The three of them soon arrived at the town in front. Just as they were about to land, a few white lights suddenly shot out from below. Shui Linglong brushed them with one sleeve and hit them on the ground. It turned out to be a few arrows.

Shui Linglong flew first and found that there were several soldiers, followed closely, and Lie Yankong and Lu Ming also flew down.

Before Lie Yankong could ask anything, one of the soldiers took the lead and asked seriously, "Who is coming?"

Shui Linglong and Lu Ming naturally would not answer, but Lie Yankong wanted to answer, but he rarely deals with ordinary people. In the past, when dealing with cultivators, he only needed to show his identity nameplate or report to the sect by himself, which would reduce a lot of trouble. However, in this case, he was not sure whether the other party knew his identity and name.

But both sides could not stay in a stalemate. After a few words, Lie Yankong said, "We came from Qinghe City. When we passed by here, we found that there were hidden evil spirits here, so let's take a look."

After hearing this, the man did not relax and continued to ask, "Did there be any city documents?"

Lie Yankong handed out the document in his arms. Of course, the identity on the document was fake. Before he took the task, he never thought that it would be useful for one day.

After reading it, the soldier found that it was a regular document, so he did not continue to make things difficult for him and said, "I am Zheng Yan, the tenth corpse commander who manages this team. I was rude just now, and I hope the three immortals will forgive me."

Lie Yankong waved his hand and said, "It's okay."

Zheng Yan continued to ask excitedly, "Is the immortal here to solve the disaster and evil turmoil for us?"

Lie Yankong did not give a positive answer, but asked him, "Has the lord of the city here arranged for people to eliminate evil spirits?"

After hearing this, Zheng Yan sighed and said, "There is no arrangement, but the people who arranged it will be killed or injured, so it will be left alone."

Lie Yankong guessed a few points, so he didn't continue to ask more questions in this regard, but instead asked, "Do you know where the disaster here comes from and why it arises?"

Seeing him asking this, Zheng Yan knew that he was indeed willing to help him. After thinking about it, he replied, "How can we know these things? But after hearing the rumors, it seems that this place originally suppressed a monster, but now it can't be suppressed, so this chaos broke out."

Lie Yankong continued, "Then do you know where the place where the monsters are suppressed?"

Zheng Yan said heavily, "Hongquan Mountain."

When he heard Hongquan Mountain, Lu Ming felt that Li Yu, who was behind him, obviously shrank, but now it is not the time to ask him in detail.

Lie Yankong continued to ask, "What are you doing here?"

Zheng Yan replied, "The City Lord arranged for us to inspect the townships and see if there are any survivors. If there are any, take them back to Changlin City, and we will arrange for them to go to the edge of Cheng County."

Hearing this, before Lie Yankong asked a question, Shui Linglong couldn't help asking them, "Are you afraid that you will be killed by evil spirits?"

Zheng Yan said, "There was no such arrangement before, but in the past ten days, the traces of demons outside Changlin City's activities seem to have begun to diminish. The city lord arranged for us to go out to check everywhere. If we encounter demons who are alone, as long as they are not strong, they will be destroyed. You can also see if there are still alive people and you can take them back to Changlin City."

Shui Linglong continued, "So you mean, you are hiding in Changlin City until there is no danger outside, and you are not coming out to find any other survivors?"

Zheng Yan couldn't hear the irony in Shui Linglong's words, and at this moment he said coldly, "Does the immortal think we are willing to hide? This is where we live, and we can't bear to see this place become what we are now than anyone else. How do you know how much it cost to hide in the city?"

Seeing that the two sides were about to argue, Lie Yankong hurriedly came out to smooth things over, "Don't be surprised, brothers, I have no other intentions. I just want to know what happened to Changlin City before? What do you look like now?"

With the ease of Lie Yankong, Zheng Yan did not continue to be disrespectful. He knew that the people in front of him might be a help, which was indispensable to Changlin City now. Since the other party gave him a step, he followed up and continued heavily, "When the disaster broke out, because Hongquan Mountain was not far from Changlin City, Changlin City suffered heavy losses at the beginning. Later, the city lord and the city lord built a city-sharing formation for us in time, which saved the remaining people in Changlin City. However, the people in other villages, those who were farther away were better, and those who were closer to Hongquan Mountain became deserted villages as early as the beginning."

After asking some more things, the three of them did not continue to ask. At this time, when Li Yu saw that they stopped communicating, he pulled Lu Ming's sleeve. Lu Ming guessed that he might have something to say, so he took him aside.

