Su Jianxing was stopped at the city gate.

"Who? Why are you out of town at this time? "Those were two Immortal Alliance disciples, guarding the gate of the city with a serious face to inquire.

Except for the demon beast tide and the city gate is closed because of the need to open the city protection array, although there are immortal league disciples on duty the rest of the time, there is never a curfew.

It's a bit strange to stop the door at this point.

"I went out of the city to look for someone, and my sister was lost." Su Jianxing replied and asked, "What are you doing here?" Looking for someone? ”

The disciple of the Immortal League was just about to answer, his eyes paused, and he looked behind Su Jianxing, and at the same time, a slightly familiar voice came from behind Su Jianxing: "Su Daoyou-"

Su Jianxing turned around and saw Taichen.

The disciples of the Immortal League saw Taichen and saluted him: "My lord." ”

Taichen nodded and said, "I'll come here, you guys go first." After that, he looked at Su Jianxing: "Are you sure Sister Ling is outside the city?" ”

Su Jianxing didn't know why he asked like this, but he still nodded, "It's getting late, my sister has always been afraid of the dark, Taichen Daoyou, I'll go first." ”

Taichen nodded, but said something completely irrelevant to Ah Yue: "Cheng Qian ran away." ”

"What?" Su Jianxing didn't react for a while, but soon she understood the meaning of Taichen's words, her body was stunned, and she looked at Taichen sharply: "Cheng Qian ran away?" When? ”

"Early this morning, maybe earlier." A hint of apology appeared on his face: "Originally, he was confined in his own courtyard, just waiting for someone from the Holy Yuan Sect to take him away, but unexpectedly, he ......"

Unexpectedly, Cheng Qian actually ran away.

Needless to say, Su Jianxing already understood. "It's coming at me."

Taichen said: "I'll go out of the city with you to find it." ”

Su Jianxing glanced at him and did not refuse.

Tonight the moon was bright and starless, and the cold moonlight cast a silver light on the earth.

Almost as soon as you leave the city gate, you can feel the chill brought by the wind on your face, and the little warmth in the day has been blown away by the wind.

Ah Yue didn't wear much when she went out, and at this time, she was afraid that she would be frozen enough.

A mile away from the city gate is a dense forest, known as the Forest of No Return, and the name sounds ominous.

It is said that thousands of years ago, when the deserted city was still called Linxian City, there was no such forest at all. Standing on the towering city wall, all you can see is a large area of endless thousands of acres of fertile fields and scattered villages and towns. Until the extreme eye, you can faintly see a mountain range that is half hidden in the clouds and mist all year round.

It is a gathering place for demon beasts, mortals and monks rarely set foot in it, and few can come out again when they enter, and it is called the Ridge of No Return.

Of course, the demon beasts of the Ridge of No Return never come out of the mountain, so for tens of thousands of years, the demon beasts and mortals in the Ridge of No Return have also maintained a peaceful situation where the well water does not interfere with the river water.

This situation was broken thousands of years ago, when the first demon beast tide began to be broken.

The tide of monsters caused by unknown reasons washed away countless houses and fertile fields along the road.

The monsters in the monster tide have no reason, they rely on instinct, not only tearing humans, but also fighting each other, and the scene is extremely tragic.

At first, everyone thought that the monster tide was just an accident, and after the monsters faded, there were people who went back to reorganize their homes and continue to live their lives, but they didn't expect that nightmares were always repeated.

Within a few years, the fertile land was turned into wasteland. Plants and trees grow unchecked, and over time a forest is formed. The location of the monster's activity gradually expanded to the forest.

The forest becomes a forest of no return.

"It's in the forest of no return." Su Jianxing closed his eyes, tried to sense Ah Yue's qi and said, "Let's look for it separately." ”

She hadn't expected Ah Yue to have such an accident before, so she didn't deliberately leave a mark on Ah Yue. Just with the sword embryo and peach hairpin she refined for Ah Yue and Zhen Zhen, she could sense the vague direction was already the limit.

Taichen stopped her and said, "Don't rush in, you can replenish the aura first." ”

Su Jianxing glanced at him, and said in his heart that this person was very observant. When Su Jianxing opened the ban before, he consumed most of his aura, and he had to go to the Forest of No Return to find someone for a while, and the remaining aura was not enough.

Without any hesitation, she took a top-grade spirit stone to replenish her aura.

Taichen didn't realize it, and raised his eyes to look at the forest in front of him.

This forest is full of branches and leaves, layered on top of each other, blocking all the moonlight from the outside, and a black hole inside. It is like a dark shadow formed by a giant beast lying on the ground in the dark night, giving people a sense of danger and mystery.

From time to time, there was a flash of fluorescence in the forest, which was the light from the eyes of the monsters lurking in the night.

While Taichen was looking at it, Su Jianxing had already absorbed a top-grade spirit stone.

"Alright." Su saw Xingdao.

Taichen nodded, handed over a communication stone and said, "Take it, keep in touch." ”

Su saw the result, and nodded at him, without any further delay, his figure flashed and went into the forest.

Taichen also entered it.

Not long after the two of them entered, the moonlight in the sky seemed to brighten up a little more, and there seemed to be some invisible breath flowing slowly in the clear moonlight, converging and forming.

……

The wind stops in the center of the City Lord's Mansion, sending spiritual energy to the city protection array.

The Great Protective Array is the foundation for the deserted city to stand after thousands of years of countless demon beast tides. The lives of the 100,000 people in the city depended on it.

And the aura required to carry out the city protection array once is huge, so it is necessary to replenish the aura from time to time on weekdays for the next time the formation is opened.

Those disciples who were sent to serve by various sects like Su Jianxing could not only exchange the materials they picked up after each demon beast tide for contribution points, but also by sending spiritual energy to the large array every once in a while to exchange contribution points. Of course, there is a fixed amount of aura delivered every month, and only when this standard is reached can you get basic contribution points.

In addition, if there is a surplus and can continue to lose aura, the contribution points will be doubled.

It's just that the last rule is rarely met. When the Immortal Alliance formulated a fixed monthly amount of spiritual energy, it prescribed different amounts for disciples of different realm levels. It's basically stuck with the points that those disciples can achieve. It's almost impossible to overdo it.

For example, Su Jianxing used to even post one or two spirit stones in order to get basic contribution points every month, not to mention excess.

Of course, the amount of spiritual energy delivered each month was not completely enough to maintain the operation of the entire Great Array just by relying on the uneven level of cultivation of the service disciples. Therefore, this work, the disciples of the Immortal League stationed in the site are doing it, and as the city lord, Zhifeng naturally has to do it, and even do more.

Two hours later, Zhifeng came out of the control room with a pale face. Even if his cultivation had reached the stage of transforming into a god, his spiritual power was not enough to support the operation of the entire array. It's no wonder that the Great Array needs so many people to maintain every month, and the power of this array is a few points stronger than the Mountain Protection Great Array of ordinary sects.

Stepping out of the house, a disciple of the Immortal League greeted him, and asked with a look of diligence and some puzzlement: "City Lord, the demon beast tide has just passed a few days ago, and there will be no more problems in the short term as usual, why are you working so hard?" ”

The disciple said it easily, but Zhifeng didn't think so in his heart. Although he was exactly the same as the disciple according to the convention, he was always worried in his heart these days, thinking that something would happen.