The cave built by Xu Dao for retreat was a few hundred miles away from Sheshan Mountain, which was not too far away. He had escaped from the Wuxia River waterway and fled for most of an hour before finding a remote and peaceful place where he stopped.
Now he left the cave and drove his flying sword in the direction of Mount She. Because of his strong Qi and blood, he had already approached within ten miles of Mount She in just half an hour.
He held Su Jiu and stepped on the sword energy, looking over from a high place, his brows suddenly wrinkled slightly, and he felt something was wrong.
The huge Sheshan Mountain stands beside the Wuxia River. The river winds like a snake and an insect. It is like a huge stone that suppresses the snake and insect. It is just that there is a gap, and most of the mountain was washed away, giving it some strange shapes.
After a few cursory glances, the mountain is vast, the trees are lush, and there seems to be nothing out of the ordinary.
Although Xu Dao couldn't figure out what was wrong for a while, he still controlled the flying sword and landed low on a hilltop, stopping there instead of going rashly.
At this time, Su Jiu, the little fox girl in his arms, also looked towards Sheshan Mountain and suddenly let out a soft voice and said, "Although the weather is good, it is already dusk. Why is there not a single smoke in the city?"
Hearing Su Jiu's words, Xu Dao suddenly came to his senses. He squinted at Sheshan and thought to himself:
"It shouldn't be. During the Dragon Palace feast, although all the cultivators of the Shezhao tribe and the casual cultivators in the ghost market were all trapped, only about half of the ordinary people in the mountain city who left the city were fed mirages.
Jiao, there should be around 100,000 people left in the city."
"Even if the previous Dragon Palace formation self-destructed, the formation is located underground and is blocked by many lakes. It will definitely not hurt the people in the mountain city. Instead, pure spiritual energy will rise and nourish the people in the mountain city. But why
Right now, the mountains are empty, as if there is no human habitation..."
After thinking carefully, Xu Dao sighed softly: "It would be great if the ant king is still here."
He left a small group of Nan Ke Ping Flies in his house in the mountain city. In addition to guarding the house, he was also guarding the swordsman surnamed Sha to prevent him from thinking of escaping.
If the Ant King is still there, Xu Dao can call the centipedes who are staying in the city from a distance, and simply learn from the centipede's movements what is going on in the city...
It's a pity that the ant king has already eaten his blood and stuffed it into his own belly, and those Nanke ants who stayed in the mountain city should have killed themselves and ceased to exist.
As for the tooth generals and scale soldiers that Xu Dao carries with him now, because they all lack intelligence, it is difficult to even leave him for a mile, let alone inquire about the situation for him.
But after thinking about it, Xu Dao finally raised his sleeve and wiped it on his face, then shook his sleeve and immediately threw out the three-headed tooth general and nearly a hundred scale soldiers.
With thoughts running in his mind, he controlled the three-headed fang general to patrol around.
Fortunately, he had already completed all three levels of the "Three Corpse Sacrifice Technique" and was able to split three small thoughts. Otherwise, he would not be able to control the three-headed fang general at the same time.
Although the tooth general scale soldiers cannot go directly to the mountain city to explore the situation, they can still wander around him to reduce risks and be wary of enemies.
After all, Xu Dao's current spiritual consciousness can only spread about fifteen feet, which is a distance of fifty steps. Beyond this distance, he still has to use his eyes to see and his ears to hear. It is naturally better to have teeth and scale soldiers patrolling outside.
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After setting everything up, Xu Dao held Su Jiu in his arms and prepared to physically go to Shezhao Mountain City to explore. Although he was wary, he did not have too many worries.
You must know that his physical body is now in the realm of foundation building. As long as those Taoist priests who gave up the imperial edict do not set up an ambush in advance, he will not be in much danger.
As for Su Jiu in her arms, at worst, when she sees something is wrong, she will put the little fox girl into the earthworm flag and run away with her. This is a bit hard for Su Jiu, but it is safe and convenient. Anyway, she
It’s not the first time I’ve been sucked in by a cricket flag, it doesn’t matter if it happens a few more times.
In this way, the two of them controlled the sword energy and soared among the trees at low altitude to hide their figures, but their speed was not slow, and they passed ten miles in the blink of an eye.
Arriving in front of the Wuxia River, they saw the gate of Shezhao Mountain City under the setting sun in the distance. Xu Dao and Su Jiu looked at each other and thought at the same time: "Where is the iron cable bridge?"
The wide iron cable bridge that originally spanned the Wuxia River and was the only way for people in the mountain city to leave the city has disappeared, and only wide bridge piles are left facing each other on both sides of the bank.
"Could it be that when the Dragon Palace Formation exploded, the chain bridge was also damaged?" Xu Dao thought about it, but he also knew it in his heart.
Normally, more than a month has passed. Even if the chain bridge is broken, the people in the city will probably find a way to repair a new bridge and make do with it. They are determined not to leave the river empty.
