Chapter 494

Instead, he led his people to continue walking toward the west side of the small town.

Beigong Yun quickly led his team to follow behind Qin Feng and his group, choosing the same path.

Seeing Beigong Yun take action, the people of the Beigong family followed almost immediately.

In the end, the team from Mobius Academy, where Lin An was located, slowly followed at the very back.

The road leading to the west side of the town was not built on the outskirts of the town like the road leading to the east.

To enter the west side of the town, there was only one path to take.

That was to set off north along the main thoroughfare from the south gate of the town.

Upon reaching about halfway to the center of the town, one had to turn west.

Only after making several turns could one reach the west side of the town.

Furthermore, there was only this one road, which was completely different from the roads in other parts of the town that were accessible from all directions and interconnected.

The road leading from the main southern thoroughfare to the west side of the town was relatively narrow—a long, winding, constricted path that suddenly opened up into a wide expanse when they reached the end.

The scene before them did not look like an ordinary small town at all; it looked more like a bustling, large city.

The area on the west side of the town could be considered to have a forest of high-rises in this world.

Building after building, four or five stories high, sat on the west side of the town, densely packed in entire swaths.

Although some buildings were taller and some shorter, their exteriors were identical, differing only in the number of floors.

This made one’s scalp tingle a little at first glance.

Under normal circumstances, what kind of place would build dozens or hundreds of identical buildings?

Moreover, the distance between each building was definitely no more than 5 meters; it was extremely, extremely dense.

With such a distance between buildings, one could at most walk through; nothing else could be done.

The buildings were all pitch black, as if ink had been splashed on them and had soaked in over many years.

It was also as if they had all been burned into charcoal, pitch-black without a hint of any other color.

To be honest, let alone Lin An and Beigong Yun, even Qin Feng was seeing buildings that were entirely pitch-black for the first time.

Even in the era when "non-mainstream" styles were popular, he had never seen such exaggerated buildings.

"What kind of ghost place is this? Some kind of local custom?"

Although such buildings could not be seen on Earth, perhaps this was a unique feature of this world.

Therefore, Qin Feng’s first reaction was not to say there was a problem with this place, but to ask if it was some kind of custom.

"Whether it's some kind of custom, I don't know; in any case, I've never heard of it."

As the one with the most extensive knowledge among the three, Beigong Yun frowned and thought hard, but still could not think of where such a custom existed.

Such an architectural form for buildings was simply unheard of.

And not a few minutes later, Zhao Long also gave a response from his side.

The dean of Mobius Academy had also never seen such buildings.

Let alone seen them, they did not exist even in books or legends.

However, the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu, who were far away in the hundreds of thousands of years past, suddenly fell silent.

Without saying a word, they frowned, not knowing what they were thinking about.

Beigong Shang, who had been with them the whole time, saw this and hesitated, but still reminded everyone through the soul chain.

"Lord Flame King and Senior Xuan Tong Yuan seem to have discovered something."

Seeing the expressions on the two of them, Beigong Shang felt that this area of buildings probably wasn't a good place.

To avoid Beigong Yun and Qin Feng and the others entering directly and encountering danger, Beigong Shang immediately gave a warning.

Subsequently, Beigong Shang also immediately activated visual sharing, allowing Beigong Yun and Qin Feng and the others to see what he was seeing.

Seeing that the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu’s expressions were somewhat solemn, Qin Feng and the others did not disturb the two.

They just stood where they were, carefully observing the situation in the surroundings.

Because the streets in the south had already been explored for the most part.

Most of the cultivators on the southern streets had also headed to the eastern and western areas respectively to carry out the subsequent exploration.

The number of people who entered the western area to explore was no less than thirty or forty thousand.

Except for the cultivators who had already entered this black building area, as well as the cultivators blocked behind the small path.

At this moment, nearly ten thousand cultivators had already gathered here.

"Mr. Li, is there a problem with this area?"

Although when first arriving here, the vast majority of cultivators would feel that the scene here was a bit eerie and prone to causing unease,

it was not the case that the vast majority of cultivators would stay in place and not enter to explore.

It was just that this time, Li Li Zhangfeng was among those staying outside the western area.

As one of the strongest top experts to enter the ancient ruins this time, his every move was easily noticed by others.

A place that could make him stop and not continue to explore must have some kind of problem.

What’s more, the previous garden predicament was solved because of Li Li Zhangfeng’s conjecture, which allowed them to find the correct way out.

Therefore, the vast majority of people still considered Li Li Zhangfeng’s judgment to be relatively reliable.

"Such an obvious problem, can't you see it?"

Clearly, this area was visibly eerie to the naked eye.

But this obviously could not be the reason for them to stop and not move forward.

It was just that since Li Li Zhangfeng said so, others had no way to pursue the question.

"This place... is it very similar?"

Time passed second by second, and the crowd stood in a stalemate here.

It wasn't that no one lost patience and went in directly, but the vast majority of people still chose to wait and see.

And at this moment, the whispers of the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu reached Qin Feng’s ears.

"It is quite similar, but not entirely the same. It’s just... this defies common sense."

"When has this thing ever followed common sense?"

"That’s not wrong to say."

"However, should this be considered their good luck or bad luck?"

"Good luck or bad? Let’s not talk about that for now. I do know what the ancient ruins they speak of are."

"I guessed it too. I thought only the Sunset Empire had been left behind; it turns out none of the four great empires escaped."

The information revealed in this conversation between the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu was too much.

Firstly, it could be confirmed that the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu knew what kind of existence these black buildings were.

Secondly, they should also have known what kind of place these ancient ruins were.

And through their conversation, if Qin Feng guessed correctly, these ancient ruins were the Sunset Empire, but not just the Sunset Empire.

After they finished communicating completely, the Flame King said with a serious face.

"Congratulations, you’ve hit the jackpot."

Saying congratulations while looking serious made Qin Feng roll his eyes, feeling that this joke was really cold.

"So, what exactly did you see?"

"There are two things in total. I presume you have already guessed it."

Although the voices of the Flame King and Xuan Xuan Yuanhu communicating were not loud, they could be considered whispers.

However, he did not intend to hide it from Qin Feng and the others.

Therefore, Beigong Shang was also able to hear it.

If Beigong Shang could hear it, it was no different from Qin Feng and the others being able to hear it.

"Only guessed one thing: these ancient ruins are the four great empires of the past, not just the Sunset Empire."

"But regarding these black buildings, you didn't reveal any key information."

Only knowing that these buildings were not simple.

"Your guess is indeed correct; these ancient ruins should be the four great empires."

"And the reason I made this judgment is because of these black buildings."

"The pass for the ancient ruins given before was placed in the cave behind the Bright Garden."

"Which means that these ancient ruins are related to the Sunset Empire."