Chapter 272 - 271 The Mystery of Yellow Spring City

After leaving Liuhuo City, Styx inquired, "Are we going to Extinct Heaven City now?"

"No, to Yellow Spring City," Xu Zimei shook her head and said.

"Are you going to help Old Wu find his son?" Styx was taken aback and instantly reacted.

"You go and get Old Wu’s Heirloom Stone, and then tell him I’ve accepted his request," Xu Zimei replied.

"But he definitely won’t give you the Heirloom Stone in advance if you don’t help him find his son," Styx replied.

"That’s why I asked you to get it," Xu Zimei responded indifferently.

...

The legend about Yellow Spring City has been around for a long time.

This place was once a normal city too.

About a few hundred years ago, almost half of the city’s residents died tragically in one night.

Since then, the entire city seemed cursed.

Besides the remaining half of the residents, anyone else who entered the city would perish.

Not a trace of them remained, silenced and erased.

At the beginning, there were people who deliberately came to live in Yellow Spring City, hoping to walk out alive, breaking the curse in the legend.

But ultimately, as the number of dead increased, this place gradually became a perilous land.

Listening to Styx’s explanations along the way, the two had already arrived at Yellow Spring City.

Xu Zimei obtained Old Wu’s Heirloom Stone, which Styx had snatched from Old Wu’s hands.

Although it was stolen, Xu Zimei didn’t just walk away; she still planned to take a look at Yellow Spring City.

...…

Looking at the gloomy city in front of her, Xu Zimei felt somewhat oppressed in her heart.

The city gates were wide open, with no guards on either side.

The two entered the city, finding the streets somewhat deserted.

Apart from the occasional townspeople moving about, there was hardly any sign of life.

It was broad daylight, and yet it seemed everyone was hiding in their rooms.

"Are you scared?" Xu Zimei looked at Styx and asked with a smile.

"What’s there to be afraid of for someone at the Divine Vein Realm, unless these demons and monsters have stepped into immortality," Styx shook his head and responded.

"Besides, I have you with me."

Hearing Styx’s words, Xu Zimei smiled and the two continued walking into the city.

Xu Zimei looked around and found nothing suspicious about Yellow Spring City.

Aside from being rather deserted, there wasn’t much difference from other cities.

The residents of the city who saw Xu Zimei and her companion would take a brief look from a distance and then quickly avoid them.

After wandering around the city for a while, they didn’t notice anything unusual.

Before long, it was already the afternoon.

In the entire vast city, there was only one inn.

"Yellow Spring Inn."

Xu Zimei walked into the inn, and the shopkeeper hurriedly came to greet them.

"Are you two guests staying at the inn?" the shopkeeper quickly asked.

Xu Zimei nodded, and after they had arranged for rooms and meals, they started chatting with the shopkeeper.

This shopkeeper, surnamed Sun, had lived in Yellow Spring City for over a hundred years.

"Manager Sun, your inn is really quite deserted," Xu Zimei said with a smile.

"With the whole curse affair brewing up such a fuss, who would come here to stay?" Manager Sun looked up and said.

"Having lived here so long, haven’t you noticed anything unusual?" Xu Zimei asked.

"No, just that anyone who comes here disappears, no clue how," Manager Sun shook his head and replied.

"I’m looking for a person; did a young man come to stay here a month ago?" Xu Zimei said.

"There’s only your inn in this city, so if he came to Yellow Spring City, he would certainly have stayed here."

"Yes, you’ve come looking for him, haven’t you?" Manager Sun smiled and said.

"Don’t ask me; he stayed here for a night and disappeared the next day; I know nothing about it."

"Is that so?" Xu Zimei said thoughtfully with a smile, "You seem quite calm."

"I’ve seen it so often I’ve gotten used to it," Shopkeeper Sun said, shaking his head.

"Ever since the curse appeared, none who have come here have left alive."

"How much do you know about the curse?" Xu Zimei frowned and asked.

"The city’s original inhabitants die if they leave, and strangers from outside die if they come in; it’s as simple as that," Shopkeeper Sun said with a smile.

"You guys should be careful too; it’s been a long time since I’ve seen any returning customers at this inn."

Watching the shopkeeper’s retreating figure, Xu Zimei smiled with interest.

"Interesting."

...…

The setting sun dipped below the horizon, and the yellowing skyline gradually darkened.

As darkness enveloped the area, the Yellow Spring Inn began to bustle with activity.

Many of the local residents came here to eat.

Compared to the eerily quiet and strange city outside, the atmosphere inside the inn was quite lively.

"Old Sun, I heard your inn took in some newbies today; make sure you take good care of them."

At the adjacent table, a man in a black long robe laughed loudly.

Another man, drunk and staggering, came up to Xu Zimei’s table holding a jar of wine.

He beamed at the two of them and said, "Let me interview you two.

What brought you to our Yellow Spring City?

Are you tired of living, or just plain curious?"

"Read my lips," Xu Zimei smiled and said, "cnm!"

"What do you mean?" The burly man’s face changed instantly, and he said sharply.

Xu Zimei grabbed the wine jar from the table and smashed it against the man’s head.

There was a loud "bang,"

The jar shattered, and the wine spilled all over.

Styx, taken aback, seemed not to have caught on to Xu Zimei’s behavior.

"What are you doing?" Shopkeeper Sun asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Are you still pretending?" Xu Zimei laughed and said.

"Scum of the Undying Race."

Hearing Xu Zimei’s words, everyone in the inn was taken aback.

"So you’ve found out."

All the people in the inn revealed eerie smiles on their faces.

The skin on the surface of their bodies was torn apart, and monsters crawled out from inside.

These monsters had short, grey-brown skin.

Their palms were twice as big as those of normal humans, with sharp and long fingernails.

Among these monsters, some were thin, and some were very plump.

Even Shopkeeper Sun from the inn slowly shed his own skin at that moment.

Styx looked outside the inn to see a large group of monsters surrounding it.

All the residents of the entire Yellow Spring City had turned into monsters.

"How did you find out? I didn’t notice at all," Styx said, looking at Xu Zimei in surprise.

You should know that he, with his Divine Vein Realm presence, had not previously detected anything unusual.

Xu Zimei smiled and said, "Let’s deal with these guys first."

How he had discovered these people was, of course, something Chaos had told him.

The Monster Race and the Undying Race were two major races of the Wild Desolation era.

To Chaos, who had truly seen the Undying Race, it could instantly recognize the aura of the Undying Race on them.

Furthermore, Chaos had told him that the Undying Race in this city were all but puppets, and the real puppeteer was hidden in the shadows.