"Forget it. No point struggling!"
When Fang Chen saw that he could not stop Ye Kong and Ye Qingci from falling into the Ancient City, he stopped struggling too.
And so Fang Chen, Ye Kong, and Ye Qingci landed inside the Ancient City.
As soon as they entered, Ye Mian and the others saw them vanish.
Although Ye Mian and the others could see plenty of people inside Xuanhuang City, Fang Chen and his companions were nowhere to be found.
"They disappeared?"
The Ye Family Members were all astonished.
The moment Fang Chen and the others landed on the street, the bustle of everyday life washed over them. It was as though they had become part of their surroundings in an instant.
"Flatbreads! Fresh from the oven! Just two coins each—filling enough to satisfy anyone!"
"Candied hawthorns! Made from an ancestral recipe! Sweet and sour! Three coins a skewer, ten coins for three!"
Vendors' cries rose and fell along the street.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Ye Qingci suddenly began coughing. Her face turned red, and she said to Fang Chen, "Fang Chen, I'm thirsty. I want some water!"
"Thirsty?"
Fang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. He knew everything before them was fake. Some of the vendors were selling sour plum drink, but could they actually drink it?
Ye Kong looked toward a sour plum drink stall by the roadside. "Let's go buy a bowl."
Hearing that, Fang Chen said, "These people we're seeing are fake. The sour plum drink is fake too!"
"Fake?"
Ye Kong froze at Fang Chen's words.
"Yes!"
Fang Chen nodded slightly.
"Fang Chen, can you have Sister Crane let us out?"
The myna bird's voice sounded in Fang Chen's mind.
Fang Chen looked up. From inside Xuanhuang City, the sky was clear blue. They could not see the