the Duke of Boling? How could he have another child?" The old man suddenly became interested.
"It's not what you think!" The city lord of Wuxin City rolled his eyes at the old man and then said.
"Speaking of Yun Zhi, he has a very deep connection with the Prime Minister. It is said that after the Prime Minister's heart was ripped out by Daji..." The City Lord of Wuxin City began to tell everyone about Yun Zhi and the Prime Minister, and everyone listened with amazement.
"Yunzhi, do you know your mistake?" asked the city lord of Wuxin City.
“I am not wrong. Back then, he listened to the slander of the evil concubine and killed countless loyal ministers and generals. He created the torture device of burning alive and built the terrace, causing untold suffering to the people. Why did he not have his soul scattered like the evil concubine after his death? Why was he even made the Heavenly Joy Star? Are these gods and immortals unable to distinguish right from wrong? Why can someone who has committed so many evil deeds become a god?” Yun Zhi said excitedly.
"Yunzhi, be careful what you say, or you will be doomed!" the City Lord of Wuxin City warned.
"Hahaha... It's one thing to deal with the right and wrong of the mortal world, but even the immortal realm, which is supposed to be a pure land, is the same. They say that the great god Pangu created the world and split the chaos, thus making the sky clear and the earth turbid. But I feel that it's still the same. There is no clear sky and turbid earth at all. It's still a..."
"Boom..." Before Yunzhi could finish speaking, a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket struck him hard from the sky!
"What? You won't let me speak? I'll say it anyway. You hypocritical gods, if it were fair, evil people should be sent to the Netherworld to suffer the torment of being skinned alive, instead of becoming high and mighty gods! Even if these people are made gods, they are still evil gods and will never do anything good..."
"Boom..." Thunder roared in the sky, as if warning Yun Zhi not to speak recklessly again, or he would be punished by heaven and earth!
"You are a bunch of hypocrites who think they are righteous, a bunch of selfish bastards!"
With a deafening roar, a bolt of lightning, like a fishing net, swept across the entire Heartless City! Heartless City was filled with wailing and lamentation as countless civilians and other living beings within the city were struck dead by the lightning…
"Phew... It seems I still couldn't escape this calamity," the City Lord of Wuxin City sighed as he looked at Yunzhi, who had disappeared from sight. Yunzhi had been struck by lightning and left without even a trace, and he himself was also covered in wounds.
Except for the Heart-Picking Tower, the entire Heartless City was cleaved into ruins by the Heavenly Punishment. All the city's inhabitants, except for Ru Huan and a few others, as well as the City Lord of Heartless City, were dead!
“I told him not to be so radical. We can’t fight against the heavens. It’s not something that can be accomplished with just a few words of grand pronouncements.
But he didn't believe it. Confident in his Xuan-rank strength, he specifically sought out Taoists and spiritual cultivators of similar ability to him, then killed these beings and absorbed their Dao Qi.
The entire city of Wuxin City is inhabited by our kind, so what you see are grasshoppers. I owe my current cultivation level to my father, but every time I think of his despair at death, I feel immense pain in my heart…
Then, in order to forget this pain, I recreated a grasshopper just like myself; that was Yunzhi. But it didn't change anything; the City of Heartlessness still met its end…
"Father, Heartless City is gone. I am willing to become a heart to fill your regret of not having one. May Heaven grant my wish!" The Lord of Heartless City, also known as the Grasshopper, knelt on the Heart-Picking Tower and shouted. A ray of divine light appeared in the sky and shone on the Grasshopper. The Grasshopper's body slowly changed and became a strong and powerful heart. Then, with the divine light, it entered the Immortal Realm...
"I never imagined we'd stumbled into a grasshopper's nest," Sanlang thought incredulously.
"Master, did you use Xuan-level power when you fought Yun Zhi?" Ru Huan asked, looking at the old man riding the donkey.
"Well, I can basically keep Yun Zhi's cultivation level under control. If it were the City Lord of Wuxin City in his true form, we probably wouldn't be able to chat here so perfectly fine right now," the old man said with a solemn expression.
"It's just a grasshopper, why make it sound so scary? It's still on my diet!" the white fox said, stretching.
