"I don't know when I'll be back this time. While I'm gone, you can keep the sect leader's token. Don't be shy, do whatever you want with it!" Wei Shengliu smiled. Zi Sangyi listened to his words and looked at him, as if she had returned to a few years ago.
Wei Shengliu looked just like this a few years ago. He snorted and said, "You're like this again! You'd better die out there and never come back. I'll take over this sect all by myself."
“That won’t do. This sect belongs to both of us. It should be half for you and half for me!” Wei Shengliu said with a smile.
Nangong Yu had no idea what was happening on the mountain. He stood guard at the foot of the mountain, not letting any living creature in, not even letting a single fly escape.
Zisangyi is known for being a lightweight drinker, but he usually indulges in alcohol. However, due to his nature, he can't drink even if he wants to. Today, he was in a good mood and drank quite a lot, so he got drunk and collapsed on the table, face down, looking completely unrefined. Weishengliu saw this and carried him to the bed in the room and covered him with a blanket.
After doing all this, I pried open his mouth and fed him a pill.
He then left the mountain peak. Nangong Yu was anxiously waiting at the foot of the mountain, but he remembered Zisang's words and did not go up. When he saw that only Wei Shengliu came down, Nangong Yu had some doubts in his eyes. Before he could ask, Wei Shengliu said, "Elder Zisang just drank two cups of wine with me. He is resting up there now. Do not go up and disturb him. If he has not come down from the mountain in five days and has not woken up, then you can go up and call him."
Nangong Yu nodded blankly. He didn't understand why he had to wait until five days later, but he would do as the elder said.
After explaining the matter, Wei Shengliu did not give them a chance to speak again and turned to leave.
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When Xu Yuehuai and the others woke up again, they found themselves tied together and unable to move.
"You think you can use such petty tricks on me?" Fu Ziyi said disdainfully. At the same time, a handsome ghost appeared in front of him. Without any extra movements, it walked towards them and easily untied the ropes binding them.
Those ten people didn't take them seriously at all, and naturally they didn't expect that there would be someone among them who could control ghosts.
Xu Yuehuai looked around at the surroundings. They were in an empty room, and the building inside looked like a castle.
The group outside whispered among themselves, "Will our operation really work this time? We messed up that old man's sect so badly before, but he didn't budge an inch. Countless disciples died because of that incident. This time, we've only kidnapped five disciples from the lower realm. Will we succeed?"
These five people had been filmed doing a mission for some time, but they hadn't completed it yet, so they all harbored some resentment. They were all wearing golden masks, and their voices were identical.
Upon hearing the faint voice, Xu Yuehuai suppressed her aura, leaned against the wall, and remained motionless. Although she couldn't discern who was speaking, the information conveyed in the words was sufficient.
"Yes, these five people are not simple. Why do you think Wei Shengliu sent Zisangyi to the lower realm to bring this group of people back? How could the usually shrewd Zisangyi offend other families and forces for a few geniuses? There must be some hidden reasons that we don't know about. At least these people are not simple."
Zi Sangyi never expected that his thoughts would be deduced by illogical reasoning. If he had known, he wouldn't have done it.
Xu Yuehuai couldn't hear clearly, but she could make out most of what was being said. The others were wandering around the room, trying to find a way out.
But after looking around, they found nothing. Night had fallen, and the room only had a few windows, which had been reinforced and could not be opened.
After Xu Yuehuai could no longer hear them talking, she retreated. Everyone sat on the ground, somewhat discouraged. "This place is only so big. I've searched every single brick, but there's nowhere to get out."
Fu Ziyi began to feel agitated. He was not normal; when he was agitated, he had a strong urge to kill. Ci Ke looked at the people in front of him and tried his best to suppress the thoughts in his heart.
Baili Xiuwen was the first to notice that something was wrong with Fu Ziyi. He reached out to comfort Fu Ziyi, but when he found that it had no effect, he took out a pill and handed it to Fu Ziyi, saying, "Eat this, it will make you feel better."
Fu Ziyi took it without suspicion and ate it in one bite. Everyone else looked over in confusion, and they all noticed that something was wrong with Fu Ziyi.
Xu Yuehua frowned as she looked at him. In fact, she had some suspicions before, but had not confirmed them.
The people outside seemed to have heard the commotion inside and suddenly appeared out of thin air. They looked at the group of people sitting on the ground and said, "I thought you were all small fry, but I didn't expect you to be small fry who could untie the ropes yourselves."
The man's words were playful, without a trace of insult.
Everyone knew clearly that their combined cultivation level was insufficient and utterly useless; resistance would only increase casualties.
Pu Erge, the oldest among them, said, "We've been tied together for too long, it's very uncomfortable, so we're just out for some exercise."
The golden-masked man didn't care how they got out. "You'd better behave yourselves and not try to escape, or I'll make you experience what it means to wish you were dead. You can't get out of this house. The only way to survive now is to wait for your sect leader to come and rescue you."
Those people treated Xu Yuehuai and the others quite well, knowing that their cultivation level was low and they needed to eat. The person in the golden mask who came in was there to bring them food.
As Ji Yuanchi ate the pancake, her mind raced. "What are they after? We haven't seen the sect leader since we entered the sect, yet they sent him to rescue us. Why would he come?"
Just as Xu Yuehuai was deciding whether or not to tell them everything she had just heard outside, an explosion rang out.
A hole was blasted open where they were, and everyone put down what they were holding and headed towards the door. Once outside, they could see where they were. In Xu Yuehuai's words, it was a place like a medieval castle.
An elderly man with long white hair stood in the air, his robes fluttering in the wind. Behind him were ten men in black, each holding a sword that glowed in the moonlight.
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