"Yun Xuchen."
The slightly nervous and awkward voice brought Yun Xuchen back to his senses.
"Master...is everything going smoothly this time?"
Shuiniang calmed herself down and swallowed quickly several times to suppress the dry and painful cries.
He nodded, not daring to laugh too much, just smiled softly and said.
"It went smoothly."
Yun Xuchen walked to the main seat and sat down. Seeing Liang Meng still standing there, his brows furrowed even tighter.
Why did he feel that the hall master was a little abnormal? Although she had always been timid and tried to please him in the past, he knew that she was just pretending.
In fact, as long as she is not in his sight, she will jump up and down without any scruples.
But now, it was obvious that she was really restrained and had been holding herself back, as if she would reveal something if she relaxed.
Shui Niang was a very intelligent person, so how could she not see Yun Xuchen's doubts about her? She immediately knew that it was her actions that aroused suspicion.
Without saying anything else, Shuiniang lowered her head to hide her emotions and sat down in the chair.
After a long while, the scrutinizing gaze from above finally disappeared. Shui Niang breathed a sigh of relief, then raised her head to look at Yun Xuchen and said.
"I heard from the legend that you came to me."
"Yes." Yun Xuchen nodded, but the wrinkles between his brows never relaxed.
"Has the hall master obtained the key to open the tomb city?"
"I got it."
As Shuiniang spoke, she reached into her sleeve and took out a yellow jade pendant, then walked forward and handed it to Yun Xuchen.
Yun Xuchen looked down for a long while, and when he looked up again, there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his lips. Shui Niang was immediately stunned by what she saw.
"Thank you for your hard work, Hall Master. I will have Chen Luo give the key to the Lord of Tomb City."
"Um."
The key was indeed a jade pendant, and the one in Shui Niang's hand was of course a fake. By taking out this jade pendant, Shui Niang was betting that Yun Xuchen had never seen it before.
Obviously, she won the bet because Yun Xuchen did not suspect the jade pendant.
Shui Niang breathed a sigh of relief. As long as her identity passed Yun Xuchen's test and he didn't doubt her, then the master's departure from the library would be just around the corner.
"By the way, Hall Master, how is Zhuomu?"
Yun Xuchen suddenly asked with a faint smile.
"Zhuomu?"
Shui Niang's eyes darted around, her mind already forming an answer. She felt it would be best to address this question realistically.
After all, the Tomb City was covered up and the Cliff City was massacred, so the situation in Zhuomu would not be good at all.
"He was injured by the people of Delusion City, and they used spiritual power to turn him into a stupid person."
Shui Niang was confident that there was nothing suspicious about her words.
If both cities were defeated, there would definitely be casualties.
Sure enough, Yun Xuchen nodded after hearing this and did not ask any more questions. He just put the jade pendant into his sleeve.
Shui Niang, immersed in the great joy of having concealed the truth from Yun Xuchen, of course did not notice Yun Xuchen's slightly trembling arm.
If you look more closely, you can see a hint of fear in his eyes, which never move even when a mountain collapses in front of him.
With just one sentence, he realized that the person in front of him was not Liang Meng.
But this person was so close to me, and I was completely deceived by her. If I think about this question for a moment, I will know what this person got from Liang Meng to be able to disguise herself so well.
Something happened to Liang Meng!
She is still dreaming!!
Even if he is still alive, he must have been in danger of death!
If it was anyone else, he could just kill her. But this person had taken Liang Meng's spirit, so if he killed her like that, Liang Meng would disappear with her.
Thinking of this, Yun Xuchen felt a chill all over his body again.
Having successfully escorted Liang Meng out of Yun Nian, Yun Xuchen didn't dare to delay for even a moment, and hurriedly gave a brief explanation to Chuanqi before leaving.
Chuanqi had just asked what happened when Yun Xuchen had already walked away.
Looking at Yun Xuchen's back, Chuanqi raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, wondering why Yun Xuchen looked so panicked?
Could it be that the Hall Master had just done something excessive to him, like seducing him, so much so that even Yun Xuchen couldn't control himself?
Speaking of legends, when did you become as imaginative as your hall master?
Oh, what a headache!
The reason why Yun Xuchen didn't tell Chuanqi was that Liang Meng was fake.
First, although Chuanqi has a calm temperament, when it comes to Liang Meng, Yun Xuchen has no doubt about how impulsive he will be.
Secondly, he didn't tell Chuanqi. During the time when he left Yunmeng Hall, Chuanqi was kept in the dark so that he could get along with that person naturally without revealing any flaws.
And what about Liang Meng who was imprisoned in the water dungeon by Shuiniang?
Wangcheng is located at a very low altitude, so even when the sun is shining brightly, Wangcheng is still extremely damp, not to mention that it is rare for Wangcheng to see the sun.
This is the case on the ground, not to mention the water dungeon which is even lower.
It's almost like hell.
In the dungeon, Liang Meng was suspended in mid-air by iron chains, his entire body below the chest submerged in the cold, dirty water.
His arm was hung high, and there were two rusty blunt hooks on the iron chain, which were now firmly embedded in Liang Meng's palm.
There was a sound of dripping water, which was also the blood dripping from Liang Meng's palm.
Liang Meng hung his head, his body limp as if the bones had been pulled out. His blood-soaked chest barely rose or fell.
Even after this, the guards in the water dungeon would occasionally whip Liang Meng with a whip dipped in salt water, and angrily demand that Liang Meng tell them how to remove the spell.
Of course, this is what the bamboo man meant by asking.
In order to get the first credit from his master, he and Shuiniang started a tacit competition.
That is, to see who can find the method to remove the lord's spell first.
Shuiniang has disguised herself as Liang Meng and gone to find Yun Xuchen.
The bamboo man was not willing to be outdone and continued to torture Liang Meng in the water dungeon.
Poor our hall master, his body was beaten to the point where not a single piece of healthy flesh remained. But even in such pain, the hall master never woke up again.
The guard once asked timidly, if the fight continued, the man might not survive.
Unexpectedly, the bamboo man laughed so coldly that he died as he said.
He didn't know that Liang Meng had other uses for his master. He just felt that if he couldn't get anything out of her, he would have no qualms about killing her.
A few more lashes came down, and Liang Meng's body was shaken. Nose, mouth, eyes, ears, arms, chest, palms, every part of his body exposed to the water was bleeding.
The messy black hair had long been dyed red by the blood that oozed from the top of his head. Most of it was floating on the water.
The guard stopped whipping. He bent down and spat fiercely at Liang Meng. His eyes were filled with disgust, as if he were looking at a dead body.
"how's it going?"
The bamboo man's voice was terrifying in the dark and damp dungeon.
The guard who had just shown disgust towards Liang Meng suddenly became flattering and submissive, pointing at Liang Meng and nodding.
"I'm afraid it won't work."
The bamboo man's bulging eyes glanced at the bloody Liang Meng. His eyes were full of coldness.
"Not a single word?"
"Yes. He never woke up from the beginning to the end."
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