"Gallan City——"
He Zhizhou was really bored walking on the road, so he took a quick look at the letter of authorization and asked from the bottom of his heart: "Is there really a city built at the bottom of a lake?"
His unreliable master was nowhere to be seen, and his disciples became helpless left-behind children.
The other elders couldn't bear to see this and often helped him openly or secretly. This time Tian Xianzi accepted the commission to go down the mountain, so they let him come with them to see the world.
Although he always had to say something to He Zhizhou when he saw him, Tian Xianzi actually liked him the most among all Li Wangsheng's disciples. This is a textbook example of a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
At this time, he was walking in the woods with Ningning, Zheng Weiqi and Pei Ji. The untrimmed tree trunks were densely packed, casting patches of shadows.
Ning Ning played with the sword tassel in her hand and continued with amusement: "It seems that the whole city was submerged by a flood three hundred years ago."
She thought for a moment and then said, "What I am more concerned about is, how can ordinary people breathe freely after entering a deserted ancient city at the bottom of a lake?"
According to the rules of the Xuanxu Sword Sect, once a disciple reaches the Golden Core Stage, he will be allowed to go down the mountain to gain experience and subdue demons.
Although the demons have disappeared now, there are still many monsters causing trouble in the world. Some of them are doing evil with impunity, while others are resting in some corner to recuperate, and occasionally they make some troubles, which makes people feel uneasy.
For example, the city of Galan that they are about to enter.
The city of Galan sank into the water a hundred years ago and has been lost to history ever since.
A few days ago, a woodcutter passed by this place and accidentally fell into a lake. He thought he was going to die, but after falling into the cold lake for a while, his body suddenly felt lighter, and he no longer felt like he was wrapped in water.
It turned out that under the lake, there was an ancient city standing out of thin air.
An invisible barrier separates the ancient city from the lake, making the city no different from land. Even if he is at the bottom of the lake, he can breathe freely without obstruction.
The woodcutter was horrified, and out of fear he suddenly felt a desperate desire to survive. While there was still a small part of his body left in the lake, he quickly swam back using his hands and feet.
Others who fell into the water would try their best to escape from the water, but he was probably the first one to run into the water with such a hideous face.
All in all, the woodcutter finally reached the shore by dog paddling, and after returning home he described this incredible experience to his wife and children.
However, before this story spread among the neighbors, something even stranger happened.
——People in the city became extremely abnormal one after another, like a bunch of unthinking zombies, unable to do anything except attacking others indiscriminately.
A Taoist priest was invited to take a look, and it was discovered that the three souls were missing and seven spirits, and the original spirit had been secretly stolen at some point in time.
"There must be a monster hiding under the water."
Zheng Weiqi calmly analyzed: "We won't be discovered, and we can go to the city outside the forest to eat human souls at any time. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."
He Zhizhou nodded and praised her wildly, "As expected of you, Senior Sister! I heard that Senior Sister Zheng has been exorcising demons in the mountains for many years, so she must have accumulated a lot of experience."
Zheng Weiqi glanced at him indifferently.
She is the type with a natural temperament, and her eyebrows and eyes are as elegant as distant mountains. Now that she is wearing men's clothes, she looks even more dashing and heroic, so handsome that one can't take their eyes off her.
However, the next moment, the beauty sighed softly, "Damn it. If it wasn't for avoiding the schoolwork, who would be willing to leave the sect and travel outside? Exams, exams, exams all day long! I get a headache when I see those elders. Is it my fault that I fall asleep in class?"
...Why does a good girl have a mouth?
Zheng Weiqi is a poor student, the kind of poor student who is not even a speck of ashes left. She is equivalent to a middle-aged or elderly college entrance examination candidate who has been failing over and over again for years.
This heroic spirit resonated with He Zhizhou, who was also a poor student. After hearing this, he sighed seriously, "It's definitely not our problem! As everyone knows, the reason why we are so sleepy when we are studying is because school is where dreams begin."
“How insightful!”
Ning Ning nodded: "One class is longer than six, and the remaining power can last for another class. All the children who attended the class cried."
