The situation in the city is becoming more and more critical, and Lin An is also a lot more careful when he sleeps at night.

A little wind and grass was enough to wake him up, let alone the boisterous sirens.

"Something entered the yard and set off the alarm I set!"

Lin An rolled over and got out of bed and quickly took a look at the situation in the room.

After making sure there were no anomalies, he looked through the crack in the door to see what was going on in the yard.

I saw a person walking towards his room with a support, and seeing him limping, it seemed that he had suffered a lot of injuries.

Although the alarm in the courtyard was triggered, causing a ringing bell here, the visitor did not mean to hide it in the slightest.

"It's the city lord, Li Xiuping, he's back!"

Lin An instantly recognized the person who came.

Because of his relationship with his master Mu Zuo, Lin An went to the City Lord's Mansion from time to time, and he and the City Lord Li Xiuping could be regarded as acquaintances.

Seeing that the person who came was the city lord of Pinglu City, Lin An breathed a sigh of relief, but what came with him was heavy.

Before he had time to think about it, he opened the door and greeted him.

"City Lord. ”

Hearing his call, Li Xiuping glanced up at him, and then said with some difficulty:

"Lin An, help me prepare a pair of healing medicines, my current situation is very bad. ”

As he spoke, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Lin An hurriedly helped him into the room, went to the pharmacy in front of him, took some medicinal materials, and boiled them into medicinal soup.

After drinking the medicinal soup, it eased a lot.

The city lord looked at Lin An, who was waiting on the side, and said in a deep voice:

"Lin An, your master and Luo Ji have sacrificed. ”

Lin An nodded, the moment he saw Li Xiuping appear, he already had such an awareness in his heart.

There was silence.

Lin An felt a little uncomfortable, came to this world, worshiped Muzuo as his teacher, and lived together for so many years, when he suddenly heard bad news.

Recalling the bits and pieces of my previous life, it is inevitable that I will be a little sad and sad.

However, Xu had already had such a guess, and Lin An quickly eased up.

He asked:

"City Lord Li, how did my master die?"

"Don't call me the city lord, just call me Uncle Li, I have a good relationship with your master, and this time, it was also because of saving me that the two of them died outside the city. ”

Saying that, Li Xiuping explained what happened to Lin An.

It turned out that the Zhuangzi, the body that escaped, the weirdness that happened there, was just a trap.

The purpose is to involve the Grandmaster Realm powerhouses in the city in order to complete their subsequent plans.

With some previous clues, after the three of them arrived in Zhuangzi, they also found out a lot of things.

But the more they dig, the more they found that the bigger the matter involved, the deeper the origin.

Finally, after a few days of investigation, Li Xiuping felt that this matter was not something they could afford.

I planned to go home and return to Pinglu City.

Unexpectedly, when they left Zhuangzi, a fog shrouded them, and the three of them suddenly lost their bearings.

After being trapped like this for days, all three of them were exhausted.

At this moment, the fleeing "corpse" appeared and caught them off guard.

"That weird, obviously still underestimated the martial arts of the three of us, although we took the opportunity to sneak attack, but it only caused us some minor injuries.

Seeing that it was useless, he retreated. ”

As he spoke, Li Xiuping sighed.

"We were also aware of their plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and we hurried to the city.

Unexpectedly, it turned out that the real big killer was this Pinglu City.

Pinglu City is actually a huge formation.

The three of us rushed in and were violently attacked by the formation.

Your master and Luo Ji, the two of them died outside the city in order to save me. ”

After listening, Lin An was silent for a long time, not knowing how to speak.

"Anything else you'd like to ask?"

Lin An subconsciously shook his head, but when he thought of something, he asked:

"Li Cheng...... Uncle Li said, this Pinglu City is a formation, what the hell is going on?"

Lin An has lived in this city for some years.

He never expected that he was actually living on a formation.

This world, as far as he knows, has the existence of martial arts.

But in martial arts, the concept of formation is not included.

Hearing his question, Li Xiuping only thought that he didn't understand the meaning of the formation.

After all, this word is very high-end, and it is difficult to hear if the strength does not reach the level of theirs.

To be honest, even as a martial arts master, Li Xiuping has only seen this word a few times.

This is the first time that the formation has been directly touched.

Li Xiuping glanced outside the door, and he explained:

"This formation, just like your arrangement in the courtyard, has a specific method.

The difference is that the formation is much tighter.

And through the special arrangement, the formation can use external forces to exert a strength far beyond the controller. ”

He continued:

"Pinglucheng is related to the formation, the first time I saw it, it was at the beginning of my tenure, when I was browsing the city and county chronicles.

It was mentioned in the book that Pinglu City was actually a formation arranged by a big force, and every once in a while, that force would have to carry out a harvest.

When I saw it, I was surprised.

However, the 'harvest' recorded in the county records was more than 100 years ago, and it only happened once, so I didn't care about it when I read it. ”

When Lin An heard this, his expression froze.

What Li Xiuping said refreshed his view of the world.

Originally, he thought that the reason why this world was so dangerous was because of a strange existence.

It is precisely because of those weird devouring essence and blood, slaughtering villages and destroying cities, that innocent people will be affected.

Now I know that these ordinary people are just pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered in the hands of those big forces.

And the incomparably terrifying weirdness of the legend is just a tool to harvest them.

"Look, sister, you've been beheaded. ”

In Lin An's mind, such a coquettish laugh suddenly appeared.

Thinking of what had happened in Pinglu City these days, he was so frightened by it.

Lin An only felt that his hands and feet were cold, and his whole body trembled.

Immediately afterward, a wave of anger welled up in his heart.

At this time, Li Xiuping spoke.

"You're angry?"

As he spoke, without waiting for Lin An to answer, he shook his head and continued:

"I saw these records in the county annals at the time, and I thought the same thing as you.

But there are too many weirdness in this world.

Cut endlessly, get rid of endlessly.

Your master died because of me, and I, your Uncle Li, will be responsible for taking care of you in the future.

Although it can't make you stand out and dominate one side, you can still do it if you are prosperous and rich and live this life quietly. ”

Li Xiuping and Mu Zuo already have a good friendship.

When such a thing happened, it was also sincere to say that he wanted to take care of Lin An at this time.

However, Lin An's rhetorical question made Li Xiuping stunned for a while.

"Uncle Li, do you think you can really keep me safe for the rest of my life?"