LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 222 Ke Chengsong Arrived_2
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It seemed that he wanted to stop the mysterious elder's progress.
However, before the city guard soldier could get close to the elder in the blood red coat,
the mysterious elder had already vanished from the soldier's sight.
"Eh, where... where did he go...?"
The city guard looked at the spot where the figure had disappeared.
He couldn't help but reach out somewhat blankly and touch his head.
Just now, right before his eyes,
there had clearly been a silhouette.
How did it suddenly vanish?
Could it be that he saw it wrong?
But that shouldn't be the case...
"What's wrong with you?"
Another soldier beside the city guard noticed his strange behavior and stepped forward to whisper a question.
"A bit strange."
"Just now, there clearly was someone right before me," he said.
"But in the blink of an eye, that person disappeared."
"It's as if they were never there..."
"That's absurd, truly absurd," the city guard said.
Hearing this, the other soldier couldn't help but chuckle and then teased, "Are you sure you actually saw someone just now? Or did you see it wrong?"
The city guard soldier began to doubt himself, "Could it be that I really saw it wrong?"
The other soldier patted his shoulder and said in a low voice, "Brother, I told you before to cut down on your visits to the Spring Breeze Pavilion. Now you're having hallucinations. If you keep going there and splurging, you're likely to lose your job as a city guard. You know how many people are eyeing our jobs."
Upon hearing this, the city guard let out a sigh and nodded in agreement, "Alright, I get it. I'll try to hold back a bit more from now on..."
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From outside Qingshi City,
one would think the city was quite large and the walls both high and thick.
One would assume that the defense capabilities must be very good.
But once inside the city, Qingshi City gave off a feeling of immense prosperity and comfort.
It would slowly evoke a fondness for such a city in one's heart.
"So, is it because of those talismans in the void that the climate within this city is vastly different from the outside world?"
Inside Qingshi City,
on a certain street,
a mysterious elder in a blood red coat
was walking quietly on a rather busy street with his hands behind his back.
To be honest, this Qingshi City did feel quite comfortable.
Even for Ke Chengsong, whose cultivation had already reached the Mortal Transcendence Initial Stage and was half a step into the Immortal Realm,
he could still distinctly feel
that Qingshi City was several times more comforting than other places.
If it weren't for the Luo Family,
he wouldn't mind living in this city.
Unfortunately,
with the downfall of the Luo Family in Qingshi City, this immensely pleasant city would probably gradually return to normal over time.
The only thing that puzzled him
was where the Luo Family got these talismans from.
Bought them?
That seemed unlikely.
If the talismans had indeed been bought, the Luo Family wouldn't have been extravagant enough to cover the entire Qingshi City with their range.
But if they weren't bought, where did the Luo Family get these talismans?
Could it be that they made them themselves?
But if they were self-made, then where did the Luo Family get the methods for making these talismans?
Alchemy, weapon forging, formation setting, talisman making.
These four professions, although each had a great reputation in the cultivation world,
weren't something that just anyone could learn.
To learn these, lineage was extremely important.
And where did the Luo Family get the lineage for talisman making?
After thinking for a long time, Ke Chengsong still couldn't come up with an answer.
In the end, he could only conclude that the Luo Family might have stumbled upon a Talisman Maker's Heritage Secret Realm by sheer luck,
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and thus obtained the lineage for making talismans.
With that, it would make sense for the Luo Family to possess so many talismans.
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The Luo Family had been able to rise rapidly in recent years,
even coming to possess the territory of four prefectures.
This allowed them to contend with other powers.
Thus, it was easy to explain.
"It seems that before annihilating the entire Luo Family, we must first lay our hands on the Talisman Maker heritage they possess,"
"otherwise, wouldn't that be a great pity?"
Thinking this,
Ke Chengsong quickened his pace.
He moved rapidly toward the direction of the Luo Family Ancestral Land situated at the heart of Qingshi City.
Of course, as Ke Chengsong headed to the Luo Family Ancestral Land,
many eyes hidden in the shadows began to watch him.
Those existences, hiding in the shadows and watching Ke Chengsong, were a terrifying force under Luo Changfeng's command, the Shadow Guard.
Although Ke Chengsong was aware of those presences silently observing him from the shadows,
he was not concerned about it.
In the world of cultivation, strength is revered above all.
The higher the realm, the greater the disparity between them.
Let alone those practitioners in the Organ Refinement Realm lurking in the shadows,
even if there were ten cultivators at the Blood Cultivation Perfection standing before him,
he could easily crush the head of a Blood Cultivation Perfection cultivator with just one hand.
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Qingshi City, Luo Family Ancestral Land.
In a small courtyard emitting waves of mystery and ancientness,
under a simple stone pavilion made of bluestone,
sat Luo Changfeng, the Ancestor of the Luo Family, calmly seated beneath the structure.
He was sipping tea,
while quietly listening to the words of Ruan Liuli beside him.
"So, you are saying someone is headed towards the direction of our Luo Family land?"
"And that you are unable to see through that person's cultivation level?"
Luo Changfeng put down his tea cup,
and looked at Ruan Liuli beside him with some surprise.
Ruan Liuli, dressed in a black tight-fitting outfit and with cold white skin, silently nodded.
Seeing this, Luo Changfeng fell into silence.
The current situation was truly like waves that had not calmed before another arose.
The matter with the White Brahma Temple in the White Lotus Prefecture had not yet been settled,
and now, in the blink of an eye, a Mysterious Cultivator that even the Shadow Guard could not see through had appeared.
Moreover, this Mysterious Cultivator had turned their attention to the Luo Family.
Whether this Mysterious Cultivator was friend or foe,
all of it was still unknown.
If they were a friend, then well and good,
but if the newcomer was an enemy, then the situation could become quite troublesome.
The highest-level cultivator among the Shadow Guard was their third-ranked Commander, Zhen.
His cultivation level had already reached the Initial Realm of Blood Cultivation,
and he was only a paper-thin barrier away from advancing to the Intermediate Stage.
Yet even Zhen could not see through this Mysterious Cultivator,
so their cultivation level must be at least at the Intermediate Stage of Blood Cultivation or higher.
Of course, if it was just an Intermediate Stage Blood Cultivator,
the Shadow Guard would not be so cautious.
But now that the Shadow Guard had highlighted this matter to him,
it meant that the Mysterious Cultivator's cultivation level was at least at the Refining Stage, Blood Cultivation Perfection, or perhaps... the Mortal Transcendence Realm.
If the newcomer was a Blood Cultivation Realm cultivator,
Luo Changfeng need not be overly concerned,
but if the visitor were in the Mortal Transcendence Realm,
then he would have to pay some attention.
After all, this was Qingshi City, the Luo Family Clan territory, his own turf.
Here, he had the advantage of being on home ground,
but at the same time, if one wasn't careful and allowed the Mysterious Cultivator to cause some destruction,
or perhaps to kill a few members of the Luo Family,
then the situation could turn quite bad.