Zheng Weiqi can relate to this: "One person's carnival, a group of people's loneliness."
He Zhizhou took over the formation in tacit understanding: "Give me dreams, and also give me the gift of waking up quickly. One day will pass in the blink of an eye."
Seeing that a monster-killing commission had turned into a gathering for exchange between poor students, Pei Ji looked at the people around him expressionlessly and pursed his lips subconsciously.
Then he unexpectedly met Ningning's gaze, and his throat moved slightly.
"Why are you so nervous?"
Ning Ning smiled: "I won't embarrass you, Junior Brother. I heard that you used to be the best in the academy."
The original owner and Pei Ji entered the sect in the same year, but inner and outer disciples did not attend classes together. The reason why he knew that his grades were very good was because there were only a few brief mentions of him in the novel.
The number of people in the outer sect is huge, and it brings together all kinds of people from all corners of the world. It is not easy for Pei Ji to be the first in the written examination every year among so many people.
He was startled when he heard the words, and looked away slightly. His long eyelashes trembled slightly in the sunlight, hiding the shadow in his eyes: "Not as good as Junior Sister."
Chengying started to rant again: "How did she know your grades back then? It couldn't be that Ningning had been paying attention to you since then—"
Pei Ji felt a little agitated: "Be quiet."
However, Chengying ignored him and smiled like an 80-year-old father who finally saw his daughter get married. He said, "Don't be shy. Let's talk about the facts."
"Junior brother is so amazing!"
Zheng Weiqi's eyes lit up as she said something shocking: "Junior brother, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda! You don't know that when I was young, I broke my head and half of my brain stopped growing. This underdeveloped little brain is really unable to accommodate the mountains of books and the sea of questions. How about -"
She became more and more excited as she spoke, with a deeper smile on her face: "Why don't you dress up as a woman and answer the questions for me? Look at my junior brother, who is so beautiful that he can fool those old antiques without any problem!"
He Zhizhou was drinking water because he was tired, but he spat it all out halfway through listening to her. When she finished the last sentence, he choked on the water in his throat and kept coughing.
Ningning gave him a sympathetic look, but before she could say anything, she heard Zheng Weiqi shout, "We're here!"
When I looked up again, I saw an extremely wide lake.
This lake is named "Tianhe" because it is said that even if you fly on a sword in the distant sky, you can still see its shadow by lowering your head. The lake is extremely clear and vast. When viewed from a distance during the day, it looks like a deep crack embedded in the sky.
The surroundings were calm, with barely any ripples on the lake surface. It looked like a huge round mirror. The sun fell into the water and shattered into tiny specks of silver-white light, like a constantly swimming and changing monster, swaying leisurely everywhere.
Just by looking at this scene, it is impossible to imagine the turbulent undercurrents and ghostly ancient city beneath the lake.
As the most senior sister, Zheng Weiqi naturally took on the responsibility of commanding: "Put on a water-avoiding spell, and let's go into the water together."
Everyone did as they were told. Ningning's expression remained unchanged, her mind as clear as a mirror.
She had read the original novel and naturally understood what would happen underwater.
Zheng Weiqi guessed most of it right. There were indeed monsters living underwater, but not just one, but a group of them.
The city of Galan was once a gathering place for demons. The flood was so fierce and unexpected that a barrier was formed underwater. This was entirely due to the fact that the young city lord at the time used all his skills to protect the entire city with his spiritual energy.
Later, the young city lord fainted from exhaustion. Affected by the impact of spiritual power, the monsters in the city also fell into a deep sleep. They have gradually awakened in recent years, so he thought of finding a way to wake him up.
The method, naturally, is to seize the souls of humans in the city to nourish the growth of spiritual power.
Exploring the ancient city of the demon clan and stopping the snatching of soul essence may seem ordinary at first glance and do not seem to be a difficult task.
However, Ningning knew that this commission was destined not to be simple.
After preparing the method of avoiding water, the four of them went down to Tianhe Lake.
The Water-avoiding Technique can form a transparent bubble in the water, wrapping the monk's body inside, so that the clothes will not get wet and he can also breathe easily.