"What's wrong?"

Li Yu replied, "I know Hongquan Mountain." After pausing, he continued, "I live there."

After hearing this, Lu Ming guessed that Li Yu might know more, so he called the other two over.

Lie Yankong asked Li Yu, "Do you say your home is in Hongquan Mountain?"

Li Yu nodded and then replied, "What they said is right. This disaster started with Hongquan Mountain, which has become a barren mountain."

Shui Linglong continued, "Then why didn't you say it before?"

Li Yu said, "I don't want you to die."

Lie Yankong was curious, "How did you know that we must not be able to beat that monster?"

Li Yu ignored Lie Yankong and looked up and said to Lu Ming, "Don't go, believe me. You can't beat it."

Lu Ming never regarded him as an ordinary child from the beginning. As a sword embryo, he knew that he had certain special abilities, so Lu Ming also asked him seriously, "Why?"

Li Yu said without hesitation, "I can see some special things in people."

Lie Yankong asked, "Is it the reason for your eyes?"

Li Yu said, "I don't know that my eyes are born gray, which does not prevent me from seeing things, but it allows me to see more things that others cannot see. I don't know if it is because of my eyes."

Shui Linglong was also curious, and she asked, "Oh, is that right? Then tell me, what do we have?"

Li Yu said, "A layer of green light flows on your body, like a ball of flowing green water." After saying that, he reached out and pointed to Li Yankong, saying, "He has a layer of golden halo, like the sun." Then he said to Lu Ming, "Your body is very sharp, and at the same time, it looks like a mirror, very bright."

Now, the three of them were surprised. Although Li Yu said it very ordinary, it was only what he could feel as an ordinary person now. But once he started practicing, would he see more things? At the same time, Li Yu said it right. He told the three of them all about their practice skills and characteristics, which was even more amazing. This was equivalent to no one having any secrets in front of Li Yu.

After a brief surprise, Lu Ming looked at him deeply and continued, "What you said is not enough. Why can you know that we can't beat it by seeing these?"

Li Yu said, "In the past two months, the monsters in Hongquan Mountain have become more and more powerful. I can see a layer of thick blackness shrouded there, getting darker and darker. These two days are even more terrifying. But the light on your body is not as rich as it is, and you are not its opponent."

After hearing this, the three of them were silent for a while, then Lie Yankong asked Lu Ming, "What do you think?"

Lu Ming thought deeply and said, "I think it's credible."

Neither Lie Yankong nor Shui Linglong said much. They knew that both sword embryos must have extraordinary features. If Lu Ming believed it, then I guess what Li Yu said would definitely be inseparable.

But will they go home just now? No. If they didn't meet it at the beginning, it would be fine, but now that they have encountered it, they can't sit idly by.

The three of them had already formed a tacit understanding. Even if they didn't say it, they knew what each other's decision was. Moreover, they would have a desire to retreat without taking action. It would be hindered by the Tao's mind, which was not conducive to the way forward.

Li Yu seemed to have guessed their decision, but he did not want them to lose their lives in vain. He looked up at them with confidence and continued, "Don't go."

Lu Ming touched his head. He had never had any unnecessary expressions and smiled at Li Yu for the first time, "Don't be afraid, we will be ready."

The three of them planned to see the city lord first and go to his place to see if there is any more detailed situation. Before leaving, they entrusted Li Yu to the soldiers, "Please help me take care of him, we will come back today."

After giving some explanation, he flew to Changlin City. The few people naturally did not dare to take Lie Yankong and others' delivery lightly. Zheng Yan was originally curious about the child's identity and asked a few questions tentatively, but found that the child did not move after leaving Lie Yankong and the others, like a sitting stone statue, without saying anything, which dispelled all the thoughts of inquiring.

Soon, the three of them flew to Changlin City. As Zheng Yan said, there is indeed a city-modification formation in Changlin City to protect it. But because of time, the city-modification formation is becoming increasingly fragile and in danger. The three of them couldn't help but think that if they didn't come today, if the situation could not be controlled, wouldn't the people in Changlin City all become dead souls?

The guard at the top of the city saw someone flying towards him on a sword. He knew that he was a practitioner and was excited, but he was not broken through his reason. Now Changlin City cannot withstand any losses.

"Dare you ask where the immortal comes from?" the guard general asked calmly.

Lie Yankong sent a voice to him with magic power. After hearing this, the guard general felt happy, but he didn't reveal it. After giving it a while, he came to them alone. When he saw the token Lie Yank took out, he knew that what he said just now was not false, and he felt relieved. He immediately bowed to the immortal and said, "Please follow me."

