In the instant when the scene of the surrounding city changed from illusion to reality, Ji Yuan directly withdrew the transformation of heaven and earth, and the artistic conception of mountains and rivers also dissipated at the same moment. This process was shorter than the blink of an eye.
The scene that Yan Fei just witnessed was simply magical, but for Niu Batian it was extremely shocking.
Even though it was only for a moment, the impression of the world changing from day to night was too strong.
Lao Niu suddenly recalled a scene. That night outside Nandao County, the moment the bitch recognized Mr. Ji, her evil spirit became disordered and she didn't even dare to move.
Now Niu Batian had some empathy and understanding. That bitch definitely knew Mr. Ji's abilities much better than he did. So after she recognized who the person was, she was totally scared.
Lao Niu's thoughts only lasted for a moment. Although he thought so much, he also knew that it was not appropriate to ask Mr. Ji directly.
Then everyone's attention turned to the surrounding city scenes.
It was a gloomy daytime scene here, a place similar to a backyard stable, and from the architecture to the scenery, it was no different from an ordinary city, except that the carriage did not come in with them after they entered the city.
"It's incredible. Except for the strong Yin energy, everything else is really indistinguishable from the real thing!"
Niu Batian praised, and Yan Fei naturally couldn't say anything, but Ji Yuan thought about it and said.
"To some extent, this is true. Let's go and find someone first. It shouldn't be hard to find living people in a ghost town, if nothing has happened to them."
As Ji Yuan spoke, he had already opened his Dharma eyes wide, and mobilized his magic power to assist his eyes, observing the rise and fall of the dense yin energy in the city.
After passing the backyard, the few of them walked outside. They could already hear some bustling sounds. Before them appeared a sparsely populated street. In Ji Yuan's eyes, they could see the real dead appearances of some people, while in Yan Fei's eyes, they looked like ordinary people.
At this moment, even without Niu Batian's help, Yan Fei could see clearly the people and things in the city, because the yang fire in the human body was suppressed by the yin energy in the city, and he himself also appeared yin.
"Mr. Ji... they won't notice our abnormality, right?"
Yan Fei still asked carefully, and Ji Yuan answered calmly.
"Master Yan, please rest assured. I have cast a spell on you. Ordinary ghosts cannot see through it."
Yan Fei nodded, but still tightened the sword in his hand. After all, no matter how brave he was, he couldn't help but feel nervous when he knew that the people in front of him were all ghosts.
Ji Yuan glanced at Yan Fei's sword and said another sentence.
"The sword in your hand has killed many lives. The sword contains evil spirits. It is a sharp sword that kills lives. Even ghosts would not feel good if it were stabbed by the sword. The story of the swordsman Du Yutian killing ghosts after drinking, Master Yan should know it, right?"
When Mr. Ji said this, Yan Fei's eyes immediately flashed with a sharpness. What he feared most was that his sword would be completely ineffective against ghosts, which was equivalent to fighting an enemy he could not defeat. Since Mr. Ji said that he could hurt ghosts, he was naturally encouraged.
Niu Batian looked at the passers-by and then looked into the distance. Even though it was daytime, the place was still full of lanterns, and everything was decorated with lights and colorful lights.
"It looks like it should be very lively here..."
"It's daytime!"
After Ji Yuan said this, Niu Batian suddenly understood.
. . .
In an inn in the city, four people were struggling to get up. Because there were two men and two women, and the inn was short of rooms, they booked two rooms.
A man struggled to get up from the bed, rubbed his forehead and looked at his friend who was sleeping on the other side of the bed, who also looked listless.
I slept so well last night that my back and waist ached. When I got up, I felt groggy and dizzy. It took me a while to come back to my senses.
"Huh... What a lousy inn. The sleeping environment is terrible. I might as well sleep in a carriage in the wild."
"I thought I was the only one who had trouble sleeping. So you feel the same way?"
"Let's go, let's get up and find a nice restaurant to eat. This road is all in the wilderness, and I've been wanting to have a good meal for a long time."
After getting dressed, the two men walked to the room of the woman they were traveling with and knocked on the door.
“Boom boom boom…”
"Third sister and fourth sister, are you guys up? It's time to eat!"
“Boom boom boom…”
"Let's go eat a good meal. We have to find a place to choose some good horses later."
Last night, we suddenly discovered a city. After traveling for a long time in the wilderness, we were overjoyed and drove quickly to see if we could enter the city. Unexpectedly, it was a city that was open at night.
Moreover, once you get inside, you'll find it's extremely busy and crowded, making it inconvenient for carriages and horses to drive around. Several horses acted as if they were frightened after entering the city, becoming restless and jerking left and right, making it impossible to drive normally on the street.
So a few people deposited the carriage and horses in a stable near the city gate. Unexpectedly, when they delivered the carriage to the stable and untied the reins, several usually docile horses all raised their hooves and ran away like crazy, rushing out of the stable and unable to be stopped.
But this kind of thing can only be said to be an unexpected disaster. The frightened horse ran away without a trace, and only some money was lost. It was fortunate that no one was hit. The few people could only blame themselves for being unlucky. Because they were too tired, they went into the city, found an inn and went to sleep.
So naturally I have to buy a horse today, but the chances of finding the frightened horse are slim.
The two men waited outside for a long time before finally the woman in the house came out and greeted them.
"Good morning, second brother. Good morning, Mr. Zhou."
"Morning, ladies!"
Zhou Xing immediately returned the gift.
"Oh, so slow. Stop bowing. Let's go find a better restaurant."
