Gu Liyan's words were like a knife falling on Tianzhi's throat.

Tianzhi frowned. After all, Gu Liyan was invited by him personally, and Gu Liyan had not shown any malice towards him. If he allowed Murong Anhe to arrest him, he would really lose his reputation for breaking his promise.

At that moment, Tianzhi weighed the pros and cons, cleared his throat, and said to Murong Anhe, "Brother Murong, I invited young friend Mo Li here today. He is a guest by both courtesy and reason. You cannot arrest him!"

Murong Anhe stared coldly at Tianzhi. "Tianzhi, have you been bewitched by this fox demon? How can you speak up for her! Don't forget, the omens of the city's lockdown were a warning to every one of us!"

Murong Anhe pointed at Gu Liyan and said coldly, "If I'm not mistaken, he is definitely the demon that foreshadows the sealing of the city!"

Upon hearing Murong Anhe's words, Tianzhi was speechless. Yes, how could he have forgotten the signs of the city being sealed off!

Tianzhi frowned, pondering deeply, before finally speaking:

"The city-sealing formation was created by my Tianzhi. I can assure you that this fox demon cannot escape the Central City. Therefore, Mo Li was invited to my Zhi Mansion, and it is none of your business, Master Murong, interfering. You should go back to where you came from!"

Upon hearing Tianzhi's words, Murong Anhe's face flushed red with anger. He dared not act recklessly on Tianzhi's territory, and stood there, unsure whether to attack or retreat!

The atmosphere was incredibly awkward.

Upon seeing this, Gu Liyan couldn't help but smile. He turned around, bowed respectfully to Tianzhi, and said, "Thank you for clearing my name, sir. However, Master Murong is right; I am indeed a fox demon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Liyan unabashedly revealed a pair of fox ears, which startled Tianzhi so much that he trembled and pointed at Gu Liyan, unable to speak. Meanwhile, Murong Anhe and the others reacted quickly and took out their weapons, aiming them at Gu Liyan.

Gu Liyan smiled slightly and looked at everyone. "Everyone, there's no need to panic. I, Mo Liyan, am living in seclusion in the city because I want to spend the rest of my life as an ordinary person, so I will not harm any of you."

Hearing Gu Liyan's words, Tianzhi inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, though he was actually afraid of Gu Liyan's identity.

Gu Liyan smiled and looked at Tianzhi, then spoke:

"I was invited here today, but I didn't expect to cause you any unnecessary trouble. I am truly sorry."

Tianzhi looked at Gu Liyan with an indifferent expression, speechless.

Gu Liyan turned and walked towards Murong Anhe and the others, saying, "Since you know my identity, I have nothing to say. You may do as you please!"

Gu Liyan looked at Murong An and the group without offering any resistance. Tianzhi, standing behind her, saw Gu Liyan's act of surrender, and the fear in his heart gradually dissipated.

Without a word, Murong An and the exorcists behind him rushed forward and handcuffed and shackled Gu Liyan's limbs, firmly capturing him.

Murong Anhe looked at Gu Liyan with a cold expression and said, "Under the Central City protected by me, Murong Anhe, there is absolutely no demon that can escape my surveillance!"

Gu Liyan glanced at Murong Anhe, smiled slightly, and said nothing, letting the exorcist take him away.

After Gu Liyan was taken away, Murong Anhe glanced at Tianzhi and asked calmly, "Are you alright?"

Tianzhi waved his hand and let out a long sigh. "I didn't expect this guy to really be a demon."

"You sent someone to tell me that he lured out the Yin-Yang Twin Dragons. I immediately used my Heavenly Eye to investigate, but I only saw his true form. I didn't see any of his weaknesses at all," Murong Anhe said with a solemn expression.

"No matter what, we must nip it in the bud. After all, the signs of a city lockdown are never wrong!" Tianzhi said with unwavering conviction.

“Disciple understands!” Murong Anhe said.

It turns out that speaking up for Gu Liyan before was all just a performance by Tianzhi to survive!

For wise men who are powerless, their wisdom is undoubtedly the best weapon, and they are also the ones who cherish their lives the most!

However, Tianzhi seemed to have forgotten that Gu Liyan had left an invisible magic array here!

——

With his eyes closed, Gu Liyan could only purse his lips as images of Tianzhi's laboratory flashed through his mind: What a wise man he is!

Looking down at himself, trapped in the water dungeon and bound hand and foot, Gu Liyan couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly: "The peace and quiet in the cage!"

"You won't have peace and quiet for long!"

Suddenly, a hoarse voice rang out from the darkness. Gu Liyan looked up in confusion and saw a man with disheveled hair, bare-chested, and covered in whip marks.

Gu Liyan asked, somewhat puzzled, "Friend, what do you mean by this?"

"Friends? Hahaha! Friends! There's actually someone who dares to call me a friend!" the man laughed maniacally.

"My name is Mo Li. It is fate that we are in the same prison, so we can naturally be called friends!" Gu Liyan said with a smile.

"Hahahaha, the only one who can still laugh here besides me, Mo Tang, is you, a fool who doesn't know your own mortality!" Mo Tang said without any politeness.

Before Gu Liyan could say anything, a lot of footsteps suddenly came, and everything around seemed to stop. Mo Tang also stopped laughing.

Then, more than thirty burly men opened the cages one by one, and screams of terror came from all directions.

"Ah! Help!"

"Devil! Don't come any closer!"

Gu Liyan's lips twitched in shock. Was this a prison or an execution ground? Why were the prisoners behaving like sheep?

Da da da—

As the group arrived at Gu Liyan's cell, a gruff voice burst into laughter:

"Haha, I didn't expect this, we have a new member today!"

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