Many rivers, dilapidated roads, and dilapidated houses passed by Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha.
Numerous slaves in tattered clothes were working in the fields, not noticing the intense explosions and battles happening in the central city over a hundred miles away.
To ordinary people, a distance of over a hundred miles would take one day and one night to travel. It was indeed considered very far. Hence, the people in the surrounding cities didn't sense the changes happening in the central city.
The people managing these slaves were daoists wearing silk robes and had cold expressions. There were also armored warriors. These people were clearly the core management disciples of the Witchcraft Ghost Sect.
However, the dao arts and martial arts of these disciples weren't high. When Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha were enveloped by sinister winds and dark clouds, these people didn't notice them at all.
Moreover, when Hong Yi sneaked towards the central city, he hadn't discovered a single Xiantian expert or daoist that could control things.
"This group of people from the Witchcraft Ghost Sect simply doesn't know how to manage their internal affairs. They don't know how to develop their economy. Look at the atmosphere in these cities, it's simply a mess. If they want to continue developing, establish a country, or even take over the Middle-Earth Heavenly Province with this, they are simply delusional. I can see that in ten years, not only will these cities not develop, but they will also lose vitality and become lifeless. In the end, they will become ruins. "
Just as Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha passed through the environment of the Heaven Extinction Mountain and entered the plains in the central region of the mountain, many ghostly immortal dao arts, Wu Sheng's essence qi, and flying monsters were fighting in the central region. While the sounds of explosions rang out incessantly, the two of them weren't in a hurry to act. Instead, they silently retracted their auras and sneaked towards the central city.
As they were sneaking, Hong Yi observed the cities established by the Witchcraft Ghost Sect, as well as the slaves and residents in the cities.
The center of the Tianjue Mountain was a plain with a circumference of several hundred square kilometers. The climate was mild, isolated from the rest of the world, and the land was fertile. It was like a paradise. It was simply the best place to escape from the chaotic world in the novel notes.
Hong Yi had seen the city plains built by the pirates on Giant Whale Island. It wasn't even a tenth as large as this one, and the land wasn't as fertile. However, the cities built by the pirates on Giant Whale Island were full of vigor. Although the city here was large, it was lifeless. There were dilapidated houses and dirty water everywhere, and the roads were a mess. There was no order at all. They didn't know how to plan a city or communicate with each other. It was as messy as a few children playing house.
The people of this land all wore ragged clothes, and there was no light in their eyes. They were all ignorant natives.
No, those native tribes that truly lived in the wilderness were still wild and quick-witted.
On the other hand, the natives living here were completely numb, as if they were walking corpses that had lost their vitality. Hong Yi had only seen such numb expressions on the prisoners on death row who lived in the dark and sunless prisons.
This was the expression of someone who had been oppressed to the extreme and lived a life worse than a pig or a dog for a long time.
The pirate nation on Giant Whale Island still had shops opened by its residents. However, this place was ten times larger than Giant Whale Island, yet there were no shops or taverns. Besides slaves, there were only slave owners. There was no business, trade, or shop to be seen.
Hong Yi knew that the Witchcraft Ghost Sect had built cities and plundered the native tribes as slaves in order to establish a nation.
However, after taking a brief look, Hong Yi knew that the Witchcraft Ghost Sect's management of slaves wasn't just ordinary.
Countries like the Divine Wind Nation and the Cloud Nation also had a slave system, but they had enacted many laws. For example, if the slaves were active in farming and rearing, they would be rewarded. If they made great contributions, they might even have the chance to become free commoners.
These kinds of slaves were full of vigor and vigor.
Rather than saying that the Witchcraft Ghost Sect was building a city, it would be better to say that it was digging its own grave.
What hope was there for such a city?
As Hong Yi was sneaking into the central city, he was thinking that if he were to manage this land, he would definitely issue a series of policies to double the population, increase trade, and develop the intelligence of the natives. Finally, a prosperous nation would slowly expand.
Back when Hong Yi was studying, he wanted to become an official after passing the exams. Then, he wanted to govern a county or a province so that no one would close their doors at night, no one would pick up any leftovers, and everyone would live and work in peace and contentment.
