In a dark alley.
Pang Jian, who broke in in a panic, just wanted to leave the City Lord's Mansion as soon as possible and enter the streets he was familiar with.
As for the filth and corrosion in the darkness, he no longer cared about it and just thought about holding on as long as he could.
"Bang! Clang!"
He couldn't see anything, but suddenly he bumped into a soft body and knocked over a number of tables, chairs and other objects.
Next to the fallen table, there seemed to be a lot of fruit plates and dishes, which were scattered all over the floor after he knocked them over.
He felt that the person he bumped into was a woman...
After a moment, he thought of the alien who had been hiding in the darkness and was regarded as a huge threat by him and Li Jie.
"It turned out to be a woman..."
He hurriedly climbed up and accidentally touched the woman's body, and quickly whispered "sorry".
Without waiting for the woman to react, he hurriedly left the alley and headed towards the street intersection he was most familiar with.
Together in darkness.
A young girl who was knocked to the ground by him could see everything clearly.
The girl watched Pang Jian rush out of the alley, holding on to the wall with one hand to find the street entrance, and quickly disappeared from her sight.
The girl was stunned for a while, then came to her senses, looked at the fruit plates and stewed dishes on the floor, and sat up angrily, rubbing her butt.
"Damn you little thief!"
Cursing under her breath, she rearranged the table, blocking the entrance to the alley again, propped up a wide chair, and then took out a new fruit plate and dishes.
Twisting an exquisite little wine flask, she stared at the alley where Pang Jian disappeared, and took a big gulp in annoyance.
But Pang Jian had long disappeared.
She turned around helplessly in the darkness, just in time to see Luo Hongyan shattering the sea of black gold swords and instantly killing Leng Yuan from the Yinling Temple.
The girl immediately stopped caring about Pang Jian who had left. She disappeared into the dark alleys of the fifth realm, looking at the brightly lit courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion.
She would glance at Li Jie from time to time.
…
Inside the City Lord’s Mansion.
"Who are you?"
Seeing Luo Hongyan put away the white jade porcelain bottle containing the "Crystal Snow Lotus", Lin Beiye did not dare to snatch it immediately, but asked about the other party's identity first.
—Leng Yuan died too tragically and too quickly.
Leng Yuan, who is in the same marrow cleansing realm as them, is able to stand behind Dong Tianze, which is enough to show that his strength is not weak.
The way Luo Hongyan killed Leng Yuan seemed so easy and casual, just like the way they killed those who stepped into the pool to grab the treasure.
This proves that Luo Hongyan has the same power as them!
"My name is Ning Yao. I come from the Ning family in the fourth realm. I practice the magic of the Galaxy Alliance..."
"You are not Ning Yao!"
Before Luo Hongyan could finish, Dong Tianze snorted coldly and said sternly, "At Wulan Lake, it was you who controlled the many evil spirits to spontaneously ignite in my mind and arranged the enchanting red lotus in the pit, right?"
"Hey, it turns out you're not a fool. You can see this?"
Luo Hongyan, who revealed her true identity, sneered.
At present, she still occupies Ning Yao's body.
This was because she didn't know whether her soul, which had surpassed the Marrow Cleansing Realm, would be treated differently by some natural restrictions after being exposed in Bagua City.
In order to avoid any accidents, she admitted that she was possessed by Ning Yao, but she still stayed inside Ning Yao's body.
"Hey, fellow from Black Valley, do you want the Crystal Snow Lotus or not?"
She waved the white jade porcelain bottle in her hand towards Lin Beiye in an air of superiority.
"Few people from the Fourth Realm or the Third Realm can recognize the Crystal Snow Lotus at first sight."
Lin Beiye was shocked, and before he knew her true background, he dared not act rashly.
"Don't dare?"
Luo Hongyan chuckled softly, and Jingze's face showed disdain.
She pointed a finger as white as an onion at Yuan Lengshan, who was dressed in white, and said in a refreshing voice, "Well, I have a suggestion now. Let me tell you about it."
"I am all ears."
Seeing that she was pointing at Yuan Lengshan, Qi Qingsong, who was very close to her, was the first to become interested.
Zhou Qingchen had already escaped, and Pang Jian rushed into the darkness with an attitude of dying. He was so injured that he couldn't find anyone to vent his anger on.
The only enemy he has left in the courtyard is Yuan Lengshan from the Demon Heart Sect, and Yuan Lengshan is the culprit!
"Even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you should have heard about the way the people of the Demon Heart Sect act."
Luo Hongyan's voice was pleasant and melodious, but her eyes were full of coldness. She said calmly, "You little bitch named Yuan, you bewitched Pang Jian beside me to attack you first, and you are going to start hunting everyone down, starting with you."
"So my suggestion is to kill the pair of sisters from the Demon Heart Sect first, and then we can discuss other things after they are dead!"
Back then, outside the City Lord's Mansion, the kind-hearted Jiang Li saw Yuan Lengshan was alone and invited her to go along.
Zhou Qingchen also reminded her that there were unusual things in the darkness and asked her to be careful later.
It would have been fine if Yuan Lengshan didn't appreciate it, but she actually used Pang Jian and Zhou Qingchen as pawns in the mansion and almost killed them both.
The person Luo Hongyan hated and was most annoyed with was Yuan Lengshan!
"agree."
