Someone in the crowd shouted in horror.
Gu Sheng instinctively wants to avoid it.
The man in black seemed to be staring at him. He suddenly turned his horse's head and rushed straight towards Gu Sheng!
"Hahaha, what a Little White face with thin skin and tender flesh!"
The man in black laughed wildly, and a powerful aura suddenly erupted from his body.
Gu Sheng stood motionless, with a cold look in his eyes.
He could see through the cultivation of this man in black at a glance.
Nascent Soul Stage, but his foundation is frivolous and his spiritual power is mixed. Compared with the disciples of the Holy Land, they are nothing like clouds and mud.
"Big brother, run!" At the door of the inn, the little boy stuck his head out again and shouted anxiously.
"If you are caught by Nie Shan, you will be dead!"
"Shut up!" The boy's father covered his mouth and pulled the child back to the inn in horror.
Nie Shan? Gu Sheng Write this name down in your mind. It seems that this man is the son of the city lord.
"Boy, why don't you kneel down when you see me?"
Nie Shan reined in his horse and stopped in front of Gu Sheng, looking down at him with contempt in his eyes.
Gu Sheng looked up calmly.
"Your Excellency and I are strangers, why do you have to kneel down?"
"Hahaha!"
Nie Shan looked up to the sky and laughed as if he had heard some joke.
"Here Lin Yuan City, I, Nie Shan, am God! If I ask you to kneel down, you have to kneel down!"
As he spoke, he suddenly jumped up from his horse and slapped Gu Sheng with his palm.
The palm wind was sharp and had a fishy smell. It was obvious that he was practicing some kind of Evil Cultivation Technique.
Gu Sheng could have easily avoided it, but he deliberately pretended to be invincible and staggered back a few steps with panic on his face.
"What are you going to do?"
"What to do?"
Nie Shan landed with a grin.
"Of course I'm going to practice with you!"
He turned and shouted behind him.
"Come here, surround this kid!"
Only then did Gu Sheng realize that he had been surrounded by more than a dozen guards.
Among them were the two people who had just brought him into the city.
"What do you and the others mean by this?"
Gu Sheng asked the two guards in horror.
"I kindly gave you and the others spiritual stones to guide the way. Is this how you and the others repay me?"
"Hahaha!"
Nie Shan laughed wildly.
"Here Lin Yuan City, my Nie family's words are king! Boy, if you want to blame, it's your bad luck that you came into the city at this time."
Gu Sheng had a cold light in his eyes.
"You and the others often arrest foreign cultivators like this?"
"It doesn't hurt to tell you."
Nie Shan said proudly.
"The 'Nine Yin Soul Devouring Great Art' that my father cultivated is one cultivator short of being able to collect ninety-nine. You just happened to deliver it to my door. God is really helping me!"
Nine Yin Soul Devouring Great Art?
This is clearly the demonic path Evil Cultivation Technique, which requires devouring the souls of ninety-nine cultivators to achieve it.
No wonder this Lin Yuan City looks prosperous, but in fact, everything is weird.
"Get him!"
Nie Shan gave the order, and the guards rushed forward.
Gu Sheng wanted to take action immediately, but changed his mind after hearing what Nie Shan said.
He deliberately pretended to be invincible, but was held down by the guards and others.
"Hmph, that's all."
Nie Shan kicked Gu Sheng contemptuously.
"Take him to the dungeon and deal with him after I see my father."
Gu Sheng was tied up and escorted by four guards towards the City Lord's Mansion.
, as the distance got closer, the smell of blood became stronger.
City Lord's Mansion's door slowly opened, revealing the deep courtyard inside.
Gu Sheng was pushed through several corridors and came to a rockery.
The guard pressed somewhere on the rockery, and the ground suddenly cracked, revealing a downward staircase.
"Let's go!" The guard pushed Gu Sheng roughly.
The stairs were narrow and steep. The further you went down, the stronger the smell of blood and mold became, mixed with an indescribable rancid smell.
An iron door appeared at the end of the stairs.
"Go in!" The guard kicked Gu Sheng in.
Gu Sheng staggered and fell into the dungeon. Before he could stand upright, he heard a burst of frightened sobbing.
Looking up, the sight in front of him made the blood in his body freeze instantly.
Those locked up in the dungeon are all girls!
From young children aged four or five to girls aged fifteen or sixteen, they were crowded into more than a dozen iron cages.
Most of them were in ragged clothes, with sallow faces and thin muscles, and their eyes were full of fear.
Seeing Gu Sheng being escorted in, some of the younger ones cried out of fright, while the older ones trembled and hugged each other.
"Please let me and the others go."
A girl about twelve or thirteen years old trembled and begged.
"I'll do anything."
Why can't we see girls in the city - they are all locked up here!
"What are you looking at!"
