Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1371: Spreading Collapse

After asking about some of the family's secrets, Lu Ning ended this dream. She was still clear about the principle of "too much is as bad as too little". The family would not have survived to this day with only one magic spell. They must have some other secrets, which were not something that an obvious playboy like Yu Baijuan could know.

After Lu Ning left, Yu Baijuan woke up slowly, put the wine jug close to his mouth and shook it twice. Not a drop came out, then he stood up staggeringly.

At this time, a man with a sly smile came over and said, "Brother, are you short of money? I have money here, as long as..."

"Get out of the way!" Yu Baijuan glared at him before he could finish his words. Then two people from the gambling house came over and carried the man out.

"What kind of little jerk is talking to me... This is my gambling house." Yu Baijuan muttered, then scratched his head and asked in confusion, "Hey, did I lose all my money?"

"You have lost all your share today, young master." Someone laughed.

"Oh." Yu Baijuan brushed his sleeves, turned around and went out.

People in dreams are much less vigilant than in reality, and this is what makes the momentary scene so powerful.

Relying on these children of noble families who were traveling outside, Lu Ning did not spend much effort to find the whereabouts of Mr. Jia when he came to Shengyuan.

Mr. Jia first visited the Chang family, then the Yuan family, and finally the Fang family. The demon stayed at each family for about the same amount of time, and would never favor one over the other. According to this logic, it would definitely visit the Yu family and finally try to see the Yuwen family.

After all, I came here with the idea of ​​abiding by the rules, so it is normal to do this.

Lu Ning estimated the time and blocked Mr. Jia just when he was leaving Fang's house.

"Sir, take care."

When she called out to Mr. Jia on a relatively empty street, the demon was obviously stunned for a moment, but Lu Ning quickly walked forward, took out a token and waved it in front of Mr. Jia.

"Do you recognize it?"

Mr. Jia was stunned for a moment. Tiemianlou certainly had a cooperative relationship with Dawei. As an expatriate, how could he not recognize this token?

"I recognize you. You are... from the government..."

"You must know the situation of the war in the northern part of the border. Have you reported anything to Shengyuan City?"

Mr. Jia's mouth twitched. Although Tiemianlou had some connection with the Wei Dynasty, it was a martial arts sect after all. Did they need to report when sending some of their men out to contact for business? They were demons after all, and they would only obey the orders of the demon star.

But now, it did not dare to cause any trouble to the royal envoy at the foot of Shengyuan City. The rules of respectability in this place were so strict that if he did not give face to the royal envoy, these families would kill him together.

When it comes to unity, some humans are so united that even demons are afraid of them. The families in Shengyuan City are one of them, and the other is in Saibei.

"Can I talk to you for a moment?" Lu Ning asked with a smile.

"Then you lead the way?" said Mr. Jia.

Lu Ning didn't expect that the demons could be so frightening. Could it be that they had been among humans for too long and had acquired some human influence? Or was Sheng Yuan's family really notorious?

She brought Mr. Jia to a famous garden in Shengyuan City. This garden was built by five families and provided a place for the residents to rest. This kind of thing was unimaginable in other cities in Wei.

Of course, not many people would come here on a daily basis. After all, there weren't many people with free time in this city. It was only before noon, and no one would come here.

Lu Ning found a place with a stone table and chairs and sat opposite Mr. Jia.

"Mr. Jia, I'll call you that too. Can you please tell me the purpose of your visit to Shengyuan City?"

Mr. Jia smiled bitterly and said, "There is nothing I cannot say to the emperor's envoy."

Lu Ning assumed a listening posture.

"The envoy should know that in the battle of Xingyin, the ten evil stars were destroyed. The reason for their destruction was the rules. They were bound by cause and effect and had to die." Mr. Jia said.

Lu Ning nodded.

And obviously, the rules affect more than just one place.

"There are many cases of greed in this world, and the demon star is no exception. The same is true for Master Yin Yang Mirror... Although it is not as good as the Ten Palaces, the Iron Face Tower also has its own natural rules."

Mr. Jia rummaged around in his sleeves for a few seconds and took out a thin needle with a red thread attached to it.

"sewing?"

