Douluo Continent: Taking Tang San as a disciple, with a ten-thousand-fold return for teaching him.

Chapter 164 Something Delightful Is About to Happen

"How did you deal with that evil spirit master?" Chen Luo asked.

They had been traveling at full speed the whole way and only started talking now, their topic still being the "monster" incident in the town of Tanjung.

By this time, Chen Luo and his group had successfully entered Cuofeng City, which was much calmer than they had imagined.

Flander said, "We killed the guard captain named Xu You. Before killing that monster, he also conveyed information about Cuofeng City. The words he said were almost identical to those of the evil spirit master you encountered before, except for the number. His number was 019."

Chen Luo frowned slightly: "You didn't ask, did he tell you himself?"

Flanders nodded: "Yes."

Liu Erlong said, "This matter seems to be more complicated than we thought. I really don't know what those evil soul masters are doing!"

Chen Luo looked at the still relatively bustling street ahead: "The answer lies in this city."

Chen Luo and his team began searching the city for anything unusual, but after about half an hour, they found nothing.

All the evil spirit masters they encountered spoke of this city, yet the city remained completely calm, revealing no clue whatsoever.

Chen Luo and his group also asked passersby about the situation, but their accounts were all consistent: the city had excellent public security.

“Could it be that we’ve come to the wrong place? Are there any cities on the map with the same name or similar pronunciation?” Flander asked.

Chen Luo shook his head: "There is only one city called Cuofeng City."

Liu Erlong also looked puzzled: "That's really strange, there's absolutely nothing unusual about this place."

"I originally thought this whole city was full of evil spirit masters, but nothing happened?"

Chen Luo said, "It's getting late, let's find a place to eat first."

As the sun set, all the streets of Cuofeng City were bathed in a golden hue, and perhaps because it was dinnertime, the number of people on the streets began to decrease.

Chen Luo and his friends looked for a restaurant, but found that they had all started to close.

"This is precisely the time for business, and you're closed?"

After encountering three closed restaurants in a row, Flander finally couldn't help but stop the owner of the third restaurant and ask him a question.

The owner was a short, stout middle-aged man with an excited smile on his face: "It's almost the most important time of the day, who has the mind to run a restaurant? Are you from out of town? Then you'd better make the most of this opportunity!"

The boss's excited smile always gave people a very strange feeling.

"Boss, could you explain in more detail?" Flander asked hurriedly.

The short, stout boss's smile turned mysterious: "I can't say this beforehand, it would ruin the fun. You'll only be able to fully enjoy the pleasure when you actually experience it."

Flander tried asking a few more questions, but no matter what he asked, the short, stout owner gave almost the same response. He always had a smile on his face and became more and more excited, cleaning up the restaurant even faster.

Chen Luo and Liu Erlong were right there, witnessing the whole process.

Chen Luo calmly said, "Don't waste your time. Even if you kill him, he won't talk."

When Chen Luo said this, he didn't lower his voice; instead, he raised it, deliberately trying to make the short, fat boss hear him.

The short, stout boss didn't react much after hearing this, still smiling broadly: "Yes, even if you kill me, I won't tell. Only after you experience it for yourselves will you know that such a wonderful thing exists in this world."

Upon seeing this, Flander frowned slightly and deliberately asked, "Do you believe I really will kill you?"

The short, stout boss still had a smile on his face: "Then kill me. Even if you kill me, I won't tell."

"Only after you experience it for yourself will you know that there are such wonderful things in this world."

The short, stout boss seemed to only know these few sentences; no matter how Chen Luo and the others asked, he would always return to the same answer.

Chen Luo and his group ignored the fat boss and went to look for other people, no longer limiting their targets to the restaurant owner.

More than ten minutes later, the expressions on their faces became somewhat strange.

It seems that everyone in the city has entered an extremely strange state. When Chen Luo and his group first arrived in the city, everyone seemed to be quite normal, but now, less than an hour later, everyone is acting as if they are possessed.

They were all looking forward to something, and they were very enthusiastic about sharing this anticipation and joy with others.

All they could think about was excitement and sharing that excitement. Nothing could distract them anymore, not even death itself.

Even the city's guards are the same.

Has everyone fallen for it?

Chen Luo and his group did not verify this guess, because the answer was almost obvious.

"Since they've already gone mad, let's just wait until tonight."

Flanders said.

Chen Luo nodded: "Let's find a place to eat first."

"Still want to eat? There probably isn't anywhere to eat here," Liu Erlong said.

Chen Luo: "We can do it ourselves."

“Actually, we don’t need to be so obsessed with eating. With our strength, we can go for a long time without food or water without any problems,” Flander said.

Chen Luo appeared very determined: "Those lunatics are all looking forward to their happy things happening, so of course we have to find some happy things to do too, otherwise how can we join them?"

