Poor girl is hated by everyone, villains drive her crazy

It was very quiet in the shelter. The children all sat together obediently, not crying or making any noise. I guess the adults had reminded them of this in advance.

There seems to be no problem at the moment.

Recalling that in the previous secret realm, one of Zhong Xian's confidants burned the talisman paper, Yu Xi quickly searched the crowd for the confidant arranged by Zhong Xian, but did not see anyone.

Is it outside?

She turned around and went out. On the way, she heard people nearby whispering:

"Is the Lord City Lord not coming yet? It's been a long time."

"Is it possible that the master will not come? Why don't you go ask Shopkeeper Song?"

"I just asked, and Manager Song also said he didn't know. It seems that the adults didn't go to the other three shelters..."

Many people were waiting for Zhong Xian along the way, but he never showed up.

Just then, there was a commotion outside the shelter.

Yu Xi quickened his pace and went out, and saw a group of people gathering together and throwing a stone in front of them.

Who would have thought that after the stone was thrown out, it hit something in the air and bounced back.

If you look closely, you can see that the ground not far away is being divided by something invisible, leaving a long, deep black line on the ground.

This line extends very far, and as far as the eye can see, it seems to cover the entire Qiuluo City.

"what is this?"

People don't recognize these things.

Song Jizhe, one of Zhong Xian's confidants, was holding his family's ancestral golden abacus. Seeing something invisible blocking the way ahead, he plucked up his courage, raised his hand and touched the front with the corner of the abacus.

Soon, there was a crisp sound at the place where the abacus touched, and it hit the invisible barrier.

Seeing this, he frowned and carefully took out the talisman paper given to him by Zhong Xian from his arms, only to find that the talisman paper still had no reaction to being connected.

"Is this perhaps a barrier?"

He was not a cultivator, so he could only make inferences based on some information he had learned from Cui Yuan in the past.

"What is a barrier?"

Someone nearby asked anxiously, "Will the shadow affect the adults coming out?"

But Song Jizhe couldn't answer these questions.

But he speculated that the city lord's delay in appearing must be related to this barrier.

While everyone was discussing the barrier that suddenly appeared, Yu Xi discovered that he was not affected by the barrier.

She glanced at everyone and made sure that Song Jizhe did not burn the talisman paper. She first ran through the barrier to a higher place. Sure enough, in the open area, she saw several talisman papers hanging in the air, forming a large formation covering the entire Qiuluo City.

This formation is not a rare one. It just puts up several circular barriers to trap the target. People inside cannot go out, and people outside cannot come in.

Of course, the connection between the talisman papers will also be cut off.

Looking again, there were cultivators patrolling above Qiuluo City. Yu Xi suspected that by now the people from the Immortal Sect might have discovered that everyone in the city was missing and had taken control of the bell strings.

I just don’t know if they have noticed the talisman paper that Zhong Xian was sending.

It would be fine if they hadn't discovered it, Zhong Xian could just break the barrier and teleport over. But if they had discovered it, given Zhong Xian's personality, he would probably destroy the talisman paper rather than let it fall into the hands of the immortal cultivators.

Then there is no possibility for Zhong Xian to escape.

Yu Xi was just hesitating whether to go to Qiuluo City to find Zhong Xian, or go back to the shelter first to see what Song Jizhe and the others were going to do, when suddenly the figure of a cultivator appeared in the air.

Yu Xi recognized at a glance that these monks were all from the Songshan Sect, who were flying from the outskirts towards Qiuluo City.

And judging from the direction in which a few of them were flying their swords, they seemed to have discovered the people of Qiuluo City near the barrier.

Oops!

Yu Xi returned immediately and ran quickly to the shelter, but the expected bad scene did not happen.

Instead, one of the monks seemed to have been hit by someone and was injured on the head, with blood dripping down his cheek.

The people of Qiuluo City did not have any good feelings towards the immortal monks at this moment. At this moment, the young and middle-aged men led by Song Jizhe were standing in the front, protecting their wives and children behind them and hiding in the shelter.

Seeing that everyone was staring at them with eager eyes, the injured monk used magic to stop the bleeding and said seriously:

"I'm sorry, we suddenly showed up and scared you, but we won't hurt you. We just wanted to ask you if you know where Senior Brother Cui... Cui Yuankui is?"

When he said this, the monk's eyes were red: "Brother's soul lamp has gone out, and we are the only ones left in the sect who survived by chance, but I can't find his body at all."

Yu Xi paused as he was running over.

Even though she already knew the outcome, she still held her breath when she heard that Cui Yuankui was in trouble.

When Song Jizhe heard that the man in front of him knew Cui Yuankui, he felt relieved, but he was still cautious and asked, "We don't know where Immortal Cui is. Is he in trouble?"

Hearing that Song Jizhe didn't know, the monk seemed disappointed, but still said:

"I understand. If you want to leave, you'd better leave as soon as possible. The barrier here should have been disturbed by you just now. The beasts led by Chu Xiao will come here soon."

As he spoke, the monk turned around and looked at the barrier on his side.

There was a crisp sound, and cracks quickly appeared on the barrier. From Yu Xi's perspective, it seemed as if the entire sky was cracked.

Looking up, he saw that the monk's companions were standing at the top of the barrier where the talisman paper was, and they destroyed the talisman paper with their swords.

As more and more cracks appeared on the barrier, the entire barrier soon shattered, and a howling gale rushed out from the direction of the city.

The monk glanced sideways, his long sleeves fluttering, and gathered a ball of spiritual energy with his backhand, creating a barrier in front of Song Jizhe and the others to block the strong wind.

Seeing the barrier being destroyed, Song Jizhe hurriedly took out the talisman paper in his arms, but the talisman paper still did not react at all.

He hesitated for a while, and seeing that the monk was about to leave and had no intention of harming them, he did not care about anything else and hurriedly took a step forward and asked:

"Please wait a moment, can you help us check... this talisman paper, is there something wrong with this talisman paper?"

Why hasn’t the city lord teleported here yet?

Upon hearing this, the monk stopped and looked over. When he saw the talisman paper in Song Jizhe's hand, his pupils shrank slightly, and he quickly lowered his eyes, disguising his sadness and said:

"This is what my senior brother prepared for you, right? It is no longer usable. The other half of the talisman paper has been burned. It is now just like waste paper."

No different from waste paper?!

When these words were spoken, everyone, including Song Jizhe, was stunned.

Some people were already panicking: "Then, what about the city lord? What about him? How can he come? Why was the other half burned?"

Seeing their anxiety, the monk thought for a moment and added:

"The 'master' you are talking about is Zhong Wenyu, right? Senior Brother Cui mentioned him to us. If he is holding the other half of the talisman paper, then unfortunately, he can no longer be teleported over."