41: Chapter 41 A Marvelous Spectacle! The Ancestral Hall!

Riding on horseback, he crossed the teleportation array.

After the teleportation array turned into a vortex, it dissipated behind him.

Shen Yi looked at the scene before him and furrowed his brows slightly.

Shuhe Ancient Town was located beside an ancient riverbed... to put it nicely, it was called an ancient riverbed; to put it bluntly, it was just a dried-up rift.

Yet, a sailboat was docked within that rift.

It was unclear when the sailboat had run aground... perhaps it was a vessel transporting military supplies, perhaps it was carrying escorted goods, or perhaps it belonged to some merchant family.

The flags that originally represented the power it belonged to had long since vanished.

The waterproof coating had also cracked under the day-after-day scorching sun... the entire texture of the wood had become incomparably fragile.

A gust of gale-force wind carrying sand and gravel swept in... beating against the sailboat in the ancient riverbed, emitting a series of shrill, mournful cries.

It was as if an old man on the verge of death... was letting out a series of howls before passing away.

It was exceptionally frightening.

However, the group did not pay much attention to this matter; this was the Sanchuan Sand Sea.

Scenes like this could be seen everywhere.

Just like the sand and gravel in this Sanchuan Sand Sea, they were everywhere!

The direction where Shuhe Ancient Town was located was approximately three thousand li northwest of Qinghe Town, and there were very few family strongholds in the surrounding area.

It had also become a place where Yao Beasts frequently appeared.

It had become extremely dangerous...

Nowadays, it had even become a refuge for bounty-hunting Cultivators, as well as many bandits and heretical Cultivators.

Today's weather was somewhat gloomy... the distant Shuhe Ancient Town was hidden in the wind and sand.

Wang Meng slowly stepped forward; the only two pieces of damaged iron blood armor in the entire team were worn by him and Di the Charcoal.

The dark red color was not dazzling; instead, it exuded a trace of bloodthirstiness.

"My Lord!"

Shen Yi nodded.

"Let's set off... Have Di the Charcoal lead a few men forward first as scouts..."

"Zhou Xian, you go with them... see what the situation is in Shuhe Ancient Town!"

"Understood!"

To prevent any accidents, Shen Yi specifically checked the intelligence probability...

Finding that the intelligence probability was still normal... he then continued to lead his troops forward at a steady, unhurried pace!

In just about half a stick of incense time, Zhou Xian and the others returned.

But... they brought back a rather strange piece of news.

Seeing Zhou Xian's eyes filled with contemplation, he said in a low voice.

"My Lord... it's a bit strange!"

Shen Yi's brows furrowed.

"Are the title deeds for the dogs of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce all cursed?"

"The last one involved the Xu Family and a Geomancer."

"And this one, who knows what it involves?"

"Although the Sanchuan Sand Sea has countless treasures, I shouldn't be running into every single petty scheme, should I!"

Shen Yi said in a deep voice.

"Speak!"

Zhou Xian quickly replied.

"Shuhe Ancient Town's outer city walls are rammed with yellow earth. In terms of scale, they are even higher than the city walls of our Qinghe Town before the tall walls were built!"

"They are mixed with some earth and stone."

"It looks like they have some heft... they can withstand quite a few attacks!"

"However... Shuhe Ancient Town... the city gates are wide open right now."

"Yet, there is no one guarding them..."

Shen Yi knit his brows.

This kind of anomaly was the most difficult to deal with.

But it was impossible to let the Opportunity he had in his grasp slip away!

"Let's go take a look!"

...

It took about a stick of incense time for the Qinghe Town soldiers to finally arrive at Shuhe Ancient Town.

Looking up... as a Cultivator, even if his cultivation might only be at the first level of Qi Refining.

He could still sense whether there were any fluctuations of Spiritual Qi.

Currently, there were no Spiritual Qi fluctuations inside or outside Shuhe Ancient Town, which meant the possibility of an Immortal Dao Cultivator taking action was ruled out?

Or perhaps... the Cultivator who took action was of too high a level and could conceal the fluctuations they caused?

Shen Yi leaned more towards the former.

After all, such a powerful Immortal Dao Cultivator... should have headed deeper into the southern Sanchuan to compete for Opportunities.

They shouldn't have appeared in this place!

But while thinking this, they entered the city gates.

Only then did Shen Yi slowly discover the strange aspects of the place!

As their footsteps fell... the door walls that were originally tightly sealed suddenly opened.

One by one, sallow-faced commoners appeared in the windows, doorways, and shadows.

They watched them silently.

They didn't speak... even when Shen Yi told them to call out the Town Chief of this place... no one opened their mouths.

They just watched like this.

Seeing this, Di the Charcoal drew a deep breath.

"My Lord... there is something strange here!"

"In my opinion... we should retreat now!"

"If monsters appeared, we would not be afraid... but to encounter such a bizarre scene, we must be on guard!"

Wang Meng, however, expressed a contrary opinion.

A ferocious grin appeared on his face, his mouth full of bloodthirst.

"What's there to be afraid of? If it really comes to it... we'll just kill them all!"

"We spent money to come here; if we leave without getting anything, wouldn't that be a total loss?"

Seeing this, Di the Charcoal stopped arguing... and just led the troops to continue deeper!

Thump~

Thump~

A rubber ball shot out from an alleyway and landed at the feet of one of the Rakshasa Guards.

The next second, the group, startled like birds at the sound of a bowstring, pointed their weapons directly into the dark alley!

A thin figure emerged from the dark alley, with a complexion as sallow as vegetable leaves.

It was even impossible to tell if it was a boy or a girl.

The child just said in a low voice.

"Can you... please return the ball to me!"

Shen Yi slowly stepped forward, picked up the ball from the ground, and said gently.

"Little one... where are your elders?"

The little boy gave Shen Yi a deep look, then turned and ran back into the alley without looking back.

Shen Yi made a prompt decision.

"Chase!"

The alley was suddenly filled with people... although the child ran very fast and was very agile.

He was no match for strong men like Shen Yi.

After winding through several turns... they arrived at the very center of Shuhe Ancient Town!

In the center of Shuhe Ancient Town stood a towering palace pavilion.

This pavilion was built with great grandeur and style... but this was exactly the most abrupt thing about it.

Something like this should not have appeared in Shuhe Ancient Town at all!

According to the information from the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, the one who entered and developed Shuhe Ancient Town was the Yan Clan. The reason the Yan Clan gave for selling it to the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce was also very simple.

The mineral deposits were exhausted, and business was poorly managed.

There were over one thousand eight hundred residents... and there was a water vein in the town.

It could maintain the operation and survival of the residents.

There were also some scattered, small-scale mineral deposits, as well as the town's land itself, spanning dozens of kilometers!

These were the entire value of Shuhe Ancient Town... but just looking at this one pavilion, it was worth far more than that price!

He saw the child take a step forward, crawl on the ground, and actually squeeze through a dog hole into this pavilion!

Shen Yi frowned and stepped forward... walking up to the vermilion gate.

He knocked on the gate slowly... ripples suddenly surged in his heart.

He quickly took out the title deed... and used his left hand to manifest an official seal.

He pressed both against the gate.

In an instant... the gate swung open forcefully!

"This is..."

[Currently, you have entered Shuhe Ancient Town and followed the child to the only valuable place in Shuhe Ancient Town!]

[This is a place hidden by a concealment Formation...]

[This is a First-Grade Wonder!]

[Ancestral Hall!]

"A Wonder???"