"Ah..." However, at this very moment, Young Master Cao snapped out of his stupor.
He quickly retreated two steps, directly out of the post station's entrance.
He scrambled and ran onto the street again.
Suddenly...
A voice rang out from the sky.
"Time's up, curfew begins. Those on the streets will be killed without mercy!"
Hearing Chu Tian's words, Chu Qiankun, who had just chased to the entrance of the post station, stopped abruptly.
Boom...
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning descended from the great formation in the sky, targeting the fleeing Young Master Cao.
Crack...
Lightning crackled, and a golden light flashed on Young Master Cao's body.
It actually intercepted the lightning, leaving him unharmed.
"Hmm?" The person in the sky let out a questioning sound.
Boom, boom, boom...
A continuous barrage of lightning bolts.
It finally stopped after a full nine strikes.
Chu Tian watched, dumbfounded.
That guy actually withstood eight lightning bolts. Only the ninth lightning bolt that struck down turned him into ashes.
This meant that the protective treasure he carried could withstand nine fatal attacks.
"What a waste!" Chu Tian felt a pang of regret. He should have let him go the first time and searched him thoroughly.
With the matter here concluded, the curfew had begun.
The city gates were closed, tens of thousands of soldiers patrolled the sky, and the city's protective formation was activated. It would be difficult for even a fly to enter or exit the entire Wu Du.
With such a large city entering lockdown, an air of alarm permeated the atmosphere!
Everyone was paying attention, wondering what had happened to prompt the Wu Du City Lord's Mansion to issue such an order.
Ling'er also came out, her face full of astonishment.
"How can this be? What are they doing?"
Chu Tian, however, wore a wry smile because he discovered through his divine sense that countless teams of soldiers had flown out from the City Lord's Mansion.
Each of them held a thick stack of large portraits of Chu Tian, which they were posting street by street and inquiring about.
"They're probably coming for me!" he said with a smile.
In fact, Chu Tian and the others were very close to the City Lord's Mansion. Since the teleportation array was located in the city center, the City Lord's Mansion was naturally also in the city center.
They were only half a street away from the City Lord's Mansion.
However, those soldiers flew to the farthest edges of the city, away from the City Lord's Mansion, to post the portraits.
For a moment, the most dangerous spot where Chu Tian was staying, the place he had battered down, paradoxically became the safest.
Judging by the speed of the patrolling soldiers, it would take them half a day to reach here.
"You all go rest! We should be safe for about three hours. By then... we might have to flee. This formation... is not simple!"
Chu Tian had just witnessed the power of that lightning.
With his strength, it should be fine, but he didn't know if this formation had any other more powerful offensive methods.
However, it would be more difficult to bring Ling'er and the others.
As it stood, only he had a portrait. Those people must be after him.
He hoped they didn't know about Ling'er and the others.
But then again, it was unlikely. They had been tracked from the teleportation array.
So, they would definitely know that Ling'er and the others were with him.
"What should we do...!" Chu Tian fell into deep thought.
"Let's call them all to discuss it!"
Chu Tian stood up and directly sent a telepathic message, summoning them to Lin Qingyuan's room.
As he stepped out of the room, he happened to see Ling'er and Lin Qiaoqiao emerging from another room.
Lin Qiaoqiao's condition was slightly better than Lin Qingyuan's.
After all, she had some cultivation, while Lin Qingyuan relied entirely on his three magical treasures.
He had not brought his equipment when activating the teleportation array.
Later, the continuous teleportation by the array didn't give him time to put them on.
This journey of three consecutive days of teleportation had completely worn him out.
Chu Tian and the others gathered in the room and decided to leave together.
However, just as everyone made their decision, Lin Qingyuan woke up.
He then raised an objection.
Chu Tian was about to say that his opinion was irrelevant and that they had already made their decision.
But this小子 weakly took out something resembling a compass.
"It started reacting when I arrived here. I was too uncomfortable then, so I didn't say anything..."
He spoke a few words and started panting as if he were about to die.
"What is this?"
Everyone leaned in to look at the item in his hand.
"Master... gave it to me... a Geomantic Compass! There's... a great tomb here. If I'm not mistaken, this is Wu Du, right?"
This小子, Lin Qingyuan, had started vomiting as soon as he stepped off the teleportation array, and then he had passed out.
Chu Tian had only learned the name of this city while wandering around.
He was only sixteen or seventeen years old and had never left the Western Wasteland. In fact, this was his first time leaving the territory of the Lin Dynasty.
Moreover, information about the Central Continent was not widely circulated in the other four regions.
His knowledge of Wu Du's name indicated that someone else had definitely told him.
"Did Grandpa tell you? Is this also one of our destinations?"
Chu Tian directly guessed that it must have been his grandfather, Chu Batian, whom he had never met, who had instructed Lin Qingyuan.
Lin Qingyuan nodded and said.
"Not just one of the destinations, but the most important one."
"The most important place? Chu Tian's heart stirred. In Binhai City, I asked you where our next stop was, and didn't you say that after dealing with the Eye of the Underworld Sea, we would wait for Grandpa to send news?"
Chu Tian pressed, recalling what Lin Qingyuan had said before.
Lin Qingyuan panted a few times and replied.
"Yes... Master said that after the Eye of the Underworld Sea incident was resolved, if we arrived in the Central Continent, we shouldn't pursue any goals with intention, as it might affect karma!"
Chu Tian frowned. The word "karma" had been mentioned many times by Dao Tian before.
"Then how do you know this is the most important place?" he still pressed.
"That's because, when Master and I first met, he told me many stories, and among them, he mentioned Wu Du several times. Do you know the history of Wu Du?"
This小子 was beaming with pride, as if he were asking a question, certain that Chu Tian and the others wouldn't know.
"Ten thousand years ago, this place was a chaotic land, known as the City of Sin, the birthplace of evil, and a sanctuary for sinners.
But one day, a person suddenly appeared. With a single sword, he entered the City of Sin and killed the then City Lord of the City of Sin, Luo Yuan. Legend has it that Luo Yuan was already an Emperor-level existence at that time.
He was the sky of the entire City of Sin. His existence deterred any force from coming here to capture people. He himself was notorious in his youth.
But that day, he was defeated! The person who came used only three strikes. Luo Yuan, an Emperor-level peak expert, had his head severed. From then on, the City of Sin lost its protector, and this person became the first City Lord of Wu Du.
No one knows how strong he was, but everyone speculates that he was very likely an Emperor-level super expert."