"A corner of destiny lies in the Iron Mask Building. The looms and forges are still functioning, but they are no longer the same as they were a hundred years ago. Even the evil stars in the world will be afraid."

"What changes?"

"The loom is tangled, the cloth is spun with only the color of blood; the forge is roaring, but the firelight is not warm." As a visitor who can come out alone, Mr. Jia has of course seen what the secrets of the Iron-faced Building have become now.

The loom that was supposed to spin the world's countless threads of destiny kept making creaking sounds like bones being crushed. All the threads were no longer arranged in a neat manner, but eventually gathered into the shape of cloth. All the threads were an ominous black and red color. Even the Yin-Yang Mirror had to use all its strength to cut five threads from the loom, one of which was in Mr. Jia's hand.

Inside the forge, which never goes out without any fuel, the flames burn until they glow white, but they are so cold that even if molten iron is thrown into it, it will freeze immediately. The furnace will not accept any substances for forging, but will start to spew out objects without any temperature. These substances will transform anything they touch into the same dry and cold fire, and only the soil will not react to it. Mr. Jia did not dare to carry this kind of thing with him, so he just described it.

After hearing the description, Lu Ning was a little unsure what this strange thing was.

She knew a little too much, and similar effects could be achieved in many situations. Even if it was limited to the collapse of rules, it was impossible to immediately determine which aspect of the rules had caused the collapse.

As a tourist, he couldn't figure it out, so a demon like Mr. Jia certainly couldn't understand it. If the red line didn't really show any high-risk characteristics, he wouldn't dare to carry it with him.

"Can I take a look?" Lu Ning stretched out her hand.

"Please be careful..." Mr. Jia handed over the needle. This needle was very ordinary, just for carrying the red thread. Lu Ning took it, activated the demon eye, and observed it carefully.

As expected, the Demon Eyes, which had been invincible before, had no effect here. After all, the Demon Eyes were just the eyes of a demon. Apart from the special skill of being able to detect breath, there was nothing special about them. The negative effect of communicating with the dark river could not be taken into account.

But Lu Ning had another way to verify it. She activated the effects of "Giant Knuckles" and "Abandoned Blood".

The giants killed their parents and usurped power because they were abandoned, and the reason for the abandonment was that they took away some of their parents' authority when they were born. In the kingdom of God, this is a serious sin.

Because of this, "Abandonment to Stop Bleeding" symbolizes resistance and perception to distorted authority, but when activated, it will gradually degenerate into a distorted state. In other words, it will gradually accelerate damage to the soul.

Because the negative effects were too severe, Lu Ning only activated it for a moment, enhanced her perception ability, and then turned it off immediately.

Mr. Jia, who was sitting opposite, was also not very sensitive and did not notice Lu Ning's action at all.

There weren't that many distortions on the red line, but Lu Ning could feel some substance. It wasn't a distortion in the standard sense of a distribution center, that is, something that was completely corrupted, eroded, and degraded, but on the other hand, it was indeed harmful because it was a kind of "reduction."

Things - abstract and concrete, all things are returning to their original tracks. What you see before your eyes has been corrected by the True Immortal. Lu Ning doesn't know what it would look like according to the original track, but it will definitely not be better than it is now.

Because the war between humans and demons was forcibly curbed by the True Immortal through a bet.

Many people who should have died survived because of this, dynasties that should not have existed were born, and the demons...actually, they also gained a lot of things that they could not have obtained originally. And now, everything is returning to normal.

"...I can't help you." Lu Ning returned the needle and thread to Mr. Jia, "But how can Shengyuan City help you? I can see something, but even this is not something that ordinary families can help with. Even the royal family of Wei probably can't find a way."

"Because Shengyuan City is very likely... Tiemianlou knows what they have." Mr. Jia carefully put away the needle and thread, and said cautiously, "Some of these noble families in Dawei also obtained some fragments of rules left behind by the True Immortal after his departure. For example, the faceless clay statue of the Yuan family, and the two-world stone of the Fang family. Of course, they can't solve the problem. I just hope to explain the situation to them and learn more about whether the things they have in their hands have similar changes. The most important is the Yuwen family. They are similar to Tiemianlou and have a complete immortal weapon Fangfu. We hope they can provide some support."

