CHAPTER 354: UNFORESEEN TRAGEDY 1

A moment later, Shen Xu handed over twenty spirit stones, and the two entered the city.

Fuqi City was only a Tier Two city.

However, it was at least five times larger and more prosperous than the Alchemy Tower City in the Tianqi continent.

’As expected of the Tianxuan continent.’ The double thought as he and Zhen Yuan walked down the street.

"Ayuan, is there somewhere you want to go or something you want to do?" He asked, and Zhen Yuan chuckled before answering.

"The usual?" The man asked, and the double also laughed before nodding.

Soon after, the two found a restaurant that appeared popular and asked for a second-floor hall seat.

After sitting and ordering, they began eavesdropping on the surrounding tables.

"Do you think it’s true that city lord Peng went to the ruins?" Someone whispered in a voice that barely suppressed its owner’s excitement.

"I know it’s true."

"You do? How do you know?" A fellow Taoist asked, eagerly looking at the informed person.

"My sister’s friend’s cousin’s brother’s fellow disciple’s aunt works in the city lord’s residence. I heard the city lord has been preparing since the ruins appeared, but only just recently did he decide to go."

"Why didn’t he wait a little longer? After all, one can only enter the ruins twice in their lifetime."

"City lord Peng is already a peak-stage fusion realm cultivator and a mid-stage level eight weapons refiner. I think his level is enough not to waste a chance in the ruins."

"You are right, but he would have had more of an advantage if he had waited until he advanced to the Mahayana realm."

"Maybe he has hit a bottleneck."

"Now that you mention it..., city lord Peng has not advanced for at least twenty thousand years."

"How long has it been since the city lord entered the ruins?"

"It’s been three months."

"Three months..., it’s said that time flows differently in the ruins. We should know the results of his practice in another three to six months."

"Do you think he will succeed?"

"How is that possible?" Someone sneered and quickly continued.

"Many cultivators, including tribulation transcending realm and loose immortals, have entered the ruins, but no one has gotten the complete inheritance."

"I heard only senior Lin Hua has gotten an incomplete level nine inheritance. Others have only gotten a level eight at best, and most have barely received a level five inheritance."

"Senior Lin Hua is the best alchemist in the Tianxuan continent after all. It’s expected that he would receive a good inheritance after entering the ruins."

"Do you know if sect master Xuanyuan has ever entered ruins?"

"I don’t think he has." Someone said and quickly continued.

"It was said he was in seclusion when the ruins first appeared. By the time he came out, people had already figured out the rules of the ruins, so the sect master has not yet tried his luck. Maybe he is waiting for a chance."

"Speaking of sect master Xuanyuan and senior Lin..., what about ancestor Feng?"

"Ancestor Feng has been missing for more than ten thousand years." One of the speakers said and sighed before continuing.

"It’s really too bad. Ancestor Feng is missing, and her triplets got into trouble when they went to search for her."

Hearing this, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan exchanged a glance and both felt a trace of unease.

"Trouble? What trouble?" Someone asked, and his tablemates looked at him in surprise.

"How can you not know about this? It was a big thing when it happened."

"Blame the formation association." The person said and sighed.

"The formation association? What happened?"

"You don’t know..., I took a mission to accompany some formation masters to the Lost Forest. As a result, we were trapped there for almost ten thousand years." The man revealed in a frustrated voice.

He thought the mission was simple when he first took the task.

Unexpectedly, it wasted ten thousand years, and the reward was simply not worth it.

"It’s normal for martial artists and swordsmen to accompany formation masters to the Lost Forest, but you are a weapons refiner. Why did they invite you?"

"They were worried about running out of formation flags or needing special flags that they hadn’t brought along. Their plan was to let me refine formation flags whenever they needed them."

Hearing the topic shift to other matters, Shen Xu almost lost and wanted to directly question the people.

Fortunately, before he could, the ignorant weapons refiner circled back to the topic and asked about the Feng triplets.

"Soon after Ancestor Feng left the sect, her soul lamp dimmed and almost went out. Everyone assumed she was seriously injured, and after not receiving word for a long time, the triplets set out to find her. In the end, they didn’t find her and instead got into trouble."

"What kind of trouble?"

"It’s said they were ambushed, and the oldest staked his life to protect his siblings. As a result, his dantian was broken, but this was not the end of their misfortune."

Although the eldest seriously injured the attackers, they managed to counterattack and injure the other two. The middle child’s meridians were broken, and the youngest’s soul was injured."

"None of the three was spared, but fortunately, the youngest managed to forcibly activate a teleportation talisman before the attackers could kill them. Unfortunately, this worsened his soul injury."

"What a tragedy?!"

"Those triplets are too unlucky. Last I heard, the eldest and middle children have long lost their cultivation and are nearing the end of their lifespan. As for the youngest..." The speaker sighed, seemingly unable to continue.

"What about him?" The weapons refiner eagerly asked.

"He is about to become the eighty-ninth concubine of Ancestor Song."

"How is that possible? Although Ancestor Song is a tribulation transcending realm cultivator, he is an infamous, sadistic lecher. How could sect master Xuanyuan allow his double to marry ancestor Song?"

"You know what they say..., if there is a stepmother, there is a stepfather." Someone whispered and sighed.

"What about supreme elder Chen? Isn’t he the triplets’ grandfather?"