Chapter 58

After a moment, he turned around and looked down the mountain. Suddenly, Yun Tian was surprised to find a few wisps of cooking smoke wafting from a place at the foot of the mountain. Since he was a child, Lin Xuanzhong has never heard of anyone living outside Dongming Mountain. So, Lin Xuanzhong really wanted to go over there to see what was going on.

Immediately after, turning around and taking a final look at the ghost city, Lin Xuanzhong no longer hesitated to find a relatively gentle mountain road and go down directly. Going down the mountain is naturally much easier than going up, Lin Xuanzhong no longer needs to take a few steps to rest, half an hour later, Lin Xuanzhong has already walked to the foot of the mountain.

From a distance, the smoke was still floating and had not disappeared, so Lin Xuanzhong walked over there.

A quarter of an hour later, there was a burst of aroma, as if there was a house ahead, and the people who lived there seemed to be cooking. Smelling the aroma of meat, a feeling of hunger arose, and Lin Xuanzhong suddenly remembered that he hadn't eaten for a long time, and couldn't help but speed up his pace.

The closer you get to the smoke, the stronger the smell becomes, and it is obvious that there is food in front of it, but it doesn't look like a house, because there don't seem to be any houses there, and the smoke seems to be flat on the ground.

A little further on, a large open space appeared, pots and pans could be seen everywhere in the open space, Lin Xuanzhong was surprised to find that some large iron pots were still steaming, and a few pieces of cooked meat floated in the soup and the aroma was scattered.

After looking at some other large iron pots, the situation is similar, but the problem of more meat and less meat in the pot is a problem. It turned out that the smoke I saw just now was just smoke coming from the charcoal under the iron pot, and it was indeed not inhabited by anyone.

Looking around, Lin Xuanzhong found that there were no less than 100 iron pots, and no less than 1,000 pairs of tableware, so you can imagine how many people dined here not long ago. Since it was not long ago, it was not difficult for Lin Xuanzhong to think that what happened in the ghost city at this time might be related to the people who appeared here, so it was inferred that Qinglan's whereabouts were also related to the people who appeared here.

As long as he thought that Qinglan's life and death were unknown, Lin Xuanzhong's heart was urgent, and he couldn't wait to return to the ghost city now. It's a pity that it's hard to even walk now, even if Qinglan is really in the ghost city, Lin Xuanzhong understands that he still can't rescue Qinglan.

After feeling uncomfortable for a long time, Lin Xuanzhong tried to calm himself down and looked around. After making sure that no one was around, Lin Xuanzhong simply found a place to sit down, and then used the utensils left by those people to salvage the meat in the pot and eat it. Because of his injury, although he was very hungry, Lin Xuanzhong still ate very slowly.

While Lin Xuanzhong was eating the food he had fished out of the pot, the situation on the side of the ghost city was just as Lin Xuanzhong had guessed just now, it was indeed someone attacking the ghost city, but the number was much more than Lin Xuanzhong had guessed. There were thousands of them, all of them members of the Desolate Wolf Legion, all of them in uniform and looking like regular troops. In fact, the Wolves are just a gang of bandits.

At this moment, thousands of people were divided into dozens of teams, led by some more conspicuously dressed people, and kept attacking the large shops on the main streets of the hidden city. Most of those shops were owned by the major families in the city, so when those people came to rob them, some people naturally resisted. However, those who resisted had only one fate, and they all died under the weapons of those robbers, so Lin Xuanzhong would only hear those wails before.

A few hours earlier, the men of the Desolate Wolf Legion had entered the secluded city through the East Gate. Until now, except for the members of the three major families who are still desperately resisting, the other families in the ghost city have all given up resistance. As for the civilians in the ghost city, they either closed their doors or escaped from the ghost city by taking advantage of the chaos, and basically no one participated in the resistance.

Perhaps it was a wise choice for the civilians not to go to war, after all, their lives have always been restricted by the major families. Of course, no matter what, once most of the people of the major families in the ghost city are damaged, the ghost city will definitely not be ruled by a few major families in the future.

On the other hand, after the Desolate Wolf Legion leaves with a large number of goods, there will definitely be a shortage of materials in the Ghost City, and when the large forces in other cities get the news, they will send personnel to settle in, or the people here will leave the Ghost City one after another to go to other places. All in all, after today, the ghost city will no longer be the ghost city of the past.

"Second Commander, the rebellion of the other families has all been suppressed by our legion, and now only the people of the three major families are still resisting. A small commander-like figure walked up to a strong man with a broadsword in his hand and said with a smile.

"Kill hard today, and when the battle is over, you must treat the brothers well. Seeing that it was his subordinates coming over, the strong man known as the second commander immediately smiled fiercely.

"Not only is this operation well planned, but there will be no surprises with the Grand Commander and you personally leading the team, and in my opinion, it is only a matter of time before the battle is over. I just don't know what the Grand Commander and you are going to do when the battle is over?"

