As they approached the Holy Mountain, Lu Qing also felt that the spiritual energy within the surrounding space had become exceedingly dense.
He was merely in its presence, and his own realm almost couldn’t be suppressed, giving him the feeling of an imminent, spontaneous breakthrough.
No wonder the Major Sects of Central State were so desperate back then, even risking life and death.
Such dense spiritual energy, once refined, would not only advance one’s strength by leaps and bounds but would also surely yield great benefits.
In the face of the temptation to break through to a higher power, the so-called rules were nothing but a joke.
“Who would have thought the Holy Mountain would be like this. Fortunately, I followed Mr. Lu and the others here, otherwise how could I witness such a magnificent sight?”
Hu Zezhi looked at the scenery flying past the window, still feeling amazed.
Lu Qing turned his head to speak but suddenly paused.
Because he saw the black aura between Hu Zezhi’s eyebrows had thickened, it almost looked like a dark cloud looming overhead.
Even he could see it very clearly.
The elder doctor also noticed this scene, a flicker of shock passing through his eyes.
With Hu Zezhi looking like this, she clearly bore the mark of inevitable death. Could it be that her deadly tribulation was in this Holy City or perhaps even upon the Holy Mountain?
“Mr. Lu, is there something dirty on my face?”
Hu Zezhi, seeing Lu Qing staring intently at her, first blushed, then immediately raised her sleeve to wipe her face.
“Oh, it’s nothing,” Lu Qing replied, his gaze returning to normal. He smiled and said, “Miss Hu, we’re about to enter the Holy City. Once inside, please don’t wander around at will.
We are strangers in this place; it would be troublesome if we got separated.”
“Okay.” Hu Zezhi responded softly.
Although Hu Zezhi obediently agreed, Lu Qing’s mood did not relax.
The black aura between the girl’s eyebrows was far too intense, and he dared not imagine what kind of deadly tribulation could make a person with such great fortune bear such a mark of inevitable death.
For a time, both Lu Qing and the elder doctor felt a heavy mood set in.
Thus, when they finally saw the equally magnificent Holy City, neither of them was in the mood to appreciate it.
“Brother Lu Qing, elder doctor, I’ve asked around. There’s no entrance fee to the city; we can just go in,” Ma Gu quickly returned after gathering information outside the city gate.
“Then let’s go in,” Lu Qing nodded.
He glanced at Hu Zezhi’s eyebrows, where the almost cloud-like black aura was thickening, and suppressed the worry in his heart.
Ma Gu drove the carriage slowly into the city.
The majestic appearance of the two Dragon Blood Steeds naturally attracted some attention.
However, this was the Holy City, the most bustling place in the world.
Rare and unusual beasts were not uncommon here on normal days.
Although the two Dragon Blood Steeds were impressive, they didn’t attract a crowd.
Thus, they entered the Holy City smoothly.
However, as soon as they entered, certain alert individuals stationed at the city gate began taking out notebooks to record their information.
Almost at the same time, not far from the city gate in a certain inn, a figure meditating cross-legged on a bed suddenly opened his eyes.
A glint flashed across his eyes: “I seem to smell the scent of fate.”
Those eyes, with four pitch-black pupils, looked particularly strange.
Lu Qing and his companions were still unaware of this.
After entering the Holy City, both he and the elder doctor felt a mysterious force within the city.
It once again greatly suppressed their divine soul sensing abilities. Lu Qing, who could originally sense movements within several hundred meters, could now only sense within a hundred meters, while the elder doctor was reduced to just thirty meters.
For Innate Realm Experts, such a distance could be covered in a dash of their movement technique.
“No wonder Xuan Jizi once said that even Innate Realm Martial Artists rarely dare to cause trouble in the Holy City.
This suppressive force, inside this Holy City, must be the result of a very powerful Array.
It’s just unknown whether this Array has existed since ancient times or was set up by people from later generations.”
The history of the Holy City was very long, even more ancient than many of the old Sects in Central State.
This majestic city, who initially constructed it, has become difficult to ascertain.
Perhaps only those three mysterious Saint Masters, along with the most ancient sects of Central State, which have been passed down for thousands of years, would know its origin.
After walking around the Holy City for a while, Lu Qing and his group started to inquire about the headquarters of Tianji Building.
Unexpectedly, the location of the Tianji Building headquarters was very easily discovered by Lu Qing and his group.
“Young Master, are you heading to Tianji Building?” a candy vendor asked enthusiastically, pointing to the west, “Just follow this main road straight ahead, and when you reach the western area of the city, the tallest skyscraper with a seven-star mark on top is Tianji Building.”
“Thank you, young man.”
Lu Qing paid some money and bought several candy figurines before he thanked the vendor and left.
Back on the carriage, he handed the candy figurines to the bright-eyed Little Yan: “Master, I found out that Tianji Building is in the west of the city.”