Aside from cultivators, there were many mortals around as well. Yet there was no indiscriminate slaughter of mortals by cultivators; some cultivators even chatted and joked with mortals, creating an exceptionally harmonious scene.
"So... so beautiful. If I could have this woman, what would it matter if I lived ten years less?"
"If she were my wife, what would it matter if her child were not mine?"
Some cultivators stared blankly at that figure. Behind the fiery-red figure, a full moon hung in midair, overlapping with her silhouette and creating a scene of utmost beauty.
In an instant, the atmosphere was heightened to its peak.
The next moment, the woman began to dance from the highest point. Her seductive figure was breathtakingly gorgeous, drawing the eyes of everyone in the city as they stared fixedly at the woman above.
Ye Lin wore a faint smile as he caught a fiery-red petal on his index finger.
Strangely, the fiery-red petal seemed to want to burrow into Ye Lin's body, yet no matter what it did, it could not penetrate his flesh.
Ten minutes passed. The woman's dance came to an end, and the rain of petals ceased as well.
The next moment, a transparent white thread appeared on the bodies of everyone in the city, cultivators and mortals alike. The woman above smiled and took out a jade bottle.
Those threads flew directly into the jade bottle.
Ye Lin crushed the fiery-red petal in his hand, swept his gaze over the surroundings, and shouted coldly.
"Wake up."
Ye Lin's thunderous shout spread throughout the entire city. Everyone in the city jolted awake, their eyes filled with confusion as they looked around.
The white threads gathered in the sky then returned to their original owners' bodies.
"What happened? What just happened?"
"Damn