Chapter 176: Is This Yelan City?

Moments ago.

After traveling day and night for two days, under Xiu Qingcheng’s lead, Meng Yingxing finally entered the hinterland of the Yelan region.

According to their speed, they should be able to reach the vicinity of Yelan City very soon.

“I remember… we should be almost there, right?”

Relying on her powerful memory, Xiu Qingcheng recalled that the place they were now was already close to the location of Yelan City in her memory.

Hearing this, Meng Yingxing, standing on the Ting Tian Sword, subconsciously looked toward the ground.

Xiu Qingcheng had already begun to descend, and everything on the ground began to become clearly visible.

But what reflected in Meng Yingxing’s eyes now was only a continuous stretch of lush green forest; there was absolutely no sign of Yelan City.

“It’s so high up here; let’s go down and take a look.”

Xiu Qingcheng suggested, then took Meng Yingxing down at full speed.

Just as Meng Yingxing stepped off the Ting Tian Sword, it transformed into a human form following beside him.

“Master, are you sure… this is where Yelan City is located?”

Meng Yingxing looked around.

The surrounding trees were lush, and birds chirped in the forest; there was absolutely no shadow of any city.

Beside him, Xiu Qingcheng hesitated for a moment, “Should be… right here? Let’s look further ahead.”

“After all, I don’t remember when I visited Yelan City; it’s reasonable for memory to have some deviations.”

Saying this, Xiu Qingcheng strode forward with large steps.

Meng Yingxing immediately followed Xiu Qingcheng’s pace, exploring this dense forest.

After scrambling through the forest for a while, Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing finally found the shadow of a city.

Moreover, it was truly—a “shadow.”

The two stood side by side, staring blankly ahead.

“Master… this wouldn’t be the Yelan City you mentioned, right?”

After hesitating for a moment, Meng Yingxing decided to ask Xiu Qingcheng.

After all… this city in front of them looked somewhat… ancient no matter how you looked at it.

“Should be… maybe… possibly?”

Let alone Meng Yingxing, even Xiu Qingcheng herself was somewhat uncertain looking at the city before her.

Only because at this moment, they saw no bustling city, nor towering city walls.

The city before their eyes was nothing but some broken walls and ruins covered with verdant plants.

The broken walls and ruins covered a wide area, and the remaining stone materials were enormous; at a glance, it was undoubtedly the ruins of a city.

Xiu Qingcheng stood blankly for a moment, then reached out and pressed her hand on this mottled and broken wall.

The Yelan City in her memory seemed to gradually overlap with the broken walls before her eyes.

Xiu Qingcheng took a light breath and nodded heavily.

“This is indeed Yelan City… how did it become like this now?”

She was puzzled; clearly in her memory, Yelan City was a city so prosperous it didn’t lose to Yongning City.

How could revisiting the old haunt turn out to be this ancient city appearance?

Meng Yingxing’s expression darkened slightly as he took a few steps back.

He came to Yelan City for the Blood Kong Flower.

And now…

“Master, if Yelan City is gone, then does it mean… the Blood Kong Flower also no longer exists?”

Meng Yingxing’s voice was heavy, seeming somewhat disappointed.

Even Xiu Qingcheng’s face didn’t look too good. She had her back to Meng Yingxing and didn’t even dare to turn around to face him.

One could say that at this moment, Xiu Qingcheng was sweating like rain behind her back.

Finished, finished, finished; this time it’s finished.

She had vowed solemnly to her disciple that Blood Kong Flowers could be found in Yelan City, but now, let alone Blood Kong Flowers, even Yelan City was gone!

Wouldn’t she instantly become an unreliable second-rate master whose words couldn’t be trusted!

Even repairing spiritual veins had to give her disciple some intensity.

Failing the breakthrough was one thing, but now even repairing spiritual veins was giving her disciple trouble.

Meng Yingxing must be very disappointed in her right now.

Thinking that Meng Yingxing might be disappointed in her, Xiu Qingcheng felt somewhat guilty.

The guiltier she felt, the more she sweated.

Xiu Qingcheng coughed violently a few times to embolden herself before daring to turn around to face Meng Yingxing.

Looking as usual, she didn’t know that her clothes were already soaked through several times.

“Don’t worry; it’s not like the Blood Kong Flower only existed after Yelan City. If we look around here, maybe we can still find Blood Kong Flowers.”

Xiu Qingcheng tried to salvage some dignity as a master.

“When the time comes, discard the stems and leaves and eat it directly! The protein is definitely three times that of beef, Disciple! Ah ha ha ha ha—”

Sigh, what on earth am I saying!

Xiu Qingcheng mentally gave her nonsense-spouting self a slap.

“Master, I’m not in a hurry.”

Seeing the somewhat flustered Xiu Qingcheng, Meng Yingxing knew she felt guilty.

He guessed it was because Master felt she had been a disservice and was afraid he would be angry and disappointed.

But he would never feel angry or disappointed with Master.

“Then Master, let’s look around here. If we can find the Blood Kong Flower, that’s best; if we can’t find it, we’ll find another way.”

Meng Yingxing’s deep voice was quite gentle; landing in Xiu Qingcheng’s ears, it actually made her feel less guilty.

Xiu Qingcheng was slightly stunned; in her vision was Meng Yingxing with a faint smile.

Meng Yingxing, who had unknowingly grown to be about the same height as her, seemed to have matured a lot.

Compared to him, she was more like a little disciple who made a fuss over nothing.

Xiu Qingcheng’s eyes panicked for a moment, then quickly covered it up.

She hummed, habitually putting on airs in front of Meng Yingxing again, “Then let me go look.”

