boyutpedia Chapter 684 The City Lord's Scheme
Chapter 684 The City Lord's Scheme
After they all set up their formations, streaks of sword energy shot forward.
"Buzz!"
"..."
The next moment, countless sword energies surged and rippled.
In the blink of an eye, it flew towards Ning Qi like rain.
Clearly, all of this is in support of Ning Qi's counterattack.
"Sizzle".
The sword energy crisscrossed, tearing apart the space here.
The attack from the spirit creature was deflected.
"A great opportunity!"
Upon seeing this, Ning Qi immediately took out the Dragon Spear.
After being activated, a thousand-foot-long spear shadow materialized.
The next moment, it charged at the spirit creature in front of it.
These spirits are still unaware that they are in danger.
They were just waiting for this strike to come.
"呲呲!"
The next moment, Ning Qi's attack suddenly landed.
At the same time, Ji Wanru and her group launched a formation attack.
The double attack caused this group of spirit creatures to collapse.
"Shh."
After being defeated, the spirit dissipated directly.
All that remained was the sword energy within their bodies, crisscrossing and spreading.
Seeing this, Ning Qi waved to him without hesitation.
They all came into their possession.
The moment the sword energy entered his body, Ning Qi felt as if a series of ferocious beasts were attacking him from within.
"call!"
The impact caused his face to flush red.
It was like being hit by a flood.
The impact caused him to kneel on one knee.
"Young Master Ding!"
Upon seeing this, Ji Wanru quickly came over: "This sword energy cannot be directly injected into the body; it needs to be collected."
"call!"
Ning Qi didn't care at all, but he couldn't talk to her right now.
He was doing his best to resist the attack of the sword energy.
"Shh!"
"boom!"
The sword energy was still raging, as if it wanted to destroy his body.
However, Ning Qi was not afraid at all.
He began to circulate the immortal and demonic power within his body to resist the attack of the sword energy.
At first, the sword energy was still unconvinced and continued to attack.
However, after sensing that he could simultaneously wield both immortal and demonic power, their attacks gradually weakened.
In the end, it simply returned to peace.
If his meridians hadn't been damaged by the impact, no one would know what he had just gone through.
"call!"
Ning Qi took another deep breath, feeling the changes within his body.
"Master, you have already refined this sword energy!"
The medicinal spirit rejoiced within his body.
He could clearly feel the changes within Ning Qi's body.
"Yes, I can still sense that there's a sword here waiting for me to find!"
Ning Qi regained consciousness and communicated with the medicine spirit through his thoughts.
He could vaguely sense the attraction of this power.
However, the exact location of this sword is still unknown.
"That's wonderful! The swords here are absolutely peerless divine swords!"
Upon hearing this, Yao Ling immediately became interested.
He spoke with great enthusiasm, gesturing wildly.
"Young Master Ding?"
Ning Qi remained silent for a long time, so Ji Wanru couldn't help but call out to him again.
"I'm fine, don't worry!"
At this moment, Ning Qi finally came to his senses and said with a smile, "However, this sword energy is indeed powerful. I was almost defeated by it just now!"
"You...refined the sword energy?"
Ji Wanru looked surprised when she heard his words.
I never imagined that someone could refine the sword energy here.
When they first took it back, even their city lord couldn't refine it, so he thought of putting it in their special storage bag and taking it back to refine.
Right now, Ning Qi can actually refine sword energy with ease.
She dared not even think about what this meant.
If that's the case, then he might also be able to secure a place in this lineage.
However, this was something the city lord forbade to say, so he had to keep it a secret.
"Correct."
Ning Qi nodded and continued, "This sword energy is very interesting. You didn't mention it before; it has this use!"
Once he arrived here, he realized that Ji Wanru and the others were hiding things from him.
However, Ning Qi didn't care.
Now that I know the secret, I need to go find the sword.
As for what they've been hiding from me, I'll find out sooner or later.
Once you understand everything clearly, there's no need to understand it from them anymore.
"Master, these people are too unruly. Let's part ways with them!"
