One of the two assassins died and the other was injured, which was their own fault.

There is no need to think too much about who sent them. The only two people who have grudges against me are Qi Yang and Tian Yaoyao.

This assassin must have been brought in by the two of them.

"We have lost two seventh-rank masters. I wonder how you will deal with this next?"

Li Zhiming raised his lips slightly, revealing a ghostly smile. Qi Yang and Tian Yaoyao like to play tricks, so he will accompany them to the end and see who is the winner in the end!

Li Zhiming regained his composure and walked straight towards the entrance to the third floor.

"Brother Li."

When the guarding disciples saw Li Zhiming coming, they all bowed and saluted.

Li Zhiming smiled and showed his pass.

"Come in."

"The evil death energy in the third layer is several times stronger than that in the second layer. Warriors below the seventh rank are not recommended to stay there for long, and it is best not to exceed six hours." The guard disciple reminded.

"I know. I just came down to take a look around and check the seals and restrictions on each cell."

"And the rest of you, when you have time, please pay more attention to the seals and restrictions of the cells, to prevent them from falling into disrepair and causing the imprisoned demons and evil cultivators to escape and cause unnecessary trouble to everyone."

Li Zhiming stood with his hands behind his back, acting like an older brother.

"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Brother Li. I will pay more attention to it later."

The two nodded and smiled.

I remember that not long ago, a fox demon escaped from the cell on the second floor, and it was Li Zhiming who captured it.

With the lessons learned from the past, they took Li Zhiming's reminder very seriously.

Li Zhiming was not in a hurry to go to the fourth floor, but instead took a walk around the third floor.

Let’s see if any demons or evil cultivators imprisoned on the third floor have died during this period of time.

"Brothers and sisters, please don't force yourself. This seal is not pleasant. You can't get out even if you force yourself. It will only increase your pain."

"My suggestion is that you might as well just die. I will pray for your soul to be reborn into a good family in the next life."

Li Zhiming spoke in a calm tone, his voice spreading slowly, like an old Taoist priest muttering something mysterious.

The demons and evil cultivators imprisoned on the third floor have long been accustomed to this.

No one knew when this mysterious patrol disciple suddenly appeared on the third floor.

Every time it appears, it will walk around the third floor twice, repeating words like "die quickly and reincarnate" and so on.

"You stinky boy, are you here to persuade me to die again?"

A rat demon with a human body and a rat head poked his head out. His voice was deep and experienced, as if he had lived for thousands of years.

"White-bearded rat demon, you have lived for thousands of years, but you are like a turtle. You might as well die." Li Zhiming stopped and looked at the rat demon with interest.

This rat demon is very interesting and interacts with me every time.

"Hmph, I, an old man, will live another thousand years and outlive you all to death!" The rat demon snorted coldly.

"Okay then, we'll see who will outlast whom."

"Haha, kid, you know that the natural lifespan of our demon race is more than ten times that of your human race, right?"

The rat demon stroked his snow-white beard and a smile appeared on his face.

Every time he talked about the demon race's superiority, he would involuntarily show strong self-confidence.

"What's the use of more?"

"Aren't you still imprisoned in this dark and gloomy prison?" Li Zhiming spread his hands.

"you……"

The rat demon's pain point was touched and he was speechless for a moment.

Li Zhiming no longer paid attention to the rat demon and continued walking towards the fourth floor.

"You little bastard, you've been here persuading people to die all day. When we leave Xuyuan Prison, you'll be the first one to be killed!"

"That's right, I'm going to peel off your skin, smash your skull, and suck out your brains!"

The demons and evil cultivators on the third level gnashed their teeth, wishing they could rush out right now and beat the arrogant patrol disciple to pieces.

"?????"

Li Zhiming put his hands behind his head, hummed a little tune, and enjoyed the "noise".

After a while, he arrived at the entrance to the fourth floor.

Li Zhiming put down his arms and straightened his expression.

This was his first time entering the fourth floor.

Although he had obtained the pass long ago, he did not act rashly, but remained dormant until now.

According to common sense, to withstand the fourth level of Yin Sha death energy, one needs to reach at least the eighth level of perfection.

But this is just the threshold, you can only stay on the fourth floor for one hour.

If you want to get used to and adapt to the seventh level of Yinsha death energy, you still have to reach the seventh level.

It has been almost a month and a half since I entered Xuyuan Prison.

He had previously received a reward from Elder Qin, and his salary was subsequently greatly increased.

Moreover, Senior Sister Mingzhu would give him some healing pills from time to time.

He now displayed the strength of a seventh rank, which would not cause speculation among the elders.

After all, he was already in the late seventh rank before he was abandoned.

Although it was a bit fast to recover to the early seventh level in a month and a half, it was still reasonable for a disciple with outstanding talent.

"Who?"

The disciple guarding the fourth floor raised his hand to stop Li Zhiming.

It was the first time they met Li Zhiming.

