Villages on the Earth
After Zhu Jianbai touched it, he regained his senses and realized something was wrong. The surrounding scenery changed instantly.
In the distance, various strange and grotesque shadows stood indistinctly. At first, they were startled, thinking they were surrounded by all sorts of monsters.
Realizing that the other party had no intention of attacking them, they boldly approached and found that it was just some broken walls and ruins of buildings.
"ah--"
However, before they could even breathe a sigh of relief, a scream rang out.
It was Yu Liang's voice, which was instantly swallowed up and silenced.
"Yu Liang?"
Realizing there was danger, the group immediately rallied.
“Yu Liang is missing,” He Si said, frowning.
It all happened in an instant; if Yu Liang hadn't called out, no one would have noticed.
"Be careful, this place is eerie." Liu Qingqing's expression was equally grave.
Cultivators generally have some ability to protect themselves. Unless they are absolutely overwhelmed by the opponent's strength, they can hold on for a while if they disappear. But if it goes on for too long, their lives may be in danger.
The most urgent task, besides quickly figuring out the situation here, is to find Yu Liang as soon as possible. Every bit of time wasted increases the danger to Yu Liang.
In the blink of an eye, Wen Wan summoned her spirit sword and attacked directly in Liu Qingqing's direction.
"Bang—" The sound of the dark shadow colliding with the cold building, and the lifeless ruins retreated rapidly and disappeared in an instant.
The speed was so fast that they thought it was just an illusion, but the rubble that Wen Wan had knocked down proved that everything was real. Just now, without anyone noticing, Liu Qingqing was almost kidnapped like Yu Liang.
“Those buildings…” Wen Wan looked at her right hand holding the sword, her hand trembling slightly. “They are very fast and highly aggressive.”
Without hesitation, she swallowed a pill to recover her strength. Looking at the rubble on the ground, she pointed out incisively, "But the defense is insufficient."
Initially, some of them thought that Wen Wan, a Golden Core cultivator, making it into the top eight of the sect competition was pure luck, though no one showed it. Now, however, they felt guilty for having thought that way; Wen Wan's perception was far superior to theirs.
But the situation is urgent now, and this is not the time to talk about these things.
"Everyone gather together, don't scatter, and keep an eye on your surroundings."
The black mist seemed to come alive, enveloping them.
After Liu Qingqing finished speaking, she took out a lighting talisman and lit it. The pale yellow light formed a small light shield around everyone, isolating them from the black mist.
Wen Wan looked around, her brows furrowed: "Where's Zhu Jianbai?"
Wang Jinyan subconsciously looked to his right, but Zhu Jianbai had already disappeared without a trace.
The effect of one talisman was too small, so Wen Wan burned two more without hesitation. Using them in this way was indeed a bit wasteful, making her look like a rich and foolish child from a wealthy landlord's family.
Of course, nobody talks about these things now. She can use her talismans however she wants, and she uses them for the team, which only benefits them.
The light surrounding them expanded into two concentric circles.
They originally had eight people, but now only six remain.
Upon closer inspection, the shadowy figures of broken walls and ruins in the darkness were slowly wriggling, and even more terrifyingly, the "ground" beneath one's feet began to undulate accordingly.
In the darkness, the building began to move more violently, and the ground began to shake more intensely. A section of broken wall and ruins quickly emerged from the ground, and the vigilant group immediately dodged away, thus scattering them.
The next moment, the buildings, which seemed to have a life of their own, rapidly changed shape, and the newly emerged ruins, on the left and right, swiftly abducted Wang Jinyan and Fan Kaiyu.
Fan Kaiyu opened his mouth wide, but before he could even scream, he vanished instantly.
The remaining four exchanged glances, having already made their decision. Fortunately, they all gave up resisting and were pulled by the broken walls and ruins to an unknown area.
Since half of the people have already been abducted, their resistance is not very meaningful except as a waste of energy. It would be better for them to be abducted together and gather in another area, which would save them the trouble of searching for them later.
They were swept along by the ruins, moving rapidly in one direction. Along the way, Wenwan tried to break free of her restraints, but to no avail, so she was relieved.
After an unknown amount of time, a sudden dizzying sensation swept through the crowd. They were dazed and disoriented, feeling as if they had been thrown to the ground. They struggled to open their eyes, trying to see where they were.
Before my eyes was a bright blue sky and white clouds, a stark contrast to the dark ruins I had just been in.
Wenwan struggled to lift her eyelids and observe her surroundings. She was lying on a grassy field, with forests, a river, and the cheerful chirping of birds nearby—it was as beautiful as a fairy tale.
"Another one fell down."
She vaguely heard voices, and tried to discern whether they were friend or foe, but eventually succumbed to exhaustion and fell asleep.
