Starting with the Magic Absorption Technique: I swept through the fantasy world.

"You still say you don't have it? Look how tired you are. Sigh, it's my fault for not being careful. I was only thinking about finding the way."

Upon hearing this, Lixue burst into tears of joy again, "Your Majesty, I..."

"Lixue, what's wrong? Don't cry, don't cry."

Lixue felt like the happiest woman in the world. She couldn't help but hug Wang Mu and smell his scent. She felt at ease, and the fatigue and fear of the past few days vanished in an instant.

Lixue pushed away Wang Mu's embrace and said, "Your Majesty, let's go."

"No rush, no rush. We are in a safe place now. Besides, the city isn't going to run away. Let's rest outside the city for a while."

"Can……"

Wang Mu originally intended to make preparations outside the city since he didn't know what the situation was like inside and might encounter danger again.

Looking at Lixue, he deliberately smiled and said, "No buts, let's rest outside the city for a while first."

"Lixue, your makeup has faded, you're almost an ugly monster! Once you enter the city, who will know you're a princess, one of the two most famous princesses of the continent?"

"Ah!" Lixue covered her face with her hands and was about to turn and leave.

"Where are you going?"

Li Xue, with her back turned, said, "Your Majesty, why don't we rest outside the city and recharge before going in? Is that alright?"

"it is good."

"Then hurry up and set up the tent!" Lixue said in a sweet but urgent voice.

Wang Mu smiled and shook his head, never expecting that his joke would make Li Xue so nervous. "It'll be ready soon, it'll be ready soon."

Hearing the sound behind her, Lixue slowly turned around and muttered to herself, "It's over, it's over, he's seen how ugly I am."

Not long after, Wang Mu came over. Before he could speak, Li Xue rushed into the tent and a voice came from inside, "Your Majesty, don't come in! I'll be right there."

It was all done in no time. Half an hour later, when the person came out, Lixue was once again beautiful and elegant. It was clear that she had put a lot of thought into it, and she had even changed into a new outfit.

"Your Majesty." She walked up to him, her head turning slightly unnaturally, not daring to look at the person in front of her.

"Lixue, you are so beautiful."

Lixue was suddenly delighted and looked up to ask, "Can you still see my dark circles?"

Looking at Lixue's face, which was covered in heavy makeup, Wang Mu said with heartache, "Lixue, I actually prefer girls who wear light makeup."

"But those dark circles under my eyes are so ugly."

"Let's rest well outside the city and recharge before we go in."

"Ah."

Inside the tent, Lixue held her beloved man, enjoying his massage and listening to stories she had never heard before. She drifted off to sleep without realizing how long she slept.

After she woke up, the two of them got ready and went to the city gate.

Looking at the vast city before him, Wang Mu said after a while, "It seems there's no one in the city."

While Lixue was resting, he peeked around more than once and found that the city was deserted and eerily quiet.

At this moment, Lixue went to look at the city wall and then at the city gate. Before she came, a thought had been swirling in her mind.

At this point, she said, "I estimate that the entire city has sunk directly underground."

Wang Mu was startled. Upon further examination, it seemed to be as Li Xue had said, but he was an outsider and there were many things in this world he did not understand.

A few seconds later, he smiled easily and said, "Never mind, let's go into the city and see what's inside. Maybe there's treasure."

After a long rest, Lixue was in great spirits and seemed to have forgotten the frightening things that had happened before. She now knew that the emperor had done this on purpose so that people wouldn't be on edge before even entering the city.

She laughed and said, "What do you see besides money?"

"With you, you are my most precious treasure." Wang Mu gave Li Xue a mischievous smile.

Lixue blushed shyly, revealing a charming look, "You're so sweet-talking, it's almost sickening."

Wang Mu hugged Li Xue and said, "Let me see if it's real."

Lixue went along with him without resisting, hugging Wang Mu without saying a word, her face full of happiness.

After lingering for a while, Wang Mu said, "Let's go."

The two walked hand in hand toward the city gate. In less than two or three minutes, they arrived at the city gate. They stopped and looked up. The city gate was no less than twenty meters high and more than ten meters wide.

Looking into the city, there was no litter on a wide street, as if someone had swept it, but the dust and wind made it seem like that.

They couldn't figure it out, but they could sense the strangeness in the city and something vague and intangible. The two stopped laughing and stared intently.

After a while, they looked at each other and walked silently into the city. A gentle breeze swept by, slowly fluttering the black flags hanging on both sides of the street.

When the others went to check, the windows and doors under the flag opened silently or closed quietly.

Lixue felt cold sweat on her palms. At that moment, she desperately wanted to hear some sound from her surroundings, but there was nothing there. It seemed that only her own heartbeat could be heard.

"It looks like the people in the city swept the streets when they left," Wang Mu said as he walked slowly, noticing her nervousness, while secretly remaining on guard.

The words dispelled some of Li Xue's fear. She looked carefully at the city wall, then back at the city gate, and then at both sides of the street. Based on the width of the city gate and the marks on the stone slabs on the ground, she said, "This city must have been a prosperous place before."

“Then he should be famous on the mainland,” Wang Mu said, turning his head to look at both sides.

What was said unintentionally was taken to heart by the listener. Suddenly, a thought popped into Lixue's mind. She glanced at the person beside her, but she wasn't sure what to do.

Because it was such a coincidence, she thought for a moment and decided not to say it for the time being, but simply said, "Let's take a look inside. If I'm not mistaken, there's a square in the center of the city if we follow this street."

Wang Mu knew that Li Xue was well-read in various books from the mainland and had considerable knowledge, so he nodded and said, "Let's go. I hope we won't disappoint her."

Lixue remained silent, glancing at the houses on either side from time to time. A door or window on one side would quietly open and then close silently again. Looking closer, it seemed as if there was a pair of eyes behind the closed door or window.

"what!"

Unable to bear it any longer, she screamed and darted behind Wang Mu again.

"Lixue, what's wrong?"

Lixue poked half her head out and pointed with a trembling finger at a door or window, saying, "It looks like there's someone in there."

Wang Mu's expression suddenly changed. He looked in the direction Li Xue was pointing, only to find the window slowly opening, but there was no one inside.

He turned to look at Lixue, who was also taken aback, wondering if it was because she was too nervous.

Wang Mu sensed something was amiss, and when he turned around, the doors and windows were slowly closing again.

"Who?"

No one answered; all around was silent.

Wang Mu gave Li Xue a look, signaling her to go inside. Li Xue nodded and carefully followed behind him.