I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 303: The City Lost in Time
After leaving Tianwaitian and heading west, the scenery suddenly changes.

There is snow all year round in Tianwaitian, and beyond Tianwaitian to the west is a vast desert.

The yellow sand stretches for endless miles, and the end is invisible.

Just a line between two different worlds.

There is a city in this desert, called Cuiyang City.

The city wall is tall and majestic, much taller than any other city walls that people have seen, giving people the feeling that it is used to resist giants.

Everyone was either shocked or stunned, but Chu Zhao remained calm, with a hint of compassion between his brows.

In his eyes, the entire Cuiyang City was completely shrouded in a layer of deathly aura, like a dragon rolling over and over again.

On the top of the city wall, there was a tattered flag. It had been weathered for a long time and was already in tatters, but one could still faintly see the word "叶" embroidered on it.

This... is a dead city.

However, Cuiyang City, which was supposed to be a dead city, was actually very lively.

"Sir, I'm patrolling the streets. I just caught some fish today. It's very fresh. Please take it back and try it."

The official was not a police officer, he was just a young man who looked to be in his early twenties.

It's just that his last name is Ye and his given name is Guan. He is a disciple of the Ye family, a prominent family in the city, so people call him Guan Ye.

It is no longer possible to determine when the Ye family moved to Cuiyang City.

Anyway, in Cuiyang City, everyone, from the elderly to the little boys, knows the Ye family.

Because the Ye family has been teaching everyone martial arts for free.

Cuiyang City is not a peaceful place. Apart from the ferocious beasts that often roam around, there are also bandits who claim to be gods and come to harass.

If you want to leave the city, you must be at least a warrior at the Autumn Water Realm.

The matter of learning martial arts is not only about the cost, but the key point is that ordinary people simply have no way to learn martial arts.

It was not until the Ye family moved to Cuiyang City that many young people had the opportunity to practice martial arts and come into contact with advanced martial arts.

Moreover, after learning martial arts well, you can follow the Ye family out of the city to kill wild beasts to make money. After one trip, you can earn a lot of money.

Outside Cuiyang City, there is a river. It is said that its source is in the sky and the river water flows out from the residence of immortals, so it is called Tongtian River.

The river was rich in aquatic products, but there had been a dragon there doing mischief before. The people in the city didn't even dare to go near the river, let alone fish, until this official came forward and killed it.

The dragon was so big that everyone in Cuiyang City got a share of its meat.

As a result, Ye Guan's reputation in Cuiyang City reached its peak, and people's way of addressing him changed from Mr. Ye to Lord Guan.

Ye Guan declined the fishmonger's offer and said with a smile, "Brother Qiang, fishing is not easy. You know that my family doesn't lack food. You should keep some money and use it to marry a wife for your brother Asheng. It will also save him from fooling around outside all day. I heard that he has recently become addicted to the Dream Fairy Grass. You can't eat that stuff. It can kill people."

The fishmonger was startled at first, then he smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir. I'll break his legs when I get back and never let him get involved with that stuff again."

Dream fairy grass is said to have come down from heaven.

After eating it, you can travel to the fairy palace and watch the fairies dancing, which is wonderful.

There are also rumors that after a warrior eats it, he will achieve a breakthrough overnight.

But Officer Ye knew very well that the thing was pure poison.

But after all, he is not a real official and can't take care of so many things.

After exchanging a few words with the fishmonger, Officer Ye continued patrolling the street.

Soon, his attention was attracted by a figure.

This man was dressed in a blue shirt, with his hair loosely draped over his shoulders. He had a simple bun on his head with a small peach wood sword stuck in it. He looked extremely handsome, with a cool breeze surrounding him and an unconventional demeanor.

This made Ye Guan very suspicious that the other party was a banished immortal.

As for the banished immortals, they are usually not that good and treat human life as worthless.

Of course, there are good ones too, but they are just a little less.

Officer Ye stepped forward to block the way and said with a vigilant look: "Look at your appearance, it seems that you are not from this city."

"Indeed not, I am from the Central Plains."

There was a faint smile on Chu Zhao's face, which made Ye Guan feel like he was basking in the spring breeze, and even the doubts in his heart disappeared.

Officer Ye clasped his fists and said, "From your bearing, I can tell that you are not an ordinary person. I wonder why you are here?"

Speaking of which, it was only after entering Cuiyang City that Chu Zhao discovered that the demon was just a puppet, and there was a master behind him.

It’s just because this place is obscured by the way of heaven and does not exist in the world. Even he cannot find out the truth without entering it.

"Come and kill a celestial being."

Killing the gods?!
Ye Guan was greatly shocked, knowing that he had met a master today, and his attitude became much more respectful.

"I am the Ye official from Cuiyang City. May I ask your name, sir?"

"My last name is Chu, and my given name is Zhao."

