"Zuo Qingcang! What are you doing?! " Seeing the dagger sticking out from his neck, the old man was shocked. He turned around, only to find a hand pressing down on his shoulder. A huge force was pressing down on him, making him unable to move.
Zuo Qingcang's expression was as cold as ice. He pressed the dagger against the old man's neck, and there were even traces of blood coming out.
"I just have some questions for you."
The old man struggled, "What are you talking about? Let me go! "
Zuo Qingcang's hands were as still as a machine. He slowly said, "I have seen people who have lived alone for many years, and they are not like you."
"There are no words on the murals, but you were able to deduce the existence of Shenzong and the Star Shifting Formation."
"The secret manual of the Southern Sacred Sect is written in the language of the Cloud People, and you happen to know this language."
"You have been stealing the corpses of the Dwarf Spirits for decades, and you were caught when I was at a bottleneck in my cultivation. You forced us to risk everything and go deep underground."
"In the maze of the Eternal Bright Lantern, you were the one who reminded me of the uniqueness of the Eternal Bright Lantern, and I was able to break the illusion formation."
"One by one, they are all coincidences, but when all of them are strung together, do you think they are still coincidences?"
"You are familiar with this ancient tomb, and you know the mechanisms here, but you have been pushing me from the beginning to the end, causing me to come here. You must have wanted me to do something. "
With each sentence that Zuo Qingcang said, the old man's countenance changed. By the time Zuo Qingcang finished speaking, the old man's forehead was already drenched in cold sweat. However, he continued to shake his head stubbornly and kept on saying, "No, you're wrong. These are all coincidences! I don't know this place at all, I have never come to the deepest part of the ancient tomb, I have never wanted to use you. "He looked as if he was really wronged, and kept defending himself.
Originally, according to Zuo Qingcang's judgment, the old man was feigning civility. From the first time he appeared, he had intentionally concealed his identity, age, and past, and kept guiding him to the deepest part of the ancient tomb.
Therefore, he chose to make the first move before reaching the coffin and force out the real secret of the ancient tomb.
"I'm sorry. Although you've saved me before, if you don't clear up my doubts, I won't let you off." Zuo Qingcang's hand moved down slowly from the old man's shoulder.
"There's something I haven't told you yet."
"After I connected the Xiantian Qi in my four limbs and torso, I left the ancient tomb from the tree hole while you were sleeping every day."
"How is this possible?!"
Before the old man could finish his words, Zuo Qingcang's hand clasped the old man's wrist and pressed him to the ground. His legs were straddling the old man's waist.
The whole process was as smooth as flowing water. With Zuo Qingcang's current strength and skills, the old man was unable to resist and was pinned to the ground. As for the corpses of the dwarf spirits that he was carrying on his back, Zuo Qingcang had already thrown them to the ground.
The dagger in his hand slid across the old man's back like a poisonous snake. Then, Zuo Qingcang stabbed the dagger into the ground at the tip of the old man's nose. Then, he pressed the old man's head and said slowly, "How can I only listen to the words of a stranger? I went out to confirm whether or not the entire island was enveloped by the so-called Star Shifting Grand Formation. "
"Unfortunately, there is no such thing as the Star Shifting Formation. I made a wooden raft and went out to sea, but I didn't feel any force at all that was stopping me from leaving."
Although the old man was pressed to the ground, he was still struggling. "That's impossible. There are monsters outside. There are giant elephants and women of yin. How did you escape?!"
Of course, Zuo Qingcang wouldn't tell the old man how he used the corpses of the dwarf spirits to lure the monsters. Every time the old man was sleeping, he spent almost a few weeks to confirm the habits of the women of yin. He memorized the terrain of the tree hole bit by bit, how he used the mud from the roots to cover his body, and how he used the explosive power he gained from practicing the true martial arts to sneak out while holding his breath.
Because every time he went out, he had to try to return to the ancient tomb within two hours to avoid being discovered by the old man. The risk he took was not less than the risk of passing through the maze of the eternal lamp. Even now, he dared not say that he was 100% safe every time he went out.
He just said exaggeratedly, "You don't have to worry about how to get out. Anyway, I can go in and out of the ancient tomb at will now. The so-called Star Shifting Formation doesn't exist, or it has already lost its effect. If you want to leave, I can leave at any time. As long as you tell me the secret you're hiding, I can bring you with me. "
"The Star Shifting Formation is really gone?" The old man became agitated. "Then we can leave immediately! Why are you still pressing on me? I'm not hiding any secrets from you. What you said was really a coincidence. I saved you. Don't you believe me? "
Feeling the old man's pulse, Zuo Qingcang's eyes were still staring at the old man's eyes. He was judging whether the old man was lying based on his experience and the psychological knowledge he had learned from torture.
'He doesn't seem to be lying …
'Could it really be a coincidence?
'The Star Shifting Formation hasn't disappeared, but from the looks of it, he doesn't seem to have realized that I'm lying to him.'
The old man below him trembled and shouted, "Let go of me! Zuo Qingcang, I'm telling you, you've wronged me! I've never lied from the beginning. If I've lied to you, then I'll die a horrible death! "
"If I really knew everything, I wouldn't have taken so many risks! I'd have come down myself, turned off all the formations, Dao techniques, and left immediately! "
Zuo Qingcang frowned and began to hesitate. Of course, he wasn't hesitating whether he was wrong. Instead, he was hesitating whether he should knock the old man out immediately and remove this unstable factor before solving the final puzzle in the ancient tomb alone. Or whether he should tie the old man up and go check on Shenzong's coffin alone.
This hesitation took less than a second. Just as Zuo Qingcang decided to tie the old man up with a rope, something strange happened.
It was at the instant the old man looked toward Zuo Qingcang. Their gazes met. Then, just as the old man blinked, Zuo Qingcang immediately reacted. He raised his head and closed his eyes.
However, his actions were still too slow compared to blinking.
'Lighting a fire in the blink of an eye? During this period of time, he didn't have time to absorb spiritual power at all. He should have no spiritual power to use Dao techniques. '
A burning sensation came from outside his eyelids. It was a Dao technique called Blinking Fire. The boiling heat directly ignited on his eyelids. Zuo Qingcang groaned and stabbed the dagger in his hand toward the old man's back.
The dagger directly cut into the old man's back. As Zuo Qingcang stirred, it made a splashing sound. He forced himself to open his eyes. Tears flowed out of his eyes without stopping. He could only vaguely see that the old man under him seemed to have been dyed red by blood.
However, because of the old man's struggle, he didn't stab the old man's heart.
Amidst his tears, the elderly man's voice rang out next to Zuo Qingcang's ears. Although his voice was the same, there was an additional hint of coldness and loneliness that was unique to him.
"I told you before that flames are the closest to spiritual power in the world. It can even be said to be a kind of spiritual power. It's also the easiest power to absorb and use.
Therefore, Daoists who practice flame Dao techniques improve the fastest and absorb spiritual power the fastest. "
If Zuo Qingcang could see the old man's face clearly, he would find that the old man's expression and temperament had undergone a huge change. It was as if he had become a different person. A strong sense of malice emerged from within.
'Is it because light and heat are a kind of radiation, so it's absorbed especially quickly?
Then, by being close to the magma for a short period of time, he absorbed the heat here? 'As he thought of this, Zuo Qingcang attacked again without hesitation.
The dagger in his hand was already piercing toward the old man's head. His other hand reached for the old man's shoulder, wanting to remove the old man's joints.
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