Chapter 16 Goodbye, old man.

An intuitive sense of danger came over him, and Mu Xingchen narrowed his eyes, "There's something wrong with this person." After saying that, Mu Xingchen intuitively condensed a huge amount of spiritual power and flew towards the center of the formation at a rapid speed.

The old man snorted and laughed. He lay on the ground, picking his ears with one hand and waving the other hand gently in the direction of Mu Xingchen.

In an instant, two powerful spiritual powers clashed, the entire space was deformed by the shock, cracks appeared faintly at the center of the formation, and Mu Xingchen's veil was blown off, revealing a young face.

The old man sat up and said in surprise: "Huh? You girl, why do you look so young? How old are you? You are not an old monster in young appearance, are you?"

Mu Xingchen narrowed her eyes: "Xiao Qi, this old man is so strong, he didn't use his full strength." Her hands felt slightly numb, and blood oozed from her palms.

Xiao Qi said calmly: "He has no intention of killing."

"Little girl, I don't want to hurt you, stop now." The old man warned.

Mu Xingchen frowned as he looked at the center of the formation. It was just a little bit away, just a little bit.

"Okay, senior, let's stop at the same time." After saying that, Mu Xingchen withdrew his hand with a smile. At the same time, the old man also withdrew his spiritual power. "You girl are really..." Before he could finish the word "appearance", a spiritual power stronger than before came towards the center of the formation again. The old man narrowed his eyes with some displeasure.

The next second, "bang bang bang." The two powerful spiritual powers collided again, and the surrounding space was torn and deformed.

"Little girl, you don't keep your word!" the old man said angrily, blowing his beard.

"Boom!!!" The spiritual power that touched each other in the middle exploded straight up, and the turbulent spiritual power instantly spread to the surroundings. The surrounding walls began to collapse, and violent turbulence began to strike underground. The entire dark prison was shaky, and dust was flying everywhere.

The old man waved his hand to stop the aftermath of the spiritual power explosion. Mu Xingchen curled the corners of his lips, and the spiritual power condensed in his other hand rushed towards the spiritual lock. The next second, the center of the formation was completely cracked.

The old man's pupils shrank, and he said in disbelief: "Stop, stop, little girl, I won't hit you anymore."

The two of them withdrew their spiritual power at the same time.

The old man's eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "Little girl, you actually... You have such a high level of cultivation? You are actually at the Burning Soul Realm!!! This really shocks me, an old man. You are a genius!!! How old are you, girl?"

"Twenty." Mu Xingchen told the truth. She looked at the old man in front of her, but could not see his cultivation level at all.

The old man laughed loudly: "Hahahahahahaha, twenty!!! Hahahahaha!!! Only twenty!!! Only twenty!!! Hahahahahaha, Xiyao finally has an incredible genius!!! Hahahahaha..."

Mu Xingchen twitched his lips and said, "Since you are so powerful, why do you have to be trapped here? Now that the lock is broken, you may as well leave."

"Hahahahahaha." The old man laughed wildly, his face wrinkled. "You little girl, you say such things, hahahaha." Suddenly, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said calmly: "But, little girl, look at this formation, is it really destroyed?"

Mu Xingchen turned around and his pupils shrank.

"How is that possible?" she asked in surprise.

All the silk threads that had just fallen were gathered together again. Before the silk threads reached her, Mu Xingchen quickly stood in the old man's cell.

Looking back, I saw that the entire dark prison was filled with dense golden light. Then the next second, the golden light disappeared, and the silk threads were hidden in the darkness, almost invisible to the naked eye.

The entire formation is intact.

Xiao Qi pondered and said, "This is impossible. What was just destroyed was the formation of the Thousand Threads Formation. Unless, this Thousand Threads Formation has a second formation core."

Mu Xingchen frowned, turned around and asked coldly, "Senior, do you know what's going on?"

The old man smiled again and said, "I might as well tell you, little girl, there's another formation outside. It's the core of this Thousand Threads Formation. One core is inside, and the other is outside. Once the formation is activated, both cores must be destroyed before you can escape."

Mu Xingchen paused: "What other formations are there outside?"

The old man lay on the wall and said lazily, "Have you heard of the Snow Cape Formation?"

Mu Xingchen frowned and asked, "Xiao Qi, what is the Snow Cape Formation?"

Xiao Qi said anxiously, "It's a kind of life-trapping formation. Those inside can't get in, and those outside can't get out. If you force your way through it, you'll be killed. Every formation in the world has a center. Once you find that center, there's nothing unbreakable. But the key is, that center is outside. Those inside can't get out, and those outside can't get in. This is a dead end. I'm sorry, Xingchen."

Mu Xingchen frowned and asked, "Senior, do you have any ideas?"

The old man shook his hands. "There's nothing I can do. Since you know about the Snow Cape Formation, you should know that to break it, you must find the key to the formation. And the key to the Snow Cape Formation is outside."

Mu Xingchen's brows deepened. He didn't expect that a secret prison would be designed with so much thought.

She asked speechlessly, "This secret prison was designed to trap you, wasn't it? From what I know, those imprisoned here are all people with no cultivation at all. They're not worth all the effort."

The old man laughed heartily and said, "Hahahahaha, clever girl! You're right, you've indeed been implicated by me, an old man. They went to such great lengths just to trap me!"

