After eating and drinking their fill, Gu Heng and Qin Yiyao left the inn.
His next plan, naturally, was to buy a house in the deserted city. It didn't have to be too big. He would no longer be running a store anyway, and the money he earned would be enough to last him three or four lifetimes. He could just buy a house and live a stable life there.
And on the way.
Qin Yiyao watched Gu Heng praising the surrounding streets, saying that they were much better than Yunling City... She was completely confused.
Because the streets of the deserted city in her eyes were really broken and shabby, and the pedestrians around her were even exactly the same. At a glance, they were all mortals, and their eyes seemed to be particularly strange.
But Qin Yiyao's intuition told her.
This city is definitely not as simple and shabby as it looks!
So are the people here!
"Girl, take a look at this room."
Gu Heng brought Qin Yiyao to the first floor of a house that was slightly smaller than the Gu's Medical Clinic, but the location here was good and relatively secluded, so it shouldn't attract people to disturb it normally.
The yard is a little smaller, it still has a front yard and a back yard, but there is no small house in the backyard. The decoration inside is also nice, but it looks like no one has lived here for a long time.
Gu Heng wants to buy this place.
"How about it? The second floor can still be turned into the room you want."
He checked with Qin Yiyao.
If she thinks this place is good, then there is no need to look for it anymore, which will save her some trouble.
How about it?
Qin Yiyao looked around the house and yard. It was still dilapidated and desolate, and the house was covered with dust, but these seemed to be "appearances". Qin Yiyao knew that there was something wrong with the entire deserted city, as if it was covered with a layer of "disguise" that she could not see through, so this house should be really good.
"Yeah, it's good."
Qin Yiyao's mind was not on this house at all.
But it is about the "secret" of this deserted city.
"Okay then, we'll move in right away, but I don't know who to ask to make this arrangement."
Gu Heng first dusted off the two chairs, at least to make room for himself and the little girl.
It is obviously a place larger than Yunling City, but the population does not seem to be very large. In such an environment, at least there is no need to worry about the trouble of too many people and too many eyes.
After all, in the foreseeable future, Qin Yiyao is likely to become quite famous. Once a person becomes famous, there will inevitably be more troubles. It is beneficial to live in a place where there are not many people.
He likes to go to crowded and lively places, but he doesn't like to have his peace and quiet disturbed by others.
"This yard could be planted with some vegetation, it would look better, and there are mountains all around, so it would be convenient for relaxing..."
Gu Heng has already started thinking about how to make some changes to this house.
"Sir, are you planning to stay in my deserted city for a long time?"
Suddenly, a clear and sweet voice came into my ears.
Gu Heng turned around and saw two women standing at the gate of the courtyard, walking towards them. One of them was a beautiful woman in a purple dress, looking at Gu Heng with an astonishing fairy-like appearance, and her eyes were also somewhat lively.
The other woman in green followed the woman in purple somewhat stiffly.
Gu Heng was stunned for half a second, then reacted and said with a smile: "Excuse me, who are the two ladies?"
"My name is Yin Xueling, and this is my maid Xiaoqin.""Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."
Gu Heng was a little embarrassed as he didn't expect anyone to visit him, and they seemed to be local ladies from this deserted city. He quickly invited them into the house and sit down.
Although strictly speaking, this is not his house.
"My name is Gu Heng, and this is my apprentice Qin Yiyao."
Qin Yiyao narrowed her eyes.
She knew that there were two women here, and these two women were obviously different! They were fundamentally different from the lifeless pedestrians she had seen on the streets of the deserted city!
They seemed to be out of place in this shabby deserted city. They were too gorgeous.
Yin Xueling smiled lightly: "Disciple...your disciple seems to be very talented."
Speaking of.
She tapped her fingers.
In an instant, Qin Yiyao felt that what she saw around her changed almost instantly!
The house that was full of gloom just now now looked brand new, as if the "disguise" that she could not see through had been taken off, revealing the "truth"!
Qin Yiyao's eyes suddenly widened.
really!
This deserted city does have some extremely complex and powerful formation that is affecting outsiders!
But this kind of influence only seemed to make people feel disgusted with the deserted city and leave early...
"Master, this house is really nice..."
Qin Yiyao looked around and muttered.
"Didn't I tell you a long time ago..."
Gu Heng felt a little ashamed.
The little girl was a little strange today. The environment in this place was obviously quite good, much better than Yunling City, but ever since she came here, she started to look suspicious and didn't know what was going on.
"Mr. Gu is coming from outside?" Yin Xueling looked at Gu Heng with a smile.
"Yes, the environment of this ancient wilderness is very good, so I brought my apprentice here to settle down, and I also plan to buy this house."
Gu Heng also confessed.
There aren't many people here, and everyone probably knows each other. If two outsiders come, it will of course be very noticeable.
"I wonder what Miss Yin wants to see me about?"
"Nothing else, I just heard that there were outsiders coming, so I was curious."