The underwater scene was blue and clear, with waves and fish passing by very closely. The sun was casting shadows down and the wind was blowing over the water. There was silence everywhere, and underfoot was a deep, dark pool.
Like the gloomy and empty eyes of a behemoth.
Suddenly, Zheng Weiqi's voice was heard in my ears. Different from the calm and indifferent tone before, it was full of panic and surprise: "Oh no, is that coming up from the bottom of the lake... a whirlpool?!"
The scene was not really that beautiful, Ningning only dared to lower her eyes and take a quick glance.
It was as if the giant beast under my feet had been dormant for a long time and finally couldn't wait to open its eyes. The water foam gathered into circle after circle of snow-white rings, rushing towards them at lightning speed.
A low roar sounded in her ears, and Ningning tightly grasped the Star Mark Sword at her waist.
This commission is destined not to be easy.
Because they will be forced to disperse by the whirlpool from the very beginning, and then have to face the murderous intent of the entire city on their own.
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Thanks to the spiritual energy that protected her body and the water-avoiding technique that saved her life, Ningning avoided drowning or being knocked unconscious by the huge waves.
The whirlpool brought waves towards her, which actually accelerated her speed to reach the bottom of the lake. Before long, she arrived at the vast barrier covering the city.
This formation also has an optical illusion. If you just observe it from the water, you won't see any trace of Galan City. Only by coming to the barrier in person can you get a glimpse of the old city hidden in the lake.
Once you pass through the barrier, the bubbles surrounding your body will burst.
At the same time, the ancient city of Galan, which had been sleeping for hundreds of years, finally slowly unveiled its mysterious veil.
It is difficult to see the shadow of the sun at the bottom of the lake. The barrier itself seems to have replaced the effect of the sunlight, emitting a bright and white luster. The air was filled with mist and the waves were glittering. The sparkling water above the barrier shaded the streets and houses, like thousands of broken pieces of glass and jade. It seemed like a dream and one did not know what day it was.
The ancient city is full of tall buildings, and the eternal lights dotted out a dazzling river like the starry sky. The sky was blue, the tiles were green and the walls were white. The trees beside the street had stopped growing and had dried up into hunched branches. The dark shadows cast on the walls reminded her of the bony knuckles of claws and fangs.
The formation has a certain cushioning effect. When Ningning slowly descended, her toes hit the ground without making any sound.
The original novel describes the experience of the protagonist Pei Ji, but does not mention other people. While being alert to the danger lurking in the dark, she raises her head and admires the scene in Galan City with a bit of surprise.
Everything remains the same as it was a hundred years ago. There is no one else around, as if it is a ghost town that no one has ever set foot in. Ningning looked around, completely unprepared, when she suddenly heard a shrill cry for help: "Help! Young Master!"
——Young Master?
The voice wasn't calling her, it was most likely one of the two men who came with her. Pei Ji shouldn't have run into her in the early stage, so it could only be -
Ningning's heart moved, and she walked towards the direction of the female voice. Sure enough, she saw the familiar figure of He Zhizhou not far away.
He seemed to be dazzled by the colorful world, and there was still a look of amazement in his eyes. Very close to the young man, there stood two people they had never met.
The woman who was asking for help was extremely charming. She was held hostage by a man with a knife against her neck. She cried bitterly, crying, "Sir, save me!"
The middle-aged man behind her looked ferocious, with empty eyes like two cheap black stones.
He moved clumsily, and seemed to have only a small part of his rationality left. His words were vague and it was difficult to make out what he was saying: "Don't... come over here! Otherwise, I, I will kill her!"
This situation reminded Ningning of the people whose souls were sucked away in the nearby city.
Insane, murderous, and highly aggressive towards everyone, but...
He Zhizhou had obviously never encountered such a thing. He tried to persuade him with kind words based on the negotiation expert tactics he had seen in TV dramas: "Calm down, brother! Think about your parents at home. If you do something stupid, they--"
Before he finished speaking, he heard a secret voice in his ear: "Don't believe them, they are fake."
I turned my head in surprise and saw Ningning.
