Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 1028 - Old Acquaintances of Tonight (One)

The night was forlorn. A dim half-moon shimmered among the dark clouds.

In the empty city, the standing buildings seemed to narrate its former glory.

Under the gentle night wind, white joss paper scattered across the ground, sometimes fluttering with the wind.

Within the murky buildings, a black horse carriage was silently pulled along a long street. Two glazed lanterns burned with dark-green ghost flames like gloomy eyes. The four large horses that pulled the carriage shimmered about. The clip-clopping of horse hooves were nowhere to be heard.

The arrival of the carriage did not break the deathly silence in the city. Instead, it was like an underground river that flowed into a lake.

The curtains to the carriage were lifted up, revealing a jade-like face. Ru Xin scanned the surroundings and was not fazed at all. She looked back and asked, “Your majesty, many people have died here before, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of eggs.”

This was once one of the eighty-one prefectural cities of the Green province. Ever since the Soaring Locust King breached the city, millions of people died in the mouths of the insects. At the same time, it became the largest insect nest in the north of the Green province, giving birth to countless locust Daemon Generals or even Daemon Commanders. However, after the combined efforts of the Green province cultivators, it had completely become a ghost city. The streets paved with stone were unsuitable for normal locusts to multiply in too.

“There are other insects here.”

The Dark Queen sat back and gently caressed the cat in her arms. The black cat lay on her lap lazily and did not become annoyed, which sure did compliment her bearing.

“People from the Sword Collection palace?” Ru Xin asked casually.

“Am I supposed to praise you as clever?” the Dark Queen asked.

“That won’t be necessary,” Ru Xin smiled and lowered the curtains, silently circulating the Heavenly Tome of Cloud Furnace. She did not try to persuade the Dark Queen against creating any unnecessary problems, even if this was the north of th

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