"This time, our Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps dispatched a total of 5,000 soldiers, and the overall strength is stronger than the previous four major families combined, after last night's battle, the strength of several major families in the ghost city has been greatly reduced, so it is naturally not difficult for us to defeat the ghost city. However, there are still many civilians in the ghost city, so it's better not to provoke them if there's no need, just follow the plan now. ”

"What the second commander said was very true, but he didn't expect that the Lin family could weaken half of the strength of the other three families under the ambush, which was really surprising. Complimenting the strong man with some flattery, the little commander continued: "Presumably, the Lin family should have taken a lot of valuable things last night, I wonder why the great commander didn't let us chase the Lin family's team?"

"Now that even the Lin family's mansion is occupied by us, what's the point of chasing those lightly armed Lin family members who have escaped. Besides, the Commander didn't let us go, so we just need to do our part. The tone sank, and the strong man said with some displeasure.

"The lesson of the second commander is that it is his subordinates who have taken the lead. Seeing that the strong man looked displeased, the person who spoke just now hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Don't mind the leader of the flying leaves", the strong man's eyes faded, and then he ordered the man in front of him, "Put the seized jade and valuables together and send them to the Lin Mansion first." After speaking, the strong man walked directly to a battlefield with a broadsword.

"Yes," the leader replied, and then turned and walked towards the shop behind him.

Unconsciously, half an hour passed, and Lin Xuanzhong, who had just eaten enough, used some cloth here to pack some other things that could be taken to eat on the road, and then planned to leave this place directly. With no guarantee that those people would return here, Lin Xuanzhong knew that he couldn't stay here longer no matter what.

In the past half an hour, Lin Xuanzhong kept thinking about the situation in the ghost city and the safety of the Qinglan master and servant, so Lin Xuanzhong took into account many situations. However, the existence or absence of each situation is not something that Lin Xuanzhong can verify or change now, so this meal is very difficult. No matter how delicious the food was, it became difficult for Lin Xuanzhong to swallow, because he didn't want to eat it at all.

Fortunately, despite all the difficulties, Lin Xuanzhong still filled his stomach. Now that I have just eaten, my body's strength has recovered a little, and it is not as difficult to walk as it was just now, but if I compare with ordinary people, Lin Xuanzhong's speed is still very slow. While observing the surrounding environment and thinking about problems, Lin Xuanzhong's inner emotions at the moment were extremely complicated.

Knowing that he could find out Qinglan's news in the ghost city, but he wanted to stay away from the ghost city, under such a contradiction, Lin Xuanzhong stopped many times and wanted to turn back, but after a little look at his physical condition, he had to give up the idea in his heart. As a result, I couldn't walk a few miles for an hour.

It didn't take long for Lin Xuanzhong to feel that if he didn't think about the problem clearly, maybe he would return halfway, so it would be better to go back now. So, as soon as his thoughts turned, Lin Xuanzhong simply stopped and concentrated on the problem in front of him.

The place where he ate before was like a camp, judging from the scale and the tableware left behind, there should have been at least a thousand people staying there before, but now there was no one there, combined with the earliest discovery of the ghost city, Lin Xuanzhong could be sure that those people should be attacking the ghost city. In this way, the abnormal situation in the ghost city just now can be completely explained.

It stands to reason that those people who dare to attack the ghost city must be clear about the situation in the ghost city, maybe some of them have been paying attention to the situation in the ghost city, maybe they are more numerous than they guessed, of course, no matter what, those people will not do anything to send them to death, so the situation in the ghost city at this moment is not as optimistic as when they were discovered before.

Thinking about the wails he heard before, Lin Xuanzhong couldn't help but worry about the safety of the people in the city. But when he thought of how those people treated him at the beginning, Lin Xuanzhong no longer paid attention to their life and death, and in Lin Xuanzhong's opinion, their life and death really had nothing to do with him.

Now Lin Xuanzhong's greatest concern is naturally Qinglan, according to Qingfeng's statement, Qinglan's master and servant were taken away by a group of black-clothed people, if those black-clothed people were the ones who appeared in the camp just now, then the master and servant might have to face any situation, although they were unwilling to accept it, Lin Xuanzhong still considered the worst situation.

There was a fluctuation in his heart, Lin Xuanzhong was so anxious that he was about to go crazy, but after a period of inner struggle, Lin Xuanzhong calmed down. It stands to reason that Qinglan and Wan'er were taken to the ghost city by those people, so as long as they sneak into the ghost city, they will definitely be able to find the whereabouts of the master and servant. But what kind of enemies he would face at that time, Lin Xuanzhong couldn't imagine, but Lin Xuanzhong knew that he had no ability to save them.

Although he was lucky enough to become a sixth-order martial cultivator last night, it is difficult to compare his strength with a low-level martial cultivator when he is seriously injured now, and Lin Xuanzhong still has a faint bad feeling, like something is wrong in his body, and now there is a clear limit to the amount of yuan power that can be accommodated in his body. Even though he clearly felt that the injury was improving, the true qi circulating in his body did not increase.

Such a suspicious problem forced Lin Xuanzhong to consider any bad possibility, in Lin Xuanzhong's opinion, the most likely reason was that he failed to heal in time last night, and the injury had already caused hidden dangers to his body. It's a pity that Lin Xuanzhong can't be sure what the specific problem will be, so he can only wait for the injury to heal.