"Alright!" How could He Li let go of such an opportunity to make a contribution? He hurriedly ran over, secretly recalling the incantation he had recited earlier, "I ride the dark clouds, and open the heavenly gates wide."

The sun and moon return to the golden palace, the Southern Star revolves around the Jade Balance; the imperial canopy ascends to the purple palace, and elegant music enters Zheng…

Sure enough, there were patterns such as dark clouds, heavenly gates, heavenly sun, and golden palaces on those stone pillars. He hurriedly tried to match the corresponding patterns.

Unfortunately, just when he had matched two patterns, when he tried to match other patterns, the previously matched patterns would continue to rotate, causing the matching to fail.

He kept experimenting, but each time he focused on the head while neglecting the rear, and in the end he broke out in a cold sweat.

Zhao Ruizhi saw this, then walked over and shoved him aside: "Useless, you can't even do something this simple."

After he finished speaking, he began to rotate the corresponding pillars and quickly matched four of them. It was clear that he had observed from the side and had also figured out some patterns.

However, after he started working on the patterns behind, he discovered that rotating the others would cause the previously aligned pillars to rotate again and lose their order.

He frowned and adjusted it several times. The later parts matched, but the earlier parts didn't. For a moment, he was in a flurry of activity.

He Li, standing to the side, suppressed a smile, thinking to himself, "How did you just scold me? I thought you were so great, but this is all you are?"

Of course, he would never dare to say these things aloud.

Zhao Ruizhi was also a little embarrassed, and turned to look at Zu An: "According to what you just said, you can solve this mechanism?"

“Of course,” Zuan said proudly.

Zhao Ruizhi snorted: "Since that's the case, then you do it. If you can't solve this puzzle, you'll soon understand what regret means."

Zuan shook his head: "If I help you unlock the mechanism, you'll turn around and kill me, right? I'm not that stupid."

Zhao Ruizhi said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, with so many people as witnesses, as long as you can unlock the mechanism, I guarantee I won't kill you."

"Heh, your words are like farts. You just turned your back on me." Zu An sneered repeatedly.

Hearing him say that, a flash of anger crossed Zhao Ruizhi's eyes. It had been a long time since anyone had dared to speak to him like that.

Zhao Hao's anger level increased by 444!

However, for the sake of the bigger picture, he suppressed his anger: "If you don't believe me, I'll just swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao."

Zuan shook his head: "The elements of heaven and earth in this secret realm are extremely chaotic, so the oath of heaven is completely ineffective."

Zhao Ruizhi was startled. He knew that only someone at his level could perceive the anomalies of this world. How did this guy figure it out?

"This won't work, that won't work, what exactly do you want?" He was getting a little impatient.

Zuan said, “We don’t talk about oaths, only interests. There are all kinds of traps along the way in this secret realm. You almost have to rely on me to solve each one. We’ve only just finished the first floating island. There are two more floating islands to come. That magnificent palace will obviously have all kinds of complicated traps. If you hurt me in advance, and a certain trap cannot be solved in the end, you will be just one step away from immortality but unable to reach it. Wouldn’t that be the most regrettable thing in your life?”

He naturally wouldn't trust the other party so easily, but it was necessary to keep them calm for the time being. He also wanted to go to the top palace to find Qin Shi Huang's secret treasure and obtain the second half of the "Hongmeng Yuanshi Jing". With Mi Li's help, it would be like fighting on home soil. By utilizing the various arrangements in the palace, he would have the strength to fight the emperor.

Zhao Ruizhi laughed: "You're quite the smooth talker, kid. Well, you've successfully convinced me. As long as you can help me achieve immortality, I won't harm you."

“I already said it’s an exchange of benefits. I’ll help you achieve immortality, so what will you give me in return?” Zu’an said.

Zhao Ruizhi's face darkened: "Didn't I promise to spare your life? Are you trying to push your luck?"

"My life is far too insignificant compared to immortality," Zuan said with an air of nonchalance. "I won't do such a losing business. At worst, we'll all go down together."

Even He Li was somewhat impressed. This guy was truly a brave warrior, constantly testing the limits of his own life.

He actually wanted to negotiate with the emperor, but he always lost his nerve when he saw the emperor's eyes.

Bi Linglong bit her lip tightly. Although reason told her that the emperor, with his obsession with immortality, would most likely agree to his request, she couldn't help but worry about him and was very curious about what conditions Zu An would propose at this time.

"Fine, I'll let it slide. What do you want?" Zhao Ruizhi thought to himself that he would appease this guy first and get him to help him obtain immortality, and then settle accounts with him later.

Zuan pointed to the side: "I want her!"

Zhao Ruizhi flew into a rage: "You're asking for death!"

A chilling aura instantly erupted, but Zu An remained standing upright, looking at him without fear.

He Li, standing to the side, was truly impressed. This guy was just too awesome. I wanted to kneel down in front of him. He and the Crown Princess had done a lot of things to annoy the Emperor before, but that was because they were separated by two floating islands, and the Emperor couldn't get there in a short time. But now, he was directly asking for the Crown Princess in front of the Emperor.

He was very curious about how the emperor would respond.

Bi Linglong was originally very worried about Zu An's safety, but she never expected the other party to suddenly pull such a stunt, and her pretty face instantly turned pale.

This guy is really...

She wasn't sure what her mindset was at that moment, and she didn't understand why the other person would make such a request.

Isn't this touching the emperor's sore spot?

However, being rational is one thing, being emotional is another, and women are often emotional.

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