Official Ye nodded, clasped his fists again and said, "Mr. Chu, it is fate that we meet. If you don't mind, why don't we have a drink together? I was born in Cuiyang City and I know Cuiyang City quite well. Maybe I can help you a little."

If someone invited him to dinner, Chu Zhao would naturally not refuse, but the food in this city was probably not suitable for strangers to eat.

Outside Cuiyang City.

Except for Chu Zhao, everyone tried to enter the city.

The city gate was clearly right in front of them, and they had clearly entered the city, but there was still yellow sand under their feet, and the majestic city was still in front of them.

It was as if the city was moving and there was no way to get inside.

"Uncle Yu Ji, how did you enter the city that year?" Ye Anshi asked. He remembered that Zi Yu Ji had said before that he came to Cuiyang City to inquire about Ye Qingyi's news.

Zi Yuji recalled: "Back then I went straight into the city, it wasn't as weird as it is now."

"Is this city just an illusion?" Ye Anshi thought thoughtfully.

"It's not an illusion." Baili Dongjun shook his head with great certainty, and said thoughtfully: "The situation in this city is somewhat special. It seems to be related to the power of heaven. The reason why we can't enter the city is probably because our understanding of heaven is not deep enough."

"Then how did Uncle Yu Ji enter the city back then?"

"This city exists and it also doesn't exist. I think it was just an accident that Mr. Yu Ji was able to enter the city before." Qi Tianchen murmured.

He cultivated the Way of Heaven. Although his strength was not as good as Baili Dongjun's, his understanding of the Way of Heaven was better than Baili Dongjun's.

He said it existed because he could feel that Cuiyang City once existed.

To say that it does not exist means that the city before our eyes has remained in the long river of time.

To enter it, they must be able to cross the long river of time with the help of the power of heaven like Chu Zhao.

Qi Tianchen flicked his whisk and said with a wry smile: "Originally, we said we would go in and help, but now it seems... we don't even have the qualifications to enter."

"Senior Brother Qi, my husband won't be in danger, right?" Yue Yao asked worriedly.

Before Qi Tianchen opened his mouth, Baili Dongjun said with a smile: "He has even been to the upper realms. He is invincible in the human world. He will definitely not be in danger. You don't have to worry so much. I just don't know if he has found the Heavenly Demon now."

Chu Zhao didn't go looking for him at all, and was following Ye Guan to the restaurant.

Although this food and wine cannot be consumed by strangers.

However, Chu Zhao was no longer a stranger and was already very familiar with the young man Ye Guan. "Master, did you bring a new friend?"

Facing the waiter's greeting, Officer Ye nodded and said, "Bring up all your best wine and food. I'll pay for your wine."

"Oh, sir, you are so embarrassing. It is our honor to have you here." The waiter threw the cloth over his shoulder, bowed slightly, made a gesture of invitation, and finally said with a smile: "My two sirs, please go upstairs. The wine and food will be here later."

Chu Zhao and Ye Guan came up and sat down at a window seat.

The location is quite good and you can see the magnificent river outside the city.

This is a very magical thing, because the tall city wall is enough to block the view outside the city from all places in the city, but it can be seen, as if the city wall has disappeared.

But even with such a strange situation, people in the city seemed to have become accustomed to it.

In other words, no one thinks there is anything wrong with it, and it should be this way.

Noticing Chu Zhao was looking at the river, Ye Guan began to explain with a smile.

“This river is called Tongtian River. I heard from the older generation that the water of this river comes from the sky.

In the past, there were senior masters who swam upstream along the Tongtian River and reached the heaven, bringing back the fortune from the heaven.

We can also use this opportunity to cultivate the Way of Martial Arts."

When Chu Zhao was outside the city, he discovered the peculiarity of Cuiyang City. This city was stuck in a certain historical gap. It was both illusory and real, as if it had been forgotten in the long river of time.

To ordinary people, this city is a bit like a mirage.

But even in the cracks of the long river of time, this city is a dead city. It can be said that all the people in the city are dead. They are already dead and died in the past.

"I never thought there is a road to heaven in this world. It's really surprising."

Chu Zhao was indeed a little surprised. He only knew that there had been a road to heaven in the world, but he didn't know that there had once been a river to heaven.

Ye Guan smiled and said slowly: "In the past, immortals often came down the river to recruit disciples in the human world, and some lived in the human world permanently. We call these immortals exiled immortals.

Among these banished immortals, there are both good and evil ones, and there are more evil ones.

When I saw Brother Chu’s extraordinary demeanor before, I thought he was also a banished immortal.

I hope Brother Chu will forgive me for my previous rudeness."

As he spoke, Ye Guan clasped his fists to show his apology, and finally said with a smile: "However, Brother Chu has a righteous spirit. Even if he is a banished immortal, I think he is a good immortal."

Chu Zhao smiled and shook his head: "I am sorry to disappoint you. I am just an ordinary Taoist priest. How dare I hope to enter the fairyland and become an immortal."

