Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 472 From East to Sea

Wei Xi landed steadily and ran three zhang away, afraid that if he was too slow, he would be caught in the formation and die with it.

But Qin Feng was noticeably more composed, cautiously observing the formation.

The ancient formation of Dead Water City seemed to be frozen in place, showing no reaction whatsoever.

Wei Xi was somewhat embarrassed for not seeing even a single red line—hadn't he made a huge fool of himself after making such a confident promise?
"Wait a minute!" Qin Feng said, his expression serious and his gaze focused.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Xi turned around abruptly.

A dull, low rumbling sound came from afar.

It's as if the earth is slowly cracking open, or as if every mountain is beating a drum.

"That volcano... no, it's Yu Xianzhou's broken furnace!"

Wei Xi's face turned ashen: How could I be so unlucky! Yu Xianzhou and Luexi's group of demonic beasts could easily summon the Heavenly and Earthly Vessels, and I haven't done anything immoral or immoral, so how could I have failed!

Is being a good person really so unpopular? Wei Xi found it hard not to be angry with Heaven.

The kind-hearted Wei Xi was furious, but he still remembered the suspected eruption of the volcano and decided to pull Qin Feng away to hide.

On second thought, that "volcano" wasn't a real volcano. The broken furnace hadn't been lit for thousands of years, so what could it spew out?

"Wei Xi."

Qin Feng's voice became muffled amidst the increasingly deafening roar. Wei Xi shouted, "What did you say?"

Lingyin's voice was very penetrating; it felt like needles pricking Qin Feng's ears.

"It's outside the city! Something is outside the city now, and it's even brought this formation back to life!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Xi's first thought was of the mountains of corpses piled up outside.

After all, the Zhenhai Sect's training grounds and Dead Water City are of the same lineage, so it's reasonable for the corpses to come back to life.

But there are no corpses outside Deadwater City. Could it be that there are monsters captured by Zuo Fei outside?
Before Wei Xi could think further, the puppets in the formation emitted terrifying sounds.

At this moment, Wei Xi felt genuine remorse—at a time like this, he had actually made a mouth for the puppet, and now the upper and lower iron teeth were clanging together, creating layers of sound waves in the mouth.

Qin Feng was the only reliable one; he scooped up Wei Xi, who was secretly regretting his actions, and ran outside.

We'd better run or it'll be too late!
After peeking out of the cellar and giving it a quick glance, Qin Feng immediately cowered like a turtle, not daring to hesitate for a moment.

Wei Xi, who was being carried by her, stuck out her butt and desperately turned her head to ask, "What's going on? That formation is about to explode!"

"With a thousand corpses turning back, I think it's more dignified for us to die here."

Wei Xi struggled even more, so Qin Feng had no choice but to gently put her down.

Having anticipated this, Wei Xi peeked out and observed the situation outside the cellar:

Pale corpses emerged from the streets and alleys of Deadwater City, their limbs stiff and their steps slow. But these pale corpses were moving in a very clear direction, like countless tiny tributaries converging into a mighty white river flowing eastward.

Qin Feng's description of "a thousand corpses turning back" seems to refer more to a partial passage of corpses.

Seeing that there was no harm in it, Wei Xi became bolder and was about to call Qin Feng up when he heard a cry of surprise from his companion.

Qin Feng stared in surprise at the array in the middle of the cellar, Gao Han already unsheathed.

It turned out that the five iron puppets that Wei Xi had placed there could not withstand the pressure and were completely destroyed.

The array patterns were ruined beyond recognition by the yin and yang energy and went with the puppet.

Only the token remained, lying forlornly on the ground. The yellow flame flickered around before Wei Xi, quick-witted and agile, retrieved it back into the coral box.

All traces of the Yin and Yang energies that Wei Xi had cleverly transformed had vanished. Although not a single trace of the Heaven and Earth meridians had been summoned, it was still a false alarm and not a complete loss.