The guard gave Gu Sheng a hard push and locked him into an empty cage.
"Just wait and wait for Master Nie to make a comeback!"
The guards locked the cell door and left cursing.
Gu Sheng tried hard to calm down the anger boiling in his chest.
asked softly.
"You and the others were all captured by the Nie family?"
The girls in the cage looked at him in horror, and no one dared to answer.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not from the Nie family."
Gu Sheng Try to make your voice sound gentle.
"I was captured by them, just like you and the others."
After a long silence, an older girl in the cage opposite spoke timidly.
"Are you really not here to choose someone?"
"Choose someone?"
"What do you mean?"
Tears welled up in the girl's eyes.
"Every seven days, Master Nie will come and choose a girl to take away. The girl who was taken away never came back."
Gu Sheng His fists were clenched unconsciously, and his nails dug into his palms.
Thinking of Nie Shan saying "Nine Yin Soul Devouring Great Art", I suddenly understood something.
Those girls are probably used as "materials" to practice Evil Cultivation Technique!
"You and the others are all from Lin Yuan City?"
Gu Sheng asked with suppressed anger.
The girl nodded.
"Every girl over ten years old in the city has been arrested. I. I've been here for three months!"
Three months!
This means that the evil deeds of the Nie family and his sons have been going on for a long time.
"My sister is only eight years old!"
A thin girl in the cage next to her suddenly cried.
"They said they would take her away when she turns ten."
The girl couldn't talk any more and started crying while hugging her head.
Her cry seemed to open the floodgates, and the dungeon was filled with sobs.
Gu Sheng closed his eyes, and the innocent smiling face of his sister appeared in his mind.
If it was her who was caught. If it was her who was imprisoned in this dark dungeon.
The girl's suppressed sobs could be heard from the next cell.
Suddenly, a girl rushed to the iron fence and shouted at the guard.
"Beasts! You and the others will not die!"
"Little bitch!"
The guard smiled grimly and drew out his long whip, lashing it hard through the iron bars.
"Crack!"
The whip shadow shot out, and a bloodstain suddenly appeared on the girl's face.
She cried out in pain and fell to the ground, but still stared at the guard stubbornly.
"If I scream again, I'll beat you to death!"
The guard threatened viciously.
"Please be quiet, you and the others will feel better tomorrow!"
Gu Sheng Clenched his right hand unconsciously.
He almost couldn't help but take action, but his reason told him that now was not the time.
He still doesn't know the strength of the city lord, and acting rashly will only harm these innocent people.
After the guard left cursing, Gu Sheng walked to a white-haired old man and squatted down.
"Old man, are you and the others cultivators?"
The old man smiled bitterly and nodded.
"Otherwise, why would the Nie family and his son be here specifically to catch cultivators and practice martial arts?"
"What kind of cultivation is the city lord?"
Gu Sheng asked in a low voice.
The cell suddenly became quiet, and all the prisoners looked at Gu Sheng in horror, as if he had asked some taboo question.
"Why do you ask?"
The old man looked around nervously to confirm that the guard was not nearby before continuing.
"No one knows the exact answer. Everyone who saw him take action is dead!"
A middle-aged man with scars on his face suddenly spoke in the corner.
"At least Earth Palace Realm peak, maybe even Heavenly Palace Realm."
Heavenly Palace Realm! Gu Sheng's heart sank.
Although he is extremely talented, his training time is still short after all, and he is currently in the early stages of the Earth Palace Realm.
If the city lord is really Heavenly Palace Realm, the chance of winning in a head-on confrontation is slim.
"When will we do it?"
Gu Sheng continued to ask.
"Tomorrow" the old man's voice trembled.
"Tomorrow at noon, when the yang energy is at its strongest. They need the souls of ninety-nine cultivators and the blood essence of nine hundred and ninety-nine virgins."
Gu Sheng looks ugly.
Nine Yin Soul Devouring Great Art He has heard that it is an extremely sinister technique in the devil's path, and it requires a large number of cultivators' souls and girls' blood to be successful.
Once successful, Qing Sheng City Lord's strength will skyrocket, making it even more difficult to deal with.
"I and they have to find a way."
Gu Sheng As soon as he opened his mouth, the old man grabbed his wrist.
"Don't think about it!"
The old man's eyes were full of fear.
"No one can escape from here. The old demon Qingsheng laid Heavenly Net in the City Lord's Mansion. A few days ago, a fellow Daoist from the middle Earth Palace Realm tried to resist and was sucked into a human."
Gu Sheng patted the old man's hand gently.
"Let's rest first and recharge our batteries."
It was late at night, and the sobbing in the dungeon gradually subsided, and Gu Sheng was not sleepy at all.
Sitting cross-legged in the corner, circulating the spiritual power in the body, suppressing the breath to the lowest level, and at the same time carefully sensing everything around him.