"Brother Chu is too modest, but it is indeed not that easy to enter the fairyland."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion outside the restaurant.

Chu Zhao looked over when he heard the sound and saw a group of children chasing a young man.

The words spoken by the child were somewhat different from the language we speak today. Fortunately, Chu Zhao had been to the upper realm before, so he could understand what he said. He was shouting words like "madman".

As for the man who was laughed at as a madman by the children, he looked to be in his early twenties and had an extremely handsome appearance. However, his clothes were tattered and looked extremely out of place.

"It's really like searching for something without any effort. I found you."

Just as Chu Zhao was thinking this, a sigh suddenly came from the opposite side.

Turning around, I saw Ye Tao sighing.

“This man’s name is Shen Tianjun, and he is a close friend of my father. Unfortunately, he went crazy after returning from the fairyland ten years ago.

Brother Chu, you don’t know that Uncle Shen has been extremely intelligent since he was young, and his talent in martial arts is extraordinary. At the age of five, he was already a ninth-grade master.

By the time he was thirteen, he had already become a sword immortal in the Land of No Return."

Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Chu Zhao's eyes.

My goodness, a thirteen-year-old half-step wandering? !
This... is really too evil!
If I didn’t have a cheat, I really wouldn’t be able to deal with him.

“I heard that after Uncle Shen became a sword immortal, he went out to travel and met an immortal, who took him to the immortal world to practice.

But who would have known that one day he suddenly returned to Cuiyang City, shouting that the fairyland was a place where people were eaten.

Cultivation means eating people. As long as you eat people, your strength will increase greatly.

All those methods of cultivating good luck are lies.

As long as you eat people and transfer their luck, you can realize the way of heaven overnight and achieve the realm of immortals. "

The more Ye Guan spoke, the more dazed he became, until he was completely distracted, as if he was completely immersed in the past.

Chu Zhao knocked on the table to bring him back to his senses, and said with a smile: "So, you think he is crazy?"

Ye Guan shook his head, then nodded: "Of course I believe him, because my Ye family has some records about the situation in the fairy world. But later, an immortal from the fairy world came to the city and claimed that Uncle Shen was in the fairy world, not practicing well, and hanging out with female cultivators all day, so he was expelled from the fairy world. I didn't expect that he would not change his bad habits, but instead turned the tables and threw dirty water on the fairy world.

As a result, the immortal destroyed all his cultivation, and from then on, he really went crazy.

Ever since the incident with Uncle Shen, the immortal rarely came down.

However, the exiled immortals who remain in the human world will still recruit talented people to the immortal world for cultivation every year."

Chu Zhao pinched his fingers, then gave up.

Because this piece of heaven and earth is blank, there is no secret at all.

He was able to sense the existence of Shen Tianjun because he was the only special existence in this world, except for the Heavenly Demon and the Demon Buddha.

To be precise, Shen Tianjun is the only special existence in the entire Cuiyang City, because the demon Buddha and the heavenly demon are now part of him.

"From your looks, do you want to enter the immortal world to practice?"

Officer Ye did not deny it, and said with a longing look: "Of course, that is a holy place."

"Since you know that the fairyland is a place where people are eaten, do you still want to go there?"

Officer Ye was silent for a while, organized his words, and then said, "Speaking of which, Brother Chu may not believe it, but our Ye family has an ancestral precept that if we stay in a place, we must ensure the safety of that place.

I am now the Patriarch of the Ye Family in Cuiyang City, but my strength...

I want to enter the fairyland to practice and improve my strength so that I can protect Cuiyang City.

Brother Chu, you see our Cuiyang City is considered prosperous, but in fact many people can't even get enough food to eat.

Lingshan Buddhist Palace collects a large amount of taxes from the people in the city every year, so that they can obtain the protection of Lingshan Buddhist Palace. Otherwise, if the gods come to attack, we alone will not be able to hold on."

Chu Zhao noticed the celestial being he mentioned and thought that the celestial being should be the celestial demon from outside the domain.

However, he still wanted to confirm it, so he asked, "Who are the celestial beings you are talking about?"

Officer Ye was stunned for a moment, and asked back: "Brother Chu, isn't he the one who killed the celestial being?"

"Yes, but I want to know if the celestial beings here are the same as the celestial beings we are talking about in the Central Plains."

Ye Guan suddenly realized, thought about it, and said uncertainly: "Maybe they are not the same kind, because the celestial beings here, to be precise, they are not people, but a group of black... air."

It seems to be a demon from outer space.

Judging from what Ye Guan said, perhaps the information he got from the fairyland was wrong. There must have been fairies in the fairyland long before the extraterritorial demons appeared.

Chu Zhao thought so in his heart, and smiled: "It is the same kind, but the heavenly beings we are talking about in the Central Plains also include another kind."

An immortal who has fallen into the path of evil.

(End of this chapter)