"Then why didn't you just eat it in one bite in the first place?" Three Wolves teased White Fox.
"Your master wanted to play with someone, and I couldn't do anything about it, so I just let him play. I didn't expect this old man to be so good. Compared to me, he's just a piece of junk." The white fox looked at the old man and immediately started praising himself.
"You? You left less than ten minutes after you went up. My master was the only one left fighting Yun Zhi head-on, while you were just watching from the sidelines, afraid that you would get beaten up!" Sanlang said.
"What do you know, little brat! I'm just wary of the City Lord of Heartless City suddenly launching an attack. Otherwise, I could take down this Yun Zhi in a heartbeat!" the White Fox said.
"Right, right, you'd be down there in a minute, then watch them fight. If they win, you'd let them have their chance. If they lose, you'd probably be long gone by now, right?" Three Wolves mocked.
"Oh my, how does this little girl know what I'm thinking? Come here, little girl, how many Thousand-Jin Stones do you have left? Arrange them all for our Three Wolves Brother."
Along the way, the three wolves and the white fox teased and mocked each other, bringing a touch of joy to this otherwise tedious journey...
"Where is this place? Why are these mountains so high? Why are the trees so dense? Could there be bandits or heroes in there?" Sanlang looked at the terrain in front of him and said.
The old man shaded his eyes with his hand as he looked around. On both sides were towering mountains that seemed to reach the clouds, and in the middle was only a narrow road that could pass two oxcarts. The surrounding area was covered with very dense grass and thorns! If his group went inside and were blocked by those bandits on both sides, they would really have no chance of escape!
"With your jinxed mouth, there's no doubt there are bandits in there. Let's see if you, little brat, dare to go in!" White Fox said to Three Wolves, still sitting on the old man's donkey.
"Hehe, I'm not like that fox. When he's bragging, he says the Three Pure Ones and the Four Emperors are all on his food list. He can eat whoever he wants and fight anyone for three hundred rounds. But when it really comes down to it, he's a coward. If he can't do it, he can't do it. Don't blame the ground for not being able to poop!" Three Wolves said.
"I've never seen a bandit before, Master. What do bandits look like?" Ru Huan asked her master.
"Mountain bandits are just like people. Some of them have murder on their hands, and in order to avoid punishment, they flee to the mountains to do murder and robbery."
"Some of the other bandits were so poor that they couldn't afford to eat, and they had no food reserves. If they wanted their families to survive, they had no choice but to become bandits in the mountains," the old man said.
“Some bandits will steal money but not kill, while others will kill and rob, abduct women, and kill after taking their money. They love pretty little girls like you,” White Fox chimed in.
The group walked into the valley chatting and laughing, not taking the bandits seriously at all. Even if the bandits came out to rob, it would only add to the fun for Ru Huan and her companions...
The group walked deep into the valley when suddenly they heard the sound of trees breaking from the mountains on both sides, as if something was rolling down the mountain!
With a loud rumble, a boulder more than ten meters in diameter rolled down the mountain and crashed into the middle of the road, kicking up a cloud of choking mud and dust!
Then, the road behind them was blocked by a boulder with a diameter of over twenty meters, leaving Ru Huan and her group trapped in the middle. As the dust settled, a group of ragged people, carrying various weapons, stared menacingly at them.
“I don’t have any money, but you can catch it and skin it. That should be enough for you to have a good meal,” Three Wolves quickly pointed to the white fox on the donkey.
The group completely ignored what Sanlang said, their eyes fixed intently on the large bag on Sanlang's back and the cloth bag slung across Ruhuan's body.
Two burly men stepped out from the crowd and approached Sanlang. Regardless of Sanlang's wishes, they immediately took the luggage from his back.
"Don't rush, don't rush, I'll put it down for you, and then you can walk by yourselves," Sanlang said, seeing the two men holding sharpened wooden sticks against him and pretending to be very scared. He quickly put his luggage on the ground.
"Don't look at me, you guys carry that luggage away first." Another person came up to Ruhuan, ready to make a move, but was kindly reminded by Ruhuan.
A man pointed at Sanlang with a wooden stick, while another man squatted down to pick up Sanlang's luggage. The man casually lifted it, but couldn't move it and almost pulled himself down.
