Chapter 88: Eternal Dao City

Eternal Dao City

If Qin Fengyu knew Qu Qu Tan Yue, she would probably know who Ruan Ci learned bad things from. She said this casually, but Ruan Ci reflected for a long time whether she had been subtly influenced by Qu Qu Tan Yue, learning his sweet-talking way to deceive people. Although this is actually not bad, she still wants to master all her changes.

The night passed without words. The next day, Li Pingyan called the two women and went to the Qingcheng Gate. He had integrated deeply at this time and could see the passage inside the Qingcheng Gate, but in Ruan Ci's view, there was no difference inside and outside the city gate. Li Pingyan frowned, "Later, I will get the road guide and give it to Junior Sister Ci. You see if you can refine it."

A month has almost passed, whether it is taking treasure medicine or naturally integrating with the breathing of spiritual energy, many cultivators have tried to pass through to the depths. The death of more than twenty people outside the city a few days ago only stirred up a tense atmosphere at that time. After a night, many bold cultivators have lurked back, preparing their luggage near the Qingcheng Gate.

"A few days ago, I heard that several Sheng Sect disciples have entered." Li Pingyan lived at the Qingcheng Gate for a period of time, and as a Mao Sect disciple, he was well-informed. "Only relying on breathing spiritual energy, natural integration, naturally the more you swallow, the faster the integration. Those small sect disciples are because their own cultivation is too poor. If they rely on themselves, they have to take three or four months to integrate, plus the time to rush back to the shore, almost no time to seek treasure, so they can only bet on luck and increase risks, so they can barely not lose."

If it were Ruan Ci and Qin Fengyu's qualifications, they should have integrated long ago, but they saw through the essence of the Hengze Heaven, which made the shadow residents very close to them, but also made them incompatible with this place. Ruan Ci had the help of the Donghua Sword, which was better, but Qin Fengyu's speed of absorbing spiritual energy was always slow and difficult. Ruan Ci actually had another doubt in her heart, that is, if they walked into the depths of the Hengze Heaven, if the spiritual energy became closer and closer to the old universe, would it become a place of absolute spiritual energy for Qin Fengyu.

As long as you go out for adventure, you can only see the walking. At most, you can only let Qin Fengyu return early, or give up the search for the Hengze Jade Dew. Ruan Ci saw a few little cultivators walk into the Qingcheng Gate, talking and laughing with the shadow soldiers guarding the Qingcheng Gate, as if they were very familiar. Not long after, they each got a token, as if it were a road guide. These people walked forward, and their figures gradually disappeared—in her view, they disappeared in the city gate and did not appear on the flat ground behind the city gate. But in Li Pingyan's view, they walked into the blue stone road behind the city gate and went to the city behind the city gate.

"The eight city gates are actually the portals of the Hengze Heaven city to the outside... The small towns on the periphery can only be said to be the markets attached to the city... No wonder it is so simple, the scale is not large, and there is no city wall."

Ruan Ci couldn't help but whisper, and Li Pingyan also said, "Not bad, these little cultivators have used treasure medicine and are treated as their own people, so they can smoothly get the road guide, and we have to show our own abilities."

While speaking, a white-haired cultivator walked into the city gate, gesturing and communicating with the shadow soldiers. The shadow soldiers looked unhappy, made a driving gesture, and the spear pointed at the white-haired cultivator. Li Pingyan couldn't help but reveal a solemn expression, but Ruan Ci didn't notice anything. She was incompatible with this layer of the world, and naturally couldn't sense the changes in the energy field.

"Is it hard to fight?" She asked Li Pingyan. Li Pingyan whispered, "At least for that person, it should be a difficult opponent."

The white-haired cultivator retreated after measuring, but didn't give up, but took out the spiritual money of this place from his arms and sent it to the soldier. The shadow soldier counted the money, looked at the white-haired cultivator again, took out a token from his arms, and threw it to him at will. The white-haired cultivator walked forward in a hurry, and soon his figure disappeared.

Such a vivid picture, Ruan Ci almost laughed out loud, saying, "Why are there such things everywhere?"

Li Pingyan laughed, "Isn't this very good? Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many cultivators coming to the Hengze Heaven. If you can't beat the gatekeeper, you can buy the road with money. That's why everyone has been working hard to kill monsters and sell money this month. Even if you are confident enough to fight a way out, you can also exchange with others with the talisman money of this place for spiritual jade and Baozhi money, which is always a steady profit."

He also earned a lot of spiritual money, originally could buy the road directly, but at this time said, "I'll go and fight first, and then try to see if I can buy two more road guides."

