Chapter 1361

Evil Cultivator

The room in the inn was rather large, and the decorations inside were extremely simple. There was a bed, a table, a stool, and a half-lit oil lamp on the table. Apart from these, there was nothing else.

The window opposite the door was wide open, and a cool breeze blew in from the window, bringing a bone-piercing chill.

Zhuowen opened the other rooms one by one, and after discovering that there was nothing unusual, he said to Xu Ronghua downstairs, "Miss Xu, come up and choose a room."

Xu Ronghua gently nodded and chose the room next to Zhuowen's.

"I will set up a Defensive Yuan Array in your room, just in case."

After Xu Ronghua chose her room, Zhuowen took out a few Yuan Crystals from his Spirit Ring and arranged them in a strange pattern in the room. An invisible ripple rose from the surface of the room.

"Many thanks!" Xu Ronghua said with a sweet smile.

"It's nothing. I always feel that the five small cities at the border are very strange. It's always better to be prepared. Rest early tonight, and see if the others have returned tomorrow." Zhuowen said with a faint smile.

Xu Ronghua nodded and closed the door. Zhuowen looked around the pitch-black environment of the inn and frowned.

Ever since he entered Three Elements City, he had a feeling that he was being spied on. This feeling was inexplicable.

"Is it just my imagination?"

Zhuo Wen shook his head and entered his own room. After setting up a similar defensive Yuan Array, he sat cross-legged on his bed and began to meditate and train.

"Xiao Hei, the ice and fire energy produced by the Ice Fire Sacred Symbol was different at every stage. For example, the combination of the Human Rank cold energy and fire energy produced a spherical Ice Fire."

"The combination of the Earth Rank cold energy and fire energy produced a lotus-shaped Ice Fire Lotus. Will the combination of the Heaven Rank cold energy and fire energy be different?"

After sitting cross-legged on the bed, Zhuowen communicated with Xiao Hei and asked.

"It should be different. However, I'm afraid that you will only know what form it will take after you combine the Dark Cold Poison and the Nine Flames Karmic Flame."

Xiao Hei replied in an indifferent manner. After which, she fell into silence and continued, "Brat, this Three Yuan City gives me a very strange feeling. I keep having the feeling that something strange will happen inside. You should be careful and be on your guard."

Upon hearing this, Zhuowen's heart shivered. Soon after, he nodded his head seriously. Since even Xiao Hei had said so, it was likely that Three Yuan City was definitely not a good place.

Speaking of which, after discovering that something was wrong, Zhuowen should have immediately returned to the inner court. However, the more than 75 core disciples of the Sky Capital Peak had mysteriously disappeared. It would be difficult for him to explain to Old Man Tian Du.

"If we can't find them tomorrow, we can only report back to the inner court. Staying here is not a solution."

Zhuowen's eyes flickered. Just as he finished speaking, he realized that his eyelids were a little heavy, and a strong sense of sleepiness rose in his heart.

"Why are you so sleepy?

Could it be that he was too tired during the day?

That's not right … "

When Zhuowen's eyelids drooped and he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly opened his eyes. His gaze revealed an extremely cautious expression.

At his level of cultivation, it was easy for him to keep his mind clear. Even if he didn't eat or drink for several years, nothing would happen to him. But now, after just a day of running around, he felt tired. This was definitely not normal.

"Zhuowen, you're awake!"

A clear voice suddenly sounded out. Soon after, Zhuowen followed the voice and coincidentally saw Xu Ronghua leaning against the door, smiling at him.

"Miss Xu, why did you enter my room?

Didn't you just enter the room next door to rest? "Zhuowen's brows slightly knitted as he asked in astonishment.

Xu Ronghua chuckled and said, "Zhuowen, it's already early in the morning. You overslept yourself. I specially came over this morning to wake you up."

"Early in the morning?"

Zhuowen was taken aback. Soon after, he noticed that the window on his right just so happened to sprinkle in a warm golden sunlight, appearing rather glaring.

However, Zhuowen's brows quickly knitted together. He had clearly only closed his eyes for a moment. Could it be that he had already fallen asleep when he closed his eyes?

Moreover, he was drowsy. In the end, it was Xu Ronghua who woke him up.

"Follow me first. The others have already returned and are waiting downstairs. Moreover, they have brought good news."

Xu Ronghua gave a lovely laugh as she walked out of Zhuowen's room and headed downstairs.

With a doubtful heart, Zhuowen followed behind Xu Ronghua and walked down the stairs step by step. Soon after, he saw over twenty people gathered outside the inn. They were the twenty over Sky Capital Peak core disciples that had previously disappeared from Three Yuan City.

"Senior sister Xu, senior brother Zhuo!"

A young man wearing dark green clothes with a peaceful expression immediately arrived in front of the two. His attitude was rather respectful and submissive.

"Qin Ze, tell me, where exactly did you go yesterday?

Why did you only return this morning? "Xu Ronghua somewhat reprimanded.

