Upon seeing this scene, Ling Jingyan gasped, his skin crawling with goosebumps.
How could this person speak of compassion while ruthlessly killing others?
The key point is that he was also a monk.
For a monk to act like this is truly wicked!
"Why don't you show your face when our distinguished guests have arrived, instead of hiding?" Wu Xie's eyes looked in the direction where Ruan Xiyan and the others were hiding.
Ling Jingyan was startled. "We've been discovered."
Ruan Xiyan slowly walked out from the shadows.
They were quite curious as to how Wu Xie was able to discover them, even though they had completely concealed their auras.
"How did you find us?" Ruan Xiyan asked in confusion.
"The inner city is my territory, so naturally nothing here can escape my eyes," Wu Xie chuckled.
"Otherwise, the situation in the inner city would have been exposed long ago."
"We meet again, Miss Ruan." Wu Xie looked at Ruan Xiyan with a smile.
Ling Jingyan, standing to the side, watched Wu Xie across from him with extreme vigilance.
After all, his methods of killing were too bizarre; they hadn't even seen it clearly before those people died at his hands.
"Young master, there is no need to be nervous. This humble monk is not a bloodthirsty person."
"I'm overjoyed to have such an honored guest as Miss Ruan, so how could I possibly fight with you?"
“Miss Ruan, why don’t we find a quieter place to talk?” Wu Xie said with a faint smile.
“Okay,” Ruan Xiyan replied.
Ling Jingyan was still somewhat worried about Wu Xie and whispered, "Yan'er, what if there's an ambush?"
They had indeed intended to sit down with the Grand Preceptor to discuss the matter of the Brahma Bone Fruit, but they hadn't expected that there would be a half-human, half-beast monster in the inner city.
Judging from his swift and decisive execution of those who discovered the city's secrets, he certainly wouldn't let them leave easily with that secret.
“Whether it’s true or not, we’ve come this far. Even if it’s a den of dragons and tigers ahead, we have to go and try.” Ruan Xiyan said firmly.
Jun Yu, who was standing next to her, smiled and said, "I'll go with Ayan."
“I’ll listen to Yan’er. I’ll do whatever Yan’er says,” Ling Jingyan said.
Wu Xie looked at Ruan Xiyan and asked, "Have the three of you decided whether you want to come with this humble monk?"
“Lead the way,” Ruan Xiyan replied.
“Miss Ruan is so kind, please, the three of you.”
In the courtyard of the royal palace.
Ling Jingyan was puzzled, "How come we haven't seen a single guard or maid in the palace along the way?"
"Because they, like the people in the city, have all become mindless monsters," Wu Xie said calmly, as if he were talking about something perfectly ordinary.
Although Ruan Xiyan had already had a vague guess when she saw the clothes and attire worn by those half-human, half-beast people in the city.
But hearing Wu Xie admit it himself was still quite shocking.
"No one is ever allowed to stay overnight in the inner city. Is it because the people in the city will turn into that kind of person?"
Wu Xie chuckled softly, "Miss Ruan is clever; she guessed it right away."
"This is indeed a secret within the inner city, something I don't want outsiders to know. I can't bear the consequences if this matter is exposed."
"So I killed all those who broke into the inner city under the pretext of the Heavenly Turtle God. Only in this way can I prevent any hidden dangers from being left behind."
"The place you've been trying to bring me to is the Western Regions' Brahma Kingdom, right? Is there anything about me that you care about?" Ruan Xiyan got straight to the point. "Now that I'm here, I might as well say it directly."
“Miss Ruan is so straightforward, I’m sure this humble monk has something here that you might need.” Wu Xie stared at Ruan Xiyan.
"The transaction is complete. You give me the Brahma Bone Fruit," Ruan Xiyan said, enunciating each word clearly.
"The Brahma Bone Fruit is extremely precious. It is probably only possessed by the royal family of the Brahma Kingdom in the Western Regions on the entire continent."
“I do have this thing. As long as Miss Ruan does one thing for me, I will offer the Brahma Bone Fruit with both hands.”
"What is it?" Ruan Xiyan asked.
"I need Miss Ruan to make a trip to the Holy Land for me," Wu Xie said slowly.
"The Holy Land? Could the people in the inner city have become like that because of the Holy Land?"
Wu Xie nodded, "These matters also involve a long-ago incident."
"Back then, there were many sorcerers in the Western Regions Brahma Kingdom. Relying on their strange sorcery, they formed a force that opposed the royal family of the Western Regions Brahma Kingdom."
“Sorcerers act in a mysterious and unpredictable manner, and every time they appear, they cause panic and riots.”
"The royal family has repeatedly suppressed and tried its best to eliminate this force, and those sorcerers were ultimately no match for it."
"At that time, the force was led by a powerful sorcerer who fought desperately, sacrificing his own flesh and soul to set up a powerful forbidden spell to take revenge on the royal family."
"He used magic to turn everyone in the palace and the inner city into half-human, half-beast monsters that everyone feared and hated, and they died in a miserable way."
"Even our royal family's guardian beasts throughout the ages have fallen into an endless slumber under this spell."
"The curse took effect, and overnight, everyone in the city turned into mindless, half-human, half-beast beings who could only kill each other."
"The king of the Western Regions Brahma Kingdom, along with his princes, exhausted their spiritual power to resist the spread of the curse. In the end, they thought of sacrificing their own souls to fight against the curse."
"Although it cannot completely remove the curse, it can resist some of the curse's harm, buying more time for the people of the city."
"From then on, the people of the inner city would turn into half-human, half-beast monsters at night. They had no consciousness, but they would not kill or attack each other."
"During the day, they become normal people again and don't remember anything that happened when they turned into monsters at night."
"That's why the people in the inner city have been able to survive until now in this way, instead of dying on the spot from the curse."
In this sense, the king of the Western Regions' Brahma Kingdom was also a man of deep feelings and true character, willing to sacrifice himself to preserve the last glimmer of hope for the people of the inner city to survive.
Ling Jingyan asked, "How is that king now?"
“They’ve all turned into speechless, humanoid stone sculptures.” Wu Xie’s voice carried a barely perceptible hint of grief.
The people in the inner city at least have time to wake up each day, but the Emperor and his brothers don't even have that opportunity.
Every time I went to my father's bedroom, all I saw were cold, lifeless stone sculptures.
A thoughtful look crossed Ruan Xiyan's eyes. Such a big thing had happened to the royal family of the Western Regions Brahma Kingdom, and the outside world had not received any news about it.
It is evident that this Master Wuxie was also quite capable.
However, this is also related to the fact that the Western Regions' Brahma Kingdom was a country located far at sea.
Of the four great empires, the Western Regions' Brahma Kingdom was the most mysterious, and there was the least information about it.
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