This favor must be recognized by the two women. Qin Fengyu pulled Ruan Ci's sleeve, Ruan Ci said, "Then I will give the spiritual money to Senior Brother Li first."

She also left an extra heart. If Qin Fengyu could integrate, she would give spiritual jade directly, but if Qin Fengyu walked into the depths of the Hengze Heaven and absorbed spiritual energy more and more difficult, then spiritual jade must be used for her first.

Li Pingyan shook his head, "Ask if it works first."

He patted his clothes and walked toward the city gate, said a few words to the soldier, then retreated a few steps, and bowed. The soldier didn't bow back, but patted his shoulder, thinking it was a greeting, lit the spear, turned into a stream of light, and rushed toward Li Pingyan.

Ruan Ci was not in the energy field, and watching the two fight was like scratching an itch through a boot, completely confused. But the other cultivators beside the Qingcheng Gate all revealed solemn expressions, and some made defensive postures. Clearly, the spiritual pressure fluctuations from the place where the two fought were enough to make people uncomfortable.

These two flew to the sky and escaped to the ground, shuttling back and forth around the Qingcheng Gate. After fighting for half an hour, Li Pingyan landed on the ground, his face a bit pale, but he was still intact. The spear in the soldier's hand was broken. He revealed an appreciative look at Li Pingyan, took out a token from his arms and handed it over. Ruan Ci had sharp eyes, and saw that the color of the token seemed to be different from the one the white-haired cultivator got just now. Qin Fengyu also whispered, "The road guide he got should have other uses. After entering the city, he might be recruited by the city lord. I heard from the senior brother in the sect that there are several kinds of road guides in the Hengze Heaven, and each has different uses."

After Li Pingyan got the road guide, he didn't leave, but talked to the soldier in a low voice, took out talisman money, handed it to the soldier, and pointed to Ruan Ci and the two women from afar. The shadow soldier also followed to look, grabbed the talisman money, but shook his head and said a few words to Li Pingyan.

Li Pingyan retracted his hand and put the talisman money into his arms. He walked back to the side of the two women and shook his head disappointedly, "He won't sell, one person can only get one road guide."

Ruan Ci took the road guide, poured magic power into it, and there was no response at all. She took the road guide and walked into the Qingcheng Gate, but there was no change. This Qingcheng Gate was still a big gate standing on the open space. Walking from here to there was just walking from one end of the open space to the other.

Qin Fengyu also tested it, the same as Ruan Ci. Li Pingyan said, "It seems we can only separate temporarily. When the ninth month comes, I will come back in time, and the three of us will meet here."

If you can't enter the city gate, you can only guard here. Fortunately, eight months is just a few retreats for Foundation Establishment cultivators. Qin Fengyu didn't object. Ruan Ci pondered for a moment, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of the old universe, and really wanted to go in and explore. "Wait, let me try, maybe there is another way."

Li Pingyan and the two looked at her suspiciously. Ruan Ci gritted her teeth lightly and took out a silver hairpin from her Qiankun bag, "Let me see if this works."

She inserted the silver hairpin on the top of her head, only feeling that the energy field around her 'boomed' and shook lightly. For a time, near the Qingcheng Gate, all the shadow residents seemed to pay attention to her. The scenery around her was extremely mysterious, just like she was in the Qinghua Myriad Things Heaven, being attacked by the imaginary number, as if looking at this place through countless layers of glaze, the scenery was distorted and gorgeous, and the inside and outside of the city gate were superimposed with countless spatial scenery—

However, this was only for a moment. The next moment, the silver hairpin on her head heated up slightly, and she returned to where she was standing, but the surrounding scenery became vivid, no longer as dim as she had seen before. Those shadow residents also turned into entities, but didn't speak, their eyes were gloomy, all looking at her.

Looking at the inside of the Qingcheng Gate, it was completely different from just now. It was a thoroughfare, actually cast from refined gold, extending from the horizon, passing through the city gate, and extending into a brilliant and splendid city. There were many people coming and going in the city. Even with just a glance, one could imagine the style of the city.

"Junior Uncle," Qin Fengyu pulled her sleeve, but the voice seemed to come from afar, causing slight ripples. The next moment, with Ruan Ci's spiritual sense pouring in, it returned to normal. "You... really thought it through?"

Ruan Ci noticed that it was not just the shadow residents who were watching her, but the Langhuan cultivators were also surprised. I'm afraid they had already realized that this silver hairpin was a rare treasure and wanted to find a way to snatch it.