Yin Xueling always spoke in a nonchalant and playful manner, which made her attitude difficult to understand.
"Are you curious when outsiders come?"
"I guess we're not the only ones who have been to this place, right?"
Gu Heng frowned.
"But Master Gu, you are not an ordinary outsider, right?"
Yin Xueling's lips curled up slightly.Gu Heng looked bewildered after hearing this.
Why is he not an ordinary outsider?
"None of this matters. I came here just to see if Master Gu can tell me what it's like outside."
There was a hint of interest in Yin Xueling's tone.
This is her purpose.
She had never left the deserted city since she was born. Her grandfather thought too highly of her. Even if she could go out of the city occasionally, she would be caught and brought back soon.
Over time, Yin Xueling's curiosity was suppressed by her indifferent nature.
Until someone can rekindle her curiosity.
Then things will be out of control.
"…That's it?"
Gu Heng originally thought that this young lady had something important to discuss with him, which made him nervous, but he never expected that it was just for this reason?
"I have never seen the world." Yin Xueling raised her eyebrows, "I have never left the deserted city in my life."
Oh, it seems like she is just a well-protected young lady from a wealthy family.
Gu Heng couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that this was a woman who knew nothing and was very curious.
"That's easy."
If you want to tell a story.
Then Gu Heng felt that he could add whatever he wanted.
…
Somewhere in a courtyard.
"Painter" Yin Rufeng was sitting on a stone bench. His Taoist power was condensing into an extremely magnificent and huge painting in an orderly manner according to his guidance.
Although this painting looks like it is less than half completed.
"Mr. Hua, what do you think?"
On the side, Yuan Chou and Yin Rufeng reported the situation of two "special" outsiders coming to the deserted city.
"Interesting. The passageway to the five realms is broken, and the power of the immortal and demon realms can no longer be transmitted to the Xuantian Realm. Without the infusion of 'immortal energy', it stands to reason that there won't be any cultivators in the Xuantian Realm who have surpassed the Supreme Saint Stage."
Yin Rufeng was very interested in what Yuan Chou said.
The deserted city is not without outsiders.
But it stands to reason that it is impossible for an outsider to be unaffected by the "Illusion Array".
Unless one's strength has surpassed the existing cultivation system of the Xuantian Realm and reached a higher level.
Either "ascend to heaven" or "become a demon"...
In essence, there is no difference between these two paths. The only difference is whether one can be recognized by the fairy world or the demon world.
But this shouldn't have happened.
If the "immortal energy" and "demonic energy" could flow into the Xuantian Realm on a large scale through other channels, then the "Xuxian World" would have lost its meaning of existence long ago.
so...The identity of one of the two outsiders is very intriguing.
Either he is from the "Xuxian World", in other words, an enemy of Huangcheng.
Or he could be a completely unrelated cultivator, but he accomplished what no native creature in the Xuantian Realm had been able to do since the prehistoric times—breaking through the "mortal level"!
"yes,
Except for the 'Xuxian Heaven and Earth', there cannot be any cultivators beyond the 'Fairy Level' in the Xuantian Realm at present."
Yuan Chou was worried: "This is what I am worried about."
Yin Rufeng sighed, and the magnificent painting in front of him, which was almost half completed, turned into light dust and dissipated with his sigh.
He stood up.
"Yuan Chou, do you think I have missed a lot since I have been living in the deserted city and secluded from the world for so long?"
His expression suddenly became a little bleak.
Yin Rufeng had a hunch that the outsider who was not affected by the illusion array and whose strength had broken through the "mortal level" might have nothing to do with the world of virtual immortals.
The Xuantian Realm is about to change.
They were hiding behind the formation and of course knew nothing about these changes.
For example, the current Xuantian Realm may no longer be like before, where all practitioners were trapped in the "mortal level".
A deserted city, but I just don't know what's happening outside.
"That's natural, but we have no choice but to stay away from the world."
Yuan Chou shook his head calmly, his tone firm.
"I have been hiding in the deserted city for so many years. No matter what happened in the outside world, we didn't care and didn't interfere. We just waited for the opportunity to go to the fairyland..."
"If we don't hide from the world, and the Immortal World finds us, then what will happen..."
After hearing this, Yin Rufeng slowly turned his head and his eyes fell on Yuan Chou.
"When do you think the opportunity to go to the fairyland will appear?"
"this..."
Yuan Chou was stunned.
He couldn't answer this question at all.
"Once upon a time, it was said that if one broke through the mortal level, one could go to a larger and broader world. But we used that unique method to obtain immortal energy and broke through, but why can't we go to the immortal world?"
Yin Rufeng murmured.
Yuan Chou didn't know what to say.
Indeed, if the rumors in the world were true, they would have left Xuantian Realm and explored the Immortal Realm long ago.
But, I can't go.
They still can't fly out of this world.
"I'll go meet the outsider. If he has no ill intentions, it's fine to let him stay here."
Yin Rufeng decided to move his legs.