"Okay, boss, I'll be right there!"
Zhang Yuan hung up the phone, ended his cultivation, and stood up to check the contents of his Qiankun bag. He had prepared some talismans and pills over the past few days.
After confirming that everything was there, Zhang Yuan left the dormitory and ran towards the grove of paulownia trees.
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A grove of paulownia trees.
Liu Minchun sat on the abandoned construction debris and cement, smoking a pipe, wearing his ever-present slippers, his gaze fixed on the group of people in the woods ahead.
Zhou Jian leaned on a green umbrella in one hand and ran the other hand through his sleek, combed hair. His sophisticated leather jacket and black leather shoes exuded the style of an urban elite, but the large, bright green umbrella in his hand seemed somewhat out of place with his urban elite demeanor.
Not far from the sycamore grove, a plume of smoke was visibly approaching.
As the smoke cleared, a young man stood before Liu Mingchun and Zhou Jian; this man was Zhang Yuan.
"Boss, I'm here."
Zhang Yuandao.
He wore a professional smile, like a subordinate to a superior.
"You've come at the perfect time."
Liu Mingchun flicked away his cigarette butt and turned his gaze to the grove of paulownia trees ahead.
"The ruins are about to open. Our task today is to keep an eye on these cultivators and demons and prevent them from causing too much trouble."
"In a moment, you will be under my command. Remember, do not act unless absolutely necessary."
"Yes, boss!"
Zhang Yuan and Zhou Jian both spoke.
Zhang Yuan surveyed the paulownia grove ahead. In addition to the eagle demon, the gray-robed old man, the young man in sunglasses, and the two cultivators carrying gourds and palm-leaf fans, there were several unfamiliar cultivators he had never seen before.
Among them was a mysterious cultivator wearing a cloak and cape, his body completely covered, with a very powerful aura and the strangest attire.
Zhang Yuan guessed that this mysterious person should also be a Golden Core Realm expert.
In addition, several other unfamiliar cultivators also possessed the cultivation level of the Meridian Opening Realm. They each circled around the forest, warily watching the other cultivators around the paulownia grove.
Judging from their positions, these people can be roughly divided into several factions: the eagle demon, the old man in gray robes and the young man with sunglasses on his head, the two cultivators carrying gourds and folding fans with calamus, the mysterious man in a black cloak and his subordinates, and several other rogue cultivators.
No wonder the boss looked so serious.
At this moment, spiritual energy continuously surged out from above the trees.
Looking at the spiritual energy surging out of the sky above the forest, Zhou Jian clicked his tongue and said, "With such strong spiritual energy fluctuations, I think this forest must be a blessed land left behind by immortals."
"By the way, boss, the ruins will open soon, should we go in and try our luck?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuan immediately shook his head.
"I'm not going, you guys go!"
Zhou Jian looked at Captain Liu Minchun, waiting for his reply.
This is a relic of an immortal. Immortal relics usually contain powerful magical treasures or elixirs. If you can obtain them, they will definitely be of great help to your cultivation.
Therefore, Zhou Jian from the enforcement team was clearly also somewhat tempted at this moment.
Zhang Yuan was also tempted. The cave ruins left by the Immortal Zhengyang were the best example, allowing him to obtain alchemy notes and cultivation techniques, which enabled him to make rapid progress in his cultivation.
However, seeing the powerful forces in the forest, Zhang Yuan chose to give up.
No matter how precious your baby is, nothing is more important than your life!
Liu Minchun grinned.
"You little brat, aren't you afraid of dying?!"
"You go if you want, I don't want to risk my life. Who knows what's inside, how dangerous it is? Even if there's no danger, that eagle demon is enough to give me a hard time!"
Liu Minchun shifted to a more comfortable sitting position and continued to stare at the crowd in front of him.
As enforcers of the Heavenly Court's power in the mortal realm, as long as we do our jobs well for the Heavenly Court and maintain order in Tongcheng City, our cultivation resources will be guaranteed. There's no need to take such a huge risk.
