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Chapter 586: The Secret Realm Under the Blackwater Pharmacy
After Yu Lie arrived in Huoxing City, he did not immediately go to find Qingwazi and others. He did not even go out of the door. He directly stayed in the Sang family's shop and observed the situation.

For half a month, the Sang family's shop business became more and more prosperous, and more and more customers came and went, but no outsiders came to cause trouble for Yu Lie.

This made him feel slightly relieved.

Everyone else has already arrived at the City of Disaster, but the dark forces that were secretly looking for him have not taken any action yet. Either they are inconvenient to take action due to the rules of the City of Disaster, or they are temporarily unable to do so.

No matter which one it is, it is a good thing for Yu Lie.

So it was noon that day.

Yu Lie was so quiet that he finally opened the door and decided to go out for a walk.

Sang Yutang had been waiting outside his door recently, helping with some of the things Yu Lie asked for, such as buying a map of Huoxing City, asking around for information, releasing some information to the outside world, etc.

After walking up to Yu Lie and exchanging a few words, the woman learned that Yu Lie was planning to contact an old acquaintance, and immediately led the way to where Qingwazi and others were.

But Yu Lie stopped her and said:

"Since the people of Qianzhou Dao Palace are living well now, I will not disturb them, so as to avoid bringing new troubles.

Let’s go here today.”

Yu Lie just waved his hand, and a map condensed by true energy appeared in front of him. The lines on it changed, and a location in the western corner of Huoxing City emerged.

This place is called Mud Lane in the city. It is where the lower-class Taoists in Huoxing City live. The environment is cramped, dark and damp.

But if you say this place is the lowest level area in the City of Misfortune, then that is not the case. Because those who can live and hang out in the Mud Alley are at least seventh-rank Taoist officials, and there are quite a few who have been promoted to foundation-building Taoists.

Compared to the real lower-class areas, the Taoists in the muddy alley at least have their own houses and even their own storefronts, which makes it convenient for them to do business. It’s just that the feng shui is not good and the environment is not so good.

This kind of land is often visited by Taoists from other places after they arrive at Fuxing City.
The place where the first family business was established. It is not small in area. Although it is called an alley, it occupies a large corner in the southwest.

When Sang Yutang learned that Yu Lie was going to Lanni Lane, he paused slightly, but did not raise any questions. He immediately took out the spirit beast used for traveling in the shop and led Yu Lie the way.

soon.

With Sang Yutang as his guide, Yu Lie came to a group of crude stone houses. These stone houses looked like they had been burned and were very mottled. The environment was indeed a bit simple, and was very similar to the scene he saw when he first entered Qianzhou Daocheng.

When people walk in it, it is difficult to see the sunlight, and they will feel as if they are just a tiny ant in the jungle of buildings.

It can even be said that the environment of Mud Lane is worse than the bottom of Qianzhou Daocheng.

Because there is no spiritual energy here!
But this is not just the case in Lanni Lane. Yu Lie has learned in recent days that in the huge Huoxing City, except for the spiritual veins built and cultivated by various buildings and shops, the city does not provide spiritual energy.

All the Taoists living in Huoxing City can't practice directly through the free spiritual energy between heaven and earth. They can only rely on elixirs, spirit stones and other things.

Not only does Huoxing City not provide spiritual veins and spiritual energy, on the contrary, it also absorbs the spiritual energy that Taoists usually emit, especially the spiritual energy returned to the heaven and earth when the Taoists die on the fighting altars, into the city as nourishment to maintain the thousands of fighting altars.

Squeak.

Yu Lie soon arrived at the gate of a small courtyard in the muddy alley. The gate was not closed, but just lightly covered.

After he pushed the door open and looked up, a small plaque appeared in his sight, with four words engraved on it:
"Blackwater Pharmacy."

However, there was no smell of medicine in this pharmacy, and there were no medicinal herbs or flowers in the courtyard. The walls and the floor were all bare, but the bricks and stones were covered with cut marks, as if a fierce fight had taken place there, and not just one.

Even with his eyes closed, Yu Lie could still sense from those traces the residual energy that made his hair stand on end, as if the fight had just ended.

At this moment, a cold voice came from deep inside the pharmacy:
"What kind of work, what time, just leave a note, I will come and do it after I finish my training."

It was obvious that the voice was not Heishuizi's. It was quite young and a female.

