What is that?
Protector Jiang has become very easily startled. After he finished speaking, he hurriedly stuck a calming talisman on himself and stuffed a calming pill into his mouth.
But that doesn't seem to be an illusion.
Before them, a village appeared.
It's really strange that there's a village in this deadly place.
Who are you?
Three burly men stepped out, looking at Su Qing and her group with wary expressions.
These three people were dressed in animal skins, revealing their muscles, and there was no spiritual energy fluctuation from them; they were clearly just ordinary people.
That's true. In such a deadly place, there's no spiritual energy, so they can't cultivate spiritual power.
But how could there be a human village in such a place?
Could it be that they are demonic cultivators?
However, no demonic energy could be detected on them.
Su Qing stepped forward and said, "Brothers, we're lost and don't know how we got here. We haven't had a bite to eat or a sip of water in a long time. Could you let us into the village to rest?"
The three men sized up Su Qing, and seeing that she was just a girl of about ten years old and didn't seem threatening, they gradually lowered their guard.
"Outsiders? You can come into the village, but once you're in, keep your eyes closed and your inquiries to a minimum," a man said coldly, before leading Su Qing and the others into the village.
There was nothing special about this village. The village paths were paved with stones, and no one knew where these stones came from, because outside the village, besides the black earth and the gray sky, there were only bones scattered everywhere.
The houses in the village are also wooden-framed thatched houses, and even the food and daily necessities in the village are no different from those in ordinary villages.
Su Qing and her group were dressed differently from the villagers, and everyone in the village looked at them, but no one dared to approach them, not even the seven or eight-year-old children who were the most curious.
"They came from the Death Zone? My God, how could anyone survive a place like the Death Zone?"
Su Qing and the others were all cultivators, and their hearing was much better than that of ordinary people, so they could hear the villagers' hushed conversations.
"These people are really good-looking, their clothes are nice, their hair is styled nicely, and they are spotless."
"I think the girl in red is the prettiest; I always feel like she has a fiery aura about her."
"Even a cold-hearted boy can be pleasing to the eye; he's icy and aloof, with a pair of phoenix eyes that you can never get enough of."
"Tsk tsk, that kind of vibe, bringing her home would be freezing. I still prefer the other one."
Upon hearing this, Protector Jiang's cheeks flushed slightly.
Sigh, ever since he joined the Xuanling Sect, he has devoted himself to cultivation and never thought about having a cultivation partner. Now, being teased by a few ordinary women is a bit too much for him to handle.
Su Qing glanced at the women who were glancing in her direction while picking vegetables, and frowned slightly. She noticed that one of the women had a black mist between her brows.
"Hurry up and move along, don't look around." The man's cold voice rang out from behind.
Protector Jiang curled his lip. They were all ordinary people. He could wipe them out with a wave of his hand in such an ordinary village.
However, their Xuanling Sect is a prestigious and righteous sect, and they wouldn't attack ordinary people.
The group arrived at the innermost house in the village, which was where the village chief lived.
The village chief, an old man with a pipe in his mouth, looked a bit cold when he saw the group.
"Outsiders? Once you're in the village, you have to follow our village rules. You can only stay here for three days. After three days, you must leave," the village chief said.
Then, the village chief arranged a thatched hut for them, which served as a temporary accommodation.
This was a somewhat abandoned courtyard with two rooms, lined with straw, which were where they slept.
Outside the village lies a desolate wasteland with an eternally black sky, but within the village, there is both day and night.
As darkness fell, Su Qing even watched the sunset from the courtyard.
"I can't believe it, this isn't an illusion," said Protector Jiang.
"It's quite strange. There's actually a village in this deadly place. Could it be that what we're looking for is in this village?" Shui Qingchen said.
Since everyone was a cultivator, they didn't need to eat or sleep. At this moment, they were all gathered in a room, sitting around on straw.
Su Qing lowered her head, pondering. She had never been to this place before, only heard some history of the demon race in the Demon Realm. But what was the situation with this village?
If what we're looking for is in this village, then does the magic vine grow in this village?
Then, Su Qing thought of the black aura between the eyebrows of the woman she had seen during the day, and she always felt that the black aura was somewhat like demonic energy.
"I want to go out and see the world," Su Qing said.
“We’ll split up and go out to look for clues; that way we can get there faster,” said Protector Jiang.
Su Qing took out the invisibility talismans and other invisibility talismans, and everyone received a stack of them. They then stuck them on their bodies and quietly left the courtyard.
In the still of the night, apart from the barking of dogs, there was no other sound in the village.
The village was small, and Su Qing and her group quickly dispersed to various corners of the village.
Su Qing and Xuan Qingye formed a pair, and Su Qing found the courtyard where the woman she had seen lived.
The courtyard was quite large, and a large family lived there. The lights in the house were already off, so they were obviously asleep.
The woman was an unmarried young girl who lived alone in a house.
Su Qing went inside, while Xuan Qingye stood guard outside the door.
The girl lay quietly on the bed, a layer of black smoke rising from her body, clearly demonic energy!
With a flick of her finger, Su Qing unleashed a wisp of immortal fire, instantly incinerating the black smoke. Su Qing saw a ferocious expression appear on the girl's face, but she quickly calmed down.
Just then, a fluctuation of spiritual energy came from outside, followed by Su Qing feeling an icy chill, clearly indicating that Xuan Qingye had made her move.
Su Qing hurriedly left the house and saw a cloud of black smoke that had actually managed to break free from Xuan Qingye's icy domain.
"Chase!"
Su Qing affixed a Swift Wind Talisman, and she and Xuan Qingye stepped onto the Five Elements Thunderclap Sword and chased after the black smoke!
The black smoke moved very quickly and disappeared outside the village in an instant.
Just as Su Qing was about to continue chasing after them, a loud shout rang out. Then, as if she were sinking into a quagmire, Su Qing and the others fell from the sky.
"I knew you outsiders had ulterior motives for coming to the village! Tell me, is it for the sacred tree?"
Su Qing and Xuan Qingye were surrounded, and not only them, but everyone else was trapped here as well.
"My spiritual power is sealed here," Protector Jiang said with a bitter expression.
Su Qing glanced around and was surprised to find that this ordinary village had set up a spirit-sealing array. They were all trapped in the array and naturally could not mobilize their spiritual power.
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