Chapter 1125: Chapter 752: City of No Pretense
Unexpectedly, a city appeared before their eyes, leaving them quite surprised.
In the midst of the ruins of the dilapidated abandoned city, a lifeless mist was swirling, shrouding it in a strange shadow. It seemed deserted, yet peering through the mist, one always felt that danger lurked in every dark corner.
"This city... could it be the City of No Pretense?" Li Qianluo exclaimed.
"Strange, how did it appear here?" Xiang Beifei stood up.
Kongcheng!
On the first day he arrived at the Edge Corner Airspace, he encountered this dead city.
"You entered this city?" Li Qianluo asked.
"Yes."
"How is it that we just spoke of this city, and it appeared suddenly?" Li Qianluo looked at Xiang Beifei with astonishment.
Xiang Beifei didn’t know how to explain it either. He pondered for a moment and said, "Let’s go in and have a look."
"Enter the City of No Pretense? Is it appropriate?" Li Qianluo hesitated.
"Aren’t you fearless of heaven and earth?" Xiang Beifei glanced sideways at Li Qianluo.
Li Qianluo shrugged: "I might not be as lucky as you."
"Then I’ll go in and take a look first. You and Chu Xi wait here." Xiang Beifei said.
He had to find out what was going on. The City of No Pretense was already full of mysteries, and he hadn’t completely figured out last time’s situation.
With one step, Xiang Beifei turned and descended below the City of No Pretense.
The city gates remained in ruins, and an unshakable mist made the city appear even more mysterious. But being familiar with it now, Xiang Beifei knew what was inside, and he didn’t hold back this time, directly leaping forward and landing on the city wall.
Indeed, atop the city wall, someone was already waiting for him.
The melancholy, seemingly sentimental middle-aged man.
"We meet again." Kongcheng smiled slightly.
When he smiled, it appeared more like a bitter smile, a smile containing the vicissitudes of life.
"How are you here?" Xiang Beifei asked puzzledly.
"Didn’t you hope I would appear?" Kongcheng said eerily.
Xiang Beifei was taken aback and asked in surprise, "If I wish for you to appear, will you actually appear? Is there some special connection between us?"
He reached out to touch this city.
He couldn’t control even a stone, or a wisp of dust from this city. Every aspect of this city was suppressed by a powerful force he couldn’t move.
"You’ve visited me here before." Kongcheng continued with a bitter smile.
"Whenever someone visits you, after they leave, do you have a feeling?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"It depends on the circumstance."
"And what circumstance do I belong to?"
"A special circumstance."
"..."
It seemed reasonable, but Xiang Beifei didn’t know what to say.
Thinking that further questioning would likely lead to more circles, he asked straightforwardly: "I heard that even the Dao Palace cannot enter this city?"
"Anyone can enter this city." Kongcheng replied.
"But?"
Xiang Beifei expected a turning point here.
"There is no but."
"But I’ve heard many people go in and can’t come out. You seem not to let them leave." Xiang Beifei said.
"It’s not that I don’t let them go out. I remember telling you this." Kongcheng replied.
Xiang Beifei pondered deeply.
Kongcheng sighed softly: "Everyone has their own Kongcheng, and when they get lost in their past, fear their past, and cannot accept it, they end their lives."
Pausing, he added with deep meaning: "So, it is not me who kills them, but themselves."
Yet Xiang Beifei still didn’t quite understand.
In this Kongcheng, he could not see his past, nor could he determine what kind of feeling the lost in one’s own past, as described by Kongcheng, was.
Xiang Beifei always felt that this guy was mysterious and very odd.
"You have many more people around you." Kongcheng looked at Xiang Beifei.
Xiang Beifei lifted his head to meet Kongcheng’s gaze, slightly surprised.
In Kongcheng’s melancholic eyes, it was not Xiang Beifei’s figure being reflected, but people Xiang Beifei knew: Li Qianluo, Luo Shanyou, Fu Yuzi... a whole crowd of the Human Race, appearing and fading away like a carousel.
"You bear a great responsibility." Kongcheng sighed.
Xiang Beifei grew increasingly perplexed but did not argue.
"Is it worth it?" Kongcheng asked again.
"Worth what?"
"You are essentially a free-spirited wanderer. The world is vast, there’s no place you cannot go. Why bind yourself?" Kongcheng said.
Xiang Beifei smiled faintly: "Even a wanderer has roots."
Kongcheng gazed at Xiang Beifei with a look of sorrow.
"You are right." He nodded gloomily.
After a moment, he smiled bitterly: "I will help you."
"But I haven’t said what I want to do yet." Xiang Beifei said.
"You sought me out to help, didn’t you?" Kongcheng smiled.
"Thank you."
Xiang Beifei did not stand on ceremony anymore.
Although he still wasn’t sure of this guy’s ability, since the other had agreed to help, everything became simpler.
He took out five Dao Stones, handed them to Kongcheng, and said: "These five Dao Stones, place them on top of your city wall, so everyone can view them from outside the city. Don’t let the Dao Palace snatch them."
Kongcheng received the five Dao Stones, weighed them lightly, and was quite surprised: "You have a very unique understanding of the Dao."
"Not bad."
In these five Dao Stones, Xiang Beifei hadn’t been stingy with his Dao embryos, engraving the part of the Dao embryos he had comprehended. Without doing so, it wouldn’t cause a big stir.
Kongcheng waved his hand, directly tossing the five Dao Stones onto the top of the city wall, where they hovered quietly.