A retired swordsman who opened a shop in the end [Quick Transmigration]

Crown of Thorns?

Bai Qingxian watched the black crown of thorns slowly fall into his hand, and the moment he really touched the crown of thorns, something mysterious seemed to appear in Boss Bai's mind.

For example, the crown in his hand is called the Crown of Thorns, which is the status symbol of the so-called Nightmare City lord, and the place where the Leisurely Station is located is naturally Nightmare City, which is created by this crazy world to house sinful souls.

In this world on the verge of doomsday, anyone who is deemed guilty by the will of the world will come to Nightmare City after death.If Nightmare City is a prison for the guilty after death, then is Bai Qingxian the prison warden?

Although there is more information in Boss Bai's consciousness, the will of the world seems to have forgotten to tell him, what kind of ability or power can he have after becoming the city lord of Nightmare City?

Bai Qingxian, who knew nothing about these, only knew that the Lord of Nightmare City had two tokens.

One is the crown of thorns in his hand, and the other is something called the Seat of Thorns, which sounds like a throne exclusively for the city lord.

However, Bai Qingxian is not interested in this. If staying in this world would do him no good, he can crush the crown of thorns in his hand right now, and then turn around and leave.

It's just that Bai Qingxian still has some interest in the world after death, so she doesn't intend to leave immediately.

The world in front of me looks like an ordinary city street. The age and style of the buildings are similar to the world where Exchange No. 88 is located. The only difference is——

The world is broken.

Streets without people, cities without people, no lights, not even street lamps, only a huge blood-colored moon in the sky reflecting the whole world, making the entire Nightmare City shrouded in a faint blood light.

Both the streets and the buildings are dilapidated like the end of the world, the cracked glass is like a spider web, the walls are covered with red handprints when there is no one there, all the plants are withered and withered, and there is no other movement except the cold wind.

If it wasn't for the blood-red moon, Bai Qingxian would have thought that he had returned to Agu's end of the world.

But since this world has gone crazy, no matter what it becomes, it is possible. After all, the normal will of the world will never allow an intruder with unknown purpose to manage a city—even if it is a prison where the souls of criminals are imprisoned.

Bai Qingxian didn't even know what he should do next, to find the so-called Seat of Thorns?Or to seek out his townspeople?

He can stay here for the time being, but he can't guard an empty city with no people, right?

Since this place of Nightmare City can imprison the souls of the dead, its ability seems to be a bit like the "Pearl against the World". On the one hand, it cruelly imprisons the souls, but on the other hand, it also protects the souls here. Souls no longer dissipate.

And compared to the false and short-lived dream given by the "World-Defying Pearl", the place where Bai Qingxian is now is too real.

Bai Qingxian walked around the streets like a dead city, and then met a few confused souls on the street.Those souls seemed to have just landed like Bai Qingxian, just standing in the middle of the road in a daze, looking up at the blood moon in the sky.

About an hour later, Bai Qingxian still didn't know the meaning of his existence as the city lord of the nightmare city. He didn't seem to have the right to interfere with these bewildered souls, nor did he have the right to create something out of thin air in this nightmare city. Could it be that the existence of the Crown of Thorns is just a decoration?

Bai Qingxian stood opposite a certain soul and observed for a long time, and suddenly had a whimsical idea.

If these dead souls are allowed to cultivate sword embryos, what kind of flowers will bloom in the end?

Thoughts come down to ideas, but the candidates for cultivating sword fetuses can’t just find one on the street. After all, Bai Qingxian has not forgotten that the people who came to Nightmare City are defined as criminals by the will of this world. It is also very important.

But since the will of the world has gone crazy, maybe he can really find a suitable candidate from these so-called criminals.

"Excuse me, do you know where this is?"

Bai Qingxian turned around after hearing the voice, and found that the person who was asking him was a middle-aged man with a neat mustache, or the soul of a middle-aged man.The other party was wearing a black tuxedo, which either died while attending a ball, or was the butler's work uniform.

"I just came here too, but I heard that this is Nightmare City." Bai Qingxian is also a newcomer.

"Nightmare City... so the legend is true?" The middle-aged man covered his face with a wry smile, "It turns out that people who have committed crimes will really enter Nightmare City."

"Have you heard of Nightmare City?" Bai Qingxian thought for a while, and felt that Nightmare City is probably a legend that has been passed down for a long time like Exchange 88 for people in this world.

"I read related books in the master's study. I... used to be a housekeeper." Although the middle-aged man had a smile on his face, it always made people feel very bitter. "It should not be counted now."

As he said that, the middle-aged man who claimed to be the former housekeeper looked around again: "I have walked here for a long time before, and I feel that there are not many ghosts in this Nightmare City, maybe it is a newly born Nightmare City?"

"New birth?" Bai Qingxian even felt that the other party was more like the city lord of Nightmare City than he, the cheap city lord.

