Great Changes in the City

"Pfft!"

Tang Julou, who had just recovered, spat out another mouthful of black blood!

"This..."

Shopkeeper Li and the others were first surprised, then exchanged glances with their own thoughts!

"This must be a curse!"

Boss Ren said thoughtfully.

"Patriarch Tang has always lived in seclusion and rarely shows himself. How could he have offended someone?"

Qin Fengtian was also greatly surprised!

"Alright! It's nothing!"

Tang Julou took out a miniature straw effigy with a talisman attached to it.

After biting his finger and making a few strokes on the effigy, a puff of black smoke suddenly emerged.

"Bang!"

The effigy immediately caught fire and was reduced to ashes in no time!

"Focus on the main event!"

Tang Julou wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said nonchalantly.

After discussing some more details, they all dispersed!

They agreed to meet at the City Lord's Mansion after midnight.

Shopkeeper Li's task was to bring Zhang Lin along, which was an important part!

Deep within the ancestral home of the Gao family in Liaoxiang City.

"Hmph! A bit of skill!"

Gao Kuang, the Gao Family Ancestor, snorted as he looked at the talisman burning on the table.

The spiritual body had previously extracted a trace of "Tang Julou's" aura from Zhang Lin.

Coupled with knowing the opponent's location and name, he had directly cast a curse from afar, playing a trick on the other party!

Although it didn't kill the opponent, it also allowed him to vent some of his frustration!

Soon, he began to recall Zhang Lin's actions!

It was a method he had never seen before!

He couldn't sense any magical fluctuations from the opponent, thus ruling out the path of Cultivation!

"What could it be?"

Gao Kuang sat on the chair, lost in thought!

This was not his fault. If Zhang Lin had still been using blood energy, Gao Kuang would have immediately identified the opponent as using martial arts!

But now that Zhang Lin's blood energy had transformed into Qi, Gao Kuang was momentarily stumped!

He had no clue!

During the day, Zhang Lin had made a trip to the city gate, but Xiaolin City was already surrounded by a formation!

The formation was extremely well-hidden, and ordinary cultivators would not discover it unless they deliberately investigated.

As soon as he approached, he felt like he was being targeted!

This had already extinguished any thoughts of escape he had.

"I can only fight head-on!"

Zhang Lin recovered from his meditation!

His internal injuries had initially recovered by more than eighty percent, but the clash with the Gao Family Ancestor had worsened them. Instead of improving, they had regressed by more than half a percent.

Overall, his internal injuries had only recovered by just over seventy percent.

It was just past midnight!

Outside Xiaolin City, hundreds of stone pillars, several dozen feet thick and hundreds of feet tall, emerged.

They were carved with blood-red patterns and were currently emitting black smoke.

These pillars perfectly encircled Xiaolin City!

Connecting each other with black mist, a sudden flash of black light caused the stone pillars and Xiaolin City to disappear.

Xiaolin City vanished!

Within Xiaolin City, a pink mist rapidly spread, soon engulfing the entire city!

The Qinhuayan, concocted by Boss Ren, had also begun to disperse!

Those who had already fallen asleep sank into even deeper slumber.

Those who were not yet asleep soon felt drowsy and entered dreamland.

Even people who often suffered from insomnia felt an unprecedented sense of ease!

Although the cultivators below the Half-step Foundation Establishment Realm in the city noticed something was wrong, they couldn't resist the drowsiness and also fell into a deep sleep!

Those in the Half-step Foundation Establishment Realm could only desperately hold on, barely able to resist!

However, cultivators above the Foundation Establishment Realm were unaffected!

They all appeared in the city, wanting to investigate the source of the mist!

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When the formation outside the city was activated, Zhang You had already sensed something.

When the Qinhuayan filled the city, he thought for a moment and then pretended to fall asleep!

Before long, his room door was opened.

Shopkeeper Li entered, grabbed him, and rushed him straight to the City Lord's Mansion!

At this moment, there were indeed a few cultivators in the city who were unaffected by the Qinhuayan.

After investigating the city, they all ended up outside the main gate of the City Lord's Mansion!

But only four people appeared!

One of them was an old man, the same one who had marked Zhang You on his way back from the bookstore in the west of the city.

His name was Yuan Qiupeng, and he had the strength of a third-level Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.

He had come to Xiaolin City to escape the pursuit of his enemies.

He had accidentally discovered Zhang You, a great source of vitality.

After escaping his pursuers, he returned to Xiaolin City again, only to find that the sensation of the mark had disappeared!

He left the city again.

Today, as evening approached, he inexplicably returned to Xiaolin City again and found that the mark had reappeared!

Thinking that he would quietly abduct the target after midnight.

He didn't expect to encounter such a situation!

"Hmm? The mark actually appeared in the City Lord's Mansion! Could it be that someone discovered him and brought him here to be enjoyed?"

Yuan Qiupeng stared at the City Lord's Mansion, speculating wildly in his heart.

At this time, at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion, the remaining three people were one woman and two men, all rogue cultivators.

The woman was an aunt in her late thirties or early forties named Yi Hongxia, with the strength of a first-level Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.

The other two men were middle-aged, brothers Zhou Shanchuan and Zhou Shanshi, both with the strength of a second-level Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.

These two brothers were in sync, and their combined strength was not weak.

"Creak!"

At this moment, the main door opened!

"Would you all like to come in for a chat?"

Qin Fengtian's voice came out.

Yuan Qiupeng and the others exchanged glances and walked in one after another!

They had already looked for a way out, but the city gates had disappeared, and there was no exit at all.

So they had already realized that they were trapped here!

All they could do now was take it one step at a time!

After entering the City Lord's Mansion, the main door closed again, and Xiaolin City fell into silence once more!

Yuan Qiupeng and the others arrived in the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion!

Seated in the center were two people: the head of the Tang Family, Tang Julou, and the City Lord, Qin Fengtian.

Seated on both sides were three people: Shopkeeper Li, Boss Ren, and Pang Biao.

On the ground lay a young man, Zhang You, who was pretending to be asleep!

"Why are there a few more people?"

Zhang You grumbled internally!

"Please, have a seat!"

Qin Fengtian said very politely.

These people had also seen Qin Fengtian and knew he was the City Lord.

"We don't know why City Lord Qin has summoned us!"

Yuan Qiupeng, being the strongest, was not afraid at all.

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang You a few times.

Although he was curious why the blood energy on Zhang You had disappeared, he didn't intend to investigate further.

"As you can all see, something big is about to happen in the city. If any of you wish to leave, we can arrange to send you out!"

Qin Fengtian got straight to the point.

Seeing that they remained silent, he continued, "We've already sent a few fellow cultivators out before!"

"Yuan prefers to join in the excitement!"

Yuan Qiupeng's intention was quite clear!

There's no way I'm leaving!

"Do the rest of you feel the same way?"

Qin Fengtian smiled, not the least bit annoyed.

"It's too late, and it's not safe outside. My brother and I plan to leave when dawn breaks tomorrow."

Zhou Shanchuan closed his eyes, speaking for both brothers.

"This one isn't in a hurry either!"

Yi Hongxia said in a sweet, coquettish voice!

This slut!

Zhang You felt her voice was too intoxicating, almost causing him to reveal his true feelings!