After all, the insect race had a source, and that was the insect nest.
As long as the insect nest was destroyed, the hidden danger of the insect race would be solved. Of course, to be able to make Immortal Essence City fall into such a situation, the insect nest was definitely not small, or even more than one. Otherwise, it would not be able to breed insects comparable to Spirit Ocean Realm cultivators.
Lu Ye had experienced the insect tide in the Spirit Stream Battlefield, but those insects were only at the Spirit Stream Realm, and the defense of the insect nest was not strong.
There were also insect nests in the Realm of Beasts, but those could only be dealt with by Cloud River Realm cultivators.
The power of Immortal Essence City was definitely not weak. Although the City Lord in front of him was only a spiritual land and did not show any power, he was definitely the most powerful Spirit Ocean Realm cultivator.
With the power of Immortal Essence City and the undying characteristics of the spirit bodies, it should not be difficult to deal with the insect nest.
Ji Yuan smiled. "Did you forget what I told you just now? Although we have immortal and indestructible bodies because of the Soul Pool, we are completely tied to the Immortal Essence City. As spirits, we can't easily leave the environment of the Immortal Essence City. You may have noticed that there is a gap in the sky, and that is indeed the location of the insect nest, but we … can't go in! "
Lu Ye suddenly understood. "I see."
That was why the entire Immortal Essence City was set up with a Flight Restriction Array. Because the spirit bodies of Immortal Essence City could not go deep into the insect nest, they simply set up a Flight Restriction Array so that the insect race and the cultivators could not fly too high. This way, the cultivators could more easily kill the insect race.
Of course, the existence of the Flight Restriction Array had some disadvantages for the cultivators, but compared to the convenience it brought, those disadvantages were nothing.
"After thousands of years of continuous reincarnation, the spirit bodies of Immortal Essence City are still undying, but human nature is complicated after all …"
Ji Yuan had said this once before, and now he said it again.
"In this process, some people have a lot of bad emotions, such as regret, annoyance, frustration, and so on. Don't underestimate these negative emotions. For a spirit body without a physical body, these emotions can often cause great harm. Some people even tried to kill themselves, but of course, they were destined to not succeed."
Lu Ye listened quietly, a complicated expression on his face.
As an outsider, it was indeed difficult for him to personally experience the consequences of being plagued by negative emotions that the City Lord had mentioned. It was also difficult for him to imagine how desperate and frustrated a spirit would be to attempt suicide.
However, he knew that the things he had casually mentioned before had been verified by the spirit bodies in Immortal Essence City.
A few thousand years … was indeed difficult to endure.
"How did you survive?" Lu Ye asked. This time, he didn't come into contact with many spirits, but it seemed that the Immortal Essence Guardians didn't have any special emotions other than being fearless of death.
The last time he came in, he encountered a lot of Immortal Essence Guards. However, most of them didn't seem to have high intelligence. Even the captain-level ones acted in a very rigid manner.
"So Immortal Essence City became a secret realm!" Ji Yuan suddenly said something that Lu Ye couldn't understand at all.
Fortunately, he quickly explained, "The aura of the living can, to a large extent, disperse the negative emotions of the spirit body. Therefore, a long time ago, every once in a while, when the insect race would not attack the city, the entrance of the Immortal Essence City would open somewhere, allowing the cultivators of the Nine Regions to enter this place."
The topic came back again.
Ji Yuan first asked Lu Ye what a secret realm was, and Lu Ye gave an answer. Then, he asked what kind of secret realm the Immortal Essence City was.
At this time, Dda had already surfaced.
The secret realm of the Immortal Essence City needed the aura of the living to disperse all kinds of anxiety in the city. Therefore, the entrance would open from time to time, allowing the cultivators of the Nine Regions to enter.
Lu Ye didn't expect the truth to be like this.
In fact, when he came in last time, he felt very strange. No matter what kind of secret realm it was, the cultivators who entered would eventually get some opportunities or benefits.
But the Immortal Essence City didn't seem to have many benefits. He himself got some soul water and took it out, but that was just an exception.
The cultivators of the Nine Regions didn't seem to have a good impression of the Immortal Essence City. When those cultivators came in and realized that this was the Immortal Essence City, their faces changed greatly, and some even cursed loudly.
It could be said that among the cultivators who entered the Immortal Essence City last time, except for Lu Ye, who got some benefits, the others gained very little. Almost all the cultivators of the Myriad Devil Ridge were killed.
If the purpose of this secret realm was not to let the cultivators gain benefits, but to make the Immortal Essence City more stable, then it made sense.
"So the Immortal Essence Guards catch people everywhere and send them to the dungeon?" Lu Ye remembered another thing. At that time, he had entered the dungeon with the token given by the woman in red. There were all the captured cultivators of the Nine Regions, including the Myriad Devil Ridge and the Haotian Alliance. However, the vitality of the cultivators who were locked inside seemed to be rapidly draining.
At that time, if Lu Ye hadn't arrived in time, Gu Canyang, the guardian of the Shenyin Palace, would have been dead.
The so-called aura of the living was nothing more than real vitality.
Ji Yuan nodded. "There is a magic array in the dungeon that absorbs vitality and connects to the Soul Pool. It can eliminate the negative emotions of the spirits to a certain extent. Therefore, when the secret realm is opened, the Immortal Essence Guards won't kill people unless they have no other choice. They will only catch people."
