Floating clouds

Chapter 35

The beasts in the valley had already dispersed, and the road out of the valley was already occupied by thorns, so Lin Xinglu walked out quickly.

The moment he walked out of the valley, he felt the fluctuation of the surrounding spiritual energy. There was a layer of spiritual energy blocking the valley, separating the outside world and the inside of the valley into two worlds.

There was yellow sand everywhere outside the valley, and the sand was blown by the wind, leaving traces. The wind blew on his face like a knife. Within a moment, Lin Xinglu's whole body turned golden yellow.

He had never seen such a strange sight before. While watching, he walked towards the faintly visible city wall. Every time he took a step, the footprints behind him would be submerged in quicksand, covering up all traces.

When he walked to the gate of the city, the words 'Sand Dao City' were engraved on the gate. He smiled wryly, thinking that the name was very appropriate.

The city is sparsely populated, unlike Mirror Empty City, which is bustling and bustling. There are very few vendors on the street. The whole city seems to be covered by yellow sand, and all the places are dusty. Even the people walking on the street are so innocent. There was a numb expression on his lifeless, dry face, and even the whites of his eyes turned a pale yellow.

It was like the wind and sand wiped away the anger and hope of these people, and became puppets in the city.

Lin Xinglu was walking on the street, someone raised his head and glanced at it hastily, then lowered his head immediately.

He looked up and saw a tea shop, and went up to ask for a cup of tea.

"One cup of five spirit beads." Seeing him face to face, the shopkeeper said.

Lin Xinglu sat down in front of an oily table in the store, and watched the shopkeeper make tea. The tea did not use new water, but reboiled the water in the teapot, and then put some crushed tea into the cup. Tea leaves, if you pour it in, it will be brewed.

"Guest, your tea." The shopkeeper brought over a cup of mixed tea. The tea leaves in the cup were so broken that every sip had to be mixed in a lot, making the mouth bitter and astringent, full of dregs.

Lin Xinglu only took a sip, but couldn't drink any more, he said, "Pour me a glass of water."

The shopkeeper said: "That's also five spirit beads. If you take a sip of this tea, you have to pay five spirit beads."

Lin Xinglu nodded and asked the shopkeeper to pour water. He drank a glass of white water and gave it to Lingzhu. Just as he was about to go out, he saw a boy blowing in like a whirlwind. He picked up the remaining tea and poured it into his mouth.

The shopkeeper couldn't catch him for a while, and saw that he had already drunk half a glass of water, and the broken tea leaves were still stained on his mouth. Mother-raised thing, dare to come in without urinating to take care of yourself, see if I don't beat you to death today."

The child named Yuanzhao had a black face, and looked about the same age as Lin Mingqi, with disheveled hair, and he was beaten and scolded, but his eyes were burning, staring at the ground.

Lin Xinglu stopped when he heard the sentence, "Is there a mother who was born or not?" and grabbed the shopkeeper's wooden stick.

"I've already paid for the tea, and I'll drink it for him."

"Guest, you don't know, this kid..." The shopkeeper wanted to say something, but seeing the cold and tired eyes of the young man in front of him, like a knife that could pierce him, he let go timidly. hand, and said flatteringly: "Yes, yes, since the guest has spoken, then forget it."

Only then did Lin Xinglu take a step forward.

But that dirty kid followed up, didn't speak, just followed Lin Xinglu all the way, and didn't look back when he saw Lin Xinglu, as if the kindness just now was just a flash in the pan, and he felt even more disturbed.

Lin Xinglu stopped in front of a high-rise building. He had never used the teleportation array, but at this time he wanted to go to the Goddess Peak where the 'Stone Que Secret Realm' was opened, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"Brother Daoist, do you want to use the teleportation formation? It's expensive here. I know a place that's cheap and can teleport to the Spirit Beast City. Shall I take you there?" Seeing him hesitating, Yuan Zhao hurriedly stepped forward and said.

According to Lin Sheng, Spirit Beast City seems to be near Shennv Peak.

Lin Xinglu thought that the teleportation array was built between cities, and ordinary monks were not so capable of building it. He looked at the original photo, and the other party only reached his chest and was looking at him earnestly.

"Brother Dao, don't you believe it? This teleportation array was built by a monk in our city hundreds of years ago. He often travels and pays a lot of spirit beads every time. But he is a casual cultivator, so he is very suspicious of it." Dissatisfied, he found several monks to build this secretly." Seeing that he didn't believe it, Yuan Zhao hurriedly explained.

"Don't you city masters know?" Lin Xinglu asked.

"I don't know about this, but the city lord only cares about retreating and practicing, and doesn't care about these things."

"Is the monk who built the teleportation array still there?"

Yuanzhao shook his head.

