I asked you to tell divination, but I didn’t ask you to catch ghosts.

The last time I came here, the city lord's mansion was filled with lush flowers and plants, and there were a dazzling array of all kinds of exotic flowers and plants.

But now, just like the cold winter, all the flowers and plants have dried up, and even the water in the pond is gone.

"How did it become like this? Why did the City Lord's Mansion become so dilapidated in just one day?" Xie Zhiyao asked in disbelief. It was obviously not like this yesterday!

"The entire City of the Past is maintained by artifacts. The City Lord's Mansion is equivalent to a barrier protecting the artifacts. But now that the artifacts have been stolen, it is normal to become what it is now." The city lord came out, and his white mask turned black. , like an evil ghost.

"City Lord, are you here? Ah Xuan didn't go looking for you, why didn't you see his people?" Xie Zhiyao looked at the person who suddenly appeared, but didn't notice anyone else following him, and asked with some confusion.

Ah Xuan was the first one to run in just now, but now he is nowhere to be seen.

"Don't worry about him. It's better to find the artifact, otherwise the City of Rebirth will collapse directly, and the people in the city will become lonely ghosts." The city lord looked above his head, and the barrier was about to shatter.

If the barrier breaks, it will attract a large number of evil cultivators. Maybe the outside is already surrounded by evil cultivators. Just wait for the moment it breaks and rush to the City of the Past to arrest people!

These lonely ghosts in the city, because they have been nourished by artifacts all year round, have their own charm, and they are the best training materials for evil cultivators!

For the sake of those people, he must protect the barrier well and not allow evil cultivators to enter the City of the Past again!

"Okay, let's go find the artifact, and you can protect the barrier." Xie Zhiyao said and left with the people. The City Lord's Mansion was quite big, so it was not easy to finish the search.

But the city lord is currently very busy, so he can only rely on the few of them to find it slowly. They also met some guards on the way, and they were all mobilized to find the anchor.

The climate in the City Lord's Mansion is getting worse and worse, and the temperature has dropped suddenly. Fortunately, it's cold outside, so they wear more clothes, otherwise they would turn into popsicles!

"Ah! It's not an option to continue like this. How about we look for it separately?" Xie Zhiyao suggested.

"Okay, you and Xiaohuai team up, Xu Hui and I will go together. Once we find the person, we can just send off fireworks." Ye Fan took out a few signal bombs and handed them to Xie Zhiyao.

After they separated, Xie Zhiyao and Xiaohuai went to a side courtyard. Unlike those luxurious courtyards, this courtyard looked too simple.

There is no flower decoration, only a huge willow tree in the yard. However, due to the sudden change in climate, all the leaves on it have fallen off, leaving only the willow branches swaying in the wind.

"It feels very desolate here. Are those people really going to hide here?" Xie Zhiyao looked at the fallen leaves on the ground, and it looked like no one was passing by.

Moreover, the house inside is also dilapidated, with thick cobwebs and dust, and it doesn't look like there are people there.

"The most inconspicuous place is the best place to hide, just like here!" Xiao Huai transformed into a tree vine and drew it directly to the fallen leaves on the ground.

"Ah! It hurts so much!"

With a loud shout, a man in black robe rolled out from the pile of fallen leaves. Needless to say, he knew that this was an evil cultivator!

"Invisibility? I didn't expect evil cultivators to be able to do it, and I didn't notice it at all just now!" Xie Zhiyao looked at the sudden appearance of people in shock. She didn't expect that a person could be hidden in such a fallen leaf?

"It's not just him, there are other people." Xiao Huai looked serious. He picked up the vine and pulled it towards the trunk of the willow tree and the doors and windows of the dilapidated house. There were people hidden in these places!

"Good guys? Are you gathering here?" After a while, six or seven people were found, and Xie Zhiyao was amazed.

It's just that among these men in black robes, there is no anchor from last night, so they are acting separately?

"Tell me about your plan this time." Xie Zhiyao looked down at the ground, where the evil cultivators, tall and short, fat and thin, were tied up in a row and were lying quietly on the ground.

"We don't know anything. We just entered here accidentally. Please let us go!" Seeing that he couldn't open the rope, one of the men in black robe looked at Xie Zhiyao pleadingly and said.

"You don't know anything? But you can directly enter the City of the Past, and everyone's invisibility is so good. Do you think I will believe you?" Xie Zhiyao asked with raised eyebrows.

As mentioned at the beginning, the City of the Past is not accessible to ordinary people, but they still appeared directly at the City Lord’s Mansion!

"Are you the ones who lost the game last night? I didn't expect you all to come to the city lord's palace. Those guards are really generous and arranged for you all to come in." Xie Zhiyao found a familiar person, wasn't it the same person who was lanterned last night? Did you meet any of the contestants during the competition?

Because she was the contestant before her, she could remember it so clearly. No wonder these people were just a little disappointed after she became the champion.

It turns out that there is a second step plan, which is to become a servant of the City Lord's Mansion. Not only can he move around freely in the City Lord's Mansion, but he can also directly search the entire City Lord's Mansion to find the location of the artifact!

"Hurry up and let us go! Since you know who we are, aren't you afraid of revenge from our organization!" Seeing that the evil cultivator's method didn't work, another evil cultivator glared at Xie Zhiyao fiercely.

He tried to scare her with the name of the organization. After all, she was just a little girl, but the kid following her was a bit difficult to deal with!

"If I don't let you out, won't you be retaliated against? You can't leave anyway, right?" Xie Zhiyao said in a cold tone.

Just because these people can't get out, they plan to destroy the City of the Past! After breaking the barrier, the City of the Past will collapse, and these people can get out smoothly!

The evil cultivators guarding outside, in addition to dealing with these people, also have a purpose, which is the souls of the dead in the City of Rebirth!

"Little girl, don't meddle in other people's business! This is a matter between our organization and the City of the Past. How can you fight with people outside?" Another person sneered. He had never seen such an overestimating person!

"Evil cultivators should be punished by everyone! How many people have you killed since ancient times? And now you actually want to destroy the City of the Past! Do you know who the dead souls are in the City of the Past?" Xie Zhiyao looked at these people of different ages. Among evil cultivators, the largest one may be over forty, and the smallest one may be seventeen or eighteen!

"No matter who they are! They are already dead souls, so what if they are given to us for training? Just be proud of yourself now! When our people come after the barrier is broken, I will definitely take away your soul! Then I will refine you into an exquisite doll!" The evil cultivator from Seventeen and Eighteen stared at Xie Zhiyao as if he wanted to kill her immediately!

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the rope on his body strangled him tightly, not giving him a chance to breathe at all!

"Since you don't want your own life, then I'll take it away." Xiaohuai said coldly. At this time, you are still talking so boldly!

"Let him go! He's still so young, what does he know!" The oldest evil cultivator finally couldn't help shouting when he saw the young apprentice's suppressed face turning red and rolling his eyes.

Waiting for him to speak, Xie Zhiyao asked Xiao Huai to loosen the rope on his young apprentice, and then moved his eyes to the oldest evil cultivator.

If there are many people who have become evil cultivators, they are usually led by a master. The older one is the master, and the others are either apprentices or sons.