Guhua Mountains, Nanhua City.
Nearly a year has passed since Li Zhe and others left to find the inheritance map.
At this moment, all affairs in Nanhua City are handled by the stewards of the City Lord's Mansion.
Fortunately, because of the existence of the evil sect in the Guhua Mountains, the forces around Nanhua City also withdrew to some extent.
It is precisely because of this that the city lord and the master have been unconscious for so long, but nothing went wrong.
At this moment, inside the city lord's palace.
The housekeeper walked slowly into the small courtyard dedicated to the city lord.
As soon as he came in, the housekeeper frowned slightly and sighed softly.
Now the entire courtyard is filled with an aura that makes people feel very uncomfortable. This aura is none other than the spread of the black mysterious energy.
In order to prevent people from knowing the situation of the city lord and others and avoid causing panic, the entire courtyard has now been designated as a restricted area by the housekeeper.
Except for him, no one in the entire Nanhua City has the authority to enter here.
Fortunately, the city lord and the master were both monks, and the housekeeper only told the outside world that they were in retreat.
Monks were in retreat for several years at a time. During this period, they did not arouse any suspicion.
squeak……
As the housekeeper gently pushed the door open, a strong aura of spiritual power floated directly out of the room.
It's just that this breath is also the black profound energy. Just this breath rushing towards his face made the housekeeper tremble and almost fall to the ground.
This black mysterious energy not only carries a disgusting aura, but if the monk stays in the black mysterious energy for a long time, the body of the monk will be corroded by this black mysterious energy!
This housekeeper was lucky enough to get a copy of the Taoist cultivation technique, but his own talent was not good, and now he was only at the virtual god level.
Facing this black mysterious energy, he had no choice but to hold his breath and walk quickly into the room.
Soon, he came to the bed in the room.
At the moment, the three city lords are not going to be completely corroded by the black mysterious energy as Qing Yuan originally speculated.
The three of them are now lying down with a normal appearance, but their skin has an abnormal white color, like white jade, which makes them look extremely abnormal.
The breathing of the three of them was also very normal, but every time they breathed, a bit of black mysterious energy would float out of their nostrils and spread into the air.
Seeing this, the housekeeper frowned slightly, quickly stretched out his hand, and started groping under the three of them.
Not long after, he took out several pieces of pill jade from under the three of them.
Now that the spiritual power in the pill jade had completely dissipated, he quickly replaced several pieces of pill jade and placed them under the three of them.
After doing all this, the butler quickly left the room.
After closing the door, the housekeeper shook his head and sighed softly.
He is just a monk in the virtual god realm, and there is nothing he can do about the current situation.
The only thing that can be done is to put a few pills under the three of them to slow down the progress of their corrosion.
As for Li Zhe, he believed that it was impossible for Li Zhe to deceive him. Something must have happened that caused this delay to come.
"Hey... I just hope I can find a way to come back soon..."
The housekeeper murmured with a wry smile, then turned around and left the small courtyard.
At this moment, above the East China Sea, inside the Linghai Sect.
Li Zhe had already gone to the place where Dao Hai and others were repairing the Purple Spirit Jade Clothes to take a look.
Now the purple spirit jade garment has been mostly restored due to the efforts of Dao Hai and others.
But after looking at it for a while, Li Zhe could probably understand the difficulty of repair.
After being refined by Qin Yangzhuo, the headmaster of the Donghua Sect, the purple spirit jade had turned into threads, each thread as thin as a beard.
Dao Hai and others must ensure that every thread can be accurately connected in series.
Moreover, the characteristic of purple spirit jade is to isolate spiritual power, and they cannot use any spiritual power to perform this operation.
Therefore, Li Zhe watched there for two hours before he saw Dao Hai and others threading a purple jade thread as thick as a hair into the purple jade clothes.
According to the current progress, I'm afraid it will still take some time to repair the Purple Spirit Jade Clothes, at least several months, before it can be completely repaired.
Therefore, after watching the repair process for several hours, Li Zhe left where Dao Hai and others were.
The past few days have been the busiest time for Qingyuan since she led the Sea Monk Alliance to join the Linghai Sect.
She is now familiar with the techniques of the Jiu Jue Sect, and she is also guiding these disciples to practice in certain specific ways, which can be considered a pleasure.