"Yeah, I still remember the book saying that one Nightmare City can't hold all the villains in the world, so there should be more than one Nightmare City. But after all, it's just a book written by a living person. It's another feeling to see it with your own eyes." Middle-aged The man said, still holding out his hand to Bai Qingxian with a wry smile on his face, "Qin Yan, the banquet of the banquet."

"Mr. Qin should remember that this is a prison of evil, don't you worry that I am a villain?" Bai Qingxian was a little curious.

"Maybe it's because you are more friendly?" Qin Yan looked around, "And I've been wandering here alone for a long time, although the sun has never risen, it should have been several days, if I don't talk to someone , I might be going crazy."

"Bai Qingxian, blue green, green string." Bai Qingxian and Qin Yan shook hands, they were acquaintances who knew each other by name.

It is not surprising that Qin Yanyan chose to greet Bai Qingxian. After all, this nightmare city is full of ghosts staring at the moon in a daze. Bai Qingxian may be the first normal "person" the other party sees. .

As for Mian Shan...

Bai Qingxian touched his face subconsciously, and suddenly remembered that the disguise of the previous world had not been removed, that is to say, in the eyes of Mr. Qin Yan, he was still a peer in his 40s and entered middle age, no wonder The other party will feel that he has a kind face.

Now that he left the previous world, Bai Qingxian didn't need to continue his disguise.

However, "removing make-up" in front of the other party does not seem to be a polite thing, Boss Bai thinks it is not too late to do this after returning to Qingxian Inn.

"I heard that Nightmare City still has a city lord?" Bai Qingxian tried to learn more about the Crown of Thorns from Qin Yan.

"Ah, that's a very important character." Qin Yan nodded.

"How important is it?"

Qin Yan thought for a moment, and then said to Bai Qingxian: "I have only read some related written records in books. If the book I read has a certain degree of authenticity, the survival of Nightmare City seems to be related to that of the city lord." It is closely related, even a change in the mood of the city lord may change the weather in the entire Nightmare City."

Bai Qingxian raised his eyebrows, he always felt that the status of "City Lord" was similar to decoration.

"The calmer the city lord's mood is, the calmer the Nightmare City will be. If the city lord's mood falls into a low ebb, it will start to rain in Nightmare City." Qin Yan recalled what he had read, "If the city lord feels angry, the city will Bring down disasters. If the city owner starts to hate the nightmare city under his jurisdiction, the nightmare city will become more dilapidated."

Qin Yan looked at the dilapidated scene around again: "Judging from the current situation, the city owner may not be satisfied with this nightmare city."

"What if the life of the city lord is threatened?" Bai Qingxian still remembered what the crazy world will said before. The lunatic seemed to have said that if Bai Qingxian's identity as the city lord was known by others, he might die. .

"Will there be a catastrophe in Nightmare City?" Qin Yan shook his head again, "But it's just a record in the book, and I don't know if it's true."

"It seems that the city lord is really a great character." Bai Qingxian pressed the center of his eyebrows with some headaches, "But since the city itself is closely related to the city lord, no one should dare to offend the city lord, right?"

Just listening to it like this will give people the feeling that the city lord is very strong, but the ability of the city lord seems to be completely uncontrollable, and it is only a passive ability.

Although the death of the city lord may lead to catastrophe, Nightmare City will not perish along with it.

This means that if one day the citizens of Nightmare City are fed up with a capricious and bad Santo, they may choose to... kill the Santo?

"In the end, it's just a legend. No one knows if such a city lord really exists." Qin Yan looked at Bai Qingxian strangely, "If Mr. Bai hadn't said that this is a nightmare city, I would even recall There is no such legend."

"Since Mr. Bai knows very little about Nightmare City, how did he know that this is Nightmare City?" Qin Yan's eyes became more and more confused.

"Because I also met other people, but the other person's temper is a bit weird and not easy to get along with, so I only got the name 'Nightmare City' from him." Bai Qingxian did not tell lies, but his temper It's not "people" who are weird and difficult to get along with, but the will of this world itself.

"Mr. Bai doesn't look like a guilty person at all." Qin Yan looked at Bai Qingxian and said with emotion.

"Many people can't see through from the outside. What kind of crime did Mr. Qin come here because of?" Bai Qingxian asked himself to be worthy of the world, and even if he had regrets, he never regretted it.

"It's okay not to mention the past." Qin Yan smiled wryly again, "In short, even if I came to Nightmare City after I died, I didn't regret it."

"Citizens of Nightmare City, please remember, find and kill the City Lord, and you will become the new City Lord, with the power to control this Nightmare City, hahahahahaha!"

When the voice of the world's will sounded, Qin Yan was also stunned: "This paragraph, it seems that there is no record in the book."

"Tell me, what would he do if he was a city lord who was afraid of trouble...or death?" Bai Qingxian suddenly began to think about a certain possibility.

"If it were me, maybe I would find a place to hide for a while?"