Chapter 125 - Collective Effort (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

They had a bird’s-eye view of the entire Qu Shuang City below them. Qu Shuang City was built atop an immoral meridian. Immortal Qi filled the entire city, but immortal Qi was especially thin outside of the city. This caused the city to stand out from its surroundings. In particular, its shape.

The city was initially built in a haphazard manner – it did not take on any particular shape. If people wanted to reside in the city, all they had to do was apply with the City Lord for permission to build a house. As long as the City Lord gave his permission, they could build their house anywhere they wanted. That explained why there was so much space in the city.

But at that moment, from where they were in the sky, the group saw that the city had taken on a square shape. They did not know when this began, but the entire city looked like it was planned out using a measuring tape. Not a single house was out of place. The main lane running through the city was placed neatly in the center of the square, bisecting the square into two equal halves.

They had not noticed before but from such a height, the entire Qu Shuang City did look like… a gate! A huge gate. The places which Bao Feiping had pointed out earlier as being odd were scattered neatly around the gate so that they looked just like nails around the door.

“City Lord Bao,” Lonemoon suddenly called. “Do you have a method to temporarily suspend Immortal Qi from flowing into the city? Or do you have an immortal equipment for us to examine the immortal meridian?”

“Examine the immortal meridian? Do you mean…” Bao Feiping looked perturbed. His heart was thumping in his chest as a frightening idea surfaced in his mind. He nodded furiously. “Yes! The Sky-Covering Seal!”

He immediately conjured a seal with both of his hands. A huge crystal in the shape of a human face appeared, looking down through a glass lens. The entire Immortal City’s immortal Qi disappeared in an instant. The constantly flowing silver immortal meridian slowed down, finally revealing a black core right inside of it.

Just as Shen Ying had said, the trained cultivator would be able to sense that there was a strong cold Yin aura around the black door, which had two red-eyed baboons on it, licking rings.

Those are the gates of the demonic realm!

Bao Feiping’s hands began to tremble. He did not even have enough strength to keep searching and investigating. The crystal in front of them broke into pieces suddenly, and panic filled Bao Feiping’s heart. Everything that did not make sense before suddenly clicked. How did the demon suddenly escape? Why couldn’t they find a trace of the demon no matter how hard they looked? Why was it so easy for the demon to break through the demon-dispelling array they set up outside the city gates?

It was because the gates of the demonic realm were not located within Qu Shuang City – it was formed by the entire Qu Shuang City.

The immortal meridian in Qu Shuang City was genuine, but the immortal meridian was also a seal containing the gates of the demonic realm.

Bao Feiping broke out in cold sweat upon figuring it out. He became as white as a sheet. “Brother Lonemoon, this is a huge matter. We need to inform my father immediately” Now that they had found the gate, they had no choice but to report it to the capital. They also needed to let His Majesty know.

“City Lord, please go ahead.” Lonemoon nodded. “If you need anything, please tell us. The Invincible Sect will do our best to help.”

“Thank you!” He flew down toward the ground and started making follow-up arrangements.

Once again, Lonemoon looked down and surveyed Qu Shuang City below him. The gates of the demonic realm did not look like they were going to open anytime soon, but the demonic Qi surrounding the gates was enough to frighten people. Especially given that there were specific areas where immortal Qi was scarce, it became clear that the immortal meridian could not suppress the demonic gates’ aura any longer. The demons that invaded the City Lord’s Abode earlier could have just made use of loopholes, or perhaps they were not full demons.

Qu Shuang City was no longer suitable for immortals to reside and train in. Otherwise, the city’s immortal meridian might become weaker and weaker, and the gates of the demonic realm might take on a clearer form. It looked like Bao Feiping would have a lot to do.

But Lonemoon was not worried that the gates would open anytime soon. At least from the novel, Lonemoon learned that the demons would need to pay a huge price in order to open the gates. They would also need a demonic descendant to lead the way.

Bao Feiping did become extremely busy in the days to follow. First, he closed down the immortal city and forbade anyone from leaving or entering the city. Then, he informed Bao Yi of the situation. They had found the gates, but they did not have the power to decide what to do next. Lonemoon did not stay behind any longer as well. Once the gates were found, he returned to Invincible Sect with the others.

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Three months later.

The corners of Lonemoon’s mouth twitched. The grandfather, father and son of the Bao Family were seated in front of him. He nearly dropped the basket which he was holding loosely in his hand.

He had just gone out to pluck some roots. What is going on?

How did these people appear all of a sudden?

“Brother Lonemoon!” Brother Feiping greeted him with a huge grin on his face. “We haven’t met in a long time. How have you been?”