Tiantang City was Yutang's capital. If it was not for the enemy invading the city, the city gates would be opened every day to allow the citizens to enter and leave freely. Therefore, no matter how strict the martial law was, the citizens would still be allowed to enter and leave. At most, the inspection would be slightly stricter!
The people of the martial world did not think of themselves as ordinary people most of the time. They felt that they were different from the common folk, but now, they were the common folk. It was the truth. Were the people of the martial world not common folk?
The so-called ban was at most to slow down the speed of the martial world practitioners entering Tiantang City. That was all!
Furthermore, the ban was used against the common folk. While the ordinary martial world practitioners were rather intimidating, these ace cultivators who thought they were qualified to snatch the dragonhide treasure map were all high and mighty existences.
They had ten thousand ways to invade Tiantang City without alerting anyone or any force.
The first batch of people who entered were the assassins who had come because of the Dictum of Death. They had gradually ceased their activities but had yet to go far.
The assassins' league seemed to have won the battle with the Four Seasons Tower, but in reality, both sides had suffered great losses. Fearing that the infamous Four Seasons Tower would retaliate, they had broken up and retreated to the forest a thousand miles around Tiantang City to recuperate and wait for a chance to strike.
After all, the mission had not been completed, the mission of the Dictum of Death had not been completed. How could they leave just like that?
Unexpectedly, they had only rested for a few days before such a major incident erupted in Tiantang City all of a sudden!
It was an incident that was even more sensational than the Dictum of Death!
For a moment, even Hen Bieli and Hong Zhan truly felt that they did not want them to have a good time!
Damn it … This situation clearly doesn't even give me time to rest properly!
However, could they not fight for such a priceless treasure?
Did they know what speed meant in war?
Therefore, all the assassins swarmed in and entered Tiantang City forcefully.
As countless assassins swarmed in, it was as if a signal had been lit. The martial world people from all over the place swarmed in with even more exaggerated and undisguised fervor.
What? The city gates are not allowed to enter?
We want to avoid trouble, we don't have the time to clash with the officials. Can we fly in at night instead of going through the gates?
Therefore …
For a long time after that, Tiantang City was like a gigantic cauldron while the martial world experts were like dumplings falling from the sky, falling into it one by one.
Actually, it wasn't appropriate to call it a dumpling. Had you ever seen a pure black dumpling?
The ready-made clothing stores around Tiantang City were all sold out of black fabrics. In just a few days, the price of black, nocturnal garments and Tiantang garments had risen tenfold!
In the Residence of Yun, Yun Yang slowly moved a chair over and sat under the pergola, reading in silence. A gentle breeze blew, causing his purple robe to billow, his sleeves fluttering in the wind. He was completely at ease.
His hair fluttered in the wind, and his jade-white face was filled with elegance and grace.
"You really don't regret it at all? Are you putting on an act, or are you feeling heartache? "Ji Lingxi paced around him, Shangguan Lingxiu sitting opposite him.
"…"
"That's the Seventeenth Master of the Abyss's dragonhide treasure map! Tossing it out just like that as bait is a reckless waste of God's gift. What a waste of such a good item …" Ji Lingxi expressed her heartache, especially for Yun Yang.
"…"
"If you had gotten your hands on the dragonhide treasure map and found that place and cultivated the mystical skill within, you might have been able to unlock this red light earlier … That's the legacy of the strongest legend in this world, the Seventeenth Master of the Abyss, after all." Ji Lingxi sighed in pity, feeling a little shy at the same time.
Yun Yang rolled his eyes and shifted his gaze away from the book to look straight at Ji Lingxi. "What can I do by unlocking the red light?"
"Yes …" Ji Lingxi uttered the word subconsciously. Suddenly, her neck flushed as she growled, "Yun Yang, get up and spar!"
"Hahahaha …" Shangguan Lingxiu, who was standing beside them, could not help guffawing with a flushed face.
Yun Yang's words were truly …
Hearing Shangguan Lingxiu's laughter, Ji Lingxi could no longer care about challenging Yun Yang to a duel. She stomped her feet and dashed into her room, shutting the door behind her.
Yun Yang raised his head in confusion. "I didn't say anything. Why are you just talking and not practicing?"
Shangguan Lingxiu rolled her eyes and chased after Ji Lingxi.
'Didn't say anything?
Fine, I'll believe you. What's so great about Little Bai? '
Strictly speaking, Yun Yang could not be blamed for this. Yun Yang's mind was not on the conversation at all; he was replying almost casually.
Most of his thoughts were on the many messages sent by the Nine Heavens Dictum.
Someone had entered the city; someone from a certain sect had entered the city; someone from a certain sect had arrived a few miles away from Tiantang City and was advancing at an accelerated pace …
Tiantang City would turn into a martial world's paradise once night fell.
Nightwalkers scurried back and forth as if they were rushing to a market; they did not avoid people at all.
In just four short days, the dragonhide treasure map that had been in Dong Tianleng's hands had changed hands four times. It was also because of these four transmissions that it had directly or indirectly caused the deaths of no less than a hundred martial world practitioners!
Every martial world practitioner who had died on the spot had been identified after the incident, and they were all reputable figures.
Among them were three or four experts who were said to have long retired from the martial world, the pinnacle of the world.
"… The treasure map has now changed hands from Sky Traversing Sword Qing Zishan's hands. Qing Zishan had died in Hong Zhan's hands. However, the secret map had ended up in Cheng Heyun's hands. Right now, Cheng Heyun and his brothers have become the target of public criticism. "
"Cheng Heyun has been confirmed to have been intercepted and killed. Three of his four brothers have also died. Only the second brother, Cheng Mengyun, managed to escape with the secret map in his possession, heavily injured …"
"… It has been confirmed that Cheng Mengyun is dead, and the secret map has fallen into the hands of a black-clothed man with a short sword. Based on his movements, he should be the former One-legged Bandit Qi Mengluo, who has retired from the martial world a long time ago."
…
Just like that, the news spread endlessly, layer upon layer.
Yun Yang observed carefully with a frown, but he did not give any specific instructions.
He was waiting, waiting for the news he longed to see to appear.
"… The secret map has fallen into the hands of the Hall of Crimson Blade. Now, the Hall of Crimson Blade's Hong Zhan has joined forces with Hen Bieli. Countless assassins have come from all directions to help and are trapped in the east of the city. The members of the Ma-i Sect who have retreated from worldly affairs have appeared three hundred miles away from the south gate of Tiantang City. "
The news Yun Yang had been anticipating had finally arrived.
"Ma-i Sect!" A cruel smile hung on the corners of Yun Yang's lips. "Have we arrived?"
In a flash of purple, he had returned to his room.
In the next moment, he had already vanished from the room.
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