379 Spiritually-Restrained Zilong City (1/2)

Yun Yang did not linger. After the short exchange, he left upon understanding Shangguan Lingxiu’s purpose of this trip.

To Yun Yang, there was nothing more important than verifying if the assassin stranded in Ziyou was, in fact, Old Dugu. Even though other matters were relevant to the Shangguan Family of Generals and Shangguan Wudi, it was more urgent to look after the living than the dead!

Watching Yun Yang leave, Shangguan Lingxiu bit her plump lips as she stood on the deck; a strange feeling rose within her.

This Lord Supreme Wind… he has never contacted me before… Yet, why does he seem so familiar?

Why do I feel this sense of familiarity about him? Who does he remind me of?

Shangguan Lingxiu’s hair fluttered in the wind as she thought, ”Lord Supreme Wind has never shown his real face, but he should be someone I know.”

Inexplicably, Shangguan Lingxiu, whose heart was palpitating regarding this trip to the Empire of Ziyou, was very much placated. The ship was still moving forward.

”I’ll take a nap,” Shangguan Lingxiu thought quietly to herself.

She had been wracking her brain about what she should do and how she should tackle the issue these past few days, but now that she was suddenly relieved of her burden, the accumulated fatigue overwhelmed her. It was best to rest quickly and regain her energy.

…

Yun Yang charged through his journey as wind for a moment and as water for the next; when he cultivated the Holy Water Charm, his speed was naturally much faster than that of the large vessel.

Only about another day had passed when Yun Yang arrived at Zilong City. However, his face fell as he approached his destination.

He realized that Zilong City had been turned into an area of spiritual restraint!

In other words, the atmosphere within Zilong City was the same as when the Nine Supremes had been ambushed.

Under such circumstances, even Yun Yang, whose cultivation base had improved tremendously, could not sneak into the city using the Nine Supremes’ manifestation powers but had to enter it physically.

It was only a small area, Tianxuan Cliff when the Nine Supremes were attacked then, but now, it was the entire Zilong City!

Yun Yang stood fifty miles away with a frown between his brows, looking at Zilong City with a dark expression.

As his anxiety grew stronger, another question blossomed within Yun Yang's mind.

The Empire of Ziyou obviously had its reasons for forming such a spiritual restraining formation, because once the formation was activated, no cultivator could take in the spiritual Qi from heaven and earth no matter where he stood in the entire Zilong City.

In other words, as long as the formation remained, all the practitioners in the area of Zilong City would be halted at their current level unless they fled far and high, leaving Zilong City.

Yun Yang still had to enter Zilong City; only then could he confirm the identity of that assassin!

It made him come to a conclusion – Zilong City was a trap! One that was designed specially to capture him.

It was a conspiracy! A conspiracy aimed at stopping him.

It was not that Yun Yang was overly worried, but the current situation spelled it loud and clear. There was no doubt that it was a trap.

Seeing that the spiritual sealing formation covered the entire Zilong City, how big an effort did it have to be and whose doing was it? To seal the spiritual Qi in the whole of Zilong City was no mean feat.

This was a large city with a population of over four million people! What kind of power did one have to wield to be able to seal it in entirety?

Yun Yang doubted that the Empire of Ziyou’s treasury had so many resources. Could it have afforded such an expenditure?