Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and they all shook their heads.
"Didn't we just walk in normally?" Yu Wenxuan said in confusion, "What could be so special about it?"
As Yu Wenxuan spoke, he turned and walked towards the city gate.
"Stop!" Ling Xuewei knelt down, picked up a stone on the ground, and threw it towards the city gate.
Just when the stone hit the city gate, the originally open city gate seemed to have a transparent wall, blocking the stone thrown by Ling Xuewei.
The stone hit the transparent wall and did not fall to the ground. Instead, it was smashed into pieces, with no residue left.
Where the stones disappear, the air is slightly distorted. If you look carefully, you can find that the town is covered by a transparent cover - you can only enter but not get out.
Yu Wenxuan was frightened by the scene in front of him. He stared blankly at the unobstructed city gate in front of him. Fortunately, Ling Xuewei discovered something was wrong in time, otherwise he would have been shattered into pieces like the rocks just now.
"We were too careless. Why didn't we think before we came in? This is a town that we can't get out of!" Ling Xuewei said angrily.
If Bai Ze hadn't detected an abnormal energy fluctuation when passing the city gate, Ling Xuewei wouldn't have known that the question had come in. It turned out to be such a dangerous place.
"Xuewei, don't blame yourself. There were so many of us who didn't notice anything wrong with this town when we were outside the city gate." Huangfu Chen comforted.
"What exactly is the layout of this town on the outside?" Ling Xuewei asked doubtfully, "Boundary or formation?"
"It's not very clear so far, but what I can know is that to maintain such a large-scale spell, it is absolutely impossible to rely solely on the spiritual power of cultivators. They must have used some kind of powerful magical weapon." Huangfu
Chen speculated.
"Then...can't we get out now?" Xiao Lingxi asked with a worried look.
"That's not the case. I'm pretty sure that Kong Mao and Qingyin are now in Guixu City. Although we are blocked by this transparent wall, they will always find a way to leave." Ling Xuewei said, "You guys
Do you think Kong Mao and Qingyin will stay in Guixu City forever?"
"That's right!" Yu Wenxuan nodded as if he suddenly understood.
"Does it mean that after reaching a certain level of cultivation, one can freely enter and leave the city?" Huangfu Chen stared at the city gate for a long time and said. "For example, if the level of cultivation reaches Emperor Wu?"
"It's useless for us to think too much now. If we are trapped in this town by a spell, no matter what kind of spell it is, as long as we can find the source of the spell, there will be a way to break it," Ling Xuewei said.
"Don't you think that after we came in, the noise of the market became more and more clear?" Xiao Yifeng said.
"Let's go! Let's go see the market in Guixu City first."
Everyone immediately looked for the direction from which the sound came, and walked towards the inner city of Guixu City.
The deeper everyone went into Guixu City, the more frightened they became.
The dilapidated and ancient sense of vicissitudes of the outer city actually faded little by little in their hearts.
The closer you get to the center of Guixu City, not only does everything look newer, but there are even more people.
The residents of Guixu City looked perfectly normal. No one noticed Ling Xuewei and the group of intruders from Guixu City. They seemed to be wandering around on the street. Ling Xuewei and the others just passed by them.
stranger.
Gradually, the noisy sounds in the market became clearer and clearer, and the cries and shouts of the vendors were endless.
When everyone actually arrived at the market, they were all shocked.
The bustling market is not inferior to that of Shiyang City.
The vendors in the market no longer regarded Ling Xuewei and the others as irrelevant strangers. The vendors warmly greeted the group of people who had just entered the market, and actively sold Ling Xuewei and the others their products.
commodity.
Is Guixu City really a town that has not been heard from for more than ten years?
Everyone looked at this bustling and lively scene, but their hearts couldn't help but feel cold.
Guixu City is getting weirder and weirder.
For more than ten years, a town that could only be entered but not exited was obviously supposed to be a dead city, but the result was so unexpected.
Ling Xuewei chatted casually with the vendor who came up to talk. The more she talked, the more surprised Ling Xuewei became.
None of these traders seem to feel that there is anything wrong with the city they live in. They are just like other ordinary people in Middle-earth, living the most ordinary life in this town.
Ling Xuewei asked several people in succession, but all got the same result. No one in Guixu City seemed to realize that they could no longer leave the city. Ling Xuewei did not dare to act too abnormal, and the questions she asked were just to-the-point questions.
end.
Ling Xuewei and her group were strolling around the market casually. They did not buy anything from the vendors, and the vendors were not angry either. They remained enthusiastic towards them.
"If we continue like this, we won't find anything. Let's go separate ways to collect intelligence!" Ling Xuewei suggested, "Also, Yifeng, you can go around and find us a place to stay at night."
"Aren't we staying in an inn?" Yu Wenxuan asked strangely.
