Chapter 264 Soul Shadow
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The guards stood still, their limbs frozen by fear, because they thought of what they should do to the young masters who appeared with such powerful force. They all knew that if they opposed him, they would not be his opponent.
Not long after, Yan Xiaobao noticed that all the citizens were in the rank of students, and the guards were practitioners. In the entire area around the pagoda, no one seemed to untie the dantian in the middle.
Everyone was completely quiet and shocked, but from a distance, Yan Xiaobao noticed a commotion as someone tried to go to the center. His attention was on them from the beginning, and an interesting glimmer appeared in his eyes, and a smile never left his lips.
Those who are about to come are practitioner ranking experts. Yan Xiaobao speculated that in this city, this is considered a very high training base, but this group is just an appetizer for Deng Wu's soul shadow.
Breaking through the human masses, a group of twenty people went to the square. Yan Xiaobao stood leisurely in the square, while his friends were by his side, ready to welcome Yan Xiaobao's wish.
These 20 newcomers were obviously different from the guards that had appeared so far. Their faces were arrogant, and their uniforms were all bright red, although they were obviously shocked when they saw Yan Xiaobao, and the person in front took a few steps forward.
"Young Lord." His voice was still slightly arrogant, but he bowed to Yan Xiaobao to express his politeness. "The city lord hopes to welcome you to our inconspicuous city."
"The city lord wants to welcome you to our humble city," the guard in red whispered. "Please follow me to the mansion in citylord, where you can live for a long time as you wish."
Yan Xiaobao nodded and slowly followed the guards. Everyone who had been following him now scattered, allowing them to pass easily. None of them could forget that the snake girl had just killed at least three men with a tail.
Yan Xiaobao once again leisurely walked through the town and observed everything around him. He soon noticed that they had taken a roundabout way to the mansion in citylord. Despite this, Yan Xiaobao still understood the layout of the street.
The Lord's mansion in the city is smaller than the mansion in Liluo, but the size is still large, which is definitely larger than the mansion that Yan Xiaobao bought.
Walking out of the building, more red uniformed guards appeared, all at the level of practitioners, and they showed great respect to Yan Xiaobao and his followers. The leaders who walked ahead seemed to be proud of their leadership.
Walking through several residences, they finally arrived at a town hall where they were brought into it. The open hall was not separated, but meticulously carved wooden pillars. Five seats were placed at the end of the hall, and in the middle was a middle-aged man, two white-haired men sitting on both sides of him.
When he looked at Yan Xiaobao with great enthusiasm, his black hair and beard adorned the middle-aged man's face, outlining his smart and arrogant eyes.
The robe he wore was obviously made of more luxurious materials than any citizen, and even the red uniform looked a little dull beside him. The gold thread was used to embroider the four gods. Two were in front of his clothes, while the other two were on his back.
Looking at this man, Yan Xiaobao estimated that he was about the same level as himself, and the level of each elder was slightly higher.
It has to be said that although the old people are of higher rank, they have clearly seen their stronger days, which makes it impossible for anyone to make full use of their planting base. None of them are above the master level; they only have nine-star masters at most, just like Deng Wu.
These five people observed the mixed joys and sorrows of Yan Xiaobao and his entourage. One had arrogance, one had admiration, and the other had surprises.
It is obvious that young people have never been so well cultivated here, and while some are surprised and awe-inspiring about it, others are arrogant because they have also reached the same level, indicating that they are by no means inferior. Especially given these elders have had life experiences, giving them more wisdom than these young people, which makes them feel superior.
It was obvious that the city lord himself thought he was more surprising than Yan Xiaobao and his team, which led to Yan Xiaobao smiling and disdainful in his heart.
Although the King of the City is ranked higher than Yan Xiaobao, his life experience is far less than Yan Xiaobao. It is obvious that the city is isolated from the rest of the sacred dungeon, but Yan Xiaobao knows nothing about the way or reason.
