Chapter 464: Yaoxing City
Yaoxing City, Mages' Guild, Teleportation Array.
A burst of dazzling silver light rose from the array, and four figures appeared upon it.
"Ugh, a bit dizzy." Su Wanyue and Chen Jing, who were using a Teleportation Array for space jumping for the first time, both felt some discomfort.
"Is it the dizziness caused by space-time distortion? Don't worry, it will be fine in a moment!" Lingyun reached out to steady the two, simultaneously channeling a wisp of Source Power into their bodies to alleviate their sense of dizziness.
Aiweier, on the other hand, felt no discomfort; after all, for a Heavenly Domain Space-type Great Archmage to feel dizzy because of a Space Teleportation Array would truly be a huge joke.
"Heh, it seems some people are indeed seeking their own deaths!" Lingyun sneered, a wisp of silver light dancing at his fingertips.
"Lingyun, what are you muttering about?" Chen Jing asked with some curiosity.
"Nothing." Lingyun waved his hand, and the silver light at his fingertips quietly vanished.
"Is this place Yaoxing City?" Aiweier looked at the buildings on the street with some curiosity.
Unlike the many resplendent, gold-and-jade buildings in Norton Imperial City, most of the buildings in Yaoxing City were white, and they were dotted with scattered star symbols.
"It is said that at night, Yaoxing City is like a sea of stars, very beautiful!" Aiweier recalled the books she had read in the Spirit library and introduced it to Lingyun. "Moreover, no one is allowed to demolish or build at will in Yaoxing City. If one wants to do so, they must report it to the City Lord Mansion. Only after obtaining the consent of the City Lord Mansion can work begin, and there must be specialized construction personnel from the City Lord Mansion to supervise the work and install the star symbols; otherwise, one will face a siege from the City Lord Mansion."
"Tsk, this City Lord Mansion is too overbearing!" Chen Jing could not help but gasp.
"The City Lord Mansion's public explanation is that the star symbols in Yaoxing City are all arranged according to a certain orientation; if there is any mistake in any place, the brilliant sea of stars at night will not appear. And many years ago, the City Lord Mansion also proved this in public, and the situation is indeed so," Aiweier said.
"Could it be that these star symbols are used to construct an Array!" Su Wanyue thought of another possibility.
"This matter has also been denied; after all, there were quite a few Array Masters present at the time, and they did not notice anything wrong with these stars," Aiweier shook her head and said.
"The Array I am talking about is not necessarily a Magic Array!" Chen Jing turned her gaze to Lingyun. "Lingyun, what do you think?"
"There is no Array fluctuation in this place right now, but it might not be the case at night!" Lingyun looked at the star symbols on the buildings on both sides, wondering what he was thinking.
"It seems you have already seen something, Lingyun!" Chen Jing said with a grin. "Then let's come out at night to see what secrets are hidden in this Yaoxing City!"
"Seen it?" Aiweier looked at Lingyun with some confusion.
Nearly a thousand years have passed since the establishment of Yaoxing City, and no one has been able to find the secrets hidden in this city. From this perspective, she herself did not believe that Lingyun, who had just arrived in Yaoxing City, could crack this thousand-year-old mystery of Yaoxing City. However, throughout their journey together, the various incredible things Lingyun had displayed made her hesitate in her heart, not daring to jump to conclusions.
"Don't think so much, let's go shopping!" Seeing Aiweier lost in thought, Chen Jing grabbed her hand and dragged her forward.
Looking at the two who had run far away, Lingyun just smiled and shook his head, then looked at Su Wanyue beside him. Su Wanyue looked up at Lingyun, then stretched out her hands and hugged Lingyun's arm.
"Aiweier, look, these stones look so unique!" Chen Jing picked up a stone from a small stall and said to Aiweier.
"Hmm, this stone?" Although Aiweier's strength was suppressed, within a certain range, her perception was still there; the moment she touched the stone, she felt a vast power contained within it.
"Boss, how much for this thing?" Chen Jing tossed the stone in her hand and asked.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this young lady really has a good eye. This stone was salvaged by me with great difficulty from the Yaoxing River around Yaoxing City. This kind of stone only appears once in a hundred years; it is a treasure seen once in a century!" Looking at the stone in Chen Jing's hand, the stall owner said with a serious face. "You must know, at that time I was..."
"Alright, stop bragging!" Chen Jing interrupted him directly. "Tell me, how much for this stone?"
"Not expensive, not expensive, one thousand gold coins!" The stall owner rubbed his hands and said.
"One thousand gold coins?" Aiweier could not help but widen her eyes.
"I see, one gold coin?" Chen Jing nodded, then casually flicked a gold coin, which landed in front of the stall owner.
"Cough cough, young lady, I think you heard wrong. This stone is one thousand gold coins, no bargaining!" The stall owner coughed lightly and said slowly.
"At a time like this, as long as I go to the riverbank and say a word, one silver coin can get someone to fish up a pile for me. The reason I am giving you one gold coin is as a labor fee for you to move this stone from the riverbank to here!" Chen Jing said with a calm expression.
"I said, this stone, one thousand gold coins, no bargaining!" A powerful Evil Energy appeared on the stall owner's body, shrouding the direction of Chen Jing.
"Tsk tsk, this Kuang Lang is using his strength to extort people again! I wonder how much money this outsider will be extorted for this time!" Not far away, a stall owner said helplessly to the person beside him. "It's just a pity for such a pretty little girl; she might be left with psychological trauma in the future!"
"One thousand gold coins? Your life is not worth one thousand gold coins!" Facing Kuang Lang's murderous aura, a fierce glint flashed in Chen Jing's eyes.
To think he dared to extort Miss Chen Jing; this guy was truly tired of living! Mental Power condensed to the extreme erupted from Chen Jing, turning into a powerful invisible blade that slashed heavily onto Kuang Lang's Evil Energy.
"Boom—" A muffled sound rang out from the Void. Kuang Lang let out a muffled groan, and the ground beneath his feet shattered inch by inch. After Chen Jing's Mental Power completely shredded Kuang Lang's Evil Energy, it slammed heavily into his Spirit Sea. Countless amounts of blood flowed from Kuang Lang's seven orifices, making him look extremely terrifying.
"Crack, crack—" The ground around where the gold coin landed suddenly caved in, and countless spiderweb-like cracks spread in all directions.
"You, you..." Kuang Lang's body trembled, then he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.
"Let's go!" Chen Jing tossed the stone in her hand and said to Aiweier.
Aiweier nodded, then followed Chen Jing away from there.
The surrounding vendors looked at Kuang Lang, who had collapsed on the ground, life or death unknown, and could not help but feel a lingering fear in their hearts. Where was this a delicate little girl? This was clearly a terrifying female Rakshasa!
"Chen Jing, why did you strike so hard just now?" Aiweier asked Chen Jing with some curiosity; in her impression, Chen Jing was not the type to strike ruthlessly without a word.
"That person's body was wrapped in a huge amount of Resentment, and most of this Resentment came from the elderly, children, and women. This guy is clearly a ruthless person; I don't know how many innocent people have died at his hands. This person is not worth pitying even in death!" Chen Jing said with a calm expression.
"Is that so? Then this person is indeed not worth pitying even in death!" Hearing Chen Jing's words, Aiweier also nodded; after all, people who can attack the elderly, the young, women, and children are basically not good people.
"Take this stone and let Lingyun have a look; I just feel that this stone is not as simple as it looks."
After examining the stone in her hand, Chen Jing walked toward Lingyun.
End of Chapter