Lin Xinglu listened carefully to what he said, and nodded in agreement.

"Brother Daoist." Seeing that he agreed, Yuan Zhao became happy and led Lin Xinglu to walk from the other side.

After bypassing several alleys, he stopped in front of an inconspicuous house.

"You can't go in until the lanterns are hung in the afternoon. Brother, let's sit here for a while." Yuan Zhao was a little afraid that Lin Xinglu would be angry, so he brought a stool, wiped off the dust with his sleeves, and asked Lin Xinglu to sit down.

Lin Xinglu was not in a hurry, he sat on the stool and worked his mind. Ever since he established his foundation, the original mind was useless to him. Every time he worked his mind, the aura couldn't be caught by Dantian, and Mu Zheng couldn't wake up. , he had no choice but to search for several days by himself, find out the inner method, and practice it by himself.

A "plop" sound interrupted Lin Xinglu. When he looked up, he saw Yuan Zhao kneeling in front of him.

He frowned, not knowing what Yuanzhao was going to do.

"Brother Daoist, can you take me with you?" Yuan Zhao's tears rolled down his dirty face, he knelt straight, and looked at Lin Xinglu expectantly.

"There is no Lingzhu here, so there is no water to drink. As long as the eldest brother is willing to take me out, I will be willing to be a cow or a horse!" Seeing that he was silent, Yuan Zhao hurriedly knelt and crawled to his feet. He didn't care that Lin Xinglu was bigger than him How much, begging.

Lin Xinglu frowned and said, "Although there are monsters in the valley outside the city, you can use water as long as you donate livestock. Why not?"

Yuan Zhao said: "It turned out to be usable, but the city lord fell ill a year ago and stayed behind closed doors. The guard elders of the city lord also disappeared. Our cultivation base is too low, and we dare not approach the valley."

Lin Xinglu didn't intend to be nosy, but he still felt a little strange after hearing it.

Why did the people around him disappear when the city lord was sick?

Yuan Zhao pleaded: "Brother, the teleportation array here only needs fifty spirit beads, I saved fifteen of them myself, and I will pay back the rest in the future, please."

Lin Xinglu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, when suddenly the courtyard door opened, and a middle-aged man reeking of alcohol came out, holding an unlit lantern in his hand, and his clothes were greasy.

While lighting the lantern, he scolded: "Yuan Zhao, you stinky brat is here to slander people again, the Taoist priest is also someone you can call elder brother, get out of here."

He sneaked a glance at Lin Xinglu, saw that his face was expressionless, and became even more proud. He made a gesture to kick the original photo. He was startled when he saw the original photo. Don't listen to this kid, Daoist, he'll do the same thing to everyone he meets."

Seeing that Lin Xinglu showed no mercy, Yuanzhao had already shed his tears, felt sad and hated, but he didn't dare to show it, and stood aside obediently.

Never thought that Lin Xinglu would suddenly turn around and ask, "Did you lie to me?"

Yuanzhao shook his head like a rattle, and explained: "No, what I'm telling is the truth."

"You still said no, where did you get the fifteen spirit beads! You obviously want to wait for the Taoist priest to soften his heart, and then you can coax the Taoist priest to give you the spirit beads." The middle-aged man gave him a look, and then smiled at Lin Xinglu .

Yuan Zhao argued vigorously: "I really have it, I saved it! Brother Dao, I didn't lie to you!"

Yuanzhao grew up alone and was very good at observing words and expressions. Seeing Lin Xinglu turned to ask him at this time, he knew that things had turned for the better. He refused to let go of this tiny opportunity, and hurriedly took out a cloth bag from his body.

The cloth bag was cleaner than his face, and it was tied with two ropes to seal it.

Lin Xinglu looked at the little thing dangling in the cloth bag, and said, "Let's go."

Yuanzhao opened his mouth wide, and quickly realized that he was so happy that he almost cried. He was afraid that Lin Xinglu would repent, so he followed closely. The middle-aged man gave him a vicious look, and cursed: "Stinky boy, you are so cheap!" gone."

Lin Xinglu walked into the house, and saw that the house was simple, but right at the patio in the courtyard, there were spirit beads as intermediaries, surrounding it into a hexagram, and the spiritual energy in the spirit beads supported the formation, shining a soft golden light.

The cultivator who built this formation must be unusual. He built the formation here in a grand manner and sent people to guard it. I'm afraid it also meant to challenge the city lord.

"Since there are two Taoist priests, they need a hundred spirit beads." The middle-aged man said.

Lin Xinglu counted a hundred for the middle-aged man, then stepped into the formation, and Yuan Zhao followed.

After a while of dizziness, I arrived at the Spirit Beast City.

Lin Xinglu had already heard the commotion on the street before he left the teleportation platform.