"Pfft!" Ru Huan couldn't help but laugh when she saw the bandit's embarrassed appearance. But when she saw the bandit glaring at her, she quickly stopped laughing.
The bandit circled around Three Wolves' luggage a few times, then prepared to open it directly, but was stopped by his companion. The companion pushed the bandit aside, went to the luggage, grabbed the two straps with both hands, and pulled hard!
But it still didn't budge! The bandit came up to Sanlang and saw Sanlang's barely suppressed laughter, knowing that this group was laughing at him.
The bandit kicked at Sanlang, but Sanlang dodged it with great agility. Just as the bandit was about to attack Sanlang again, he was suddenly stopped by his own men.
"Gentlemen, we're just doing some small business on this hilltop. We won't kill or hurt anyone. If you offer a little toll, we'll let you pass!" A clean-looking man, who seemed completely out of place with the disheveled bandits, stepped forward and smiled at the old man, his two companions, and the fox. However, his eyes remained fixed on Ru Huan.
"Toll? To be honest, we really don't have any. Since you've blocked our way, we'll just rest here for a bit." After saying that, the old man sat down on a relatively flat stone nearby, and Ru Huan quickly went over to massage her master's legs...
Sanlang pursed his lips, looked at the way his junior sister and master were putting on an act, then picked up his luggage with one hand and found a rock to sit on.
When the bandits saw Sanlang lift their luggage with one hand, they were somewhat surprised, but not afraid. They just felt that the child was quite strong, but compared to their three leaders, he was still slightly inferior.
"Wow! Young man, you have impressive strength! I wonder if you'd be interested in joining us? Don't worry, once you join us, we can provide whatever you want." The seemingly refined bandit looked at Three Wolves with admiration in his eyes.
"Work with you? Do these heinous things?" Three Wolves retorted directly.
"Young brother, don't say that. We are also heroes who act on behalf of Heaven, killing the rich to help the poor. We are not as dirty as you think," the bandit said with a smile, not only angry at Sanlang's words.
"Rob the rich to help the poor? Do you think we look like rich people? Or do you think these old, weak, sick and disabled people are easier to take advantage of?" Ru Huan asked, looking at the bandit.
"Miss, please don't misunderstand. We were wrong about what happened today, but since we've all met like this, wouldn't it be a shame if nothing happened between us?" The bandit blinked his alluring peach blossom eyes at Ru Huan.
"Alright! Let's get straight to the point! What do you want?" Ru Huan ignored the bandit's charming eyes and asked him.
"That shouldn't be the case. No woman can resist my charm. It seems we've met a master today. Brother, what do you suggest we do now?" the bandit shouted.
"I've already told you, some people just won't listen to reason and will only drink the punishment. Why the hell are you wasting your breath arguing with them? Just take them down!"
"Yeah, I've been watching you ramble on for ages, and what did you get in return? You're not even giving a damn about it. Why don't you just get down to business? Don't you just like pretty young girls like this? I'll go easy on you when I'm at it, I'll leave you with a whole one, hehehe..."
Two giants, each three meters tall, pushed aside the bandits beside them and then clattered into front of Ru Huan and the others.
"Hmm, the water is quite nice. Little girl, go over there and play with that brother. We want to have a good chat with your companions!" A giant bent down, looked at Ru Huan, and then stretched out his fan-sized hand to grab Ru Huan!
Ru Huan calmly took a step back, easily dodging the giant hand that was reaching out to her.
"Third brother, this little wench doesn't want to, hahaha, she doesn't even fancy you! Hahaha..." The giant bandit said gloatingly to his third brother, his hand aimed directly at Ru Huan!
A giant hand, accompanied by a gale, hurtled towards Ru Huan! This time, Ru Huan didn't dodge; instead, she stretched out her own hand to meet it!
"You're courting death!" The giant bandit was taken aback when he saw this little wench, who wasn't even as tall as his waist, dare to fight him head-on. Then he grinned maliciously and said.
With a deafening "BANG!", before the giant bandit's hands could even touch, the two opposing forces collided violently! The surrounding trees were all uprooted by the fierce wind! Sand and stones flew everywhere!
