"brush"
With a flash of light, Nangong Zheng vanished from his spot, traversing the void and heading straight for the Holy City.
The Holy City of the Northern Region, the absolute center, is as famous as the Primordial Ancient Mine on this crimson land. The inhabitants of the Northern Region regard it as a sacred place.
The city was noticeably more bustling at this moment. Although it was late autumn and the weather was quite cool, people and vehicles came and went in an endless stream.
There were significantly more pedestrians on the road, and strange beasts galloped about like the wind and lightning. A small number of them were ordinary people, but most were cultivators.
Although Nangong Zheng had not yet entered, he could already clearly sense that the Holy City now possessed a much stronger aura, indicating that more powerful individuals were lurking there.
Nangong Zheng knew that there were many powerful forces in this place, including the royal family of Zhongzhou, the Golden Family of Beiyuan, the demon clan of Nanling, and the holy lands of Donghuang. Their forces were intertwined.
It seems that many old monsters are now lurking in this divine city. The old monsters who previously flocked to the Bronze Immortal Palace have now gathered in the Northern Divine City to plot against Purple Mountain.
"Zishan is truly captivating," Nangong Zheng remarked with a touch of emotion.
There were too many outrageous actions in the early stages of Shrouding the Heavens. A mere Holy Lord dared to plot against Purple Mountain. It has to be said that ignorance is bliss. Immediately afterward, he directly entered the Divine City.
Inside the city, people come and go, mostly cultivators. No one dares to act recklessly here, for you never know when you might bump into a descendant of an ancient family.
If one is even more unlucky, one could very well end up stepping on the feet of a Supreme Elder. Such things are not impossible, as there are indeed quite a few people in the Holy City who do so.
The city is very prosperous, with numerous palaces, ancient streets, gambling stone workshops, fairy towers, the Engyun Palace, and the Holy Lord's Gate. It has everything and is extremely luxurious.
Nangong Zheng sighed inwardly, quietly appreciating the scene. Last time he came in a hurry to cut stones, but now, returning to this familiar place, coupled with his leap in strength, he had a different feeling.
Then, as he walked, he discovered that above a market town, there was a magnificent, suspended celestial palace, extraordinary in appearance, grand and majestic, like an ancient heavenly court, awe-inspiring.
"The power of the Heavenly Demon Palace?!"
Nangong Zheng became interested and saw the words on the palace plaque. This place was called Tianyao Baoque, which Tianyao Palace ran. Tianyao Palace was one of the most powerful forces in the Eastern Wilderness. Before ancient times, countless great demons could capture stars and seize the moon, roaring between heaven and earth and traversing the eight wastelands. Of course, its strength is still extremely terrifying now.
This Heavenly Demon Treasure Palace is one of the seven major auction houses in the Holy City, where peerless treasures are often auctioned off for astronomical prices.
With a slight thought, Nangong Zheng soared into the air, stepping onto a path paved with flower petals, and arrived at the Heavenly Demon Palace.
Clouds and mist swirl, palaces stretch out in clusters; there is a spatial barrier here, many times larger than what can be seen below.
"Nangong Zheng, the supreme human expert, has arrived!"
Soon, Nangong Zheng's arrival caused a sensation throughout the entire Heavenly Demon Palace, and everyone was taken aback.
No one dared to neglect Nangong Zheng's arrival.
Nangong Zheng, a peerless human powerhouse, is renowned throughout the Eastern Wilderness and is one of the most outstanding figures of his time.
Soon, an older man and a young man appeared and came out to greet them personally.
"Yao Yuekong greets Senior Nangong!"
A man in purple robes cupped his hands in greeting. He had an imposing presence and appeared to be quite young, yet he was of noble birth.
"Heavenly Demon Body, Demon Moon Void!" Nangong Zheng suddenly realized that it was him.
"Fellow Daoist Nangong!"
The other older man was an old holy lord, not the master of the Heavenly Demon Palace, but he was also extremely powerful, a top-level great demon.
Nangong Zheng exchanged a few pleasantries with the man and explained his purpose. He inquired whether the Heavenly Demon Treasure Palace was a divine object, such as a divine spring or spiritual liquid.
"Fellow Daoist Nangong, you may come in a while. My Heavenly Demon Palace will be holding an auction for Saint Lords. Perhaps there will be something you need then," the old Saint Lord of the Heavenly Demon Palace explained.
Nangong Zheng nodded, said nothing more, bid farewell, and left the place.
...
Nangong Zheng did not immediately go looking for Ye Fa because he always felt something was drawing him from a certain direction within the Divine City.
At the same time, the wisp of blue energy he had cultivated in his dantian suddenly glowed and emitted a warm aura, as if it were being attracted by something.
"What's going on?" Nangong Zheng was startled and puzzled. It seemed that something was attracting this wisp of energy, but the attraction was very weak and difficult to pinpoint.
He wandered around the divine city, but couldn't pinpoint its exact location.
So he found an inn, checked in, sat down cross-legged, and quietly began to meditate, silently circulating the "Longevity Technique" to comprehend it while trying to sense the source of that attraction.
"When"
Suddenly, a bell rang, shaking heaven and earth. Everyone was startled, and their bodies trembled. Of course, this bell also alerted Nangong Zheng.
At this moment, the entire divine city was alarmed. The resounding sound, like the grandest bell, shook the whole city, making people's hearts tremble. Even the divine city itself resonated with it, as if it were about to collapse.
Nangong Zheng pushed open the window. At this moment, palaces stretched out in the outside World, shimmering with the brilliance of rare treasures, like a dream. However, his gaze immediately locked onto the central palace of the divine city.
The place was dazzling and filled with spatial power. Seven or eight figures appeared at the same time, all of whom were at the level of Saint Lord.
With a wave of their hands, the holy lords sent down a dense mass of figures, all of them cultivators.
Clearly, this was the first time the Holy Lands had suffered a setback in their attack on Purple Mountain, forcing them to retreat to the Divine City.
Soon, news spread that the first attack on Purple Mountain by the many Holy Lords had failed, with the entire army nearly wiped out.
The Jiang family, the Ji family, Yaoguang, and Yaochi all possessed supreme weapons. That night, the replicas of the Sun God Furnace, the Dragon Pattern Cauldron, and two other supreme weapons were all shattered.
Zishan was not captured, but the act caused the Wushi Bell to shake the heavens and earth, instantly turning hundreds of powerful beings to dust.
Nangong Zheng was speechless. To think that a few counterfeit items could conquer Zishan was simply a pipe dream. It was already a miracle that so many people had returned alive; otherwise, everyone would have died.
It should be noted that the deity of the Wushi Bell is always in a state of revival. Even a quasi-emperor with imperial weapons could not break through Zishan, let alone a group of holy lords.
At this time, the name of the Great Emperor Wushi, who had crushed countless ages, was reborn and mentioned by the World once again.
At the end of the immortal path, who stands at the peak? A single glimpse of the Beginningless Dao reveals all emptiness!
The era of the Great Emperor Wushi, who roamed the World, can be said to have showcased the divine power of the ancient emperors to the fullest extent.
Many people are going crazy because Zishan not only contains the Wushi Bell, but also the legacy of the Wushi Emperor.
Afterward, people from the Holy Land found Nangong Zheng and invited him to attack Zishan again. Nangong Zheng naturally refused and would not do such a foolish thing.
He continued to practice the Longevity Technique in silence, and after a few days, he finally made a breakthrough, pinpointing the source of the attraction!