Inside the City Lord’s Mansion.
The ancient people who had disappeared for three thousand years were scattered in different locations, pointing at Li Jie and Luo Hongyan.
"The Lord City Lord will soon wake up. I will see how they die later."
"Three thousand years have passed, and the city lord has finally waited for this day. He will see the light of day again."
"It's time for Bagua City to lift the curse that has lasted for three thousand years!"
"… "
There were men and women, young and old, among them. They no longer talked about spiritual food, but were talking about what was happening now.
Luo Hongyan suddenly felt creepy.
She kept looking toward the dark alley, and seeing that Pang Jian had not come out yet, she could not help but shout again: "Pang Jian, it's really time to go!"
“Here I come.”
Pang Jian stepped out of the darkness that filled his spiritual sea with filthy strange power, holding the Jingzhi Gun, and came to the side of Luo Hongyan.
He saw the weirdness in the mansion at a glance and heard more noisy noises with deep meaning.
"The people in the upper realm are really becoming more and more corrupt. This guy with a filthy and supernatural power is actually qualified to come to Bagua City."
“Humph, I don’t know who secretly colluded with the aliens in the fifth realm, causing this guy to show up in Bagua City.”
"You said our souls were infected, but they are the same?"
"… "
As soon as Pang Jian appeared, he heard those men and women starting to point at him and talk.
Those people were either standing in the corners, or beside the pool, and some were surrounding the platform, as if they really existed.
But there was no aura of souls or ghosts on them, as if the air did not exist.
Pang Jian frowned.
Being pointed at and spoken to coldly by these people one by one, he had a completely different feeling.
At that time, he and Li Yuqing stood at the entrance of the alley and watched. The natives of Bagua City who suddenly appeared were all talking about topics related to spiritual food.
The indigenous people at that time seemed to be projecting a scene from three thousand years ago onto all sides of the city.
It's different now.
The original inhabitants of the city now seemed to have self-awareness and spiritual thoughts, and they pointed at them and talked about them.
"call!"
Li Jie, who called himself the "robber master", flew down to the high platform where Yuan Lengshan once sat, and the nonchalant look and attitude of watching a show on his face disappeared completely.
He sat upright, his eyes solemn, staring at the worn copper box at the bottom of the pool, and snorted coldly, "Don't hide and play tricks. I don't care who you are, come out and see me if you have the guts!"
The noise suddenly stopped for a moment.
The City Lord's Mansion, which had been extremely noisy a moment ago, suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and all the ancient people's eyes were focused on Li Jie.
They stopped talking and discussing, but just looked at Li Jie in silence.
Li Jie was not afraid at all.
"Pang Jian, we really should go."
Panic appeared in Luo Hongyan's eyes. She had a premonition that something terrible was about to happen and it was definitely not a good idea to stay.
No matter how slow Pang Jian was, he knew the situation was not good.
But he hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Li Jie and said, "Li Jie, do you need help? You gave us a lot of green juice. If you need help, I can..."
“It’s actually necessary.”
Li Jie sighed with a bitter smile, his eyes still fixed on the box at the bottom of the pool, and he did not look at Pang Jian: "But you two can't help, because your realm is too low, and staying here will be a waste of your lives."
Pang Jian frowned: "Isn't the limit of the cultivation realm for those who enter Bagua City the Marrow Cleansing Realm?"
"That is for you who have come to experience the calamity. As the master of the calamity, I am not bound by this."
Li Jie shook his head.
As soon as these words came out, Pang Jian understood that Li Jie's true level of cultivation was definitely not what he said.
Looking at the very young and immature Li Jie, it turned out that he had already surpassed the Marrow Cleansing Stage.
After a pause, Pang Jian said, "It seems that I really can't help you."
He no longer resisted Luo Hongyan's urging and pulling, and took the initiative to walk towards the mirror tunnel, intending to stay out of it.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Li Jie thought for a moment, then suddenly looked over and asked, "Pang Jian, can you tell me who you met at the entrance of that dark alley?"
"I'm sorry, I promised someone that I can't tell you."
Pang Jian shook his head.
"All right."
Li Jie looked a little helpless, his eyes fell on the copper box at the bottom of the pool again, and said: "As the robber, I learned when I came here that there are three treasures at the bottom of the pool, that spear, that dress, and the porcelain bottle containing the 'Crystal Snow Lotus'."
"After these three things are fished out, the disaster involving you will be over. You should have left long ago."
He spoke casually, staring at the copper box that he had mentioned but never appeared, and said, "Pang Jian, I will send you two to the fourth realm, where there is only a mirror tunnel."
"Let's go!"
Luo Hongyan dragged Pang Jian towards the mirror tunnel.
Pang Jian did not struggle this time.
He did not understand what a "lord of robbery" meant. When he knew that Li Jie's cultivation level was far higher than theirs, he realized that he might really be unable to help with the disaster that was coming against Li Jie, the "lord of robbery".
“Crack!”
The copper box had been closed all the time, and when all the gold and silver threads were twisted off, a crisp sound came from inside the lid.
Immediately, all the yellow light released by the box disappeared instantly, and the box suddenly opened.
Pang Jian, who was about to leave, looked over curiously.
Then I saw a tall figure in old white clothes and with disheveled hair slowly standing up from the box.
