The guard said, "There are, but most of them came back two years ago, and the past two years are very small. In the past year, fellow Taoists are still the only one."

The guard said, suddenly lowered his voice and asked curiously: "Fellow Taoist, I heard that the wild abyss beast appeared in the secret realm of Luoying Valley? Is this true? Have you seen that wild abyss beast? What does that wild abyss beast look like? Is it high in cultivation? What powerful magic does it have?"

The guard was like asking a huge secret, throwing a series of questions while looking around, fearing that someone would hear it.

Gu Xiu felt funny and replied to him, "If I really see the ferocious beast of the Wilderness Abyss, how could I come back intact?"

As he said this, he was thinking in his heart whether the ferocious beast he mentioned in the wilderness was Kui Niu? However, the changes in the Kui Niu really made me unable to understand. There was also the golden bead that was still dormant in my dantian. This problem is unsolvable now, but no matter how confused she was, she would not say this.

As soon as these words came out, the guard suddenly seemed to be a frog beast with anger pierced, and said in disappointment: "Yes, I'm just thinking a little bit. Fellow Daoist, come in quickly and go directly to Zhaoxintang in the outer city."

This time I entered the Lord of Shangcheng Mansion, the scene in the outer city was different from before.

As soon as I entered the mansion, several paths I could see were gone. Instead, they were replaced by a large garden, with pavilions, towers, small bridges and flowing water.

Around the garden, white jade pillars stand at various intersections, indicating the various office halls in the outer city.

Even with the guidance of the gatekeeper before, Gu Xiu still walked around the huge garden several times, and saw the white jade pillar pointing to the entrance and exit between the inner city and the outer city, saw the white jade pillar pointing to the logistics hall, saw the white jade pillar pointing to the Dan Hall, and even saw the white jade pillar pointing to the kitchen hall, but he did not see the white jade pillar pointing to the Lao Shizi Zhaoxin Hall.

Even if he had good physical strength, he could not find his destination after going back and forth in such a large garden, and Gu Xiu was a little anxious.

In the spiritual beast space, Xiaoban and Difengxiong could still argue with each other at the beginning. Difengxiong said that Xiaoban, like his master, had been in Shangcheng for so many years, and had not even figured out the direction of the city lord's mansion. He was a big road fool.

Xiao Ban retorted that it had been following Xu Ruoguang in the inner city, and had been to the outer city for a few times, and was also staying in the spiritual beast space to heal its wounds.

What's more, once the Shangcheng City Lord's Mansion holds a large banquet or grand ceremony, it will use large formations to change the layout of the City Lord's Mansion, just like the last birthday party of Mrs. Nuoling. In this case, it is not easy to figure out the roads and directions in the huge City Lord's Mansion.

Gu Xiu thought to herself that if it was really a scene arranged with a formation, she would not be afraid at all. At most, she would have to spend some time breaking the formation. However, the layout presented to her now is not like the ones that Mrs. Nuoling’s birthday party, with traces of formations. Now such a scene is the real pattern of the city lord’s mansion outside the city.

Listening to the dispute between the two beasts in his ears, Gu Xiu was about to find a monk to ask for his way.

Then I heard a clear voice coming from behind her, "Are this fellow Taoist lost?"

Gu Xiu turned his head and saw a young male cultivator wearing a blue-gray Taoist robe standing behind him. He had a late stage of cultivation. His eyes were big and round, and his face was full of a bright smile. When he smiled, he also had two small dimples on his mouth. He was an adult man with a baby face.

No matter what kind of character a face is, it will always give rise to a little favor for no reason when you see it at first sight.

Gu Xiu was no exception, she nodded.

The male cultivator laughed, and when he smiled, the two dimples became deeper.

"I just said, I just passed by here and saw that fellow Taoist you are here. Now I have gone to the kitchen hall, and fellow Taoist is still wandering around here, so I thought that fellow Taoist must be lost.

Fellow Taoist is not a disciple of my Shangcheng City Lord’s Mansion? Fellow Taoist is here to visit or seek enlightenment?”

Gu Xiu said: "I participated in the selection and trial of the City Lord's Mansion more than four years ago. Now I am back and want to go to Zhaoxintang to report."

The baby-faced male cultivator looked at Gu Xiu in surprise, "Is the fellow Taoist one of the 168 people who participated in the trial of Luoying Valley Secret Realm?"

Gu Xiu nodded, "Well, is it Luoyinggu?"

After thinking about it, she asked again: "Do you know how many people have returned in the 168 people back then? How many people have been recruited as new disciples by the City Lord's Mansion?"

Although I had inquired about the guards at the gate before, the guards at the gate didn't know much.

Gu Xiuguan had extraordinary robes worn by the baby-faced male cultivator in front of him, and his cultivation was not very high. Being able to wear such robes was either his own ability or had a solid backstage.

Sure enough, the baby-faced cultivator smiled and said, "A few days ago, I heard from the senior brother of the Xintang talk about this. It said that the 168 monks who entered the Luoying Valley Secret Realm were back then. Now there are more than 90 people, but the things they brought back are really not very good. Therefore, only five of these people were recruited into the Jiuyun Mountain Holy Land. As for the rest, some entered the inner city, some entered the outer city, and more than 40 people were directly eliminated."

Gu Xiu nodded thoughtfully before asking the baby-faced male cultivator, "I wonder if you can guide you in the future?"

The baby-faced cultivator smiled and said, "I'm fine now, so why don't I take you there."

"This fellow Taoist looks very calm. Judging from her confident appearance, could she have learned a lot of good things this time, and just followed her to open her eyes." The baby-faced male cultivator turned his mind.

"Then thank you fellow Taoist." Gu Xiu said politely.

On the way, Gu Xiu learned the name of the baby-faced male cultivator. His name was Yu Chen, who was a disciple of the inner city of the city lord's mansion. He was of good qualifications. Although he was born with an immortal root, he had built a lower-grade divine vein through the Transformation Pill a few years ago.

"It's just that my understanding is really average. Even with the same technique, my cultivation speed is always a little slower than that of my fellow brothers of the same qualifications, just a little bit."

Yu Chen emphasized, and glanced at Gu Xiu, and saw that there was no sarcastic expression on her face. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "So I had to find another way and enter the road with the kitchen."

"Taking into the way with the chef?" Gu Xiu thought of Gu Yue, who is also passionate about cooking.

Four years ago, she made a fool of herself at Mrs. Nonning's birthday party, and later it was said that the manager of the city lord's mansion gave her compensation.

Gu Yue seemed to have also participated in the selection and trial of the City Lord's Mansion, but she was not in the same group as Gu Xiu. I don't know if she finally entered the kitchen hall in the outer city.

Gu Xiu thought, but didn't speak immediately.

Yu Chen felt a little embarrassed, grabbed his head and asked, "Isn't it a bit incredible?"
Chapter completed!