Lin Beiye was the first to express his position.
Qi Qingsong nodded and said, "That's exactly what I meant!"
When Dong Tianze was about to express his opinion, Luo Hongyan refused to listen and said, "Then it's decided."
“Wow!”
The mirror tunnel that everyone left disappeared.
Everyone who had just made the decision and was about to take action looked a little surprised.
Without the mirror tunnel, even if they seized the rare treasures in the pool, they would not know how to escape.
"Just focus on your work first! Don't worry, the mirror tunnel will eventually reappear, so don't worry."
Li Jie, who had been staying out of the matter, was drinking green juice on a recliner, and "kindly" informed everyone out of fear that the world would not be in chaos.
Strange, inquiring glances fell on him for a moment, but were then retracted one after another in tacit understanding.
For some reason, no one felt threatened by Li Jie.
Everyone had a feeling that this person was not interested in rare treasures at all. As long as they did not provoke him, he would not hinder anyone from doing anything.
"call!"
Yuan Lengshan, a talented girl from the Demon Heart Sect, suddenly flew high up and landed on the platform where Lan Xi was.
Above her pure white robe, numerous black magic characters and red heart-shaped patterns flew out and whistled around her.
She sat down slowly, frowned and said, "Senior Sister, don't you feel it's a bit crowded?"
The platform was actually quite spacious, and even though she released those magic words and heart-shaped patterns, it wasn't really crowded.
"Yeah, I think so too."
Lan Xi was very tactful. She flew down from the platform obediently and stood quietly below.
Although she was the senior sister, she obeyed Yuan Lengshan's words and even had a little fear. She did not dare to disobey Yuan Lengshan at all.
"Thank you, Senior Sister."
There was no gratitude in Yuan Lengshan's eyes. She said something perfunctorily and reached out to grab the water in the pool.
The silver spear that sank to the bottom of the pool was pulled by the strength of her five fingers, and suddenly flew out from the bottom of the pool and landed steadily in her palm.
The moment she held the spear, a strange look appeared in her eyes, and she said to Qi Qingsong: "If the young man just now was holding the silver spear in my hand instead of that spear, you would have been dead."
Qi Qingsong smiled indifferently, shook his head and said, "There aren't so many ifs. I am the one who is alive now, and he will eventually be infected by the filthy power of the fifth realm. He will either die or become a mindless monster."
"Yeah, that's right."
Yuan Lengshan nodded in agreement, agreeing with his speculation about Pang Jian's situation, and said, "Anyway, the mirror tunnel has not reappeared. If you are not in a hurry to fight, you might as well listen to my little story."
Qi Qingsong smiled and said, "Okay, I like listening to stories."
"We are in the City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord's surname is Yuan."
Yuan Lengshan was very straightforward. She looked at the people surrounding the pool with a stern look in her eyes and said, "Strictly speaking, all of you are guests in my house."
…
Deep in darkness.
Pang Jian, covered in blood, groped his way to the back door of the City Lord's Mansion, the street entrance from which they came.
There are eight street intersections leading to the square, but he finally chose this one because he is familiar with it.
Even though he couldn't see, he had a general idea of his surroundings. If he really encountered danger, at least he knew where to escape.
However, no one pursued him.
Dong Tianze and Qi Qingsong, the two most powerful opponents, did not set foot in the darkness of the fifth realm like him, and seemed afraid to put themselves in the sour, rancid and filthy environment.
“I don’t know how long I can last.”
Pang Jian endured the pain in his body and sat down at the dark street corner, but he didn't dare to use the filthy power of the fifth realm to heal his wounds.
Just breathing normally, the sour and acrid energy in the air was eroding his abdominal cavity, causing his flesh and blood to feel numb and tingling.
The magical medicinal properties of the green juice given by Li Jie had long been consumed and it was of little help to him.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until the moment of cutting bones and washing marrow."
In the darkness, he leaned against the wall like a lone wolf, sitting crookedly, looking coldly ahead.
There was darkness in his vision.
There was extreme darkness in the sky and all around.
The entire Bagua City and the entire world seemed to have been submerged in infinite darkness.
It seemed that he was the only one in the world.
The endless feeling of loneliness, along with the foul strange power in the darkness, slowly infected his soul, slowly corroded his fighting spirit, and annihilated his tenacious willpower.
Hope, vitality, future.
All those positive and uplifting thoughts were wiped out from his body bit by bit as if by endless darkness.
"Upper world, lower world..."
In his mind, figures from the upper realm such as Yuan Lengshan from the Demon Sect, Lin Beiye from the Black Valley, and Qi Qingsong from the Sword Tower suddenly appeared. Their cold faces as they ignored him the entire time.
Those cold faces, like huge brands that could corrode his bones and melt his heart, filled Pang Jian's mind.
At this moment, he deeply understood what kind of role he, who came from the fourth realm, played in the eyes of the young talents in the upper realm.
In the darkness, his eyes gradually burst into a strong murderous intent and shone with a light of unwillingness!
"The underworld..."
He gritted his teeth and muttered softly, enduring the pain in his body, and began to carefully examine his condition.
At this moment, he broke free from the endless loneliness from the darkness. He did not go crazy in the darkness, he did not degenerate into depravity, and he did not intend to resign himself to his fate and wait for death!
The fire of hope rekindled in his heart!
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(End of this chapter)