Chapter 531: Spirits All over the City
After hearing what Zhao Mu said, Luo Ninghua stopped insisting.
"Then you have to protect me. If I die, the benefits promised to you will be in vain."
"Okay, okay, just threaten me like this. Don't worry, even if you die, I will take advantage of it."
While it's hot?
Luo Ninghua was stunned for a moment before she understood.
"Ugh...you are so disgusting, you are worthy of being the master of the Demon Sect."
Zhao Mu didn't waste any more nonsense, and started to move forward with Luo Ninghua, who was protected by the space cage, and flew towards the light source.
After flying for hundreds of miles, there was no grass or any sign of life along the way.
On the contrary, the soul power fluctuations in the air became more and more active.
Continuing forward, Zhao Mu saw some spiritual bodies moving one after another.
But these spirits are not ghosts, but practitioners who have voluntarily abandoned their physical bodies.
Without the shackles of the physical body, the self-awareness of these spiritual monks has become extremely pure. They have almost no concern for what is happening in the outside world and are completely immersed in practice, just like ascetic monks.
Zhao Mu's appearance did not attract their attention.
In this way, Zhao Mu arrived at the center of the light source unimpeded.
There are also the remains of an ancient city here.
But the scale is much smaller than what we encountered before, and it is estimated that it can only accommodate tens of thousands of people, more like a tribe.
The buildings here are not tall and advanced, and there is a primitive and wild feeling everywhere. There are houses built of logs, stone houses piled with slates, and some are more straightforward. They just dig an open-air tunnel and repair it a little. Think of it as a home.
Of course, there are no signs of life in the city.
But most of the houses house one or two spiritual monks.
This is an ancient city that is lifeless but seems to be bustling with people.
Facing this situation, Luo Ninghua couldn't help but feel a little numb: "Sect Master Zhao, I always feel that there is a strange atmosphere in this place. Those spirits clearly saw us but turned a blind eye to us. Don't you think so?" Isn’t it strange?”
Of course Zhao Mu knew something was wrong here, but he couldn't explain why for a while, so he didn't say much and just continued flying towards the center of the ancient city.
There is a large domed building there, which looks like half a hollow eggshell covered on the ground. There seems to be a large number of spirits gathered inside.
After getting closer, Zhao Mu found that the number of spirits here was more than expected, hundreds of thousands of them, gathered in crowded groups.
But it was very quiet, not a single sound was heard.
Most of the spirits didn't pay too much attention after seeing Zhao Mu.
There were only a few spirits that kept looking at Zhao and Mu, their eyes seemed a little wary and curious.
Zhao Mu came to a spirit body that was watching him and tried to negotiate with her.
But the latter said nothing and had no interest in talking to Zhao Mu.
Zhao Mu had no choice but to search around based on his feelings.
But after exploring the ancient city inside and outside, nothing unusual was found.
Or maybe the place itself is too unusual.
As for the source of the light source, Zhao Mu searched for a long time and found that it came from a spring.
A very ordinary spring water looks very ordinary to the naked eye, but if you perceive it with your spiritual power, you will find that the light coming from this spring water is extremely dazzling. Zhao Mu felt as if his soul was being burned just by taking one more look.
But when he wanted to explore deep into the spring, he found that there was just a void below the spring.
It's getting more and more weird.
"What the hell is this place? Can we still find a way out?" Luo Ninghua became a little anxious.
Zhao Mu frowned, thought for a while, and said, "I probably know where this place is, but if I want to verify it, I'm afraid I need to wait patiently for a while."
After that, he dragged Luo Ninghua to an empty stone house and used the power of law to disguise the two of them.
After a while, both of them turned into translucent spirit shapes.
"This is?"
Luo Ninghua was puzzled.
Zhao Mu just said: "Don't talk, just watch quietly."
Although Luo Ninghua was full of questions, she could only pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Time passed by minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, it was already two hours later.
Just when Luo Ninghua was about to get impatient with the wait, she heard that the ancient city, which was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop, suddenly became very lively.
It was as if some switch had been turned on.
The spirits who had been standing still started to walk around in the streets.
Some spirits even started to set up stalls to sell food.
Some spirits call friends to accompany them, recite poems and compose poems, which is quite charming.
Seeing this scene, Luo Ninghua was stunned for a while.
But she still didn't dare to ask, for fear of missing Zhao Mu's plan.
"Watch carefully, someone should be coming."
Zhao Mu pointed out the window.
Luo Ninghua looked seriously with wide eyes.
as expected.
After a while, a living man appeared swaggeringly on the streets of the ancient city.
They were only a few hundred meters away.
The man was not tall, had a fat head and big ears, and was very rich. He was wearing top-notch magic weapons. He had a purple gold gourd tied around his waist, which gave off the vibrations of an immortal weapon.
The rich fat man put his hands behind his back and started to walk through the streets. He shook his head and tail as he walked, and was full of ruffian spirits. From time to time, he kicked the spirits around him and overturned two stalls. His behavior was very high-profile, but those spirits were extremely respectful to him. Even if they were bullied, they would kneel down and beg for mercy, calling the fat man "big official".
"What's going on?" Luo Ninghua became more and more confused.
"Why do I feel like I'm dreaming, so confused."
"You guessed it right, I'm dreaming." Zhao Mu explained: "But it's not us who are dreaming, but the fat man."
"You mean, we are in the fat man's dream?"
Zhao Mu nodded.
"How is this possible!"
"As I expected, this fat man should be the Hades who sits in the Paradise Abyss. When I entered the Paradise Abyss just now, I noticed that the space here is weird and hard to distinguish between reality and illusion. Many laws and rules are invalid here, so I guessed that this place is definitely not the real space."
Luo Ninghua said again: "So I was attracted at the beginning, actually attracted by the dream of this disgusting fat man?"
"Almost, the main problem lies in the spring water. After my observation, the spring water should be connected to the fat man's spiritual consciousness. It has a special attraction that can materialize the fat man's dream and create a seamless connection with the real world."
"The reason why I have to wait until now is that I want to wait for the fat man to take the initiative to enter the dream, so that I can face his spiritual will."
"Only in this way can there be a chance to break through the dream and return to the real world."
Luo Ninghua nodded as if he understood.
"Then we can just go up and beat up the fat guy now, right?"
"To be on the safe side, I have to seal the spring water first to prevent the fat guy from escaping. What you have to do is to help me attract the fat guy's attention. Do you have confidence?"
Luo Ninghua looked at herself who was firmly protected by the space cage, and felt helpless for a moment: "It's difficult for me to move like this, how can I attract him."
Zhao Mu cast a trusting look: "Believe in your charm, you can do it."
"Okay, I'll try, but if you are in danger, you must come to save me in time, otherwise I will be taken advantage of by the fat guy, and you will be the one who suffers."