Chapter 282: The Past of Killing City
Ling Zheng and the others, who followed Huang Ting slowly towards the Killing City, didn't feel much horror, on the contrary, except for Huang Ting and the others, except for the fact that they didn't have a little popularity, the rest of them were not much different from normal people, and they basically answered questions when they talked, and they were very cheerful.
Soon, a group of people, plus a cat and a dog, arrived at the city gate, and the guards at the city gate were also four yellow-clothed people, but they were not as dressed as well as Huang Ting. Seeing Huang Ting leading a group of strangers over, the four of them waved hello and asked, "Who are these people?"
"Oh, I happened to be nearby, I don't know how to leave, and one of them is a formation mage. So I invited it. Huang Ting's words were concise and to the point.
When the guard of the city gate heard the words "Formation Mage", he immediately became a little excited: "Oh, please, please, I'll report to the seniors." ”
"I'm sorry for you. Huang Ting smiled and nodded, and then took Ling Zheng and the others into the city.
The architectural style of the castle is very old, and it basically still retains the style when it disappeared. After entering the city, Ling Zheng and the others found that this city was actually no different from the city where cultivators had gathered before, but it was basically every household here, and it seemed that every family had cultivation in their bodies, although they couldn't feel the breath, but they could get a glimpse of it just from their eyes.
This point is different from the situation in the past where Ling Zheng and the others have visited where cultivators gather, where every cultivator is a single person.
On the contrary, if you don't count cultivation, this place is like a city where mortals gather, and it is very human.
Of course, apart from the fact that the people in the city were like dead people, there was no life in them.
He followed Huang Ting all the way, first walked through the main road away from the city, then turned around again, and finally stopped in front of a building that looked relatively large but had a very ordinary decoration.
"Everyone, please come with me, and rest in the humble house first. Huang Ting said: "It is estimated that after dawn, the seniors in the city will come to visit." ”
"Aren't you going to help now?" Ling Zheng shook the Wanjun gun in his hand and said, "If you do your best to help, it's better to leave as much as possible, and we still have to go to see our friends." ”
Huang Ting shook his head: "It's not that I'm deliberately delaying time, but it's actually because it's dark now, even if you want to help, there's no way to do it." Even if it starts, it will have to wait until tomorrow. ”
As if seeing the doubts and vigilance of Ling Zheng and the others, Huang Ting smiled and said, "Please rest assured, when the time comes, I will definitely send you away safely." As you know, although the city is a ghost town, it is not the same as a normal ghost town. We welcome outside cultivators, but we will never force them to stay. ”
"The reason why you have to stay no matter what, is because it has been a long time since a formation mage has been in the city, and if this continues, we are worried about the survival of the killing city. ”
Huang Ting's last words revealed a solemn meaning, but the previous words didn't seem like lying, Ling Zheng and the others glanced at each other, and then decided to live in his house according to Huang Ting's plan.
Huang Ting's home looks similar to an ordinary big family, and there should be everything. When he entered the house, an old servant came. After Huang Ting confessed a few words, the old servant led the group to the depths of the house.
Seeing that there was no danger for the time being, Ling Zheng relaxed his vigilance, put the Wanjun gun into his body, and planned to rest with the big yellow cat and the others.
These days, Ling Zheng, who has successively arranged the teleportation array, is undoubtedly the most tired one.
But before he could leave, Huang Ting stopped him and said with a smile: "Can you accompany you to chat a few words?"
Bi Qingkong paused, turned to look at Ling Zheng and Huang Ting, and had no intention of leaving.
"Who is this girl?" asked Huang Ting.
Ling Zheng just wanted to make up nonsense and say that it was his sister, but Bi Qingkong directly smashed him with a sentence that made him not slow down for a long time.
"I'm his wife. Although Bi Qingtian's voice was cold, Ling Zheng heard a hint of trembling.
"Oh, hehe, it turned out that the two of them were a young couple who broke into the cultivation realm together. It's really envious under it. Huang Ting stretched out his hand and pointed to the stone table under the big tree in the courtyard, and said with a smile: "In that case, please ask the virtuous couple." ”
Ling Zheng looked at Bi Qingtian like a ghost, and he didn't know what this woman was thinking. Bi Qingkong immediately gave Ling Zheng a vicious look.
After sitting down, Huang Ting reached out and took out a pot of wine and a bag of peanuts from his storage belt, and said with a smile: "There is nothing to drink for the time being, if you don't mind, you can ......."
"I have. Seeing that Huang Ting had no malicious intent, Ling Zheng smiled and took out some of the barbecue meat he had prepared earlier from his storage ring, because it was placed in the storage ring, and it was still steaming.
Bi Qingkong saw it and secretly scolded Ling Zheng for being a foodie.
"I was so lucky, I didn't expect to have meat to eat. Huang Ting looked very happy, reached out and grabbed a piece and put it in his mouth, chewed it with great enjoyment, and said with a smile: "It's not a secret, in the city of separation, meat is a rare thing, and the people in the city can only eat it when a man performs a crown ceremony or a woman marries." Usually, I usually eat something grown in the city. ”
Ling Zheng and Bi Qingkong were stunned when they heard this.
I've heard of cultivators who don't eat meat, but I haven't heard of cultivators who want to eat meat but can't, and it's a whole city of cultivators.