Seeing Yan Xiaobao's eyes showing pride, the city lord nodded slightly during the greetings. Yan Xiaobao reflected this and decided to show as much politeness as possible to the man.
Seeing that Yan Xiaobao neither held his hand tightly nor bowed to the city lord, this made the city lord brbrbr's eyebrows troubled, but he said nothing. Even when he noticed that the white-haired young man's entourage was not even so polite, he did not even greet him with the slightest gaze. If necessary, the three of them were busy observing the surroundings that were preparing to escape.
"Young Master." The city lord finally opened his mouth; his face was forced to express a welcome and polite expression, but Yan Xiaobao could say that he was not used to greeting guests. The city seemed to be isolated from other underground worlds.
“We are happy to allow you to be with your friends. As long as you want, be with us. We are going to have a banquet tonight, maybe you want to join us?”
Seeing him thinking, Yan Xiaobao paused for a while, with a smile on his face. "It would be my honor, but for me, I hope to bring my friends. In a new place, they will never allow me to go alone."
Such a request is natural, and the city owner has guessed that he cannot invite the boy with a decent practice method, so he nodded and confirmed. Whenever his eyes fell on the sand clouds, complex emotions would be seen on his face.
There is a hint of arrogance and curiosity. Shayun is obviously not your ordinary person, but it seems that the city lord doesn't think she is a magical beast. She may be a human from another tribe who has been changing over the years.
The city lord broke free from his thoughts and walked towards Yan Xiaobao. His eyes glanced at Sha Yun many times, as if he could never see her again, but at the same time he knew that this was inappropriate.
The snake girl's eyes shrank due to displeasure, and her usual beautiful lips curled up into a sneer. She felt deeply hostile to the city lord who showed the lowest respect for Yan Xiaobao, but Sha Yun did nothing but ridicule. She stared at the black-haired city lord who was moving forward and soon stood next to Yan Xiaobao.
"We thank Citylord for his generosity," Yan Xiaobao said in a clear voice, and would never be intimidated by a taller and stronger man.
"Please call me Liu Wei." The voice was full of kindness and flattery, so that Yan Xiaobao worked hard and did not open his eyes to the older man. Instead, he held his hands tightly, bowed gently to the city lord, and introduced himself: "I am Zhang Xiao."
Yan Xiaobao had no positive feelings about these elders and city owners, which made him think of the most common name in his mind. As Yan Xiaobao noticed that it was not surprising that others heard the name, they felt a little relieved. Although these elders were no longer in their heyday, they could still view or even make small lies by observing the facial expressions of the people concerned.
Hearing this name, Lord Liu Wei nodded again, spreading his arms, trying to be more friendly. "As long as you stay in my mansion, welcome you to wherever you want to go. The servant will help you find your house." He signaled to some servants. Yan Xiaobao nodded when he was about to follow them.
"We will see you at the banquet tonight." Yan Xiaobao turned around and smiled, moving away with his friends.
Once Yan Xiaobao's shadow disappeared, he was out of sight, and his smile disappeared from the city lord's face, replaced by troubles.
"Why are so many senior experts here?" he asked with a frown.
"They must have come from outside the tunnel," said another elder, his face twisted with displeasure.
"Outside the tunnel?" Lord Liu Wei's face turned pale as he spoke the question, but before any elder had time to answer, he shook his head, a firm expression appeared on his face.
“They can’t come from outside the tunnel,” he said steadily. “His group appears on the forest side of our land. They can’t penetrate our entire city without attracting attention, so they have to come from the forest. Is there a village in the forest that can save some planting techniques?”
Hearing this suggestion, all the elders' eyes opened, and one of them began to gasp greedily. Everyone knew how difficult it was to cultivate without technology. Everyone had to find their own way of cultivation and serve themselves specifically, but their way was far from efficient enough to accommodate young people like Zhang Xiao.
