The three of them soon arrived at the small town in front of them. Just as they were about to land, several white lights suddenly shot out from below. Shui Linglong flicked her sleeve and hit them on the ground. They turned out to be several arrows.

Shui Linglong flew down first and found a few soldiers. Following closely behind, Lie Yankong and Lu Ming also flew down.

Before Lie Yankong could ask anything, one of the soldiers took the lead and asked seriously, "Who is coming?"

Naturally, Shui Linglong and Lu Ming would not answer. Lie Yankong wanted to answer, but he rarely dealt with ordinary people. In the past, when dealing with practitioners, he only needed to show his identity plate or report himself to his sect.

A lot of trouble, but in this case, he was not sure whether the other party knew his identity and name.

But the two sides couldn't stay in a stalemate. After thinking about it for a few words, Lie Yankong said, "We came from Qinghe City. We passed by this place and found that there was something evil here, so we came to take a look."

The man did not relax after hearing this, but continued to ask, "Do you have any documents from the city?"

Lie Yankong handed over the document in his arms. Naturally, the identity on the document was false. Before he went on the mission, he never thought that it would actually come in handy one day.

After reading the document, the soldier realized that it was a formal document, so he stopped making trouble and said, "I am Zheng Yan, the captain in charge of this team. I was rude just now, and I hope the three immortals can forgive me."

Lie Yan waved his hands empty and said, "It doesn't matter."

Zheng Yan continued to ask a little excitedly, "Is the immortal here to help us solve the disaster and evil chaos?"

Lie Yankong did not answer directly, but asked him, "Didn't the city lord here arrange for someone to slay the evil spirits?"

After hearing this, Zheng Yan sighed and said, "There is no arrangement, but the people who arranged it out suffered heavy casualties, so we left it alone."

Lie Yankong had quite a guess, so he didn't ask any more questions in this regard. Instead, he asked, "Do you know where and why the disaster here started?"

Seeing him asking this question, Zheng Yan knew that he really wanted to help, so he thought about it carefully before answering, "How can we know these things, but from the rumors, it seems that a monster was suppressed here, but now it can't be suppressed anymore.

That’s why this chaos broke out.”

Lie Yankong then asked, "Then do you know where the place to suppress monsters is?"

Zheng Yan said seriously, "Hongquan Mountain."

When he heard Hongquan Mountain, Lu Ming felt that Li Yu behind him visibly shrank, but now was not the time to ask him in detail.

Lie Yankong continued to ask, "What are you doing here?"

Zheng Yan replied, "The Lord of the City arranged for us to inspect various villages and towns to see if there are any survivors. If there are any survivors, we will bring them back to Changlin City. We will arrange for them to go to the edge of the city and county."

Hearing this, before Lie Yankong could ask any questions, Shui Linglong couldn't help but ask them, "Isn't the city lord afraid that you will be killed by evil spirits?"

Zheng Yandao, "There was no such arrangement before, but in the past ten days, the traces of evil activities outside Changlin City seem to have begun to diminish. The Lord of the City has arranged for us to go out to check various places. If we encounter any evil spirits who are alone, as long as the strength is not high,

If you are strong, destroy them. You can also see if there are anyone alive and take them back to Changlin City."

Shui Linglong continued, "So you are saying that you are hibernating in Changlin City until there is no danger outside, and then you come out to look for other survivors?"

It wasn't that Zheng Yan couldn't hear the irony in Shui Linglong's words, so he said coldly at this moment, "Does the immortal think we are willing to hide? This is where we live, and we, more than anyone else, can't bear to see this place turn into what it is now.

.How do you know how much it cost us to hide in the city?"

Seeing that an argument was about to break out between the two sides, Lie Yankong hurriedly came out to smooth things over and said, "Brothers, don't be offended. I have no other intentions. I just want to know what happened to Changlin City before? What is it like now?"

Under Lie Yankong's relief, Zheng Yan did not continue to deny face. He knew that the person in front of him might be a boost, which was indispensable in Changlin City now. Since the other party gave him a step, he would follow suit.

, continued seriously, "When the disaster broke out, because Hongquan Mountain was not far from Changlin City,

Therefore, Changlin City also suffered heavy losses at the beginning. Later, the city lord and other immortals built a city defense formation for us in time, which saved the remaining people in Changlin City. However, people from other villages, those further away, still

It’s a good idea, the closer you are to Hongquan Mountain, the more it becomes a deserted village from the beginning.”

After asking some more questions, the three of them stopped asking. At this time, Li Yu saw that they had stopped communicating, so he tugged on Lu Ming's sleeve. Lu Ming guessed that he might have something to say, so he took him to the

aside.

"What's wrong?"

Li Yu replied, "I know Hongquan Mountain." He paused and then replied, "My family lives there."

After hearing this, Lu Ming guessed that Li Yu might know more, so he called the other two people over.

Lie Yankong asked Li Yu, "You said your home is in Hongquan Mountain?"

Li Yu nodded and then replied, "They are right. This disaster started from Hongquan Mountain. Hongquan Mountain has become a barren mountain."

Shui Linglong then asked, "Then why didn't you tell me before?"

Li Yu said, "I don't want you to die."

Lie Yankong was curious, "How do you know we can't defeat that monster?"

Li Yu ignored Lie Yankong, but raised his head and said to Lu Ming, "Don't go, believe me. You can't defeat it."

Lu Ming never regarded him as an ordinary child from the beginning. As a sword embryo himself, he knew that he had certain special abilities, so Lu Ming asked him seriously, "Why?"

Li Yu didn't hesitate and said directly, "I can see something special in people."