He had done some research on civil affairs, commercial affairs, and agricultural affairs, but he wasn't like other scholars who only studied scriptures and didn't know anything about economics.
Now that he saw the Witchcraft Ghost Sect's cities in such a disorderly and lifeless state, he couldn't help but be inspired to study the ways of managing the world's economy.
A scholar who didn't study the ways of economics wasn't a scholar. At best, he was a rotten scholar. In the classics of the sages, the two words "close to the people" were the epitome of the ways of economics.
However, at this juncture, it wasn't the time to lament about this. Right now, it was a battle between immortals to seize treasures and divine weapons.
These thoughts flashed through Hong Yi's mind. He knew that the central city of the Witchcraft Ghost Sect was most likely filled with experts. Yun Meng, Da Qian, and even Yuan Tu and Huoluo experts were definitely there.
The Witchcraft Ghost Sect had built a city in the wilderness and possessed a Cosmos Sack. It had long been discovered by people with ulterior motives. How could it not attract attention?
Although it was located in the wilderness and extremely far away, to dao technique experts who could travel thousands of miles in a day and ride the clouds, it still couldn't stop them from spying.
In fact, Hong Yi knew that the Da Qian Dynasty definitely had some secret records that recorded the powers of these remote places. In particular, they had to prevent the previous dynasty's royal family from escaping to a secluded island, bringing along their own people, establishing a power, and then fighting back.
"So this is what Heavenly Witch City looks like."
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha passed through layers of plains, rivers, and forests to arrive at the center of the plains, outside the true city of the Witchcraft Ghost Sect.
"Rumor has it that the Witchcraft Ghost Sect spent the lives of a hundred thousand slaves in twenty years to build a Heavenly Witch City. So this is what it looks like? It is indeed grand and majestic. "
After landing outside the city, Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha hid in an uninhabited forest.
The surroundings were filled with fog and black smoke, so they couldn't see clearly.
However, their eyes were very sharp, so they could still see the appearance of the Witchcraft Ghost Sect's city.
This was an extremely majestic city. The city walls were all stacked up with large stones, and the middle was filled with glutinous rice flour and other medicinal ingredients, as well as a mixture of molten iron.
Although it couldn't compare to the Jade Capital and was slightly smaller, it was much larger than any of the provincial capitals of the Da Qian Dynasty.
The atmosphere was simple and majestic. There were many stone statues erected on the four walls, giving off an ancient vibe.
"It's completely useless. Spending blood and lives to build a city like this in the Heavenly Witch City, unless one is out of his mind. In an environment like the Heavenly Witch City, even an army of millions or tens of millions wouldn't be able to break through. As for ghostly immortal experts, the city is useless. The people of the Witchcraft Ghost Sect are too stupid. 100,000 aboriginals, let me manage them. In twenty years, the population can be multiplied several times. If there are intelligent ones among them, I can groom a few of them to become dao technique experts. Who knows, there might even be dao cultivation geniuses who can groom ghostly immortals. "
Hong Yi looked at Heavenly Witch City and snorted disdainfully.
As he spoke, he looked around. Many of the aboriginals' warriors and daoist priests on the city walls were already dead. The sky was filled with multicolored smoke. Within the smoke, there were violent explosions, one after another, and the ground was shaking.
Countless powerful thoughts mixed with a sinister wind surged.
Wu Yu didn't know what kind of spiritual dao technique this was.
But he could feel that every single one of them was a ghostly immortal expert.
However, these people weren't the main characters. The most eye-catching thing was that there were two strands of Essence Qi in the city that were as straight as beacons. They shot towards the sky, piercing through the heavens and earth. Being forced back by these two strands of Essence Qi, all the sinister wind thoughts retreated.
Hong Yi knew that this was the full power of Wu Sheng's expert Qi, blood, and fist will!
Around Wu Sheng, there was a formless, masculine, and baleful aura. Even ghostly immortal thoughts had to retreat before it.
