Chu Qinghe said calmly, "Senior is at the early stage of the Divine Seat Realm. With your high skill and great courage, how could you possibly take us juniors at the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm seriously? Moreover, compared to fighting inside Wu'an County, it is much more convenient and discreet to take action outside the city. What's so strange about Senior following us here?"

Upon hearing this, the masked man nodded and said, "That's right. You seem to be quite clever. It's just a pity that clever people usually don't live very long."

Chu Qinghe smiled and said, "Whether you're clever or not is another matter. Considering how willingly we juniors have cooperated, I wonder if you could answer a few of my questions, senior? So that we can die knowing why?"

Upon hearing this, the masked man opposite him pondered for a moment before speaking, "Since you were able to recognize me, I can answer a few questions for you."

Chu Qinghe chuckled and said, "Then thank you very much, senior. Why don't you explain your identity first?"

His gaze fell upon Chu Qinghe, and after a moment's hesitation, the man spoke: "Captain of the Bad People, Tian Mengxing."

Chu Qinghe raised an eyebrow as he listened to the reply.

"Tianmeng Star, one of the Thirty-Six Stars of Tiangang. Sure enough, there are differences in strength among the Thirty-Six Captains of the Bad People."

Moreover, the difference in strength among these thirty-six captains was even greater than Chu Qinghe had imagined.

Like the Heavenly Killer Star I met at the Hengshan Sect, who was only at the mid-stage of the Grandmaster realm.

But this person's cultivation has now reached the Divine Seat Realm.

The difference in their strength and cultivation levels is like heaven and earth.

As thoughts raced through his mind, Chu Qinghe's expression remained unchanged as he continued to ask, "I have never heard of the Bad People before. Would you be willing to tell me more about them, senior?"

The masked man shook his head and said, "No comment."

"Hey, you're pretty tight-lipped."

After muttering to himself, Chu Qinghe asked again, "Then what is the purpose of your trip to Wu'an County this time, Senior?"

The masked man pointed at Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue.

Noticing the spot the masked man was pointing to, Chu Qinghe slightly turned his face.

"As expected, they came for Dongfang and Yaoyue."

Seeing the other party's gesture, Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue's expressions darkened slightly.

Dongfang Bubai then spoke up, "Ever since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, your Bad People have been targeting this leader. What exactly is your intention?"

When asked by Dongfang Bubai, the man shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Listening to what the man said, Chu Qinghe shook his head and said, "It's no fun for you to keep things to yourself like this, senior!"

The masked man remained silent, simply watching Chu Qinghe and the others.

Seeing this, Chu Qinghe sighed and said, "Since that's the case, senior, would you be willing to tell me what your intentions were when you, the Bad People, took Ling Donglai away in the Great Song Dynasty?"

Upon hearing what Chu Qinghe mentioned, the expression on the masked man's face changed drastically.

The look in her eyes as she gazed at Chu Qinghe had also become colder.

The next second, the masked man's body leaned forward slightly as his true energy surged, as if he was about to make a move.

However, before the masked man could make any further moves, as Chu Qinghe's true essence slowly circulated, its path suddenly changed, and a special kind of energy appeared out of thin air and enveloped him.

In an instant, the masked man felt immense pressure pressing down from all directions.

Under this terrifying pressure, as heavy as a mountain and as vast as the sea, the ground beneath the masked man's feet suddenly sank five inches, causing both of his legs to sink into the ground.

Feeling his body unable to move, the masked man's expression beneath the mask turned terrified.

"How is that possible?"

From the moment Chu Qinghe set off, the masked man could clearly determine from the fluctuations of Chu Qinghe's true essence that Chu Qinghe's cultivation was only at the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm.

But now, Chu Qinghe, who is only at the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm, has instantly condensed such terrifying pressure that he is unable to move.

"Damn it, the intelligence was wrong."

After cursing inwardly, the masked man couldn't help but ask, "Who exactly are you?"

This time, the masked man's voice lacked its previous certainty and gentleness; it was trembling and filled with astonishment and terror.

In response to the masked man's question, Chu Qinghe chuckled and said, "You don't need to worry about who I am, senior. You just need to explain the questions I just raised in detail."

However, as Chu Qinghe spoke, the masked man in front of him remained silent, his true energy surging wildly within him, his muscles tense, trying to break free from the pressure around him.

No matter how the masked man tried, even though his face was flushed red, he still couldn't move his body at all.

The next second, a sword aura seemed to materialize out of thin air and swept down from above past the masked man.

Then, the mask on the man's face silently split in two and fell to the ground, revealing the man's true face.

He has a square face, and although his features are ordinary, he has a cold and aloof air about him, especially between his eyebrows, which reveals an extraordinary demeanor.

The man in the courtyard was startled when his mask was destroyed.

The destruction of the mask was secondary; the key point was that, in that instant, the man had no idea how his mask had been destroyed.

This is what made the man feel a chill run down his spine.

However, just as the man was filled with fear and dread, he suddenly felt as if he had been hit hard on the head with a hammer, causing his head to buzz.

As Chu Qinghe's true essence circulated, strands of the power of heaven and earth also flowed out from his Qihai acupoint, mixing with his true essence and gushing out from his body.

In an instant, a sword aura suddenly condensed around the man. As the sword auras rang out, a special wave burst out from these sword auras and then affected the man.

Under this fluctuation, the man in the distance visibly froze.

I had a bit of writer's block, so it's a little late!