Chapter 313

I don't know how long this peace before me will last!

Walking through the city, Shen Yu now finds himself in Lincheng, where the common folk bustle to and fro, the streets filled with constant cries of vendors, a scene of lively prosperity.

But as the Spirit Qi continues to grow, those old monsters will revive one by one, and when that time comes, these commoners will become their rations.

By then, the sight of white bones stretching for a thousand li and no crowing of chickens for ten thousand li will likely be everywhere. The current bustling prosperity will turn into mournful wails.

Before this, he had already sent word to Chen Xing, Governor Chen, that the Spiritual Qi Surge in the Forbidden Land has reappeared, the Great Contention Era is now unstoppable, urging him to prepare early.

Moreover, he has ordered Chen Xing to mobilize large numbers of commoners to migrate to Xiaozhou, where he once painstakingly laid layer upon layer of Arrays, and left behind an External Incarnation to hold the fort.

The series of arrangements he made when he once governed Xiaozhou are now proving useful.

Surely even those old monsters would need to expend considerable effort to destroy those layer upon layer of Arrays, and with that effort they would have long gone to hunt easier prey elsewhere.

Furthermore, the Arrays in Xiaozhou are continually being perfected, growing stronger over time, and should be sufficient to protect the commoners residing there.

As for other places, Shen Yu currently has no better option; he can only rely on his own head to bear the brunt, and he doesn't know whether his slight frame can withstand it.

Actually, when the Spirit Qi first erupted and was not yet so turbulent, he had also considered entering the Forbidden Land like Mu Zishan, to block the incessant outflow of Spirit Qi.

He possesses the method of External Incarnation, capable of producing an incarnation with power not much different from his own, to use the incarnation in place of himself to suppress the Forbidden Land.

He had thought it a perfect solution, but reality gave him a resounding slap—accurately speaking, he had overestimated himself.

The Spiritual Qi Surge is like a tide; after the initial most turbulent wave passes, the surging Spirit Qi begins to ease, and it is then that Shen Yu starts attempting to rush into the Forbidden Land.

But reality is rather stark; he tried several times, and multiple incarnations were toppled by the surging Spirit Qi.

In the end, he helplessly discovered that with his current strength, it is fundamentally impossible to suppress the Forbidden Land.

Thinking of this, Shen Yu cannot help but let out a soft sigh, wondering how Mu Zishan managed it back then.

Mu Zishan could do it back then, but now he cannot. He doesn't know whether it is because his own strength is far inferior to Mu Zishan's, or because the current Spirit Qi is far more ferocious than before.

But the Spiritual Qi Surge shows no sign of stopping, those old monsters are reviving one after another, and the world has since fallen into turmoil. Moreover, he doesn't know how great an impact this Spirit Qi will have on the world.

With such turbulent Spirit Qi, let alone humans—even plants and animals have been nourished; whether there will be changes is unknown.

According to Shen Yu's knowledge, during the Spiritual Qi Surge, those old monsters kill on sight, and the higher the cultivator, the more delicious they are to these monsters.

The world's top cultivators have basically been slaughtered to extinction; those who can barely cling to life are few, and the records left behind are mostly from low-cultivation literati, and even those are scarce.

Yet from these few records, one can see the dire state after the Spiritual Qi Surge, which is also why cultivators of all ages are willing to sacrifice life and forget death—they fight not only for the world, but also for themselves.

Earlier, Shen Yu had also obtained books left behind by the Shadowless Sect; the very purpose of the Shadowless Sect's existence is to find ways to survive the Spiritual Qi Surge.

Afterwards, they collected each move of the revived cultivators, to uncover their weaknesses, silently accumulating this knowledge.

This is the purpose of the predecessors of the Mist Shadow Sect across generations: they hope that one day someone will rise, based on the cultivator intelligence they gathered, to eliminate those old monsters one by one, ending the millennia-cycle of recurring slaughter.

Therefore, what is recorded in the Shadowless Sect are only those old monsters' information, nothing else. They wish to conserve paper as much as possible, recording only the most important things.

No matter what this world becomes due to the Spiritual Qi Surge, human calamity will far outweigh other disasters. Even if this world undergoes tremendous change, it is absolutely impossible to cause a situation where not one in a thousand commoners survives, not one in ten thousand.

Only human calamity, only people eating people, will reduce the world to such desolation!

"What person?"

As Shen Yu walked down the street, frowning tightly as he pondered the series of changes brought by the Spiritual Qi Surge, he suddenly felt someone approaching from behind, and instinctively dodged to the side.

Immediately after, a pretty young girl in a white ruqun nearly stumbled and fell to the ground due to his sidestep.

But the girl seemed not discouraged; after steadying herself and seeing he had not turned back, she charged at him again, her posture suggesting she wanted to embrace him from behind.

However, this time she still lunged at empty air. The girl lunged forward again, and again missed.

By now, after repeated misses, even a fool would know something was wrong.

"Young master, young master!" shouted loudly from behind, the girl seemed somewhat angry, stamping her feet in place.

Her chest rose and fell with anger, drawing frequent sideways glances from nearby people, so much so that even Shen Yu, under his perception, couldn't help but glance twice more.

The girl behind him had skin like snow and jade, a face that could be called peerless, her aura like water—gentle and beautiful, as if pure innocence tinged with a hint of slyness.

Her movements were light and agile, clearly trained in martial arts, and her lightness skill was not weak.

Upon seeing a beautiful girl, Shen Yu also couldn't help but stop and glance twice more, of course, just looking.

I don't know what this girl means, rushing at him like this—could she have some peculiar fetish? These days, even men going out shopping aren't safe.

But looking at her appearance, it seems there's not much loss to be suffered.

"Young master!"

Seeing Shen Yu stop his steps, the girl walked forward two more steps, a look of pride crossing her face—just saying, with this old lady's beauty, how could anyone possibly resist?

Afterward, the girl seemed to lose balance, staggering as she lunged to crash into his embrace, her posture nearly pressing against him, the traces of temptation were all too obvious.

Yet Shen Yu still supported her; at this close distance, every move of this little girl was within his control.

Immediately, the little girl took advantage of him supporting her, her hand swiftly sweeping across his body. Under Shen Yu's Super Perception, this was all too clear.

Older sister, I'm not exactly a good person, but I can't resist temptation—this thing, one is okay, two is okay, but three is not.

We are a man in the prime of our blood and vigor, you are a beauty of a hundred charms and a thousand graces; if we lose control, have you considered the consequences?

I stretched out once and that was enough; yet you want to stretch a second time—is it to save face or what? If you keep this up, I might just retaliate.

"Young lady, words are words, don't let your hands wander!"

Just saying how could such a pretty girl throw herself into someone's arms for no reason—clearly she came to steal something.

Only she picked the wrong target; the outfit Shen Yu wears now is indeed not cheap, at first glance it absolutely belongs to someone very wealthy.

Of course, in fact he really is not short of money; the only problem is that all his belongings are hidden in his own storage space.

You could search him from head to toe, and if you managed to steal half a wen cash, you'd win.