Chain Reaction (3)
âIâll need to purify this againâŠâ Ye Lang stood before the clock tower ruins, very quickly found the appropriate spot, then used a purifying formation to âpurifyâ away the rubble. A circle appeared once again, and within the circle was a similar alchemy formation.
It was the same as before, there were two connecting lines extending from the formationâŠ
âLooks like a third place is going to collapse soonâŠâ Ye Lang frowned as he looked at the formation.
âWhat?! Thereâs more?!â exclaimed Feng Xing. He was already upset that there were two buildings that were destroyed, he might not be able to stand the fact that more buildings were going to collapse.
âYeah, and thereâll probably be manyâŠâ nodded Ye Lang, giving him the depressing news.
And as they started to privately comfort themselves, another place collapsed.
âWhatâs going on? Another one?â At the peak of the Holy Mountain stood the Cloud Palace. Someone was looking down from it, and theyâd already been paying attention since the first palace collapse.
However, when they saw it, they thought it mightâve been an accident so they didnât pay much attention.
It was different now. Two places were ruined, and now the third building was starting to fall inâŠ
âThis is odd, send a message to the guards to look into the matter,â instructed one of the higher authorities at the palace.
âLook, thereâs another one there. And itâs getting fasterâŠâ
The people at the Cloud Palace could easily survey the entire situation. They watched the buildings fall one by one, and they also saw Ye Langâs group of people dashing across the city on their horses to every collapsed building.
Then, they saw Ye Lang purifying each place with his purification formation to reveal alchemy formations underneath!
As the number of collapsed buildings increased, the number of connecting lines extending from these formations increased. There was a pattern here, but still, no one understood what was going on.
âWho are these people?â Some officials didnât receive news about them, so they raised questions about Ye Lang and the bunch.
They didnât suspect that this group of people was the cause of all of this because if they were the culprits they wouldnât be able to dash through the city without anyone stopping them.
At the same time, they felt like the group must be on their side. Likely to be the cityâs military too. But what were they doing?
âAre you talking about them? Thatâs the gentleman from all the rumours, and thatâs Feng Xing and the rest of the Light Riders. They seem to be investigating too!â someone started to answer his questions.
âWhy would he be the one investigating? Where are our men?â the rest of the people immediately gave suggestions. It wasnât because they didnât think Ye Lang was fit for the job, it was because they thought they shouldnât trouble Ye Lang with matters like that.
âOur men gave up immediately after they saw how this gentleman was conducting his investigations!â someone smiled.
â??â Some of them were confused.
Another person immediately explained, âDonât you all know that this gentleman is at the forefront of the alchemy world? If heâs helping with the investigation, then we can only wait for his news, we canât help him at all!â
âI think Iâve heard of that too, that heâs an alchemy genius! And his level of expertise is something no one is able to achieveâŠâ These people started to understand. They knew bits and pieces of his story too, but couldnât piece them together at the moment.
âYeah, heâs an alchemy genius! That is why this matter should be up to him to investigate! Itâs also a rare thing that he voluntarily decided to help out!â At this point, someone who was familiar with Ye Lang spoke up. He was one of the doctors at the House of Confusion- Sida!
All the buildings within the inner city were now empty too. This was an emergency evacuation, evacuating everyone to the streets, city squares and anywhere flat and empty.
No one knew which building would collapse next, so before this matter stopped, everyone must leave buildings that were at risk.
Everyone cooperated too, no one wanted to put themselves in such danger!
On the other side, in front of an alchemy formationâŠ
âI understand now!!â cried Ye Lang after looking at one of the formations. This was already his seventh formation, which means seven buildings had already collapsed.
âSir, you understand?â asked Feng Xing hurriedly. He didnât want to see another building collapse.
âYep, I do! There will be another 3 more buildings that will collapse next. One will be 5.3km in this direction, 7.1km in this direction and 6.5km in this directionâŠâ Ye Lang pointed in three directions, giving them very accurate distances.
âThese three buildings⊠I think they are Blossom Tower, River Flower Residence, Red Flower Pagoda⊠Hey, why are they all related to flowers?â Feng Xing was still Feng Xing after all, he could accurately name all three places. At the same time, he noticed that all three places were related to flowers.
However, Ye Lang had an even scarier revelation, âPerhaps all the buildings before this, and these three places were designed and built by the same personâŠâ
âSame person⊠Quick, find out who built these ten buildings!â Feng Xingâs face changed. He never wouldâve thought of this- perhaps because he didnât dare think like this.
If they were all designed by the same person, this meant that a person from a thousand years ago might be planning to kill someone a thousand years later!
âLord Feng Xing, all ten buildings were designed by the same person, Troy Mormon!â Very soon, someone gave him an answer. They had a communication device for Light Riders with them so they were very quickly able to receive and transmit information.
âTroy? Mormon? Who?â asked Feng Xing.
Before his men answered, someone started to speak, âTroy Mormon is one of the best architects from a thousand years ago and an alchemy genius. Most of his buildings incorporated alchemy! He used to belong to a small kingdom, and he would help different countries design different buildings, receiving huge rewards in returnâŠâ
âHowever, no one knows why, when he was forty years old, he suddenly entered the Sacred Teachings religion, and remained at Sheng City, helping this place build many of its famous structuresâŠâ
âSirâŠâ Feng Xing listened, stunned. He didnât expect Ye Lang to know so much about Troy, he sounded like he was a historian.