In Chen Mu's small courtyard.
Shi Dechun shook his head and sighed. "What rotten luck!"
"The Yinling before us had a ten-year safety period. How did it become a citywide deployment by the time it got to us?"
Chen Mu's expression was none too pleasant either.
Everyone in Jigu City had been conscripted into battle. Such a desperate all-in gamble likely concealed enormous danger.
"No one tried to run?"
"Where could they run to?"
"The Netherworld wilderness has Black Wind and Demon Monsters. Without a city's protection, they'd die even faster."
"And those old ghosts say North Camp has twelve Soul Summoning Banners. With one shake, we'll have to obediently answer the summons. We can't run at all." Shi Dechun looked utterly miserable.
Soul Summoning Banners? There was such a method?
Chen Mu's expression darkened further.
No wonder the two black-clothed figures had merely delivered the notice yesterday before leaving, without any harsh threats or intimidation.
And from their perfunctory attitude, it almost seemed as though they had been subtly encouraging him to flee.
A chill immediately ran through Chen Mu's heart.
If he really ran, the consequences would probably be rather miserable.
Beneath the Two-story Small Building.
Inside an underground chamber beneath one of the bedrooms.
Chen Mu sat cross-legged on a soft couch. An Exquisite Jade Disk rested on the low table beside him, and faint spirit qi slowly emerged throughout the chamber.
Five round pillars carved with intricate patterns stood along the surrounding walls. The Harmony Light Restriction slowly operated, concealing the chamber while firmly locking the Earth Spirit Vital Qi within its center.
I need to strengthen myself as quickly as possible. Chen Mu felt troubled.
With a thought, the gray-clad, bald youth abruptly vanished, replaced by a black-clad young man in fitted martial attire,