She was wearing a moon-white long dress, and the Star-Marked Sword at her waist was glowing faintly. The star-like and moon-like bright light on the barrier reflected on the water waves and fell on the girl's delicate face.
"I can't sense any spiritual energy from that woman, so she must not be a cultivator. If she's not a cultivator, she can't possibly use the Water Avoidance Technique."
However, her hair and clothes were neat and tidy, without any water stains and looked as clean as if they had just been put on. She did not look like an ordinary person who had struggled in the lake.
"This routine is mentioned in the original book."
Ning Ning continued, "The monsters in this city noticed that a cultivator had entered, but due to their limited strength, they did not dare to engage in direct conflict. So they disguised themselves as innocent humans and attached themselves to the protagonists, occasionally poisoning and stabbing them in the back - and the one who was stabbed was me."
Having said that, I couldn't help but curse in my heart.
Only those who have endured the most hardships can become servants. "The Devotion of Tool Man X" is really not a joke, it's both bad and unlucky.
Ningning was right, this man and woman were exactly the Galan demons who had just awakened and were working hard to pursue their dreams of entering the entertainment industry.
The woman's name is Meng Jiaqi, and she is a descendant of the fox clan; the man's name is Qin Chuan, and he looks big and strong, but he is actually a rabbit.
Upon learning that a monk had broken through the barrier, the elders in the city who were addicted to showing off showed rare signs of panic. After some discussion, they decided to send them to blend in as humans and act as undercover agents.
And the most convincing way is to have a clichéd but classic hero saving the beauty.
When Qin Chuan saw her, his sense of crisis surged, and the fierceness in his eyes became more and more obvious. He shouted hoarsely: "Don't come over! Otherwise I--"
Having said this, the rest of the lines got stuck in my throat.
The new girl in the white dress smiled faintly and made a gesture with one hand.
Then a gust of sword wind hit the head of the hostage he was holding directly, causing Meng Jiaqi to roll his eyes and close his eyes unconsciously.
"Okay."
He heard her say: "I have already shot the hostage. You have no bargaining chips left. You'd better surrender obediently."
Qin Chuan:? ? ?
Qin Chuan was shocked, and thousands of alpacas were galloping in his heart.
In order to avoid being threatened, you might as well kill the threatening person yourself. Is this the style of all of you noble and upright people? Shouldn't it? No way, no way?
What happened to your promise of being righteous? Where’s the hero saving the beauty? You just killed the beauty. Do you have some mental illness? !
Meng Jiaqi in his arms fell limply.
His heart also sank limply.
There's something wrong with these people.
He no longer dared to imagine what would happen to him if he fell into the hands of that girl.
Qin Chuan, who was assigned to the role of villain but survived by chance, made a prompt decision and ran away. He immediately transformed into a snow-white rabbit and ran away, but his legs were too short and He Zhizhou grabbed his ears and said, "Little guy, are you an undercover agent?"
……hateful.
It turns out that these two people had seen through it a long time ago.
The big white rabbit stared at him with both legs wide open, then smiled awkwardly, and spoke in the deep and strong voice of a middle-aged man: "It's all a misunderstanding. That is, I'm not here to destroy you, but to join you, haha."
Ning Ning didn't waste any more words and went straight to the point: "Uncle, what other plans do you have? Where are the young city lord and the deacon elders?"
The rabbit tilted its head tremblingly. Unexpectedly, the other party did not continue to question. Instead, he glanced at He Zhizhou nonchalantly, pointed at Qin Chuan's fat body and grinned: "It's so funny, rabbit meat."
"No, no, no!" The rabbit struggled hard, "I'm hundreds of years old, my meat is dry and not tasty!"
"Naturally dried bacon!" Ning Ning's eyes lit up, "There is such a good thing!"
Qin Chuan: ...
Ever since he saw her kill the hostage, he no longer doubted that this girl could do anything.
Then the strong male voice sounded again: "The elders and the young city lord are all in the city lord's mansion. Go west and you will find other plans. I really don't know why people want to eat rabbits when they are so cute. Please, brother and sister, let me go. Thank you, thank you."
