93: Chapter 93 Inside the Ghost City of Fengdu

Cultivation knows no time.

Three years later.

Only when the Yang Power within Ye Xiu's body reached a Bottleneck did he emerge from his Cultivation.

At this moment, his strength had reached 100 units of Yang Power.

It was boundlessly powerful.

Just his aura alone caused the black mist outside the city to instinctively disperse.

If he were to face a Great Saint now, he could likely send them to the afterlife with a single punch.

Ye Xiu slowly stood up.

A grayish-black mist completely enveloped him.

This ominous mist seemed like a side effect of the Weird Rules.

As he devoured a large amount of it, not only did his internal bones and muscles turn grayish-black, but this ominous qi also manifested outside his body.

If an acquaintance were to see Ye Xiu now...

They would surely not recognize him.

The ominous qi covering his entire body not only isolated his presence but also made it difficult for anyone to see the figure beneath the mist.

"After this, I'll have to go to the Nine Realms Tower."

Ye Xiu made a decision in his heart.

Currently, his cultivation had reached a Bottleneck. If the [Heavenly Emperor Sutra] could not progress further, his own cultivation would likely never improve again.

Sensing the ominous qi surrounding him.

His brows furrowed slightly.

Enveloped in this ominous qi, he probably looked more like a weirdness than the weirdness itself.

An ordinary person would likely be scared out of their wits upon seeing him.

"I wonder how the outside world is doing now."

Ye Xiu was somewhat worried about the safety of Great Xia, but then he thought that three years had passed; if something had really happened, it would have been over long ago.

There was no use in him worrying blindly here.

For now, it was better to find Ji Xingyue first.

If he couldn't find Ji Xingyue, the plan to connect the Nine Cities of Great Xia could not be implemented, which would be extremely cruel for the future of Great Xia.

Even with high-end combat power, the distances between cities were simply too vast.

Reinforcements wouldn't be able to make it in time.

If everyone were to migrate, a single city wouldn't be able to accommodate them.

Only building Space Gates was the correct strategy.

To build Space Gates, he had to find Ji Xingyue. After all, in the entire Great Xia, her mastery of the Way of Space was Supreme.

If someone else had this ability...

Sikong Tianwen wouldn't have sent him to Yunzhong City to find her.

He pulled back his thoughts.

Ye Xiu looked at the tall city gate before him.

He reached out.

And pushed.

It didn't budge an inch.

Yang Power erupted.

Woo...

The terrifying force caused the gate to shudder and then slowly open.

Whoosh...

Yin winds rose from all sides.

Faint wails seemed to echo in his ears.

When the gate was fully open.

Only then did Ye Xiu walk in with a trace of solemnity.

The black mist inside the city was denser than outside. Besides the power of the Weird Rules, it was also filled with a thick ominous qi.

This aura...

...was exactly the same as the ominous qi enveloping his body.

It seemed to be an advanced version of the Weird Rules.

Da, da, da...

In the empty ancient city, ancient buildings lined both sides.

Ye Xiu walked on the street for a while.

He found nothing.

He even went inside the buildings along the street to check, but there was nothing unusual.

The city was empty, like a city of the dead.

After walking for a long time more.

A building ahead caught Ye Xiu's eye.

It was a house in a very strange geographical location.

It sat right in the middle of two streets, just like a modern-day nail house, making the intersection of the streets appear very narrow.

With a bit of curiosity.

Ye Xiu walked to the outside of the house and slowly pushed open the wooden door.

Creak...

Amidst a sound that carried the weight of ages...

...this house, which had been sealed for who knows how long, slowly opened.

Inside the door...

...was a small courtyard.

Just as he was about to enter, he sensed an extremely terrifying aura rapidly approaching from deep within the street.

Da, da, da...

The rhythmic footsteps were very distinct.

In the quiet ancient city, it was as if a group of patrollers had suddenly arrived.

"What's going on?"

Ye Xiu closed the wooden door and looked out onto the street through a crack.

Hundreds of Black Skeletons wearing ancient armor were walking from the depths of the ancient city toward him.

These Black Skeletons had a very terrifying aura.

Individually, they were far stronger than any Great Saint Ye Xiu had ever seen.

They were likely beings of the Supreme Realm while alive; even if they became Incarnations of skeletons after death, they were still much stronger than a Great Saint.

Even the current Ye Xiu didn't dare to show his face easily.

A hundred Supremes—how could he fight that?

Furthermore, were there even more terrifying existences deep within the ancient city?

These were all unpredictable things.

Da, da, da...

The skeleton troop gradually moved away.

Ye Xiu waited a long time before breathing a sigh of relief. This Fengdu Ghost City was likely even more terrifying than he had imagined.

After all these endless years...

...there were actually living beings capable of movement.

In this Fengdu City, were these skeletons a patrol team? Or guards?

He shook his head slightly.

He didn't dwell on it too much and turned to look inside the courtyard.

The layout of this small courtyard was quite nice.

In the small courtyard of about thirty square meters, there were also many black flowers.

Flowers?

Ye Xiu moved closer and looked carefully for a moment, only to discover with surprise that these black flowers were actually condensed from rules.

"The owner of this courtyard certainly had significant abilities."

With a bit of curiosity.

He pushed open the house's main door.

Upon entering, there was an inner hall; the furniture was old, and most of it had rotted away.

There were two rooms on each side of the hall.

The doors were all wrapped in black chains.

Ye Xiu stepped forward.

He grabbed the chains and tugged a few times, but they were incredibly hard and didn't budge an inch; even when he erupted with Yang Power, there was no change.

"It seems that without a key, it won't be easy to enter here."

Ye Xiu erupted with Yang Power again and pulled hard on the door, but there was still no movement.

He shook his head helplessly.

Before he could take his next step, he suddenly sensed a familiar spatial fluctuation appearing in the distance.

It was from the depths of Fengdu City.

"Let's go take a look."

Ye Xiu's eyes narrowed.

He pulled open the door and walked straight out.

He didn't dare to fly through the air at will, so he could only move toward the depths of Fengdu City at high speed.

As he went deeper into the ancient city...

...Ji Xingyue's aura also appeared in his perception.

"Is she still further ahead?"

Ye Xiu's brows were tightly knit; he had already encountered four or five groups of skeleton troops along the way.

Any further forward, and he would likely encounter existences even more terrifying than the skeleton troops.

But at this point, the arrow was already on the string.

If he didn't find Ji Xingyue, the Nine Cities of Great Xia couldn't be connected, which would have a huge impact on the Late Stage of the war for Great Xia.

He steeled himself.

He walked cautiously for another ten minutes or so.

Finally, he stopped outside the City Lord's Mansion.