Wei Xi walked over and picked up the token.

"The four-flame totem," Wei Xi said thoughtfully, fiddling with the token. "Whose is this one?"

"Logically speaking, since the tailbone has never been recognized by the Heavenly Dao, the totem of the fifth flame could not have been drawn by Yu Xianzhou."

"If it was drawn by Deadwater City to warn those who come after, why would they hide this token with four flames here?"

At this moment, Wei Xi fell into his suspicious habit again, and the token in his hand became a hot potato.

In the end, Qin Feng made the decision, saying that since they were already here, it wouldn't make a difference if they had one more token.

“I’m curious about what’s outside the city,” Qin Feng continued. “The decline of Deadwater City is suspicious. Judging from the appearance of the city, it doesn’t seem to have been destroyed by a monster attack.”

"Although I know very little about weapon crafting, I have not seen any trace of any defensive formations being activated. If I had to say, this city seems to have sunk into the sea in its sleep."

Qin Feng's analysis was quite logical: "Swallowing the Sky is at most reckless and brave; this doesn't seem like its doing at all. The unusual activity outside the city might be the root of the problem from back then."

Wei Xi agreed, adding, "The formation here was not drawn overnight; the locations it connects to are quite remarkable."

These words were phrased subtly, and Qin Feng's expression suddenly changed. He gritted his teeth and said, "You mean..."

"I don't know," Wei Xi said with a sigh, not giving a definitive answer. "There's just a possibility that trouble might arise from within."

Although there was a Lian Gou-Lang waiting outside for their lives, the two had no choice but to go outside the city to investigate.

The reason was simple—Deadwater City flew into a rage and kicked these two outsiders out!

The departure of those corpses seemed to hollow out Deadwater City, and the entire city began to shake and collapse.

Wei Xi and Qin Feng initially tried to hide in the cellar, but falling rocks and activated defensive artifacts nearly disfigured the two girls.

Wei and Qin scrambled out of the cellar in a panic, only to be met with another hail of arrows. The fletchings were made of metal with intricate patterns engraved on them, and Wei could clearly see them when they were right in front of him.

“Zhu Tian Shi,” Wei Xi accurately identified the material of the bow and arrow, “is this thing originally from the Dongyi people?”

Before Wei Xi could even grab the arrow to examine it, the stone slab beneath his feet began to collapse, and then a stone yoke emerged from underneath.

Wei Xi rolled over and dodged the fall. Once he calmed down, he took a closer look and realized that the stone yoke, which had yielded no results, was falling downwards, with layers of gleaming steel blades moving back and forth along its path.

This sight made Wei Xi feel extremely uncomfortable, and he secretly rejoiced that he had escaped the fate of being mashed into mincemeat.

Deadwater City's defenses were in full swing: rolling stones, pitfalls, poison needles, and cleavers were used in a variety of ways; thin metal sheets flew everywhere; and there were also complex and huge mechanisms that could turn people into mush. For a time, the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth took turns appearing in the city, making it as lively as a grand opera.

The two men, Wei and Qin, suffered greatly, scrambling and crawling to the edge of Deadwater City, where they had to dismantle dozens of puppets that were chasing and beating people on the walls before they could catch their breath.

Before Wei Xi could catch his breath, his eyes started darting around.

But the sight outside the city astonished her—the once calm whirlpool had become ferocious, carrying everything in the water toward the abyss.

The once calm abyss is now filled with yin and yang energy, swallowing the ever-flowing seawater.

"This is."

Qin Feng's words were like a declaration, and the overburdened Deadwater City emitted a deafening roar.

Countless surging seawaters, carrying objects from the city, rush down the cliff face, forming the world's most magnificent waterfall complex.

“Dead waters come back to life.” Wei Xi murmured upon witnessing this extraordinary sight: “All rivers flow eastward.”

Zuo Fei didn't just randomly choose a place to build a city (mysterious smile).