"Fellow Daoist Shen, judging from your accent, you seem to be a local. But I don't know where you lived before, why you were injured, and why you ended up on the banks of the Luanshui River?" Shen Huayuan's eyes narrowed slightly, fell on Shen Luo's face, and asked.
Shen Luo didn't know how to describe where he came from, so he just ignored it and answered vaguely:
"Yesterday in Dengping City, I encountered a monster beast giant insect that surrounded and attacked the city. I couldn't hold back and fought with it. As a result, I was severely injured by the powerful monster hiding in the clouds. Later, I was injured by the giant insect and fell into the river. I drifted here unknowingly."
Hearing this, Shen Huayuan's face changed slightly and his eyes darkened.
Shen Yu also frowned, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.
The eyes of the people around looking at Shen Luo also changed, and some even started talking in low voices.
"Fellow Daoist Shen Yu, why do you have this reaction? Do you think what I said is untrue?" Shen Luo frowned.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, the Dengping City you mentioned was conquered by demons more than ten years ago. The city was destroyed and the people were dead. It no longer exists. This lie is really crude." Shen Huayuan snorted coldly and said.
"What? Isn't that Dengping City?" Shen Luo asked in surprise.
"Master, I think he is most likely a spy of the demon. He has sneaked into our clan deliberately and wants to sneak into the next city. Let's tie him up first." A man who looked like a guest shouted.
The rest of the people who heard this also thought it made sense. After all, this kind of thing had happened more than once in the surviving cities within the Tang Dynasty.
"You said that you saw giant insects attacking the city yesterday, and there were powerful demons hiding in the clouds?" Shen Yu asked after pondering for a moment.
"Yes, the person in the cloud seems... seems to be called Patriarch Qianyan." Shen Luo recalled carefully for a while, remembered a name, and said quickly.
As soon as he said this, everyone present looked at him intently, with increasingly strange expressions.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, the city you saw yesterday was not Dengping City, but Chunhua City!" Before he could ask, Shen Yu had already given the answer.
"What? That's Chunhua County?" Shen Luo couldn't help but say.
In his impression, Chunhua City was just a small county town with a population of only 100,000. How could it be a huge city with towering walls like yesterday
"County town? It seems that you haven't been to Dengzhou for a long time?" Shen Yu asked with a frown.
"It hasn't been here since the disaster." Shen Luo put away his surprise and said smoothly.
"No wonder. After Dengping City was breached, the people who fled the city flocked to Chunhua City, stayed there, and expanded the entire city to its current size. I think you made a mistake in a hurry." Shen Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said.
Upon hearing this, Shen Luo could not help but stay where he was.
The city yesterday turned out to be Chunhua City, my real hometown.
After hearing this, the rest of the people looked at each other and their doubts were slightly dispelled.
"So what's the situation in Chunhua City now?" Shen Luo still remembered the tragic scene of blood flowing like a river in the city. After a while, he couldn't help but ask.
"When we escaped, the city gate had already been breached. And once the city gate is breached, it is basically impossible to defend it. After that, the demons will not only massacre the people, but also destroy the city and houses. I think the place has become a scorched earth." Shen Yu's expression darkened and he said bitterly.