In Guizong City, there were only a few pedestrians on the streets.
The monks did not dare to come out without permission. They had heard long ago that the spiritual power of monks in other places was being lost. The higher the realm, the more obvious the power loss. However, some places were very lively.
For example, all the inns in the city are full, and they are occupied by monks who have come from other directions, or more precisely, those who have escaped.
"Why don't you go and live in the Five Elements Sect?" Lian Lian said to Ye Su and the other two.
Ye Su refused: "Let's go find the secret place in this direction first."
"Okay, then we'll check the clan history and contact you immediately if we have any news." Lian Lian said.
Ye Su took his two fellow apprentices to inquire about any secret realms that appeared in the northeast direction, and found that quite a few secret realms were open. However, no cultivator dared to approach them recklessly, for fear that they would be like other cultivators and have their spiritual energy sucked away as soon as they approached.
"Are the people from my sword sect nearby?" Yi Xuan asked Ye Su. He remembered that the leader of my sword sect had said before that he wanted to go to the deserted city to take a look.
"It should be there." Ye Su was recalling the secret realm of the deserted city. She and You Fushi had been there before. At that time, she didn't look much at other places. What impressed her most was what happened in the stone tablet forest.
Yi Xuan had already sent a message to his second master, and Xin Chenzi answered it quickly.
"Disciple?" Xin Chenzi stared at the orchid on Yi Xuan's forehead and was stunned. "You... are so fancy, but it's pretty good."
Yi Xuan: "... Second Master, did the Sect Master go to the secret realm of the deserted city?"
Seeing Yi Xuan asking about serious matters, Xin Chenzi also retracted his curious gaze and turned the communication jade disc so that he could see the surrounding environment: "I am outside the secret realm of the deserted city. The sect master has entered."
Yi Xuan looked at Ye Su, and she came over and asked Xin Chenzi: "Besides the Deserted City Secret Realm and another small secret realm, are there any other secret realms that are unusual?"
"Other secret realms?" Xin Chenzi's face was not looking good. "Strange? There is nothing in the east for now, but various secret realms in other directions are constantly appearing, and the spiritual energy inside is disappearing."
Ye Su understood as soon as she heard it. Wasn't she planning to take advantage of the spiritual energy in the secret realm in the first place
There is a lot of spiritual energy in the secret realms, and some of them even have natural treasures, not to mention the spiritual energy contained in them. Now that the secret realms in other directions are slowly being forced out, I am afraid that the spiritual energy inside will gradually be absorbed.
I just don't know who the formation is absorbing the spiritual energy for.
After talking to the Second Master, Yi Xuan turned off the communication jade disc and looked at Ye Su: "Big Sister, where are we going?"
"Since the tower spirit is likely to be in the northeast direction, let's take Guizong City as the center and keep moving north to see if we can find anything." Ye Su had no clue either. She hadn't even found the entrance to the ninth floor, let alone what a tower spirit was.
The three of them began to walk out of the city, and along the way they met many cultivators who were fleeing from other directions. Under such circumstances, the major sects could hardly protect themselves, and the world of cultivation was in chaos. They encountered trouble every now and then on the way.
"Too many people are flocking to the eastern cities. Guizong City and Tushou City are slightly safer, but other cities are in danger."
Ye Su recorded the scenes he encountered on the road with the Shuohui Shadow Disk and sent it to the Five Elements Sect and the Wujian Sect. These are the two largest sects in the East, and it would be best for them to step forward to maintain stability in each city.
There are many cultivators with high cultivation levels among them. If they go to a small town, they will be able to become small overlords.
"Can the tower spirit... solve the formation?" Yi Xuan asked Ye Su.
"I don't know." Ye Su had no idea. She didn't even know what those stone steles were suppressing.
They took Guizong City as the starting point, walked from east to north, and even entered various secret realms, but still found nothing. One month, two months... Until three months later, Zhou Qi, the leader of Wujian Sect, had led his people back to Tushou City. Lian Lian and Cheng Huaian read the sect history carefully, but they could not find any records about the Pagoda Spirit.
The east was indeed in chaos, but in times of crisis, three months was enough time for Wujian Sect and Wuxing Sect to tidy up the vacant land within the sect, take in Shangque Sect and Dan Sect from the north, and then open up another space outside the city for cultivators coming from other directions.
The Hehuan Sect in the south went to the Qianji Sect. After discussion between Sect Master Wu and Zhang Fengfeng, they decided to accept the cultivators from the south. They did not live in the Qianji Sect, but stayed at the foot of the mountain and temporarily stationed in a newly opened place.
There are many people in the south, but they had experienced the invasion of the demon army and some monks were injured or killed. They brought their families and squeezed into the Qianji Gate in the east, where they could barely stay.
Huang Erqian brought his people to Qianjimen and started doing business again.
"Kunlun's matter has spread, and some of the cultivators who escaped from the Western Region were stopped by other cultivators." After Yi Xuan and Xin Chenzi sent a message, they immediately informed Ye Su of the news they received, "But some people didn't say they were cultivators from the Western Region, so no one noticed."
But the Kunlun disciples and the Wanfo Sect disciples will definitely be discovered.
"Three months." Ye Su looked up at the sky in the north which was just a stone's throw away. There was the formation that had been set up more than three months ago. It was constantly absorbing the spiritual power of the cultivators below, not even sparing any spiritual veins.
During these three months, there was absolutely no movement in Kunlun, and no disciples from the Wanfo Sect came out. The two sects' disciples who were still at large were all those who had been captured by You Fushi before.