Just like this, it was not enough to make Qin Fengyu worry, but she couldn't follow Ruan Ci into the Hengze Heaven, and this time the Sheng Sect disciples who came, only a month, had Poison Sect disciples, Qinglian Sword Sect disciples, which was impressive. Qin Fengyu had fought with the suspected Qinglian Sword Sect disciple and had her own judgment on the strength of both sides. Clearly, she didn't think Ruan Ci could win against that person.

Even Ruan Ci herself didn't think she had no enemies in the Foundation Establishment period. After all, her cultivation was at the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment, still in the early stage. Even if she had something unusual, which core disciple of the Sheng Sect didn't have an encounter, and which one wasn't special? This trip was dangerous, she had already expected it. If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have made up her mind until now to take out the silver hairpin that disappeared for no reason and returned to her Qiankun bag for no reason.

But, since she took it out, her mind would not change. She nodded to Qin Fengyu and laughed, "Now that it has come

Qin Fengyu's face held a look of worry, but she did not continue to object. When going out for training, the greatest taboo is to make decisions for others. After all, she could not guarantee that Ruan Ci would be safe and sound if she stayed behind, so she just said softly, "Remember what I told you."

She was telling Ruan Ci to be careful of Li Pingyan. Ruan Ci smiled slightly and said, "I understand. You also remember what I told you: don't die inside this Qingcheng Gate, so that I can't find you when I come out."

For cultivators of the Central Continent, life and death are trivial matters. Qin Fengyu chuckled and stopped speaking. Ruan Ci said to Li Pingyan, "Shall we move?"

Li Pingyan had already put away his look of shock and laughed, "Let's go!"

He was very tactful and did not ask at all what the origin of that silver hairpin was. The two walked side by side toward the city gate. When they reached the city gate, two soldiers lowered their spears and said to Li Pingyan, "Travel permit!"

Li Pingyan took out the travel permit, and only then were the spears raised. Ruan Ci followed behind Li Pingyan as they walked forward, but the soldiers acted as if they did not see her; only their eyeballs followed the movement of Ruan Ci's silver hairpin, looking quite comical.

Ruan Ci walked into the city gate tunnel and could not help but look back, but by this time she could no longer see Qin Fengyu and the others. Looking back, there was the main thoroughfare, extending from the auspicious clouds. Within the auspicious clouds, treasure light shot in all directions, and one could vaguely hear the cry of a phoenix passing across the horizon.

She withdrew her gaze and followed Li Pingyan through the gate tunnel. Raising her eyes to look, she could not help but let out a long sigh, "This city... how majestic!"

The Shangqing Sect had also put on a grand display to welcome the Green Sword back to the mountain. Ruan Ci was not a country bumpkin cultivator who had never seen the world, but the Purple Essence Mountain and the Three Elements Marsh could not be compared to this towering golden city before her eyes. This golden city sat high upon the clouds at the edge of the sky, as if connecting heaven and earth. The multitude of palaces and pavilions were magnificent, and they vaguely circulated the spiritual rhyme of the Great Dao. Looking closely, they were actually all magic treasures forged into one!

Even without mentioning these, the intimidating aura emanating from the buildings alone made one feel the urge to kneel and worship. One look and it was clear that it was even more noble than the Purple Essence Mountain. Although Ruan Ci had never seen it before, once she stepped foot into this place, a realization vaguely surfaced in her heart: this place... this place was clearly...

"Strange, according to what the senior said, this Qingcheng was not like this..."

Beside her, Li Pingyan was also muttering to himself, "This place looks like... it actually looks like..."

"Haha!"

A mocking voice came from behind, "Can't you tell even this?"

"This Qingyun City is the residence of the Dao Ancestor! The Eternal Dao City!"

The residence of the Dao Ancestor?!

The two turned to look and saw several soldiers with left-lapel robes walking over enthusiastically, surrounding Li Pingyan, "Little brother, you have come at the right time! The North Gate is just short of people. Since you have a first-class token, hurry and follow us to repair the magic formation. The Dao Struggle is right before our eyes, and we cannot afford the slightest slack—"

They were very enthusiastic toward Li Pingyan but still acted as if they did not see Ruan Ci. Ruan Ci followed behind Li Pingyan, and these soldiers did not stop her either, which made the scene appear somewhat eerie. Ruan Ci followed Li Pingyan while thoughtfully muttering several terms that concerned her greatly.

"Residence of the Dao Ancestor... Eternal Dao City... Dao Struggle... Dao Struggle?"

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Updated; sorry to keep you all waiting. Yesterday, I was basically in a daze, sleeping and waking up all day. I didn't feel so uncomfortable after getting up, but my nose is still very stuffy. I slept very poorly last night; I would fall asleep for a while and then wake up because of the stuffy nose. I cried.

And I didn't write yesterday, ah ah, my saved drafts!

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