Finally, the old man sitting next to Lord Liu Wei sighed deeply, saying, "Let's see what they want to say at the banquet." Hearing his voice, everyone in the room nodded in unison before breaking up, and decided to prepare themselves and the mansion to welcome the banquet they promised to the new guests.
As the elders were discussing the new guests, the group of young men followed the servants to show them their courtyard. Looking around, Yan Xiaobao had to admit that although the place was underground, much smaller than the city of Lilo, it was still far from a small place, and the area took up much longer than expected.
The young men finally arrived in a yard and they all sat quietly. The room was filled with memory stones that recorded everything that happened, but fortunately, these memory stones were unable to record the audio and they slowly began to discuss their further plans as they finally found a place to live.
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In the surface world, crazy searches have lasted for four months, trying to find a young man who has disappeared from the surface of the earth.
The young man was obviously Yan Xiaobao, and the search started from the royal family. They hoped to discuss the practice methods of white-haired teenagers so that they themselves could hope to reach the holy land at such a young age.
At first the royal family believed that the experts in the city of Rillo lied because they felt embarrassed that a king-level expert was killed by just a master expert; however, once they used the truth potion of these experts, they found that it was actually a day when a saint appeared. Unfortunately, the expert disappeared when he appeared.
The royal family ordered everyone in the city of Lilo to remain silent about Yan Xiaobao and his military rank; however, some rumors have left the city, causing ripples to appear in the normally silent Sun King.
Fortunately, these rumors ended. Everyone had heard of this magical young man who had reached the holy land before he was twenty years old, but no one knew where he was now, nor whether it was true.
Everyone quickly thought it was started by experts from the city of Lilo for fame, or to explain the disaster of an expert named Wang being killed by his son.
The royal kingdom has sent a silent crow to every corner of the kingdom, but even a trace of talented young man and his friends have never appeared.
"What do you mean he disappeared?" Zhong Hui's voice was much more than usual; his cold man stood in front of him, shrugging, his young and beautiful face twisted with troubles.
"We lost track of him after the battle for the city king of Lilo," the frozen man explained again. Although it was obvious that Zhong Hui was his boss, he showed no signs of fear when he saw this anxious young man.
"Okay. Very good," Zong Hui said as he leaned against the cold throne. When he thought for a moment, his face was straight, and suddenly, a bright smile illuminated the room.
"Let's see how long he can hide. Send seven crusaders to him!"
Yan Xiaobao, who was sitting in the yard, sighed deeply, because he no longer had the arrogance he had emitted from before. On the contrary, he once again looked like a calm and collected young man. He was very beautiful, but his noble air had dissipated.
"We will have to stay here for a while," Yan Xiaobao looked around apologetically, noting every position of the record stones, and then he began to destroy them one by one with the help of Black Blood.
Huile injected spiritual energy into it, throwing down the dagger falling on the stone with precision, and then he recalled it by activating the spiritual energy stored there. After they removed each stone in the new residence, a bright smile appeared on their faces. As he leaned against a tree, a satisfied sigh escaped from his lips, with happiness on his face.
"As far as we know, the sun should be in this city now." When they all sat down, Yan Xiaobao explained why they entered the city.
"At first I was a little hesitant to enter this place because I was worried that we were not strong enough, but looking at these practitioners, I thought we were safe, even if our foundation was still quite unstable after the fountain of spiritual energy."
After pausing, Yan Xiaobao looked around. "We need to find sun, but we know nothing about her. We don't know what she looks like, we don't even know sun is her real name, and we don't know why they brought her here. All we can do now is to investigate slowly and they won't guess what we are planning. "Yan Xiaobao looks short-lived because he knows that although they rank higher than most cultivators in this city, it's not a good idea to abuse this power to attack citizens because they are not careful enough.
“Let’s try to see how much information we can get from them at the banquet tonight. Then tomorrow we’ll try to get into the market and see if we can buy some information. I believe everything we bring from the ground can be sold in this place at a very low incubation rate.”
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(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!