After the destruction of the Soundless and Soundless Sect, the already fragile order had long since vanished, and the remaining disciples slaughtered people at will for the sake of practicing, which resulted in either the mortals fleeing or turning into bandits on the spot, doing anything for a breath of life.
The imperial capital of Nanping State.
Although the entire imperial city stands on the earth, it gives people a complete sense of unreality, just like a reflection in the water, it appears vague, but it is hard to describe because it is real and very strange.
Ever since Xin Ji escaped into the realm of supernatural powers, this place has turned into a dead city and no one dares to enter.
Although it has not been moved for two years, the city remains the same and the things inside are not damaged or rotten, as if time has stopped.
Some bandits coveted the splendor of the imperial city and wanted to occupy the city as their base, but they could not leave once they entered the city. Once they entered the city, they disappeared after a few days.
Later on, even if they got close to the city, they would be attracted by something inexplicable, enter the city like a lost soul, and disappear as well.
The area around the imperial city became a restricted area, and no living creature would appear here.
At this time, a group of people broke into the restricted area.
There were five of them in total. The three at the back were dressed in dirty clothes, with sound-proof door accessories on their waists. They walked like zombies, staggeringly, with gray eyes, as if the light in their childhood had been stripped away.
In front of them were two people, a man and a woman, both wearing grey robes. The man had no long hair on his head, his eyes were closed, his hands were clasped together, as if showing compassion.
The woman had a slim figure and delicate features, but the smile on her face was very stiff, with the corners of her mouth slanting at her cheeks, as if they were forcibly lifted up, with the skin moving but the flesh not.
Both of them were wearing gray robes.
“Is this where the star’s destiny lies?”
The woman glanced towards the imperial city and grinned, "Very interesting, the intersection of reality and illusion, it's almost like a demon."
The man bowed from a distance, then stood up and said, "It is for this reason that she deserves to be liberated. I will lead her into the door and help her achieve complete liberation."
“This is not safe.”
The woman smiled and said, "Senior Sister Hongyun died in this area. The biggest possibility is her. It's so dangerous. If we can't transcend, we will be the ones to meet Xuanjun."
The man said calmly, "Sincerity leads to truth. If I can meet Lord Xuan, it will be a great blessing."
The woman pointed at him and smiled: "I like this about you, just like Senior Sister Hongyun."
"Ning Hongyun's sincerity in seeking transcendence is a role model for us. I wish to follow Ning Hongyun."
As the man spoke, he took a step forward and walked straight towards the imperial city.
"Let's go and meet the master of this place."
"Don't worry, why do you think I want these three people here? We can't break the dream of the star destiny by ourselves. I made three keys urgently, and use them to break open the door."
The woman set her sights on the three confused people at the back and pointed her finger forward, "Go, find your source and seek her transcendence."
Upon hearing that, the three confused people took a step and walked towards the city gate.
The man still had his eyes tightly closed, as if he was blind and couldn't open them, but now he seemed to be able to see again. His head moved as the three men moved, and he frowned again:
"It is not easy for us to transcend one person. Each of us is a pioneer in teaching the way to liberation. These three have already achieved the goal of transcendence. Why should we waste our lives like this?"
The woman smiled even more and asked, "We don't have a plan to break through the door. In order to break through the door and transcend more important people, we can only do this. If the three of them don't die, more and more people will be swallowed by this dream and unable to transcend."
The man sighed, "Although I have lost the small for the greater, and disturbed the small for the greater, there is always a way to have the best of both worlds, in my opinion."
His expression became even more bitter. He bent down to 90 degrees towards the three people, clasped his hands together and bowed deeply, "I am willing to feed the star life with my body, so that these three people can transcend, so that the door can be opened without sacrifice, and follow Xuanjun."
After this bow, the three people who were walking in a daze suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky. In their eyes, there seemed to be a strange dancing tentacle in their reflection. Gradually, their bodies began to tremble and their skin began to crack as if it had cracked. In the cracks, the shadows of tentacles gradually extended.
Let these people gradually lose their human form.
“Hahahaha, hahahaha!”
The woman could not suppress her laughter. Her mouth stretched as wide as a snake's and she laughed wildly towards the sky. The shaking of her laughter made her body lean further and further backwards. Her waist bones folded outwards strangely, making her face parallel to the sky.
"I like you like this. You are worthy of being born in Qingjing Mountain. You are so compassionate, so compassionate!"
Her hands were dancing uncontrollably, her cheeks flushed, and her knuckles were almost white from the exertion, as if she was enjoying something blissful.
Then, her body relaxed, a look of relief appeared on her face, and she slowly straightened up, as if she was immersed in the afterglow.
The three men were completely transformed into tentacles. Their heads, faces, and limbs were all covered with tentacles. Even their hair disappeared, and turned into waving tentacles.
These tentacles twisted all over, like a twisted dough stick, and rolled into a large twisted tentacle, which all pushed against the door. With a click, the air shattered and scattered like lenses.
At the city gate, a strange opening was revealed, and the scene inside was no different from the surrounding scene, except that one was a starry night and the other was just daytime.
After the three tentacles pushed open the crack, they drilled in and entered the crack.
The man bowed slightly to the woman, "The door has been opened, and it does not require sacrificing one's life. Instead, it allows people to transcend. It is really comforting."
"Yes, that's gratifying!"
The woman nodded excitedly, her mouth widening involuntarily: "Then find more people to transcend, and I have taught you the astrology, so you should do the same!"
"If it can help me transcend, I am willing to sacrifice my body to achieve transcendence."
The man nodded, as if he was saying something pious and firm. He walked forward a few steps, one step at a time, firmly on the ground, until he reached the city gate and stepped into the crack.
The woman laughed again, took two steps at a time, rushed towards the crack at an extremely fast speed, and went in.
After she got in, the crack gradually healed, and the daytime scenery gradually filled the starry night scene and returned to normal.
It's as if nothing happened.
However, not long after the crack healed, a light suddenly appeared in the sky above the imperial city. The light from the sun in the sky shot straight down and quickly hit the imperial city, turning into a human shape.
Song Yin looked around and frowned, saying, "Has the virtual and the real already merged and gradually assimilated? You are such an evil person, you don't even want to be a human anymore."
As his brows changed, the temperature around him rose suddenly. With a crackling sound, as if something was burning, the blurry and unclear imperial city, which looked like a reflection in the water, became real at this moment.
The strange sense of connection was suddenly severed at this moment.
"Xie Dao, I'm coming to find you!"