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"Uncle, please ask." Lu Chen walked around the Yuan Province and saw an old man wearing shabby clothes with a few sticks of firewood on his back. There was not a single trace of spiritual force on his body as he walked with his head lowered.

"Ah! Don't eat me! Don't eat me!" The old man shouted in horror as he ran.

Seeing the old man so scared, Lu Chen lightly patted his shoulder and said: "Uncle, I'm not a demon beast, you don't have to be afraid."

The old man carefully turned his head around and saw Lu Chen behind him. After opening his eyes and confirming that Lu Chen was indeed human, he let out a sigh of relief and said, "That scared me to death. I thought it was the demon beast coming again."

"Uncle, are the demonic beasts here so powerful? No matter what, this Yuan Zhou is still a big city. Where did the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators that were guarding go?" Lu Chen asked.

Sigh, let's not talk about that anymore. Originally, there were indeed Nascent Soul stage cultivators guarding the Yuan Province. However, the moment the demonic beast arrived, the Nascent Soul stage cultivator said that he was injured and left the Yuan Province. The old man sighed.

Lu Chen lowered his head and thought for a moment, then he asked the old man where those cultivators had gone to investigate, then he gave the old man a silver board and let him go.

Looking at the color of the sky, Lu Chen pondered for a moment before disappearing.

When the last rays of the setting sun were swallowed up by darkness, the whole sky was plunged into darkness. Only the soft moonlight from the moon hanging in midair provided light to the earth.

Lu Chen travelled through the Thousand Monster Forest outside of Yuanzhou City, carefully hiding his body to prevent himself from being discovered by the demon beasts. However, the deeper he went, the more he felt that something was wrong, because this Thousand Monster Forest was too quiet. Thinking about how the old man had mentioned that he was at a place where beasts gathered in the Yuan Province, and how he hadn't even seen a single one, a trace of suspicion and unease suddenly arose in Lu Chen's heart.

Putting aside the doubts and unease in his heart, Lu Chen continued to fly deeper in while sending out his Spiritual Sense in hopes of finding even a demon beast.

The moonlight shined quietly on the Demon Forest, leaving behind a mottled shadow of the tree, bringing with it a sense of loneliness. And in the shadows of these trees, there was a figure that suddenly appeared and then disappeared. The next location that appeared was Lu Chen who was flying deeper into the forest. The shadow stopped at a certain spot.

Lu Chen stopped on top of a tree, leaning against the tree and thinking about the abnormality of the forest. In his mind, he kept thinking back to what he had heard from Jin Chen and the old man about the demon beasts in Yuan Province. He wanted to clear up a line of thought, but the more he thought about it, the more chaotic it became.

After waiting in the forest for about four more hours, there was still no sign of movement from the Thousand Monster Forest. Lu Chen couldn't help but suspect that those demon beasts were actually living here.

The next day, Lu Chen went to the Yuanzhou City early in the morning. Looking at the imposing entrance of the Yuanzhou City, he thought that he would need to work here for the next period of time.

"Dong, dong, dong." Lu Chen knocked on the door for a long time, but the gate to the Yuanzhou City was still tightly shut. Hearing that there was no sound coming from inside, Lu Chen frowned and decided to teleport into the Yuanzhou City.

"Strange, why is there not a single person in this Abyss Prefecture?" When Lu Chen entered the Yuanzhou Manor, he discovered that it was completely silent. He used his Spiritual Sense to search the entire Yuanzhou Palace but discovered that there was not even a single person's aura. He could not help but become even more confused. Lu Chen unwillingly used his Spiritual Sense to search the entire Yuan Zhou City, but he discovered that there was not even a single person's aura in the entire Yuan Zhou City. Even the aura of the old man he had seen yesterday had disappeared.

The scene of seeing that old man yesterday appeared before Lu Chen's eyes once more. Lu Chen suddenly remembered that he was completely silent when he arrived. At that time, he didn't pay much attention to the current situation.

"Right, that old man." Lu Chen suddenly remembered the key point. He went to the Thousand Monster Forest that night instead of going to Yuanzhou first because of what the old man had said. Now that he thought about it, that old man's appearance was indeed very strange.

Lu Chen sat on the steps of Yuanzhou City, looking up at the sky. The sunlight was shining straight at him, but he could not feel a single trace of warmth, only an endless chill.

Night once again quietly descended. Lu Chen raised his head and saw the round moon in the sky and realized that today was already 15. He had also been here for three days.

In these three days, Lu Chen searched all the places that had the possibility of being used by humans or demon beasts, but all he found was a disappointed answer. No matter how he searched, he couldn't find any demon beasts, and the dark clouds in Lu Chen's heart became heavier.

"If I still don't get anything tomorrow, I can only temporarily return to Jinzhou." Lu Chen thought to himself.

"Clank, clank." Lu Chen suddenly heard a series of knocks. This was the first time he heard such a sound, followed by a huge commotion outside. Lu Chen was stunned as he walked out of Yuanzhou City, but as soon as he walked out, he froze on the spot.

There were quite a few people buying on the streets outside, and the shops that had been shut shut were all wide open. There were quite a few commoners going in and out of the shops, and the laughter of children and the shouts of candied fruits could be heard from time to time.

Lu Chen stared blankly at the person who had suddenly appeared in front of him. At this moment, he heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind him. Turning his head around, he saw two bailiffs walking out from the Abyss Prefecture.

"I heard that this year's top scorer, Lu Chen, has been sent to our prefecture. Do you think we have any future prospects?" Zhang Chun said.

"Yeah, but the new Prefecture City is the top scholar after all, so he must be very high-spirited. Let's think of a way to win this lord's favor so we can have a chance to get promoted." Xu Li said.

"Forget it, since it will be at least three months before that grandpa comes, let's go buy some wine to sacrifice the five viscera temple." After Zhang Chun finished speaking, he walked past Lu Chen like Xu Li, as if he hadn't seen Lu Chen at all.

"All of you, stand." Lu Chen shouted at Zhang Chun and Xu Li.

However, the two of them walked away on their own as if they hadn't heard a thing, until they disappeared from sight.

Lu Chen was stunned as he looked at Yuanzhou Manor that he came out of. He remembered that there was clearly no one there earlier and where those two people came from. Furthermore, why did they ignore him?

Half a day later, Lu Chen thought of a possibility: "Where did you guys come from?" But that man also completely ignored Lu Chen, walking as if he didn't notice that someone was pulling him.

Lu Chen looked at his hands and realized that they had started to turn transparent, while his body had also started to turn transparent.

"How could this be?" Even Lu Chen was unable to calm down at this moment. He wanted to use his Spiritual Energy to prevent his body from becoming transparent, but he discovered that there was not a single trace of Spiritual Energy in his body. He could only slowly watch as his body slowly faded away and finally lose consciousness.