At the bottom of the crystal clear lake, a magnificent city reappears on earth.
Three thousand years passed like a flash, taking away all the lives in the city, leaving only the city still standing in an unknown place.
"An ancient city with three thousand pieces disappeared!"
Pang Jian was shocked and looked at the city under the lake in surprise, unable to believe that the city had suddenly disappeared.
It stands quietly at the bottom of the lake, as if unaffected by the long time. The streets are clean and new, and the smooth walls are spotless.
It came from the second realm above and once stood deep in the sky. Why did it suddenly reappear in Wulan Lake after three thousand years
"Strange fog!"
Pang Jian's horrified gaze shifted from the wonder that suddenly appeared at the bottom of the lake to the motionless thick gray fog.
Is it the "strange fog" that diffuses from the boundary wall, revealing an ancient city that has disappeared in the long river of time and projected it onto the bottom of Wulan Lake
"Don't act rashly!"
The Tianling Tower was suspended unsteadily in the air, and Luo Hongyan was screaming in panic.
Pang Jian looked back and was surprised to see that the white tower had floated above his head.
Unexpectedly, she actually had the ability to make the white tower function again with the help of various spiritual stones from everyone.
"call!"
The swaying white tower slowly floated upwards under the gaze of Pang Jian and Zhou Qingchen.
Luo Hongyan's beautiful figure appeared from the window on the fifth floor of the White Tower. She looked down at Wulan Lake from high in the sky, her bright eyes revealing a thoughtful look.
Pang Jian looked at her and found that there were many tiny spots of light in her eyes when she was thinking.
Zhou Qingchen was still in shock at the sudden reappearance of the ancient city that had disappeared for many years. He did not pay attention to Luo Hongyan and just kept looking at the city under the lake, not knowing whether it was real or fake.
"The strange fog stopped, and a city that had disappeared for many years suddenly appeared out of thin air at the bottom of the lake."
Luo Hongyan murmured.
She controlled the white tower, floating above the island in the middle of the lake, and looked at the bottom of the lake from different angles.
The shaking white tower became more and more stable.
At this time, she only needs to sink the white tower and bring Pang Jian and the others up, so that she can leave the strange Ulan Lake and avoid the "strange fog" from spreading again.
But she didn't do that.
After she observed for a while, the white tower stopped in the distance again. She jumped out of the window like Pang Jian did, and landed in front of Pang Jian and the other man with a light and ethereal figure.
"Zhou Qingchen, how much do you know about Bagua City?" she asked.
Zhou Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "I only know that this is an ancient city that belongs to the Second Realm. It was originally in a place adjacent to the boundary wall of the Second Realm. One day, a strange fog suddenly spread over, and it disappeared from then on."
He felt a little ashamed and said, "I have never been to the Second Realm, so I don't know much about the others."
Han Duping and Su Meng came over, and when the white tower rose into the air, they also saw the magical city under the lake and were equally shocked.
"Before the Bagua City below disappears, the strange fog should not continue to approach us."
Luo Hongyan pondered for a long time, and said reluctantly: "Someone told me that when a mirage-like spectacle appears near strange fog, a mirror tunnel will often form."
She hesitated and said, "There will be a mirror tunnel on the surface of Wulan Lake. Bagua City is real, but it is not at the bottom of the lake below us. I don't know where it is. What I can tell you is that... through the mirror tunnel formed by Wulan Lake, we should be able to reach the real Bagua City."
"Mirror tunnel?"
This unfamiliar word confused everyone. Even the knowledgeable Han Duping was confused.
"Yes, it's a mirror tunnel. After this happens, not only the Silent Mountains in the Fourth Realm, but also some forbidden areas in the Third Realm and even the strange areas in the Second Realm may form similar mirror tunnels."
"The existence of the mirror tunnel allows everyone to go to Bagua City and explore the truth behind the disappearance of this city."
"But after entering, everyone will have to face many uncertainties in the city, and will also encounter people from other worlds in the city."
Luo Hongyan looked solemn and a little confused, worried that Pang Jian would insist on going.
"There are mysteries hidden in Bagua City. You can regard the appearance of the mirror tunnel as a test. It's just that your opponents are from different levels." Luo Hongyan sighed and said, "You from the fourth world, if you meet people from the other two worlds, I'm afraid..."
She shook her head.
Zhou Qingchen, Han Duping, and even Su Meng all had strange lights in their eyes, all of them were aroused by her words.
Pang Jian asked directly: "What realm are our opponents at?"
“The mirror tunnel has an upper limit. Since it appears in the fourth realm, the upper limit is the Marrow Cleansing Realm. The people you meet cannot be above the Marrow Cleansing Realm.” Luo Hongyan said affirmatively.
"The strongest is only at the Marrow Cleansing Stage?"
Pang Jian took a breath, his eyes gradually becoming fiery.
Seeing him like this, Luo Hongyan sighed, knowing that she might not be able to stop him.
Zhou Qingchen couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Pang Jian, the Marrow Cleansing Realm in the Third Realm and the Marrow Cleansing Realm in the Second Realm are completely different from the Marrow Cleansing Realm here. Their skills, tools, and various resources are not even what we can imagine."
Pang Jian nodded, understanding what he was worried about.
According to Zhou Qingchen, there are many cultivation geniuses in Hongshan of the third realm who surpass him, and there will be even more and more perverted geniuses in the second realm.
Those people in the Marrow Cleansing Realm in the upper two realms have practiced spells and endured hardships since childhood that they can never compare to.
