Fairy, help me practice

　But this darkness is not as active as that in the ruins, but more like a wall covering the sky.

Chapter 212: Chaos in the Sea, Child with Broken Neck

　"That was leaked from the deep sea ruins."

　Chen Yao and the other two caught up with the serfs who escaped from the deep sea.

　The relatively sturdy ship had corroded to the point of decay, and of the more than 200 serfs that originally sailed on it, less than half were left.

　"They were all swept away by that black thing! Gods and Gods, we are not kidding! When it first came out, it was just a black smear on the stern of the ship, and it suddenly became so big!"

　The serfs gathered together in fear, talking to each other.

　At Xu Junyu's insistence, Chen Yao and the other two boarded the ship to escort the serfs and speed up the voyage.

　Li You summoned a favorable wind, and the half-rotten ship soon arrived at the Haifang City Pier.

　The serfs had had enough.

　They work like slaves here but refuse to come ashore.

　Xu Junyu simply robbed a large ship from Haifang City and gave it to them.

　After changing boats, the serfs bowed down to the three men and sailed away.

　“May they find their own home.”

　Xu Junyu put her hands on the pergola and watched the big ship sail away in the distance, blessing it.

　"Come on, go find Su Quanyu and the others."

　Chen Yao brought the two of them to the dock and found that something was wrong here.

　The sun had already risen completely by then, and the usually bustling and busy dock was now deserted.

　Several boatmen covered in tattered tarpaulins huddled around an iron brazier, looking lifeless.

　"What's going on here? Where are all the people?"

　Li You stepped forward and asked.

　The old men guarding the boat couldn't help but laugh when they noticed that Li You was wearing fluffy colorful striped clothes and looked even more shabby than them.

　"You also want to come to Haifang City to make a fortune? Not to mention that I'm not trying to persuade you to come today, even when Haifang City was prosperous, there weren't plenty of opportunities for poor people like us! Look at us! We're beggars just like you. We went out to sea to try our luck and ended up here, but we're still beggars!"

　Li You didn't expect that they would actually treat him as a beggar. He could not help but say angrily: "You are blind! You just answer whatever I ask you! Otherwise..."

　Before she could finish her threat, Xu Junyu grabbed her raised hand.

　"They are just poor mortals. Is it fun to compete with them?"

　"I……"

　Li You looked at Xu Junyu and felt that this was very embarrassing, so he withdrew his hand.

　The boatmen were frightened by Li You's sudden outburst of aura, and they cowered and told everything they knew.

　It turned out that there was a heavy rain last night, and most of Haifang City was flooded. The city was in chaos, and some people took advantage of the chaos to smash, loot and burn. It was very lively.

　"Until dawn, there was still a huge wall of fire burning in the sky near the City Lord's Mansion!"

　One person spoke excitedly.

　"There's also sword energy!"

　"Bullshit! How many years has the Lord of Haifang City banned swords? You're clearly dazzled!"

　"Bullshit! The gleaming sword light is longer than the dragon in the water. You are obviously blind!"

　"Hey, where are those three fierce guys?"

　The boatman looked at the dock, which was deserted except for them, and felt very confused.

　……

　……

　Through the conversation with the boatman, Chen Yao guessed that the unrest in the city was likely related to the monks. As for the sword energy that was longer than a dragon, he wondered if it was the Yuzhi sisters.

　The three of them walked forward and found that the once well-organized Haifang City had become a pile of ruins, and the prosperous population was now scarce.

　Chen Yao thought of the ruins of the market town in the heavy rain last night. There was no one there. Even if monks participated in the rescue, the efficiency was too high.

　Looking at this devastated city now, where can one still find the prosperity of yesterday? Where has he seen a refugee camp along the way?

　The reason for the dwindling population is most likely due to last night's rain.

　"The rain originates from the Sea Ruins," Li You said solemnly, "Master, I'm afraid we still haven't completely escaped the Sea Ruins' pursuit."

　"What do you mean?"

　Chen Yao felt that from Li You's words, Haixu seemed not to be a place, but a creature with intelligence and desires.

　"Anything that attempts or is able to escape from the Sea Ruins will be hunted down by the Sea Ruins. Master, you don't think that the ordinary people in the Sea Ruins are all locals, right?"

　"You mean, these ordinary people caught in the rain were sent to the sea ruins?"

　As Chen Yao was speaking to Li You, a flash of sword light in front of him attracted his attention, as well as Xu Junyu's attention.

　The three of them floated into the air and flew over.

　It was "Dandan" who was protecting a child and fighting against a group of people wearing the uniforms of the City Lord's Mansion.

　Those people were quite capable, and their average strength was even higher than those Haifangcheng disciples who followed Yang Qi.

　"Foreign monk, hand over the child. We don't want to make things difficult for you."

　One of them spoke to "Dandan" in a fairly polite manner.

　"How many people have you killed? Even children? If you want children, ask my sword!"

　"Dandan" protected the child behind him, stretched out his long sword at an angle, and the sword energy was like a stream of silk. After it destroyed a ruin next to it, it brought a stream of earth and blasted towards the disciples of the City Lord's Mansion.

　The disciples of the City Lord's Mansion shouted loudly, took out their magic weapons, and fought with "Dandan".

　For a moment, precious light was blazing, and sword energy was shining. In the fierce battle between the two sides, blood condensed into dust and mist and human heads mixed with broken wood flew everywhere.

　"This woman is good!"

　Xu Junyu looked at "Dandan's" dashing figure and powerful sword energy, and felt a sense of mutual admiration.

　"I'll help her!"

　She raised her thumb to the hilt of the sword and was about to strike, but Chen Yao grabbed her arm.

