Chapter 89: Chapter 89: Leaving the City

The spirit of Puppet City possessed the Phoenix Spirit, unexpectedly gaining emotions and self-awareness.

It saw Jiang Ming, and since Jiang Ming was part of the Human Race, he indeed was not illuminated by the Light of Obscurity, which piqued its curiosity.

Everything Puppet City’s spirit said was true, but it hadn’t finished speaking.

The method to leave Evergreen City is quite simple: kill the self-awareness of Puppet City’s spirit.

According to what Puppet City’s spirit had previously said, the city could carry away the spirits of the current world because of its nearly undefeatable ability to obscure common sense.

And it was never because it trapped all Human Race cultivators and evils in Puppet City with the Shadow Lock Chain and Light of Obscurity.

In the past ten years, Puppet City’s spirit was unwilling to leave, maintaining Evergreen City’s instantaneous transformation towards Puppet City.

Now that Puppet City’s spirit’s self-awareness has dissipated, it will inevitably act according to the rules.

In other words… Evergreen City is about to disappear.

If Jiang Ming doesn’t leave soon, he might really be taken away by Evergreen City.

Zhu Chen waved his hand, gathering the Spiritual Qi around them, transforming it into a gale carrying the two.

“Wait!”

Jiang Ming’s eyes flashed, his body carrying the wind as he rapidly scoured the second and third floors of Chaofeng Pavilion’s Library Pavilion.

His storage pouch couldn’t hold anything more, so he exchanged Zhu Chen’s storage pouch from the simulator and borrowed the storage pouch from Zhu Chen’s waist as well. After Zhu Chen left, he would take away everything he brought, but wouldn’t take anything from reality.

The books on the second and third floors were relatively fewer compared to the first floor; the two barely managed to fit seventy to eighty percent of the books.

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Within Evergreen City.

Everyone was busy as usual.

It was daytime, and the streets were still bustling.

Scholars sat in taverns drinking and singing long songs, merchants with smiles on their faces spread sweat while shouting, and martial artists stood out like cranes amidst chickens, their Qi-Blood exuberant.

Travelers outside several city gates, upon seeing the towering walls of Evergreen City, involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief.

For mortals, the Great Lii City provided unparalleled security.

In the Lion Roar Martial Arts Hall, a loud booming sound echoed.

Disciples looked toward the depths of the hall, but all they saw was a blur, and a black shadow dashed outward like thunder.

“The old man! The old man is free!”

“Hahaha!”

Qian Feng’s long eyebrows flew horizontally, and he couldn’t help but smile.

He could feel the Shadow Lock Chain on him weakening, weak enough for him to easily break free.

Even evils have their own realms.

The first layer is, of course, the most ordinary evil, typically low-level demons that can fight martial artists to a draw.

These evils fear Haoyang and carry the Shadow Lock Chain, being dragged into shadows during the day, unable to operate.

This realm is officially called ’Night’ by Great Lii, though it’s not often mentioned; in the presence of Heart Lamp cultivators, this type of evil can be ignored, and martial artists are rarely able to encounter Great Lii’s definition of this level of evil.

The second layer is evils that can break free from the Shadow Lock Chain; they can operate during the day without weakening quickly, even under sunlight.

This realm is called ’Shedding Mortality.’

It naturally means this realm’s evil is beyond the resistance of mortals.

The realms of demons, ghosts, and spirit monsters can roughly fit Great Lii’s definition of evil realms.

Only peculiar evils are unique and cannot be subdivided.

Qian Feng, as a Heart Lamp Immortal Master who fell into the demon path, naturally fits into the Shedding Mortality realm.

Gales roared, sweeping across Qian Feng’s face, his sleeves flying, making rustling noises.

Not only Qian Feng.

Only evils were left with consciousness within the entire city, and several Shedding Mortality demons crazily rushed outside.

Those evils gaining spiritual wisdom but unable to break the Shadow Lock Chain watched desperate from the shadows as other demons left.

Qian Feng quickly reached the city gates.

The Shadow Lock Chain on him spread crazily, but with Qian Feng’s forceful exertion, the Shadow Lock Chain belonging to Evergreen City was abruptly broken by him.

“Boom——”

Qian Feng’s mouth stretched to his ears.

“Hahahaha! The old man… the old man finally”

Qian Feng’s words abruptly halted.

In front of him, not far away, were two figures standing side by side in green and dark clothing.

The green-clad figure was dragging a black, ragged object like a dead dog.

Qian Feng could recognize that it was the only other Shedding Mortality demon in Evergreen City besides him.

This Shedding Mortality demon mingled among people, growing stronger by absorbing human desires, but like him, was confined by Evergreen City.

The demon’s strength was far greater than his, yet fortunately, there was no conflict of interest between them, and they stayed out of each other’s way.

But now, this powerful demon had no breath left.

Jiang Ming looked at Qian Feng rushing out of Evergreen City, and smiled.

“In this world, whether the so-called Human Race cultivators or evils and demons, their usage of power is too crude. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is also unknownly impure, and cultivation rules differ greatly.”

Zhu Chen shook his head as his figure began to fade.

“This is some help from me to you.”

Zhu Chen waved his hand, sending a Divine Sense filled with information and insights into Jiang Ming’s mind.

There’s not much, nor can much be transmitted at the Qi Refining realm, but it’s a compensation for some shortcomings observed in Jiang Ming’s combat, helping to correct mistakes in magic battles.

Jiang Ming quickly absorbed this knowledge, his eyes revealing a hint of enlightenment.

“This person, you probably can handle.”

“Jiang Ming, time’s up, I’m leaving first.”

Zhu Chen looked at Jiang Ming, showing a gentle smile.

“You can go farther than me, I’m looking forward to our next meeting, and to the day you reach the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao.”

A quarter of an hour passed, and Zhu Chen vanished.

Simultaneously, a powerful, aged voice sounded from deep within Jiang Ming’s mind, “Goodbye, Jiang Ming my friend, until we meet again.”

Li Jin also left.

Qian Feng was stunned, unable to understand how the other disappeared.

But at the same time, he knew that the powerful presence that instinctively made him tremble had left.

Here, only the other remained.

A brat who just broke through to Heart Lamp!

Qian Feng’s smile returned.

“The old man broke through Heart Lamp ten years ago, and you, until recently, were just a Qi Blood Martial Artist.”

Qian Feng’s muscles began to squirm, his pupils suddenly turned pitch-black, and black veins climbed across his face.

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