An elderly man, dressed somewhat shabbily, was slowly walking towards Qin Xin.
Although the person in front of him seemed somewhat drunk, his steps were very steady, and with each step he took, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to fluctuate.
It has a certain flavor of that field.
Qin Xin could sense that the old man in front of him was already showing signs of entering the Dharma Aspect Realm.
Only after the old man got closer could Qin Xin see what he looked like.
"Old Man Sanbao!"
As a descendant of an elder of the Tianxuan Sect, the Three Treasures Elder guarded the Tuocang Mountain teleportation array, which was the only way to reach the Tianxuan Sect. Therefore, Qin Xin did not expect to run into him here.
Although he didn't know much about the Three Treasures Elder, the other party was the first person from the Heavenly Profound Sect that Qin Xin met when he came to Zhongzhou, so he still left a deep impression on him.
"Um?"
When he heard someone call him by his name, Elder Sanbao was somewhat surprised, because in the outside world, he was usually called Elder Sanbao, and most of the people who called him Elder Sanbao were disciples of the Tianxuan Sect.
After the appearance of Bone Clan figures in the tomb of the Old Man of Si Fire in the Chiling Peak Mountains, the Tianxuan Sect immediately sent the Three Treasures Elder to investigate the situation.
He also explored the area around the tomb and learned that a Bone Clan king did indeed exist there.
However, the purpose of the Old Man of Si Fire in building this tomb was to suppress the Bone Clan here, and to slowly refine all the Bone Clan members here through the erosion of the formation, so that their bodies and souls would be destroyed and turned into a pool of ashes.
For safety reasons and to prevent any Bone Clan warriors from escaping, Elder Sanbao dared not enter the tomb to search for Qin Xin. Instead, he joined forces with other arriving forces to reinforce the tomb's seal.
However, after this incident, Elder Sanbao was not in a hurry to return to Tianxuan Sect. It seemed that he had discovered some clues in Chiling City. In order to investigate, he stayed at the Li Clan.
Upon hearing someone shouting about the Bone Clan at the gate, Elder Sanbao hurriedly roused himself from his deep sleep. After all, the matter of the Bone Clan was of great importance; if any Bone Clan warriors were to escape from Elder Si Huo's tomb, it would likely cause considerable trouble.
Upon seeing the somewhat familiar voice, the old man frowned and took a good look at it.
After scanning Qin Xin up and down, the old man Sanbao slapped his thigh in surprise and exclaimed, "Qin Xin! You're still alive?"
Hearing the somewhat surprised voice of the old man Sanbao, Qin Xin felt a little uneasy, as if the old man wished he were dead.
"Stay where you are and don't move!"
Suddenly, the old man Sanbao thought of something and immediately gestured for Qin Xin to stand still. After lightly biting his fingertip, a drop of blood-red essence blood condensed in mid-air.
However, since the essence blood did not react in any way, Elder Sanbao was relieved.
Because after a Bone Clan warrior seizes a human warrior's body, they appear no different from the human warrior in terms of aura and appearance; the only way to distinguish them is through their essence blood.
After a Bone Clan warrior seizes a human warrior's body, he needs a large amount of essence blood to help the bones and flesh fuse together. Therefore, when a Bone Clan member gets close to a human warrior's essence blood, the essence blood will naturally boil and be automatically absorbed and devoured.
Qin Xin has no reaction to this essence blood, so naturally his physical body has not been taken over by the Bone Clan warrior.
"Haha, it's great that you're not dead, otherwise Hong Ye would have given us a good talking-to when he returned to the sect." After confirming Qin Xin's identity, Elder Sanbao stepped forward and dismissed all the guards around him.
Qin Xin smiled but didn't say anything. He knew that Hong Ye had introduced him to the Tianxuan Sect, and there was an unwritten rule in the Tianxuan Sect that anyone who introduced a martial artist to the sect was responsible for training the young disciple. If the disciple died, it meant that the introducer was incompetent.
This will be recorded in the records of the Tianxuan Sect, so it greatly affects its reputation.
"Thank you for your concern, Elder. I was also lucky to get out of there," Qin Xin said softly.
The Three Treasures Elder was also somewhat puzzled by Qin Xin's appearance. After all, the entire Chiling City mountain range was now sealed off by an array, making it almost impossible for even a martial artist at the Earth Profound Realm to break out of there.
Qin Xin was naturally aware of this, and he did not want to tell outsiders that his Broken Gold Beast cub could easily break through these formations. Moreover, the Flaming Bone Fire that Qin Xin had obtained by accident in the inner chamber of the Old Man of the Fire was the source of his strength, and he naturally could not reveal it either.
So Qin Xin fabricated some lies, claiming that after he was possessed by the Bone King, the spirit of the Old Man of the Fire in the tomb made a move, and after he broke free, he fled directly from the Red Ridge Peak Mountains.
However, because his physical body was almost taken away, his qi and blood were weak, so he had to recuperate for a period of time before he returned to Chiling City.
Of course, the old man Sanbao still had many doubts about Qin Xin's lie, which was full of flaws, but he did not expose him. After all, everyone has secrets they do not want to tell others.
It would be best if Qin Xin could return alive from the tomb of the Old Man of the Fire of the Si Fire.
When Qin Xin was led into the Li Clan's courtyard by the Elder Sanbao, the Li Clan guard who had previously stopped him looked rather grim. He hadn't expected that the disheveled young man in front of him was actually a disciple of the Tianxuan Sect. He was filled with regret and feared that Qin Xin would cause him trouble.
Qin Xin wasn't that free, after all, it was the duty of someone else to be a guard, so he didn't make things difficult for them and simply followed the old man Sanbao inside.
Following in the footsteps of Elder Sanbao, the two arrived at this council hall.
Inside the council hall, Qin Xin also saw the disciples of the two major families, each bearing their family crest.
Even after seeing Qin Xin arrive, the fear on Li Yuan and Zhou Lu's faces did not subside.
"Elder Sanbao? Who is this?"
Upon seeing the old man Sanbao enter with a young man, and recalling Li Yuan's earlier shouts, the middle-aged man sitting in the high position also showed some apprehension.
Upon seeing that the two people in the council hall showed fear upon seeing them, Elder Sanbao waved his hand and said, "It's alright. This person is a disciple of the Tianxuan Sect, and his physical body has not been taken over by the Bone Clan. If it doesn't work, you can both give it a try."
The method used by the Bone Clan to test whether the blood essence was the same as that used by the Bone Clan was to extract the essence blood. Therefore, Zhou Lu and Li Yuan both pricked their fingers without hesitation. After the bright red blood flowed out, they found that the essence blood had no reaction to Qin Xin, and only then did they feel relieved.
"We thanked you for rescuing us from that tomb."
After confirming that Qin Xin's physical body had not been seized by the Bone Clan, Li Yuan thanked him somewhat embarrassedly.
After all, Qin Xin had saved her in that tomb, yet she was so wary of him, and her face flushed slightly.
Zhou Lu was somewhat better, showing no expression, and nodded to Qin Xin to express her gratitude.
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