Weird cultivation of immortality starts with possessing a mysterious book

When Gu Xing woke up, he was faced with a settlement that was a little too quiet.

Through the window, you can see that there are very few people on the street.

Even if there are people passing by, almost all of them stay far away and are wary of their surroundings and other people.

what happened?

Doubts emerged in Gu Xing's heart.

"Be prepared, if something goes wrong, we will leave here."

He said to Chen Erniu and Duanjian.

Chen Erniu naturally agreed without asking why.

Ever since Broken Sword could unwrap the cloth by himself, Gu Xing didn't bother to deal with him and just let him float around.

At this time, after listening to Gu Xing's words, Duan Jian also asked.

"what happened?"

"It's not clear yet. There must be something wrong in the settlement. I'll go take a look."

After saying that, Gu Xing made all kinds of protective preparations and went downstairs.

The inn was very quiet, with only the boss lying quietly behind the counter to rest.

Gu Xing stepped forward and knocked on the counter.

"Boss, what happened today? Something doesn't seem right in the settlement."

The boss was well-informed. He opened his eyes, glanced at Gu Xing for a few times, and then answered lazily.

"Earlier, I heard from the Zhennan Army that a group of people entered the settlement with something strange, and ordinary detection methods could not detect it."

"What's weird?"

"It is said that it is a bug that can get into people's brains and control people, but the specific abilities are not clear."

Gu Xing asked again, but the boss didn't know much. He just said that the Zhennan Army was still investigating and the specific investigation results had not been released yet. He just issued a notice to alert everyone.

At the same time, the settlement was also directly closed. Apart from being able to leave the city, it was impossible to go anywhere else.

This made Gu Xing's heart tremble.

Although he was not so eager to leave after exchanging the Phantom Water Shield.

Because he was originally thinking of refining a few more mid-grade artifacts in exchange for other things he wanted.

But now, the settlement is closed and unable to leave, which also makes his plan to leave early completely aborted.

This is not good news.

The reason why Gu Xing is willing to stay here for a long time is because he can leave at any time.

Although there were formation blockades before, they could still leave as long as they underwent strict inspection.

But now...

Gu Xing sighed in his heart, but he did not accept his fate and walked out of the inn.

He had to confirm it with his own eyes.

So, he walked towards the outside of the settlement.

When he came to the edge of the settlement, there were not many buildings here anymore, so he continued walking out.

Then, I saw a group of soldiers stopping not far away.

"Stop." A soldier shouted at him.

Gu Xing stopped and asked at the same time.

"what happened?"

Facing the practitioners, these soldiers did not have a bad attitude and responded to Gu Xing seriously.

Their story was similar to that of the innkeeper. They discovered that someone had come into the settlement with strange things. It was still unclear how many strange things had come in, so they could only seal the settlement to prevent it from spreading to other places.

"Then how can we leave?"

Gu Xing asked again.

But they just replied that they would wait until General Zhennan gave the order.

Hearing this, Gu Xing turned around and walked into the settlement without asking any more questions.

He did not go back to the inn directly, but went to the streets that used to be extremely lively.

However, this once bustling street is now deserted.

Although there are still people setting up stalls on the streets, there are far fewer people passing by.

When Gu Xing went to the stall and took a look, he also found that items that were usually expensive had now increased even more.

Another group of people risking their lives to make a fortune.

Gu Xing didn't know what to say to them.

However, Gu Xing was not short of money, so he bought some things and threw them into the storage magic weapon.

Although his reserves are usually sufficient, he can survive for several months if thrown into the wilderness.

But now, no one knows how long the settlement will be closed, so it is better to stock up on more.

Especially food. Although practitioners can endure hunger, they cannot live without food.

Especially, there is a big food consumer in the family.

After buying some at random, Gu Xing prepared to go back to the inn.

On the way, I passed by the pub I often go to.

In the tavern, there were people sitting in twos and threes.

Even at this time, there was no shortage of people in the tavern, just a little less.

Gu Xing was not ready to go in, so he shook his head and left.

But at this moment, there was sudden movement inside.

"boom!"

There was a loud noise, and a figure flew out from inside and landed in front of Gu Xing.

Gu Xing hurriedly took a few steps back before he had time to observe the man on the ground.

It was a man, but he was obviously in a bad state, as if he was drunk. He fell to the ground and did not get up.

"what happened?"

Someone in the tavern exclaimed.

"There's something weird about that guy." The voice came from a rough man.

Gu Xing turned around and saw that it was the guy who had exchanged the phantom water shield with him for a medium-grade magic weapon.

His strength is quite good, probably not weaker than Gu Xing.

At this time, the other party's expression was extremely ugly, and there seemed to be something crawling under the skin on his face.

He was struck.

However, the rugged man responded promptly enough and hurriedly took out a handful of bone spurs, which were naturally the ones refined from Gu Xing's sacrifice.

Then, the power of the bone spurs was activated.

But the rugged man did not use it to attack people, but used its price to corrode himself.

Then, a large area on his face began to turn gray and dilapidated, and quickly turned into fly ash.

Under the corrosion of this power, the things that were drilling under his skin immediately became unable to move.

After only a few struggles, his skin quickly turned gray.

In the end, the skin on his face and everything under the skin were completely turned into fly ash.

Suddenly, a skinless and bloody face appeared in front of everyone.

However, another shadow of a temple appeared on the rugged man.

Subsequently, under the power of Yu, the skin and flesh on his face grew rapidly and soon returned to their original appearance.

Except for being slightly pink and stained with blood, there is almost no difference from him before.

This scene happened in a very short time, and it was completed in a few breaths.

At this time, Gu Xing also understood why the other party was willing to exchange for his bone spurs in the first place, because the other party was not afraid of the price of corrosion at all.

If the flesh and blood is corroded, just remove it and regrow it.

The rugged man's condition recovered, and everyone's attention naturally focused on the man who was kicked out of the tavern.

The man still fell to the ground, looking drunk.

But when Gu Xing looked at him, he noticed something was wrong.

He heard some strange sounds, like the movement caused by insects and ants.

Moreover, the man's limbs also had some abnormal movements.

Gu Xing retreated silently.

Although he didn't know what was strange about the man, he didn't intend to take any chances.

But he didn't take risks, and that weirdo didn't seem to want to let go of Gu Xing, the person closest to him.

Then, the man's body suddenly bulged, and then he stretched his legs on the ground, crawling towards Gu Xing quickly like an insect.