In the living room of the deputy city lord's mansion in Nancheng, the deputy city lord spoke eloquently.

After he escaped from the ancient temple in the south of the city, he had a serious illness, and his own realm fell even more wildly, he was originally in the fifth realm of martial arts, but now he only has the combat power of the three realms of martial arts.

And during the time of his illness, the situation in the southern city has been turned upside down, and the evil aura and death aura from the ancient temple have surrounded the entire southern city in a few days.

After the deputy city lord recovered a little, he received news from all over the southern city, but in just a few days, the number of people who had died due to those death breaths and evil qi had exceeded three digits.

Those people invariably went to the ancient temple in the south of the city at the last moment of their lives.

In order to figure out the root of all this, Gu Yunchang met with the families of several dead people, and all of them told a terrifying truth.

"Nancheng has been cursed by a mysterious power, and those who live here will never be able to escape from Nancheng, and those who step into Nancheng will also be directly contaminated with the power of the curse and will not be able to escape from Nancheng for the rest of their lives."

"There's only one way to get out of the South City."

"Death."

At this moment, Gu Yunchang's face was already extremely pale, and the low voice combined with the sound of heavy breathing brought abnormal fear to the two people in the room.

Gu Yunchang smiled bitterly and continued: "During this period, there were people who did not believe in evil and wanted to leave Nancheng, but when they arrived at the border of Nancheng, they became crazy as if they had been bewitched by some kind of bewitchment, they slaughtered the people around them, and when there were no living beings around, they aimed their butcher knives at themselves. ”

Eventually, they fell under the high wall.

"You should have seen the bones when you crossed that wall."

After Gu Yunchang's reminder, the two of them thought that when they entered the southern city, they did see a lot of bones under the high wall, but judging from the appearance of the bones and the degree of grace, they definitely didn't look like people who had died in recent days.

So they didn't care at the time.

"In fact, it is precisely because of the power of the curse that the people who died in Nancheng, whether they went crazy because of the power of the curse, or because they couldn't bear the oppressive power here and whispered, once the signs of life stopped, the flesh and blood on their bodies would disappear in an instant, and eventually turn into white bones."

"The entire southern city has been shrouded in a curse, this is the revenge of the existence in the ancient temple of the southern city for my actions that day."

"It's not that we don't want to escape from Nancheng, and it's not that we don't want to come into contact with people from the outside world, it's just that we can't leave this place anymore."

Speaking of this, Gu Yunchang's face was already pale, and his voice was already full of bitterness.

The faces of the two people in the room were also extremely difficult to see when they heard this, if what Gu Yunchang said was true, it would be impossible for them to deal with the things in the ancient temple of Nancheng.

Even, they can't leave the South City anymore.

"It was because I didn't want to involve too many innocent people that I built that high wall and cut off all contact with the outside world."

"I just didn't expect it, hey."

Gu Yunchang regretted it, but now it's too late to regret it.

The two people in front of them were even more embarrassed, and when the roof came out, Lin Chen's eyes flashed.

No wonder the deputy city lord was reluctant to say this kind of thing in front of all the monks, I am afraid that they would not be able to accept this situation for a while, and it would eventually directly cause greater chaos.

After all, those who are not locals of Maple Grove City, they come from all walks of life and do not have much belonging to Maple Grove City, and the reason why they come with them is just for their own purposes.

If they had learned that they would not be able to leave Nancheng for half a step in this life, and even face the fear of dying at any time at any time, I am afraid that those people would have already turned the sky upside down.

But what is hidden in this ancient temple in Nancheng, how can it have such great ability?

Lin Chen was even more curious about the things in the ancient temple of Nancheng, and he was also more curious about the thoughts of the following two.

Do they really want to give it a try when they know they can't do it?

His eyes were fixed on the faces of the two people below, Zhu Yunhao, who had always looked like a fairy wind and bones, was already pale at the moment, and he didn't speak for a long time, but Qiu Liang on the side frowned and said: "Even if it's like this, you have to give it a try, no matter what, it's about the lives of tens of thousands of people in Nancheng." ”

"According to the secret method of the master, I have already conducted some reconnaissance on the dead qi shrouded in the sky above Nancheng, and there seems to be no real killing move in this dead air, but it can be understood as a chronic poison."

"In the long run, in less than a year, Nancheng will definitely become a real dead city."

"The lives of tens of thousands of innocent people are really going to disappear forever."

"Although it is not yet possible to really figure out what the true purpose of the things hidden in the ancient temple is, it is certain that they want to use the entire southern city as a furnace to train the lives of tens of thousands of people!"

"Deputy City Lord Gu, as a parent official here, don't you really want to do anything?"