"I am a patrol disciple, and this is a pass."

"Hmm?" The two guard disciples checked it carefully.

"It is actually the pass made by Elder Qin!" The guarding disciple was surprised.

Because over the years, apart from Senior Sister Mingzhu, there has been no other patrol disciple who has the pass issued by Elder Qin.

"What's your name, Junior Brother?"

"plum."

"Okay, Junior Brother Li, please come in."

"If you have not reached the seventh level, I suggest you don't stay on the fourth floor for too long. You can just wander around." The guard disciple reminded.

"Um."

Li Zhiming nodded, and a wave of true energy belonging to a seventh-grade warrior slowly spread out.

The guarding disciples were surprised when they saw this.

He was just an ordinary patrol disciple, but he was actually a seventh-rank warrior like them!

"Mad, what am I surprised about?"

"To be able to get the pass personally issued by Elder Qin, there must be something unique about it."

A guard disciple shook his head, thinking that he was making too much of a fuss.

“Okay, okay!”

"As expected of a former inner sect disciple, he has recovered to the seventh rank in just over a month!"

A familiar voice came from the corner ahead.

When Li Zhiming heard this, his expression changed slightly.

"Why is it Elder Qin? He is actually on the fourth floor?!"

Li Zhiming was surprised, but he quickly calmed down.

Qin Yi walked out from the corner, followed by five elders with profound cultivation.

Li Zhiming had never seen these elders before, and thought they were all elders from the fourth or fifth level.

"Meet Elder Qin."

"Greetings, elders." Li Zhiming said with a bow.

“Elder Qin, this must be the Li Zhiming you mentioned. He is indeed a very talented person. After his cultivation was abolished, he cultivated to the seventh rank again in just over a month. His talent is quite amazing.”

"Boy, you look kind, and you don't look like someone who would collude with the devil. Maybe there is some misunderstanding or trickery going on?"

A fat elder wearing a white robe and with a round belly standing next to Qin Yi said.

"The elder has a sharp eye. There is indeed something fishy going on. I have been framed." Li Zhiming bowed.

"Elder Qin, since this kid was framed, why don't you clear his name?" Another elder said with a smile.

"Haha, I wanted to too. Who would have thought that this kid liked this place so much? Not only did he not want to go out, he also asked me for a pass, preparing to use the Yinsha death energy to temper his body." Qin Yi explained with a smile.

“Use the evil death energy to temper the body?” The other elders were all surprised when they heard this.

"Boy, are you crazy?"

"Exposing yourself completely to the Yin Sha Death Qi can indeed bring unexpected tempering effects to the body, but the risks are too great. If you are not careful, you may be corroded by the Yin Sha Death Qi, which can lead to disability at best, or sudden death at worst!"

"That's right, kid, I advise you to be more cautious. You have great talent and are valued by Elder Qin. There is no need to take such a big risk."

"Thank you for your concern, elders. However, I feel that cultivation is going against the will of heaven. The greater the risk, the higher the reward!"

"Okay, okay, you have the demeanor of the old man."

The elder with chubby face and narrowed eyes smiled.

"Elder Qin, since the demon girl on the fourth floor has been confirmed dead, we will go back to our respective duties."

The fat elder changed the subject and bowed to Qin Yi.

"Well, everyone go back."

Qin Yi waved his hand and dismissed the five elders beside him.

Li Zhiming captured the key words.

The witch from the Hehuan Sect who was imprisoned on the fourth floor has indeed died!

"Li Zhiming, is this your first time entering the fourth floor?"

"Yes." Li Zhiming nodded.

"Although you have entered the seventh level, the fourth level's Yin Sha Death Energy is several times stronger than the third level after all. Don't stay there for too long the first time. Just try it out briefly. It's better to start tempering your body after your body has completely adapted." Qin Yi reminded.

"Disciple understands."

"By the way, disciple has something else to tell the elder."

"What's the matter? Tell me."

Li Zhiming spoke slowly and told everything that had just happened to him.

Qin Yi's expression became even uglier when he heard this.

"How can this be possible!"

"It's fine if you just have conflicts and fights on weekdays, but this time they are targeting you in such a shady way and colluding with the Punishment Hall. It's too blatant!"

Qin Yi's tone was cold and his face was full of frost.

It was obvious that he was angry.

"Just let me handle this matter, and you can just focus on your own business."

"But it may take some time to deal with this matter. These two seventh-grade assassins were able to enter the Abyss of Ruins intact and attack you. This is definitely not something that ordinary people can do."

"I'm afraid there's a lot of involvement behind this."

Qin Yi's expression returned to normal and he realized that this matter was not simple.

"Elder Qin allows me to enter and exit the first five floors at will, and I am already grateful. As for other trivial matters, I can handle them myself."

Li Zhiming thought for a moment and replied.

This matter involves a lot of things, and he doesn't want to trouble Elder Qin.

When I leave Xuyuan Prison in the future, I will settle all the old and new accounts together!