Before entering Shezhao Mountain City, the two of them noticed that Shezhao Mountain was full of strange things, and all signs indicated that the city was empty.
Xu Dao originally wanted to disguise himself and sneak into the mountain city as an ordinary person, but now that there is no road on the river, he must either cross the river or fly across.
The current in this section of the Wuxia River is so fast that it is impossible to use rafts or boats to cross the river. Therefore, no matter which method is used to cross the river, it is not possible for ordinary people.
Xu Dao was too lazy to think about it or hide it. He pulled Su Jiu beside him and said: "Let's go! Be alert!"
After saying this, he sent out his advance troops, and asked two of the tooth generals to lead the scale soldiers to fly into the city, while the other one stayed behind to guard the rear for the two of them.
Immediately, Xu Dao jumped out from the mountain forest, flew directly across the hundreds of feet wide river, and came to the foot of Shishe Mountain. The first time he stepped onto the foot of the mountain, his brows furrowed, and his eyes showed surprise.
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However, he did not say another word, but secretly used his magic power to be vigilant about the surroundings. Su Jiu was also tense, following Xu Dao step by step, constantly scanning the surroundings, vigilant.
The gate of the mountain city was opened. The two people passed the gate and found that the huge door handle had been covered with dust for a long time. As they walked into the city, their ears suddenly became quiet, and even the sound of the rolling river behind them almost disappeared.
Xu Dao looked around and saw that the mountain city, which was originally lined up one after another, was deserted everywhere. There was not a single figure or living thing on the streets. Only the cold wind blew through the alleys and there was a cool sound.
Su Jiu looked at it and involuntarily tightened her Taoist robe.
Xu Dao stopped where he was, raising his head and looking towards the top of Sheshan Mountain. His eyelids opened and closed, his pupils suddenly stood up, and his vision suddenly strengthened.
"Hey!" Xu Dao let out a soft sigh and said, "Not only is there no formation on the top of the mountain, there is no sign of spiritual energy either!"
The top and back mountains of Sheshan Mountain are where the Shezhao tribe practices and lives. Mountain protection formations are always deployed to trap spiritual energy, resist foreign enemies, and prevent others from prying eyes.
But now Xu Dao took a closer look, and clearly found that the scene on the top of the mountain was nakedly exposed to his eyes, without even a trace of spiritual energy fluctuations.
"Could it be that a few Shezhao Taoist priests took the remaining clan members and moved away directly."
Guessing in his mind, he no longer hid his figure. Although his energy was still restrained, he suddenly jumped into the air with Su Jiu in his hand, and soared over the mountain city, scanning them one by one.
Xu Dao found that the entire mountain city had really turned into a dead city. There was not a single living person in the city, but what made him more concerned was that there was not a single dead body in the city.
Although the streets were empty, there were no blood, bones or other objects. At the same time, in the houses, pots, pans, pillows and bedding were all there. It did not look like the people in the city had moved away. On the contrary,
It seemed like it suddenly disappeared.
"Where have the remaining 100,000 people in the city gone?" With this doubt in mind, Xu Dao and Su Jiu flew directly to the house where they originally lived.
Falling directly into the courtyard, Xu Dao did not enter the room to check in person, but just closed his eyes. Immediately, a pressure rose from him, making Su Jiu next to him feel his heart tighten and make him breathless.
Fortunately, Xu Dao only showed his breath for a few moments and then calmed down his momentum.
He quickly scanned the house with his spiritual consciousness, but as he had seen in other places, the house here was also empty. Everything inside, including the silver coins, was still there, but the old sand swordsman who stayed behind was missing.
Xu Dao also found a dozen or so cockroaches in the courtyard. Unfortunately, they were all corpses and had been dead for a long time. They could not tell him what happened here.
"It's weird!" Xu Dao didn't say a word anymore. He grabbed Su Jiu beside him and immediately went to the top of Sheshan Mountain to explore the ghost market.
After a while, the two of them fell into the ghost market again. The originally lively and prosperous market really became deserted, with no living people left, as if there were ghosts.
Xu Dao used his spiritual consciousness to scan as he walked, and found that this place was no longer as complete as in the mountain city. The large and small stores in the ghost market were all in chaos. It seemed that the store owners had fled with their belongings in a hurry, and it seemed that they had been attacked.
He acted like a bandit and didn't leave him any good things like talisman money, spiritual objects, etc.
He patrolled for a few times and then walked together to the back mountain of Sheshan Mountain.
At this time, Xu Dao suddenly discovered that a canyon had appeared in the back mountain of Mount She. The trees surrounding the valley had fallen, and they were all new soil. They should have appeared not long ago.
This piqued Xu Dao's interest, and he moved closer, ready to go in and take a look at the situation.
But before he could get closer, a sharp shout suddenly sounded:
"Hey! Taoist disciple in black robe, stop quickly!"