　"how?"

　Xu Junyu and Li You were both a little confused.

　Chen Yao did not pay much attention to the battle between "Dandan" and the disciples of the City Lord's Mansion. His eyes were fixed on the child who was protected by "Dandan" behind him.

　An ordinary child would never be able to remain so calm after seeing such a mysterious and terrifying battle.

　What's more, the child's expression was more excited than calm.

　Li You's mind was quick. He followed Chen Yao's gaze and frowned, "Look at his neck!"

　陈遥

　Xu Junyu and I looked at the child's neck and saw a red line appearing on his thin neck, the skin and flesh separated, the head stretched out, and the spine covered with flesh and blood was pulled out.

　It looked exactly like Huang Bing's head that hit the window outside the inn last night.

　At this moment, the child's head was quietly approaching his "balls", who was deeply involved in the battle and had no time to take care of him. His tongue was sticking out long, and a wisp of black air flowed out from the red tip of his tongue.

　"That's the dark aura in the ruins!"

　Li You's pupils shrank.

　The immortal sword infused with blood and immortal energy in Chen Yao's hand shot out. With a flash of clear light, the strange child was caught off guard and was cut in half. The stretched spine retracted to its original position, and he returned to the appearance of an ordinary child.

　However, before he died, he looked at Chen Yao with his eyes wide open, but they were full of cat and mouse play.

　When they found out that the child was dead, both the City Lord's Mansion disciples and "Dandan" were stunned.

　A man who looked like the leader of the City Lord's Mansion disciples was swept up by a gust of wind. When everyone looked up, Chen Yao, Li You and Xu Junyu had disappeared with that man.

Chapter 213 A trap targeting Chen Yao?

　"Why did you kill that kid?"

　Chen Yao threw the man from the City Lord's Mansion to the ground and asked.

　The man couldn't help but tremble when he saw the powerful lineup of the three people in front of him.

　"I……"

　"Ok?"

　Li You squinted his eyes and glanced at him, and the man quickly swallowed back the words he had half uttered.

　"That kid knows the secret of how the city lord controls Haifang City. We want to take advantage of the city lord's absence and the strange rain to control the city. You..."

　He raised his head and glanced at Chen Yao: "Are you in the same group with that woman?"

　"Answer your question honestly." Li You scolded.

　"Everything I said is true. This is our goal. You are all powerful dragons who have crossed the sea. You should not take the small Haifang City seriously. If we are blind and have offended your companions, I apologize to you here! If you have any other requests, I will definitely satisfy them after we control Haifang..."

　"Tsk, do you still want us to help you control Haifang City?"

　Li You sneered.

　The man waved his hands repeatedly: "I dare not, I dare not."

　Chen Yao reached out to stop Li You: "What do you know about this kid? Do you know the owner of Yangchuncai?"

　The man looked puzzled: "Yangchuncai's noodles are indeed authentic, but isn't the boss just a low-level cultivator?"

　"Yang Qi hasn't contacted him?"

　Chen Yao was still upset about Huang Bing's head banging against the window late at night and some of the things Huang Bing had said to him.

　"No," the man said confidently, "Yang Qi never goes to the market, and he doesn't like eating noodles."

　"There weren't any secret meetings?"

　The man smiled proudly, "I can be considered Yang Qi's most trusted disciple, so he was relieved to leave Hai Fang to me when he left. I can be sure that there was no secret meeting."

　"What about the child?"

　"No one knows when the child appeared in the City Lord's Mansion. We only know that the child is well-informed about the treasures and ancient ruins in the sea area surrounding Haifang City."

　There was a hint of regret in the man's eyes as he continued speaking.

　"The protective formation of Haifang City was dug out from the deep sea three thousand miles away under the guidance of that child. The strange thing is that the child clearly has no cultivation, but he can use this huge ancient formation as if it were his own arm."

　Chen Yao also found it very strange. He was sure that the child was not a human being. Could he be a demon?

　Yun Jiang said it was not a demon. She was also surprised, but she was sure that it was related to Huang Bing and the head of Huang Bing that hit the window.

　"The child is under Yang Qi's control?"

　Chen Yao guessed that otherwise Yang Qi would not be so confident in letting the child take control of the formation.

　The man shook his head and said, "No, the child is quite free to come and go. It's just that Yang Qi needs to go to the deep sea to dig up some dark strange energy and transmit it to him periodically."

　Hearing him say "deep dark strange air", Chen Yao and Li You looked at each other.

　"Deal?"

　The child provides Yang Qi with information and guards the sea, and Yang Qi provides it with the nourishment it needs.

　"From what you said, this kid controls the city defense formation, so how could he be chased down by you?"

　Chen Yao stared at the man's face.

　The man smiled with relief and pride. "I had originally planned to take a gamble and sneak attack and control him. But I didn't expect this strange rain to weaken his control over the formation! Moreover, for some unknown reason, he actually vomited the strange black energy in his stomach into the core of the formation..."

　He pointed to the giant "wall" of darkness that obscured the northern sky and said with a smile, "Isn't that what he created? He weakened himself, but came up with this useless weird thing. In the end, he still died!"

　After hearing his words, Chen Yao and the other two looked at each other.

　The serfs had clearly seen that the black wall was formed from the darkness emerging from the underwater ruins. And there was no need for this person to falsify his words.

　In addition, Yang Qi went to the ruins to die, perhaps this was the child's plan from the beginning.

　Remembering the playful look in the child's eyes when he was dying, Chen Yao left the man behind and took Li You and Xu Junyu away, saying solemnly, "Perhaps the child is not dead."