"Hehe, I didn't expect the little kid to be so strong, but don't cry when I hit you later!" The giant bandit shook his slightly numb hand, then looked at Ru Huan with a smile, like a wolf eyeing its prey!
"Then you should give it a try!" Ru Huan stood still, looking at the giant bandit. It seemed that these giant bandits were quite strong, probably on par with her junior brother.
"Old man, have you rested enough? If you have, let's have some fun!" Another giant bandit set his sights on the old man.
"Are you looking down on me or just trying to make things harder for yourselves? It's understandable that you went after your junior sister; girls are usually easy to bully. But you went after that pervert, Master. Aren't you just asking for trouble?" Sanlang looked at the two giant bandits with some frustration, now he was the one watching the drama unfold.
"Hehe, little brother, look how much fun they're having, why don't we join in?" Before Sanlang could finish his rant, the refined-looking bandit had already come up to him and punched him in the chest without saying a word!
"The three leaders have already started fighting! Quick, quick, find a few men to move that donkey, that white fox, and all the luggage!" One of the bandits, seeing that his three leaders had already made their move, was certain of victory and hurriedly called on his companions to start preparing to rob the place.
The ideal was lofty, but reality was too cruel. Just as the group of bandits were about to make their move, they discovered that the area was eerily quiet! There was no sound of fighting or pleas for mercy.
"That shouldn't be the case!" The group of bandits looked at them in confusion. Their three leaders were so frightened that they immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy!
The two giant bandits groggily got up from the ground. They saw their lackeys kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, but the bandits were already far away. One of the giant bandits quickly woke up the other two. The three leaders felt a chill run down their spines. They hadn't even been able to withstand a single move from these people. If these people really wanted to kill them, it would be too easy for them!
The three leaders, along with their band of mountain bandits, fled the place in a panic, like stray dogs. They wandered around for countless days before daring to return to their lair...
“Master, these bandits are all bad people. Why don’t we just rid the people of this scourge?” Ru Huan was about to kill them when her master stopped her.
"Looking at these people's fierce appearance, they have never actually killed anyone. They just use their intimidating height to scare away passersby. In fact, they have even killed the monsters that were harming people on this mountain!" Master said, riding his donkey.
"So, are people like them good or bad?" Sanlang asked.
"Good and bad, right and wrong, all come from the mouths of the masses. There are no absolutely good people in this world, nor are there absolutely bad people. Sometimes it's just a matter of a single thought," the old man said.
"Shuofeng City? Master, Shuofeng City is just ahead. Could it have been built by that grasshopper again?" Sanlang asked with lingering fear.
Back in Wuxin City, if the city lord hadn't pursued the matter of them killing his double, they might still be in Wuxin City with the other cultivators who were tricked by Yun Zhi, becoming Yun Zhi's food or auxiliary materials for improving their own cultivation levels.
"Where did so many creatures with extraordinary opportunities like grasshoppers come from? We just happened to run into them. Shut your mouth!" the old man said irritably.
"I hope so!" Sanlang gave a wry smile, then carried his heavy luggage and walked towards the city of Shuofeng with his master and junior sister...
In the month of Xinwei, on the day of Gengzi, at the hour of You, the Horse was in conflict with the South, and the Fetal Deity occupied the south within the Cone and Millstone! A gentle breeze blew as the group arrived outside Shuofeng City.
"Are you also here to participate in the Shangquan Temple Incident? Please register over here." As soon as Ru Huan and her group arrived at the gate of Shuofeng City, they were very politely led to the other side by the city guards. There were already countless strange people lined up there, dressed in all sorts of clothes. They didn't like anyone except themselves.
"I think you've made a mistake. We're only here to stay for a few days before leaving to continue our travels. We don't have time to get involved in your Shangquan Temple business," the old man said very politely to the city guard.
"Oh? That won't do either. Our city lord said that anyone seen with extraordinary abilities must be registered, and then they must all go to Shangquan Temple. This is a strict order, and we are just following our city lord's instructions." After the city guard finished speaking, he left...
