Chapter 656: Chapter 656: The Priestess’s Charms (32)

In those years, the Dark Moon Organization developed rapidly, completely occupying a city was not a problem for them, yet they chose a small village as their base.

Lingji found some undisclosed records in the material that could only be checked by the Priests.

When they discovered that small village, there were still quite a few people living there.

They relocated these people and found that the village was full of Magic Arrays.

According to the records, those were Magic Arrays for living sacrifices.

Living sacrifices require living beings.

They didn’t know what the Dark Moon used these Magic Arrays to sacrifice for, but from the situation at the time, the Magic Arrays had not yet been activated.

The captured Dark Magicians refused to speak of this matter, some even took their own lives to keep the secret.

Therefore, in the end, nobody knew what they intended to sacrifice for.

Just in case, that village was thoroughly inspected, both inside out and even underground.

But there was nothing unusual about the place.

This matter became an unsolved mystery.

“So you still don’t know why Ye Shuliang wanted to massacre the city.” Ye Shuliang heading to that place, that place must be abnormal, for sure!

Lingji pressed her lips together, “But I found even older records about the place where Maoling City is, in another set of records.”

“Um?”

“The records mention that a Dark Series Magician once set up a very complex Magic Array there, allegedly attempting to summon the God of Darkness. He was discovered and executed in that Magic Array.” Where there’s a God of Light, naturally, there’s also a God of Darkness.

After the magician died, the Magic Array activated without warning.

However, the God of Darkness did not appear.

People at the time probably thought the Magic Array was no longer effective and didn’t deal with it accordingly.

Chuzheng thoughtfully said, “You mean the Magic Array is still there, and the Dark Moon chose that place because of that Formation?”

Lingji: “That’s just my speculation.”

“But Ye Shuliang isn’t a Dark Magician, so why would he be looking for this Formation?”

Lingji shook her head.

Probably only Ye Shuliang himself was clear about this.

What all his plotting was for.

Chuzheng pondered for a while and then said, “The Magic Array in Maoling City is a bit strange.”

The Magic Array was the location indicated by Ye Shuliang, the original owner naturally wouldn’t overthink it.

But now that she recalls, the Magic Array wasn’t very large, not as Ye Shuliang had claimed, that it was necessary to destroy that Magic Array to…

“Pit of Ten Thousand.”

“What?” Lingji was puzzled.

The records didn’t clearly mark out the geographical location; over so many years, geographical locations could change, the general direction stayed the same, but the specific position had altered.

Perhaps the Magic Array used to summon the God of Darkness could be beneath that Pit of Ten Thousand.

But what was the use of the Magic Array that Ye Shuliang had her destroy?

Chuzheng couldn’t figure it out.

She decided to go to sleep clutching the Good Person Card.

Let him plan whatever he wants.

As long as she ensures Ye Shuliang has a hard time, and the Good Person Card feels like she’s a good person, that’s all that matters.

The rest has nothing to do with her.

Yep!

Recognizing one’s responsibilities is very important.

–

Maoling City.

Under the night’s cloak, Maoling City lay like a colossal beast, creeping in the darkness, ready to pounce out at any moment and snap its prey’s neck.

Ah Da, accompanied by two men, stood quietly outside Maoling City.

At this moment, there wasn’t a hint of simplicity on Ah Da’s face, only endless coldness.

“This was taken back from the Ding Family.”

The person behind handed over a brocade box.

Ah Da opened the brocade box to find a crystal-clear Magic Stone inside, engraved with intricate totems, faintly revealing the flow of the Dark Element within.

The person added, “The Ding Family matter has been pinned on Ye Shuliang, and he’s now being held at the Magic Association.”

Ah Da closed the box, “Rescue him.”

“I’ll make the arrangements right away.”

The person quickly left and disappeared into the darkness.

Ah Da, along with another person, skirted around Maoling City, took a very long detour, and finally stopped.

–

Ten days later.

Ye Shuliang was rescued.

The one who rescued him dumped him outside Penghua City and vanished immediately.

Ye Shuliang himself was very perplexed. Why would anyone come to save him?

It was definitely not the Ye Family. He had instructed Kaiying not to act rashly.

Ye Shuliang didn’t dare to enter the city and finally managed to contact the Ye Family.

Sure enough, the Ye Family hadn’t sent anyone to rescue him.

Now, Ye Shuliang’s situation worsened. Having been rescued, the Magic Association confirmed his guilt, deeming him the murderer who annihilated the Ding Family and the one responsible for the massacre at Maoling City.

The massacre at the city was his doing; he could still comprehend that much.

But what did the slaughtering of the Ding Family have to do with him?!

That so-called murder weapon, he had never even seen it!!

Penghua City was plastered with his wanted posters; returning to clarify the situation was certainly unrealistic.

Ye Shuliang counted the days and, with resolve, contacted people from the Ye Family, instructing some to leave the city and meet him.

–

The emergence of Dark Series Magicians made everyone feel an oppressive sense of an impending storm regarding the case of the Ding Family and Maoling City.

However, most people were utterly confused, not understanding what was happening, just aware that the Dark Magicians were about to start causing chaos again.

People in The Temple were also bustling about.

The newcomers who had recently joined had no one to instruct them, and they were unsure of what to do.

“Fu Yu.”

Fu Yu looked up and saw a woman standing not far away, his eyes lighting up.

Fu Yu quickly ran over, “Chuzheng, why are you here?”

Chuzheng gestured for him to follow.

“Where to?”

As Fu Yu asked this, his body faithfully followed Chuzheng.

Liang Shuxue saw the two leaving from a distance, her beautiful eyes narrowed, and she followed them.

From a distance, Liang Shuxue observed Chuzheng and Fu Yu entering and leaving various shops. When she went closer to look, she found most of the shops almost empty.

What were these two doing…?

While Liang Shuxue was wondering, Chuzheng and Fu Yu headed toward the teleportation formation.

Liang Shuxue immediately followed.

The large teleportation formation could accommodate hundreds of people. Liang Shuxue hid in the crowd, not worried about being discovered.

Chuzheng and Fu Yu teleported to a large city near Maoling City, still some distance from Maoling City itself. Chuzheng hired a horse carriage to leisurely head towards their destination.

Fu Yu sat outside, driving the carriage.

Fu Yu spotted several Gale Leopards with their agile forms, occasionally darting through the bushes beside them.

He wondered how they managed to follow them here.

After all, they had used a teleportation formation to come here. The Gale Leopard’s speed was fast, but was it this fast?

The answer, of course, was–no.

Chuzheng had instructed the Gale Leopards to come this way beforehand.

“Chuzheng, we’re approaching Maoling City,” Fu Yu muttered. “What are we doing there? It’s been slaughtered, hasn’t it? The people from the Ye Family are monstrous…”

Chuzheng had already seen the outline of Maoling City.

After the massacre, Maoling City had become a deserted city.

Chuzheng directed Fu Yu to take a side path, bypassing Maoling City.