Gu Yunchang opened his mouth, but before the voice could speak, Zhu Yunhao said with a gloomy face: "It's not a situation where you want to do something now, but even if we do something, we can't change the status quo, and even if we do it, it may cause even more huge changes, which will make the situation in this southern city even more dangerous." ”

Turning his head to look at Qiu Liang beside him, Zhu Yunhao said: "Qiu Liang, I know that your Ethereal Pavilion has always been a posture of taking the world as your own responsibility, but it also has to be timed, if you act rashly now, the most likely thing is to push the situation in a worse direction." ”

"Perhaps, this hazard will eventually affect the entire Maple Grove City!"

"At that time, it will not only be the lives of these tens of thousands of people, but also the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of people at that time!"

"And if this thing is allowed to develop, maybe this curse will only end up with tens of thousands of people."

"Killing one person and saving the world, this is the real benevolence and righteousness!"

When these words came out, Gu Yunchang, the deputy city lord, instinctively wanted to refute, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

In fact, he has also checked the curse of this Nancheng, at most, it only restricts the actions of those ordinary people, for the monks above the first realm of martial arts, although it will have some impact, but it will never die, and for people above the three realms of martial arts, it does not have much impact, even if they are seriously injured, they can escape from Nancheng.

He also has a chance to get rid of the crisis in Nancheng completely, but if he leaves, the people of Nancheng really have nothing to rely on.

It was the person who chose to save Nancheng and possibly lead the danger to the entire Maple Grove City, but to give up the Southern City for the sake of Maple Grove City, which was also the biggest problem in Gu Yunchang's heart.

It was the delay in making a decision that led him to take action.

Obviously, Qiu Liang was also troubled by this problem.

Is it for the benefit of the few to fight for the benefit of the minority, regardless of the consequences that may cause greater losses, or to abandon the minority for the benefit of the majority.

This is a question that even the saints cannot answer accurately.

But these two people didn't know, at this moment Lin Chen already had the answer to this question.

After sneering, his figure flashed, and he had already come to the residence that Gu Yunchang had arranged for the monks.

This is a small courtyard, and the people in the courtyard are still unclear about the real situation in Nancheng, some are discussing what kind of reward the city lord of Fenglin City will give after the threat of the ancient temple of Nancheng is lifted, and some people are discussing what treasures and opportunities may be hidden in this ancient temple.

Compared to the depressed scene in the Deputy City Lord's Mansion, there was harmony here.

Seeing Lin Chen appear, Meng Han hurriedly walked over, lowered his voice and said, "Did you find anything?" ”

"Tell me about your findings first."

After coming to a corner with Meng Han, Lin Chen spoke.

Meng Han said: "These people have very limited understanding of Nancheng, and they don't even know as much, but in their conversation, a very important piece of news was revealed. ”

"Tell me about it."

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows.

Meng Han opened his mouth and said, "According to them, the reason why this Nancheng Ancient Temple is so dangerous may be because of the influence of the power of strange stones. ”

"Another strange stone?"

Lin Chen's face was full of surprise.

Meng Han nodded and said, "Actually, if you think about it carefully, this statement is still very reliable. ”

"After all, the strange stone comes from the abyss of the Wonderland, one of the seven Jedi, in the entire Yingzhou, in addition to those peerless human emperors who have mined a large number of strange stones, in the entire history of Yingzhou, only the first sect in the legend has mined a large number of strange stones."

This so-called first sect, Lin Chen has also heard Meng Han mention, it is said that it is a sect thousands of years ago, and when it was the most powerful, it was completely the same as the ancient kingdom on the land of Yingzhou, and even compared with the five ancient kingdoms, the strength was faintly surpassed.

They did a lot of things back then, but with the mysterious demise of that legendary sect, there was no more information to be examined.

However, a large number of strange stones are mined, which is one of the statements that can be verified.

Retracting his thoughts, his gaze fell on Meng Han in front of him.

Meng Han continued: "When I first entered Nancheng, I also felt an aura similar to that of the strange stone, but I couldn't be sure, and now when I heard them say this, I immediately felt that it was very possible. ”

Lin Chen nodded slightly, and then spoke: "In other words, that is most likely the piece you lost?" ”

Meng Han nodded vigorously and said, "I didn't expect that because of one of my mistakes, I would actually bring such a big trouble to Nancheng." ”

"Have you ever thought that everything you experienced that night may have been artificially arranged?"

Meng Han's eyes widened directly.

"Artificial?"

"Who could be so crazy?"

Lin Chen shook his head and said, "I can't be sure at the moment, but one thing is for sure, everything is strange and must be artificial." ”

"Whether it's the funeral procession or the deathly air that pervades the sky, maybe it's just the means of the people behind the scenes."