"If you can save them, why don't you just save us too?"
Xi Zhen couldn't sit still any longer. Before Qin Chuan could give an answer, he couldn't help but question Sheng Ning.
Sheng Ning looked up at him and said, "They are them. You are geniuses who are one in a hundred years, and you are direct disciples of the Taixu Sect."
"If you consider yourself to be the same as them, I can save you for free."
Xi Zhen stared wide-eyed, momentarily unable to process whether she was praising them or belittling them.
His reaction did not escape Lu Qing'an's notice, who chuckled and said to Qin Chuan, "Fellow Daoist Qin, what do you think?"
Major sects value their reputation, and Qin Chuan and his group are all chosen ones; they would never admit to being ordinary people.
Sheng Ning's words hit their weak spot, leaving them wanting to refute but unable to.
Qin Chuan took a deep breath before speaking in a low voice, "I agree."
Seeing him nod, Sheng Ning immediately raised an eyebrow. "Alright, please remember to sign and put your fingerprints here when you come out later."
When they saw that she had even written the IOU, Xi Zhen and Song Bei were utterly astonished.
Sheng Ning was already used to their disapproval of her.
If it were a disciple of the Taixu Sect who showed her concern and care that day, she would have been terrified.
"Second Brother, how do I open this thing?"
Unlike ordinary confinement, the barrier requires the caster to personally break it.
Or perhaps... that little landmine?
However, the small landmines are too noisy. Even if there are no demonic cultivators around, the explosion will definitely attract a lot of attention.
When Xi Zhen saw her leaning closer to study how to break the barrier, he immediately scoffed.
"You don't even know how to break a barrier, yet you dare to say you can save people?"
Sheng Ning didn't even raise her head. "If you say another word, I'll make you pay double the reward."
Xi Zhen screamed, "Why?!"
Sheng Ning: "Three times."
Silence finally returned to the surroundings.
The children hiding in the woman's arms seemed to know that Sheng Ning had come to rescue them.
The wailing that had just been deafening had ceased, and all eyes were now on Sheng Ning, with dozens, even hundreds, of eyes fixed on her.
Finally, after a quarter of an hour, Sheng Ning suddenly raised his head.
"Well? Have you found a way to break the barrier?" Lu Qingan asked her.
Sheng Ning shook her head, "I was just tired from bending over, so I was just stretching my limbs."
Qin Chuan and the others: ......
"Sheng Ning, are you kidding us?!"
She didn't actually know how to open the barrier; she just came because she thought it would be fun to tease them.
Xi Zhen clenched his fists so tightly that his fingernails dug deep into the soft flesh of his palms.
At this moment, all he wanted to do was beat Sheng Ning to a pulp, making her cry for her parents.
Sheng Ning glanced at him, then took a step back and gestured for him to proceed.
"If Fellow Daoist Xi is so capable, then come out yourself."
Xi Zhen was extremely angry.
He had already tried to break through this barrier many times before they were imprisoned.
But it didn't work.
The person who set up the barrier was far more powerful than them; not only him, but even their senior brother Qin Chuan couldn't break it.
Thinking of this, Qin Chuan's expression darkened, and he said no more.
Seeing that he didn't move, Sheng Ning snorted softly, and then her peripheral vision caught sight of a stone that had been spat out from beside the cave.
"What is Junior Sister looking at?" Lu Qing'an followed her gaze and his eye twitched slightly.
"You don't actually think that thing can break the barrier, do you? Nothing in this world is that easy..."
His voice grew softer and softer, as if he had remembered something, and he silently shut his mouth again.
Even Bai Ze, who had been silent the whole time and pretending to be invisible, couldn't help but speak up, "Perhaps there really are things that are that easy in this world?"
He lived on Tianling Mountain for so long.
He knew that there was a wall inside the palace where he lived, and that many ancient cultivation techniques were kept inside the wall.
But over the years, he has never opened that wall.
No matter what method he used, he couldn't open it.
It wasn't until Sheng Ning appeared that he realized that opening that wall only required a short sentence.
When Bai Ze thought about the wall left behind by an ancient god, he would complain even when Sheng Ning pinched his cheeks.
Sheng Ning can open that wall that no one else can.
What we're doing right now is simply opening one side of the barrier.
“Besides, it’s free to try,” Sheng Ning nodded to himself, indicating his agreement with his idea.
Lu Qingan and Bai Ze: ......
Qin Chuan and the others: ......
"Hey, what if that protruding rock is something that summons demons? Don't press it randomly!" Xi Zhen couldn't help but speak up and stop her from moving.
Sheng Ning turned around and glanced at him upon hearing the voice. "First, I didn't call you 'Hey'."
"Huh?" Xi Zhen was full of questions, not understanding what the point of her saying this at this time was.
Sheng Ning withdrew her gaze and continued walking towards the stone. "Secondly, it's a miracle that your Taixu Sect disciples, who are always so hesitant, can become the leader of the four major sects."
In her opinion, the Taixu Sect is not as powerful as the Dingtian Sect.
At least Xie Wenxuan dared to act and take responsibility. What great things could those timid disciples of the Taixu Sect accomplish?
Completely ignoring Xi Zhen's words, Sheng Ning raised her hand and placed it on the protruding rock.
A barely perceptible rumble was heard, and the barrier that had been imprisoning everyone inside the cave was broken.
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