Chapter Thirty-Seven: Dark Red Courtyard Walls

  Ning Cheng was shocked at heart, An Yi had lost her way in this place and could still find her way back, that was a narrow escape from death.

  "Brother Ning..." A terrified voice came over, and Ning Cheng immediately knew that it was An Yi's.

  At this moment, Ning Cheng didn't even think about whether the voice was true or false, and directly rushed towards the sound. Immediately afterwards, he saw An Yi who was terrified and restless in the faint mist, and An Yi was less than two meters away from him.

  Ning Cheng rushed to Anyi's front, raised his hand and grabbed Anyi's hand again. "What's going on, Anyi? I clearly held your hand just now, how did you get here?"

  An Yi's hand was very cold, but after Ning Cheng grabbed her hand, the aura inside the Xuan Huang Pearl automatically drove away the chill. Only then did Ning Cheng have time to think about why An Yi had suddenly disappeared from his side without him finding anything out of the ordinary.

  Logically speaking, such a mysterious disappearance shouldn't be so easily found by him.

  After being caught by Ning City, An Yi's pale face finally regained some rosiness. She subconsciously leaned closer to Ning City and said, "I was just coming down from that curved path when I realized you were no longer by my side. Then I saw a huge black claw reaching for me, and I couldn't speak. Just as the black claw was about to grab me, a yellow awn suddenly appeared on my chest, blocking the black claw, and I was able to cry out."

  "What's that yellow thing on your chest?" Ning City immediately thought of the yellow jade pendant that Master An Yi had left to An Yi before his death, which was hanging around An Yi's neck. Could it be that this pendant protected An Yi?

  Whether it is or not, this place has something strange about it.

  Ning Cheng took out a thin rope and tied An Yi's wrist to his, "An Yi, walk alongside me, so I can keep an eye on you."

  "This is..." Ning Cheng had just reminded An Yi of something when he was once again stunned by the scene in front of him.

  In front of him and Any, a dark red wall suddenly appeared, the wall seemed endless, and it was impossible to see the end. As for what was inside the wall, it was also invisible. At this time, he and Any were on a bluestone road in front of the gate of the wall.

  The bluestone path leads to the dark red wall gate, and the gate of the wall is slightly ajar. The fragrance of golden cicada fruit, which has not appeared for a long time, is emitted again, and this time Ningcheng feels very clear. The fragrance of golden cicada fruit comes from inside the wall.

  "Brother Ning, the Golden Cicada Fruit is inside that red-walled courtyard. Is this large enclosure a place where a predecessor once lived?" An Yi quietly asked in Ning Cheng's ear.

  "That's not right......" Ning Cheng's mind was clearer than ever at this moment. He found that the dark red front yard in front of him was clear and distinct, and the small road in front of him was also clear and distinct. But the surrounding scenery and the scenery behind him were all blurry.

  Ning Cheng forcibly rotated his own spiritual sense, he had not cultivated the Like-Intent Mystical Wood Technique, but in this cultivation method, he knew that if a Qi gathering cultivator's spiritual sense was strong enough, they could release their spiritual sense externally and see things more clearly than with their eyes.

  At this time, he forcibly rotated his divine sense, just wanting to see if he could see the things around him. The next moment, the scene within a meter around him appeared vaguely in his consciousness.

  Is this what it means by externalization of divine thoughts? Ning Cheng had just thought about externalizing when the scene within a meter of him disappeared once again.

  "Are we going in?" An Yi asked softly, she suddenly didn't want to enter the dark red wall, she always felt that this wall was a bit strange.

  Ning Cheng waved his hand, and his divine sense was once again forcibly released, this time the range of his scan seemed to be even larger, reaching about 1.5 meters. A vague figure appeared in his divine sense, and this figure seemed to be staring at him and An Yi, with no signs of life.

  Ning Cheng was startled, he didn't even think about it, and directly slashed a fire blade over. After a sharp cry, the blurry figure disappeared without a trace in Ning Cheng's fireball.

  Ning City let out a sigh of relief. Although these figures couldn't be seen with the naked eye, once they were detected by his divine sense, just one fireball would be enough to take care of them. From this, it was clear that the power of his divine sense far surpassed that of his eyesight. At this moment, Ning City had made up his mind: from now on, he definitely wouldn't neglect his own divine sense during cultivation.

  "What's going on? Brother Ning?" An Yi didn't understand why Ning Cheng suddenly slashed out with his flame blade, but she heard that sharp cry very clearly.

  Ning City waved his hand, and his divine sense was once again deployed. Several blurry figures appeared in his divine sense, and Ning City felt a vital aura from these figures. He immediately knew that these figures were different from the one earlier, and that someone else had entered this place. However, these people hadn't seen him yet. Ning City quickly led An Yi to shift several steps again, hiding behind a patch of withered grass.

  Those few figures came down from the winding small road and walked onto the bluestone path in front of the dark red wall courtyard, and it wasn't until then that Ning Cheng saw them clearly. There were eight people in total, and among these eight people, Ning Cheng actually recognized four of them: Ye Dao Ren, Feng Fei Zhang, Miao Xiu Ming, and Tian Fei.

