Tianyan City is located in the south of the sky, in a remote area with strange fengshui. Before entering the city, you have to pass through a deep forest, where there are many ferocious beasts, vicious insects and poisonous creatures. After passing through the forest, you have to cross a river.
I don't know if this tradition exists in the cultivation world. As long as it's not a serious place, there is always a big river blocking the way. There is a river in Zhonglian Village, there is a river in front of Guiyu Mountain, and there is also a river in Tianyan City. Moreover, the river water in front of Tianyan City is black. Pure black, thick as water that doesn't flow.
No one knows what is hidden under the river, but the chill coming from above it makes no one want to go forward.
A group of people stood silently on the river bank, not saying a word. There were men, women, young and old, all with gloomy faces. Nine out of ten people who fled to Tianyan City were not good people, and the remaining ones were not easy to mess with.
From the black water and the dense fog, a man rode a gigantic turtle-like beast towards them from the other shore.
Pei Jing mingled in the crowd and looked around.
In front of him was a woman in purple clothes with half of her face disfigured, on his left was a middle-aged monk with clothes stained red with blood, behind him was a child of seven or eight years old, with a head twice as big as that of an ordinary person and looking evil, and on his right was a white-haired old man carrying a long sword.
Each one exudes more hostility than the other, and looks difficult to approach.
The only normal one was the delicate one who had been crying all the way in the forest. The delicate one had delicate skin and tender flesh, and a baby face that made him look young. He looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, but in the world of cultivation, age was never judged by appearance.
His foundation-building skills are very poor; his graying green shirt is really shabby; his eyes keep dodging, and his mind is weak.
Pei Jing smiled and said, "You're the one, brother."
He walked through the crowd and patted the boy gently on the back.
The delicate girl's hair stood on end, her neck stiffened, and when she turned around, she was so scared that she almost died.
After seeing clearly that the person in front of him was a boy of the same age who had a particularly good-looking smile, he slowly swallowed the breath of cold air back into his stomach.
Pei Jing greeted him: "Fellow Daoist, my name is Zhang Yiming. I saw that you have a good eye for me, so I came to make friends with you. I thought it would be helpful for you to take care of me when I enter Tianyan City."
Just two simple sentences to explain your purpose.
The delicate girl was stunned, as if someone was pinching her throat, and she asked in shock: "What?"
The people next to him also glanced over here with cold scrutiny.
Take the entry permit and come to Tianyan City to make friends
Pei Jing ignored those looks, smiled as gentle as the breeze and bright moon, and said, "I'm going to Tianyan City to look for someone. I might stay a little longer. I don't know anyone in the city. You and I are about the same age, so I think having one more friend will give me peace of mind."
After hearing what he said, Jiaoqibao's eyes lit up immediately, and he stretched out his hand and shook his hand tightly: "My name is Qiao Muchai, fellow Taoist, what a coincidence, I also came to Tianyan City to look for someone."
Pei Jing asked: "Who are you looking for?"
Qiao Mucai said, "Looking for my brother. What about you?"
Pei Jing said seriously: "Looking for my brother."
Qiao Mucai was even more surprised: "Hehehe, then we are really destined to be together."
Pei Jing said politely: "Okay, okay."
It was unknown how long it would take for the slowly moving turtle on the Black River to arrive. Pei Jing and Qiao Mucai consciously separated themselves from the group of people who looked difficult to get along with and stood aside. Qiao Mucai stepped back, tiptoed and leaned forward to take a look, making sure that no one was paying attention to them.
With a long sigh, he stopped pretending to be innocent and naive, and said to Pei Jing with his hands in a shrewd manner: "Brother Zhang, I really treat you as a friend, don't lie to me." Pei Jing: "Of course, you call me brother today, and we will be brothers in life and death from now on." Qiao Mucai smiled, then immediately frowned, pointed at the four people, and said: "Stay away from that group of people. Don't get involved in trouble with them in the end."
Pei Jing pretended to be doubtful: "I was thinking of chatting with them later."
Qiao Mucai waved his hands and said, "There's nothing to talk about. We are the only two normal people in this place. I was born in the Qiao family. Do you know the Qiao family of Meihua Tower? I know everything about the cultivation world. As for those four, none of them are good people."
The Qiao family of Meihualou is a famous family in Gangshizhou. Although they are a family of cultivators, they do not practice orthodox cultivation. Instead, they are more like merchants selling information. Pei Jing has been there several times before, so he has some impression of them. The Qiao family is notoriously stingy.
