The black clouds return, and the city is nowhere to be seen, just layers of black air covering the sky, like a dream or a blip.
It is possible to say that it exists, or that it is a mirage.
The most crucial thing is that this place seems to be very far away, and although it is only morning, it would be a fool's errand to try to get there before sunset.
Su Ziwu smiled gently: "There is form and formlessness for Youming, and since it is called Youming City, it is naturally hidden in the fog and exists in the fog, hidden from the eye, yet close to the eye."
With that, Su Ziwu waved his hand and took the lead in walking into a low grey-black forest in front of him.
As soon as they entered the forest, it was like entering a forest that had just been burned by a fire, with smoke filling the air, trees withered and leafless, and only grey and black tree trunks standing in the sky.
After walking through it, it was as if they had entered a maze, unable to distinguish between east and west, north and south, front and back, and after only a few minutes, they were completely lost in the forest.
The group panicked, but Su Ziwu smiled peacefully, as if he had already made up his mind: "If you don't know the way to You Ming City, in this black forest, you will only endlessly walk in place and die here."
After he finished speaking, Su Ziwu took out a stone about the size of an egg in his hand, and as he gently let out a breath of air onto the stone, it immediately emitted a burst of meditative light, which seemed to be bright in this faint place for a while.
However, to Han Qianqian and the others, even though the stone was lit up, the surroundings were still the same as they were in Gu, and nothing seemed to have changed.
The mountain was still the same, the ground was still the same, and the fog around them was the same, with neither east nor west visible.
"Stay close to me." Su Ziwu smiled gently and, with the stone in his hand, walked forward with great strides.
The group of people were all headless, so they could only hurry to follow Su Ziwu along the way. However, it was miraculous that, although the people had doubts about whether Su Ziwen was faking it all along the way, after an hour or so, with the sudden disappearance of the mists, the road in front of them became unusually clear, and the so-called You Ming City, which was hidden in the mist, gradually faintly appeared through the woods at a remote corner.
"It's Youming City, it's Youming City." Someone shouted with unbridled excitement at once.
After all, it was almost suffocating to be in that misty, ghost-like forest, and now that we were seeing it from afar, we naturally felt different.
Su Ziwu smiled faintly, a faint sense of satisfaction surfacing on his radiant face as he put the stone away in his hand and smiled, "Do you all still think we can make it to the city before nightfall?"
The crowd all smiled with relief, much relieved.
With the speed visible to the naked eye, they would certainly be able to reach the city before nightfall.
"However, the land of the devils is full of killings even for the people of the devils, so I am afraid that if we go in with a large group of people, we will be too flamboyant and will attract unnecessary trouble." Su Ziwu spoke faintly.
Han Qianqian nodded, "According to senior Su's opinion?"
Su Ziwu frowned slightly, thinking for a moment before muttering, "We should split up, and the group should be divided into ten or so, disguised to look like a merchant."
"Although Youming City is the land of the demons, trading and commerce has been done since ancient times, disguising as merchants to enter the city, this is indeed a good method."
"However, how should we divide the team?" Green Pearl finished and looked at the crowd.
"Third grandfather, I want to be in a team with three thousand." Without waiting for someone to speak, Su Yan over there was the one who rushed at Su Ziwu with a pout, and then padded over to Han Qianqian's side.
Su Ziwu was obviously stunned, his own young lady knew and understood herself well, since childhood, when had he ever seen her pampered? He laughed bitterly and looked at Han Qianqian, shaking his head, "It's true that women are too big to stay, so I can only follow Miss's wish and join Young Warrior Han's team together."
Han Qianqian smiled in response. As clever as he was, how could he not know what Su Yan had in mind? On the surface, it looked like she wanted to be on the same team as himself, but in reality, she was just helping herself to bring Su Yingxia over.
As for the others, Han Nian, Qinglong, Piercing Mountain Armour, Green Pearl and Qin Shannon naturally stayed close to Han Qianqian, while the other eight monsters formed their own team and, together with a small detachment of the rest of the Su family, set off into the land of the devils under Han Qianqian's leadership to set off for Youming City!