Volume 4: The Winds and Clouds of the Western Blue Sky Chapter 36: Life Circulation Array
The lord of the City of Eternal Life, Cologne Longjeviti, sat at the innermost side of the city lord's hall, looking at Qi Ji with a kind smile.
The city lord has white hair and a youthful face. Although he is said to be over 500 years old, he is full of vitality.
However, Qi Ji's wolf knight attribute "aloof" allowed him to keenly detect the aura of the abyss in the city lord.
The breath of the abyss is hidden very deeply and is completely covered by the vigorous vitality. I am afraid that in this world, except for people like Qi Ji who have special abilities to detect evil, no one else can discover this abnormality.
Despite this, Qi Ji still talked to the city lord with a normal expression.
The Lord of Cologne smiled and said to Qi Ji, "Thank you, Mr. Gus, for rescuing the caravan that was about to be slaughtered by the demons. I wonder if you are willing to settle in Longjeviti and serve me, given your amazing skills?"
As soon as the Lord of Cologne opened his mouth, he said that he wanted to give Qi Ji the right to settle in Longjeviti and wanted Qi Ji to work for him.
This seemed like a fantasy to Qi Ji, but it was a great reward to Jeppard who was standing nearby.
He moved slightly and was about to persuade Qi Ji to agree immediately.
But Qi Ji's reply was much faster than Jeppard's. He said without hesitation: "I'm sorry, Lord Cologne, I have something I must do. When I finish my work, I will consider your suggestion as soon as possible."
The Lord of Cologne was not angry after hearing this. He showed a regretful expression on his face: "Really? That's a pity, but it is more important to complete what you want to do. Longjeviti will always open the door to Mr. Gus."
The brief audience ended quickly. As the lord of a super city with a lot of affairs to deal with, Long Jieweiti did not have much time to communicate with Qi Ji. After failing to recruit him, he simply arranged for someone to present a large bag of gold coins to Qi Ji to express his gratitude, and politely asked Qi Ji to leave.
Jeppard accompanied Qi Ji out of the city lord's hall, looked at Qi Ji in confusion and asked: "Gus, countless strong people are vying to settle down in our Longjieweiti, but you are unwilling to stay here, why?"
Qi Ji smiled and said, "Everyone has things that must be accomplished at every stage. After those things are completed, I will consider this suggestion."
Soon, the two parted ways.
After Qi Ji returned to the hotel in the carriage arranged by Jeppard, he immediately went back to his room and closed the door.
He sat on the table, using all his senses to make sure no one around could hear him, and gently rang the bell.
Soon, Lani's elegant voice came out: "What's wrong, Qi Ji, at this time, you should be in Longjieweiti, right?"
Qi Ji said softly: "Indeed, I have settled down. I came to you this time to ask you a question."
Lani said calmly, "You want to ask what's going on with Longjeviti's abnormal vitality, right?"
Qi Ji paused for a moment: "So Teacher Lani knew about this anomaly?"
"Of course." The other party answered very quickly. "In fact, the Witch Association even investigated the reason for this. Although it was not concluded due to lack of manpower and difficulty for witches to enter the city, it is still somewhat useful."
"Can you tell me?" Qi Ji didn't say any more nonsense.
"What? Mr. Qi Ji wants to be a hero?" Lani's voice was calm, but inexplicably filled with a sense of relief.
Qi Ji said seriously: "I am very sensitive to the breath of the abyss. That city lord has this breath."
"Abyss..." Lani's voice became serious: "Are you sure?"
After receiving Qi Ji's decisive reply, Lani quickly said, "I thought he was just a fallen city lord who was suspected of using forbidden techniques, but I didn't expect that he was actually related to the abyss."
She quickly continued, "There are nine locations with the most vitality in this city. Based on the relationship between these nine locations, the Witch Society compared many books and finally clarified one thing."
"What's the matter?" Qi Ji knew that he was about to learn some truth.
"The Array of Life Circulation." The witch uttered a strange term.
"What is the Life Circulation Array?" Qi Ji expressed his doubts.
This time, Lani did not answer his question immediately, but began to tell Qi Ji a fictional story.
The story takes place in a fictional megacity - the City of Plenty.
She said that the City of Wealth is a megacity with a large population, abundant resources, and a geographical location at the core hub of the kingdom.
It has a vast land and hundreds of thousands of people living happily on this land.
In this city, the mayor works hard to govern the city, the people live a prosperous life, there are no disputes or frictions, and everyone's demands are met.
Most of them don't even need to do any production, and only need a very small amount of labor, and the materials they produce are enough to support the entire city.
One day, a brave man set foot in this city.
He was delighted by the city's wealth, but also distressed by another thing.
He saw a cage in the most hidden corner of this glamorous city, in a dirty, smelly, maggot-infested alley.
In the cage, there was a thin, lifeless, smelly, white-haired child.
This child ate smelly slop that even dogs wouldn't eat, and his body was covered with disgusting sores. He cried out in despair day and night, but no one paid any attention.
How could the brave man bear to see this? He immediately wanted to break the cage and save the people.
At this time, the city lord stood up and said to the brave man.
The reason why this city is so rich and hundreds of thousands of residents are happy is at a price.
The price is the child trapped in this cage.
As long as this child endures the pain and torture in this cage, the people of the entire city will enjoy a fairyland-like life accordingly.
While children eat rotten food, the land in the city can continue to grow high-quality vegetables and fruits.
If a child suffers from a terrible disease, the entire city's population will be immune to all diseases.
Children cry and wail in despair here day and night, and people will be calm and there will be no friction or disputes.
And if the brave man breaks the cage and releases the child, the whole city will no longer have anything to do with the word "rich".
The land that was once rich in resources will become barren, and even if it is cultivated diligently, there will be no additional harvest.
All kinds of illnesses will befall the residents and they will have to bear them themselves.
People will no longer be calm and easily satisfied, but will become petty, with constant friction and even crime and war.
At that time, those who suffer will no longer be just one person, but millions of people.
"Brave man, knowing this, do you still want to break this cage?"
Lani's last words seemed to be imitating the city lord's question to the hero.
But it seemed more like a direct question to Qi Ji.
Qi Ji was silent for a while, his voice was icy cold.
"Tell me, where are those nine locations?"
