In the Shiwan Mountains, outside the original ancient ruins, at the foot of the foggy mountain, a special city was built. It was called Guque City. This city did not belong to any vassal state, nor to any noble family, nor to any immortal sect.
More than 20 years ago, the mountains that were burned down by wars and wildfires have now grown into a jungle again. The mist emanating from the ruins seems to carry a special power.
In the mist, there are large areas of fairy vines and spiritual trees, and fairy medicines are growing in large areas.
Although the fog is filled with murderous intent and anyone who gets involved will only end up dead, the fog outside the ruins of the ancient Que City may become thinner every once in a while. Every time this happens, someone can enter the fog and bring out a large amount of magical herbs and fruits that are enough to drive people crazy.
Although the incense-burning divine realm inside has never been opened in more than 20 years, the large number of immortal vines and spiritual herbs left behind by the outside mist are enough to attract hordes of practitioners to flock there.
All countries have sent officials to be stationed here, and a large number of low-level and high-level practitioners have gathered in the city. Over the past twenty years, this place has become a market and gathering place for practitioners, and even from time to time, tens of thousands of barbarians from the deep mountains would sneak in.
Not only are all kinds of spiritual medicines for sale and trading in the city, there are also large quantities of demon furs, blood, and even monster cubs brought from the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains, as well as spiritual minerals and fairy gold that are only found in the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains. All kinds of spiritual materials that can only be used by practitioners can be seen everywhere here.
At the same time, many alchemists who are skilled in refining elixirs and tools gather here. Every year, a large number of elixirs and magical tools are produced here and flow to various countries. Various cultivation inheritances and Taoist secrets that were hard to find all over the world in the past are now openly sold here.
Countries have earned a lot of wealth just by collecting taxes and trading here, and the share of the ancient city has also become an important resource for countries to fight and rob.
On the streets west of Guque City, a scene that could only be seen here appeared. Hundreds of practitioners were like street vendors, with priceless elixirs, elixirs, and magical instruments spread out along the entire street.
The practitioners who were high and mighty in the past have turned into small vendors. Spiritual objects that are worth a fortune are piled up like mountains here. The high and mighty first and second level practitioners bargain here. Bags of incense money that exude a strong scent of vows are constantly changing hands here.
This scene was enough to make many young monks who entered this ancient city dumbfounded, and they also understood why this place had become so lively.
At this moment, in the noisy roadside market, two vendors, one old and one young, were chatting.
The young cultivator slowly arranged some jade slips and talismans in front of him and said, "It is said that there is a city that fell from the immortal world in the ruins! But how come I have never seen it before?"
After saying that, he turned around and looked outside the city, only to see a big mountain outside the city. The mist condensed like clouds, piled up and stretched all the way to the sky, as if the clouds in the sky had been hanging down to the earth, or like a huge white wall.
Magical and mysterious, only here can you see this beautiful scenery that is like a mirage in the sky.
The old man sneered, thinking that he needed to show off in front of the younger generation: "What city? I heard it was a corner of the Heavenly Palace. I don't know how many heavenly soldiers and generals died there. I heard that one of the heavenly soldiers was a cultivator above the fourth level."
The young man was unconvinced: "Have you seen it?"
The old man stroked his beard and acted like a master: "The last time I went into the fog and walked deep into it, I saw a heavenly palace vaguely in the hazy mist. It was magnificent, but unfortunately, the wind blocked it all."
"But everything I said was said by a senior who entered this ruins more than 20 years ago."
The young man exclaimed: “Isn’t it that people like the headmaster of Tianjian Mountain, the high priest of Xuanyuan, and the ancestor of Lingshu Mountain can only be soldiers after they go to the heaven
The old man turned his face away and said, "Humph! Where do you think that is? That is the fairyland, only fairies can go there. Although the three great men you mentioned have reached the pinnacle in the mortal world, they are still far from becoming fairies."
The young man asked, "Then do you know what realm an immortal is in
"have no idea!"
"Then why are you bragging?"
“Boom!”
Before the two of them finished their words, they suddenly saw a beam of light rising into the sky from the distant mountains. In an instant, the thick fog that had not dissipated for decades was dispersed.
The thick fog that was piled up like a mountain collapsed in an instant, rumbling and spreading around, covering an area of dozens of miles.
All the cultivators in Guque City looked towards the distance at a loss. They were shocked by the grand scene and were speechless for a moment. It took a long time for someone to understand.
"The ruins are open!"
"The ruins are open!"
At this moment, the entire Guque City was in an uproar. However, what was even more shocking was that a red light burst out from the ruins, like a meteor across the sky, heading towards the Shao Kingdom in the south.
Most people did not see clearly what was in the light, but the officials from various countries stationed here saw the light clearly in an instant. They saw a man in tattered clothes, with long hair and a black face like a savage, rushing towards the distance with spiritual light.
How could there be someone inside the ruins if there were still people coming out of it? This definitely couldn't be something left over from ancient times, so it could only be someone who stayed inside during the last exploration of the ruins.
Everyone immediately thought of a person's name.
"Where are you going? Stay here!"
"Kong Huai! If you hand over the incense and sacred artifact, our country will help you to split the land and become the king!"
"Kong Huai, our country will treat you as the high priest and help you reach the fourth level and achieve immortality!"
Dozens of figures swept up the spiritual light and rushed out from the ancient Que city in an instant, chasing after the red light and shadow, all the way towards the Lihe River.
When they escaped to the Li River, a fiery red figure twisted at the bottom of the river, looked at the sky, but did not move.
After they had chased him across Fengyang Lake, a dozen third-level warriors blocked Kong Huai in front of Fengyang Lake, and the people of Shao State also hurried over to greet Kong Huai.
Kong Huai was blocked by a group of third-level warriors above the lake. He even pretended to fire another arrow, which scared the group of third-level warriors out of their wits.
In fact, after shooting this arrow, the remaining power in the magic bow has been exhausted, and the second arrow can no longer be shot. The power consumed by this arrow is probably enough to make a country spend all its stored incense money.
No matter how profound your foundation is, it is not enough to shoot a few arrows.
However, Kong Huai took advantage of the pretend arrow and escaped back to Shao State.