Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 97 So that’s it
After trudging all the way to Dengtian City, Gong Tianwu discovered that this was actually a mountain city. There were a large number of cranes, mandarin ducks and other birds circling around the city. They were probably all ancient and exotic species, and their bodies were probably several times larger than normal ones.

Once a cultivator flies close, disciples riding on these magical birds will approach, and spread the message that one must enter the Ascension City from the ground.

Of course, there are also those young people who don’t listen to orders, and then someone will definitely fly down to teach them a lesson.

Gong Tianwu would certainly not challenge this unspoken rule and would directly enter through the city gate.

I found that in addition to charging an entrance fee of one or two taels of gold, I was repeatedly told by the guards at the city gate not to fight in the city, and to find the city guards if I had any conflicts. Otherwise, I would be fined and compensate for all losses.

However, the entrance fee of one or two taels of gold is exchanged for a wooden sign, which can be used as a certificate to enter and leave the city within a month. If you think about it this way, it is not really a rip-off.

After entering Dengtian City, Gong Tianwu found that the city was quite clean and tidy. There were several streams flowing in it. The stream water contained a very small amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. The roads in the city were distributed along the streams.

The buildings in the city are novel in style and well-arranged, with eaves and corners pointing straight to the sky, like a phoenix spreading its wings about to fly, majestic yet elegant.

The streets are wide and flat, paved with white jade, with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants planted on both sides, which bloom all year round and have a fragrant smell.

Gong Tianwu found a "busybody" who was everywhere, threw a silver shell to him, and asked who the most powerful formation masters here were, as he needed help with something.

These gossipers were all mortals, and they were overjoyed to receive a reward of a silver shell. They immediately led Gong Tianwu's family to look for them.

However, these formation masters were either very busy or not there at all, as they were out helping to build the formations, so Gong Tianwu gained nothing that day and could only find an inn to stay in.

He was also surprised when he checked into the inn, because the price of this inn was not cheap, at least five times that of other places!
That’s not all, but what’s even more outrageous is that it can actually provide a quiet room with abundant spiritual energy for cultivation.

Of course, the price is also staggering, almost comparable to the presidential suites of super hotels on Earth such as the Burj Khalifa.

The next day, Gong Tianwu got up early and finally met a formation master, but the master was confused about what Gong Tianwu described. The two just chatted for a few words, and the other party served tea and sent him away.

In the afternoon, Gong Tianwu found another formation master under the guidance of that gossipy person.

This master has already practiced the formation to the third level, to the extent that he knows it by heart. He is already a top-level figure here, but he still shook his head, saying that an formation that can make people dizzy and painful in a targeted manner is unheard of.

To be honest, Gong Tianwu felt that this feeling of being stuck in a dead end was really unpleasant.

After hesitating for a long time, he could only spend money again and try to consume the cause and effect points to find the person who could crack the formation.

The reply Kang gave surprised him. It actually required the consumption of 18 causal points! And there was no way to bargain for this. Kang also needed to use the causal points to calculate and deduce. He did not act as a shameless middleman who added money.

After thinking hard for a while, Gong Tianwu changed the question, which was to try to consume causal points to find someone who knew the relevant situation (why one would feel dizzy and confused after entering the formation), and did not require to crack it.

As a result, the consumption this time was very low, only 2 causal points were required, and such consumption was within Gong Tianwu's tolerance.

As the arrow appeared on his retina, Gong Tianwu began to follow its instructions and quickly walked through Dengtian City. After crossing several streets, the destination of the arrow turned out to be a place he had wanted to go for a long time but had no time to go.
The name of this place is: Changhualou.

As for whether the guests use their tongue to taste or other parts, it is up to them.

You can see that business is booming here, with many guests coming here to have fun. After entering the door, servants will come to greet and receive you attentively, making you feel at home.

More importantly, there is a large platform in the building, which is called Wutong Terrace. It covers a large area, about the size of two or three football fields, and there are a total of twelve flower buildings built inside.

Without exception, all those who can live in the Phoenix Tower are female cultivators with successful cultivation. If one wants to form a relationship with them, the cost is really high, but many people flock to them.

After all, the identity bonus of a female cultivator is extraordinary, far exceeding the value of college students on Earth.

After Gong Tianwu entered the room, he threw a small gold ingot to the turtle man who came to greet him, then waved at him and said:
"I heard about this place from a friend, so I came in and took a look around. You just follow me. I'll ask you if I have any questions."

This old man is always welcoming and seeing off people, what kind of people have not seen him? Anyway, he has got a gold ingot, so he follows behind with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face.

Finally, he realized that this guest was getting more and more strange. He couldn't help but cough and said:

"Sir, the place in front is where the servants live, right? Ahem, your friend must have remembered it wrongly."

Gong Tianwu had already discovered that the arrow pointed to a dilapidated hut, and nodded with relief:

"arrive."

Then he pointed at the turtle and said:

"Who lives in that house?"

Turtle Gong immediately looked over with a look of shock. Even though he was well-informed, he still had difficulty breathing and could not believe it:
"Sir, the person living in there is old man Xu who works as a night watchman."

