Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

74: Chapter 74: Nighttime Investigation of Xingpo and the Shadow of the City LordMidnight was approaching, the moon was hidden, and the stars were sparse.

White River City had fallen into a deep sleep, with only the night watchman’s clapper echoing through the empty streets, adding a touch of silence.

Inside the inn room, Su Muxue slowly opened her eyes, a sharp light flashing in her icy blue pupils in the darkness. After several hours of meditation and with the help of the remaining power of that drop of Taiyin Origin, her injuries had recovered by fifty to sixty percent. Her newly acquired Sword Intent had also become more harmonious. Although her strength had not yet reached its Peak, it was no longer comparable to during the day.

She glanced at the light sphere of Lin Mo in her arms, which was still silent but with its light slightly more solid, and whispered, ”It’s about time.”

Lin Mo’s consciousness came through, carrying a hint of alertness: ”Just now, there seemed to be an extremely faint sense of being watched, but it vanished in an instant, and I couldn’t trace the source.”

Su Muxue’s icy brows furrowed slightly: ”It seems this White River City is even more complicated than we imagined. Let’s finish this quickly, get the clues, and leave immediately.”

The two did not hesitate any longer. Su Muxue’s figure was like a wisp of light smoke, quietly pushing open the window and blending into the thick night. She did not leave through the city gate but chose to leap directly over the city wall.

For a Mortal, the city wall was insurmountable, but for Su Muxue, whose cultivation had mostly recovered, it was like walking on level ground. With a few taps of her toes on the wall’s masonry, her figure glided over the top like a night owl and landed in the dark wilderness outside the city, without alerting any Guards.

According to the Jade Slip map, Luoxing Slope was located three hundred miles west of the city. This distance was unreachable for a Mortal, but for a Cultivator, especially one with a mission, it wasn’t far.

Su Muxue pushed her movement technique to the limit. Guided by Lin Mo’s Perception, she avoided nocturnal Yao Beasts and scattered mountain villages, speeding toward Luoxing Slope like a ghostly shadow.

The closer they got to Luoxing Slope, the stronger the resonance produced by Lin Mo’s nirvana star core became. It was a peculiar feeling of desolation and deathly silence, yet it contained some kind of ancient calling.

At the same time, he also clearly perceived that within the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi of this area, there was a trace of extremely thin, yet corrupt aura that shared the same source as that drop of toxic blood! Although it was so faint it could almost be ignored, it could not hide from the keen Perception of his nirvana star core!

”Be careful, this place is indeed strange. Although that corrupt aura is weak, it definitely exists,” Lin Mo warned.

Su Muxue nodded, slowing down slightly and observing her surroundings more vigilantly.

About an hour later, a peculiar landscape appeared before them.

It was a massive, bowl-shaped crater. The center of the slope was sunken and barren, consisting only of grayish-white, strange rocks that looked as if they had been scorched and melted by high temperatures. On the periphery of the crater grew a type of eerie forest where the leaves were an ominous dark purple, rustling in the night wind like whispers.

The entire area was permeated with a heavy Death Qi, completely out of place with the surrounding vibrant mountain forests.

This was Luoxing Slope.

Rather than a slope, it looked more like a giant crater formed by a meteorite impact!

”Such dense residual Stellar Power... and... Death Qi,” Su Muxue said softly. She could feel the massive residual energy field here; even after being washed away by time, it was still heart-palpitating.

Lin Mo’s Perception went even deeper: ”At the bottom of the pit... there’s something! The energy reaction is very strong, sharing the same source as the Star Palace, but it seems to be polluted and sealed by some kind of power!”

His consciousness pointed toward the very center of the circular pit.

Su Muxue took a deep breath, gripped the zhenyuan remnant sword, and cautiously descended toward the bottom of the pit.