Zhou Jian nodded; he shared the same thought. However, with the ruins right before his eyes and other forces eager to enter, it was hard not to be tempted.
Just as the three law enforcement officers were talking, the woods began to stir again.
Suddenly, a loud explosion rang out above the paulownia forest, shattering the previous tranquility, and a black, misty tunnel appeared in the sky above the paulownia forest.
The mist swirled within the black hole, and a phantom of a giant spirit turtle flashed past the entrance.
A vast amount of spiritual energy emerged from the misty tunnel, which seemed to contain another world, and the mist-shrouded entrance was the passageway leading to another unknown place.
Before the paulownia forest, the human cultivators and eagle demons who had been waiting for many days saw the misty black hole that appeared above the paulownia forest and began to rush into the dark tunnel like madmen!
The eagle demon's arms were a pair of wings, making it the fastest. It was the first to rush up to the dark, misty cave entrance. Just as it was about to enter the black hole, the eagle demon's body seemed to have hit a rigid wall and was bounced back.
The man in the black cloak and the old man in the gray robe followed the eagle demon and rushed into the entrance of the misty cave one after the other. But, strangely, the two of them were also bounced back.
These three were the strongest, so they rushed into the tunnel first, ahead of the other cultivators, but none of them were able to get in.
The young man in sunglasses and the other human cultivators following behind them, however, all entered the Misty Cave smoothly and disappeared into the forest.
After being ejected from the tunnel, the eagle demon tilted its head and stared blankly for a while. It seemed as if it had thought of something. Suddenly, it took out a white bottle from its waist, poured out a pill the size of a black bean, swallowed it, and then flapped its wings again, flying towards the black mist tunnel several meters above the paulownia forest.
This time, the eagle demon actually managed to enter the mist tunnel!
Seeing that the other cultivators and the eagle demon had entered the ruins, the mysterious man in the black cloak and the old man in the gray robe jumped into the tunnel again, but the result was exactly the same as before. The two of them were once again ejected from the tunnel and flew far into the air.
Neither the mysterious man in the black cloak nor the old man in the gray robe gave up. They once again channeled their inner energy and leaped into the tunnel, but the stronger their inner energy became, the greater the force with which they were thrown back!
I still couldn't get in.
As the other cultivators entered the ruins one after another, the mysterious man in the black cloak trembled with anger, while the old man in the gray robe gritted his teeth and stomped his feet in frustration.
After the entrance to the misty tunnel opened, Zhang Yuan felt the gold foil left by the tiger demon inside his Qiankun bag vibrating continuously, as if it were resonating with the ruins. At the same time, a powerful suction force emanated from the tunnel, trying to pull him into the dark misty tunnel.
The sudden turn of events threw Zhang Yuan into a panic.
To avoid being sucked into the ruins, he used his inner energy to fight against the powerful suction, but the suction of the ruins tunnel was too strong. In just a moment, a visible siphon sucked Zhang Yuan in.
"Oh no, Boss Liu, Zhang Yuan has been sucked away!"
Before Zhou Jian could finish speaking, Liu Minchun reacted immediately. Without saying a word, he reached out and grabbed Zhang Yuan's ankle.
But the moment Liu Minchun's hand grabbed Zhang Yuan's ankle, his entire arm felt like it had been struck by a high-voltage electric shock; his arm went numb and was incredibly painful, and then his arm was ejected.
The next moment, Zhang Yuan disappeared from sight and was sucked into the dark tunnel.
Zhou Jian and Liu Minchun were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
Zhou Jian touched his hair.
What's going on?
Liu Minchun shook his head, "I don't know. Oh well, entering the ruins is also a kind of opportunity. I hope this kid can come out smoothly."
After Liu Minchun finished speaking, he lit another cigarette in frustration and squatted on the pile of cement to smoke. His gaze was fixed on the mysterious man in the black cloak and the old man in the gray robe who were excluded from the tunnel site.
On the other side, Zhang Yuan, who had been sucked into the tunnel, felt a darkness before his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in an unfamiliar grassland.
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