"This old man doesn't usually take a bath, and he has a lame leg. No one eats with him. Why do you have such a unique taste and don't follow the ordinary path?"

Gong Tianwu was concentrating on solving the puzzle at the moment. After hearing what he said, he was stunned for a few seconds before reacting. He immediately shouted angrily:

"Nonsense, I'm looking for him to get information, if you keep talking nonsense I'll tear your mouth off."

Turtle:

". Damn it, I'll slap myself in the face!"

So soon, Gong Tianwu saw the sloppy old man Xu. This old guy was indeed very dirty, and the smell he exuded from afar was enough to make people want to stay away from him.

Gong Tianwu didn't waste any words and directly threw a silver treasure over and said:

"I want to ask you something. If you can provide me with useful information, I will give you two extra ones."

Old man Xu immediately nodded and bowed, smiling:
"Yes Yes."

Gong Tianwu said:

"I went to a place before and suddenly felt dizzy and uncomfortable. Then I left the place and there was no problem. But when I went back the next time, I encountered a similar situation again!"

After hearing this, Old Man Xu immediately said:

"Is this happening only to you? The rest of the people went there and nothing happened!"

Gong Tianwu nodded and said:
"That's right!"

Old man Xu immediately showed his big yellow teeth and laughed:
"You came to the right person to ask me. Apart from me, few people in the world know about this matter, but it involves many of my private matters."

As he spoke, he stole a glance at Gong Tianwu:

"If you are willing to give me ten taels of gold, ahhhh!!!"

It turned out that when Gong Tianwu heard this guy change his words, he grabbed his hair and slammed him against the wall next to him.

After just two hits, the guy's head was bleeding and he screamed in pain. The pervert outside took the money and pretended not to hear anything.

Gong Tianwu then took out a handkerchief, slowly wiped his palms, and then said slowly:
"You can ask for money, but that's only if you give me what I want. Maybe I'll give it to you when I'm in a good mood!" "You want me to pay without saying a word? Haha, do you think I'm a fool?"

Old man Xu lay on the ground for a long time before he recovered. It seemed that he wanted to say something harsh but didn't dare to. However, there was always a look of unwillingness and resentment in his eyes.

However, there shouldn't be too many people like this in the market. Ahem, it seems that Tian Dachun was such a person back then, so Gong Tianwu grasped his mentality very accurately - just do it.

So after having two fingers twisted off, the scoundrel Old Man Xu finally became honest and told his story like a bamboo tube pouring beans:
"More than 30 years ago, there was a severe drought. I had no choice but to do the work of digging graves. I had dug seven or eight graves before and nothing happened. Later, I encountered the same situation as you."

"But the things in that tomb were so tempting that I tried every way to figure out the reason. I thought the tomb owner had set up some vicious mechanism or poison, but I couldn't figure it out."

"In the end, I met a corpse chaser, who told me that the place didn't have any special traps or formations, and it was probably because of my special physique."

Hearing this, Gong Tianwu's pupils suddenly shrank slightly. He had never expected to get such an answer, but when he thought about it carefully, it was very likely.

Old Man Xu continued:
"I was very naughty when I was little. When I was five years old, I drowned while playing in the river in the summer. After being rescued, I was unconscious at home and lay there for nearly ten days. My parents gritted their teeth and sold half an acre of land to invite a shaman to call back my soul before they cured me."

"The spirit said that I lost my soul because I was too frightened by drowning."

"Although the soul was found later, it had been outside for too long, so it was much weaker than a normal person in terms of spirit. When walking at night and passing by a cemetery, it is easy to encounter evil spirits, and it is easy to get sick if frightened by someone."

Gong Tianwu immediately thought of himself. Strictly speaking, his soul must be different from that of ordinary people because of his continuous reincarnation and possession of other bodies! However, he was definitely not weak, but extremely powerful.

When Old Man Xu's soul became weak, many inharmonious phenomena began to appear between it and his body.

Then my soul is too powerful and must have some subtle incompatibility with my body. So there is such an unknown mechanism in the woods of Shimen Village that can make me, who has a strong soul, feel uncomfortable?
At this time, Old Man Xu was still chattering:

"After figuring out the reason, I found a way to go to the efficacious Sanxian Temple to ask for a talisman that can calm the mind and protect the soul. Then I went there normally again."

"So I made a fortune from it. I used the money to support the widow Xie at the head of the village for more than half a year, and made this old woman scream every day."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu decisively waved his hand to shut him up, then threw two silver treasures to him and said:

"This is your information fee."

Then he threw down five more silver treasures:
"This is the money for your medical treatment."

When Old Man Xu saw this, his eyes lit up immediately. He went to pick up the money while bleeding from his nose, and said with a panting smile:
"If you feel unhappy next time, feel free to come and get beaten up by me! I am born to be beaten because of my cheap life. Just give me some money for medicine like you did this time."

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Now that he understood the reason, Gong Tianwu's eyes suddenly became clear. Since there was something wrong with this place, why not just prescribe the right remedy?