When Lie Yankong and the others arrived outside Changlin City, Wu Shouzhong knew that he knew that after this matter, he would definitely lead someone to take the blame in the end. And that person can only be him, he must be him. So he wrote the suicide note and made the final explanation.

The moment he put the pen on, he suddenly felt relieved. It was meaningless to continue the city lord. He could not protect the people in his position, and he was considered innocent.

Then, he took off his official uniform and hat on his head, and placed it on his desk together with his city lord seal.

When he saw the three of them coming in, he bowed and bowed down. "Greetings to the Special Envoy."

Lie Yankong swept over the objects on his desk, looked at him, and teased, "The City Lord is conscious and knows he is guilty."

The guard who came with them didn't understand why the city lord did this. After hearing Lie Yankong's words, he also reacted, and became angry and hurriedly said, "What do you three mean? Are you going to use my master as a scapegoat?"

Before he could say anything else, Wu Shouzhong waved his hand and asked him to stop and said, "You go down first." The guard general originally wanted to say something, but he saw the city lord giving him a sharp look. The guard general had already given him a solemn aura after defending the city lord for so many days. The guard general suppressed the resentment and doubt in his heart and retreated.

"You get up first! How can you speak when you kneel on the ground?"

After hearing this, Wu Shouzhong stood up obediently and stood beneath.

Lie Yankong asked directly, "Why don't you report what's happening here?"

After hearing this, Wu Shouzhong asked with a bitter smile and a little sad question, "Is it useful after reporting?"

It’s not that they couldn’t hear that Wu Shouzhong revealed a sense of helplessness, disappointment, and a desire to die. But in a high position, they would not take the initiative to explain anything. Lu Ming was born in poverty before, but he was not the timid and careless little kid before. Some things he saw may not be true, let alone what he heard from others.

The position is relative. At this time, Lie Yankong and others are high-ranking people for Wu Shouzhong, but at some point in the past, Wu Shouzhong was also a high-ranking person for others. Naturally, he knew what people in high-ranking people were thinking about and what to do. When thinking about this, he felt more and more that it was really meaningless.

"I reported the disaster at the beginning, but no one came."

Shui Linglong interrupted, "I remember this place is under the jurisdiction of Huangquan Sect."

After hearing this, Wu Shouzhong continued without any extra expression and said, "I've been there, their head is in jail."

"I'm confused, when has it been? As the lord of Yifang's city, did you do nothing if you keep it from your death?"

Lie Yankong said, "Junior Sister Shui is calm, let me hear what the city lord says first."

The city lord then replied, "The first time I went there, I couldn't see you. I said I was in the dead. Later, when they went there, their entire sect opened the mountain protection formation and sealed the mountain, and no one could enter or exit."

Now, the three of them knew that things were not that simple. Lie Yankong glanced at Shui Linglong, and Shui Linglong knew how to retreat.

Lie Yankong continued, "What's going on with the protection border outside Changlin City?"

The city lord replied, "I set up the protection and setting up the situation with other cities and counties outside the city. Since I can't solve the disaster, I can't let it spread and harm people from other cities and counties."

When Lu Ming heard this, he also asked, "Why don't people from other cities and counties help?"

Wu Shouzhong replied, "Sir, no one from Huangquan Sect takes action. Do you think others will help us?"

After a while, Shui Linglong came back and Lie Yankong asked, "How?"

Shui Linglong replied, "Close the mountain completely, and you don't go in or out."

Shui Linglong's answer shows the attitude of the Huangquan Sect in this matter. Generally, there are big and small mountains. The largest mountain blockade is a complete blockade, without entering or leaving, forming a separate boundary. Unless it is strongly broken with external forces, they can only wait for them to open the mountain themselves.

Lie Yankong continued, "What's going on in Hongquan Mountain?"

Wu Shouzhong replied, "When the disaster broke out, I sent someone to investigate, but none of them survived. But judging from the situation in these six months, it should be that a drought lard was raised in Hongquan Mountain. Six months ago, it should be when it formed the elixir, which caused this disaster."

Shui Linglong continued, "Even the drought pill is only a hundred-year drought pill. As the city lord, I see that you have the cultivation level of the seventh level. How could you not even eliminate a mere hundred-year drought pill?"

Wu Shouzhong did not confront her tit-for-tat, but just replied lightly, "If it were an ordinary hundred-year-old drought, I could solve it myself. Why ask for help from Huangquan Sect? It would not make the situation develop until now."
To be continued...