lcionline Chapter 377 No Answer
Chapter 377 No Answer
Song Nian'er sat on the formation board, holding her chin in her hand, looking at the city gate with disappointment: "What should we do then? Shouldn't we go in? Shouldn't we look for the Samsara Pearl?"
Fu Wennian sighed softly, held the formation plate firmly, gathered his sleeves and walked towards the city gate.
"Forget it, since I'm here, I might as well try my luck."
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Jiang Liqian climbed out of an uninhabited river. She was soaked, her hair was disheveled, and she had no idea where she was.
As soon as she came out of the river, she looked around and called Xu Youan and Gu Niannian's names, but no one answered. Helplessly, she could only use her spiritual power to dry her clothes first, and then look for the two people along the river.
Suddenly she thought of the connection between her Zhenlingzhu and Xu Youan's Zhenlingzhu, and quickly cast a spell to activate it. After a while, the Zhenlingzhu really responded.
She immediately followed the blue light emitted by the Zhenlingzhu to find Xu Youan.
But she walked hurriedly for a long time, but always ended up in the same place. No matter which way she walked, she would eventually return to the river, just like she was stuck in a ghost wall.
Moreover, the wind here was very cold and gloomy. She had a thunder spirit root and could almost immediately sense the thick yin energy in the wind.
"What the hell is this place?" Jiang Liqian had to stop and look around carefully.
There shouldn't be any problem with her Spirit-Suppressing Pearl, so the problem can only be the place where she is.
Is it a maze?
Jiang Liqian flipped through the "Must-Memorize Catalog of Formations" and compared the mazes recorded in it with her current situation one by one. Not seeing any results, she simply tried all the methods of solving the mazes one by one.
However, it still didn't work.
Helplessly, she tried the disciple jade token again to see if she could contact Xu Youan.
I don’t know if it’s because the yin energy here is too heavy, affecting the flow of spiritual energy, but the disciple’s jade token didn’t respond.
Looking around, there was dead grass lying on the ground, collapsed walls, stagnant water, and no smoke rising from cooking fires.
Looking around, all I could feel was desolation and a chill that surged unconsciously from the bottom of my heart. It seemed as if I was the only one in this huge place, constantly wandering and struggling, but unable to escape.
"Is anyone here—?" she shouted around. "Is anyone here?"
No one answered.
It was a very prosperous place with houses next to each other, but there was no one here.
Where have everyone gone?
After shouting many times in vain, Jiang Liqian pursed her lips and tried to leave the place again. This time, she did not walk on the ground, but swam out of the river she had climbed out of.
Leaping into the river, she summoned twelve golden beads to protect her body and swam quickly in one direction.
Maybe she was really lucky, Jiang Liqian actually escaped from that strange vicious circle, but the place in front of her was just as desolate and uninhabited as the street just now.
In fact, she shouldn't think that there is anyone here. After all, there are only a few of them in the Secret Scroll of Mountains and Seas, so how could there be anyone else?
But there are too many signs of human life here.
Houses, pavilions, towers, shops, streets, bridges, drum platforms... even the huge and magnificent government mansion in front of us proves that someone once lived here.
Judging from the scene before her, the place where she was was probably a large city that had once been prosperous and wealthy.
Jiang Liqian took out the Zhenlingzhu and tried again to resonate with Xu Youan's Zhenlingzhu. The Zhenlingzhu immediately responded - it was inside the mansion in front of them.
Jiang Liqian was surprised at first, then worried, fearing that Xu Youan and Gu Niannian might encounter some danger, so she hurried to push the door of the mansion.
However, before she could put her hand on the door knocker, another hand knocked on the door first.
Jiang Liqian was startled and immediately dodged, holding the Soul-Suppressing Pearl and looking at the person who came with caution.
"It's me." Xin Sui spoke, telling her not to panic.
"Xin Sui? Why are you here?" Jiang Liqian breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was an acquaintance and put down the Zhenlingzhu.
He appeared behind her just now, but she didn't even notice. Could it be that the yin energy here is too strong, dulling her senses?
Xin Sui seemed to see through her doubts and confirmed her suspicions: "This place is very strange. It can block the spiritual consciousness of cultivators and reduce our five senses."
After a pause, he continued, "I was chasing a monster when a sudden gust of wind swept me here. After the wind died down, I was here. However, I didn't even notice you until you were about to knock on the door."
Jiang Liqian was the same, she didn't notice his presence either.
This place is probably not a good place to go...
A heavy and cold atmosphere descended upon the two as they stared at each other silently. Neither of them spoke, their eyes simultaneously looking towards the door they had already knocked on.
No one opened the door.
No one answered.
After waiting for a while, Jiang Liqian decided to push it open.
Maybe there really is no one else here.
But the Zhenlingzhu showed that Xu Youan was inside...
"Wait!" Xin Sui suddenly stepped forward quickly and pulled Jiang Liqian, who was trying to push the door, back hard. A gust of cold wind quickly swept under the eaves. With a "bang", half of the red door was blown open by the wind and hit the wall hard, making a huge, harsh noise.
The door on the other side was shaking, with half of the door edge separated from the door frame, and it seemed that it would fall to the ground in the next second.
Jiang Liqian looked around with lingering fear, but no one else showed up.
Xin Sui let go of Jiang Liqian's arm and stood aside to put some distance between them.
"Let's go in together." Xin Sui thought for a while and said to Jiang Liqian.
This place is full of strangeness. If two people go in together, they can deal with danger in time. Moreover, he has walked around here and cannot get out. In the end, he will still return to the front of this mansion.
If you want to get out, you will probably have to go through here.
Jiang Liqian also thought so. Two people are safer than one. If Xu Youan and Gu Niannian are really in danger, she will not be too busy to deal with them.
Jiang Liqian and Xin Sui made their decision and stepped into the magnificent mansion together.
The scene inside was as desolate and barren as outside, with a thick layer of dust covering everything. Even the rockery, flowing water, and clear lotus pond had become empty shells without water.
But this mansion was really big. After passing through one archway after another, the two of them actually met Zhong Nanchu and Meng Jiuan who were walking out from inside.
After exchanging some information, the four decided to continue exploring together.
During the conversation, Jiang Liqian couldn't stand Meng Jiuan's constant glances at her, so she stopped and turned around to ask him, "Junior Brother Meng, why are you always looking at me?"
Meng Jiuan didn't expect Jiang Liqian to take the initiative to talk to him. He choked for a moment and stammered, "Senior Sister Jiang, are you looking for Senior Brother Xu?"