"No, it's not him!" Xie Qi held the extremely sharp sword blade tightly and couldn't help thinking in his mind.

If Liu Yansong is really the deeply hidden villain, then even if his plan has been exposed, he will never give up his desire to survive easily.

However, what puzzled Xie Qi was that since the other party was not a bad person, why did the formation he just set up cause the Eight Demons Formation to loosen?

At this moment, Liu Yansong stared expressionlessly at Xie Qi, who was still holding the sword tightly and refusing to let go, and said in a cold tone: "Let go."

Xie Qi was brought back to reality by this voice. He quickly turned his gaze to Liu Yansong and said, "Elder Liu, I have no intention of stopping you, but are you aware that the Eight Demon Formation has begun to loosen? Just now, the formation you cast became the key factor in releasing the Eight Demon Formation Tower's restraints."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yansong's body suddenly stiffened. He turned his head in disbelief and looked in the direction of the Eight Demons Formation Tower. It was only then that he noticed something strange there.

Previously, in order to successfully set up that mysterious formation, Liu Yansong had locked himself in the room and was completely unaware of the changes happening in the outside world.

However, after hearing Xie Qi's words in person, he instantly grasped the clues. If the formation he had set up was indeed as Xie Qi described, then didn't that mean he had fallen into a carefully designed trap? At this thought, a chill ran up his spine, making him shudder.

"Elder Liu, who told you about this formation?" Xie Qi stared at Liu Yansong with burning eyes and asked anxiously.

Liu Yansong met Xie Qi's sharp gaze, and felt his brain dizzy and his thoughts in a mess. After a long while, he slowly shook his head and replied, "I don't know, I just received a letter."

After saying that, he reached into the ring space, took out the letter, and handed it to Xie Qi.

When Liu Yansong's eyes fell on Xie Qi's scarred and bloodstained hands, a sense of guilt surged in his heart.

He frowned slightly, sighed softly, and then quickly took out a bottle of extremely precious healing liquid from his arms and poured it on Xie Qi's wounded fingers.

Not long after, the cuts made by the sharp sword blades began to heal slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After Xie Qi read the contents of the letter, his expression became increasingly serious. He finally understood why Liu Yansong had taken the risk of setting up the formation.

But since Liu Yansong was used as a pawn by others, who is the real mastermind behind the scenes?

In an instant, Xue Yun's figure suddenly appeared in Xie Qi's mind.

Xie Qi turned his head abruptly, his gaze fixed in the direction of the Eight Demon Formation Tower. Immediately, he asked impatiently, "Elder Liu, if... if that person isn't an alchemist, then what other methods could make someone's body emit the fragrance of an elixir?"

Liu Yansong was a little confused by Xie Qi's sudden question, but seeing Xie Qi's eagerness, he answered truthfully, "Generally speaking, after someone soaks in the Dan Bath, their body will emit the Dan fragrance for a short period of time."

Upon hearing this, Xie Qi quickly asked, "Has Xue Yun ever taken a Dan bath?!"

Liu Yansong hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Well... Xue Yun used to come to my place every month to take a Dan bath because of his injury."

At this moment, a deafening rumble was heard across the sky, coming from the direction of the Eight Demon Formation Tower.

The two looked up and saw that the originally clear sky was now covered with dark clouds. The thick clouds were like a black curtain, covering the entire Eight Demons Formation Tower layer by layer.

Dazzling flashes of lightning shuttled through the clouds, making bursts of roars from time to time, as if they were going to tear the world apart.

Xie Qi saw this scene and thought to himself that it was not good. He said without hesitation, "Elder Liu, the situation is critical. There is no time to delay! The dean and the others are inside the Eight Demon Formation Tower. They are in danger."

After saying that, Xie Qi's figure flashed and instantly turned into a stream of light, rushing towards the Eight Demons Formation Tower.

Seeing this, Liu Yansong knew the seriousness of the situation and did not dare to hesitate at all. He immediately set off and followed Xie Qi closely, flying towards the formation tower.

At this moment, after hearing Xie Qi's words, Liu Yansong's despair gradually calmed down. As his rationality returned, he also realized the seriousness of the situation.

Before, he had no idea what was happening, but now that he knew what was happening, he knew that he had a heavy responsibility.

Liu Yansong endured the severe pain deep in his heart, gritted his teeth and looked forward.

Thinking back to what happened just now, if Xie Qi had not arrived in time and stopped him from setting up that terrible formation, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

At this moment, Liu Yansong was swiftly flying over the other departments. He looked down and saw that the disciples and spiritual masters from their respective departments were rushing out because of this sudden and strange scene.

Each of them had a look of astonishment and curiosity on their faces as they looked up at the shocking scene in the sky.

"Elder Liu! What is going on now?!" Someone in the crowd saw Liu Yansong and couldn't help but shout loudly, his voice full of anxiety and uneasiness.

However, Liu Yansong did not stop his rapid progress. Instead, he continued to fly forward while transmitting his words to the spiritual masters of various departments through his spiritual power.

"Everyone, there's been some unusual activity in the Eight Demon Formation Tower. Quickly organize your disciples to get away from the tower as quickly as possible! Don't let them get close, or they might get into trouble!"

Afterwards, Xie Qi and Liu Yansong stepped into the formation tower, but they were surrounded by thick fog. There was silence all around, so quiet that it made people feel a little creepy.

Liu Yansong did not dare to delay at all. He quickly took out a spirit disk that emitted a faint light from his arms, muttered something, and tried to detect Xiu Qiyan's location through the spirit disk.

However, the pointer on the spirit disk seemed to have lost its direction and kept spinning randomly, completely unable to point to the target accurately.

Liu Yansong frowned, took out an exquisite spiritual communication mirror, formed seals with his hands, and injected spiritual power into it, hoping to get in touch with Xiu Qiyan.

However, no matter how hard he tried, the Lingxun Mirror did not respond at all.

At this moment, 948's voice rang out in Xie Qi's mind: "Host, I have tied the red thread between you and the male protagonist. As long as you follow the red thread, you will be able to find the male protagonist smoothly."

Hearing this, Xie Qi looked down and found that a thin red thread had quietly wrapped around his middle finger and was winding forward.

"Elder Liu, I know where they are!"

Xie Qi said this, and then without hesitation, he ran along the red line. Seeing this, Liu Yansong hurriedly followed him.