Lu Ye thought about it and found that it was true.
Of course, there was always a way out. With the true level of the cultivators of the Immortal Essence City, the cultivators of the Spirit Stream Realm basically couldn't make any waves here.
Therefore, when the secret realm of the Immortal Essence City opened, the strength of the Immortal Essence Guards completely depended on the overall level of the cultivators who entered here. If the cultivators who entered were strong, the Immortal Essence Guards would be strong, and vice versa, the Immortal Essence Guards would be weak. This also gave the cultivators of the Nine Regions room to resist.
In addition, the biggest reason why the entrance of the secret realm of the Immortal Essence City opened in the Spirit Stream Battlefield was that the group of Spirit Stream Realm cultivators was large enough. Even if some of them died, it was easy to replenish them.
Over the years, many cultivators of the two camps had died in the Immortal Essence City. Some were from the Myriad Devil Ridge, and some were from the Haotian Alliance. It was useless to measure the Immortal Essence City with pure good and evil. In the entire cultivation world of the Nine Regions, there was no such thing as pure good and evil.
Moreover, in the Spirit Stream Battlefield, the cultivators of the two camps were always in a state of confrontation. The secret realm of the Immortal Essence City could at most be regarded as a stage for them to confront each other.
"Sir, you said before that the opening of the secret realm alleviates the negative emotions of the spirit bodies to a certain extent. Could it be that in addition to the vitality of the living people brought by the opening of the secret realm, there are other means?" Lu Ye asked.
Ji Yuan was surprised. "Did I say that?"
Lu Ye nodded.
Ji Yuan was secretly surprised by Lu Ye's insight. He pondered for a moment and said, "Do you remember why this City Lord appeared in front of you the first time you came here?"
Lu Ye recalled carefully. At that time, he seemed to want to do something, and then the City Lord suddenly appeared in front of him, which gave him a fright. Because before the City Lord appeared, he didn't notice it at all.
But what was he going to do at that time?
It seemed that he was stopped by him …
"Breath Fruit Core?" Lu Ye suddenly recalled.
At that time, he was bored in the small courtyard where he settled down, so he prepared to stimulate the power of the Breath Fruit Core to enter the mirage to gain experience. However, just as he took out the Breath Fruit Core, the City Lord appeared.
He vaguely remembered that the City Lord said to him at that time, "This thing can't be used in the Immortal Essence City."
Lu Ye asked him why, but the City Lord only said that it would cause some bad consequences. As for what the consequences were, he didn't say it clearly at that time.
The last time he came in, Lu Ye felt that the mirage that he entered with the help of the Breath Fruit Core might have something to do with the Immortal Essence City. However, he didn't find any conclusive evidence at that time.
Now it seemed that the two were indeed related. At the very least, he entered the Immortal Essence City again through the two fused Breath Fruit Cores, and he entered in this very special state.
"Let's call it the Breath Fruit Core for the time being." Ji Yuan smiled slightly. He had to admit that this City Lord was still very charming. When he was alive, there must be many women who secretly had feelings for him. "You stimulated the power of the Breath Fruit Core to enter the mirage and killed those things. In fact, they were the condensation of negative emotions from the spirit bodies of the Immortal Essence City."
Lu Ye was stunned. He didn't expect that the mirage connected to the Breath Fruit Core would have such a connection with the Immortal Essence City.
However, he soon realized that something was wrong. "Those baring fangs and brandishing claws of the Insect Clan were also the condensation of negative emotions from the spirit bodies?" Which Immortal Essence Guard's negative emotions would form something like the Insect Clan?
"You also encountered the Insect Clan?" Ji Yuan was a little surprised. "Of course not, it should be … a means to enrich your experience."
Lu Ye raised his eyebrows and faintly sensed something. He raised his finger and pointed to the sky.
Ji Yuan nodded imperceptibly, revealing an expression of a child who could be taught.
"That's why I didn't let you use the Breath Fruit Core in the Immortal Essence City. It doesn't matter if you use it in the outside world. That day, the spirit bodies were all sleeping. If you use it in the Immortal Essence City, it is very likely to alarm them and increase the consumption of the Soul Pool."
"I see." Lu Ye nodded, and then he thought of something. "So, the fusion of the two Breath Fruit Cores to the Immortal Essence City is also … a means?" He raised his finger and pointed to the sky again.
"It's good that you know it. There's no need to get to the bottom of it." Ji Yuan said, "The number of Breath Fruit Cores in this world is definitely not small. The Breath Fruit Cores that can connect to the mirage are definitely not just the two that you have. They enter the mirage to hone their skills and also help the Immortal Essence City to reduce some of the pressure."
"As the City Master said, it's very likely that there are people who have obtained more than two Breath Fruit Cores and fused them together. In the past, no one entered the Immortal Essence City like I did?"
Ji Yuan shook his head. "Unless when the secret realm opened, as an outsider, you are the first one."
If one wasn't a chosen one, no matter how many Breath Fruit Cores they obtained, it was impossible to enter here inexplicably. However, Ji Yuan naturally wouldn't mention this to Lu Ye. There were some things that he could say, but there were some things that even if he had guessed, he could only pretend to be ignorant. (To be continued)
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