"Hmph! You're all old, weak, sick, and disabled. Don't let yourselves become snacks for those demons and monsters after you go to Shangquan Temple!" The person at the front of the line looked at Ruhuan and her group with disdain.
"Exactly! Shangquan Temple isn't a place for just anyone, someone who puts on a facade of otherworldly wisdom and goes around swindling people. I advise you not to go there; people will really die if you go!"
"Hehe, don't worry, everyone. We won't be going to this place called Shangquan Temple. We're just resting here for a few days. Once we've rested, we'll leave." The old man wasn't annoyed by these extraordinary people looking down on him, and then he spoke very humbly.
"That's right, we're all doing this for your own good. Look at your two little apprentices, they're still so young. If you come with us just to save face, your two little brats will starve to death without you swindling and cheating them. I advise you to go back to the rat tail juice!"
Looking at this group of arrogant people, Sanlang wished he could jump up and give each of them a good beating! But seeing his master's expression, he knew that his master was playing dumb to fool others; the old man was wicked.
A group of talented individuals registered and were then led by patrolling soldiers to the city lord's mansion.
That night, a cold wind howled outside Shuofeng City, and Shuofeng City was also shrouded in darkness. Shuofeng City was like a ferocious beast lying on the ground, ready to devour people in the raging cold wind!
The city lord's mansion was bustling with people, a stark contrast to the lifeless atmosphere of the city outside. Inside, countless talented individuals were drinking and feasting. Those who knew better would be fine, but those who didn't might think they had stumbled into a bandit's den.
After several rounds of drinks and several dishes, once everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, the city lord ordered the remaining scraps to be cleared away, and then all the people gathered together.
"Ahem, thank you all for coming all this way to our Shuofeng City. As the city lord of Shuofeng City, I am very grateful to you. I also know that this trip to Shangquan Temple is fraught with danger, so I will try my best to meet any needs you may have," a middle-aged man wearing tiger armor said with a smile, looking at the people below.
"We don't need anything. We've already prepared everything. All we need is for you, Lord City Lord, to wait for our good news. Once we return in triumph, we'll drink for three days and three nights until we're completely drunk!" someone below said.
"Yes! We don't need anything, just that the city lord set up a banquet table for us to celebrate!" Under the influence of alcohol, the people below felt as if their blood was about to burn, as if this trip to Shangquan Temple was like leading a million-strong army to conquer! There was a sense of melancholy, like the saying, "Don't laugh at me lying drunk on the battlefield, how many have returned from ancient battles?"
"A bunch of idiots!" Sanlang and his master sat in the most inconspicuous corner, looking at the group of people who were full of enthusiasm, and said with a sneer.
"Shh! Don't cause me any trouble in this situation!" The old man quickly gestured for Sanlang to be quiet and then said.
To show the city lord their sincerity, these people stayed until the early hours of the morning before reluctantly leaving. The city lord watched as these talented individuals, led by his subordinates, marched in a grand procession towards Shangquan Temple. The city lord of Shuofeng City, along with all the people of the city, saw off these heroes who were going to Shangquan Temple to vanquish demons and monsters. It truly evoked a feeling of desolation and solitude.
"Didn't all the Taoists leave? Why are there still three of us here?" The people in the city looked at Ru Huan and her two companions, the white fox, and a donkey, and were somewhat puzzled.
"Excuse me, gentlemen!" Ru Huan and her group were stopped by a group of soldiers.
"What's the matter?" Sanlang asked, looking at the soldiers.
"If I'm not mistaken, shouldn't you all be on your way to Shangquan Temple? You shouldn't be in the city, right?" the soldier asked.
“Our cultivation is still shallow, so we can’t go to such grand occasions. Besides, we only have one life, so we should cherish it. Don’t you think so?” The old man got off the donkey and said in a very obsequious manner.
"They're just afraid of death, don't try to make it sound so noble and refined. They're just a bunch of cowards!" someone among the onlookers said.
"If you're so afraid of death, why dress like this? You're obviously the kind of person who's just trying to swindle people. If you're not good enough, don't wear this skin. Don't tarnish this Tai Chi uniform, understand?"
"Exactly, they have no skill, so what are they pretending to be? If the whole city wasn't under martial law and prohibited from leaving or entering, I would have chased them out of the city with a broom."