Lie Yankong asked, "Is it because of your eyes?"

Li Yu said, "I don't know. My eyes are naturally gray. It doesn't prevent me from seeing things, but it allows me to see more things that others can't. I don't know if it's because of my eyes."

Shui Linglong was also curious, and she asked, "Oh, really? Then tell me, what do we have on us?"

Li Yu said, "There is a layer of green light flowing on your body, like a ball of flowing green water." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Lie Yankong and said, "There is a layer of golden halo on his body, like the sun."

Then he said to Lu Ming, "You are very sharp and at the same time like a mirror, very bright."

At this time, the three of them were all surprised. Although what Li Yu said was very ordinary, it was only what he could feel as an ordinary person now. But once he starts practicing, will he see more things? At the same time,

, Li Yu was right. He told all the three people's cultivation techniques and characteristics, which is even more remarkable. This is equivalent to no one having any secrets in front of Li Yu.

After Lu Ming was briefly surprised, he looked at him deeply and continued, "What you said is not enough. Why do you know that we can't defeat us just by seeing these?"

Li Yu said, "In the past two months, the monsters in Hongquan Mountain have become more and more powerful. I can see that there is a thick layer of black covering it, getting darker and darker. It has been even more terrifying in the past two days. But the light on you does not have it.

It’s so rich there, you’re no match for it.”

The three of them were silent for a while, and then Lie Yankong asked Lu Ming, "What do you think?"

Lu Ming thought deeply and said, "I think it's credible."

Neither Lie Yankong nor Shui Linglong said anything. They knew that being a sword embryo must have something extraordinary. If Lu Ming believed it, then what Li Yu said must be true.

But will they just go home? No. It would be okay if they didn't meet him at first, but now that they have met him, they can't sit idly by.

The three of them have already formed a tacit understanding. Even if they don't say it, they know what each other's decision is. What's more, if you have the intention to retreat without taking action, it will be detrimental to the Taoist mind and will not be conducive to the advancement of the Tao.

Li Yu seemed to have guessed their decision, and finally did not want them to lose their lives in vain. He raised his head and looked at them firmly, and continued, "Don't go."

Lu Ming touched his head. He, who was always expressionless, smiled at Li Yu for the first time, "Don't be afraid, we will be prepared."

The three of them planned to meet the Lord of the City first to see if there was any more detailed information. Before leaving, they entrusted Li Yu to the soldiers, "Please help me take good care of him. We will meet him today."

Come back quickly."

After explaining, they flew to Changlin City. Naturally, they did not dare to take Lie Yankong's delivery lightly. Zheng Yan was originally curious about the child's identity and asked a few tentative questions, but found that the child had never

After Lie Yankong and the others left, they remained motionless, like a sitting stone statue. They remained silent and gave up all thoughts of inquiring.

Soon, the three of them flew towards Changlin City. As Zheng Yan said, Changlin City did have a city protection formation protecting it. However, due to time, today's city protection formation has become more and more complex.

Fragile and precarious. The three of them looked at it and couldn't help but think that if they didn't come today and the situation couldn't be controlled, wouldn't everyone in Changlin City become dead souls.

When the city guard saw someone flying towards him with a sword, he knew it was a cultivator. He was a little excited, but his mind was not broken. Today's Changlin City cannot afford any losses.

"May I ask where the immortal comes from?" the guard asked calmly.

Lie Yankong used his magical power to transmit the message to him. The guard felt happy after hearing this, but he did not show it. After explaining, he came to them alone and saw the token that Lie Yankong took out.

Then he knew that what he just said was true, and he was determined in his heart. He immediately saluted the immortal and said, "I ask the immortal to follow me."

When Lie Yankong and the others arrived outside Changlin City, Wu Shouzhong knew about it. He knew in his heart that after this incident, someone would definitely be brought out to take the blame. And that person could only be him, it had to be him. So he wrote

He wrote a suicide note and made his final confession.

The moment he put down the pen, he suddenly felt relieved. There was no point in continuing to be the city lord. If he could not protect the people in his position, his death was not innocent.

Then, he took off the official uniform and official hat on his head and placed them on his desk together with his city lord's seal.

When he saw the three people coming to the door, he bowed and knelt down. "Meet the special envoy."

Lie Yankong glanced at the objects on his desk, glanced at him, and said teasingly, "The Lord of the City is conscious and knows that he is guilty."

The guard who came with them didn't understand why the city lord did this at first, but after hearing Lie Yankong's words, he also reacted, became angry and said hurriedly, "What do you mean by three people? This

Are you going to use my master as a scapegoat?"

Before he could say anything else, Wu Shouzhong waved his hand to shut him up and said, "You go down first." The guard originally wanted to say something more, but then saw the city lord give him a sharp look. After so many days of guarding the city,

, already gave the city lord a somewhat chilling aura. The guard suppressed the dissatisfaction and doubts in his heart and retreated.

"You get up first! It's easy to talk when you're kneeling on the ground."

After hearing this, Wu Shouzhong stood up obediently and stood bowed below.

Lie Yankong asked directly, "Why didn't you report what happened here?"

After Wu Shouzhong heard this, he smiled bitterly and asked sadly, "Will it be useful if I report it?"

It's not that they couldn't hear that Wu Shouzhong's words revealed a sense of helplessness, disappointment, and the intention to die, but they were in high positions and would not take the initiative to explain anything. Lu Ming was born in poverty before, but he was not the submissive person he used to be.

I'm such a naive kid, some things may not be true even if I see them with my own eyes, let alone what I hear from others.
To be continued...