Yao Ling revealed a displeased expression.
He hadn't expected that Ji Wanru would keep it from them.
If she hadn't kept it a secret, perhaps the owner would have been found long ago.
"You can't say that, if she had told me from the beginning."
"Perhaps for safety reasons, I will not attempt to refine this sword energy."
"That's why I recklessly refined the sword energy, and that's what gave me the opportunity, isn't it?"
Ning Qi smiled inwardly and communicated with the medicine spirit through his mind, saying, "So, we have actually turned misfortune into blessing."
"Since she won't say, let's just pretend we don't know."
"As for leaving, I don't think it's necessary for the time being!"
"If we leave now, won't they know that I already know?"
"In this way, we've lost our only ally, and it's too dangerous here."
"Therefore, what we should do is to temporarily endure and wait for the right opportunity!"
"Yes, Master is right. I was too hasty!"
After listening to his analysis, Yao Ling looked very serious.
He didn't think that much about it; he just felt cheated.
Now that you think about it carefully, it's indeed true.
If she hadn't concealed something from the beginning, given the master's cautious nature, he would definitely have handled it carefully.
Otherwise, we wouldn't have made the discovery we have today.
"This sword energy is very powerful."
"I feel that if I were to use sword techniques now, I would definitely have even stronger sword energy!"
As Ning Qi felt the sword energy surging within his body, he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "I never imagined that there was such powerful sword energy in the world!"
"Yes, I can also feel the sword energy fluctuations within the master's body."
"It's like a completely new meridian forming inside the human body."
"How is this possible? How can sword energy coexist with a human body!"
Yao Ling also sighed repeatedly.
This was a situation he had never heard of before.
Now that I've encountered this situation, I'm naturally very curious about what exactly happened.
"Don't worry, when we find this sword, the truth will definitely come out."
Ning Qi smiled, looking quite interested.
"Young Master Ding, are you really alright?"
"I think there were dozens of sword energies just now..."
Ji Wanru was still not convinced and asked again.
Actually, it wasn't that she didn't trust Ning Qi.
Instead, they were surprised by Ning Qi's talent.
If he can really refine so much sword energy, he must be extraordinary.
Should I tell my senior brothers about this?
She's currently torn about whether or not to explain the situation to them via telepathy.
If that's the case, Ning Qi will become a stumbling block to their operation. "No, only one, but I forced it out!"
Ning Qi shook his head, then waved his hand.
A storage bag appeared in his palm.
He activated the sword energy within his body when Ji Wanru wasn't paying attention.
They were all put into this storage bag.
However, at this moment, the sword energy in the storage bag already belonged to Ning Qi himself.
However, because of the domineering nature of this sword energy, even someone of Ji Wanru's strength couldn't tell whose sword energy it was.
"Buzz!"
To convince her, Ning Qi even activated the sword energy.
It churned and swirled inside the storage bag.
"call!"
Ji Wanru felt the intimidation of the sword energy and then relaxed: "Young Master Ding, you must keep it safe and make sure nothing goes wrong."
"This sword energy can be deadly."
"Okay, I'll put it away first and talk about it later!"
Ning Qi simply nodded and put the storage bag away.
He did not intend to give it to Ji Wanru.
After all, this was actually sword energy condensed from his own body.
If I give it to her and she notices the difference, then the deception will be exposed.
Ji Wanru watched as Ning Qi put away his sword energy, but dared not say anything.
If you take it too seriously, it might arouse Ning Qi's suspicion.
The key point is that he got all of this; they were just helping out.
Ji Wanru believed that Ning Qi was capable of taking down these spiritual objects.
It's just that it takes a little more effort.
Therefore, it's even more unacceptable to ask for sword energy.
What do we do now?
Should we continue on our way?
"..."
The guards behind him also came over, and they all asked curiously.
They had only seen two people talking here, but had no idea what they were doing.
After arriving, the group waited for their reply.
They all followed Ji Wanru's lead.
As for Ning Qi, he was just a diner responsible for protecting them.
