However, he did not dwell too much on the matter. After all, this place was inherently eerie, and encountering such strange events was quite normal.
Immediately, Lin Xiao ordered the Purple Corpse Puppet to enter the inn and carry out all the valuable items.
The Purple Corpse Puppet searched through every floor of the inn, and no further dangers appeared.
The Purple Corpse Puppet nearly emptied the place. Ink brushes, paper, inkstones, empty wine jars, the inn’s pots and pans. Lin Xiao inspected them carefully. These items broke when thrown, and none were valuable goods.
Whoosh!
At that moment, Lin Xiao felt a chill on his back. A figure suddenly launched a sneak attack from behind.
Lin Xiao quickly dodged to the side. A long knife thrust past his body. Then, the attacker slashed horizontally.
Lin Xiao reached out and gripped the long knife tightly.
The man’s face immediately showed extreme surprise. “So strong?”
Lin Xiao’s expression turned cold. In his view, it was still the face of an ugly middle-aged man. He did not recognise him specifically, and he had never heard the voice before.
However, since the opponent wanted to kill him, he would not hold back. He punched with full force and smashed heavily into the opponent’s chest.
Puff!
Blood spurted out. Lin Xiao’s fist directly shattered the opponent’s heart.
The middle-aged man’s body flew backwards. His face showed terror as he died on the spot.
He probably did not even realise in death that he had encountered such a formidable opponent.
Lin Xiao snorted coldly. Indifference appeared on his face.
His cultivation was at the Eighth Layer of Martial Monarch, not suppressed at all. However, his strength was equivalent to the Fifth Layer of Martial Emperor.
He could even fight a Fifth Layer Martial Emperor without suppressed cultivation. Let alone this opponent, who was suppressed to the First Layer of Martial Emperor.
With his powerful physique added, Lin Xiao was full of confidence. In this place, he could strut about without worry.
Sizzle!
At that time, in Lin Xiao’s sight, the middle-aged man’s corpse instantly began to contract and compress. A ball of will-o’-the-wisp appeared around it and started burning, as if refining medicine.
In no time, the will-o’-the-wisp vanished. A white pill appeared in his view.
“Self-refining into a pill again?” Lin Xiao stared fixedly at the pill, full of confusion.
A dead person turning into a pill, then vanishing. He really could not think of a reason.
What surprised Lin Xiao was this. The pill fell to the ground. After a good while, it did not dissipate. Instead, it stood quietly on the floor.
Hm? Lin Xiao could not help picking up the pill.
He weighed it in his hand for a moment. No abnormalities appeared. It was like an ordinary pill. Only the medicinal fragrance was extremely rich, and he could not tell its grade.
Moreover, it would not dissipate anymore.
Could it be… Lin Xiao subconsciously formed a guess.
Those that refined into a pill without vanishing, could it be that the dead one was a real person? That is, someone who entered from outside.
While those that could not refine into a pill, could it be the people who suddenly appeared in the ancient city? Or perhaps, they were not human at all?
After all, for non-living beings, or those not freshly dead, even a spirit controller refining a human pill would not succeed.
If that were the case, it could explain why this pill did not vanish, while the previous one disappeared on its own.
This person should have been someone from outside. The one he killed just now was not human.
Of course, this was only Lin Xiao’s guess.
However, it made even Lin Xiao draw a cold breath.
If there really were beings not from outside but appearing on their own, then what exactly were they?
This ancient city had existed for who knows how many ages. It was impossible for anyone to still be alive, right?
Suppressing the chill in his heart, Lin Xiao stored the pill in his storage ring.
Change location! Wait, first change clothes! Lin Xiao stepped into the inn.
But as soon as he entered, the scene inside was different from what he had seen at the door.
White flames floated inside the inn, like eerie will-o’-the-wisps. They illuminated the entire inn faintly.
The whole inn, apart from the wine jars, ink brushes, paper, and inkstones moved by the Purple Corpse Puppet, remained neatly arranged. The counters, tables, chairs, and furnishings were much like those in an ordinary inn.
Only many places still had spider webs hanging.
Spider webs without spiders.
Lin Xiao swept through the interior once. He then went to the other floors and swept again. No dangers appeared, and he found nothing.
Right, can this building defend against any attack? Out of curiosity, Lin Xiao circulated his yuan energy. His fist smashed fiercely onto the counter. A loud bang sounded. The counter stood steadily in place, without the slightest damage.
Indeed! Lin Xiao was startled in his heart. A faint gleam appeared in his eyes. If he moved these woods away, could he use them to make defensive weapons?
Lin Xiao moved his foot and reached to lift the counter.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not budge it.
Lin Xiao tried the nearby chair instead. The result was the same. The chair could not be moved an inch.
Out of curiosity, Lin Xiao drew the Yaoguang Broken Sword and slashed at the chair legs.
He discovered that the chair could not even be cut by the Yaoguang Broken Sword.
Lin Xiao swung the sword at the counter and even the wooden walls. The result was identical. Nothing could be shaken at all. Not even a mark was left.
It could not be that all these woods were special materials able to defend against the Yaoguang Broken Sword, right? Lin Xiao thought to himself.
After all, the Yaoguang Broken Sword was Emperor Yaoguang’s weapon. It was extremely special. It could even cut the incredibly tough hide of the Giant Boneless Beast. Yet any wood in this room resisted it.
If it were just one or two rooms, and the ancients had found such special wood, that could be understood.
But the entire city had who knows how many tens of thousands of rooms. It was impossible to find so much special wood, right?
If even the Yaoguang Broken Sword could not cut it, then how had they shaped it into various forms to build a house?
Lin Xiao finally dismissed the idea that the wood itself could defend against the Yaoguang.
There must be other reasons at play.
Really strange!
Shaking his head, Lin Xiao finally gave up the thought of extracting a piece of wood.
After changing into black clothes and cutting a slit in the sleeve, before leaving the room, he tried tapping that ball of will-o’-the-wisp with the Yaoguang Broken Sword.
The ball of will-o’-the-wisp extinguished immediately. Nothing special happened.
Lin Xiao shook his head in confusion and stepped out from the inn door.
Then, driven by curiosity, Lin Xiao stepped inside again.
He was shocked to find that another ball of will-o’-the-wisp floated inside, faintly illuminating the entire inn.
Drawing a slight cold breath, Lin Xiao finally walked out. He muttered to himself, “Indeed, not something humans can understand.”
Afterwards, Lin Xiao ordered the Purple Corpse Puppet to follow as he flew to other locations.
This time, Lin Xiao chose a fairly large building. He sent the Purple Corpse Puppet rushing inside once more.
Clanging battle sounds started inside again. In no time, an ugly middle-aged man burst out and fled violently into the distance.
Lin Xiao did not pursue. He watched the man leave and sighed inwardly. What exactly is this thing?
The ugly middle-aged man who had just run out was likely not someone from outside, but something that had always existed in the building.
After the middle-aged man fled, Lin Xiao turned and stepped into the palace.