"Boy, don't you trust me?" Qin Yi smiled and looked up when he heard that.

"Disciple has not."

"Alright, alright, just do your job."

"By the way, there is a body on the fourth floor. You have time to deal with it."

"The corpse, is it the witch from the Hehuan Sect?" Li Zhiming asked tentatively.

"That's right."

"I heard that the demon girl is a rare beauty in the Hehuan Sect, and her cultivation is unfathomable, far beyond her peers. I am a little afraid..."

"Afraid?"

"You kid..."

Qin Yi pointed at Li Zhiming.

He believed anyone who was afraid of him, except Li Zhiming who said he was afraid of him.

This guy was brave enough to risk his life to rescue the fox demon, so how could he be afraid of a corpse?

"Don't worry. After repeated investigations by me and the five elders, we have confirmed that the witch is dead."

"If you are still afraid, it means you don't trust me and the five elders." Qin Yi said with a smile.

"Disciple understands. I will go and deal with the body of that evil woman right away."

Li Zhiming bowed in reply, still with a troubled look on his face.

But my heart was filled with joy.

"I'm going to the second floor to deal with what just happened. If you encounter any emergency on the fourth floor, just crush this token. The elders from the first to fifth floors will sense it and rush here as quickly as possible."

Qin Yi handed Li Zhiming a palm-sized jade token, then turned and left.

Li Zhiming put the token in his arms and stepped into the fourth level of Xuyuan with excitement.

The space on the fourth floor is smaller than that on the third floor.

The structure of Xuyuan is quite peculiar. The space becomes smaller as you go down, like a bamboo tube inserted upside down on the ground.

Li Zhiming was walking in the corridor, and next to him was a huge bottomless sinkhole.

The evil deathly aura was so thick that it formed into clusters of gray mist.

The mist floated in through the seal.

Just as Elder Qin said, the intensity of this evil death energy is several times stronger than the third level.

There are still patrolling disciples on the fourth floor, but their number is very small, and each of them is an elite.

A team of patrolling disciples came towards them. There were only three of them, all of them were seventh-rank warriors.

The three of them greeted Li Zhiming and then continued their patrol.

Li Zhiming walked while observing the situation in the cell.

Regardless of whether they are demons, evil cultivators, or humans, they are all masters whose realm is no lower than the seventh level.

Among them are many sixth-grade monsters and sixth-grade magic cultivators.

A thick black demonic aura suddenly wafted out of the cell in front of Li Zhiming.

This demonic energy is dense and powerful, and its owner's realm has obviously surpassed the seventh level. He should be a sixth-level demon cultivator.

The black demonic energy suddenly rolled up and turned into a faceless demon with bared fangs and claws, pouncing towards Li Zhiming.

Seeing this, Li Zhiming stomped his feet on the ground.

"roll!"

With a cold shout, powerful fire energy gushed out, instantly dispersing the surrounding black evil energy.

The long-haired demon cultivator in the room also showed a surprised expression when he saw this.

"Such a strong fire energy!"

"Being locked in a cell and having four layers of seals and restrictions on it hasn't made you behave yourself."

"In that case, I'll add fuel to the fire!"

Li Zhiming sneered, stretched out his palm, and blazing fire energy gushed out, instantly filling the entire cell.

Not only flames, but also dense electric arcs appeared one after another.

The power of thunder and fire, the nemesis of evil cultivators!

The bright firelight illuminated Li Zhiming's face. He looked quietly at the demon monk in the cell, with a smile on his face.

"Ah~" the demon cultivator screamed, his face full of pain.

"Boy, don't let me go out, otherwise I will cut you into pieces!" The demon cultivator stared with bloodshot eyes and threatened with gritted teeth.

"You think too highly of yourself to think you can use this little trick against me."

"How many mediocre people can enter the fourth level of this Xuyuan?"

Li Zhiming mocked, then turned around and continued to go deeper into the fourth floor.

He didn't want to waste time here, he had to find the cell where the witch was imprisoned.

After a while, Li Zhiming turned into an alley. At the end of the passage, there was a cell.

There were several bronze lamps hanging on the stone walls of the cell. The flames flickered slightly, dyeing the room a dim yellow.

Six huge black iron chains were fixed at the four corners of the room.

The other end of the chain is connected to a long-haired woman wearing a bright red dress!

The woman's limbs, waist, and neck were all tightly locked with six thick black iron chains.

This woman must be the witch from the Hehuan Sect!

When Li Zhiming saw this scene, his throat rolled involuntarily.

He is really hungry.

During this period, I gained nothing from the third floor, and the rewards from the first and second floors were too little, so I couldn't accumulate many reinforcement points.

If one were to collect the corpse of the witch from the Hehuan Sect who was imprisoned on the fourth floor, I wonder how generous the reward would be.

Li Zhiming took a long breath and forced himself to calm his excited mood.

squeak~!

He pushed the door open and stepped into the dim cell.