newbobooks Chapter 154 Demonic Qi
Chapter 154 Demonic Qi
The fog outside the city was thick, and the deeper you went, the less clear you could see. Lu Wensheng felt that the fog was swirling around him, and there was a faint fluorescent light on his body, which was blocked by the system.
"What are these black things?"
If you look closely at the fog, you can vaguely see black and red threads floating in it, which gives a depressing feeling.
[It is demonic energy, and it has been refined. If a cultivator stays in this pure demonic energy for a long time, his spiritual power will be corroded, and there is a chance that his Tao heart will be affected.] The system is attached to Lu Wensheng, and some things can only be known by Lu Wensheng's feeling.
With the system's protection, Lu Wensheng took the opportunity to get closer to the city gate and take a look. There were bright red patterns engraved on the gate, which smelled a bit fishy, as if they were drawn with blood. Although Lu Wensheng couldn't understand it, he intuitively felt that it was some kind of formation or symbol and pattern, so he took the photo stone to record it.
This pure demonic energy can only be seen in the abyss. If it is ordinary demonic energy, it will at most affect the cultivators' absorption of spiritual power. Its appearance is different from that seen on ordinary demonic cultivators. No wonder most disciples did not recognize it, and even if they recognized it, they would not be sure.
Lu Wensheng came out of the evil spirit not long after he was inside. Everyone immediately surrounded him, chattering and asking about the situation.
Xun Ruo: "Friend Lu, have you found anything?"
Liu Jiqian: "Yangming, do you feel unwell?"
Tang He: "Brother, please turn around twice for us to see."
Everyone was talking at once, and the noise was very loud. Lu Wensheng glanced at someone who asked him to turn around twice.
Tang He shrank his neck: "Aren't I worried about my brother?"
"It's demonic energy." Lu Wensheng said concisely.
“But is it refined demonic energy?” The speaker was Ye Yingzhou, the eldest senior brother of Xuan Yi Pavilion. Lu Wensheng had never seen him before. He heard that he had just come out of seclusion. Unlike the master painter of Xuan Yi Pavilion, this one was a serious scholar, the kind that didn’t use quotation marks.
He was wearing a blue shirt, with wrist guards tied around his wrists and a ponytail. He had a straight and upright posture, and an air of integrity, coldness, and majesty. His voice was like a human being, neither humble nor arrogant. His demeanor reminded people of the rocks on the cliffs that had stood tall in the wind and rain for years, solid and rugged, hard and cold.
Xun Ruo frowned: "If it is demonic energy, how could it appear here with such purity?"
"Yangming." Liu Jiqian called again. He didn't care about being rude. He gently pulled Lu Wensheng's sleeve and looked him up and down.
"Did you inhale it? Do you feel uncomfortable? Pure demonic energy is not good for your body."
Lu Wensheng felt a little awkward, but he just let Liu Jiqian pull him and held it in for a long time.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm fine."
Jiang Jinfeng followed his brother and felt a little sad when he saw Liu Jiqian was nervous about Lu Wensheng, and snorted.
"What could possibly happen to him? Isn't it good for him to come out now?"
Liu Jiqian ignored him and just looked at Lu Wensheng.
"We should go back and take a look."
Lu Wensheng felt that Liu Jiqian was a little too caring, but when he met those amber eyes, which were so sparkling and made his heart stop, he immediately couldn't say anything to refuse - well, what was wrong with Senior Brother Liu, he just cared about him!
"Ahem, I took a closer look at the city gate. I wonder if any of you recognize it." Lu Wensheng did not hide anything and showed everyone the patterns recorded on the photo stone.
Everyone was amazed and felt that he was worthy of being the chief of the Discipline Hall, so awesome.
"This is a modified formation." Liu Jiqian spoke first.
"Originally it should have been a sacrificial formation, but the patterns here have been changed, and now it has become a sealing formation."
What made these demons modify the formation? Was the sacrificial formation activated? If so, are there still people alive in the city? ... There seemed to be more and more questions, but maybe we could find out by entering the city.
Everyone passed some of the current information back to the sect and began to consider how to enter the city.
With demonic energy blocking the way, we must find a way. The worst option is to break into the city through the demonic energy, so some people separated and planned to see if there was any teleportation formation hidden nearby.
While everyone's attention was focused on the Dead City, Lu Wensheng did not forget those mortals. They did not dare to act on their own and stood in a corner in a group. No cultivator paid attention to them. Lu Wensheng felt that it was not safe near the Dead City, so he called those mortals and planned to send them back first.
Lin Xingzhi passed by before the action and sneered: "You actually like to do thankless things." If it were him, he would just throw these mortals here. They are not without legs. Taking care of them would only waste time.
Ye Yingzhou led his fellow junior brothers and sisters to look for clues. When he heard Lin Xingzhi's words, he looked at him and frowned slightly, as if he disagreed. He took his people and said hello to Lu Wensheng.
"Friend Lu, do you need help?"
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ye. There's no need to trouble you." Lu Wensheng was a little surprised that Ye Yingzhou would suddenly come and talk to him.
Ye Yingzhou nodded and said nothing: "Just call me Wei Jun."
What is different from the rules in the mortal world is that in the world of cultivation, people are given names only if they have a good relationship with the other party. Most people call each other by their full names.
Weijun was obviously Ye Yingzhou's pen name - did this mean to befriend him? Lu Wensheng was stunned for a moment, and before he could say anything, he saw that Ye Yingzhou had already left. He vaguely heard him instruct the group of junior brothers and sisters behind him: "Stay away from Lin Xingzhi in the future."
Lin Xingzhi was not far away, and as a monk there were no hard of hearing people, he naturally heard it, and he did not rule out the possibility that Ye Yingzhou had done it on purpose - in any case, his face turned black on the spot and he cursed at Ye Yingzhou.
But Ye Yingzhou ignored him - it seemed that these two people didn't get along well.
"Senior Brother Ye doesn't like some of Lin Xingzhi's behavior, and the two of them often have conflicts." Ning Rongrong explained.
Gu Jinzhi looked at her strangely: "Aren't you going to follow your senior brother?"
Ning Rongrong blinked and asked instead of answering, "Why don't you, the young valley master, follow the main force of the Medical Valley?"
Gu Jinzhi was speechless for a moment.
Lu Wensheng didn't notice the quarrel here. He was communicating with those unlucky men who were caught and almost became guinea pigs.
They looked very typical of the lower-class people - some had dark skin, were inherently submissive to those in power, had bitter faces that had experienced the vicissitudes of life, worked day and night, had calloused hands. Seeing their subconscious helplessness and cautiousness, Lu Wensheng felt a little sad.
He softened his tone: "Do you know the direction you came from? I will take you back."
The few people were flattered. They had not thought of going back at first. It was the immortal master who spoke up and saved them. Now he was willing to send them back. They were even more grateful and quickly knelt down to kowtow. Lu Wensheng already understood the respect and obedience of mortals, so he used his spiritual power to support them before they knelt down.