Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1219 The Mystery of Tucheng
The city wall is made of a single piece of wind-dried sandstone, with irregular dark brown cracks like scars left after an old wound heals.

There were three raised ridges across the top of the city gate, with fuzzy lines engraved on them, which had long been polished into rounded and blunt arcs.

The open city gate was unobstructed, and through the doorway, one could see the dirt road extending into the distance.

I don’t know whether it is covered with sand or there was no stone slab at all. The dried tortoise shell-like patterns are like faded patches left by time, telling of thousands of years of decline and desolation.

The sound of footsteps brings a touch of life to the dead ancient city.

"This place..." Du Xingyu looked back at the empty street. "It looks like the Crystal Palace."

This kind of resemblance is certainly not a resemblance in appearance.

There is no similarity between the two buildings, but the same empty city and the same function of madly absorbing spiritual energy make it difficult for Du Xingyu not to connect the two.

"Earlier, I doubted whether there was really someone so powerful," Mu Jingjing said with a heavy face, "Now it seems that I was indeed short-sighted."

The location of the Crystal Palace is just remote, and there are no sects stationed nearby, so it is understandable that it is ignored.

However, because Mingmin Mountain is the pass of Mobei, Taixu Palace has always had a station here. Although doing this under the nose of Taixu Palace will make people feel a little relieved that Taixu Palace did not investigate, after gloating, more panic will follow.

Such a strong man really exists!
Their previous speculation was further confirmed.

And this person finally pointed to the Youye Sect.

Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t know how powerful the top three sects are?
Does that person not know? Or does he not care...

The fear of the unknown turned into a long silence, like the stillness of an ancient city, weighing heavily on everyone's heart.

"Stop!" Yu Sinian hit Du Xingyu and Mu Jingjing on the head with his fan. "Don't forget that there are things here that will guide our thoughts. Don't think about those negative things for now."

Thoughts are not so easy to control.

"So..." Shen Xiuyuan changed the subject, "This space...maybe it's not ancient?"

"What do you mean?" Everyone actively followed his words to change their thoughts.

"Maybe it's the location of the Crystal Palace." Shen Xiuyuan pondered, "If it was really placed by the same person, I always feel that the location would not be too different. And with this person's means, he can completely dig out a space in Mingmin Mountain that is large enough to accommodate this city without anyone noticing... Besides, I always feel that the ancient space should not be so easy to find. Ah, what I mean is..."

Shen Xiuyuan wanted to explain to Lin Fan, but he saw Lin Fan waved his hand and agreed, "I also think it should not be the ancient space."

"We should be out of Mingmin Mountain now, right?" Mu Jingjing said, "When we came down, they said we were already in the desert, and we've been walking for so long. We should be in the desert now."

"So the question arises again." Du Xingyu crossed his arms over his chest. "In terms of earth spirit energy, the desert is vast and its spirit energy is definitely not inferior to that of Mingmin Mountain, and it is not easy to be discovered. Since this place is already underground in the desert, why is it absorbing the earth spirit energy of Mingmin Mountain instead of the desert?"

"This brings us back to the question of why the Crystal Palace was not located in the South China Sea, but in the relatively water-scarce Northwest." Yu Sinian tapped his palm slowly with the handle of his fan. "But if it's about the location of the formation, the Northwest and the South China Sea are very different, which is understandable. This earthen city is clearly under the desert. But it chose to go far away and absorb spiritual energy from Mingmin Mountain..." Mu Jingjing shook her head, "I still don't understand."

"Is it possible..." Lin Fan suddenly asked, "He did it on purpose?"

"On purpose?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Did he intentionally cause the Mingmin Mountain to collapse?" Du Xingyu looked incredulous. He seemed to have thought of something else. "You mean, he wanted to be discovered on purpose?"

"If we follow this theory," Shen Xiuyuan continued, "then the Crystal Palace causing drought in the northwest will be discovered sooner or later..."

"Huh?" Mu Jingjing was even more confused. "You did this on purpose and wanted to be discovered? What's your goal?"

"Maybe there is a reason why we have to do it but don't want to do it?" Lin Fan shook his head slowly. "It's still unknown now, but if this city is a weapon like the Crystal Palace, can we put it away like Elder Nan Yao did?"

"Oh!" Du Xingyu slapped his thigh, "At the beginning I said I wanted to go down and observe and learn how the uncle-master collected it. Now, I'm at a loss, right?"

"It may not be the whole city." Yu Sinian said, "There is a barrier outside the Crystal Palace, and there are dragons sucking water, so people can't easily enter. This earthen city is different. There is not even a city gate, and it is empty inside. So far, there are no traces of barriers or formations. Maybe this is not the city we are looking for."

Lin Fan looked carefully and saw that, as expected, the earth spiritual energy was still being transmitted into the city.

"Let's go," Du Xingyu jumped to the front again, "If it's really as we inferred, then this device that absorbs earth spirit energy shouldn't be too dangerous. The more I think about it, the more reasonable it is. I was wondering why there was nothing in that crystal palace. Except for the difficulty in getting in and out, there really is no risk. If it's intentional, it makes sense."

"Who could possibly make such a move... Is there anyone else who could force him to do something he doesn't want to do?" The more Mu Jingjing thought about it, the more confused she became. "Could it be that someone more powerful than this person suddenly appeared out of nowhere? There has been no news about this ancient boss for thousands of years, but now that he has appeared, he has become rampant?"

"Junior sister..." Yu Sinian reminded.

"Oh, I don't want to think about it," Mu Jingjing came to her senses and quickly changed the subject. "Well... Jin Tong stayed on the flying boat and didn't come with us, so we can talk and do things more easily. By the way, Lin Fan, what is your current cultivation level?"

"I don't know." Lin Fan shook his head. "Didn't you say that there will be thunder tribulations when one advances to a higher realm after the Golden Core stage? I should still be at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, but my spiritual energy reserves are much greater than those of ordinary people, and my swordsmanship is good. The quantitative change leads to a qualitative change, so I can suppress Ling Yichen?"

Lin Fan actually felt that he was far superior to Ling Yichen, but it was better not to say such shocking words.

"Quantitative change leads to qualitative change?" Shen Xiuyuan nodded. "This is an interesting statement. You have more spiritual roots than ordinary people. You absorbed it day and night, so it is normal that the spiritual energy stored in your body is abundant."

"Then can we roughly assume that although Lin Fan has not yet passed the Jindan tribulation, the spiritual energy in her body has already reached or even far exceeded the initial Jindan stage?" Mu Jingjing asked with eyes wide open.

Yu Sinian slowly waved his fan: "In theory, the realm is mainly about the continuous breakthrough and expansion of the spiritual energy storage in the body, as well as the continuous improvement of the understanding of Taoism, and the pursuit of excellence."

He looked at Lin Fan: "It is now known that Lin Fan's own Taoism has been recognized by the Heavenly Dao, and she has mastered all the Taoist skills. Theoretically speaking, if she has enough spiritual energy and is proficient in the Taoism, it is possible for her to be on par with the Spirit Severing Realm, or even higher."

Lin Fan's heart moved.

If you put it that way...her realm is really high.