However, they still maintained their respect for experts.
However, they were more wary of Ning Qi.
"Let's get ready to go!"
Ji Wanru looked at the road ahead and then said, "As we move forward, we'll encounter more and more spiritual creatures!"
"You must be careful and not be careless!"
"If there's any sign of trouble, stay alert!"
"Otherwise, we might all be surrounded by these spirit creatures!"
"When they kill us, we'll become one of them too."
"The only way to escape from here is for someone to come and kill us all!"
"Yes!"
"..."
Everyone agreed after hearing her words.
They all wore solemn expressions.
They clearly hadn't expected such a dangerous situation.
No one wants to be killed by the spirits here and become one of them.
"Alright, let's go!"
"The scouts have scouted the road!"
Ji Wanru waved her hand and then walked forward first.
Seeing this, the guards also began to take action.
Each of them performed their respective duties.
Some were scouting ahead, while others were on guard; behind them, the road was blocked.
To avoid being ambushed.
Their team continued on their journey.
Ji Wanru would occasionally take out her compass to explore the area.
Every time she came to a fork in the road, or several forks in the road, she would take out her compass and carefully compare the points.
After confirming that there were no problems, they continued their journey.
Soon, they arrived at a relatively open space.
When they all arrived, they found that there were still some corpses on the ground.
There was also a faint smell of blood.
Clearly, there had been a fierce battle here before.
They could even see sword marks on the stone walls here.
That would be enough to prove that the fierce battle that took place here before was between humans and the spirits of this place.
However, judging from the corpses, their entire army was not wiped out.
However, it seems there have been some losses as well.
Who are these people?
"They don't look like people from our immortal clan."
Ning Qi looked at the corpses and said in a deep voice, "But they don't seem to be demons, nor are they human!"
"These are all people from the demon race!"
After Ji Wanru came over, she said, "It seems that more and more people are coming here!"
"The demon race has actually come here to interfere!"
"Sir, what should we do?"
Should we split up?
"..."
After she finished her analysis, someone immediately came over to inquire about the situation.
These people's eyes were full of vigilance.
The appearance of demons is not a good thing.
"No need, we don't know who they are or how strong they are!"
Ji Wanru shook her head and continued, "If people from other races come, we can form an alliance with our own people."
"Our fundamental goal remains to unite against external threats!"
"That's true, but I hate them just looking at them!"
"..."
The guards were still indignant.
However, they also know very well that they cannot fight amongst themselves when dealing with external threats.
That's the rule.
If the city lord finds out, both of them will suffer.
"Alright, let's keep going and see where we're headed!"
Ning Qi waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "This is not a place to stay for long!"
"Yes, let's take a look!"
Several guards echoed this sentiment.
Everyone was waiting for Ji Wanru to continue leading the way for them.
"Okay, don't rush, let me see!"
There are quite a few forks in the road here!
After Ji Wanru agreed, she took out her compass again and continued to explore the route.
Ning Qi took all of this into account.
"Master, this little girl is the most cunning I've ever met!"
"We've been here for so long, and she hasn't explained the use of this compass to us at all!"
Yao Ling, resentfully speaking from within his dantian, said, "We are the ones protecting them, yet they are still wary of us!"
"This might not necessarily be her being wary of us; it's very likely she's giving orders!"
Ning Qi shook his head and continued, "She was merely sent out to carry out the operation. I feel the real mastermind behind it all is the city lord!"
"This old guy, I can tell at a glance that he's the kind of person who's good at scheming."
“I feel that he already knows everything about the situation here.”
"However, he wouldn't even tell Ji Wanru and the others; he just sent them to take the risk!"
"If it succeeds, that would be the best outcome."
"Even if they fail, they won't lose anything! It's all their bad luck!"
"Master, the city lord is too cunning!"
"I feel like we were tricked into coming here by him!"
After listening to his analysis, Yao Ling couldn't help but chime in with her own criticism.
"Well, it's alright, we already know what happened!"
Ning Qi nodded and said in a deep voice. (End of Chapter)