Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

Chapter 212 Mou Lao

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To be buried in the Yellow Springs.

After exhaling a few breaths of turbid air, Guan Xun also concealed his aura.

After several breaths of adjustment, the violent energy within my body has been relieved. However, the extreme cold power here is already the limit for suppressing that energy. To suppress it further, an even stronger extreme cold power is needed.

She glanced around, then without the slightest hesitation, plunged back into the pitch-black depths.

"Wow... Wow..."

Just as Guan Xun was focused on diving, a very faint splashing sound suddenly reached his ears through the water.

She paused, glanced up, and listened carefully to the sounds around her. When she realized that the sounds weren't coming from the colorful water python, a strange look appeared on her face.

There seems to be something in the water, but I can't feel anything. Could I have misheard?

With her current cultivation level, it's impossible for her to mishear, but nothing is absolute. After all, the energy of the Heavenly Infant Cicada Flower has not been completely suppressed, and there is a chance that it will affect her five senses.

Just as doubt began to creep into my mind, another sound suddenly rang out, this time even clearer than before.

"Splash, splash!"

"Bangdang..."

This time, Guan Xun finally heard it clearly: in addition to the sound of the water rippling, there was also the sound of iron and stone clashing.

As for the location...

She stared intently at the spot beneath her feet, right below.

After a brief hesitation, she quickened her descent and became much more cautious than before.

Guan Xun tilted her head slightly, carefully discerning the source of the sound. Soon, when the extreme cold power reached an unprecedented level of concentration, a massive iron chain, hundreds of feet long, suddenly came into her view.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, then pulled at the air!

The iron chain was pulled slowly a few times under great force, and the water flow also vibrated several times as the chain moved.

Dark flames flickered out, illuminating the surrounding environment.

Only then did Guan Xun realize that besides the iron chain in front of him, there were three other iron chains of different heights.

They were firmly nailed to the wall, so large that they couldn't be pulled apart.

"Are these the sealing chains?"

She murmured, if it has nothing to do with a seal, then it must be locking something up. Just how big must that thing be to be locked up by such a massive iron chain...?

Guan Xun carefully waded through the water and approached the center of the four iron chains, wanting to know what was locked up.

As he drew closer, a large, blurry black shadow appeared before him. Suddenly, a pair of scarlet eyes appeared in the center of the darkness, staring intently in the direction of the approaching figure.

She was slightly startled, her hands formed a seal, and she swung them forward, parting the water to reveal a huge gap.

The owner of those blood-red eyes was immediately revealed in the field of vision.

It turned out to be a grotesque toad, its body completely withered, looking like it was starving to death.

Guan Xun was somewhat surprised. This toad's cultivation aura was particularly strong. How could it be locked up here?

Meeting those scarlet eyes, she vaguely felt something was wrong, as if... something was familiar.

Before she could even guess, the withered toad's sunken eyes suddenly opened even wider, its pupils seemingly about to bulge out, filled with a dense mass of madness and excitement.

The chains rattled as they were dragged along, and his hoarse roar echoed like a ghost's wail: "Help, help me! Whoever you are, please save me!"

Guan Xun was somewhat taken aback. Just moments ago, he was surprised that a toad could talk, but then the withered body bound by iron chains suddenly trembled several times, its body rapidly shrinking like a deflated balloon, becoming even smaller than before.

It completely collapsed into the shape of a human figure, which was clearly a thin, skeletal person!

"Ah...ah," the hoarse roar was like a sharp thorn piercing hard stone, making people's eardrums ache.

"Save me, save me! Save me! I'll give you anything you want, all the treasures in the entire Mole Cave, even a cultivation paradise like Flame Phoenix Manor!"

Guan Xun frowned, staring intently at the struggling figure. After scrutinizing him for a long while, he hesitated before asking, "Are you that old man from Yanhuang Manor?"

"I am the highest-ranking leader of the Earth Rat Clan, the master of Flame Phoenix Manor, Elder Mu, you...you know me?"

After the previous struggle, Old Mu's skeletal body had exhausted a lot of strength, and he was even having trouble speaking.

Guan Xun raised an eyebrow slightly. It really was that old man…

She clicked her tongue a few times: "I never expected that after we parted ways at Yanhuang Manor, you would be in such a sorry state when we met again."

"You..." Old Mu gasped for breath, his bloodshot eyes somewhat dazed, then his gaze froze. "You're that girl!!!"

How did you get trapped here?

Guan Xun raised his chin to examine the area and could clearly feel the four iron chains constantly gathering the cold, yin energy of the Yellow Springs into the entire burial site. This energy was being channeled into Mu Lao's body through his limbs, thus consuming his life force. As a result, he would become weaker and weaker and die painfully in this endless, dark space.

Those who imprisoned him were truly vicious, torturing him like this. It's easy to guess who did it; it must have been one of the previous leaders.

"Mu Li! That damned bastard Mu Li, ah!!! That beast coveted my power, tricked me into coming back, and even plotted to lock me up here and make me suffer!" Mentioning this, Old Mu's eyes were filled with even deeper resentment, and he roared almost like a madman.

Guan Xun couldn't help but cover her ears, and she frowned slightly: "Mu Li? Is that the big boss? What exactly is going on?"

"Boss? Hahahaha, that beast doesn't even deserve it! I'm the boss! What is he anyway!"

Old Mu gritted his teeth, the iron chains swaying back and forth as he lowered his head, his voice extremely hoarse: "Our mole clan has always been shrouded in seclusion, obsessed with the art of alchemy. I am their brother, and our strengths are roughly equal. Before our clan elders passed away, they passed the throne to me, asking me to take over the clan. Naturally, this displeased them."

"After taking over the tribe for hundreds of years, I wanted to seek a purer flame to further improve my refining skills, so I temporarily relinquished the management and went out to find a treasure land for cultivation. This journey has lasted for hundreds of years..."

"I never expected it! I never expected that in such a short time, the people in the clan would be instigated to do such lawless and immoral things." Old Mu said, becoming agitated. "A few years ago, they even tricked me into coming back under the pretense that the clan's elder mother was seriously ill, and made me lead these highway robberies. How could I possibly agree to that?"

"My vehement opposition and persuasion only resulted in them conspiring to seize power from me, taking my puppet, and imprisoning me here!"

Old Mu was heartbroken, his resentment mixed with self-reproach for failing to lead his people onto the right path.

As expected, it was a power struggle that led to this tragedy. Guan Xun raised an eyebrow, showing no sign of urgency in trying to save people. She raised her hand and touched the massive iron chain in front of her, and a chill instantly rushed into her palm and into her body.

"hiss."

She couldn't help but gasp, a meaningful glint appearing in her slightly narrowed eyes. She slowly said, "I see, senior. Before we save them... let's talk about the reward after the rescue?"