Qiao Muchai stared at Pei Jing's expression, expecting him to show a look of shock. But when he saw his bewildered face, he knew that he must be a casual cultivator, and he didn't know how he got the token.
Qiao Mucai pointed at the four people over there and said, "The disfigured one is the Blood Spider Mother. She used living people to raise the Five Poisons. After being discovered by the righteous, the whole world hunted her down. Now she is desperate. The child next to her is a twin ghost. His head looks big, right? Because if you lift his hair, there is a huge tumor underneath. That is his unformed brother. They should have been twins, but they were born with such a monster. And he is born cruel and ruthless. He ate their parents when they were born. Tsk."
Pei Jing said: "You know so much."
Qiao Muchai puffed out his chest proudly: "Of course, I am a member of the Qiao family. The young cultivator covered in blood is more normal than the others, but he is also a madman. He killed his wife to prove his truth, buried his daughter alive, cut off all emotions and love, and broke through the Jindan. And his wife was born in the Xu family of Canghua. Who in Canghua is easy to mess with? I guess he was forced here."
Pei Jing: "There is another old man."
Qiao Mucai showed disgrace and anger on his face: "That's just an old beast. Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk about him. I've never seen anyone learn the art of lovemaking at the age of seventy. The girls he raped were eventually chopped to pieces with a big knife. I really..."
Pei Jing smiled coldly: "I am also angry."
Qiao Mucai's face changed and he immediately stopped them: "Don't! Even if you want to teach them a lesson, wait until you leave Tianyan City."
Pei Jing became interested: "Why, there is a law to protect evil people in Tianyan City?"
Qiao Mucai didn't understand what he was saying, so he just said, "Tianyan City has no rules or laws, but the most vicious people will use any means before they die. Besides, how do you know how many people who were watching you and that person had malicious intentions when you were fighting to the death?"
Pei Jing nodded: "That makes sense."
Qiao Mucai breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly woke up and looked Pei Jing up and down: "What about you, how did you get the entry permit?"
Pei Jing said half-truthfully: "I got it at an auction."
Qiao Mucai didn't believe it: "Don't lie to me."
Pei Jing exclaimed: "We are brothers who have shared life and death together, why would I lie to you?"
Qiao Mucai frowned and looked at him, then said, "I stole my entry order from home. They all planned to come here to find my brother, so I came here without telling them." It's not surprising that Plum Blossom Tower has an entry order. After all, some information is priceless.
Pei Jing said: "You are only in the foundation-building stage, aren't you afraid?"
Qiao Mucai swallowed and scratched his head: "But I have a lot of life-saving treasures on me."
Pei Jing was happy: "You trust me so much that you told me all this?"
Qiao Mucai looked at him deeply and said, "I don't think you are a bad person."
The sound of the animal's webbed feet paddling the water could be clearly heard. The turtle had reached the shore. Its shell was dark blue, its eyes were bright yellow, and its mouth was open. Its sharp teeth were chilling. Standing on the turtle was a man wearing a tall hat and a white cape. His voice was hoarse and it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman.
"Take out the entry order, and one person will be sent in."
Pei Jing was grabbed by the sleeve by Qiao Mucai.
Qiao Mucai said: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, don't be anxious."
He stopped.
The first person to take a step forward was the old man with the big knife on his back. He took a long time to find the entry order from his pocket. Just as he was about to step forward, he suddenly froze. His old face turned pale and he didn't say a word. With a snap, his body was cut off at the waist. When his upper body fell to the ground, the old man's eyes widened and he died with his eyes open. Soon, the old man's body was covered with ants, and the entry order rolled in front of the woman in purple.
Lady in purple had an expressionless face. She picked up the entry order with her red nail polish-stained fingers and jumped onto the turtle's back.
Witnessing all this, no one present even showed a look of shock.
The man in the tall hat and white clothes remained calm and said, "Next."
Qiao Mucai was silent for a long time before saying, "I knew that one of the four people did not have a permit to enter the city."
When Pei Jing went up, the old man had been eaten to the point where only a skeleton was left.
The man in the tall hat and white clothes was slightly stunned when he received his token and gave him an extra look.
Pei Jing: "What's the matter?"
The man in the tall hat and white clothes turned his head away, stepped on the turtle's back, and didn't reply to him.
Qiao Muchai was finally about to enter the city, his hands were shaking with nervousness.
Pei Jing just looked at the city gate that was slowly approaching with some worry - anyone picked out in this broken city was so twisted, and Chu Junyu's three views were only a little bit distorted in such a dark and evil environment, which was really incredible.
