"Baiwu! Baiwu! "
"Wake up!"
Ying Baiwu seemed to have heard Li Ziqi and Lu Zhiruo calling her. She opened her eyes in a daze. (Wasn't I shopping?
Why does my head hurt so much?) (I was beaten up by someone!)
"Baiwu, boohoohoo, it's great that you're fine!"
Lu Zhiruo cried tears of joy and rubbed her head on Ying Baiwu's shoulder.
"Zhiruo?"
The iron-headed girl was shocked. "What is this place?"
"It should be a secret base of the enemy!"
Li Ziqi explained.
Other than Ying Baiwu and Lu Zhiruo, Jiang Leng and Xuanyuan Po were here as well. The place they were locked up in was a sealed cell.
Other than a metal door that could only be entered by bending one's waist, the surroundings were all stone walls made from huge rocks. When one knocked on the walls with their fingers, they couldn't feel any echo.
Drip! Drip!
The air in the cell was thick with humidity. Green moss grew in the corners of the walls. Other than the water dripping down from the ceiling, there was nothing else.
Ying Baiwu looked at the stone cuffs on her hands. There were complicated spirit runes on them. She struggled with all her might but discovered that she couldn't circulate her spirit qi at all.
"Save some strength. We've tried before. These stone cuffs are engraved with spirit runes. After wearing them, the spirit qi in your body will be sealed. You won't be able to tear them apart with your own strength."
Jiang Leng sat in the corner. His deadman face was still expressionless.
Ying Baiwu didn't give up. She continued to exert force and even smashed the stone cuffs against the wall.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The stone cuffs weren't polished and the edges were very rough. Moreover, such great force caused Ying Baiwu's wrists to start bleeding. However, she didn't stop.
"Ruthless enough!"
Xuanyuan Po's lips twitched. After trying it earlier, he gave up. These stone cuffs weren't so easy to break.
Achoo! "
Lu Zhiruo sneezed. She lifted her arm and wiped her nose. After that, she looked at the ceiling and felt a little worried. "Teacher will definitely be anxious to death if we get lost!"
"Jiang Leng, you shouldn't have allowed yourself to be captured. If you could escape, you could have informed Teacher."
Li Ziqi grumbled.
Back then in the bookstore, she and Lu Zhiruo had been captured. Jiang Leng immediately discovered that something was wrong and wasn't captured. However, after the enemy used the two of them as hostages to threaten him, Jiang Leng gave up.
Dead Face shook his head and did not explain.
Now that you've been captured, who knows what terrible things will happen to you. At least if I follow you, I'll have a chance to save you.
Li Ziqi pursed her lips. When she said this, she wasn't complaining that Jiang Leng didn't leave. Rather, she hated herself for becoming a burden.
This was a huge favor he owed!
After that, he felt a little apologetic in his heart. One must know that back then when Sun Mo accepted Jiang Leng as his disciple, Li Ziqi had objected to it. After all, Jiang Leng was covered in damaged spirit runes. No matter how one looked at it, he was trash with no future.
But this piece of trash was very humane.
"Don't worry, Teacher will definitely come to save us!"
Jiang Leng spoke, "Baiwu, stop smashing things. What you need to do now is to try your best to maintain silence and not attract the enemy's attention."
This was also one of the reasons why Jiang Leng didn't flee to report this. He felt that given Sun Mo's intelligence, he would definitely be able to find him in time.
"Yes, if they get annoyed by you, we'll be the ones to suffer in the end."
Earlier, she didn't stop Ying Baiwu because she wanted to take this chance to observe the strength of the enemy's guards.
But now, there was no longer a need because footsteps rang out from outside. After that, there was the sound of a saber scabbard smashing against the door.
"Be quiet or I will kill you all!"
An explosive shout rang out from outside.
"From the moment the stone cuffs were smashed to the moment the warning appeared, it would take about 50 seconds. Based on the number of steps they took, they should be standing guard at a distance of 30 to 50 meters away."
Li Ziqi analyzed.
"Come in!"
Ying Baiwu and Xuanyuan Po called out in unison.
"If you have the guts, come in and kill this little lord!"
The combat addict ran toward the metal door and gave a flying kick.
Bang!
The sound was ear-piercing.
Curses could be heard outside, but no one came in.
"Who are the other party?"
Ying Baiwu took in a few deep breaths and suppressed her unhappy emotions. She started to think of how to escape. As for fear? It was nonexistent.
In any case, even if she died, she had to save Ziqi and Zhiruo!
It wasn't because her relationship with them was extremely good and they had already gone through life and death together. Rather, it was because her teacher doted on them.
"If they were injured or died, Teacher would definitely be very sad."
Ying Baiwu looked at Xuanyuan Po. "Stop quarreling, conserve your energy!"
"It's the people from the Dragonspirit Manor!"
Li Ziqi looked at Jiang Leng. The two of them had discussed this before and felt that the other party's target should be him and Ying Baiwu. She and Zhiruo were merely caught in the crossfire.
"They want Teacher's dragon ball spirit rune?"
Ying Baiwu lowered her voice and had a gloomy expression.
"If that's the case, I'd rather die!"
Lu Zhiruo shrank in a corner. Disappointment was written all over her face. She had caused trouble for her teacher again.
"If you died, Teacher would feel even more heartache!"
Li Ziqi consoled, "Don't let your imagination run wild."
Actually, Li Ziqi was afraid as well. But as the eldest martial sister, she had to force herself to calm down. Also, as an intelligent girl, she could see things more clearly than others.
If the other party only wanted the dragon ball spirit rune, things would be simple.
Given how much her teacher loved everyone, let alone a spirit rune, he would even be willing to give them a saint-tier cultivation art.