"They haven't made any movement for such a long time." Ye Su always felt uneasy.
"Most of the cultivators have fled to the east. These formations can only absorb spiritual veins." Yi Xuan said, "They may want to wait until they have absorbed all the spiritual veins before coming out."
"There are also powerful ones in the Demon Lord's Palace." Ye Su said expressionlessly. The strength of these powerful ones is no less than the total spiritual power of all the cultivators in this direction.
Yi Xuan sat on the stone holding the Chongming Knife. After a while, he said, "If Yu Chengyue can become a god, maybe he can get some information."
Two months ago, Zang Liu sent a message through Luoyin, saying that a great man from Wujian Sect gave the Wuji Pill to Yu Chengyue because he advanced from the Mahayana stage to the Tribulation Stage.
Linglong Gu never needs any rare treasures from heaven or earth, and he only needs to take elixirs to advance. He is the darling of heaven, and he can advance without any thunder tribulation.
During this period, in order to help Yu Chengyue enter the later stage of tribulation, Tu You passed most of her demonic energy to him.
"Becoming a god..." Ye Su sighed, "I hope so."
When she turned her head to look at You Fu, she saw that he had been in this intermittent drowsiness state for more than a month.
According to the usual rules, the junior brother would only fall into this state after expending a lot of energy, but Ye Su looked down at the person on his shoulder. His face was not pale, as if he was taking a nap with his eyes closed.
"Senior Sister!" Yi Xuan suddenly stood up, his eyes fixed towards the north.
—Something came out over there.
Ye Su also noticed that it was not just the north direction that was experiencing unusual movements, but at the same time, there were also unusual movements in the west and south directions.
Not only the two of them, but the entire cultivation world can feel that there are some different changes.
The centers of the formations in the south, north, and west began to converge and connect with the secret realm on the ground to form a ray of light. The purple light formed a human figure.
Three figures in the air were actually materializing as spiritual energy gathered.
The entire world of cultivation, or the three realms, was covered with an extremely terrifying pressure, and the same thought emerged in everyone's mind: It's finally here.
Yi Xuan slowly stepped back: "Is it... God?"
This power can no longer be measured by ordinary perception.
You Fushi, who had been leaning on Ye Su's shoulder, finally woke up. Before the two could react, he disappeared holding the Blood-Crying Sword and appeared above the center of the north.
It seemed as if this period of rest was just to wait for the appearance of the phantom.
At this moment, the phantom in the north has not yet fully materialized.
Even so, the entire north seemed to have become the boundary of that phantom. You Fushi swung his sword towards the phantom's head, and the phantom suddenly dispersed, but gathered in another direction.
"Senior Sister." Yi Xuan stepped back to the same row as Ye Su and showed her the message from Xin Chenzi.
There were still a few elders and disciples left in various directions to observe. The last video they sent before they died was what happened after the phantom appeared.
The spiritual power of all the disciples under that formation was instantly sucked dry. The young disciples lost all their spiritual power and became mortals, but the elders who were over a hundred years old turned directly into dry bones.
Among them, the phantom in the west changed the fastest, and its hands had turned into entities.
During the communication, Xin Chenzi repeatedly reminded Yi Xuan not to go anywhere else.
"Go back to Qianjimen." Ye Su said to him.
"Senior Sister, let's go back together." Yi Xuan frowned.
Ye Su looked at Yi Xuan and changed her mind: "You go to the Demon Realm and practice to the best of your ability to advance."
She handed the bag of demons to Yi Xuan: "They are at your disposal."
Yi Xuan didn't move.
"I want to find the tower spirit." Ye Su said.
"We have been searching outside for three months, but there is no clue at all." Yi Xuan tightly grasped the Chongming Knife, "Why not find the Rotating Tower and ask those Penglai Holy Envoys?"
Ye Su looked towards the person and the shadow in the sky in the north: "Peng Lai wants to hide, no one can find him. I will wait for you here, Junior Brother, you go first."
Her hand was still stretched out and she never retracted it.
Yi Xuan looked at Ye Su's profile and finally put the bag away.
"Take this with you." Ye Su handed the Wanjingtong scroll to Yi Xuan.
After he left, Ye Su stood there and looked up, watching You Fushi fighting with the shadow through her spiritual sense. Even with her spiritual sense, she couldn't even see the movements of the two clearly.
The entire north was shaking, and the sky turned purple, giving off an ominous smell.
"What's going on with Linglong Bone in the Demon Lord's Palace?" Ye Su picked up the conch and asked Zang Liu outside the Demon Lord's Palace.
"There was some movement just now, but now there is no reaction. Linglong Bone has no thunder tribulation, so I can't tell if it will soon advance." Zang Liu took a look inside the hall and asked, "I seem to feel the breath of the demon lord. What happened outside?"
Ye Su looked up at the figure and the person in the sky, paused and said, "Maybe a god has appeared."
“Mmmm…” A series of humming sounds came from Zang Liu through the conch shell, and it was obvious that he was silenced again.
At this time, the upper body of the phantom in the west became fully materialized. It turned out to be a male. His eyes were purple, just like when he was in Youfu. A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He pinched his hand slightly, and the bodies of some cultivators in Kunlun Territory in the west exploded instantly. Their flesh, blood, and consciousness floated in the air, as if they were swallowed by something.
With the spiritual and physical nourishment from these monks, his lower body gradually became clear.
You Fushi waved his sword to disperse the phantom in the north, and suddenly looked towards the west. Before rushing towards that direction, his voice rang in Ye Su's ears: "Tower Spirit, Return to the Clan Seal."