"We are all monks of Qingyacheng, it's only right that we help each other." The man smiled foolishly.

  Qin Lingyun's eyes sparkled brightly and clearly, obviously a simple-minded and kind-hearted person.

  The Star Emperor on the side was shocked and said: "I've never seen such a foolish person, I don't know how someone as extremely honest as him has managed to survive until now!"

  Qin Lingyun couldn't help but glance at Xingdi, this old antique spoke too directly, but it was said that he was once a superior being with means to reach the heavens, so it was normal for him to be arrogant. However, now he only had a wisp of residual soul left, and who knows when it would disperse? Yet even then, he still didn't change his old temperament.

  Although Xingdi spoke directly, Qin Lingyun also had the same doubts in her heart.

  "May I ask what are the names of you two Taoist friends? I will remember this kindness and one day I will definitely repay it." said Qin Lingyun.

  The tall man smiled again, while the young man beside him said indifferently: "My name is Xiao Hanshui, and this is my elder brother Xiao Zhennan. It's no need to bother remembering a small favor, the sky is already late, we still have things to do, so we'll take our leave."

  Qin Lingyun also bid farewell immediately, watching Xiao Hanshui and Xiao Zhennan hand over the spirit stone to enter the city. Xingdi looked at the two from afar, with a hint of profound light flashing in his eyes.

  "What? Is there something wrong?" Qin Lingyun saw Xing Di's expression for the first time and couldn't help but ask with a hint of doubt.

  "If I'm not mistaken, that young man named Xiao Hanshui is no ordinary person. He should be practicing the art of observing the aura."

  "What is the art of observing qi?" Qin Lingyun had never heard of the art of observing qi before.

  "The art of observing energy is a special cultivation method that can glimpse the great way of heaven and earth, and thus avoid evil and seek good fortune." Star Emperor Dao.

  Qin Lingyun exclaimed, "If that's the case, then the art of observing aura is too formidable. If one can know in advance whether they will gain benefits or face danger, they can avoid danger and obtain benefits ahead of time."

  Xingdi shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. The Heavenly Way is extremely complex, and the heavenly machine does not allow leakage. The future is also changing, it's very difficult to accurately know the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness. Cultivating the art of observing the aura requires extremely high innate talent. Even so, predictions are not necessarily accurate, and one will still suffer from heavenly jealousy, greatly reducing their lifespan."

  Qin Lingyun thought to herself, "To gain something, one must lose something; this is the most fundamental principle of the universe's balance. No wonder Xiao Zhen Nan and his kind can still live so well even now; I suspect that Xiao Han Shui's observation technique is at work here."

  As night fell, the monks hurriedly rushed into the city after handing over their spirit stones, as if something extremely terrifying was about to happen outside.

  Qin Lingyun still stood at the gate, not yet entering the city. She reached out to stop a cultivator of the sixth layer of Qi refinement and asked: "Fellow Daoist, why did you all rush into the city in one night?"

  The monk was about to get angry when he saw that it was a female cultivator of the 8th layer of Qi Refining who had stopped him, and he forcibly suppressed his anger. However, a hint of surprise appeared on his face: "Fellow Daoist, is this your first time coming to Qingya City?"

  Qin Lingyun said calmly: "That's right, I'm indeed visiting Qingyachi for the first time."

  "That Daoist suddenly said, 'No wonder you asked this question, indeed the reason is already well-known to everyone in Qingya City. At night, a large number of demonic beasts emerge from the mountains and forests, wandering around the outskirts of Qingya City. Not only are there many first-grade demonic beasts, but there are also quite a few second-grade ones. With so many demonic beasts present, it's certain death for us cultivators to stay outside the city overnight.'"

  "So it was like this, when did such a situation start happening?"

  "It's been about half a year since they started appearing, at first there weren't many demonic beasts and many cultivators were still able to gain a lot from hunting them. However, later on the number of demonic beasts at night grew more and more, to the point where it was terrifying. Even Qingyun True Person, the only Nascent Soul stage cultivator in Qingya City's Heishui Gate, didn't dare to venture out alone at night."

  The monk was muttering to himself, turned his head and saw that the sunset in the distance had already fallen completely. His face changed greatly, he bowed to Qin Lingyun: "Farewell for now." After speaking, he rushed into the city without looking back.

  Xing Di said, "We should also enter the city. It seems that Qing Ya City is about to lower its gates. The entire city is protected by an array of formations, and the gate appears to be cast from hundred-refined mysterious iron. Once it's closed, we won't be able to get in."

  Qin Lingyun's eyes sparkled as she tapped her toes on the ground, transforming into a blue shadow that rushed towards the city ahead. With a flick of her wrist, she tossed the low-grade spirit stone to the cultivator who collected spirit stones, whose robe had an embroidered black mist-like emblem on the chest - the strongest disciple of Heishui Gate in Qingyao City. With a wave of his hand, a yellow light flashed by, and the spirit stone was already stored away in his storage bag.

  At the same time, two cultivators who received the Ling Stone and several other cultivators who rushed into the city gate together flashed in. The young male cultivator who had just collected Qin Lingyun's Ling Stone shouted loudly: "Wang Shouyi, close the city gate quickly!"

  Outside the city, there were waves of roars from the demonic beasts, and the ground was slightly shaking, apparently many demonic beasts were running outside.

  The massive black city gate looked extremely heavy, but its slow closure was surprisingly swift.

  Qin Lingyun noticed that in the city not far away, a Taoist priest was casting a spell on the city gate, causing it to slowly close.

  "Bang......" With a loud noise, when the city gate really closed, the monks near the city gate finally let out a sigh of relief.

  Qin Lingyun had already cast her gaze inside the city gate, and at a glance, various buildings stood in scales, more prosperous than the Great Wei Li Yang City she saw before. The people coming and going were not ordinary people, but cultivators of immortality and practitioners of Taoism.

  "What a grand city of cultivators! It's truly too prosperous." Qin Lingyun sighed as she walked.

  Seeing Qin Lingyun's slightly surprised gaze, Xingdi couldn't help but sneer: "It's really a country bumpkin who hasn't seen the world, and this small city can be considered big. In the past, the Ice Jade City of the Ice Jade Demon Palace was at least several dozen times larger than Qingya City, that's what a real big city is!"

  Qin Lingyun said: "It's been a million years, what's there to be proud of? Now even the Ice Jade City doesn't know if it still exists or not. Even if it does exist, I'm afraid it's no longer under the control of the Ice Jade Demon Palace."

  Xingdi said: "Anyway, this Qingyacheng is definitely not big."

  "That's your opinion, in my view, Qingyacheng is already quite good." Qin Lingyun strolled along the street, occasionally tilting her ear to listen to the conversations of the cultivators. After a while, she had a preliminary understanding of Qingyacheng.

  Qingya City was still bustling with lights and people at night. Flying is prohibited in Qingya City, and private dueling is also forbidden. Those who disobey the rules will be subject to joint sanctions from the four major sects of Qingya City. Therefore, most cultivators dare not violate the various prohibitions of Qingya City. However, there may be some exceptions, after all, no matter where you are, there are always some people who do not want to follow the rules.

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