The man outside named Ke Yundong urged them to walk out of the inn with the three of them. When they went downstairs, the shopkeeper outside was still flipping through the account book. When he saw them coming down, he smiled and asked.
"Did you guys sleep well last night?"
"What a shit, that sucks!"
The shopkeeper didn't take it seriously, but gave a kind reminder.
"I was originally confused when you mentioned staying overnight. How could you sleep at night? No wonder you slept poorly!"
The four people who went downstairs were somewhat puzzled by these words.
"You don't sleep at night, but you sleep during the day? What you said is really weird, boss!"
"Of course they sleep during the day, but there are many who don't sleep. What are you doing..."
The shopkeeper looked the four people up and down, but the four people were too lazy to pay any more attention to him and just walked out of the inn together.
When I got outside, the gloomy weather made me feel uncomfortable. Then I looked outside and saw that there were almost no people on the street.
"It's strange. There were so many people last night, but why are there so few people during the day? Do people here really sleep during the day?"
Zhou Xing couldn't help but say something in surprise.
"Maybe last night was some kind of folk festival and everyone stayed out late, so everyone got up late today?"
A woman said this.
"Maybe. Let's go and find a restaurant to eat!"
The four of them didn't care about anything else and started searching in the city. It didn't take much effort before they found a restaurant called Tengyuanlou.
This restaurant looked quite good, but there weren't many diners inside, and even fewer waiters. However, this meant that the kitchen staff could prepare food for them first, and the four of them didn't mind.
However, after the dishes were served and they were eaten, Ke Yundong couldn't help but get angry.
The six dishes came out quickly, as if they were brought directly from the kitchen after their names were announced, but after tasting them, every dish was hard to swallow.
With a "bang", Ke Yundong slammed the chopsticks on the table.
"What are you doing, boss? Is this food edible? The wine is bland, the food smells weird, and it's like it's gone bad. Do we have no money or do you have no ingredients? You still have the nerve to open your shop and do business when you serve this kind of stuff? No wonder no one comes!"
Seeing the diners getting angry, the few diners at the tables all looked over here. The shopkeeper and the waiter hurried over, but they just frowned at some of the words used by the guests without giving it much thought.
"Calm down, sir. Calm down. This dish is indeed quite different from what an ordinary person would cook. But no one comes to offer tribute here. The really good chefs are all with the nobles in the city. You can just make do with it. It tastes pretty good!"
The shopkeeper was all smiles, bowing and apologizing.
Ke Yundong was also amused by the laughter. What a mess.
"Pay tribute? Do you think your little restaurant is the imperial city, or your newly dead grave, and you still pay tribute? Are you kidding me?"
As soon as these words came out, the shopkeeper's smile slowly disappeared, and the diners around who originally didn't care about this table also turned their heads over here. All the "people" in the building, including the waiter, except for the four at the table, were staring at this. The look in their eyes made Ke Yundong and others feel a little creepy.
"What, what? You are still a shady shop? In broad daylight, you still want to bully customers? Be careful or I will report you to the police! Brother Zhou, Fourth Sister!"
"Don't worry, I'm here!"
Zhou Xing clenched his fists and frowned as he stared at his surroundings. Ke Yunqin, the fourth sister of the Ke family, also tensed up. Both of them were martial artists, so they became everyone's support when encountering such a thing.
The shopkeeper did not say anything, but walked to the table, picked up Ke Yundong's chopsticks on the table, put them in front of his nose and sniffed them, revealing a smile that was not a smile, and even looked a little sinister.
“Hehehehehe… It really is a living person!”
"Living people!?" "Are they living people?"
"How did a living person get in?"
"From what they just said, it seems like they can't be wrong!"
"Hehehe, a living person..."
"It's been a long time since I last saw you..."
The discussions among the diners around were creepy, and many diners even stood up.
"Really, really funny... Oh, are you all dead?"
Ke Yundong spoke with some stammering, but as soon as he finished speaking, the faces of the four people suddenly turned pale.
The shopkeeper licked his lips with his foot-long tongue and smiled.
"Sir, you are joking. We are all dead..."
“Hehehehe…” “Hahahahahaha…”
"The Yang energy of a living person!" "The blood of a living person is also wonderful!"
"And the heart and liver!" "I want to try some too!"
The diners who used to come to the restaurant to eat during the day were all considered "gourmets", but now they all showed horrible looks. Some had cracks on their faces, some had long tongues, some had skinny faces and their nails became long and black.
"Why are you showing your death-like appearance here? Do you dare to ignore the laws of the city?"
A man in a black robe just walked into the restaurant, saw this scene, and immediately shouted angrily.
The shopkeeper hurriedly approached and explained in a low voice, pointing at the four people at the table who were already pale. The more the man in black robe listened, the brighter his eyes became.
"They are actually alive!? That's great. Since they have stumbled into the city, it's not our fault. I want to take these four people away. They will be the main dish for the city lord at the banquet tonight!"
"run!"
"Bang~"
Zhou Xing roared and immediately overturned the table.
But the next moment, the man in black robe turned into a black shadow and wrapped around Zhou Xing, making him feel as if he was in an icy cave. One of his hands with long nails had pinched his neck, making him unable to move, while the other hand stretched out several feet and also pinched Ke Yunqin's neck.
"Hahahahahahahahaha... Wonderful, wonderful, this body temperature, this breath, they are indeed alive, and two martial artists, hahahahahahaha..."
The man in black robe opened his mouth wide, revealing his teeth and pale cheekbones.
Ke Yundong and Ke Yunxin were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground. They couldn't even walk, let alone resist.