Qin Ze's eyes revealed an apologetic look as he said, "Senior sister Xu, I am truly sorry. I acted on my own initiative at the beginning."

As he spoke, Qin Ze tirelessly recounted the events that had occurred yesterday in full detail.

It turned out that after Zhuowen and Xu Ronghua had left for Misty Delight City, the group of twenty over people had become bored and began to stroll around Three Yuan City. When they arrived at the southeast corner of Three Yuan City, there was an alley.

Originally, the alley was very normal. However, Qin Ze's eyes were rather sharp. Within the alley, he actually saw a bare arm within a pile of trash.

Soon after, the group entered the alley and rummaged through the pile of trash. Immediately, they pulled out the owner of the arm.

It was an extremely skinny boy. When the boy saw Qin Ze and the rest, he was just like a frightened mouse as he repeatedly shrieked, his eyes filled with terror.

Later on, they tried to calm the boy's emotions and finally made him lower his guard against them. That boy was one of the original residents of Three Yuan City.

When Qin Ze asked the boy what had happened in Three Yuan City, the boy finally suppressed the fear in his heart and recounted everything that had happened in Three Yuan City.

"What exactly happened in Three Yuan City?" Zhuowen immediately asked with interest.

Qin Ze's gaze turned grave as he said, "According to the boy, the reason why Three Yuan City has become a ghost town is because of a terrifying evil cultivator. That evil cultivator wants to increase his own strength, so he needs to sacrifice living people in order to obtain the corresponding strength."

"Moreover, it is said that the evil cultivator is proficient in using poison. Before he entered Three Yuan City, he quietly released a kind of knockout drug, causing all the humans in Three Yuan City to faint."

"Even the high and mighty Emperor Realm cultivators in the city did not faint under the effects of the knockout drug. However, they lost the ability to resist and were all captured by the evil cultivator."

Zhuowen frowned slightly as he said, "Then everyone in the city was sacrificed by the evil cultivator?"

"That is indeed the case. This is also the reason why Three Yuan City has become a ghost town," Qin Ze said solemnly.

"To be able to make Emperor Realm cultivators lose the ability to resist, is there such a strong knockout drug in the world?" Zhuowen frowned slightly as he asked curiously.

Xu Ronghua smiled and said, "After all, he is an evil cultivator. His methods are naturally different from ordinary cultivators, especially this kind of evil cultivator who is proficient in using poison. The poisons on his body can be said to be strange and unusual."

"Then, does the boy know the whereabouts of the evil cultivator?" Zhuowen asked.

Qin Ze shook his head and said, "The boy does not know. However, we have Tracing Bees on us. The boy's blood also has the smell of the knockout drug. I have already used Tracing Bees to record the smell. Yesterday, we followed the Tracing Bees to the evil cultivator's location. Therefore, we left Three Yuan City and only returned this morning."

"You found the evil cultivator's location?

Also, did you have a conflict with the evil cultivator? "Xu Ronghua asked anxiously.

Qin Ze shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "We do not dare to face the evil cultivator. After all, the evil cultivator is an existence that has destroyed the entire city. There are also mid-level Emperor Realm cultivators in Three Yuan City. If they can destroy Three Yuan City, the few of us will not be enough."

"You did the right thing. Fortunately, you did not act rashly. Otherwise, you might not have been able to return."

Xu Ronghua nodded slightly. Then, her beautiful eyes fell on Zhuowen and said, "Zhuowen, why don't we follow Qin Ze to the evil cultivator's location and wait for an opportunity to strike. I believe that with the two of us, we will have more than twenty mid-level Emperor Realm cultivators. We are confident that we can take down the evil cultivator when he least expects it."

Hearing this, Zhuowen frowned slightly. He felt that something was wrong. However, Xu Ronghua was right. Since they had found the evil cultivator's location, they could not let him go.

After all, the evil cultivator would leave after digesting the countless cultivators' sacrifices in Three Yuan City. If they continued to look for him, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Let's go and take a look first."

Zhuo Wen nodded in agreement, and then the group walked out of Three Yuan City in a grandiose manner.

The evil cultivator's location that Qin Ze mentioned was quite far from Three Yuan City. In order not to alert the evil cultivator, the group did not dare to fly in the sky. Therefore, they spent a lot of time.

About six hours later, Qin Ze and the rest stopped in front of a mountain range. He said softly, "At the back of this mountain range, there is a rather inconspicuous cave. Back then, the Tracing Bee was roaming around the entrance of the cave. Therefore, I guess that the evil cultivator is inside the cave."

"Since the evil cultivator is proficient in using poison, he must have set up similar traps in the cave. Everyone, take this Detoxification Origin Crystal. This Origin Crystal has a certain level of poison resistance. Carry it with you and you will be immune to all poisons."

Zhuowen took out more than twenty transparent Origin Crystals from his Spirit Ring and handed them to Xu Ronghua, Qin Ze, and the rest of the group. Then, under his instructions, they silently crept into the back of the mountain range. As expected, they found a cave.