All of a sudden, pitch-black smoke rose from the walls of Heavenly Witch City. The smoke was thick and viscous. As soon as it soared into the sky, it enveloped the entire city within a radius of several dozen kilometers.
Following which, all sound, light, and thoughts in Heavenly Witch City disappeared without a trace.
The entire Heavenly Witch City seemed to have been dug out from the Boundless Universe. However, within the black smoke that covered Heavenly Witch City, there was a faint sound that sounded like 10,000 ghosts wailing.
"10,000 Ghosts Paying Homage Array."
Chan Yinsha suddenly said, "This is the Witchcraft Ghost Dao's array. It's similar to the Black Heaven Blood Trigram, but even more mystical. At this moment, the entire array is filled with vengeful spirits and ghosts. It's incredibly powerful, and it has become an independent battlefield. "
"I wonder which experts are fighting inside?" Hong Yi was speechless as he watched.
The two of them tried their best to hide their auras, and hid their souls within the Essence Qi Upper Fetus. Their blood, qi, and souls fused together, forming a perfect circle. It was as though they were nurturing a baby and hiding it within the fetus.
Therefore, Chan Yinsha and Hong Yi looked like ordinary people. They hid in the forest outside the city, and in such a chaotic scene, no one would be able to detect them.
"Let's hide our auras and watch first. Let them fight to the death, and then reap the rewards." Chan Yinsha smiled, and thought of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. "That's good.
But right now, we are fighting in the city, and have no idea what's going on. Why don't you protect me first, and I'll send a portion of my soul in? After all, I've cultivated the Sutra of the Past, and my thoughts won't scatter easily. I can observe the battlefield. Moreover, I've only cultivated to the Ghost Immortal Stage for a short period of time. Now, all the cultivators in the world know that I'm a Ghost Immortal. Other than you, no one else knows who I am. "
Hong Yi suddenly said. What he meant was that he wanted to enter the battlefield alone to see what was going on.
"No, look at the battle in the sky. The thoughts are huge, and there are more than 10 Ghost Immortals. Two Wu Sheng are fighting. If you're not a top expert, you'll be in grave danger if you interfere."
Chan Yinsha shook his head. "Even if you've cultivated the Sutra of the Past, and your soul doesn't scatter, there's no guarantee that you'll be beaten to death. It's better to wait and see. Moreover, you've cultivated the Sutra of the Past. If someone recognizes you, it'll be terrible."
"Don't worry. The situation now is that no one knows that I've cultivated to the Ghost Immortal Stage, and no one knows that there's a dao technique expert like me in the world. Why don't I use the dao technique of the Mighty Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva Scripture, and let people think that I'm the Golden Spider King? Anyway, my dao technique is probably not much different from the Golden Spider King's. If I pretend to be the Golden Spider King, there won't be any problems, and my identity won't be exposed. "
Hong Yi suddenly had an idea.
"That's good too! If you use the Mighty Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva Scripture, people will think that you're the Golden Spider King. In the world, there's only the Golden Spider King who has cultivated the Mighty Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva Scripture to the Ghost Immortal Stage. I'll guard you here, and you go into the city to investigate. I'll tell you about the Golden Spider King's usual actions and expressions. "
Chan Yinsha took off the Immortal's Capital Jade Annulus, then passed the Heaven Shaking Bow and the Limitless Arrow to Hong Yi. "Take these two treasures."
"No need. I've used the Immortal's Capital Jade Annulus, the Heaven Shaking Bow, and the Limitless Arrow. Haven't I been exposed? The Golden Spider King doesn't have these things. It's more important that you stay here and guard my body. "
As Hong Yi spoke, his soul suddenly flew out. It transformed into a strong, eerie wind, and flew towards the Heavenly Witch City that was shrouded in black fog.
Within the eerie wind, a Bodhisattva figure that stood on a dragon and an elephant could be vaguely seen.
This was the mystique that appeared when Hong Yi used the Mighty Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva Scripture with all his might.
The moment he came into contact with the black fog, Hong Yi immediately felt malevolent and ferocious faces appear in front of him. Among them, countless zombies, ghosts, specters, and devils were grabbing at him, as though they wanted to tear his soul to shreds.