It is quite difficult to make a weak person's soul stronger, but there are many ways to weaken a person's soul, which can be said to be very strange.

The famous witchcraft technique is based on the principle of damaging a person's soul, causing it to be quietly damaged, making it unable to sleep all night, and finally causing the person to go mad and die.

However, Gong Tianwu only wanted to temporarily damage his soul, not to torture himself to death, so this request was still quite harsh.
Fortunately, this city is really prosperous, with many cultivators gathered here. As long as enough resources can be provided, all kinds of needs can be met.

Next, Gong Tianwu ran all over the city, searching for a solution that could heal his damaged soul.

Dengtian City can be said to be a gathering place for a considerable number of cultivation resources, with all kinds of corresponding treasures, elixirs, and even opportunities emerging in an endless stream.

While looking for a solution, Gong Tianwu also took the opportunity to walk around and take a look, and as a result, he really gained a lot of knowledge.

Of course, if he came across something that was a good deal, Gong Tianwu wouldn't mind taking advantage of it:
For example, he found someone selling Thunderbolts at a small stall at a very cheap price, but he wanted to buy them all at once because the total number exceeded one hundred.

Gong Tianwu tried it out and found that this thing would explode in the air after being thrown out, and the scattered flames could ignite the surrounding area. Of course, its power was okay for ordinary people, but it was a bit useless for cultivators.

After asking, I found out that the person selling the item got it from picking up corpses or looting bags.

He went with a large group of people to explore an ancient tomb, which was said to contain treasures. However, they were blocked by a corpse demon as soon as they entered the door, and suffered heavy casualties. It was only because he saw the situation was not good that he escaped in advance and saved his life.

Later, this guy turned back to look for his acquaintances and accidentally picked up the body of another companion.

He found a lot of these things in his storage bag. Perhaps considering that there were corpse beetles and vampire bats in the ancient tomb, they just came in handy.
Gong Tianwu calculated the price and then cut the price lightly to buy it.

On the third day, Gong Tianwu went to visit a master but was turned away. When he came out, he found a large group of people gathered in Laosongfang.

This place was originally called Anren Mingdefang, a place specially designated for independent practitioners to exchange and sell goods in retail. All they had to do was pay a stall fee.

Because there is a very vigorous pine tree in this place, it is simply called Laosongfang for convenience. It is very rare to attract so many monks to watch this place.

So Gong Tianwu squeezed in with the intention of broadening his horizons, and was surprised to find that several independent cultivators had joined forces to hunt down a strange beast, and then cut it up and sold it here like pork.

The skin of this strange beast is extremely thick and dark green in color. It has four huge hooves and its body is covered with scales. It looks like a combination of a cow and a lizard.

Moreover, its skin, horns, and four huge hooves had been cut off and placed aside, and its internal organs were also placed in basins in different categories.

After looking for a while, Gong Tianwu realized that he had arrived too late. The valuable parts of this strange beast, such as its inner elixir and eyes, had already been sold.

Someone has already paid a deposit for the unicorn's heart, so it's just lying there for you to look at.

It seems that the most expensive part of its body is its skin. There are six or seven people fighting for it, and the price has been raised to more than one thousand seven hundred spirit stones. This is definitely something Gong Tianwu cannot afford.

At this time, he saw a gossiper next to him who was watching with great interest, so he threw a silver treasure to him:
"Excuse me, do you know the origin of this beast that was killed?"

The gossiper took the money and immediately said excitedly:
"Yes, of course I know! You have asked the right person, sir. The beast that was killed is not ordinary. It is a monster with the blood of Kui Niu. Although its blood is not pure, its strength is amazing."

Gong Tianwu was a little surprised. After all, Kuiniu was an ancient mythical beast. Even Emperor Xuanyuan was proud of its skin. Moreover, this thing was born with the ability to control thunder and lightning. It was a rare monster other than dragons that possessed this ability.

The gossiper said with saliva flying:
"This guy came to our Dengtian City sixteen years ago because he liked the golden osmanthus forest next to Mirror Lake."

"This patch of golden osmanthus occupies an area of ​​more than ten acres and blooms twice a year. Every time it blooms, it will appear nearby to smell the fragrance of the golden osmanthus and attack passers-by for food!"

"Over the years, countless people have tried to catch it and kill it, but I didn't expect that Li Xianchang and his group succeeded. This was also a coincidence. Li Xianchang happened to successfully refine the Sky Spider Web."

Hearing this, Gong Tianwu's heart moved and said:

"This beast has the blood of Kui Niu, so doesn't that mean it can use thunder magic?"

Bao Da Ting nodded and said:

"Isn't it? There are quite a few people who died under this guy's thunder magic. Even the city lord's four disciples were unfortunately killed."

After listening to this, Gong Tianwu nodded slightly and began to concentrate on watching the sales situation over there.

Half an hour later, the monster's body had been cut into pieces, the valuable parts had been sold, leaving only the meat and several basins of blood.

(End of this chapter)