As An Lin walked along the streets of the ancient city, balls of twisted black energy flew past him, bringing with them bursts of bone-chilling cold.
These balls of twisted black energy were unconscious spirits that roamed the city all day long. They wouldn't attack people of their own volition, but those with weaker consciousnesses could still be injured if they were to accidentally collide into them.
Merlin's flag played a very important role in this situation. He used the flag to release a few powerful battle spirits to open up a path ahead of him. The wandering spirits seemed to be able to sense the killing intent imbued by the battle spirits and would all automatically avoid them.
"Steamed buns … Piping hot steamed meat buns …"
"Sir, this is the most unique seafood restaurant in Qi Lou City. Would you like to come in and have a try?"
"Come come come! The North Star Miscellaneous Goods Shop is a very honest shop! "
"Young Master, come over here! We have the prettiest girls here …"
One voice after another reverberated through the streets, as if they were recounting the bustling days of the past.
An Lin didn't feel like there was anything to be afraid of. Instead, he looked around at the surrounding spirits with a hint of sympathy.
He didn't really understand how these wandering souls existed, nor did he understand why these wandering souls, which even the Void Spirit Tribe detested and refused to devour, existed.
They weren't pure bodies of energy, nor were they true life forms. Instead, they were more like traces of life that had once existed.
As they traversed through the ancient city, there were countless talking spirits everywhere.
An Lin shook his head and heaved a light sigh with a hint of disappointment on his face.
He had always felt that as a spirit, they should be very eerie and quiet, occasionally blowing cold winds into the ears of lone travelers to scare them.
Wailing spirits all over the streets … What the f * ck …
This was completely out of character!
After walking for a while longer, a female spirit in a red dress with a deathly pale complexion suddenly emerged from the ground.
The female spirit let loose a piercing shriek as soon as she appeared, and her piercing shriek caused the ground to crack open.
An Lin and the others covered their ears while Merlin slapped the female spirit to death with a disgruntled expression!
These types of special spirits seemed to drop some items after they were killed.
For example, this female spirit dropped blue Realm Essence Crystals after she was slapped to death.
Not long after, a butcher who was more than ten meters tall came out with a cleaver in his hand.
The fat butcher let out a strange cry as he charged at An Lin and the others. The kitchen knife in his hand rose and fell, creating a sharp sound as it sliced through the air. He was then slapped to death by Merlin with an impatient palm.
After the apparition disappeared, a green Realm Essence Crystal appeared on the ground.
Who would have thought that such a large Specter would drop something worse than the female Specter?
There were many monsters along the way. An Lin and the others pondered for a moment before heading straight for the black tower in the center of the ancient city.
The pagoda was over a thousand meters tall and extremely thick. It stood in the center of the ancient city like a giant pillar that could support the heavens.
"It's such an obvious tower. If there was anything good inside, it would've been taken long ago, right?" An Lin said helplessly.
However, Cassidy didn't seem to think so, and she said, "You're still underestimating the vastness of the Void Star Section. There are many places that we only have a rough idea of, and there are still many unexplored and unknown places."
"Besides, even if a place has been plundered in the past, it's still possible for new Realm Essence Crystals to appear after five hundred years …" Merlin also explained.
They had already accepted the fact that their master was very bad * ss, but his knowledge of the Void Star Section was very limited. Hence, they were very patient in their explanations.
Before they knew it, they had arrived at the foot of the tower.
To their surprise, there were two elderly men in red robes standing outside the tower. "Welcome, welcome … welcome, esteemed guests, to the Star Plucking Tower."
"Such a polite welcome?" An Lin's lips twitched.
Logically speaking, this scene was very strange, especially when the city was filled with specters …
As if they had heard An Lin's words, the two elderly men in red robes spoke again.
"Friends from afar …" A tall and thin elderly man waggled his head.
"How delightful!" A short and stocky elderly man chimed in.
Xue Zhantian was also very excited. "Master, these two elderly men don't look like idiotic spirits! They're so interesting, full of wit and endless profundities! "
Merlin raised a hand with an impatient expression. "Why don't we just slap them to death?"
An Lin felt like Merlin was right. To think that there were people in the Ancient Tai Chu Realm who could recite the Analects of Earth!
He was just about to nod in agreement when the two elderly men became excited again.
"Woo woo, eat the apple of the wild …" The tall and thin elderly man waggled his head.
"I have guests to play the lute and the flute!" The stocky elderly man chimed in.
His voice had only just fallen when the stocky elderly man pulled out a guqin from somewhere before slapping his hands onto the strings.
Merlin's hand was also extremely fast. Almost at the exact same moment, his massive crimson palm descended from the sky with a vast and powerful aura. The crimson palm hadn't even reached the ground, but a massive palm indentation had already appeared on the ground.
"Ha … Ha!" The tall and thin elderly man unleashed a fist toward the massive palm in the sky.
His fist caused spatial cracks to appear all over the place, and the space around him was twisted into an oblate shape. The monstrous power behind his fist shattered the massive crimson palm, and the shockwaves created by the fist proliferated outward for close to ten kilometers, causing even the black pagoda to tremor slightly.
"But you don't reciprocate …" The tall and thin elderly man remained calm and collected.
"You're molesting me!" The stocky elderly man interjected.
The tall and thin elderly man extended two index fingers and abruptly jabbed his own temple.
The stocky elderly man plucked the strings of his guqin.
Whoosh …
A peculiar sound wave proliferated outward.
The space around them twisted and warped as boundless energy and matter enshrouded the entire space.
"Be careful! This is a forced illusionary realm! "Cassidy yelled in a panicked voice.
An Lin's heart jolted with shock upon hearing this, and he immediately unleashed a defensive spell technique to enshroud his body.
However, in the next instant, he felt as if his head had been struck by the sound wave.
Then, in a trance, everything around him changed.
The bright sun shone down upon the earth, and a light breeze blew past as all types of scents began to waft through the air. There was the scent of buns, the scent of noodles, and even the scent of rouge from a woman walking past him …
That's right, he was surrounded by a bustling crowd.
An Lin blinked in bewilderment as he looked around at the vibrant and bustling streets before him.
"Heehee, Mom, buy me a candied haw! I want that! "A crisp, pleasant voice sounded.
An adorable little girl with braided hair tugged on the hand of a woman as she spoke to a vendor on the side of the road with an excited expression.
"Alright, alright … I'll get it for you right away …" A warm smile appeared on the woman's face as she led the little girl toward the vendor.
"Out of the way, out of the way!"
Just as An Lin was feeling a little dazed, his body was suddenly pushed to the side.
Then, a wooden hand-pulled cart filled with goods slowly pulled past him.
This was a very realistic feeling.
Regardless of whether it was the scene before him, the sounds, the sense of touch, the sense of smell, or the flow of vital energy, everything was extremely realistic, as if he were in a real world …
However, An Lin knew that this was all an illusion!
No matter how realistic it was, he had already determined in his heart that this was an illusionary realm!
However, An Lin was starting to get a headache. He knew that this was only an illusionary realm that the two red-robed elderly men had used against him, but how was he supposed to break through this illusionary realm? He had no idea!
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