Chapter 239 Chips (2)
Anding Town is not surrounded by rivers like Fuji Town, nor does it have twelve towering mountains. It is simply located on a flat land, and except for the official road, there are fields all around it.
Unlike Longlan City, a regional capital, and not in a unique location, Anding Town lacked a traditional street, not even a trading house. Amidst the hustle and bustle, only ordinary figures could be seen.
Therefore, Anding Town only needed to defend itself against possible external enemies. After all, situated on a plain, it relied solely on its city walls and moat. The walls, constructed at great expense and paved with glutinous rice, stood majestically tall, while the moat was six feet wide, making it difficult to approach without lowering a drawbridge. These two lines of defense protected the more than 1,500 households within. Gazing upon them from plain ground, they undoubtedly gave one a solid sense of security.
Yuzhi and Laimian had been here before, simply as a stopover during their covert patrols, concealing their identities. They could still recall the morning hawking, the steaming hot vegetable buns, and the scallion-soaked broth. Countless details could only be experienced by being there.
But from above, Anding Town was nothing more than a quiet, circular cage, its people shuffling between toy-like buildings, their loudest voices unable to reach the clouds. Insignificant before the might of the monks, it seemed insignificant.
He stretched out his palm to block his eyes, and Anding Town disappeared. This was of course an optical illusion, but it could also become reality.
Luo Xuanyi looked down at Anding Town and suddenly spoke.
"Yuzhi, come to sleep, right?"
Yuzhi and Laimian were startled and exchanged glances. Usually, only Yuzhi called Laimian by her name, while Laimian only ever addressed Yuzhi as "sister." How did Luo Xuanyi know this?
As if noticing their surprise, Luo Xuanyi flashed a smug smile and lightly revealed more information: "Don't be so surprised. I also know that you are the law enforcement guards of the six major alliances. Your status is transcendent, and you can even execute first and report later. Most of your team are disciples from the Exorcist Sword Sect, but there are also two formation cultivators."
Having said that, she raised her eyebrows slightly, her thin light blue eyebrows curled up in a playful arc. She looked down at the two of them, with almost mockery in her eyes.
Yu Zhilaimian was shocked, and almost at the same time he thought of the recent rumors in the sect - that there were villains in the six alliances who were colluding with evil cultivators.
Could it be that they're not just colluding with evil cultivators, but also that some have defected to the Demon Sect? While the six major alliances are aware of the reconstruction of Xiaohe City, even Master Ding Jing, the original proponent of the project, doesn't know who will be sent. The selections are all finalized by the six sect leaders in the Internal Affairs Hall. Why does Luo Xuanyi sound like she knows every detail of the team?
Suspicion about the sect flashed across her mind, and Yu Zhi's heart pounded violently. If she hadn't been restrained by Luo Xuanyi's death energy, she would have pounced on Luo Xuanyi and devoured her alive. She instinctively refused to believe that the Six Great Alliances could have such a filthy affair, and simply concluded that Luo Xuanyi was speaking nonsense, even though she couldn't explain how Luo Xuanyi had obtained this information.
Compared to Yu Zhi's anger, Lai Mian's heart slowly sank into icy water. The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. Before their convoy arrived in Xiaohe City, Luo Xuanyi had already ambushed them there, even stockpiling a huge amount of living things. If they hadn't been informed of this earlier, it would have been impossible for them to refine it.
Seeing how Luo Xuanyi easily dispelled the two Heavenly Gate Inductions, each of which burned one soul and one spirit, she and Yu Zhi must have thoroughly studied their techniques. Otherwise, how could she have used the Tempering Servant to pollute their Dao Hearts, thus limiting their Heavenly Gate Inductions to the strength of the Refining Void Realm?
And the only ones who could understand them to this extent were probably their fellow disciples of the Giant Sword Sect...
Luo Xuanyi deliberately pretended to be unable to contain her words and dug out some information, just to pave the way for her "let slip" later and to observe the two men's temperaments. Seeing Yuzhi's face full of anger and Lai Mian's eyes lowered in thought, she probably knew their personalities.
Seeing that the time was almost right, Luo Xuanyi interrupted their thoughts and said with a smile.
"You two, are you willing to make a deal with me?"
Wishful thinking. Yu Zhi said this to Luo Xuanyi with a vicious look, but Luo Xuanyi's smile did not change at all. She tilted her head, her hair of varying lengths swept over her shoulders, and she looked at Yu Zhi.
"Don't be so reluctant. I have the bargaining chips in my hand. You shouldn't look at them."
Yuzhi and Laimian opened their mouths, but no sound came out. Just as confusion crossed their eyes, they saw Luo Xuanyi's hand slowly lowered, aiming at Andingzhen.
Their breathing stopped. They suddenly remembered the moment the convoy was silently swallowed by the dark river of Hades, and Luo Xuanyi had pointed at it. Lai Mian immediately understood Luo Xuanyi's intentions and was extremely anxious, but he couldn't stop Luo Xuanyi.
"I remember there were about 1,500 households in Anding Town."
What does that mean? Before they could comprehend it, their eyes suddenly widened.
An irresistible black torrent silently surged from Luo Xuanyi's palm, instantly submerging the entire Anding Town.
Luo Xuanyi's death energy was now extremely abundant. With this energy alone, she had already reached the Great Perfection of the Red Ghost Realm, almost reaching the level of spiritual power at the early stages of the Void Refinement Realm. However, since she had never practiced Taoism, her actual power was only comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
But destroying a city with just the death energy is extremely easy.
The residents of Anding Town barely registered a reaction. It was as if a black sea of divine punishment had descended from the heavens, drowning out all sound and form. The relentless blackness tore through the bricks and tiles of the city walls, and the sheltered houses instantly collapsed. Children, women, the elderly, and the middle-aged—all were indistinguishable at this moment; none uttered a single cry as they were submerged in the black sea of death.
However, their violent heartbeats continued. They opened their eyes tremblingly and suddenly realized that they were floating in the air.
Sixteen thousand densely packed people, lifted by the deathly aura, stood suspended in mid-air. Directly below them, the city wall they had once been so proud of, believing to be indestructible, had been flattened, leaving only its circular base visible.
In the midst of the tension and panic, a child suddenly let out a scream, followed by a sudden burst of wailing and shouting!
“Woo…”
"Mother, where are you?"
"No, I must be dreaming..."
“It hurts so much!”
The roar of tens of thousands of voices mingled like a cold mass of ice, crawling up Yuzhi and Laimian's backs. Luo Xuanyi released the silence pills from their bodies, but they found it difficult to breathe.
Amidst the chaotic and shrill cries of pleas and wails, only Luo Xuanyi's voice rang out clearly and accurately.
"How about this bargaining chip?" Her voice laughed. "How about using the lives of over ten thousand people as bargaining chips to buy your justice?"
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