This scene stunned the women present. Most of them had grown up in Changle Town. Where had they ever seen such a spectacle?
Zhao Shuning put all the infant spirits into the Qiankun Pouch and tied it up. Without the infant spirits, Master He lost his former vitality.
Zhao Shuning pointed her long sword at the so - called master. At this moment, the man's body couldn't help trembling. No, it shouldn't be called a man now. It should be an old man.
"Using the infant spirits of young children to nourish your own spiritual root, Master He. Your method to preserve your youth is a bit too outdated."
The old man was out of breath at this time and retorted, "If I had enough money, I would surely seek out high - level alchemists to buy beauty - preserving pills. But when I was young, I didn't have that much money. Now that I'm old, taking beauty - preserving pills is useless. I had no choice but to do this."
Selecting the infant spirits with spiritual roots from young children, which was equivalent to using others' spiritual roots to nourish his own, was such a despicable and immoral thing. But from the old man's mouth, it sounded so justifiable.
Zhao Shuning didn't want to discuss too much with him and went straight to the point.
"Where are the children?"
"I don't know."
Zhao Shuning didn't like people beating around the bush with her, especially not at this time when someone was still trying to evade. She took off her veil, and the Red Lotus Karma Fire ignited in her palm.
Seeing this flame, then the red lotus between the woman's eyebrows, and her peerless beauty, the old man's eyes suddenly widened. He guessed.
"You're Luo Qiu, the Saintess of Loulan, Luo Qiu! How could you? You shouldn't!"
Before the man could finish his words, his body began to distort. Then, Zhao Shuning could see that there seemed to be countless worms crawling inside his body.
"Not good!" Zhao Shuning thought to herself. She rushed over immediately, but it was too late. In front of Zhao Shuning, Master He exploded into a spray of blood. Thousands of worms turned into ashes the moment they touched the air.
"Bone - devouring worms?"
Did someone plant bone - devouring worms on Master He? Did they want him to keep some secret? But knowing that he had been planted with bone - devouring worms and that he was doomed anyway, this old man would surely never reveal that secret.
No, just now. When he saw the Red Lotus Karma Fire in her palm and the red lotus between her eyebrows, he completely lost control. Was it because of seeing her face? Could it be that the person who planted the bone - devouring worms on him knew her? Was the forbidden word set on the bone - devouring worms for Master He the name "Luo Qiu"?
Zhao Shuning frowned. She had spent so much time and effort and just found a clue, but now it was broken again.
The infant spirits in the Qiankun Pouch were extremely weak. Zhao Shuning didn't have time to regret. She immediately broke the barrier of this ancestral hall with one hand.
In the confusion, a handsome man suddenly opened his eyes. Fine sweat oozed from his forehead. His barrier was broken? Who was it?
After breaking the barrier, Zhao Shuning looked back at the women. Seeing this, the women all hid behind the pillars, not daring to look directly at Zhao Shuning.
"Go home quickly. This is not a good place."
After saying that, Zhao Shuning's figure disappeared from the mansion in the east of the city.
On the hillside, Zhao Shuning arrived here in a quarter of an hour. At this time, twilight had descended. In the mountains, the calls of many animals could already be heard. Sure enough, spring had come, and there were more animals in the mountains.
At this time, in front of Zhao Shuning was a vast wilderness. This should be the place where the men of Changle Town built the palace.
Master He was just a pawn and an accomplice. The real culprit should be found here.
Zhao Shuning squatted down and used her spiritual power to sense this vast wilderness in front of her. There were cries of children, many cries. Their dull eyes stared blankly as they walked aimlessly in front of the pill furnaces.
Zhao Shuning wanted to look further inside, but there was a more powerful defense there. Her spiritual power of the Eight - Phase level and nearly Ninth - Rank spiritual sense couldn't even peek into the innermost secret room at all.
Zhao Shuning tried again and again to enter. But this time, not only did she fail, but she also came face - to - face with a pair of sinister and turbid eyes.
"Don't come in. Leave!" It was such an old voice.
Before Zhao Shuning could react, she felt her spiritual power quickly dissipating and collapsing.
"Ugh—" Zhao Shuning's spiritual power seemed to be counter - attacked. She only felt a sweet and fishy taste in her throat, and the next moment, she spat out blood.
"Damn it. Such a small Changle Town actually hides such a powerful character."
Moreover, that person's spiritual power was far above hers. Zhao Shuning couldn't believe that in this world, except for her master, there was actually someone whose spiritual power could reach such a level.
She could sense that the old man she had sensed before must be extraordinary, and his spiritual power was also above hers. But the spiritual power that appeared later was even more powerful.
The old man told her not to come in? What did that mean? The old man didn't seem to have any ill - will.
Zhao Shuning stood up. Her vision went black, and she almost fell to the ground again.
"What the hell. Who on earth is this? It's really a pervert."
Since waking up in this plane, from childhood to adulthood, except for her master, Zhao Shuning had never met a stronger opponent. Even if the opponent's rank was higher than hers, relying on her years of experience, she could still fight. But just now, she didn't even see the opponent's face clearly before her spiritual power was scattered. The opponent's strength was really too terrifying.
She leaned against a tree to rest for a while. When Zhao Shuning could see the things in front of her clearly, she took out a Yuan - Restoring Pill from the Qiankun Pouch.
"This almost scattered my spiritual root. It's really a pervert."
Zhao Shuning took a deep breath. If she had been more prepared, she wouldn't have been defeated so completely.
She stretched out her hand and formed a magic seal. The Qiankun Pouch became a bit restless. Zhao Shuning smiled and comforted them, "Don't be afraid. Sister will take you home."
As long as she found the physical bodies of these children, put the infant spirits back, and after they returned home and recuperated for about a month, they would recover.
The commotion in the Qiankun Pouch calmed down. Zhao Shuning drew a circle in the air. Now, she could see the real things in front of her clearly. It was a palace, a magnificent palace.
But this wilderness on the hillside of Changle Town was just an entrance, an entrance to this mysterious palace. Judging from the construction style of this palace, it should be from the Cangwu Kingdom. This meant that someone with ulterior motives had secretly built an entrance to the Cangwu Kingdom at the junction of Loulan and Ruoqiang.
Without a Ninth - Rank alchemist, it was impossible to complete this entrance. What was the purpose of spending so much effort to create such an entrance?