City Lord's Mansion Something seems to be moving underground, and a cold energy fluctuation can be vaguely felt.
Gu Sheng tried to extend his consciousness to explore, but when it came into contact with the cell wall, it was rebounded by a sinister force.
"Prohibition."
Gu Sheng thought to himself.
"And it's a restriction specifically targeted at divine consciousness."
This further proves that Qing Sheng City Lord is extraordinary - the person who can arrange such a restriction is at least a strong person at the peak of the Earth Palace Realm.
Just after dawn, noisy footsteps could be heard outside the dungeon.
"Get up! Get up, everyone!"
The guards kicked the cell door roughly.
"Today is a good day, let's take you and the others to see the King of Hell!"
The cell doors were opened one by one, and the prisoners were roughly dragged out.
The girls were dragged out of the cell crying, and the guards who resisted were beaten to pieces with whips.
"Be honest!"
A guard grabbed the white-haired old man by his collar and dragged him out.
"It's an honor for you and them to be part of the City Lord's magical power!"
Gu Sheng did not resist and allowed the guards to escort him out of the dungeon.
They came to a huge square, which was originally supposed to be City Lord's Mansion's martial arts arena, but now it turned into an evil altar.
The stone pillars are arranged in a special formation, and a girl is tied to each stone pillar.
She and the others were shivering in the morning wind, their faces full of tears.
"Sister!"
A little girl suddenly cried.
"Sister, save me!"
Gu Sheng looked around and saw that the brave girl from yesterday was tied to a stone pillar not far away, with whip marks on her face.
She tried not to cry.
"Don't be afraid! Sister is here."
Gu Sheng His fists clenched unconsciously.
The cultivators were taken to the center of the square, where there was a larger stone pillar, stained with dark red blood, which had obviously been used many times.
"Go up!"
The guards pushed Gu Sheng and tied him to a stone pillar.
As soon as the rope touched the skin, Gu Sheng felt a cold breath trying to invade his body.
Immediately activate spiritual resistance while maintaining a weak appearance.
"Have everything been checked?"
came a familiar voice.
Nie Shan swaggered into the square with an excited smile on his face.
"Are we all here?"
"Back to the young master, there are ninety-nine cultivators and nine hundred and ninety-nine girls, no more than one!"
The head guard replied flatteringly.
"Okay! Okay!"
Nie Shan's eyes are crazy.
"Father will be here soon, ready to open the altar!"
As the sun rose, the girls' cries gradually turned into desperate sobs, while the cultivators' faces were mostly ashen and they closed their eyes, waiting to die.
At this time the earth shook slightly.
"Coming!"
Nie Shan shouted excitedly.
"Father is out of prison!"
At the end of the square, a huge stone door slowly opened, and the strong smell of blood poured out.
Gu Sheng saw a bloody figure floating out from behind the stone door.
It was a tall, middle-aged man, wearing a blood-colored robe, with a sinister face.
Suspended in mid-air, surrounded by blood-colored mist visible to the naked eye, every inch it moved, there was a subtle popping sound in the air.
"Welcome the City Lord!"
All the guards knelt down and put their foreheads to the ground.
Qing Sheng City Lord ignored them and glanced at every girl and cultivator.
When he saw Gu Sheng, he paused slightly and frowned slightly.
Gu Sheng immediately suppressed his breath to the lowest level, and even his heartbeat slowed to almost a stop.
I have read in Holy Land books that a high-level monk can judge the opponent's strength through the breath of life, and he must completely hide himself.
"Congratulations to my father for his great achievement!"
Nie Shan knelt down on the bluestone slab with his forehead close to the ground.
"The time has come."
Qing Sheng City Lord's voice is hoarse.
"Start the sacrifice."
Nie Shan's face showed enthusiasm.
"Fire! Lift the alchemy furnace!"
Following his order, dozens of guards slowly entered the square pushing a three-foot-tall bronze alchemy furnace.
The surface of the alchemy furnace is covered with ferocious faces, and a green flame ignites at the bottom of the furnace. Even from a distance of dozens of feet, one can feel the cold and biting heat wave.
"No, don't"
The girl who was tied to the stone pillar suddenly cried out.
"Your Majesty, save me."
The cultivators could still maintain some composure, but the girls had completely collapsed.
Qing Sheng City Lord turned a deaf ear.
The evil spirits all over the body surged. Dark mist surged from his seven orifices, covering half of the sky in the blink of an eye.
The sunlight was blocked, and the square fell into strange darkness, with only the green fire in the alchemy furnace providing some light.
The spiritual power in Gu Sheng's body is quietly operating.
Notice that every time Qing Sheng City Lord absorbs a blood bead, the evil energy around the body will fluctuate briefly.