"Wait, how can you be sure that there is nothing wrong with the Yuwen family?"

"I can't be sure, so I have to come and visit."

"Let me ask you another question. How many people in this world, whether they are noble families or organizations like yours, still possess the immortal artifacts left by the True Immortals?"

Mr. Jia was startled by the sudden acceleration of the tone, but he still answered: "As far as I know, there were at least hundreds of people who took the opportunity to divide the things left by the immortals... Fengdu was more ambitious and took away the entire set of rules of the underworld. The others were more or less afraid that they could not bear it. Master Yin Yang Mirror only dared to take two immortal artifacts..."

Doesn’t that mean that all these bombs are about to explode now?

"Mr. Jia, before you came here, did you ask about the situation of the Yuwen family in Shengyuan City?"

"Ah? I heard that the Yuwen family is still the largest family in Shengyuan and the leader here. Although they haven't been involved in affairs in recent years, they are still highly respected..."

The demon couldn't hear it, but Lu Ning knew that most of the problems were there.

Although they are all true, behind the truth, I'm afraid that something went wrong with the Yuwen family and they had no time to take care of these affairs in the city, and other families took the opportunity to take over power.

The biggest problem now is, do other families know that something has happened to the Yuwen family, or are they taking advantage of the situation?

"Have you met anyone from the Yuwen family so far?" Lu Ning recalled his momentary state.

“There are many people who call themselves…”

"I mean the direct descendants of the Yuwen family."

"Is there any difference? I have communicated with them, and some of the stewards are also qualified to represent the Yuwen family..."

Lu Ning felt a bit of a headache, as this demon obviously had not yet completely integrated into the human race.

"Okay, just answer my question."

"The Yuwen family has been staying at home for the past few years, so I haven't seen them yet. But the visiting card has been sent out, so I should be able to see it soon."

"What if something has gone wrong with the Yuwen family?"

"Run, this is your Great Wei city anyway, it's not my turn to manage it."

It's honest enough.

Lu Ning waved her hand and let Mr. Jia leave.

She had indeed never seen a single person from the Yuwen family in the short time she had been there. Of course, the Yuwen family still had quite a few shops, and there were also some residents affiliated with the Yuwen family, but these people obviously did not know what had happened to the Yuwen family itself, because the long-standing rules of Shengyuan City were enough to keep the place running normally even without the Yuwen family's presence.

And what are the rumors about the Yuwen family among the people?

They can provide enough food for disaster relief in years of disaster.

Some people said that the Yuwen family had a secret recipe that would keep food from rotting, some said that the Yuwen family had a piece of unknown fertile land, and some said that the Yuwen family had a shortcut to procure food. In short, no matter what kind of year it was, the Yuwen family could ensure that there would be no famine in Shengyuan City - this alone was enough to establish their position here.

In this ancient context, being able to keep people well fed and watered was enough to mobilize a group of soldiers to revolt when a disaster struck.

Lu Ning was considering whether to go to the Yuwen family compound to take a look at the situation. She was lucky that time at Meteoric Moon Mountain, as the most powerful demon on the mountain was a harmless demon star who even helped a little. But Lu Ning felt that she would not be so lucky every time and not encounter too many dangers.

She couldn't see the scene for a moment, so she had to go there in person. And how much effect could those side door spells have?

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Ning decided to test the situation first.

When night fell, she changed into clothes that were convenient for movement and headed towards the Yuwen family's residence.

The Yuwen family's house in Shengyuan City was as luxurious as a palace. If anyone reported it, they would probably be charged with treason. However, compared to the palace in Xingyin, the scale of this house was indeed not enough. When Lu Ning came here, she found that there were only four strings of pale lanterns hanging in front of the gate of the courtyard, and no one was stationed here. She climbed up the tall tree next to it and looked inside. There was no light in the courtyards in front.

Without even going in, Lu Ning knew something must have happened.

She untied a cage from her waist and fished out a rat she had caught before coming here today. With a flick of her finger, a layer of spiritual light covered the rat's head - this was a strange magic of "spiritual beast using eyes", which could borrow the perspective of animals for a period of time. Of course, the vision was still human vision, anyway, it was quite magical. After she used this magic, she used her strength to throw the rat into Yuwen Mansion.