Mu Xingchen was speechless again. He looked quite proud of himself like this...

"Since you have been implicated by your senior, you can't just sit back and do nothing."

The old man sat cross-legged, shaking his head and said, "What do you want, little girl?"

Mu Xingchen said in a deep voice: "Senior, how about joining forces with me to find a way to break this formation?"

The old man suddenly burst into laughter. "Hahahahahahahahaha." He sat up straight and said happily, "Little girl, I didn't lie about this Snow Cape Formation. I can't break it. Even if I could, I don't want to leave. Otherwise, why would I stop you just now? But... little girl, you are not only talented, beautiful, but also smart. It really makes this old man feel sorry for you to die here. Alas..." He raised his head and said seriously, "Well, let me help you."

"How can I help?" Mu Xingchen asked with a frown.

"Of course I'll use all my life's cultivation to help you force your way out. That way, if you go out alone, it should be barely possible."

Mu Xingchen said calmly: "If we force our way in, everyone here will die."

"Yes." The old man said bluntly. He stared at Mu Xingchen with his sharp eyes, wanting to see what choice she would make.

Mu Xingchen did not answer his question, but said: "In that case, let's talk about it later. Senior, I have an important person to find, so I'll take my leave first." She picked up the veil and put it on, then split the thousand threads and walked out. The old man looked at her leaving back, and a trace of contemplation flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, the door of the dark prison had collapsed, but because of the Thousand Silk Formation, no one dared to step out of the cell.

Mu Xingchen searched for Tushan Xu's figure along the way. After a while, she stopped in the middle of the dark prison.

The person standing in front of me could not be Tushan Xu.

Apart from a pair of obvious fox ears, he looks quite elegant. Even though he is now imprisoned, he does not show any sign of fear. He indeed has the temperament of the richest man.

But... Mu Xingchen was speechless as he looked at the familiar cell next to him. The old man was right, it was really next door.

Mu Xingchen broke open his cell door and walked in, "Senior Tushan?"

Tu Shanxu couldn't see, so he turned around and asked confusedly, "Are you... the girl who spoke just now? How did you get here?"

Mu Xingchen frowned: "Did you just hear that?"

Tushan Xu smiled lightly: "I heard it. If I can get out, I will definitely prove to the girl that you are not my daughter."

Mu Xingchen was silent. Did the old man remind her on purpose or was he just guessing? If he reminded her on purpose, then how did he know Tushan Xu's location when all his cultivation was wasted?

By the way, she didn’t see the old man.

"Senior Tushan, do you know where that old man was taken?"

Tu Shanxu said gravely, "Go straight ahead, turn right, and you'll be there."

She used her spiritual power to form a shield, wrapped herself up, and walked in the direction Tushan Xu said. She arrived in a short while.

Then he was severely shocked and stood still.

At that moment, she almost turned pale and her stomach churned.

Xiao Qi was shocked and said, "These people are too cruel."

This cell was full of corpses, and all of them were incomplete. The deaths of each one were extremely tragic. Some were cut into small pieces, some were cut in half, and some were just skeletons. Next to the skeletons were piles of flesh, some of which were still fresh, and some were already infested with maggots.

Dismemberment, dismemberment, slow slicing, and shredded bodies. Among them, there are also some animal features, tiger tails, cat ears... Human corpses mixed with those of the Yuegan tribe...

Even though she had seen many dead people, she was still disgusted by this scene. Her stomach was churning and rushing to her brain.

Suddenly, her pupils shrank and she exclaimed in shock, "That old man..." She looked at a skeleton with a few tattered pieces of clothing still on it, her eyes gradually turning red, "He was tortured to death..."

Half a day ago, he was still alive and well, talking to him with full energy... No! It was because of a few words with her that he became like this.

Just because of a few words, he was tortured to death.

Xiao Qi asked worriedly, "Xingchen, are you okay?"

"I didn't hear his screams, I thought..." I thought nothing would happen. If I had known earlier, I would have taken action in advance.

Xiao Qi comforted her, "Don't blame you, Xingchen. Don't blame yourself. This place is a purgatory on earth. Most of the people here are aliens who have committed no crime. They have done nothing wrong. The ones to blame are the ones who hurt them. Xingchen, don't blame yourself."

"If I had known, I wouldn't have talked to me..."

The executioner was an old hand and had perfectly removed all the flesh from the skeleton. If it weren't for those pieces of clothing, she really wouldn't have been able to recognize it. At the feet of the skeleton, there was a piece of blood jade mixed in with the human flesh, and it was impossible to tell the difference without a careful look.

She retracted her spirit shield and walked over to pick up the jade that had fallen beside the old man. The jade was completely stained red with blood, and the bloodstains covering it made it look unusually translucent and bright, as if it were worth a fortune. When she wiped the bloodstains with her coat, the jade suddenly lost its luster and was obviously worthless. The jade was originally just a scrap that someone else had discarded. No wonder the torturer didn't pick it up.

He left nothing behind except a piece of worthless jade.

For a whole half day, he was tortured to death without a single word. How determined he was! He even left clues for her before he died...

Mu Xingchen clenched his palms and closed his eyes.

Farewell, old man.