Whether they were civilians or soldiers, they looked at Ru Huan and his group as if they were deserters, and they looked down on them so much that they almost spat on them.
The group returned to the inn, where the innkeepers looked down on them...
"Master, are all these people crazy? It's our freedom to go or not. Our lives are more important. Don't use this kind of moral blackmail to pressure us. It's like they're unhappy if we don't go and die!" Sanlang grumbled in the guest room.
With a loud bang, the door was pushed open, and several burly men stood at the entrance, coldly watching their group.
"You are not welcome here, please leave!" The boss looked at Ru Huan and the others with a cold face, as if these people would be kicked out by the burly men behind them if they didn't leave.
"Now look what's happened, we don't even have a place to stay. It's all your fault. You said it was too stuffy inside and you wanted to go out for some fresh air. Now look how fresh you've gotten!" Three Wolves looked at White Fox and wanted to give him a good beating, but only if he could win.
The group had already asked several places, and they were all politely told that the guest rooms were full, and even the woodsheds were full.
It was getting dark, and the group still hadn't found a place to stay. It seemed they would have to sleep outdoors that night. The group wandered aimlessly through Shuofeng City, getting pointed at and gossiped about by the locals, some of whom were even holding rotten eggs and looking on with enticing intent!
"Are these people crazy? We have no grudge against them, so why do they insist that we go to that place called Shangquan Temple? If we don't go, they'll treat us like our father's killers!" Sanlang couldn't understand it at all.
"It's alright. They'll all go home when it gets dark, and then we can find a quiet place to rest," Ru Huan said, watching the people in the city start cooking. It seemed that if they ate before dark, they wouldn't be coming out at night.
At the hour of Xu (7-9 PM), the city gates were already closed and locked, and there wasn't a soul to be seen on the streets. Even the patrolling soldiers were gone, and it seemed as if only Ru Huan and her group remained in the entire Shuofeng City.
"Finally, it's quiet here. Hey, you know what, this breeze is actually quite refreshing!" said Three Wolves.
"Looks like I'm in for a tough night. I wonder if my old bones can make it through the night," the old man said, looking at the dark sky and the increasingly strong wind.
"Lord, we've discovered a few escapees in the city. Should we...?" A lieutenant made a throat-slitting gesture.
"Our matter is not yet resolved, and we cannot afford to create any further complications. Besides, we do not yet know the extent of these people's cultivation, so it is best not to act rashly." The city lord was very cautious.
"What can we do? They're wandering around the streets, and our men can't make a move!" the lieutenant said.
"Go find Lord Leopard, he should be able to deal with these people!" The city lord pondered for a moment, then said.
"Hehe, finding Master Leopard is the right thing to do. I wonder how things are going at Shangquan Temple. We sent so many extraordinary people there this time, they should be close to completing their training, right?" The lieutenant chuckled.
"Shut up! This is a critical time, and we absolutely cannot let anyone know this secret! Otherwise, we'll all die a horrible death! Stop spouting nonsense all day long, or the walls will hear you!" The city lord pointed at the deputy general and gave him a good scolding, then kicked the deputy general out.
"What's the point of keeping it a secret? It'll all come out eventually anyway, humph! Cowards like turtles hiding in the sand, what great things can they accomplish?" The lieutenant grumbled as he left...
"This... this is snow?" Sanlang looked at the dense, grayish-white stuff mixed with the wind and couldn't believe it.
"Hiss... It's getting colder and colder!" Ru Huan wrapped her clothes tighter around herself and looked at the vast expanse of swirling snow. She had lost her sense of direction and felt as if she and her companions were in a desolate, uninhabited place. The grayish-white snow had quickly covered them, making each of them look like they were wearing a grayish-white coat.
It was Hai Shi (9-11 PM)! The old man's donkey had been blown away by the hurricane to who-knows-where! The white fox was now perched on the shoulders of the three wolves, having taken out all the Thousand-Jin Stones from its luggage and painstakingly formed a circle. The group was hiding inside this circle to avoid this very strange hurricane and blizzard...
