After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 273 Kill it, kill it

The male cultivator looked at the people lying on the ground and wanted to kill them to silence them.

After all, they knew they had lured people here, confirming that he had colluded with outsiders to kill Mo Yu.

The Mohists will not let him off if they find out. Only when they are all dead will they have the opportunity to fabricate their own story.

Lin Yan was pleased with this outcome and said, "The lease on the house still has a month left, but I kindly let you stay here. The antidote will be delivered here in a month."

After saying that, she packed her things, took out a new cloak, put it on, and left.

She killed Mo Yu, so that male cultivator wouldn't be able to trace his origins back to her within the Mo family. It's fine if he gets rid of the rest, but keeping them around is also acceptable; the Mo family will definitely investigate him first.

She hadn't put on such a show for him just for fun; all the male cultivator could say was that "Mo Yu was killed by an enemy of the Mo family."

She is currently in seclusion within the Mo family's view and has not left Guiyun Peak.

The Mohists' investigations only yielded results such as "the enemy's deliberate revenge."

Once she reached a secluded spot, she changed her clothes and appearance before returning to the merchant guild's residence. After setting up barriers and formations, she continued her cultivation.

In the following days, she wandered around Mu City during the day and cultivated at night.

That day, she strolled to the city gate and saw a long queue outside.

She pretended to buy something, walked up to a stall, bought a wood carving, and casually asked, "Oh my? Is there some kind of event going on in the city? Why are there so many cultivators coming into the city?"

The boss casually replied, "Oh, that's because the inspections have become stricter. I used to be able to inspect ten people in a few quarters of an hour, but now I can only inspect one or two, so it's naturally slower."

"I see……"

The gatekeepers certainly wouldn't dare do something like this without orders. Why control the number of people entering Wooden City? Or is this method used to screen the cultivators entering Wooden City?
"When did this phenomenon begin?" she asked casually.

The stall owner recalled for a moment and said, "It seems to have been a few days ago, but I hadn't noticed before."

some days ago?
What was unusual a few days ago was that someone died, but instead of investigating it promptly, they restricted outsiders from entering Mucheng.

Regardless, I should go back and tell my master about this first.

Back at her residence at the Chamber of Commerce, she immediately took out her communication disc and sent the message.

She has no idea what the demons lurking in the wooden city are up to.

Wouldn't restricting outsiders from entering the city arouse more suspicion?

If you really want to hide it, you should pretend that everything is fine in the city.

Not long after the message was sent out, the city lord's decree for Mu City was issued.

Monks are forbidden from leaving their homes after midnight.

Despite being told not to go out, she insisted on going out to see what would happen in Mucheng at midnight.

Ignoring her master's advice to refrain from rash actions and protect herself, she secretly went out that very night.

She wore a cloak that blended into the night, put on a mask, flew to a tree, and, using the leaves as cover, looked out at the street.

Upon releasing their divine sense, they discovered that the sweeping range was restricted. It seemed that special magical artifacts had been used in each street to limit the sweeping range of the cultivator's divine sense.

She's becoming increasingly curious about the mysteries of Mu City.

Even the city lord is acting as a protector; the demons' infiltration is quite strong! I can't help but wonder if other cities are like this, like Wooden City.

This idea was quickly rejected. Demons are so powerful that they would have already come out and occupied the entire Canghai Continent. Why would they need to hide in the Demon Realm?

Before long, she saw several cultivators open the door and come out on their own, like unconscious puppets, walking to the middle of the road with strange movements, wandering around, as if absorbing the moonlight.

They walked while trembling, like someone who had just learned to walk and couldn't stand steadily.

The more I look at this, the more it resembles zombies from a post-apocalyptic movie. Are there zombies in a cultivation world?

There was nothing else on the street, so she didn't dare to make any rash moves to check what was going on with those people.

The bird she had previously created using spirit stones was also on another tree, keeping watch for her and preventing her from being discovered or attacked. She wanted to create more birds to help her keep watch, but there weren't many trees in the urban area of ​​Wooden City, and very few people kept birds, so there were even fewer places where the birds could hide.

Being too unpredictable only makes you more likely to be exposed.

After waiting for a while and seeing nothing else strange, they returned to their lodgings and left the birds to continue monitoring.

Having failed to catch any demons, the fox complained in her mind, "Why is there no food today?"

"Never before."

"..."

She comforted the fox, promising to find it food later, and the fox stopped causing trouble.

At this moment, she sensed that the connection with the birds in the Miaofa Sect had been severed. After estimating the time, she realized that the birds formed from the spirit stones had reached the end of their lifespan. Without further spiritual energy input, they dissipated and lost contact with her.

She meditated and regulated her breathing until daytime before going out.

She knocked on the red-lacquered gate when she reached it.

Boom boom boom!
At first, no one responded, and it took a while before someone came to open the door.

The newcomer had a scraggly beard, reeked of alcohol, and had a dazed look in his eyes.

I observed him from a distance last night and had no idea he smelled so strongly of alcohol.

"What is it?" The man asked impatiently when he saw that the person was a stranger.

"Want a magic pill to refresh your mind? It's made by a master craftsman, and ordinary people can't get their hands on it!" She pretended to be a middleman selling door-to-door.

She felt a warmth on her wrist, and her smile deepened.

"Go away...get out of here!"

Lin Yan wasn't annoyed at being chased away and continued her introduction: "Not only can it refresh the mind, but it can also increase cultivation! The quality is guaranteed, and we won't accept spirit stones if it doesn't work."

As she spoke, she quickly squeezed through the door, muttering, "Trust me, my pills are really good, and they're safe!"

"I don't want to buy any pills, just give me..." He stopped mid-sentence and instinctively tried to run out.

Lin Yan used magic to control the man, and the black fox pulled a demon seed from his body. Before it could eat it, the seed was snatched away and sealed in a bottle.

She was still acting, pretending to be pushed out, then using her spiritual power to close the door and feigning a complaint: "Honestly, if you don't want to buy, then don't buy, why push me!"

Back at her residence, she entered her private space and took out the bottle.

To prevent the demonic seed from polluting the space, she didn't release it. Instead, she added arrays around it to prevent it from escaping.

This demonic creature looks like a black slime; it's ugly and full of filth.

No wonder it's a demonic deformed child; it does look like it's not fully developed.

When the black fox came out, it tried to reach out its paw to grab the prey and eat it, but was swatted away.

"What's the rush? I still have questions to ask."

The black fox swished its tail, its eyes filled with speechlessness.

She tried to communicate with the demon, but discovered that she didn't know the demon language.

Looking at the fox, she noticed it had turned its head away. She said ingratiatingly, "Don't be angry. I was a little harsh with you just now."

"Humph!"

"Oh, just eat after you ask. I'll go out and catch a few more for you later."

There were four people who came out to bask in the moon last night, and she has already noted their locations.

Lin Yan rubbed her hands together. "I remember that Lord Black Fox can invade other people's consciousness at will. Can you help me see what kind of schemes and tricks are hidden in its consciousness?"

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