Ningning patted the rabbit's head with satisfaction: "Good boy."
Then he took out the storage bag and put it in without hesitation.
"If we let it go, it will definitely tip off the authorities."
Ning Ning said: "The original book doesn't describe this commission very much, and I'm not sure if there will be any unexpected crises... Anyway, let's just take it one step at a time."
He Zhizhou nodded and pointed at the strange woman lying on the side: "What about her?"
As a fellow swordsman, he naturally understood that Ning Ning did not kill the other party, the other party just lost consciousness and fainted.
"We have to keep it for future use. If we encounter any danger in the future, we will have to rely on the people in this city to help resolve it."
Ningning said as she squatted down and tapped her forehead hard. The woman suddenly opened her eyes, full of panic and disbelief.
"You're awake."
The little girl in a white dress beside her smiled harmlessly: "Don't be afraid, sister. The villain has been dealt with by the two of us. My name is Ningning, and this is He Zhizhou. We are both disciples of the Xuanxu Sword Sect. We came here specially to eliminate monsters." Seeing her face, Meng Jiaqi's heart trembled.
When he heard the villain being dealt with, his heart couldn't help but tremble, as if he had already seen his future fate.
"Meng Jiaqi."
She tried hard to suppress her trembling and managed a smile: "I went to the lake to wash clothes, but unexpectedly the man suddenly rushed out from beside me and tried to attack me. I had no choice but to jump into the lake. I didn't expect to end up in a place like this... Thank you for your help. I wonder where the murderer's body is..."
He Zhizhou and Ningning secretly exchanged glances.
He reacted quickly and immediately replied with a smile: "We felt that he was not like an ordinary person. He might have been poisoned or had a Gu poisoned. So we dissected his stomach to check the internal conditions. The scene was bloody and we have dealt with it."
Meng Jiaqi almost had a heart attack after hearing this, and asked reluctantly, "Then, have you two found out anything?"
There was silence for a moment.
Then He Zhizhou scratched his head and stuck out his tongue, looking 60% coquettish and 40% shy, with an embarrassed smile in the rising ending tone: "Hey."
When he smiled, Meng Jiaqi felt something was wrong.
It felt like there was a sticky octopus lying on my eyes, which was both scary and disgusting.
He Zhizhou's voice rang out as expected after a brief pause, and every word hit her eardrum with incredible precision.
Meng Jiaqi heard him say: "What a coincidence, you would never have thought that his cause of death was autopsy."
too. skillful. .
die. because. yes. untie. Section.
Meng Jiaqi: Grass.
Grass! ! !
Qin Chuan, you are so miserable! ! !
You bastard, you fucking tongue! What a coincidence! What a coincidence! How thick-skinned can one be to say such things without batting an eyelid!
Not a human being.
They from the Xuanxu Sword Sect are not human! ! !
She was in a trance and felt that something was not well with herself.
As a demon with a red bloodline, Meng Jiaqi has heard so many cruel words and seen so many cruel people since she was a child. Only the man in front of her with his tongue sticking out and smiling made her feel for the first time what fear is.
This person is abnormal.
And there was Ningning, who killed the hostage as soon as they met. She had a really dirty heart.
Meng Jiaqi tried to take a deep breath, raised her head at a 45-degree angle to look up at the sky, and prevented the tears from flowing out of her red eyes.
Qin Chuan died on the way, but that was not the worst thing.
The worst thing is that she has to stay with this group of people as an undercover agent. Who knows what other unscrupulous things they will do. Once her true identity is discovered, what awaits her might be something more horrifying than vivisection.
What does it mean that life is worse than death? This is what it means that life is worse than death.
"Miss Meng, why are you crying? Are you scared?"
Ning Ning saw the red in her eyes and comforted her seriously, "Don't be afraid, I will always be by your side. We in Xuanxu Sword Sect have a long-lasting sense of humanity, especially Brother He next to me. Because his heart is as pure as a blank sheet of paper, he is nicknamed 'He Paper'."
Meng Jiaqi: Haha.
So pure and unpretentious.
See that cupping mark on my forehead? Then thank you so much.
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