PDLP Chapter 134 Plot 9 Fortunately, your godfather is not here. If he were here, he would definitely lau
Chapter 134 Plot 9 Fortunately, your godfather is not here. If he were here, he would definitely lau
After seeing the old man leave, Bai Jin shook his head gently, with a hint of helplessness and heartache in his eyes. He slowly turned his head and his gaze fell on Chao Chao's small back. "Such a young child has suffered so much with me." He muttered to himself.
After helping Chao Chao wash up, he gently patted her back to coax her to sleep. Then he remembered that the old man was a human being, and he used a little more force in his hands. "Hey!" Bai Jin said a little loudly.
His heart suddenly tightened and he quickly looked at Chaochao. Fortunately, Chaochao just moved slightly in his sleep, changed to a more comfortable position, and continued to lie on Bai Jin's shoulder. Bai Jin breathed a sigh of relief and slowly raised his head to look outside the door.
Maybe the old man knows something about that city. A surge of hope surged in Bai Jin's heart, his eyes flickering with thought. He sat down beside the bed, moving very carefully, afraid to make any noise and disturb Chao Chao's sleep.
He gently put Chaochao on the bed, looked at Chaochao's peaceful sleeping face, pulled the quilt for Chaochao, then slowly stood up and walked out the door gently.
He saw Old Man Qing busy gathering herbs. The herbs exuded a delicate fragrance, and without hesitation, Bai Jin stepped forward to help. He bent down and expertly gathered the herbs, placing them in a nearby basket.
"Senior, how long have you been here? Why are you different from those skeletons?" Bai Jin asked as he helped, his voice filled with curiosity and confusion.
Old Man Qing kept moving his hands. He raised his eyes slightly and looked at Bai Jin, his eyes revealing a sense of vicissitudes and emotion. "For over three thousand years, the curse on those people in the city has been unbreakable. Ultimately, they brought this upon themselves."
Bai Jin felt a strong sense of unease as he listened to what Old Man Qing said.
He began to suspect that there was no exit in this level. In fact, this was a dead city, almost like a ghost town.
If Old Man Qing was not lying, then Gu Qingning's hundred-level formation, which had only appeared two hundred years ago, was simply the entrance to another world.
If this guess is true, then the entrance and exit of the Hundred-Level Formation can only be random. But I don't understand why the exit to the Zuo Realm will only open after exiting the Hundred-Level Formation.
The survival rate is so low! How dare Gu Qingning let four of us noobs in? Bai Jin thought of the scene of himself selling out Song Yi, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
He was secretly annoyed in his heart. He had dug a hole and jumped into it voluntarily. He knew that Gu Qingning was not a good person.
Bai Jin calmed himself down and asked anxiously, "Then... where is this place?" His eyes were full of expectation, hoping to get an answer from Old Man Qing.
Only by understanding the situation here can we find a way to leave.
Old Man Qing had just put away the herbs, slowly stood up, and patted his back. A complex expression appeared on his weathered face. "Ghost City, since you asked this question, you are not from here, but an outsider, right?"
Bai Jin knew that the outsiders Old Man Qing was referring to were not this person. Ghost town! Why is it another ghost town? Could this be the real ghost town?
Old Man Qing took the herbs from Bai Jin and sighed softly. "Those who can leave may not be human beings." Those words seemed to carry endless and profound meaning, making it difficult to grasp.
Old Man Qing sat beside him, feeling a mixture of emotion. Over the past three thousand years, those immortals had died the fastest, leaving him alone for over two thousand years.
"People from the outside world directly sealed off the ghost town and claimed that it no longer existed. At that time, the people inside the ghost town were still normal. Less than a hundred years after it was sealed off, someone came. You should know who that person was. What a pity, his kindness led to his own death."
Bai Jin seemed to have heard Song Yi's story about the sacrifice and the Taoist priest. "That's the Taoist priest? And what about you, Senior? Who are you in these stories?"
The old man sighed, his voice filled with helplessness and guilt. "One of the main culprits."
Bai Jin knew that anyone who could live this long must be extraordinary, but he was curious about how those people turned into skeletons. His eyes were full of confusion, and his brows furrowed slightly. "Senior, how did those people turn into skeletons?"
Old Man Qing began to recall the scene, his eyes becoming deep and solemn. "After the formation was set up, several of us were somehow sucked in. I was filled with confusion and fear, thinking that the Master had abandoned us only to turn the Ghost Town into a true ghost town."
"Naturally, we refused to accept our fate and tried every possible way to break the formation. But when we reached the edge of the formation, we couldn't sense its presence. Old Chen, curious, reached over it, only to be pulled in by a powerful force. Instantly, all that emerged was Old Chen's corpse, his spirit vanishing. Only then did we understand why the Master had sealed off the Ghost Town."
The old man paused slightly. "When we returned to the city, we saw a group of people walking out of the city. We followed them out of curiosity. We saw the leader using forbidden techniques to break the formation, but he didn't realize the huge cost. He used the flesh and blood of the entire city to create a broken formation. In the end, he couldn't give up, so he started using the souls of the people in the city to nourish the forbidden techniques and complete the formation. Unfortunately, the progress is too slow. So far, the broken formation is less than 30% complete."
"The appearance of the Taoist priest gave him great hope. He used another forbidden technique again and killed countless outsiders in the past few thousand years. I didn't expect that you survived. If he knew about your special physique, I'm afraid you would not be able to escape from his clutches." The old man Qing's words were full of worry.
Bai Jin didn't care if he would be caught by the skeleton. He only thought that if he saw the skeleton, he would definitely kill it! "Then, senior, how are you okay?"
When Old Man Qing heard Bai Jin's question, he almost rolled his eyes. "I'm a strong cultivator, so that person naturally can't do anything to me." There was a hint of pride in Old Man Qing's tone, and he straightened his spine slightly.
Before Bai Jin could open his mouth to ask more questions, he suddenly heard Chao Chao banging on the door and crying. "Daddy! Daddy!" Chao Chao's cry was filled with fear and anxiety. He hurried over to open the door and saw Chao Chao crying because she couldn't find anyone she knew.
Chao Chao's little face was covered with tears and her eyes were red, which made people feel distressed. When Chao Chao saw Bai Jin, she immediately stretched out her little hands for a hug.
Bai Jin's heart softened, and he quickly picked up Chao Chao and wiped her tears with his sleeve. "Chao Chao, why are you so tearful? It's a good thing your godfather Dian isn't here, because if he were here he would definitely laugh at you." Bai Jin's voice was gentle and doting. He gently stroked Chao Chao's hair, trying to soothe her.
Chao Chao snorted, turned around and hugged Bai Jin's neck. "Godfather, I won't... dimples!" Chao Chao's voice was filled with a hint of stubbornness, and she hugged Bai Jin tightly.
Old Man Qing looked at this scene with a surge of anger in his heart, and he had to blame Bai Jin: "You are so careless, young man! How dare you bring such a young cub like Chao Chao to the ghost town! What if something unexpected happens!" There was a tone of blame in Old Man Qing's voice, and his eyes were fixed on Bai Jin.
Old Man Qing had finally met such an obedient and small cub, and he felt even more sorry for her.