I Truly Am The Villian - Chapter 1266: 1265: The True Rihua City, Countless Flowers of Death

Chapter 1266: Chapter 1265: The True Rihua City, Countless Flowers of Death

“You certainly asked the right person for this,” the old man said with a smile.

“In these hundred thousand years, I have traversed most of Rihua City.

I have seen countless relics here and the few existing records; I understand the matters of the Wood God far more clearly than others.”

The old man didn’t hide anything, perhaps because over these hundred thousand years, he rarely met anyone else and never found anyone to talk to, so now he wanted to speak freely.

“Please enlighten us, senior,” Xie Changliu quickly asked.

“The Wood God is one of the Nine Ancient Gods, living in the oldest era of the Nine Domains.

The Ancient Gods sought the Way, but unlike the other Ancient Gods, Ju Mang longed for peace and life.

The Way he inquired about was also the Way of Life.”

The old man slowly said, “Precisely because of his uncontentious nature, he was the first to be targeted when the great disaster came.

There are rumors that after the disaster, among the nine Ancient Gods, the other eight survived, but only Ju Mang perished.”

“You are here for Ju Mang’s legacy, aren’t you?”

“We are here for the Death Flowers,” Xu Zimei said.

Of course, he would not admit to seeking the legacy; this old man knew Ju Mang so well, he might also be searching for the legacy.

“Old man, you know so much about Ju Mang, are you also looking for the legacy?” Xie Changliu asked from the side, voicing Xu Zimei’s doubt.

“I’ll be frank, even if it makes you laugh; in these hundred thousand years, don’t even mention the legacy.

I can’t even manage to leave this place,” the Wine Saint shook his head and sighed.

“I have accepted my fate; perhaps this life will end here with old age.”

Xu Zimei gave the old man a deep look, then smiled and said, “Then we won’t disturb you, old man. We just arrived here and would like to look around.”

“Go, go,” the old man waved his hand, not stopping them.

After walking out of the grand hall, the two continued into the depths of the ruins.

“Do you believe what he said?” Xie Changliu asked.

“Why not believe it,” Xu Zimei said with a smile. “Indeed, those who enter Rihua City cannot leave.

Unless they have the Traceless.”

The old man named Qi previously told him that this place was created by the twenty-four orientations of the celestial sphere to form a labyrinth.

Since the Eternal Ancient times, only the White Emperor ever managed to leave.

The reason he hadn’t used the Traceless yet was because he wanted to first understand the situation here and he wasn’t in a hurry.

After walking a while longer, Xu Zimei and Xie Changliu heard the sounds of fighting ahead.

They quickened their pace, and upon looking, they found it was a small group of Ghost Tribe and Divine Race members battling each other.

Thinking about it, so much time had passed; the Divine Race’s army should have arrived at Rihua City by now.

“What should we do?” Xie Changliu asked.

“Ignore them, let them kill each other,” Xu Zimei shook his head and replied.

The two passed through the battleground without stopping and kept moving forward. After walking a bit further, Xu Zimei stopped.

“We’ve looped back,” Xu Zimei said.

Although they had been walking forward all along, they unknowingly ended up back at the starting point.

Th𝕀𝕤 𝐜hа̄p𝐭𝙚r 𝐢𝘴 pɵ𝐬𝙩єԀ b𝕪 𝕂𝒾†є𝓃◎𝘷ɛ|

“It seems without the Traceless, we definitely can’t get out,” Xie Changliu responded.

Xu Zimei thought of stepping into the firmament for a better look at the situation below.

But the immense tree exerted a powerful suppression, not allowing any creature to ascend. Only by standing step by step on the stairs made of leaves could one overlook the scene.

Xu Zimei took out the Traceless Compass and the Heaven Expanse Astrolabe; the two compasses floated in the void.

An invisible aura emanated from the compass.

Though the secrets of the heavens cannot be seen, they are present in the invisible.

Heaven and earth’s ultimate truth, everything runs according to a preordained plan. Foreseeing the celestial secrets is the essence.

This time, the search with the compass took much longer than usual.

The spinning speed of the Traceless Compass grew ever faster, almost to the point where its rotation pattern was no longer discernible.

Only afterimages annihilated in the void.

Gradually, Xu Zimei found that the world around him had changed.

The ruins began to disappear, and it was as if he stood at the boundary between two worlds, like a layer of mist was being dispersed.

When his vision cleared, Xu Zimei found himself standing in front of a city.

The ruins from before had vanished, and the city before him was ancient and intact.

From every corner of the magnificent city, a rich Life Energy exuded outward.

If looked closely, one would find the entire city was perched aloft by a tree.

The tree rooted deeply into the earth, with its trunk hidden from view, and above the city, enormous green bricks were embedded. The words “Rihua City” stood out prominently.

This was the true location of Rihua City.

Xu Zimei suddenly realized why no one could find the true Rihua City and got lost within it.

Because this was truly a city within a city.

Or more accurately, it was a world hidden within another world, like a ring within a ring.

Those outside only saw the outer world.

To enter the city within, one would either need the god-level compass like the Traceless Compass,

Or comprehend the rules of this world.

Both were exceedingly difficult.

Xu Zimei approached the front of the city, placed his hands on the gate, and with a rumbling sound, the gates were pushed open heavily.

Upon seeing the scene inside the city, even Xu Zimei was slightly stunned.

Countless Death Flowers bloomed across the hills and plains, and just a rough glance revealed tens of thousands of them.

Densely packed, the deathly aura they emitted filled the entire city, almost staining the air black.

Everything around had already been corroded.

Stepping into the city, the moment Xu Zimei did, all the Death Flowers in the city seemed to feel an outlet.

The deathly aura surged towards Xu Zimei like a storm.

Above Xu Zimei, the Tree of Life manifested in the void, its rich Life Energy forming a barrier that enveloped him entirely.

The Tree of Life spun and only then did it stop the corrosion of the Death Flowers.

Yet Xu Zimei clearly felt the strain on his Tree of Life, encountering such intense death aura for the first time.

He stepped into Rihua City, the Traceless in his hand still spinning, sensing the richest aura left by Ju Mang the Wood God.

Xu Zimei quickened his pace, racing along the main street of the city.

The surrounding buildings were ancient, featuring intricately carved grand halls and majestic pavilions.

The grandeur stretched along like a rainbow; though now in decay, one could still see its former glory.

Death Flowers bloomed, innumerable black and purple petals forming a floral rain in the void.

Under Xu Zimei’s swift movement, he finally reached the place where there was no more path.

Blocking the end was a thousand-year-old tree.

The tree, withered and broken, stood dead ahead.

Xu Zimei frowned slightly because the guidance of the Traceless Compass came to a complete halt here.