What surprised Yu Lie even more was that the other person's voice sounded familiar to him. After thinking about it for a while, he had a guess about the person's identity.

Yu Lie paused, then stood under the plaque, clasped his hands and said:

"I am not here for business today, I am just visiting as an old friend."

A light exclamation suddenly sounded from deep inside the pharmacy.

The next moment, a black line flashed in front of Yu Lie, and a tall figure appeared on the steps. The other party was a human body, not a demon body, but he was more than ten feet tall and stood in front of Yu Lie, definitely a giant.

As Sang Yutang followed Yu Lie in, he looked up at the other person, and his eyelids couldn't help but raise slightly.

Because although the person in the museum is tall, his body proportions are not bad, on the contrary he is very hot.

She had long legs and a waist that was not thick compared to her whole body, but narrow and strong. Her black hair fell from behind her like flowing ink.

If there was one thing that was unusual about the visitor, it was his sturdy chest, which caught the attention of the people sitting in front of the steps.

A voice of surprise and disbelief rang out from the other party's mouth:

“Brother Yu?!”

When Yu Lie heard the call, he looked away and recognized the other person's face.

Although this person's appearance was very similar to what he remembered, Yu Lie still hesitated and said:

"Are you, a railroad friend?"

The tall female Taoist who walked out of the Black Water Pharmacy was Tie Jianlan, who was a fellow student of Qianzhou Taoist Palace together with Yu Lie.

After many years, this woman appeared in the Disaster Realm. Her cultivation had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and she was still staying in the Black Water Pharmacy, which really surprised Yu Lie.

But he soon remembered what Zizhuzi had told him, that he had already sent his disciples to the Disaster Realm long ago and got in touch with Heishuizi.

The Taoist priest used to contact Heishuizi seemed to be the one who tested Zizhuzi's method.

"It seems that the one who tested the magic on behalf of Master was Tie Jianlan. No wonder she has also established a foundation and has achieved great accomplishments in Taoism." Yu Lie thought to himself.

When Tie Jianlan saw that Yu Lie still recognized her, a warm smile appeared on her cold face.

She immediately extended her hand and invited him: "As expected, it is an old friend who has come to visit. Brother Yu, and that fellow Taoist, please come in and talk."

The woman's smile was quite beautiful, with a brightness that was unfamiliar to Yu Lie, but she was more than ten feet tall. No matter how beautiful her smile was, it still looked a little weird in the eyes of Yu Lie and Sang Yutang.

This is because among those who practice Taoism, although due to various worldly techniques or spiritual roots, almost all Taoists can transform into huge demonic bodies, such as Yu Lie's Teng Snake body.

But normally, Taoists maintain their stature within a normal human range, not too tall or too short, and regard pure human form as beauty.

If Tie Jianlan had appeared in a non-human state, Yu Lie and Sang Yutang would not have found it strange, but the other party was in human form and too huge, so it looked weird in their eyes.

Soon, the three of them sat cross-legged in the pharmacy.

Tie Jianlan seemed to have noticed the surprise in Yu Lie's eyes. She chuckled and said:
"It's been many years since we last met. Tie has changed a lot, but Brother Yu still looks like a young man, just like before."

After a few brief words, Tie Jianlan revealed that the change in her current body shape was related to her ancestral bloodline, and it was not because something went wrong in her practice and she could not shrink back.

Yu Lie nodded to show his understanding.

But he now looked like a young man at heart, but he was young. Opposite him was a gorgeous female Taoist who was over ten feet tall. They were old acquaintances, and they sat cross-legged opposite each other, separated only by a low table.

Whenever Yu Lie spoke, he had to look up at the other person.

This always reminded him of the time when he was young, when he was scolded by the female elders of the tribe, but he could only sit cross-legged and listen quietly.

Fortunately, after some pleasantries, the two turned their conversation to serious matters.

Yu Lie looked around the simple pharmacy and frowned as he said:
"I came here today because I heard that the Black Water Pharmacy is still there, but the owner is missing, so I came here to look for clues. But now that Tie Daoyou is still here, I asked directly.

Daoist friend, do you know the whereabouts of Taoist Priest Heishuizi?"

He raised his head and looked up at the other person with sharp eyes.

Upon hearing this, Tie Jianlan showed no sadness or frown on her face. She just glanced hesitantly at Sang Yutang beside her, took a sip of tea, signaled Yu Lie with her eyes, and asked if the female Taoist could be trusted.