“Even if there aren’t any here, Master will find other rare… even if there aren’t any here, Master will find other ways for you to get the Blood Kong Flower.”

Having made such a big boast, Xiu Qingcheng was particularly diligent when searching the ruins of this adjacent city.

Even the newly built bird nests on the trees were turned upside down by her; she was just short of lifting the ground and digging three feet deep.

Seeing such a willing-to-work master, even Meng Yingxing felt afraid.

Unfortunately, after a search, they found nothing.

Xiu Qingcheng sighed and simply squatted in front of the broken walls of the city, supporting her face with both hands, staring at the ruins in a daze.

Her mind only recalled that there was such a city as Yelan, and there was such a flower as Blood Kong in the city.

As for specifics, like why she remembered this city or what she had experienced in it, Xiu Qingcheng couldn’t quite recall.

Probably because her spirit and soul had existed for too long, she was getting senile dementia.

“Master, there seems to be some movement over there.”

Meng Yingxing turned from the other side, interrupting Xiu Qingcheng’s thoughts with his voice.

Xiu Qingcheng stood up and looked in the direction Meng Yingxing pointed.

“Go, let’s take a look.”

The two hurried towards the direction of the movement, crossing through layers of bushes and woods, and saw a young girl being attacked by a demonic beast in a place that could be called a dead end.

Seeing injustice on the road, draw your sword and help; Meng Yingxing didn’t hesitate at all. At the critical moment, he projected the Ting Tian Sword, accurately piercing through the demonic beast pouncing on the girl.

“Miss, are you alright?”

As usual, Xiu Qingcheng followed Meng Yingxing to Shen Xu’s side, listening to him ask about Shen Xu’s condition.

The girl in front of them seemed to be scared silly, staring at them without blinking; it took a while for her to react.

“I, I’m fine! Thank you both… for your help!”

The girl jumped up from the ground with a carp kip and cupped her fists to Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing.

She looked very spirited, her voice loud enough to start a warship; the phrase “thank you for your help” made Xiu Qingcheng’s ears buzz.

Just as Shen Xu was about to say a few more words to Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing, the demonic beast, not dead even after eating a sword from Meng Yingxing, pounced on them again with the Ting Tian Sword stuck in its body.

“Careful!”

Shen Xu’s almond eyes widened as she shouted loudly behind Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing.

Meng Yingxing had already noticed; he turned around like lightning. Simultaneously, with a thought from Xiu Qingcheng, the Ting Tian Sword flew back through the air, landing right in Meng Yingxing’s hand.

Catching the Ting Tian Sword, Meng Yingxing’s expression turned cold as he swung the sword to meet the wolf beast.

“This demonic beast is already injured; let’s end the battle quickly.”

“But Disciple, don’t push yourself too hard.”

When Meng Yingxing rushed up, Xiu Qingcheng followed beside him, providing assistance like a shadow.

If it weren’t for Xiu Qingcheng fearing secondary damage to Meng Yingxing’s internal spiritual veins, she wouldn’t worry so much!

Meng Yingxing deflected the wolf beast’s attack with a sword strike, then kicked it over with one foot.

Meng Yingxing nodded slightly, his sword move already unleashed.

Seeing the flowing movements of Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing just now, Shen Xu was astonished, all emotions in her eyes…

She saw the demonic beast that their City Guard Army had expended great effort to deal with being treated like a helpless chick under the hands of these two banished immortals, taken down in two or three moves.

Shen Xu probably forgot that this demonic beast was already heavily injured, so it was truly normal for it to be casually taken down by Meng Yingxing.

One sword sealed the throat.

Meng Yingxing sighed lightly and pulled the Ting Tian Sword out from where it had sunk deep into the ape beast’s vitals.

He lowered his head to stare closely at the ape beast’s strange four eyes, frowning.

“I read records of demonic beasts in the Tianfeng Sect, but I never remember there being such a demonic beast.”

“The world is big; how many demonic beasts are there? It’s normal for you not to have seen it.”

Xiu Qingcheng laughed lightly.

“Then Master, have you seen it?”

“No.”

While the two were studying this Four-Eyed Ape Beast, Shen Xu had already run over excitedly.

She somewhat impolitely bumped between the two and grabbed both Xiu Qingcheng’s and Meng Yingxing’s hands.

Meng Yingxing & Xiu Qingcheng: “?”

The two turned their heads to look at Shen Xu simultaneously.

As soon as they turned their heads, they were first blinded by Shen Xu’s shining eyes.

What dazzling light! More dazzling than the sun in the sky! Unable to look directly!

“Look! You two must be spiritual cultivators, right?!”

“Although some spiritual cultivators pass through the city, this is the first time I’ve seen spiritual cultivators fighting!”

“Really so amazing!”

“My name is Shen Xu, just turned seventeen this year, a new recruit of the Yelan City Guard Army!”

Once Shen Xu opened her mouth, she couldn’t stop at all; give her a little time, and she could even recite her life experience on her own.

Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing didn’t care about anything else, but they caught a keyword from Shen Xu’s mouth—Yelan City Guard Army.

But wasn’t Yelan City the ruins they just saw? How could there still be people?

Or perhaps… it was purely Xiu Qingcheng’s mistake just now.

“Miss Shen Xu, we happen to be looking for Yelan City; I wonder how to get to Yelan City?”

Xiu Qingcheng paused; the opportunity to regain face in front of her disciple had come again, so she immediately and hurriedly asked Shen Xu.

Hearing this, Shen Xu gripped their hands even tighter, her smile deepening.

“That is truly too coincidental; you two, how about walking the rest of the road with me?”

Family, I picked up two spiritual cultivators on the road, and they want to go back to Yelan City with me!

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