He felt a little distressed, and at the same time he muttered to himself, how nice it would be to go back to Yunxiao with him, what future is there in this broken city.
Tianyan City is divided into the outer city and the inner city, and all the information Pei Jing has obtained now is only about the outer city. But could Chu Junyu's ability be in the outer city
Even in the outer city, it is probably inseparable from the one palace, three gates and five religions.
Qiao Mucai said, "Back when Tianyan City was not closed, people could come and go freely. My brother was tricked into entering by my family's enemies. He hasn't come out yet, and I don't know how he is doing now. But he had already reached the Dan stage, so he shouldn't be in such a miserable state. Alas, I hope so." He thought of Pei Jing, who was also a wanderer in Tianya, so he asked, "What's going on with your brother?"
Pei Jing frowned in distress and finally said, "I don't know what happened. He refused to go home with me and ran here."
Qiao Mucai's eyes widened: "Did your brother run in by himself?"
Pei Jing: “Yes.”
Qiao Mucai: "This is too much..." He couldn't find the words, and after a long while he blurted out: "Too naughty."
Pei Jing almost laughed out loud, but he didn't say anything more.
Qiao Mucai wanted to get close to him, so he said, "Speaking of looking for someone in Tianyan City, do you know about something that happened ten years ago?"
Pei Jing: “Hmm?”
Qiao Mucai seemed to have a natural interest in gossip, his eyes sparkling: "I don't know if we have the luck to wait for Pei Yuzhi in Tianyan City!"
Pei Jing smiled, but didn't smile.
Qiao Muchai: "You don't know my Qiao family, but Yunxiao knows about it, and you must have heard of the Tianbang as well."
Pei Jing boasted: "I know, Pei Yuzhi from Yunxiao, the handsome guy who ranks first on the Heavenly Ranking."
Qiao Muchai nodded: "Yes, yes, that's him! It seems that Pei Yuzhi's lover is in Tianyan City. He said he would come here ten years ago. In ten years, I don't know if he has achieved Nascent Soul. But if he comes, Tianyan City will definitely be a bloody storm again."
Pei Jing burped.
Qiao Mucai continued with a gleam in his eyes: "When he slaughtered the mountain, it was just like that, one man with one sword, the world was vast. The trip to Tianyan City is probably another thing that will make him famous all over the world. I think a man as handsome as Pei Yuzhi must have crossed the river on a reed and pointed his sword at the city gate when he came here. I saw a white robe like snow, the sword flashed in all directions, and then the city gate was torn into pieces, hehe."
Pei Jing lowered his head and smiled. He was really embarrassed to tell him that Pei Yuzhi, who was once so successful, now had to make friends with others in order to hide his identity. But he still interrupted the young man's thoughts: "You think too much, Pei Yuzhi is not that powerful."
Qiao Mucai said: "I don't know why, but I always feel that he is omnipotent. When he was in the Jindan stage, he killed the Yuanying ancestor with his sword. What about him now?"
Pei Jing asked: "Have you been to Tiange too much?"
Qiao Muchai blushed and said awkwardly, "Maybe, and then he was led astray by Yunxiao's disciples."
Pei Jing said: "He came to look for his lover, why would he go against the whole city? His lover is from the city, if he accidentally offends the sect his lover belongs to, wouldn't it be terrible?"
Qiao Mucai scratched his head: "It seems so."
Pei Jing taught earnestly: "You can't wait for Pei Yuzhi, give up."
What you can wait for is only the equally handsome Zhang Yiming in front of you.
Qiao Mucai said: "If I had his strength, I would not be so panicked now."
Pei Jing said softly: "No, he was actually panicking too."
A kind of panic that you won’t understand.
The turtle came ashore.
Tianyan City finally revealed its hideous and bloody face in the thick fog. A dense row of human heads were hung at the city gate, and blood dripped on the road, dyeing the road into the city red. The others were not surprised, but Qiao Muchai jumped up in fear: "What is that?!" Pei Jing laughed: "You don't know, how can I know. Just close your eyes and don't look."
Qiao Mucai was timid, so he took a deep breath, pulled Pei Jing's sleeve, closed his eyes, and followed him forward.
When I got closer, I found that there was no stench as I had imagined. Instead, the faint bloody smell in the air even had a sweet fragrance.
The road beneath my feet was flowing with blood, but it was not muddy or difficult to walk on. Wherever I walked, blood scattered and splashed out in flower shapes, with flowers blooming with every step.
Finally they entered the city, but before they could see the entire city clearly, something flew directly to their feet.
Everyone looked down.
