AWB Chapter 263 I am a little fish (18)
Chapter 263 I am a little fish (18)
Chapter 263 I am a little fish (18)
The sound came first from within the black mist.
Unlike the sounds from inside the gate and the inner palace, the sounds here were clearly mostly female.
As the fog dissipated, Jingli seemed to have returned to the city lord's mansion.
Inside the magnificent hall, men and women intertwined, each seemingly oblivious to their surroundings, deeply immersed in lust.
Jingli's focus wasn't on the erotic scenes, but rather on the eerie blackness clinging to the men and women, rising and falling as if absorbing something.
Looking at these men and women indulging in lust in this way, Jingli noticed something strange.
Beneath their expressions of enjoyment, there was a suppressed emotion in their hearts—pain, fear, and despair.
The scene shifts, and the city lord, the former city lord, is seen in the background.
A man and a woman, dressed only in light gauze, nestled obediently beside him. Jingli could now tell that the man and woman had no spiritual power and were not particularly good-looking, yet the city lord favored them greatly.
Another dizzying sensation followed, and Jingli knew in his heart that it was the same old story of men and women again. Perhaps because he was too lazy to watch anymore, the scene jumped away.
When the scene stabilized again, the man and woman had awakened their spiritual roots, and a black mass was attached to their backs as well.
Unlike the people outside, this blackness was conveying something to them.
The man and woman seemed to be enduring immense pain, lying on the bed on the verge of death, completely unable to move.
The next scene shows the dead bodies of the man and woman—
His spiritual veins burst open, and although he had not yet formed his core, the energy emanating from his body surpassed that of any Golden Core cultivator.
The blackened spiritual energy was condensed and digested by the black substance that had previously been clinging to them, and then absorbed into the city lord's surroundings.
The scene sent chills down my spine.
If he understood correctly, the man and woman were probably chosen by the city lord, just like him and Meng Li.
The reason for their selection echoed in Jingli's ears once again in the words the city lord had spoken upon meeting them—the Immaculate Spiritual Pivot Body.
Before Jingli could think it through, the scene shifted again.
The man and woman before them were now just skeletons. Two lanterns appeared in front of them, and the scroll before them slowly unfurled under the lanterns' light—the painting depicted the underground passage and the majestic palace.
The candlelight inside the lantern flickered twice and then went out.
As the sun shone down, the painting transformed into a vibrant ink wash painting, depicting the scene of their subsequent fight.
Jingli was horrified.
Everything they had experienced had actually happened within the painting!
Jingli didn't know why he was seeing these things. He felt a tap on his shoulder, and when he came to his senses, he saw something else.
This time, however, it wasn't as clear and complete as before; it was all fragmented pieces—
There are views of the mansion from a lower vantage point, a man whose face is blurred from a normal perspective, a man lying in bed looking at the red curtains above, and a small, dark place where one is locked up...
A sense of despair almost enveloped Jingli, but the suffocating feeling of being bound by something freed him. He felt a stinging pain in his neck, yet he regained his sight.
He felt as if his skin was being torn open, as if every inch of his bones was being pounded, yet he was striving to grow again...
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"You go out."
Meng Li's voice was like an icicle, completely waking Jing Li from her reverie.
Jingli thought a long time had passed, but little did she know that in Mengli's eyes, Jingli had only been in a daze for a short while.
Although the exchange was brief, the swift resolution resulted in her sustaining some injuries.
Now that the city lord has been absorbed into her inner palace, although he has lost the power to resist, he has not been completely refined.
She thought that Jingli, this naive little fish, was frightened by this place, which is why she suggested that Jingli leave.
"Have that person outside take you back to the inn. I will come to find you tomorrow."
Jingli was still dizzy from the hallucination she had just experienced. Upon hearing this, she simply nodded and mechanically turned around.
Meng Li sighed. This house was special; there was no door for people to enter or leave. So she tore a hole in front of him, which delivered him right to Fox Eyes.
Fox-Eyes pulled out another fan from somewhere, using it to cover the lower half of his face. His amorous, curved eyes looked at Jingli with a smile and asked, "Were you frightened by the scene inside?"
Jingli looked up: "Who are you?"
"Oh dear, you little fish, you're so heartless."
He fanned himself with his fan and winked at Jingli.
It took Jingli a moment to realize what the other person meant—it seemed that Fox Eyes was concerned about him, but he asked who she was, which did seem a bit heartless.
But Jingli was still somewhat speechless.
Mr. Yuan in this world is really quite flamboyant.
Speechless as he was, and considering that the other party had no past memories, Jingli still cupped his hands in a gesture of respect and said politely, "Thank you for your concern. May I ask how I should address you?"
"Just call me Ah Huo."
After Ah Huo finished speaking, he flipped and dropped the fan in his hand, and the two left Meng Li's inner residence and returned to the city lord's mansion. By this time, it was completely dark. Some of the men and women who had cultivation had regained their consciousness and looked around in confusion.
"Why am I here? And now, what is it all about..." The female cultivator with the highest cultivation level straightened her clothes and asked Ah Huo and Jing Li, who seemed the most normal.
"I was invited by the city lord and was guided by two maids. After that, I lost all memory of it. When I woke up, I was here." Ah Huo answered with ease, as if he had expected it.
As he spoke, he hid Jingli behind his back, concealing the hand without the fan behind his back. He then produced a talisman from somewhere, held it between his fingers, and waved it at Jingli.
It's a modified invisibility talisman that won't make him disappear, but will reduce his presence.
Jingli obediently took it and stuck it to her body.
He has only a superficial understanding of the current situation, and the more he says, the more mistakes he will make. It is best for him to remain hidden in the crowd.
The female cultivator who had spoken earlier rubbed her temples: "I was also invited here. They said the blessed land is about to open, and the city lord wants us small, independent cultivators to benefit as well, so he wants to gather our strength..."
Another male cultivator chimed in, "Me too..."
After regaining their senses, the cultivators gradually gave their reasons for coming. Those with higher cultivation levels said that the blessed land was about to open, while those with lower cultivation levels said they wanted to borrow the city lord's power.
Those few mortals were brought back from the mortal realm by cultivators from the city lord's mansion, who said they could help them open their spiritual roots and guide them in cultivation.
“I remember now!” The female cultivator who spoke first looked at one of the mortal women. “At that time, I saw that although you were a mortal, you were surrounded by spiritual energy, so I knew that you must be a Spirit Pivot Body. But before I could finish speaking, the maid came.”
The mortal woman asked in confusion, "What is the Spiritual Pivot Body?"
Jingli also wanted to ask, so she moved forward a little.
"I don't know much, but I do know that this kind of physique naturally attracts spiritual energy. If one opens the spiritual meridians, even without cultivation, the speed of advancement is extremely fast."
After the female cultivator finished speaking, she looked at the expressions of the people around her, and her face turned somewhat ugly: "Could it be that the city lord sent us here because he wants us to cultivate together... no, to cultivate together more often?"
Apart from a few cultivators who already harbored the idea of leveraging this opportunity, the others did not look too happy upon hearing this.
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【small theater】
Yuan Yuan: I forgot to change my wife's clothes, so I have to hide her! Only I can see my beautiful wife!
Yu Yu: (Well-behaved and clever) (Fish-headed and fish-brained) (Trying hard to analyze) (Completely forgot that she had changed her clothes)