I Can Travel between Two Worlds-Chapter 156 - 116: Ghost Cultivator, Spring Dreams and Nightmares
This is a nuclear bomb with a yield of one hundred thousand tons.
If it were to fall on Jade Belt City, there would be no doubt about the outcome...
Cultivators below the Core Formation level would likely have no time to react.
And even Core Formation Stage cultivators would have no chance of survival within the blast radius.
At the moment of the nuclear explosion, the Siege Array would be utterly meaningless.
Wang Lishan’s idea was simple: since the demon path laid siege for a blood sacrifice.
Then before that, just kill all the mortals and cultivators in the city... What will they use for a blood sacrifice then?
As for the so-called million lives in Jade Belt City, how could they compare to Lin Chen in the High Martial World?
Looking at the special weapon before him, Lin Chen fell silent.
Unless absolutely necessary, he truly did not wish to use this thing.
Not to mention that to him, every citizen in Jade Belt City was a living being.
The karmic force generated after such a massacre was something Lin Chen couldn’t bear...
"Alas, it seems this underground machine’s purpose is not just to dig out a city passage!"
Lin Chen thought silently to himself.
...
Jade Belt City, inn.
The countdown reset, and Lin Chen returned to the Cultivation Realm.
At this time, the sky was beginning to brighten, and Lin Chen had no plans to go out but stayed in his room cultivating.
It wasn’t until afternoon that he left the inn, heading towards a brothel in the city center.
Don’t misunderstand, Lin Chen went to the brothel for business!
"Judging by the current situation, this siege event is inextricably linked to the three strange occurrences in the city..."
"So, let’s start the investigation from the skinning incident first..."
Lin Chen walked into this brothel named Celestial Envy Workshop.
According to his intelligence, the first victim of the skinning incident was the lover of Nan Lingling, a famous courtesan of this brothel, Young Master Zheng.
There were few pedestrians on the street.
Nowadays, in Jade Belt City, even cultivators were on edge, let alone mortals.
Passing through the deserted street, Lin Chen entered Celestial Envy Workshop.
Compared to the coldness of the city, the marketplace in the brothel was surprisingly thriving.
Lin Chen was slightly surprised and then looked towards the lobby on the first floor.
Many young, beautiful women were playing instruments and dancing.
At more than ten tables, dozens of well-dressed men gathered, drinking and making merry, indulging in revelry and dreams...
This seemed reasonable.
With the unsettling atmosphere in Jade Belt City, at this point, rather than nervously worrying...
Some people would naturally want to indulge, to have one last time of pleasure before death.
"Oh, this gentleman... Please have a seat!"
Several heavily made-up women came over, leading Lin Chen to a table in the corner.
Lin Chen did not refuse, calmly sitting at the wooden table, placing two Spirit Stones on it.
"Bring some fine wine and food," Lin Chen said calmly.
Soon as they saw the Spirit Stones, those women knew Lin Chen’s identity.
But they didn’t refuse; although there were few cultivators in the city, occasionally some still came to the brothel to spend.
It was just rare for someone to pay directly with Spirit Stones, clearly marking Lin Chen as quite the catch for them.
"Xiao Cui, tell the kitchen to cook several good dishes, and bring that sixty-year-old wine..."
The madam of the brothel ordered, then sat beside Lin Chen, casting flirtatious glances as she said:
"Which girl would the Upper Immortal like to accompany him? Ruyan or Qingqing..."
Lin Chen shook his head and said:
"I’ll eat first..."
With that, Lin Chen stopped responding and just looked around.
Seeing Lin Chen remain silent, the madam feared angering him and quickly left.
A thought crossed Lin Chen’s mind, and his Divine Sense spread out like a tide, enveloping the entire Celestial Envy Workshop in an instant.
In the first-floor lobby, besides Lin Chen, there were a few Qi Refining cultivators drinking and making merry.
Enjoying the service of attractive maids by their side.
Cultivators are also human, and Qi Refining cultivators are far from the realm of renouncing desires and maintaining the Dao heart.
In fact, most cultivators simply seek to rise to the top, to live a better life.
Most in the lobby were sons of wealthy families.
Besides reveling, they gathered to gossip.
As for recent city events, naturally, it was those strange occurrences.
This being said, many in the brothel were discussing.
Under Divine Sense, Lin Chen’s five senses were exceptionally acute.
Listening to the idle chats of dozens, he comprehended everything clearly.
"Brother Liu, have you heard? Someone died again last night... Skinned to death! A full four Qi Refining cultivators!"
"Tsk tsk, it’s been really mysterious lately! It’s not safe to go out after dark... Especially around the south of the city..."
"Indeed! And my neighbor... Heard they received a dream from their ancestors to go outside the city to pay respects!"
"..."
From the gossip, Lin Chen obtained the information he needed.
"The south of the city... The skinning incidents seem particularly high?"
Lin Chen thought silently.
He continued listening for a while, gathering the information he wanted.
"Tsk tsk, speaking of the skinning incidents, it initially had something to do with this brothel!" a noble-dressed young man said.
"Oh? How so?" The inquirer seemed to be a foreign merchant.
"There’s a famous courtesan named Nan Lingling here. The first to be skinned was her lover, Young Master Zheng!"
The noble-dressed young man drank a sip of wine and, emboldened by the drink, continued:
"That was three years ago! At that time, Nan Lingling was a woman renowned in Yanlai!"
"That night, it’s said that Young Master Zheng spent thousands of gold coins for a chance to be close to her... But Nan Lingling sells her talent, not her body."
"In the end, Young Master Zheng got drunk, returned home angrily... But the next day was found skinned at the Zheng family’s gate, his flesh gone without a trace, blood all over the place..."
"Tsk tsk, since then, the Zheng family invited many Immortals to investigate, but none yielded results... Eventually, the whole family moved away from Jade Belt City..."