Most probably, the other party wanted to use Baiwu and Jiang Leng as an experiment. After all, the other party specialized in researching spirit runes.
The atmosphere in the room turned heavy once again.
After the little sunny egg heard the footsteps getting further away, she waited for a while and lowered her voice. "I'll release the stone cuffs for you guys now. But without my command, you guys are not to act recklessly."
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The gazes of the few of them directly turned over.
"Eldest martial sister, you..."
Lu Zhiruo had a look of pleasant surprise on her face. Her small mouth turned into an 'O' shape. As for Jiang Leng, he had a look of astonishment on his face.
Because he came from the Dragonspirit Manor, Jiang Leng wasn't a stranger to these stone cuffs. These were handcuffs that could even imprison powerful cultivators at the Longevity Realm. Other than the material, the spirit runes on them were the most terrifying.
They were created by Dean Bai based on the research of ancient spirit runes excavated from some ruins in the darkness.
They were unique to Dean Bai.
If one wanted to release the stone cuffs, they either had to be told the method by Dean Bai or they had to understand the theory behind these spirit runes and decipher them.
(Eldest martial sister, is it because your brain is too good? Or is it because Teacher's teaching is too good?)
Although they had already left the Dragonspirit Manor, Bai Wenzhang was still an extremely outstanding existence in Jiang Leng's heart. But now, Li Ziqi had deciphered his spirit runes...
It felt a little surreal!
"Xuanyuan, I'm talking about you!"
Li Ziqi warned.
"I know, you should hurry up!"
Xuanyuan Po immediately stood before Li Ziqi.
Li Ziqi touched the stone cuffs on Xuanyuan Po's hands and channeled spirit qi into them, activating the five spirit runes. Kacha. A light sound rang out from the stone cuffs. The mechanical structure inside was unlocked.
Xuanyuan Po had a look of joy on his face and wanted to break free.
"Stop!"
Li Ziqi, who was long prepared, let out a low bellow and grabbed the hands of the combat addict.
"Eh, it's an instinctive reaction!"
Xuanyuan Po explained awkwardly.
"Eldest martial sister, you are so impressive!"
Seeing the stone cuffs being unlocked, Lu Zhiruo felt both admiration and envy. (Why can't I be so impressive?) (No wonder you can become Teacher's favorite child.)
"Is it difficult?"
Jiang Leng was curious.
"It's a little difficult, but the process of deciphering it is very interesting!"
After Li Ziqi said that, she smiled in self-mockery. "However, these stone cuffs were created a long time ago. Hence, these spirit runes should be works from tens of years ago. From this, one can tell how high the standard of the person who invented them was."
"You should be proud. You are the first person I've seen to be able to decipher these spirit runes in less than half an hour!"
Jiang Leng didn't lie.
Children like them had all learned about spirit runes before.
Back then, if one wanted to become Dean Bai's personal disciple, they had to pass six tests. One of the tests was to put on these stone cuffs and throw them into a pool. After that, they had to release water into it.
The time limit was one hour. Those who couldn't do it were all drowned alive.
After Jiang Leng saw those corpses, he gave up. Although he relied on his extremely outstanding aptitude and became Dean Bai's personal disciple, he still couldn't escape the fate of becoming an experimental subject.
"All this pride was given to me by Teacher!"
At the thought of Sun Mo, Li Ziqi smiled sweetly. Even during the test, Sun Mo would take out some time to guide her every night.
He really did his best to teach her!
One could say that Li Ziqi had learned everything that Sun Mo knew.
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Li Ziqi + 500. Reverence (43510/100000).
"If you encounter danger, show your knowledge of spirit runes to Bai Wenzhang!"
Jiang Leng reminded, "You might be able to preserve your life."
"Everyone, come over here. I will tell you all about my plan!"
Li Ziqi called out to everyone, especially Xuanyuan Po. This fellow actually started to meditate again. Clearly, he was making preparations for a fight.
However, just when everyone gathered together, the sound of footsteps rang out from outside.
There was no solution to it. Li Ziqi and the others could only hurriedly disperse, putting on expressions of depressed and sullen prisoners.
Clank!
The metal door opened.
Ding Yi walked in. After looking around the prison, his gaze landed on Li Ziqi. "Come out!"
"What do you want to do?"
Lu Zhiruo and Ying Baiwu stood up. However, Jiang Leng and Xuanyuan Po's speed was even faster. They directly blocked Li Ziqi's path.
"Haha!"
Ding Yi laughed and walked over. After that, he punched Xuanyuan Po's chin.
Bang!
Xuanyuan Po didn't move at all, but the corners of his lips cracked.
"Xuanyuan, get out of the way!"
Li Ziqi berated. Ding Yi had lost to the combat addict back then, and he definitely harbored hatred in his heart. If they blocked him now, they would definitely be asking for trouble.
As expected, when Ding Yi saw this, he ruthlessly punched Xuanyuan Po's stomach again.
"As a prisoner, you should have the awareness of a prisoner!"
Ding Yi spat out a mouthful of saliva. If it wasn't for the fact that Xuanyuan Po was an experimental body and couldn't be injured, he would really want to cripple this fellow.
"Jiang Leng, watch over him. Nothing will happen to me!"
Li Ziqi urged.
Jiang Leng was helpless and hugged Xuanyuan Po. If this fellow acted recklessly, they might lose their final chance to escape.
"Eldest martial sister!"
Lu Zhiruo cried.
Clank!
The metal door closed and Li Ziqi was brought away.
"What should we do now?"
The papaya girl was so anxious that she cried. "Why isn't Teacher here yet?"
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