The man's long hair was spread out in front and behind him, covering his face and making it impossible to see his features.
He kept both his hands inside his long sleeves.
He seemed to be in another time and space. He was clearly standing in a box at the bottom of the pool. The pool was clearly full of water, but his clothes were not wet at all.
"Pang Jian..."
An erratic and cold voice suddenly sounded in the silent mansion, which sounded creepy.
The ancient people who appeared in every corner of the City Lord's Mansion all looked at Pang Jian, repeating a name.
—Pang Jian.
Pang Jian was shocked and screamed, "Yuan Lengshan!"
He heard clearly that the first erratic and cold voice belonged to the dead Yuan Lengshan!
Yuan Lengshan's echo inspired those ancient people to make the same sound.
As a result, the ancient people who had disappeared for three thousand years were looking at Pang Jian from all angles, all shouting his name, like forming an evil spiritual frenzy, which made Pang Jian feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Walk!"
Luo Hongyan didn't dare to hesitate any longer. While Pang Jian was stunned, she pulled him and rushed towards the mirror tunnel.
Also at this moment.
The figure in the box, wearing a loose white shirt, pushed aside the long hair in front of him with a hand tucked into his sleeve.
Yuan Lengshan's pale and grim face reappeared.
"Yuan Lengshan!"
Pang Jian snorted coldly and stopped.
Li Jie stood straight, staring coldly at the figure in the box, and said in a deep voice: "Finally he showed up!"
Yuan Lengshan moved suddenly, and a masculine "hehe" sound came out from the corner of her bloodless mouth.
at this time.
Pang Jian noticed that the hand she used to play with her hair was made up of only five white bones, without any flesh or blood.
The cervical vertebra connecting her head and limbs was covered in blood, and many hideous tendons and veins were full of vitality and were quickly forming lumps of flesh and blood.
Pang Jian clearly saw that flesh was growing on her cervical bones and her body was gradually becoming fuller.
"Pang Jian, why aren't you leaving yet?"
Luo Hongyan suddenly found that she couldn't pull it anymore. She turned her head and saw the face revealed after the long hair was parted.
That's Yuan Lengshan.
"Congratulations, Lord City Lord!"
"Master Yuan, you are finally back!"
"Bagua City will reappear in the world!"
"… "
The ancient people in all the street corners bowed their hands in congratulations and faced the pool with bright smiles.
The box that Yuan Lengshan was standing on floated up little by little.
Her cervical vertebrae, her bony hands, and her chest beneath her clothes were rapidly growing flesh and blood.
When the box floated out of the pool, he seemed to have arrived in Bagua City from another time and space.
Arrived at the City Lord's Mansion that he was familiar with!
He also changed from Yuan Lengshan to Yuan Shishan, the lord of Bagua City. The face belonging to Yuan Lengshan disappeared and turned into the face of a heroic and extraordinary man.
He looked at the pool, then at the three remaining platforms, the white jade-like slate floors, and the green jade-like walls.
With a look of reminiscence in his eyes, he sighed, "It's been too long, really too long. I can finally see the city that I built."
After a while.
He smiled and looked at Li Jie with a gentle gaze, and said, "You are the robber this time, right?"
Li Jie nodded silently.
"Everyone, welcome to my Bagua City!"
Yuan Shishan, who had a broad forehead, suddenly raised his arms and shouted with high spirits, as if he was reliving his past glory.
All the indigenous residents bowed their heads in worship, chanting his name and congratulating the city lord on his return.
Yuan Shishan was tall and handsome, with an extraordinary aura. He stood on the surface of the pool, stepping on a copper box. He pressed his hands down towards the cheering natives, signaling them to be silent.
The noise stopped abruptly.
The native residents of Bagua City seemed to have lost their souls in an instant.
They no longer had any spiritual wisdom and stood there stiffly and woodenly, like puppet sculptures.
"You reappeared through the bones of your descendant Yuan Lengshan?"
Li Jie asked curiously.
Yuan Shishan smiled calmly, neither denying nor admitting, he just said: "Three thousand years have passed quietly, and there have been many Yuan family members who have been lucky enough to come to Bagua City to experience the tribulations over the years, but she is the only one who is different."
"The soul seeds I planted back then took root and sprouted in the bodies of the descendants of the Yuan family, but they only blossomed and bore fruit in her. Otherwise, I should have appeared in the world long ago."
He sighed with deep emotion.
"Walk!"
Luo Hongyan suddenly exerted force, she dragged Pang Jian, and the two of them fell into the ice-crystal mirror tunnel together.
"Puff!"
After stepping on the ice crystals, they were unable to leave like the previous people.
"I told you to leave a long time ago, but you kept dawdling. Now you can't leave, right?"
Li Jie looked down at the two of them helplessly and said, "That guy has come out and has temporarily restricted the mirror tunnel. You and I can only stay here."
Pang Jian was suddenly startled.
When Li Jie opened his mouth to speak, two voices sounded at the same time, one outside and one inside him.
"Pang Jian, I'm Li Jie."
"Listen to me, since you can adapt to the darkness of the fifth realm, you'd better return to it later."
"Although this guy named Yuan Shishan is still very weak at the moment, you can't contend with him."
"Don't worry about me. I'm the leader of this trip. I already know what I'm going to face."
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(End of this chapter)