Qi Zhiheng's brows furrowed more and more. The other party's clear direction made it seem as if their actions were completely under his control, which made him even more uneasy.
Having no other options, Qi Zhiheng could only pull Yang Yitian to speed up.
They moved extremely fast, and an hour later, they saw the gate leading out of the palace.
But now the city gates are tightly closed, and there's no way to get out.
Qi Zhiheng looked at Yang Yitian and gestured with his eyes: Fly upwards.
Yang Yitian and Qi Zhiheng had some tacit understanding, and soon they arrived. After Yang Yitian tapped Qi Zhiheng's palm, the two flew upwards together, intending to climb over the wall.
The city wall is about ten meters high. Under normal circumstances, it would be easy to climb over such a ten-meter-high wall. However, the current situation is special. They only flew about five meters before being pulled down to the ground by a force!
Someone fell back to the ground.
It even made some noise.
Qi Zhiheng looked around nervously.
The people around them chatted and laughed, seemingly oblivious to anything they had noticed.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but when he looked at these people again, he felt a chill run down his spine. They were chatting and laughing, but their expressions were very formulaic.
Qi Zhiheng then realized that something was wrong; these people did not possess any human vitality whatsoever.
Such a "person" looks far more terrifying than the remnant souls in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls.
The approaching presence behind him made Qi Zhiheng anxious. He squeezed Yang Yitian's palm, signaling for another try.
Unsurprisingly, this attempt to bypass the Great Firewall failed again.
Qi Zhiheng was getting anxious and frustrated. It seemed that even though they had gone invisible, they had not escaped the other party's control!
He didn't know the extent of the area the other party could control—was it the entire palace or the entire city? And how they had found out their location.
Thinking about this, Qi Zhiheng broke out in a cold sweat and tightened his grip on Yang Yitian's hand.
He looked at the people at the door, each one blocking the entrance but none of them wanting to open it. If only someone could leave the city now, he could go up with them and go out together.
That aura was already less than two hundred meters away from them.
Qi Zhiheng had no choice but to pull Yang Yitian up the wall again. This time, they didn't fall directly down. Before they plummeted, Qi Zhiheng pulled Yang Yitian into the space first.
The moment Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian disappeared, the old man, who had been wearing a warm smile, instantly turned gloomy.
When his feet touched the ground, Qi Zhiheng truly felt the peace of mind that comes from being grounded.
The tense atmosphere of their escape had left them both drenched in sweat.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian's combined cultivation might be enough to put them in a match, but the strangeness of the people in this city had a certain impact on his mind. Now, being in this space, his initial fear had lessened somewhat, and he was able to think about why the other party could have concealed their aura and approached unnoticed but instead deliberately released their presence and slowed their advance.
Thinking about it this way, the other party might have done it on purpose, in order to create a sense of pressure for them.
The scheme clearly succeeded; he did indeed lose his composure just now. Judging from this, the other party couldn't possibly be a kind person.
"What do we do next? Staying in this space isn't a solution either," Yang Yitian said with a frown.
Qi Zhiheng actually had some thoughts: "I wonder if we'll be teleported out when the time comes."
Of course, this idea was just a thought. Now that he had gotten in, he naturally had to find the Boundary Stone as well, otherwise wouldn't he have wasted the opportunity? It was hard to say whether they would be able to get in again in the future.
Thinking of this, Qi Zhiheng looked at the Moon Beast and asked, "Senior Moon Goddess, can you sense the location of the Boundary Stone?"
The moon beast descended from the full moon in the sky and replied, "I can sense it."
"In what direction is it roughly?" Once he finds the guide stone, he can hide in the space for a while, and then be teleported out when the time comes.
The moon beast seemed to have read his thoughts and taunted, "Put away your unrealistic ideas. Do you think you'll definitely be teleported out of this city? If you could be teleported out here, why weren't those zombie-like things teleported out?"
Qi Zhiheng's beautiful wish was doused with a bucket of cold water.
The moon beast continued, "If you want to be teleported out, you'll probably have to be teleported back to that little house you were in before."
Qi Zhiheng sighed and said, "Why is it so difficult to find a Boundary Stone? By the way, senior, where is that Boundary Stone?"
The moon beast's mockery deepened: "The aura of the Boundary Stone grows stronger as you approach the gate."
"You mean, this boundary stone is outside the palace?" Qi Zhiheng asked.