  As soon as these eight people walked onto this bluestone road, they immediately saw the dark red wall and also saw that gate which was slightly ajar.

  "That's right, this is the fragrance of Golden Cicada Fruit. It really is here, and there's a wall surrounding it. I thought we had taken a wrong turn when I couldn't smell anything earlier." A three-layer Qi Condensation cultivator with narrowed eyes exclaimed as soon as he stepped onto the bluestone path.

  Ye Dao Ren coldly laughed and said, "Xue Si Nian, don't blame me for not warning you. In this place, even if it's an inexplicable disappearance, it's a very normal thing. Among the eight of us, there is a Fu Zhen Array symbol, otherwise, who knows, you might have already disappeared."

  "Yes, Brother Pu is right. This time it's not the formation diagram that Brother Pu instructed us with, we wouldn't have been able to get here otherwise. I've already understood Brother Pu's warning." The squinting-eyed cultivator thought that Ye Dao was trying to reiterate his importance and hastily repeated what he had said many times before.

  The cultivator didn't even bother to remind this guy of the true purpose of the Fu Zhen Array Symbol. If it wasn't for this array symbol, one would inexplicably disappear on the small path of the array method diagram. Fortunately, they had already arrived at the wall courtyard, so even if they lost the array symbol, the problem shouldn't be too big.

  "Xue brother, I think Pu brother reminded you that it wasn't his formation route map that worked, but rather reminded you not to lose that Burning True Array symbol." Feng Feizhang had already understood the meaning of Ye Dao person.

  Yedao Ren didn't continue to explain, but just said, "Later when we enter the wall courtyard, don't rush inside in a hurry, listen to my orders. The eight of us will each occupy one corner and simultaneously break open the Golden Cicada Fruit's defensive array."

  "We will certainly listen to Brother Pu's instructions, and Brother Pu just needs to say so." Miao Xiuming immediately echoed, indicating that he insisted on standing on the side of Ye Dao people.

  "Now many people have already obtained the route map of Lanship Island, but they all think that only fifteen can enter. They absolutely do not know that Jincheng fruit is ripe on the tenth day. Unfortunately, they do not have the real array symbol, even if they know, entering is also a dead end. Today is the ninth day, it's just the right time to break the formation, when we take away the Jincheng fruit, they should come too."

  Ning Cheng cursed the shamelessness of Ye Dao people in his heart, previously he had also said fifteen to himself, fortunately he arrived at Lanship Island first. And this guy still has some Fu Zhen symbols, without revealing anything. It almost made An Yi disappear.

  The master led the way to the large gate, which was slightly ajar, and carefully pushed it open. The creaking of the gate made a faint "creak" sound, not loud but piercingly painful, like a stab to the heart.

  Watching the eight people flash one by one into that large gate, Ning City had already dispelled the idea of going in. Not yet entering the wall courtyard, there were so many strange things happening, once inside, would there be good things? He wasn't afraid of trouble, but because his cultivation was really too poor, only having four layers of gathered energy. Jin Chan was good, that was also possible to fight for, he didn't have to risk his life to gamble.

  Ning City didn't plan to leave, and Jin Chan was right in front of him. He wasn't the kind of person who would give way easily. Moreover, Ning City vaguely felt that Yedao Ren had some problems - the diagrams and array symbols they used were all provided by Yedao Ren, but the loot was divided equally among them. He believed that Yedao Ren wasn't a noble guy either. However, with eight people entering together now, he couldn't think of what kind of trick Yedao Ren would use to control the other seven people.

  Ning Cheng didn't leave for two other reasons. One was that he simply didn't know how to leave this place, and the other was that he wanted to get rid of Ye Dao Ren.

  Earlier, in the beast car, Ye Dao people wanted to force him to team up, now this revenge is not reported, that is not his Ning city. Moreover, if Ye Dao people come out of this wall courtyard, they will definitely get good things.

  ……

  Time passed in waiting and guarding, on the first day Ning Cheng and An Yi could only hear a series of muffled sounds coming from inside that dark red wall. The muffled sound started very loud and with short intervals, as time went on the interval between the sounds became longer and the voice smaller.

  The next day, Ning Cheng and An Yi were nowhere to be seen or heard from, the eight people who entered the wall courtyard were like mud entering the sea, without a sound.

  Ning Cheng's heart was getting more and more uneasy, if he continued to stay here waiting, after a few days, it was likely that many people would set foot on this island. Moreover, he always had an indistinct feeling, as if there were a pair of eyes staring at him and An Yi in the fog.

  "Ning, I always feel like someone is calling me to go into that red-walled courtyard. If you hadn't caught me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to resist." An Yi whispered in Ning Cheng's ear.

  Just as Ning Cheng was about to speak, the large gate of the wall courtyard creaked again and Ye Dao Ren rushed out frantically from inside. At this moment, Ye Dao Ren's hair was disheveled, where was the calm demeanor he had when he just entered?