#1114 - Chapter 1114: Illusory Empty City

Ye Kong's divine sense seemed to detect a subtle sound protectively, sending a warning to Ye Kong.

In the pitch-black night, Ye Kong opened his eyes, which had not been sleeping.

The room remained silent.

Ye Kong suspected he had misheard, but the next second, a map flew in through the crack in the door, floating in front of Ye Kong.

The mysterious map emitted an eerie green light, appearing particularly sinister in the darkness.

What is this!

Ye Kong frowned slightly, realizing that things were not simple, and at the same time, the map suddenly emitted a dazzling green light.

Whoosh—

A powerful suction force was generated, and the map directly pulled Ye Kong and Zhang Tie into it.

In an instant, the two arrived in the secluded realm within the map.

Still fast asleep, Zhang Tie was unaware of his situation, and Ye Kong kicked him awake.

The pain made Zhang Tie groggily open his eyes, and when he saw Ye Kong standing in front of him, Zhang Tie impatiently turned over, "Ye Kong, stop fooling around, go to sleep!"

Ye Kong only felt the veins on his forehead throbbing at this moment. He wanted to slap Zhang Tie awake, but reason still stopped him.

"Zhang Tie, look at where we are," Ye Kong said calmly, knowing that Zhang Tie was not yet asleep.

Zhang Tie's tone was a little impatient, "In bed, duh!"

Just then, Zhang Tie's hand seemed to touch something, a little soft and a little wet.

The little monkey head directly stretched out two slender hands and grabbed at Zhang Tie's face.

"Ah!" Zhang Tie was frightened by the sudden appearance of the little monkey, and he sat up abruptly, letting go, and the little monkey was thrown out.

Awakened, Zhang Tie finally became aware, and seeing the completely unfamiliar scene around him, Zhang Tie was a little dazed.

Ye Kong pulled him up, "Wake up."

"Ye Kong, what's going on?" Zhang Tie could only ask the awake Ye Kong to understand why he was here.

Ye Kong waved his hand, shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

"But this, perhaps, is the trial that the Supreme Beginning Academy has given us," Ye Kong speculated, looking around.

"Trial! Didn't we enter the Supreme Beginning Academy through the Ascension Ladder? Why is there still a trial?" Zhang Tie obviously didn't expect it either.

But it wasn't impossible.

Just then, a line of instructions floating with golden light appeared again in the void.

"This is the Secluded Realm of the Supreme Beginning Academy. Find the exit to return to the Supreme Beginning Academy and become an official entry-level disciple of the Supreme Beginning Academy."

After Zhang Tie finished reading this passage, he paused for five seconds, turned around and said to Ye Kong, "You were right."

Ye Kong ignored Zhang Tie and walked in another direction. Seeing this, Zhang Tie quickly followed.

Ye Kong led Zhang Tie, according to his divine sense's exploration, to an empty city hidden by the mountains and forests.

The early fourth month is misty, and the new leaves become shade.

Entering the empty city, it was spring and flowers were blooming everywhere, and towering trees with lush branches and leaves grew along the streets.

Ye Kong and Zhang Tie walked around in the city for a while, but they didn't find a single person, not even a shadow.

"That's strange, no one," Zhang Tie muttered to himself as he walked to a big tree, looking at the suspiciously large trees growing on the side of the street, Zhang Tie looked around them several times.

Ye Kong looked around, activated his thoughts, and searched for suspicious places in the entire empty city with his divine sense.

A picture flashed in his mind, Ye Kong suddenly opened his eyes, at this time Zhang Tie was still gathering strength preparing to jump on the big tree to investigate, and was stopped by Ye Kong.

Ye Kong pulled Zhang Tie to the western corner of the empty city.

Different from the prosperity of the city, here the dead leaves were scattered and the houses were damaged, looking dilapidated.

Zhang Tie didn't know what Ye Kong brought him to such a place for, and looked at Ye Kong suspiciously.

Ye Kong noticed the abandoned well in the corner, looking down, it was pitch black.

Zhang Tie was about to ask Ye Kong what he had discovered, but the next second Ye Kong directly jumped down, leaping into the well.

"Ye Kong!"

Zhang Tie flew over, not catching Ye Kong's robe, and the sincere Zhang Tie followed without hesitation.

When Zhang Tie landed at the bottom of the well, Ye Kong had already crossed his arms and waited aside.

Zhang Tie was stunned when he saw that Ye Kong was fine.

"Are you messing with me?" Zhang Tie's clear eyes revealed foolishness.

Ye Kong decisively skipped this topic and turned to walk towards a passage at the bottom of the well.

Zhang Tie followed, "Ye Kong, you haven't told me the reason yet!"

Ye Kong explained as he walked: "I used my divine sense to detect that the entire empty city is illusory, only this place is abnormal, so the exit should be here."

After Zhang Tie knew the reason, he seemed to understand everything, "Then you should say something next time, so I won't think that you can't stay in the Supreme Beginning Academy and want to jump into a well to kill yourself."

……

The two walked towards the depths of the passage, arriving at a dark stone house.

"Bang!"

As soon as they entered, a stone door behind them suddenly fell, sealing off their retreat. Ye Kong and Zhang Tie knew that this meant there was no turning back, and neither of them intended to retreat.

"Whoosh—whoosh"

In the entire enclosed stone house, an evil wind blew from nowhere.

Ye Kong and Zhang Tie simultaneously noticed that the smell was wrong. The two looked at each other and simultaneously cast spells to seal their breathing passages, only using true energy to supplement it.

It turned out that the evil wind just now was miasma. If too much was inhaled, it would disturb the mind. If timely treatment was not received, the mind would gradually fade until it disappeared. Without a soul, the body would only be a shell.

Although Zhang Tie was only a rogue cultivator, he had seen a lot of the world. He recognized the miasma in a second.

Zhang Tie wanted to remind Ye Kong, but Ye Kong also realized that the wind was not simple and directly sealed his breath.

The space in the entire stone house was large, but it was also extremely dark, as if there was no end in sight.

Ye Kong walked forward, and Zhang Tie followed him.

A pair of scarlet eyes appeared in the darkness, staring intently at the backs of the two, the corners of its mouth rising in a charming arc.

Ye Kong sensed the movement behind him and turned around quickly. This turn startled Zhang Tie.

"Ye Kong, what are you doing?"

Ye Kong signaled Zhang Tie to shut up, and Zhang Tie immediately covered his mouth.

Ye Kong slowly walked to the other side, and the puzzled Zhang Tie did not follow Ye Kong.

A black shadow flashed past, directly abducting the lone Zhang Tie.

As if sensing something, Ye Kong's eyes widened and he quickly turned around.

Zhang Tie had already disappeared into the darkness.

"Hahahahahaha~" A terrifying and eerie laughter sounded.

Ye Kong closed his eyes, manipulating his divine sense to determine the source of the sound.

Whoosh—

A black shadow flashed past, and a woman in red suddenly stretched out her ten fingers covered with sharp thorns and grabbed fiercely at Ye Kong's neck.

Ye Kong opened his eyes and nimbly dodged.