"Good fella, this Thousand Ghosts Reverence Formation is really impressive. It seems like countless vengeful spirits and Yin spirits have been refined into devils. Within this formation, those who aren't Ghost Immortals can't enter at all. Even if they enter, they can't get out. However, these are useless against me. Mighty Heavenly Dragon! Ba Mi Ba Mi Hao! "
Hong Yi's Mighty Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva True Form suddenly unleashed its might. A strong soul vibration spread out in concentric circles.
The evil spirits and vengeful spirits within a radius of 30 meters were immediately shattered.
The vengeful spirits and evil spirits within the Thousand Ghosts Reverence Formation were all spiritual bodies like Yin spirits. However, they had lost their humanity, and were even more cruel and brutal than the most ferocious beasts.
"Golden Spider King! I knew you would come here to fish in troubled waters. I've been waiting for you for a long time! "
Just as Hong Yi entered the Thousand Ghosts Reverence Formation and entered Heavenly Witch City, a pitch-black sword light suddenly shot towards him, as though it had been waiting for him for a long time.
Countless white epiphyllum flowers were faintly discernible on this black sword light. It was one of the top ten magic tools of Xuantian Hall, the Impermanence Sword.
"Impermanence Sword, Nalan Yanluo, how dare you sneak attack this old man." Hong Yi was taken aback. The imitated voice of the Golden Spider King came from the chilly wind.
Chan Yinsha had already told Hong Yi some of the expressions and tone of the Golden Spider King. At the same time, Hong Yi also knew that Xuantian Hall had destroyed Nalan Yanluo's Impermanence Sword.
Who asked Nalan Yanluo to be discovered by Xuantian Hall and Chan Yinsha when she used the Dragon Riding Scripture to investigate the fleet of Yun Meng's army at the seaside?
Hong Yi and Chan Yinsha had a rough idea of the group of experts led by Yun Meng. As for the Champion Marquis Da Qian's side, Hong Yi also knew a little bit about them. As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will emerge victorious in every battle. Hong Yi had made ample preparations in this regard.
"Let's see what it's like to fight with a real ghost immortal expert. I'm also a ghost immortal, and I've cultivated the Past Scripture that allows my spirit to not dissipate. Am I better than other ghost immortals?"
Hong Yi saw the Impermanence Sword suddenly flying towards him. An impermanent aura of life and death suddenly enveloped him from all directions. Indistinctly, there seemed to be two spirits, one black and one white, in the huge sword aura. They wanted to take his soul and reap his soul!
Ordinary Taoist experts would definitely have their souls crushed by the sword will of the Impermanence Sword in a single encounter.
However, Hong Yi was not moved at all. His core nature was to guard the Past Scripture and use the Mighty Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva Dharma Fist externally.
"Go and die for this old man!"
With a scream, Hong Yi suddenly burst out a huge fist the size of a water tank from the chilly wind and violently struck the Impermanence Sword.
This was the first time that Hong Yi had a one-on-one confrontation with a ghost immortal expert.
Boom!
The sword shadow of the Impermanence Sword instantly collided with Hong Yi's huge fist the size of a water tank. After a tremor, the body of the sword issued a sound like the roar of a dragon and a tiger. It seemed to have a spiritual nature!
As for Hong Yi's Water Tank Dharma Fist, it was split apart by the Impermanence Sword. It turned into air currents and dissipated in all directions.
The momentum of the Impermanence Sword did not diminish. It drew a strange arc in the air and suddenly shrunk. Then, with a swoosh, it appeared around Hong Yi's chilly wind and pierced directly at the core of Hong Yi's spirit in the center of the chilly wind. It was actually going to pierce through his spirit and scatter it.
"Good swordsmanship!" Hong Yi was shocked, but on the surface, he chuckled. The chilly wind in his spirit suddenly changed and turned into the image of Zhenwu with a tortoise and snake entwined. With a palm strike, he displayed the Yin Yang Purgatory of the Thunder Saber Scripture.
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