#125 - Ashes
“This is White洼 City?”
“How is it different from what we imagined?”
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“Why are there only demons?”
“Junior brother! What are you doing? Don't be impulsive!”
On this day in White洼 City, two or three hundred cultivators entered the city one after another.
They were all ordered by their sects to come and search for treasures.
In their impression, White洼 City was a border city, a “land of no owner”.
But they never expected that White洼 City would be like this, filled with demons! And they are all demons that have not transformed but have intelligence.
These demons even imitate the behavior of the human race, and they are quite convincing, as if they are humans, only they don't look like humans.
Some sect disciples felt that something was wrong and planned to return to their sect first to tell their masters.
However, they soon discovered that they had no way to get out.
They were trapped in a barrier, isolated from the world, and even their message-carrying flying swords could not get out.
For a time, White洼 City became “lively” because of the arrival of these two or three hundred cultivators.
Some cultivators looked down on the demon race, let alone these untransformed demons. Being trapped made them anxious, so they planned to capture a few demons and interrogate them harshly to find out the situation.
As a result, those cultivators were beaten up by the demons inside.
Especially those old dogs on patrol. Although these old dogs who walked upright had not transformed, their strength was comparable to the mid-stage of the Sea Watching Realm!
Many cultivators were directly imprisoned, and many were even beaten to death in the street.
Some cultivators were also deceived by some pig butchers and directly made into dishes.
Then these pig butchers were killed by other cultivators.
All the human and demon races who came to this city did not dare to act rashly for a while, and everyone became very vigilant.
Fortunately, this place was relatively normal except that the residents were a bit strange.
Overall, it was almost no different from a normal town.
Many outsiders inquired about the situation of the strange treasure from the residents of White洼 City, trying to get information.
But everyone returned empty-handed.
Before long, they all figured out one thing— “This place is isolated from the world. Most ‘people’ know about the outside world, but they have never been there. As for whether ‘White洼 City’ has any strange treasures, all ‘people’ say they don't know. Even the local residents rolled their eyes at these outsiders, saying that if there really were treasures, we would have taken them ourselves. Would it be your turn, outsiders?”
These cultivators felt that what these residents said made sense.
Just as White洼 City was bustling with activity, Xu Ming and Heavenly Chosen Goose had already arrived at the courtyard that Brother Lizard had mentioned.
Xu Ming knocked on the courtyard door.
Soon after, a fox standing on two legs walked in.
This fox was pink all over, with a flower on its head, wearing a floral dress, and long eyelashes. It looked delicate and pretty.
“Oh? A human young master, rare, rare. I wonder what the young master wants?” the pink fox said with a smile.
“Uh, sorry to bother you. I heard that this place used to be the residence of a human couple. I came here to take a look. I wonder if it's convenient. Oh, Lizard Daren told me about it.” Xu Ming reported Lizard Daren's name.
“Oh, Brother Lizard, of course, you can come in, young master. But I have only lived here for two years. This courtyard has changed many owners before.” The pink fox said.
“It doesn't matter.” Xu Ming smiled.
“Then please come in, young master.”
“Thank you.”
Xu Ming walked into the courtyard.
The courtyard was not big, just a two-entry courtyard.
The courtyard was cleaned very cleanly, and it could be seen that this pink fox was quite diligent.
“I wonder if it's convenient to go into the room and take a look?” Xu Ming asked. Although the other party was a fox, but a female fox, it was indeed a bit impolite for him to go into the room to take a look.
“This…” The pink fox looked a little embarrassed, but when the pink fox saw that this human man was so good-looking, it was not easy to refuse.
“My rooms are a bit messy. If you don't mind, you are welcome to do so.” The pink fox nodded.
“Thank you.” Xu Ming cupped his hands in salute.
Looking at Xu Ming's gentle appearance, the pink fox's tail swayed involuntarily.
The pink fox took Xu Ming to see two guest rooms. One room was used by the pink fox as a storage room, and the other room was where its sister lived, but its sister had gone to work.
Finally, the pink fox took Xu Ming into its boudoir.
The pink fox's room was decorated almost the same as an ordinary woman's house. A bed, a table, and two chairs. On the dressing table were a bronze mirror and some rouge.
To be honest, Xu Ming was very curious, that is, how could a fox with a furry face apply rouge?
After wandering around for the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Xu Ming also used his Dao Pattern Eye to look around the room, wondering if there were any secret compartments or anything like that.
But Xu Ming couldn't see what was so strange about this room.
In this White洼 City, more than a hundred years had passed, and the owner of this courtyard didn't know how many times it had changed. Xu Ming felt that this courtyard really had no clues.
“Goose? (What is this?)”
Just as Xu Ming was about to say goodbye to this pink fox, Heavenly Profound Goose walked towards a brick at the foot of a door, with a thin groove.
“This may have been eroded by water.” Xu Ming said.
He had used his Dao Pattern Eye to look at the entire room, and there was nothing in this groove.
“Goose goose goose (But Xu Ming, I feel that this groove is just not right.)” Heavenly Profound Goose said.
“What's not right?” Xu Ming asked.
Heavenly Profound Goose rubbed its head, and then shot a wind blade towards this groove. In an instant, the wind blade disappeared without a trace, leaving no trace in this groove.
“Hmm?” Xu Ming paid attention.
Squatting down, Xu Ming put a little fire transformed from spiritual power into this groove.
As a result, the fire went out all of a sudden.
It seemed that this groove had the effect of a forbidden spell.
And his current Dao Pattern Eye had not fully evolved and matured, and it was based on spiritual power for exploration. If this was a small magic circle that isolated spiritual power, he really couldn't see what it looked like inside.
“I wonder if you can grant me a request, to take my ashes back to Qingyang County”
In Xu Ming's mind, he suddenly recalled Shen Sheng's previous words.
Xu Ming unwrapped his package and took out a small jar from it, which contained Shen Sheng's ashes.
Xu Ming poured the ashes into it, filling the entire groove.
