Mortal Seeking Immortal

The Taoist robed old man and his companions often lived in Xianliu City and had experienced several insect tides. They were no strangers to insect fog, but this was the first time they had seen such a large area of ​​insect fog. They could not believe it when they first saw it.

After a while, the old man in Taoist robes said with a worried look on his face: "Mr. Huang, it seems that the number of spirit insects gathered by the demon cultivators this time is unusual, perhaps more than the largest insect tide encountered by Xianliu City in the past hundred years. What should we do? Does the city lord have any instructions?"

Huang Qi coughed a few times and said: "The city lord is busy now, so I will leave the defense of the west wall to you. Don't disturb the city lord unless necessary."

"The most important problem at present is that the insect fog has blocked the vision of Li Dongtong. According to the spreading speed of the insect fog, it won't take long for Xianliu City to be surrounded by this insect fog. We will lose control of the traces of the demon cultivators. I don't know what stage the demon cultivators will take to attack the city next."

The faces of the old man in Taoist robes and others instantly became much more solemn.

Huang Qi continued, "The more critical the moment, the more we must not lose our composure. Pass the order down, strengthen the alert of the city wall, and be prepared to respond to the attack of the demon cultivators at any time."

The Taoist robed old man nodded in agreement.

Huang Qi gave a few more instructions, and then asked the Taoist robed old man and his men to withdraw. Then he sent three communication talismans to the persons in charge of the east, south, and north walls in succession, asking them to strengthen their alert.

The demon cultivators took great pains to create such a large-scale insect fog to block the vision of the pupils. They must have some plan, and they may launch an attack from the other three walls.

After doing all this, Huang Qi looked in the direction of the city lord's mansion and was silent for a long time, wondering what he was thinking.

After the Taoist robed old man and his men left the courtyard where Huang Qi lived, they hurriedly ordered them to strengthen the alert, and the number of guards on the west wall increased a lot instantly.

After arranging the defense, the old man in Taoist robes brought several confidants to the stone house where he lived, and a formation that isolated the outside world from exploring was automatically activated.

As soon as the old man in Taoist robes sat down, the cultivator closest to his left said: "Old Xu, Old Huang said that the city lord has something to do. I don’t know what kind of thing is more important than fighting against the demon cultivators. If Xianliu City is not safe..."

Before he finished speaking, the old man in Taoist robes interrupted him: "Shut up! You can’t say that."

The old man in Taoist robes looked at the cultivator with a gloomy face, and the cultivator immediately fell silent and lowered his head and dared not look at the old man in Taoist robes again.

A young monk standing opposite said, "Master, calm down. I have a good friend who works in the City Lord's Mansion. Half a month ago, I heard him say that the City Lord's Mansion had purchased a lot of supplies privately in the past few months. According to the use of the supplies, the City Lord's people should be in retreat at this time and have not come yet."

The Taoist robed old man had a thoughtful look on his face and murmured, "No wonder the city was under martial law and the City Lord sent his confidant Huang Lao to take charge. Now it seems that the City Lord should have arranged it in advance."

"I don't know if there is any connection between the City Lord's choice of retreat at this time and the attack of the demon cultivators."

The house was quiet and no one spoke.

Outside the city wall, the low-level spirit insects that were very active in the Ghost Desert disappeared without a trace at some point. The desert returned to peace, so quiet that there was not even a trace of wind, and a strong sense of uneasiness enveloped the entire desert.

The group of monks stationed not far from the city wall also noticed something was wrong at this time, and hurriedly withdrew the formation, preparing to leave Xianliu City together.

Can they still escape?

Ye Zhou stood on the city wall and looked at the monks who left in a hurry below, and sighed slightly.

The storm is coming.