"The place recorded on the treasure map should be here." Ding Yan pondered for a moment and walked forward.
Pushing the door open.
Inside the house, there was lingering blue smoke, and in the main hall, there was an incense burner with three bamboo incenses inserted. On it, there was a blurry-faced idol, no matter how hard Ding Yan tried, he couldn't see his face clearly.
Entering the house.
Ding Yan spread out his spiritual sense and found that there was nothing unusual inside the house, no prohibition, and no runes.
"Weird." Walking to the side of the incense burner, Ding Yan's gaze fell on it.
In the inner city, there was no one, but here there were unburned bamboo incenses, which was quite strange.
"Huh? Who are you? How did you come to the cycle view?" A pleasant voice suddenly sounded behind Ding Yan.
Ding Yan was surprised, turning around, he found that a girl had walked in from behind at some point. The girl looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a light green long dress, with a slender waist, delicate skin, and a pair of big eyes, looking curiously at Ding Yan.
"Is this the cycle view?" Ding Yan's eyes flashed and when he looked at the girl, he found that her body seemed a bit illusory, like a ghost, but lacking in yin energy.
"Yes." The girl nodded and said, "You haven't told me how you entered the cycle view."
"I don't know either," Ding Yan scratched his nose.
"Oh, how could you not know? What's your name?" The girl asked curiously. "I'm Lin Xi, Xi from the water stream."
"Ding Yan," Ding Yan looked at the girl and suddenly had a guess in his mind.
Maybe...
Thinking of this, Ding Yan directly asked, "How come you are here?"
"Ding Yan, Ding Yan." The girl muttered twice, as if very happy, and responded to Ding Yan's question subconsciously, "I've always lived here."
Ding Yan sniffed and thought it was the case.
After a moment, Ding Yan's eyes fell on the incense burner in front of him.
"I..." Just as Ding Yan was about to speak, the ground of the entire cycle view suddenly shook.
Looking back.
On the black wooden door at the entrance of the cycle view, the runes were gleaming strangely, as if they were moving. Then, the black wooden door began to dissipate. Ding Yan was surprised, he flew out of the cycle view and looked towards the distant city wall. The girl in the green clothes also wanted to follow, but after running a few steps, she was bounced back by an invisible force. The girl stomped her foot in anger, looked back at the idol above, and grumbled, "Dead grandpa, stinky grandpa, not letting little stream out..."
On the city wall opposite, a huge gate shadow appeared. The surrounding runes began to sway irregularly.
Boom!!
An earth-shattering momentum erupted from outside the city wall, and the shockwave spread to the inner city.
Standing in the distance, Ding Yan's eyes revealed a hint of shock.
"Someone is actually challenging the black city wall!"
After a moment, that force surged again.
This time, the aftermath was even stronger than before. Several crisscrossing cracks appeared on the streets closest to the city wall. At the same time, the shadow of the giant gate on the wall became more solid. Although Ding Yan was standing inside the inner city, he could still see at a glance that the black giant gate was none other than the Ghost Gate!
The opening of the Ghost Gate requires more than ten days, and it is obvious that less than half a day has passed since the last opening.
Half a day later, the Ghost Gate opened again!
The only explanation is that someone used supreme power to forcibly disrupt the ancient prohibition of the black city wall.
The power emanating from beyond the city wall grew stronger and stronger, as if a giant was continuously bombarding from the other side.
After about an hour, the Ghost Gate finally stabilized completely. The pitch-black giant gate opened again, and in the instant the Ghost Gate opened, a complex array appeared out of thin air, followed by a burst of blue light on the array, as if communicating with another world.
Shortly after, a huge bone claw reached out from the array and grabbed the ground beside it. Then, a large skull rose from it, the same seductive skull Ding Yan had encountered outside the Ghost Gate earlier.
The huge seductive skull slowly emerged from the array, with the black iron chain still coiled around its right arm.
Seeing the process of the seductive skull emerging, Ding Yan instantly realized that this seductive skull was a kind of sealed monster spirit used to guard the forbidden land. In other words, the so-called Ghost Gate was not an entrance at all, but rather a trap to slaughter treasure-seeking cultivators who entered.
Boom!!
The massive Ghost Gate was directly shattered by a huge force, and countless debris flew into the inner city, crashing into the houses. The seductive skull stood at the entrance, roaring, flames in its eye sockets turning blood red. At the same time, the iron chain in its hand began to tremble, emitting a series of clear, crisp sounds.
Dust filled the broken gate.
Step, step, step.
A figure slowly walked out from it.
The seductive skull roared and used the iron chain as a weapon, swirling it at the incoming person.
The person seemed oblivious to the incoming iron chain, allowing it to strike their body, but the eerie effect of the iron chain seemed to have no effect on the person. As the iron chain struck the person, only sparks flew out continuously.
It was only after the person entered the city that Ding Yan could clearly see their appearance.
This person had disheveled hair, a vacant expression, and no trace of vitality in their eyes. Their clothes were tattered, like a common beggar in the mortal realm. However, upon seeing this person, Ding Yan was stunned because this person was the stone man who had pointed to the sky on Dayan Mountain!
The revived stone man!
Like a demon, he had forcibly smashed open the Ghost Gate.
Seeing the situation, the seductive skull roared, and the bloody aura on its skeleton began to converge. It all gathered on the bone claw of its left hand, desperately trying to strike the person.
Since the day it was sealed, it had kept only one belief, that is, to guard the inner city. Now that the stone man had broken out and contradicted the order in the skull's memory, the skull naturally did everything to stop him.
The stone man stopped and looked at the incoming bone claw, seeming unperturbed and continued to mutter to himself.
"Who am I..."