This was exactly what Qin Xin and Xia Yue had predicted.
On the day of the grand wedding between the royal family and the Nguyen clan, most of the guards in the palace went to the entrance of the palace gate to check the warriors coming and going.
This would prevent some of Zhennan Prefecture's spies from sneaking into the palace at this time.
Little did they know that Qin Xin, following behind Xiao Mei, had already arrived at the vicinity of the dungeon.
To avoid being unable to protect Xiaomei after being discovered, Qin Xin instructed her to leave the palace as soon as possible and head to the Zhennan Prefecture's garrison. Qin Xin also gave her a token, which would be understood by the people of Zhennan Prefecture upon seeing it.
After receiving the token, Xiaomei left without giving it much thought.
Qin Xin found a secluded spot near the dungeon, nestled among artificial hills, and released Xiao Jin.
Qin Xin pointed to the formation in the dungeon at Xiao Jin, but Xiao Jin shook its head in response, as if it had no way to deal with the formation.
"Waaah~"
At this moment, Xiao Jin let out a low hum, and Qin Xin immediately understood its meaning.
"Is it because you don't have enough spiritual power that you can't solve it?" After understanding what Xiao Jin meant, Qin Xin felt a surge of joy.
Since we were able to break through the formation and sneak into the dungeon to rescue Third Grandfather and Uncle Qianfan, it was worth it, even if it cost us countless rare treasures.
Suppressing the pain, Qin Xin took out the few remaining Heavenly Spirit Crystals and tossed them to Xiao Jin, whispering, "Xiao Jin, you're on my shoulders now. If you fail, I'll have Xiao Feng give you a good beating!"
Upon hearing Qin Xin's words, Xiao Jin instantly became incredibly energetic. Its fear of Xiao Feng, stemming from its bloodline, was innate, and it was often subjected to Xiao Feng's training as a result.
"Roar! Roar!"
After letting out two soft growls, Little Gold seemed to be saying something to be entrusted to it.
As it swallowed the Heavenly Spirit Crystal, several streams of spiritual energy flowed rapidly across its forehead in a short time, causing the character "王" (king) to appear as if it had been activated.
As a strange phantom appeared behind Xiao Jin, Qin Xin immediately activated his spiritual sense to surround Xiao Jin, preventing their auras from being detected by outsiders.
This dungeon was heavily guarded because it imprisoned people who had deep grudges against the Great Xia royal family, which is why Qin Xin could only sneak in.
If one were to rush in through the main gate, the guards, with the help of the array within the dungeon, would make it extremely difficult even for a martial artist at the Dharma Aspect Realm to enter. While they might not perish, it would be difficult to rescue anyone from the dungeon.
It seemed that it was precisely because of this confidence that there weren't many guards patrolling around the dungeon, which saved Qin Xin a lot of trouble.
After seeing the phantom image that appeared behind the Golden Tiger cub, Qin Xin was still somewhat surprised, even though he had seen it before.
The phantom was a fiery red tiger surrounded by flames, but it had a pair of white wings on its back and two sharp, white teeth on its mouth, making it look extremely fierce.
Just as Qin Xin was surprised, it seemed that Xiao Jin had finished gathering energy above its head. As it rushed out, the array around the dungeon collapsed as if by nature, opening a passage.
Qin Xin immediately used an illusion technique to conceal the signs of damage to the outside world, and then followed Xiao Jin into the room.
Dim...
Cold and damp...
It smells fishy...
This was Qin Xin's first impression of the dungeon.
After patting the head of the smug-looking Little Gold, Qin Xin put it back into the mysterious fragment. After concealing his aura with his spiritual sense, he also surveyed the surrounding situation.
After his spiritual sense circulated around, the images of the prison cells appeared in Qin Xin's mind.
These cells were not made of ordinary brick and wood; the surrounding area was constructed of black metal.
The black metal can suppress the flow of spiritual energy in the world, as if it exists specifically to imprison martial artists.
Through his spiritual sense, Qin Xin discovered many white skeletons in these dungeons. Although they were ancient, they were not completely weathered. It seemed that they were all very powerful martial artists in life. Because they had offended the Great Xia royal family, they were imprisoned here and were unable to escape from the dungeon until their deaths.
And on these white, withered bones, there were these black metals.
To avoid triggering the array within the dungeon and attracting the attention of the guards, Qin Xin did not approach the cells. Instead, following Xia Yue's prior instructions, he headed deeper into the dungeon.
According to Xia Yue's introduction, the dungeon in the Great Xia Palace has a total of eight underground levels, each with a powerful array to prevent those imprisoned in the dungeon from escaping or for those outside the dungeon from entering to rescue them.
Fortunately, Qin Lin and Qin Qianfan were imprisoned in the same place. Otherwise, if Qin Xin rescued one person and then went to rescue another, there would have been considerable trouble if something unexpected happened along the way.
Upon reaching the seventh level of the dungeon, Qin Xin stopped. He could clearly sense that the spiritual energy flowing through the array here was much stronger. It seemed that as long as Qin Xin broke the array, people outside would immediately notice.
With a slight smile on his lips, Qin Xin used his spiritual sense to enter the seventh level of the dungeon through the formation.
As Qin Xin probed with his spiritual sense, he discovered the whereabouts of Qin Qianfan and Qin Lin in a small prison cell.
Their clothes were stained with blood, and they were both locked in by black chains. This made Qin Lin, who was already unable to cultivate, look completely pale, with only a faint breath coming from the tip of his nose.
Damn it!
Seeing his third grandfather and Uncle Qianfan in such a state, Qin Xin was also filled with anger.
"Teacher, I'll leave this formation to you for now!"
After Qin Xin murmured to himself,
Starting from Qin Xin's entire body, he was completely enveloped by a mysterious power.
Then, Qin Xin swung the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword in his hand and let out a soft shout.
"Sword Control Style!"
The Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword, radiating blue flames, scorched and distorted the surrounding air the moment it slashed down, and tore open a passage the instant it came into contact with the sensing array.
At the same time, the energy released by Danqing instantly enveloped the passage.
After doing all this, Qin Xin was relieved to find that the formation did not fluctuate at all. If he had to tear the formation apart on his own and then use his spiritual sense to repair the passage, it would have been impossible.
Moreover, once this sensing array is destroyed, the guards in this dungeon will likely seal off all areas. Although Qin Xin can hide inside the mysterious fragment, leaving this dungeon will probably not be so easy.
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