Before Yu Lie could speak, a voice came into their ears:
"It's a rare opportunity for us two to meet again, but I still have things to take care of in my shop, so I'll take my leave first."

As Sang Yutang spoke, he bowed apologetically and walked out of the yard.

Yu Lie hesitated for a moment, then he just stood up and walked a few steps with him, without leaving Sang Yutang behind.

Heishuizi is his uncle-master and also the benefactor who taught him in the small town in the deserted mountains. As it concerns his whereabouts and safety, the fewer people who know about it, the better.

If Sang Yutang did not leave on his own, Yu Lie would find an excuse to get him out of the way.

When Tie Jianlan and Yu Lie were the only two people left in the pharmacy, Tie Jianlan raised her hand and raised the formations on the left and right sides of the pharmacy, making the light in the room suddenly dim.

A light laugh came from the female Taoist:

"Brother Yu is indeed very lucky. When you and I were just Taoist disciples, he already had two beauties accompanying him in the palace.

Now that I am in the Disaster Realm, I have such a beautiful woman by my side. Compared to that old man Heishuizi, my brother is living a much more comfortable life."

When Yu Lie heard the teasing, he was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to respond.

After all, according to the information he had collected, the reason why Heishuizi had been in a bad situation and disappeared in recent years was most likely because he was implicated.

Yu Lie didn't know for a moment whether the other party was just joking or had some hidden meaning.

Fortunately, after Tie Jianlan made a joke, her tone returned to seriousness.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

She looked at Yu Lie with a serious expression and sparkling eyes, and said, "Brother Yu, you came at the right time. If you hadn't come, I really wouldn't know who to find to help rescue that old guy.

Although there are people from Qianzhou Dao Palace in Huoxing City, you also know what the relationship is between your lineage and the people in Qianzhou Dao Palace today..."

Yu Lie understood that the woman was referring to Qingwazi and others.

Although he personally had some trust in Qingwazi and his group, it was completely different in the eyes of Heishuizi and Tiejianlan.

Yu Lie said in a deep voice: "Friend Tie Dao, please tell me frankly, what kind of trouble did the master of Heishuizi Temple encounter?"

Suddenly, a shadow pressed down Yu Lie, and it was Tie Jianlan who stood up.

The female Taoist paced back and forth, thinking about something.

Yu Lie was sitting cross-legged in front of a low table, with only the huge figure next to him swaying.

This scene made him seem more like a child being scolded by his elders.

Tie Jianlan organized her words: "Brother Yu, how long have you been in Huoxing City? Do you know what has happened in the city in recent years?"

Yu Lie replied, "I have only been here for half a month. Although I have heard some gossip, I have not heard of any major events."

"Since you don't know, I will introduce you to someone."

Immediately, Tie Jianlan used her magic power, and a mirage-like illusion of the City of Misfortune appeared on the low table. She pointed at the entire City of Misfortune and said:
"Just five years ago, there was an unusual movement in the City of Misfortune. The whole city was shaken, as if it was collapsing, and all the fighting altars in the city had spiritual light gushing out, and streams of spiritual energy flew out from them. It seemed that under each fighting altar was a high-quality spiritual vein.

This situation lasted for five days and five nights before it finally stopped. This was the first time in the entire City of Misfortune that for five consecutive days, no one died and no fights took place. "

The woman talked freely:

“Ordinary Taoists thought that this was because the City of Misfortune had swallowed up too much of everyone’s spiritual energy, and finally became overfed, so it vomited out in a rare reversal.

However, if knowledgeable people inquired or studied carefully, they would know that ten thousand years ago, there was also a situation where ten thousand spiritual energies erupted in the city. The situation was almost exactly the same as what happened five years ago, except that the number of days it lasted was different.

And what lies beneath those fighting altars are not spiritual veins, but huge fragments of the world, or in other words, secret realms!"

"The secret realm of the Disaster Star City?" Yu Lie was stunned for a moment.

Before he flew to the Disaster Realm, Zi Zhuzi had never told him that there was such a huge secret realm in the Disaster Realm.

After Yu Lie digested it for a moment, he said, "Could it be that Fellow Tie wants to say that Taoist Heishuizi is trapped in the secret realm under the city?"

Tie Jianlan nodded seriously: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)