Everyone in the Lingshan Sect before has now completely integrated into the atmosphere of the Linghai Sect, and the entire sect is developing in an orderly manner.
Qingyuan knew about the inheritance of the evil sect, but Li Zhe didn't need to say anything to her.
As for the others, there is no need to say what Li Zhe did. He just left. Anyway, everyone is used to being the hands-off shopkeeper.
At this moment, Li Zhe had already walked out of the formation on the Hundred Islands, and then drove the escape light directly towards the Guhua Mountains.
From Donghai all the way to Nanhua City, this distance would have taken Li Zhe at least half a month.
Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
Li Zhe also came to a familiar place again, with Nanhua City in front of him.
Today's Nanhua City is gradually beginning to regain its former prosperity.
It was already sunset, and at the city gate, there were still several caravans lining up to enter the city.
Nowadays, Li Zhe was too lazy to slowly enter through the city gate. With a thought, he concealed his aura and flew into the city.
With Li Zhe's cultivation, the guards guarding the city would naturally not be able to discover Li Zhe's existence.
Soon, Li Zhe came to the sky above the City Lord's Mansion again.
Just after arriving here, Li Zhe's expression slowly darkened.
Now, nearly a year has passed since the three city lords were struck by the black mysterious energy.
After such a long time, according to the cultivation level of the three city lords, it is not unusual for them to die completely if their bodies are corroded by the black profound energy.
But now, in Li Zhe's consciousness, the three of them are still lying in the room.
Moreover, not only did there not be any signs of corrosion, but it was like a normal monk entering a state of sleep, without feeling anything strange at all!
"what happened……"
Li Zhe narrowed his eyes slightly and murmured softly.
Immediately, Li Zhe's figure slowly fell down and stopped in front of the door of the city lord's courtyard, standing quietly.
"Who?! Didn't I say that this is a forbidden area, it is forbidden to rely on..."
Not long after Li Zhe stood here, a voice sounded from behind him.
Li Zhe slowly turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.
The person who spoke was none other than the steward of the city lord's mansion.
The housekeeper originally thought it was someone from the house who came over out of curiosity, and he was cursing angrily.
However, after seeing Li Zhe's face, he trembled suddenly, his mouth remained open, and he could no longer say the last word.
"You...you're back?"
After a while, the housekeeper shouted to Li Zhe with trembling lips and an excited face.
Li Zhe smiled slightly, nodded calmly, and then said: "Some things have been delayed, and I can't come back until now."
"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back..."
The housekeeper nodded repeatedly and muttered in a low voice.
He had always been worried about the injuries of the city lord and the others. Now that Li Zhe was back, he naturally relaxed a lot. After all, Li Zhe was the only savior.
"What happened during my absence? I don't think their injuries have worsened."
Li Zhe quietly felt the breath of black mysterious energy filling the yard and asked the housekeeper softly.
Li Zhe wanted to go up to the three people and ask, but he also saw that the housekeeper was obviously very uncomfortable with the aura of black mysterious energy.
Although the black profound energy has not spread out yet, but now that he is so close, it can be seen that the butler's body is shaking slightly due to discomfort.
Therefore, Li Zhecai chose to ask here first and go in later to see what the specific reasons were.
Immediately, the housekeeper nodded slightly and spoke in response.
It turned out that after Li Zhe and others left, some spiritual power was left in the bodies of the three of them to resist the erosion of the black mysterious energy.
During that time, the housekeeper had an extremely relaxed life. After all, he didn't have to worry about the three people's health deteriorating.
And with that spiritual power to resist the black profound energy, there was not too much black profound energy floating out. During those days, the housekeeper took care of them very easily.
However, with the passage of time, about a month after Li Zhe and others left, the spiritual power they left behind had completely dissipated under the erosion of the black profound energy.
The butler's cultivation was limited, so he could only watch his spiritual power being completely consumed.
At that time, he thought that everyone's bodies were about to deteriorate, but from that time on, the bodies of the three of them had an inexplicable attraction.
The housekeeper tried to place a few pill jade around the bodies of the three people, but unexpectedly the spiritual power in the pill jade was exhausted the next day.
After that, the housekeeper continued to replace the pills, and the black profound energy emanating from the bodies of the three people gradually increased.