The wind grew stronger! The snow fell thicker! A hurricane, carrying grayish-white snowflakes, swept towards everyone! Now, amplified by the hurricane, the snowflakes were like sharp darts, recklessly destroying everything in their path!
"Puff puff puff!" The Thousand-Jin Stone was being pounded by the extremely violent hurricane, which was mixed with snowflakes, layer upon layer, making a series of very dull sounds! The hurricane, which formed a giant tornado, ravaged the Thousand-Jin Stone again and again! The people inside felt that the Thousand-Jin Stone was about to be overturned by the hurricane!
“Go tell the city lord that I’ve got it all sorted out. Tell him to get started. We’ve already been delayed for so long, so we need to send more people, otherwise we won’t be able to finish tonight!” a leopard-headed, human-bodied monster said to his lieutenant.
"Yes! I'll go right away. Leopard, what are you going to do with these people?" The lieutenant looked into a crystal ball the size of a fist, inside which a raging blizzard was raging, and in the middle of it was a stone house that was temporarily blocking the hurricane and blizzard!
"I haven't decided yet, why don't you teach me?" Leopard tilted his head and looked at the deputy general.
"Hehe, I was just asking casually, please don't take offense, Lord Leopard. You can have fun, I'm going to report to the city lord now," the lieutenant said, and slunk away...
"What time is it now?" the old man asked, sitting cross-legged on a platform made of heavy stone.
"It should be Chen Shi (7-9 AM) now, the sun should be out, why is it still windy and snowing?" Sanlang sensed something was wrong.
"Hehe, we've been imprisoned!" The old man chuckled, then calmly nestled on the stone bed, as if he weren't the one being imprisoned.
"Huh? Imprisoned? Aren't we in Shuofeng City? We haven't even seen the people who imprisoned us, and we're already trapped here," Sanlang said, somewhat agitated. Hearing our howling wind that sounded like ghosts wailing and wolves howling, he didn't know what to do.
"Master, how do we get out of here now?" Three Wolves asked, somewhat panicked.
"What are you going out for? This kind of opportunity is truly rare. You don't know, one day outside is equivalent to ten or even a hundred years inside. You two should seize this opportunity and cultivate diligently!" After the old man finished speaking, he also sat cross-legged on the stone bed and began to meditate...
"Junior Sister, aren't you worried that we'll never be able to get out?" Sanlang asked, looking at his junior sister. With his junior sister here, he didn't care even if they couldn't get out, hehe...
Ru Huan rolled her eyes at San Lang, then took out an incense burner, lit the incense and candles, and opened the black umbrella. All the ghosts inside came out of the black umbrella at once.
"Mother, sisters, the Yin Qi in this place is extremely dense. I'm releasing you here so you can absorb it properly and improve your cultivation. You and you two, don't try anything funny, or I'll make you regret ever being born!" Ru Huan set up a barrier, placing her three sisters, her mother, and herself inside. If anyone tried to approach her, Ru Huan would know immediately.
Yan Hunlan and Mao Danteng watched Ru Huan's state. Mao Danteng was alright; he was also a rotten soul now, and as long as Ru Huan didn't kill him, he could survive. So he ignored Ru Huan's warnings and greedily absorbed the extremely rich Yin Qi to stabilize his soul. Inside the black umbrella, he had been constantly teased and tricked by Ru Huan's three older sisters, and his soul had become much dimmer. Now, he took this opportunity to absorb the Yin Qi properly, not seeking to improve his realm, but only hoping that his soul could withstand the torment of these three little devils.
Yan Hunlan looked at his wife and children sitting opposite him. Ru Huan only glanced at him coldly before entering meditation. Yan Hunlan found a corner, sat down, and began to absorb Yin Qi...
"Aren't these people in a hurry to get out?" Leopard asked curiously. Many people, after learning they were locked up, acted like caged beasts, desperately trying to break free. But these few seemed to be enjoying their time inside? Really? Could there be such shameless people? Leopard wondered.
"Hehe, since you want to stay inside, then I'll seal you in. I want to see how long you can stay in there. At worst, I'll just lose some of my cultivation." After saying that, Leopard Lord imprinted a furry leopard paw on the crystal ball and began to channel his Yin Qi into it...
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