Chapter 1344: Chapter 1333: Entering the Ancient Sky City
“No wonder the old man placed such a strong seal on the ancient painting. Without cultivation at the Aerial Mastery Stage, one wouldn’t even qualify to discover the barrier.”
Ning Fan sighed but hesitated to jump into the vortex.
It couldn’t be helped. The scene presented by the barrier looked too sinister, even sowhat disgusting.
If it wasn’t the imagined entrance to the Ancient Sky City, it would be a complete disaster.
At this mont, the spinning speed of the shadow vortex began to slow down, and its dark, ink-like color gradually faded.
“Not good. The barrier is about to disappear.”
Ning Fan realized instantly that the appearance of the barrier was likely related to the angle of the light.
But this was just a guess after all. “Who knows when it will appear next?”
Worried about the old man’s safety, Ning Fan steeled himself and jumped in directly.
The anticipated sensation of falling did not occur, and Ning Fan stood steadily at the center of the vortex as if on level ground.
“If you don’t want to enter, I’ll enter all the more.”
With that, Ning Fan got angry. True Qi strong enough to split mountains erupted from within him and drilled toward the vortex.
The previously slow vortex, as if stimulated by the True Qi, spun faster and faster, surpassing its initial speed.
Ning Fan paid the price for his carelessness.
Once True Qi entered the vortex, a massive suction appeared out of nowhere, following the True Qi to its source like a pump.
In just an instant, the vortex had drawn away a third of Ning Fan’s True Qi.
“Let’s see how much you can absorb.”
Ning Fan’s eyes glead sharply, and the True Yuan in his Dantian operated frantically, constantly replenishing the depleted True Qi.
Gradually, Ning Fan sensed sothing wrong; the rate of new True Qi generation couldn’t keep up with the depletion.
“Not good, at this rate I’ll be drained dry.”
Realizing this, Ning Fan tried to sever the suction imdiately,
but the suction was like a bone-gnawing maggot, completely unaffected by external forces.
With the continuous depletion, Ning Fan’s internal True Qi decreased more and more, and his complexion beca increasingly pale.
Simultaneously, Ning Fan’s body continued to sink, gradually being swallowed by the vortex.
When dizziness and ringing in his ears appeared, a light of helplessness flashed in Ning Fan’s eyes. He could no longer struggle and had to accept it passively.
“I should’ve brought the Energy Dissolving Stone with .”
This was Ning Fan’s last thought before passing out.
When Ning Fan defeated the Sea Blue Cang back then, he obtained this trophy, capable of restraining all barrier powers.
Unfortunately, in his hurry back then, Ning Fan forgot about this powerful tool.
It was unknown how long had passed before Ning Fan regained consciousness, but he did not open his eyes imdiately.
Listening to the clamor from nearby, Ning Fan silently sensed the changes within his body.
True Qi circulated freely, with no sense of obstruction, and there was no sign of restraint on the surface of his body.
A phrase popped into his mind instantly, “Very safe!”
Since his cultivation was intact, Ning Fan breathed a sigh of relief but then frowned as he slled a stench like sewage, straight into his nostrils.
“What is this place? Is it the Ancient Sky City?”
Ning Fan opened his eyes and found himself inside a tent. The tent was colorful, like it was patched together, assembled from nurous pieces of sail-like materials.
His gaze turned to the only light source, an old oil lamp.
By the dim light of the oil lamp, he examined the place.
The tent looked both like a warehouse and a living area, just in a rather harsh environnt.
Bricks ford four column bases, with a wooden board laid on top.
On the wooden board lay a quilt, dark and filthy, with no sign of its original color.
Ning Fan recognized this as a bed.
There were two beds, and Ning Fan was lying on one of them at the mont.
Besides that, various tal pieces and parts were piled up in the tent, and Ning Fan even spotted a bicycle tire.
“Could this be so sort of slum?”
Ning Fan looked perplexed, as the scene before him made it impossible for him to confirm this was the Ancient Sky City.
“I guess the hoowner saved when they found unconscious. But…”
But before Ning Fan lost consciousness, he was at the Karnak Temple. Even if he were rescued, it should be by the police.
“It’s unlikely the Egyptian police have a budget shortfall and just dealt with it casually.”
Ning Fan shook his head. Instead of overthinking here, it was better to go outside.
Watching his waist as he walked out of the tent, the glaring sunlight contrasted sharply with the dim interior.
Ning Fan squinted at the sky; the sun was the sa old sun.
Just then, a breeze blew by, carrying an acrid stench so potent that it nearly knocked Ning Fan out.
“Damn, it’s really a garbage dump. No wonder it reeks.”
In front of Ning Fan, a pile of colorful garbage ford small mountains, rising and falling continuously.
The foul odor from earlier wafted from the garbage dump, catalyzed by the high temperature.
With Ning Fan’s eyesight, he could see quite a few people scavenging atop the garbage heap.
Thinking about the items piled inside the tent, Ning Fan roughly speculated that the hoowner was a scavenger.
Although called junk, there were quite a few reusable items, and many would try their luck here, even making a small fortune.
But few were willing to work under such harsh conditions.
Seeing Ning Fan erge, a few children, barefooted, ca running from the garbage mountain.
The children’s skin was rather dark, but Ning Fan was sure they weren’t black.
This place was extrely dry, with strong ultraviolet rays, all tanned by the sun.
The children were dressed in tattered clothes of ill-fitting sizes; anyone could guess these clothes were salvaged from the trash heap.
So were better off, yet so little ones, regardless of gender, were naked.
The children surrounded Ning Fan, chattering incessantly.
“What on earth are they saying?”
Ning Fan hadn’t traveled the world entirely, but he had been to quite a few countries, yet he had never heard this language.
Seeing Ning Fan silent, the tallest child shouted a few words at the others.
Once it quieted down, the tall child spoke again, gesturing with body language.
“Oh!”
Ning Fan’s eyes showed a hint of confusion.
Without the other children’s interference, he seed to understand the child’s words.
Feeling his heart stir, Ning Fan spoke haltingly, “Can you say it slowly?”
Hearing this, the child’s eyes lit up, speaking nearly word by word, “You’re awake, hungry?”
“I’m not hungry.”
Ning Fan shook his head, his mouth curled into a bright smile.
By now, Ning Fan was entirely sure this was the Ancient Sky City.
Because this language was precisely what the old man taught him.
He had just eventually forgotten about it as it had never been used.
Indeed! In the subsequent conversation with the boy, Ning Fan confird his earlier suspicion.
This was the Ancient Sky City, and the place where he appeared was the landfill outside the West Suburb City.
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