The Shenlong Tower, a tall tower built under the personal supervision of Emperor Yinglong, is made entirely of white jade bricks, which are extremely similar to the jade bricks in the Baiyujing secret realm.

Long Long and Long Hu were protected in a quiet room at the bottom of the Shenlong Tower. The monks from the Qilin family were closely guarding outside, and with so many layers of protection, not even a fly could easily fly in.

Of course, Long Hu could see without Long Long’s explanation that this “protection” also contained a bit of “imprisonment”.

After all, the original guard team of the dragon envoy had been isolated outside and were not allowed to enter to pay a visit.

After realizing this, Longhu became visibly anxious.

Fortunately, Long Long was by her side, so she was not too panicked. She just kept stroking her tail nervously.

"Stop stroking it." Long Long advised helplessly, "If you stroke it again, your tail will almost become bald."

"I won't be bald." Longhu was a little unhappy.

The two of them had been locked in this underground room for almost a whole day.

Not only did no one come to visit them, but no one even brought them food or water. Although the demons had gotten rid of their reliance on blood after their transformation, this inhumane treatment still showed the Qilin clan's contempt for them... It was almost like saying "You two stay where you are, don't run around and attract assassins."

Longlong has no good solution to this problem.

What he could confirm at the moment was that the Qilin clan would never harm himself and Longhu, because that would be tantamount to breaking off relations with the Canglong clan.

But on this basis, Long Long highly suspected that the Canglong clan was using himself and Longhu as bargaining chips to engage in some kind of political game with the Qilin clan, otherwise the clan would not be indifferent to the fact that the two were now "imprisoned"... Even if it was mainly for the purpose of protecting the safety of the two, such treatment was too harsh and rude.

If he thought about it carefully, the purpose behind the assassin's attack on himself and Longhu was very simple - he should have wanted to kill both of them.

Because the current political situation is too clear: the Qilin of Zhongzhou and the Zhuniao of Nanzhou have just ceased hostilities, and it is impossible for them to start a war with the Canglong of Dongzhou again.

Considering that Qilin still has the support of Xuanwu and Baihu, Canglong naturally has no intention of challenging Qilin. The peace between the two tribes is based on the fear of each other's strength, which cannot be easily shaken by an assassination incident.

Considering that the mastermind would not be unaware of this, the only explanation for the motive of the assassination is the assassination itself.

But have Longhu and I ever offended anyone?

No!

Long Long thought to himself that he had always been kind to others and never made enemies easily. Even though he might have had some minor unpleasantness with some members of the Feather Clan on his way to escape from Nanzhou to the north, he would not allow the other party to use such powerful means to assassinate him... According to Qingping Sword, that attack already had the power to assassinate a Nascent Soul cultivator.

It's really puzzling.

Fortunately, he soon had no time to continue thinking, because the dragon fox began to wander around the room, sniffing everywhere.

"It's windy here," she said suddenly.

"What do you mean by wind?" Long Long was stunned when he heard that.

"Hush." ​​Longhu raised his index finger and said, "There is air flow in this room."

"Of course there is air movement in this room." Long Long said nonchalantly, "Because there is a fox running around the room, and the breeze it creates has its hair floating in it."

"I'm not talking about the wind I created!" Longhu shouted angrily, then lowered his voice, "I'm saying... I suspect there is a secret passage here."

"Secret path?"

"Only the gaps in the secret passage can let in the outside air." Longhu continued to wander around the corners of the room, touching here and sniffing there from time to time, and inspected carefully.

Seeing that she was so sure, Long Long couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Since my fox is so sure, I'd better check it carefully as well.

So Long Long accompanied Long Hu and patrolled the room.

With careful searching and scanning, Long Long finally discovered that the airflow that Long Hu mentioned came from the floor under the feet of the two people.

When the carpet on the floor was lifted, a huge stone brick was seen underneath.

The bricks were very thick, and the sound when knocked did not seem hollow. Longhu curiously lay beside the tiles and realized that the aura was indeed seeping out from the cracks at the edges of the bricks.

Ventilation? No, who would put ventilation under the floor!

Dragon Fox then took out the Fox Roar Sword and tried to pry the brick up from the edge of the gap.

Her face turned red from the effort she put in, but the bricks remained motionless, as if mocking her futility.

Long Long was silent for a moment, then put his hand on the floor tiles.

The Five Elements Divine Light burst out from his palm, and the floor tiles seemed to dissolve and soon disappeared.

"How amazing!" Dragon Fox exclaimed immediately, "Long Long, what kind of bloodline ability do you have?"

"It's just a little trick." Although the Eastern Emperor Realm and the Human Realm are not connected, Long Long did not intend to tell the little fox everything. He just skillfully changed the subject, "Huh? There is indeed a tunnel down there."

Below the stone bricks is a vertical corridor with fixed wooden ladders and switches on the side of the corridor.

After carefully observing the structure of the switch and the cross-section of the stone brick after it was dissolved, Long Long realized that the stone brick was actually driven by a one-way switch.

If someone climbed up from the tunnel below, they could use the switch on the side of the corridor and use the lever principle to push the stone bricks from the bottom up. On the other hand, if there was someone in the room, they would not be able to pry them up because the stone bricks themselves are heavy and there are no handles to exert force.

"Longlong." Longhu called again in a low voice, "Should we go down?"

"Wait a moment." Long Long looked outside the door.

Two Qilin monks were standing outside the door, responsible for guarding the room and preventing the two from going out.

But if there is no sound in the room for a long time, there is no guarantee that these two people will not come in to check.

"Ajing, show some magic!" Long Long ordered.

The Kunlun Mirror responded and gave a simple mental hint to the Qilin monks outside, telling them not to think about coming in to check the room.

"Let's go down." After taking the final precautions, Long Long ordered, "I'll go down first, and you follow me."

"Yeah." Longhu said eagerly.

Long Long leaned down. The wooden ladder was a bit old, but there was no sign of decay. There was a thick layer of dust on it, and it seemed that no one had been through this tunnel for a long time.

Just as Longhu said, the ventilation down there is very good. It is obviously not a dead end, but leads to another place.

After dragging the carpet over to cover the entrance of the cave, the two continued to descend, reaching the underground after about five or six feet.

The tunnel here is very low, and can only accommodate two people with their waists exposed. The deeper you go, the darker it becomes.

As Long Long has the blood of the Scale Clan, he is not afraid of the dark and humid environment, but the little fox is a little scared. It can only hold Long Long from behind and walk forward carefully.

Long Long frowned slightly.

This front armor is really in the way!