Chapter 130: [Rules]

"What happened?" The rapid descent of the flying vehicle shocked Meng Jingzhou.

Cold sweat broke out on Lu Yang's forehead. He desperately operated the sword art, but the flying vehicle continued to fall. He had lost control of the Qingfeng Sword and could not perceive its existence.

Daoist Bu Yu said in a deep voice, "Spiritual power cannot be operated here; all spells have failed!"

"What?!"

Daoist Bu Yu was knowledgeable and had roughly guessed what had happened. If they had really encountered this, then the three of them were truly unlucky.

However, this was not the time to talk about that. The top priority was to save Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou first.

He stood up, lifted the roof of the vehicle, hugged Lu Yang with one hand, hugged Meng Jingzhou with the other, tucked them under his arms, and jumped down.

Although spiritual power could not be used here, there were no restrictions on the physical body. As a great expert in the Integration stage, Daoist Bu Yu would not have any problems jumping down from a high altitude.

Lu Yang opened his eyes several times to check the situation, but the strong wind during the fall made it impossible for him and Meng Jingzhou to keep their eyes open.

Seeing that the three were about to land, Daoist Bu Yu let go, gently supported the two, and landed first. A large pit was smashed into the ground. Immediately after, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou landed and were caught by Daoist Bu Yu, with a difference of less than a second.

If Daoist Bu Yu had hugged the two and fallen to the ground directly, he himself would have been fine, but Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou could not withstand such an impact and would have been either dead or injured!

"Hoo, hoo, hoo!" Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were still shaken. This trip was truly unique; they crashed the vehicle as soon as they left.

"Where is this?" Lu Yang frowned, discovering that this was a small town, ordinary and plain. He couldn't figure out why spiritual power couldn't be operated here.

"Why hasn't anyone come out?" Lu Yang discovered a new problem. It was just past the Hour of the Bo (9 PM), and the sound of the flying vehicle landing just now was extremely loud. Why hadn't anyone come out to check the situation?

Could it be that there were no living people in the town, and it was a dead town?

No, candles were lit in the thatched cottages and the inn, and silhouettes could be seen flashing through the paper windows. There must be people.

What was going on?

Lu Yang felt that this place revealed a bizarre strangeness.

He looked at Meng Jingzhou, but Meng Jingzhou shook his head; he didn't know what was going on either.

Daoist Bu Yu walked to the wreckage of the flying vehicle and pulled the Qingfeng Sword from under the vehicle. The Qingfeng Sword was a gift from Miss Yun Zhi to Lu Yang, and its quality was extremely high. This level of impact could not cause it any damage.

"Take it for self-defense." Daoist Bu Yu handed the Qingfeng Sword to Lu Yang, his expression solemn, completely unlike his previous laughing self.

Daoist Bu Yu discovered that the suppression of spiritual power here was extremely severe; even he could not mobilize his spiritual power.

Suddenly, a piece of paper appeared in the hands of all three, densely packed with words on both sides.

Rules of Cloth Town

Rule 1: There is no spiritual energy within the town, and spiritual power cannot be used.

Rule 2: From the Hour of the Bo to the Hour of the Dragon (9 PM to 9 AM), thatched cottages with closed doors and rooms in inns with closed doors are absolutely safe. Places other than these are dangerous.

Rule 3: You must leave the thatched cottages and inns during the Hour of the Snake (9 AM to 11 AM), and you cannot return to the thatched cottages or inns before the Hour of the Dog (7 PM to 9 PM).

Rule 4: You must fall asleep before the Hour of the Rat (11 PM to 1 AM).

Rule 5: You cannot enter rooms of the "Heaven" grade.

Rule 6: If you hear knocking on the door or window inside a thatched cottage or inn, no matter what the other party says, do not open the door or window.

Rule 7: There are only yellow dogs and white dogs in the town, no black dogs. If you see a black dog, run away immediately.

Rule 8: The private school has been abandoned for many years. There is no private school teacher in the town. Only dog barking will come from the private school, not reading sounds.

Rule 9: Those wearing gray clothes are private school teachers. If you encounter a private school teacher, no matter what the other party says, you need to pretend you didn't hear it.

Rule 10: You cannot make eye contact with the private school teacher. If you make eye contact with the private school teacher, you will turn into a black dog.

Rule 11: All food in the town is supplied for free and can be taken by yourself, but you cannot eat meat buns.

Rule 12: Be wary of people from the government office. People wearing black clothes are from the government office. If you encounter people from the government office, run away immediately, and no matter what the other party calls, do not look back.

Rule 13: If you feel someone is following you, firmly believe it is an illusion, and avoid showing anxiety or irritability.

Rule 14: The body after a person dies is called a corpse, and corpse activity is a normal phenomenon.

Rule 15: If you have questions in the inn, ask the innkeeper. If you have questions outside the inn, ask the pharmacy owner, but you cannot talk to them.

Rule 16: After entering a black door, do not speak, and do not eat the things inside.