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"Are you awake? Are you awake?" The girl's voice was innocent and cheerful.
"Shh! Not yet. We need to be quiet and not disturb the messenger." The voice was a little more composed than before, but it was still that of a little boy.
Wen Wan was woken up by the two chattering children.
"Wow! The divine messenger has woken up."
Seeing her open her eyes, the little girl leaned over with a surprised voice.
Wait! A divine messenger? What divine messenger?
Before her eyes was a cute little girl with braided pigtails, staring at her curiously with her big, bright eyes.
Too close...
"Little Flower, you can't do that." The little boy's cold voice rang out, and he pulled Little Flower back: "You'll scare the divine messenger if you get this close."
Xiao Hua reluctantly let out an "oh".
"Greetings, Your Excellency. I am Aheng, and this is my younger sister, Xiaohua. Welcome to the village on earth."
After speaking, Aheng and Xiaohua both made a local gesture to express their welcome.
There was no fourth person in the room; the "divine messenger" they were referring to was himself.
Before she fainted, she heard "another one fell down," so there must have been other people there as well.
What exactly happened?
What's worse is that her spiritual power is being suppressed here.
She didn't care; with the Black Lotus, she could still be invincible. But all of her teammates relied on spiritual power to fight.
"Aheng, Xiaohua, hello. Can you tell me what happened? And why do you call me Divine Messenger?"
Fortunately, we are still relatively safe. Let's find out the situation first.
“The Divine Envoy is indeed the Divine Envoy,” Xiao Hua tilted her head, expressing her confusion at Wen Wan’s question.
“It’s a token,” Aheng replied. “The priest said that the token left by the deity is with the divine messenger, so you are the divine messenger.”
"A token?" Wen Wan thought for a moment, but she had too many items on her to be sure what it was. "Do you know what a token looks like?"
Did she take something special without anyone noticing?
This time, Aheng shook his head: "We don't know, only the High Priest knows."
"Thank you," Wen Wan said with a smile, thanking the two children. "Could you take me to find the High Priest?"
“Of course you can!” Xiaohua clapped her hands happily. The divine messenger could finally use her. But then she thought of something and hesitated: “However, the priest is dealing with the intruders falling from the sky right now. We are worried that you will be scared if you see them.”
If anyone else had said those words, Wen Wan would have felt that the other person was looking down on her, but the little girl's innocent appearance clearly showed that she cared about her.
"Don't worry, I'm very brave," Wen Wan assured, patting her chest.
Aside from not being able to use her spiritual power, she has now recovered and is full of energy.
Only after her repeated assurances did the two children agree to take her with them.
"What kind of intruder is it?" Wen Wan pretended to be curious, but she had already guessed it. It was probably her teammate, after all, she had also fallen from the sky.
By sheer luck, she had a token that saved her from certain death, but the others were not so fortunate.
"Hmm... there were two men, one talkative and the other silent." Xiaohua thought for a long time before coming up with this description.
Talkative?
Wen Wan's first thought was Fan Kaiyu. As for those who didn't speak, it was probably He Si or Yu Liang. The disciples of the Discipline Hall were all ruthless and taciturn.
"So, what will the high priest do with them?"
"Burn it with a big fire, then offer it as a sacrifice to the heavens."
Xiao Hua really enjoyed talking to the divine messenger, so A Heng led the way without interrupting. Only when Xiao Hua couldn't answer a question would A Heng answer it for her.
Because of her identity as the divine messenger, the two children were not wary of her and answered whatever Wenwan asked.
This is a village on Earth. The place for the sacrificial ceremony is the Earth Square. Wenwan followed them towards the square.
Wen Wan noticed that the houses here were arranged side by side, each occupying a roughly the same location, creating a pleasingly staggered effect.
Strangely, although it was daytime, no one was home, and the doors of every house were wide open. In the courtyard of each house, there were three, five, or even more scarecrows standing in different clothes and with different actions.
What terrified Wen Wan was that she always felt as if the scarecrows were alive, staring straight at her, even though the scarecrows didn't have eyes.
"Aheng, Xiaohua, what are the scarecrows in your courtyards for? Why do all the households have so many, and why do they all look different and have their own unique features?" Wen Wan couldn't help but ask.
Little Flower obediently replied, "My Lord, they are not scarecrows. They are also children of the earth, and they are our family."
Wen Wan originally wanted them to call her "elder sister," as she felt pressured by constantly calling her "Divine Envoy." She didn't know the reason for this, but the two children insisted that "Divine Envoy" was "Divine Envoy" and refused to change their address, so there was nothing she could do.
Based on the information currently available, this village consists of the village chief, priest, villagers, a scarecrow carrying a token who acts as a messenger of the gods and is regarded as family, and outsiders without tokens who are considered intruders.
This village is probably not that simple.
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