It was a corpse. It had been skinned and its flesh was red.
Boom boom boom.
It was the sound of a tiger stepping on the ground.
There is a street at the entrance to Tianyan City. There are restaurants on both sides of the street, which are full of people. Each of them has a past that destroys their humanity, so no one is kinder than anyone else. They look at those below with either interest or cold disdain.
A monk in a yellow robe sat on the tiger. He flicked his whisk and said with a fierce smile, "You messed with my Flying Scorpion Sect, and you still want to leave your body intact in Tianyan City?"
Pei Jing: “… …” Oh no.
The monk in a tall hat and white robe led them here. Seeing this, he said calmly: "This place can help you escape from the outside world, but it is not safe. If you want to survive, you'd better join some sects if you are below the late Jindan stage." This was probably his only kindness, and he turned and left.
The twin ghosts and the young man walked forward without saying anything. Only the Blood Spider Mother seemed to have a goal in mind and headed straight in one direction.
Qiao Mucai was shocked. He was just a kid in the foundation building stage. No matter how many magic weapons he had, he still felt guilty. He asked Pei Jing weakly, "Brother Zhang, what should we do now?"
Brother Zhang was rich and powerful. He stretched his waist, lifted his leg and stepped over the nameless body at his feet, and said, "What can I do now? Let's find a place, eat something good, and have a good sleep. I'm so tired."
Qiao Mucai followed closely, terrified: "Wait for me!"
Pei Jing is now dressed as a teenager, with a handsome face and a smile that makes the restaurant proprietress very happy.
The proprietress was a middle-aged lady with a charming demeanor. She held her chin with her hand and looked seductively: "This is a young man who just came to the city. Do you want to eat something or go to bed?"
Pei Jing smiled and raised a finger, and said crisply: "Madam, how much is a room for one night?"
The proprietress said, "One hundred high-quality spirit stones."
Pei Jing hasn't spoken yet.
Qiao Mucai behind him jumped up first! He forgot all about fear in an instant! His brain was filled with blood and he shouted: "One hundred top-grade spirit stones, you are a black shop, are you robbing people?"
Many people in the restaurant looked over here.
The proprietress was also stunned... She hadn't met such a naive child in hundreds of years.
Pei Jing turned around silently.
Seeing Qiao Mucai slamming the table in indignation, he said, "One price, fifty middle-grade spirit stones!"
The proprietress laughed even more happily, and the scent of rouge and powder on her body was pungent. She was delicate. But her eyes were looking at Pei Jing: "Fifty middle-grade spirit stones, that's fine."
Qiao Mu's luck has faded a bit.
The lady boss said, "But, this discount is not for you. It's for the young man next to you."
Qiao Mucai: “???”
Pei Jing twitched the corner of his mouth.
The proprietress suddenly came over, and her soft, boneless fingers gently slid over his Adam's apple, then fiddled with his collar, licked his lips with her tongue, and said seductively, "Or, I won't charge you, how about you come to my room tonight?"
Pei Jing: “…”
Handsome boys should protect themselves well when they go out.
The guests of the restaurant were not surprised. The proprietress was in a relationship with the elder of the Yin-Yang Sect. She had a powerful background and was well-known in the outer city.
Qiao Mucai's eyes widened. Is there such a good thing in the world
One hundred high-quality spirit stones for one night!
He excitedly pushed Pei Jing aside and raised his hand to the boss lady with a smile: "Boss lady! What do you think of me? What do you think of me? I can do it too."
Pei Jing knew that the Qiao family was stingy, and now he had witnessed it once again.
He has been a virgin for hundreds of years, how could he possibly hook up with a woman on his wife's territory. He stretched out his hand, pushed Qiao Mucai away with disdain, and took out a storage bag directly from his arms, "No need, I have money."
The lady boss's eyes narrowed and she sneered: "Ha..."
Pei Jing said: "One hundred top-grade spirit stones."
The proprietress was choked by her saliva, and her voice suddenly changed. Then she straightened her body, put away her flirtatious look, and smiled: "Oh my dear, why didn't you say so earlier?"
She was writing down the accounts with her fingers, and quickly tore off a page of paper, throwing a wink: "Third floor, the room on the far right."
Pei Jing took the paper and walked away in a clean manner.
Qiao Muchai's neck seemed to be strangled by someone just now, and he became hoarse.
Now that I have come back to my senses, I feel a hundred times more energetic and follow him with even greater enthusiasm.
"Hey, Brother Zhang, wait a minute, there seems to be some dust on your clothes. Let me wipe it off for you."