"Do you still dare to stay in an inn in such a situation?" Ling Xuewei shook her head, "I believe there are many empty houses in this town that no one lives in, Yifeng, you don't need to find a good place for us, look.
The more ordinary the clothes, the better.”
Xiao Yifeng received Ling Xuewei's mission and immediately turned around and left.
"What about us?" Yu Wenxuan pointed at himself and said.
"The crowd will make you more discerning. Let's go to the market separately to see if we can get any useful information. We will meet at the entrance of the market in an hour," Ling Xuewei said.
"Xuewei, didn't you say you could track the location of the coffin carried by Kong Mao and the others?" Huangfu Chen asked, "Wouldn't it be better for us to go find them directly now?"
"No, after entering Guixu City, the coffin seemed to have completely disappeared. I can no longer track it." Ling Xuewei sighed.
After Kong Mao and Qingyin entered Guixu City, the signal from the tracker on the coffin completely disappeared.
According to Bai Ze, the reason why the signal disappeared is that the coffin entered a place that blocked the signal.
"Then we'd better split up and collect information first." Huangfu Chen looked helpless.
"Then southeast, northwest, let's each choose a direction!" Ling Xuewei delineated the range for everyone.
"Eh!"
Before deciding where to search for information, Huangfu Chen suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Ling Xuewei looked at Huangfuchen with a surprised look on his face, but there were people coming and going in the market, and he didn't know what Huangfuchen saw.
"Isn't that Zhao Hailing?" Huangfuchen murmured.
Ling Xuewei followed Huangfu Chen's gaze and found that the Zhao Hailing whom Huangfu Chen was talking about was a scholar-looking person in the market. He was setting up a stall filled with calligraphy and paintings that he planned to sell.
"Who is Zhao Hailing?" Ling Xuewei didn't expect Huangfuchen to meet an acquaintance in Guixu City.
"He is a disciple of the Sanqing Sect. The Sanqing Sect is a very small sect in the land of Middle-earth. It may not even exist now." Huangfu Chen said calmly.
"Sanqingmen?" Yu Wenxuan looked at Huangfuchen curiously.
There is no peace among the various sects in the land of Middle-earth, and annexations happen from time to time, especially for some sects with a small number of people, but some cultivators regard them as good fat.
As a disciple of the Sanqing Sect, Zhao Hailing is still a cultivator. Even if the Sanqing Sect ceases to exist, he will not be reduced to selling calligraphy and painting in Guixu City.
"Are you friends? Or do you two have a feud?" Ling Xuewei's focus is obviously different from Yu Wenxuan's.
Huangfuchen was able to recognize him among so many people, which shows that the relationship between the two is different.
"No." Huangfu Chen shook his head, "Sanqing Sect once went to find the master. At that time, Zhao Hailing was with the master of Sanqing Sect. I have met him before."
"I never thought he would be in Guixu City!" Huangfuchen said and walked towards the calligraphy and painting stall where Zhao Hailing was, "I want to see what he is up to."
"Come over here and take a look at the calligraphy and paintings!"
Huangfuchen and his entourage had just approached Zhao Hailing's calligraphy and painting stall. Zhao Hailing, like the other vendors, greeted Huangfuchen and the others warmly.
"Boss, how do you buy this calligraphy and painting?" Huangfu Chen casually picked up a calligraphy and painting and asked.
Ling Xuewei just watched from afar.
Yu Wenxuan has been very interested in buying things and bargaining recently, but this time when he came to Zhao Hailing's calligraphy and painting stall, he didn't even bother to take a look at the calligraphy and paintings on the stall.
Because these calligraphy and paintings simply cannot catch Yu Wenxuan's eyes.
These things are not as good-looking as the paintings he wrote. Ordinary people can just buy them as decorations, but they really cannot be put on the table.
"The calligraphy and paintings here are all priced at one hundred taels of silver each. Sir, please choose as you like." Zhao Hailing did not notice anything wrong and actively sold the calligraphy and paintings on his stall.
"One hundred taels?" Huangfuchen frowned and said, "Boss, this is too expensive. Can you make it cheaper?"
"Master, I run this business on a small scale, and I rely on the money from selling calligraphy and paintings every day." Zhao Hailing and Huangfu Chen had a bitter relationship, but he didn't hold on to the price of one hundred taels for a pair of calligraphy and paintings.
, "Let's do this! Master, if you really like my calligraphy and painting, you can buy a few more at one time, and I'll count you eighty taels!"
Zhao Hailing is also very business-savvy and knows how to make small profits but quick turnover.
"Boss, I think you look familiar." Seeing that the price negotiation was almost done, Huangfu Chen suddenly changed the conversation, as if he had just recognized Zhao Hailing, and said in surprise, "Aren't you Zhao Hailing?"