It would definitely not be a pleasant experience to meet a person like that in the unknown Bagua City.
Luo Hongyan had no choice but to express her opinion again, and said softly: "Pang Jian, if you want to go, I am willing to accompany you to Bagua City."
"What's in Bagua City?" Zhou Qingchen asked curiously.
Luo Hongyan said calmly: "There is something that Hongshan can never give you."
"I..." Su Meng looked at Luo Hongyan timidly and asked in a low voice: "Sister Ning, if you go, can you... take me with you?"
"You are too weak. I think I should use the Tianling Tower to send you away from Wulan Lake directly." Luo Hongyan said coldly.
"I want to avenge my father. Dong Tianze is too powerful. If I don't have a fortuitous encounter, I will never be able to do it in my lifetime." Su Meng begged with a bitter little round face.
"Dong Tianze appeared at the bottom of the lake for a moment. He might have gone to Bagua City!" Zhou Qingchen suddenly remembered this and shouted, "He seemed to be hiding in one of the tortoise's feet before. He was at the bottom of the lake before Bagua City appeared."
Zhou Qingchen described Dong Tianze's strange behavior at that time.
Before he finished describing it, Pang Jian said, "I will go into Bagua City."
Luo Hongyan, who had known this would happen, had a look of helplessness in her beautiful eyes, and was too lazy to try to persuade her. Instead, she asked, "Su Meng, do you want me to take you away?"
Su Meng shook her head vigorously.
"Okay then."
Luo Hongyan nodded, raised her hand and pointed at the white tower, and said to Pang Jian: "At the bottom of the tower, those spiritual stones I laid out earlier are temporarily useless. Go over and absorb the spiritual power inside, and open up four meridians connecting the soles of your feet as quickly as you can."
"And I will find a way for everyone to go through the mirror tunnel in the lake and find a way to Bagua City."
"Pang Jian is a powerful force for us. You have no objection to giving him those spirit stones to increase his strength, right?"
When she heard that she was no longer forcing him to leave, Su Meng quickly said, "I have no objection!"
Zhou Qingchen, who was beginning to get excited, shrugged and grinned, "There should be no shortage of spirit stones in Bagua City!"
Luo Hongyan's lips curled up in sarcasm, and she glanced at him casually with the look she gave him as if he were a country bumpkin, and said, "There are many legends about the Bagua City in the Second Realm, and each legend is accompanied by a dazzling array of cultivation materials."
Zhou Qingchen laughed loudly, pushed Pang Jian and urged him, "Go to Tianling Pagoda quickly, don't waste everyone's precious time!"
Pang Jian immediately went to the White Pagoda.
"You guys prepare yourselves. I'll go find the entrance to Bagua City."
Luo Hongyan moved gracefully on the island in the middle of the lake. She did not fall onto the crystal-like lake surface, but wandered around the island.
"Zhou boy, let's talk alone."
Han Duping pulled Zhou Qingchen aside, deliberately avoiding Su Meng, and quietly expressed his doubts.
It seems a bit strange that "Miss Ning" has become able to pick herbs and understand complex arrays in a mysterious way.
"Well, I realized something was wrong a long time ago."
Zhou Qingchen nodded to show that he understood, and said, "It's okay, we just need to be careful. I just don't know how much of what she said about Bagua City is true."
"Only by going in can we verify the truth." Han Duping sighed and said with a bitter face: "Have you thought it through? How confident are you in fighting against the guys from the third and second realms in Bagua City?"
"I'm not sure, but I just want to give it a try. Bagua City is not deep in the strange fog, we are not afraid of anything!"
"Okay, I'll accompany you!"
…
The familiar bottom floor of the White Tower.
Looking at the previous spiritual jade being replaced by spiritual stones of different qualities, Pang Jian returned to the place where he had practiced at that time.
As soon as he entered the state of cultivation, all distracting thoughts about Bagua City in his mind were instantly destroyed.
Strands of spiritual energy mixed with many impurities flowed into his dantian and began to be cleansed and refined in circles.
Compared to the previous ones, this time the spiritual power was far inferior in terms of both its strength and cleanliness.
But he also understood that this was the best he could do with the resources he had at hand.
Without spiritual jade, Luo Hongyan, a skilled cook, could do nothing. It was already a great achievement for her to get the White Pagoda back up into the sky.
…
The deep dark night fell again.
Everyone felt inexplicably depressed, as if an invisible shadow was slowly covering the sky.
Like a huge crystal, Wulan Lake always shines brightly in the dark night of the fourth realm.
The light comes from Wulan Lake and also from the Bagua City at the bottom of the lake.
In the entire Wulan Lake area, only the island was pitch black at the moment, while the Bagua City under the lake appeared to be brightly lit in such a gloomy atmosphere.
Zhou Qingchen, Han Duping and Su Meng were observing the abnormality of the Bagua City at the bottom of the lake.
Suddenly, they saw a small spot of light as small as a mosquito or fly suddenly appear at the edge of Bagua City.
Tiny spots of light moved rapidly in the brightly lit Bagua City, seemingly moving along the streets towards the center of Bagua City.
Some of the light spots touched each other as if in a fierce battle, and sometimes some of the light spots went out instantly.
Zhou Qingchen raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Someone has already gone in!"
He could see that those spots of light were living beings like him, and they might be genius cultivators from the third realm or even the second realm.
The extinction of the light spot might mean that someone has left Bagua City, or perhaps died in it.
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(End of this chapter)