Rule 17: Do not easily believe the words of strangers, but what people wearing white clothes say is the truth.

Rule 18: There is a man-eating monster in the ancestral hall.

Rule 19: The ancestral hall is safe.

Rule 20: The common people of this town cannot reveal things about this town to outsiders.

Rule 21: If you leave the town or kill the town mayor, you no longer need to follow the rules of Cloth Town.

The white paper was filled with rules on both sides. After Lu Yang finished reading, the white paper disappeared into thin air.

"What is this?" Lu Yang felt a sense of absurdity; the rules revealed an ominous feeling.

"A trick played by an Integration stage cultivator!" Daoist Bu Yu said in a deep voice. Seeing these twenty-one rules, he finally confirmed his conjecture.

There was a great expert in the Integration stage, and judging from the suppression of himself, there was more than one!

"Disciple, Little Meng, have you two ever heard of 'The Great Age is Coming'?"

The two nodded, but they still didn't quite understand. The concept of "The Great Age is Coming" was too general, and they didn't know what it specifically referred to.

"There are many manifestations of the Great Age coming, and one of them is that strong people from other eras are waking up from their slumber!"

"Nowadays, the spiritual mechanism is clear, and the Dao rhyme is active, making it easier to practice and comprehend the Dao. Some even say that one can become an immortal!"

"In the Great Qian era and the Great Yu era, great experts emerged in large numbers, but they were trapped by their own comprehension and could not break through further. For this reason, they came up with the method of slumber, using spiritual stone marrow as a carrier to seal themselves, entering a state of suspended animation, and waiting until the Dao rhyme was active to wake up from their slumber."

"After their consciousness wakes up, their bodies have not yet fully awakened, and they need to wait for a period of time. For this reason, they will use all kinds of means to protect themselves and not expose their whereabouts."

"Delineating areas, formulating rules, and imprisoning visitors are some of the means."

"Do you know the difference between the Void Refinement stage and the Integration stage?"

The two shook their heads; these were still very far away for them.

"The difference between the Void Refinement stage and the Integration stage lies in whether one has mastered the rules."

"Rules?" Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou repeated subconsciously.

"In a certain range, the Integration stage can modify reality rules based on their own will, but the modified rules cannot be too contrary to common sense. For example, they cannot set it so that they are invincible or immortal in this area."

"The river spirit test and the Heart-Asking Mountain test you encountered when you joined the sect are all manifestations of rules."

"The Integration stage's control over rules is relatively low, and they need to set multiple rules to limit the activities of people within the rules."

"The Tribulation Transcendence stage and Immortals have different levels of control over rules. Immortals are the most exaggerated. Becoming an immortal condenses a Dao fruit, and the Dao fruit is the symbol of rules, with power covering the whole world."

Lu Yang remembered the Decayed Fairy's Dao fruit—as long as someone recited her honorific and immortal name, she could be resurrected.

Judging from the results, the individual Decayed Fairy was immortal and indestructible.

But from a global perspective, this meant that the Decayed Fairy could cross various restrictions of time, space, soul, and body to be resurrected directly, violating the common sense of the world, which could be called terrifying!

Lu Yang told his guess to the Decayed Fairy. The Decayed Fairy nodded, confirming Lu Yang's idea: "You're not very old, but your brain turns quite fast."

Lu Yang didn't have the heart to pay attention to the Decayed Fairy's teasing for the time being and listened to Daoist Bu Yu continue: "Judging from the rules, only this small town is under the other party's control. The range of rules mastered by the Integration stage is not this small. The other party is afraid of being discovered by the Immortals of the Great Xia Dynasty!"

"The rules that even restricted me show that the other party has more than one Integration stage expert."

Daoist Bu Yu revealed a fierce look, his eyes like swords: "The five great immortal sects and the Great Xia Dynasty have joined forces to eliminate many Integration stage experts who were waking up. It seems that today I need to eliminate a few more!"

He flicked his horsetail whisk, the tassels of which were as fine as ox hair, throwing out ten million sword qi.

The way of the sword was Daoist Bu Yu's foundation. He had comprehended it for a lifetime, and he could still mobilize sword qi without using spiritual power!

The sword qi bombarded the barrier of the small town, and the barrier could not withstand the sword qi, blasting out a gap.

At the gap, four figures were waiting for Daoist Bu Yu. Indeed, there was more than one Integration stage expert!

They had to follow the rules they set themselves; they could not use spiritual power in the town and had to deal with Daoist Bu Yu outside the town.

"Kill him!"

Daoist Bu Yu laughed loudly, took a big step, walked out of the town, released the peak pressure of the Integration stage, and fought against the four Integration stage experts!

"Just relying on a bunch of trash like you wants to kill me?"

Before leaving, he left a sentence for Lu Yang and the other: "This battle may last for several days. You two should live well in the town!"

The gap healed, and Daoist Bu Yu disappeared outside the town.

There will be another update today.

(End of chapter)