"There's one thing I've always wanted to ask. Ling Zheng and Huang Ting clinked glasses, and then said, "As far as I've heard, ghost towns are generally very dangerous places, and the city is full of ghost pawns, but it is not like a killing city. Although I don't feel any anger from you, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a being who can have anything to do with ghosts. ”
Huang Ting's smile was a little more, and he sighed lightly and said, "Daoyou's words are indeed right. In fact, after the city was turned into a ghost town by the disaster of ghost fog, there were many ghost towns around, and the situation in the city was the same as what you just described. But unlike other cities, the reason why we have only become different on a small level is because a long time ago, there was a formation mage who participated in the creation of a large array on the foundation of the city when the city was built, and the ghost fog around the killing city was drawn in and sealed, so that the people in the city did not completely become ghosts. ”
"Big Array?" Ling Zheng instantly thought of something: "Could it be that you came to me to repair that big array before?"
"Hehe, it's convenient to talk to smart people. Huang Ting said with a smile: "It's not a secret, in the past few hundred years, the city-based formation under the city has begun to become a little unstable, and now the formation pattern has disappeared by nearly one percent." But because there were no formation mages in the city at all, and the formation mages who strayed here were reluctant to enter the city, they could only let the big array dissipate slowly. ”
"It's better to say that it's short. There was a hint of worry in Huang Ting's tone: "But after a long time, when the formation can't shelter the Killing City, it is estimated that the Killing City will be like other ghost cities, completely turning into a city where only ghost pawns gather." ”
"Anyway, Daoist friends will know sooner or later, Huang Ting might as well say it here. Nowadays, there is a ghost mist rushing out from time to time under the city foundation, and so far more than 30 people have been turned into ghost pawns by the ghost mist, and if this continues, there will only be more people who have become ghost pawns. ”
Huang Ting said, stood up and bowed to Ling Zheng, and said in a deep voice: "Daoyou is the first formation mage who is willing to agree to the request to leave the Killing City for such a long time, and I also ask Daoyou to definitely help." ”
When did I say yes? Ling Zheng was stunned for a moment.
Bi Qingkong was much more rational than Ling Zheng at this time, and said softly: "My husband is only a third-level array mage, do you think that with his ability, you can repair that big array?"
Ling Zheng was almost turned over by the sentence "My husband", staring at Bi Qingtian with his mouth open for a long time, and he didn't see what this woman thought.
"If it were other formation mages, Huang Ting might ask the seniors to test the formation method. Huang Ting said: "But this fellow Daoist doesn't need it." Because according to the ancient records in the city, the black spear he used was the formation magic weapon used by the formation mage who set up the formation in the city. ”
"What?!"
Hearing this, Ling Zheng stood up suddenly, and after summoning the Wanjun spear, he asked in surprise, "What you said is true?"
"It's a matter of life and death in the city, Huang Ting doesn't dare, and he can't lie. Huang Ting said: "But because the senior who set up the formation for the city did not tell the name of this array gun, we don't know." ”
Could it be the purple-robed old man he dreamed of when he first got the Four Elephants Red Sun Array?
However, according to the broken time, the Wanjun gun has appeared many times on the mainland, and every owner who got it did not get a good death in the end, and died a very miserable death. If you look at it this way, it is very likely that the person who helped to set up the big array from the Killing City will be one of those who died miserably, so Ling Zheng is not sure now.
But since he had a relationship with Wan Jungun, Ling Zheng had to agree.
Because, this time, it is very likely that he will know the other secrets of the Wanjun Gun, and it is more likely that he will know something about the Four Elephants Red Sun Array.
"In that case, take me to see the great array after dawn. Ling Zheng pondered for a while and said, "I'm willing to help Lijiao City repair the city's foundation array." But there is one thing that must be stated in advance, I can't guarantee that I can really successfully repair the big array. If I fail by then, please don't embarrass my friend from those who have left the city. ”
Suddenly, feeling his foot being stepped on, Ling Zheng glanced at Bi Qingtian, and was shocked to realize that he was exposed, and then said in a slurred voice: "Uh, and mine, my wife." ”
Bi Qingkong's vicious eyes returned to normal, and there was a hint of red on her ghost-like pale face, but Ling Zheng didn't pay attention to her, so he didn't see it.
"This Huang Ting can promise to Daoyou. Huang Ting saw that Ling Zheng finally agreed solemnly, and he was very happy in his heart: "By the way, I don't know the name of Daoyou yet." ”
"My name is Ling Zheng, just call me by name. Ling Zheng smiled: "This is the clear sky, my, uh, wife." ”
When Ling Zheng introduced Bi Qingsky, it seemed awkward to call it. But this time, he did it on purpose, wanting to disgust the blue sky.
But it didn't seem to have received the expected effect, and the blue sky still had a dead face, and even his eyes didn't change.
At this moment, the old servant who had left with the big yellow cat suddenly appeared and said, "Young master, the criminal elder asked you to bring this son over, and only asked you to be with this son, you ...... see it."
Although Bi Qingtian wanted to follow, seeing this situation, he didn't force him to follow, and said, "Then, please take me to the place where I live." ”
With that, Bi Qingkong walked up to Ling Zheng and whispered, "Be careful." ”
Ling Zheng just smiled and nodded at her, and then left with Huang Ting.
Seeing that Ling Zheng was stunned, Bi Qingkong didn't even say a word, looked at the direction where Ling Zheng left, and scolded the stupid in a low voice.