Flander's lips twitched slightly: "Have you gone mad too?"

Chen Luo said, "Maybe."

As they spoke, Chen Luo and his companions arrived at a square in Cuofeng City. Under the watchful eyes of Flander and Liu Erlong, Chen Luo took out various items and quickly assembled a simple hut.

Then they took out all sorts of cooking equipment and completed an open-air kitchen in just a few minutes.

Flander and Liu Erlong's expressions became increasingly strange. Although they didn't speak, it seemed as if you could hear their inner thoughts.

"Has he really gone mad?"

Chen Luo ignored the stares of Flander and Liu Erlong and took out some ingredients to start preparing dinner.

Flander was still looking at Chen Luo with a questioning and scrutinizing gaze when Liu Erlong finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked worriedly, "Xiao Gang, are you alright?"

Chen Luo reiterated, "Those lunatics are all looking forward to their pleasurable experiences, so of course we need to find some pleasurable things to do too, otherwise how can we join them?"

Upon hearing this, Flander and Liu Erlong paused slightly, but then showed no further signs of doubt.

Furthermore, the two of them also joined in the process of preparing dinner.

Throughout the process of preparing dinner, Chen Luo and the other two maintained expressions of "enjoyment".

As darkness fell, Chen Luo and the others finished preparing dinner and began to enjoy their meal, all three of them wearing happy smiles.

It was at this moment that the scene before the three of them began to change...

Chapter 165 Giant Tree

The original streets and houses had all disappeared, and everyone had arrived on an incredibly vast grassland.

In the distance, an enormous tree stood tall, reaching towards the sky.

The giant tree was completely black, and its incredibly dense branches and leaves were also black.

Under Chen Luo's and the others' watchful eyes, countless black vines emerged from the ground and slowly wrapped around each of them.

Those people were already caught up in excitement and longing, without any struggle whatsoever, and some were even impatient.

Black vines also visited Chen Luo and his two companions, but they only came within half a meter of them before choosing other targets and deliberately avoiding them.

"Did they see through our strength? Or is our 'sincerity' insufficient?" Flander glanced at the black vines with some surprise.

Chen Luo shook his head slightly: "That shouldn't be the case. We don't belong here, so how could we possibly fit in?"

Liu Erlong asked, "Then what were we doing just now?"

Chen Luo said, "The necessary attempt should still be made, just in case it succeeds. Unfortunately, it still failed."

"It's alright. Since they're not hiding it anymore, there's no need for us to keep pretending. Let's go find those evil spirit masters!"

"How do we find it?" Flanders asked.

Chen Luo pointed to the giant tree: "It's all that thing's doing. Just go over there and look for it."

Flander and Liu Erlong both nodded: "Okay!"

All three knew that what they were seeing was an illusion, and that all these strange phenomena were tricks played by the evil spirit master.

Without much hesitation, the three of them immediately took action.

A dazzling spirit ring slowly rose from beneath the feet of the three of them. When the blood-red spirit ring on Chen Luo's body rose, some of the surrounding black vines seemed to pause slightly.

The enormous figure of Golden Luo Sanpao appeared, warily surveying his surroundings.

After activating their martial souls, the three immediately headed towards the giant tree in the distance.

Chen Luo possesses the Eyes of the Divine Dragon, which allows him to vaguely find the real path within this illusion. He sits atop the Golden Luo Sanpao and leads the way.

The three of them could also choose to fly there directly, but that would be riskier, since of the three of them, only Flander is best suited for aerial combat.

In Chen Luo's vision, both the black vines and the people already entangled by them appeared to be in a somewhat illusory state.

The images of real streets and houses, appearing and disappearing intermittently, were enough for Chen Luo to find the right path.

After a quick assessment, the giant tree was located in the center of Cuofeng City.

The enormous tree seemed to be real, surrounded by a thick, black mist that was slowly spreading.

Even the Dragon Eye couldn't penetrate the black mist. If the black mist spread completely, Chen Luo and the others would have to proceed in the dark, and they wouldn't have much time left.

In just a few minutes, Chen Luo and the other two arrived at the foot of the giant tree.

Flander and Liu Erlong could clearly see the entire giant tree, but Chen Luo could only see a cloud of black mist.

Chen Luo sensed a sense of crisis from the black mist.

"Be careful!" Chen Luo warned.

Both Flander and Liu Erlong nodded slightly.

In fact, Chen Luo and the other two always maintained a triangular formation, so they could immediately unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Technique if anything went wrong.

The reason it wasn't used at the moment was because maintaining the form of the five-clawed golden dragon consumed a lot of soul power.

Besides, this is in the city after all, and the five-clawed golden dragon is huge. A single breath from it would probably kill a lot of people. Their original intention was just to eliminate evil and save people, not to kill.