The moon beast gave a wicked laugh: "Of course that's not what I meant. Think about it, as you get closer and closer to the city wall, what is getting closer and closer to you?"
"The gate!" Yang Yitian replied, thinking himself clever.
The moon beast rolled its eyes: "And you? What are you thinking?"
Qi Zhiheng looked at the moon beast's gloating expression and had a bad feeling: "You mean, the owner of that Spirit Venerable aura?"
The moon beast clapped its hands in satisfaction and praised, "Clever."
Qi Zhiheng: "..." Thank you, but I don't want this kind of cleverness.
"What's going on? Does it mean the last Boundary Stone is on that Spirit Lord?" Yang Yitian finally understood.
"There's a 90% chance. You can decide for yourselves. Actually, that person might not be as powerful as you think. The reason you feel you can't defeat him is just because of your fear of the unknown." After giving a few words of advice, the moon beast returned to mid-air.
Qi Zhiheng took a deep breath. He understood this as well. The moment he entered the space, he had already calmed down considerably.
His fear of that spirit lord was, to put it bluntly, his fear of this city. What kind of mysterious power did he possess that made this place look different from the outside?
What kind of power allows those "people" to continue living?
What power could possibly keep the Spirit Lord alive even though he should have died?
How did the Spirit Lord know their location?
Yang Yitian said, "That person is coming."
The spirit lord who had been following them had already reached the spot where they had disappeared.
Even though he knew the other person couldn't see them at all, Qi Zhiheng still subconsciously held his breath!
Yang Yitian swallowed hard and said, "Is he that Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable? He looks quite kind and benevolent. What if he's not a bad person?" Regardless of whether he's a bad person or not, it seems that this is the only excuse he can use to comfort himself now.
Upon hearing Yang Yitian's words, Qi Zhiheng finally caught his breath and shook his head, saying, "I don't know, let me check the information."
Among the materials he bought, there seemed to be a portrait of the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable.
After he opened a portrait and compared it, he replied, "It seems that this is not the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable; it is different from the one in the portrait."
Yang Yitian leaned over for a look and said, "It doesn't really look like it, but..."
Qi Zhiheng asked, "But what?"
Yang Yitian stammered, "I feel like the portrait of the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable I saw last time wasn't like this."
Qi Zhiheng had a bad feeling. He took out another document, which also contained a portrait of the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable. Comparing the two, one was thin and the other was fat...
This isn't even the same person! Couldn't these people at least use the same portrait when they publish their books, since they're selling materials? This is outrageous!
Qi Zhiheng observed the situation outside and said, "Forget it, let's observe it ourselves."
The Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable looked around and saw that the people who had been laughing and talking all knelt down, chanting "Spirit Venerable" in unison.
Qi Zhiheng didn't quite understand why this person was respected so much by a group of inhuman creatures.
"It's probably vanity at play," Yang Yitian said with the air of someone who'd been there all along.
Qi Zhiheng looked at him and said, "You seem to know quite a lot, don't you?"
Yang Yitian chuckled and said, "So-so."
Qi Zhiheng pushed his head away.
Yang Yitian swayed for a moment, then his head returned to its original position. This conversation eased the tense atmosphere between the two of them somewhat: "What do you plan to do next?"
Qi Zhiheng replied without hesitation, "Let's cultivate first and improve our cultivation level."
Yang Yitian agreed, "Once we become more powerful, we should be able to take care of that person outside."
“He’s not the only opponent out there. Have you forgotten that he has a city’s worth of help?” Qi Zhiheng shook his head and stood up. Perhaps he should go and refine some pills to improve his cultivation.
At this moment, the Spirit Venerables outside the space, unable to find Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian, looked towards the gate. Therefore, the gatekeeper opened the gate.
The Spirit Lord walked out of the gate, looked around, and, not seeing anything, returned to the palace.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian watched him walk away, realizing that this matter was finally over.
Yang Yitian perked up and said, "I'll also draw more talismans. If a fight breaks out, I'll use more sets of talismans to blast him to death."
Qi Zhiheng took the opportunity to soak in a medicinal bath to improve his physical condition.
Perhaps due to the intense pressure of this experience, his body-tempering efficiency increased significantly. This single opportunity allowed him to advance the "Five Elements Body Tempering Technique," previously at the second level, to the third level. The speed was undeniably rapid.
He stood up, swallowed a pill to enhance his cultivation, and began meditating, hoping to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment in one fell swoop.
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