When Zhang Ruochen saw Duanmu Xingling, Duanmu Xingling looked extraordinarily excited, her snow-white face overflowing with a beautiful smile, her pair of round and bright eyes blinking non-stop as she said, “Zhang Ruochen, guess what kind of good news I’ve brought you?”
“With the current situation in King City, how can there be good news?” Zhang Ruochen wore a metal mask and said without sadness or joy.
Duanmu Xingling rolled her eyes and took out a wooden box from her space bracelet, handing it to Zhang Ruochen.
“What is it?” Zhang Ruochen asked.
Duanmu Xingling tilted her chin, revealing her slender jade neck, and arrogantly said, “Open it and see for yourself!”
Zhang Ruochen hesitated for a moment and opened the wooden box.
“Wow.”
A chilly aura escaped from the wooden box.
That aura, which contained a strong corrosive force, instantly engulfed Zhang Ruochen’s five fingers.
The skin of his right hand turned black in an instant.
Zhang Ruochen was not the least bit alarmed, instead, he revealed a joyful expression and closed the wooden box. At the same time, he operated his Spirit Fire True Qi to refine the toxins in his body.
“Divine Amphibious Grass! Senior Sister Duanmu, where did you find it?” Zhang Ruochen said with some excitement.
Although the toxicity of the Divine Amphibious Grass was very strong, just now, it was only a trace amount of the toxin that burrowed into Zhang Ruochen’s body. Therefore, Zhang Ruochen could use his Spirit Fire True Qi to refine the toxin.
If Zhang Ruochen had dared to swallow the Divine Amphibious Grass directly into his stomach, he was afraid that he would die instantly, and no immortal would be able to save him.
Duanmu Xingling looked indifferent and said, ”I just entrusted a friend to find it from the Thousand Water County Kingdom and travelled day and night to deliver it to the King City. It’s just a small matter, you don’t need to take it to heart. Of course, the Divine Amphibious Grass is very rare and extremely toxic, that one friend of mine only found three plants, and I don’t know if you have enough?”
“Enough! In any case, I really thank Senior Sister Duanmu this time.” Zhang Ruochen slightly arched his hand, expressing his heartfelt gratitude to Duanmu Xingling.
The Thousand Waters County Kingdom and the Yunwu County Kingdom were separated by more than 100,000 miles, and if one wanted to deliver the Divine Amphibious Grass over within three days, one would have to use a Class 4 Savage Bird and rush at the fastest speed possible to do so.
This one favour was considered to be owed!
Zhang Ruochen neither asked Duanmu Starling why he was able to deliver the Divine Amphibious Grass to the King City within three days. Duanmu Starling also did not ask Zhang Ruochen what he wanted the Divine Amphibious Grass for, appearing to have a tacit understanding.
Duanmu Starling turned her face sideways and narrowed her eyes with a smile, “You came to look for me, so you should have something to do, right?”
“I’m not hiding it from Senior Sister, there is indeed something.”
Zhang Ruochen put the Divine Amphibious Grass into his storage ring and said, “I just want to know, right now, some of the situation of the students of the Martial City Academy in the King City.”
“It’s that simple?” Duanmu Xingling revealed a smirking expression.
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “I am not a complicated person in the first place.”
Duanmu Xingling said, “In that battle at the Martial City Fighting Arena, the Martial City Academic Palace suffered heavy losses, in which dozens of talented students died tragically, and some others were captured, and I don’t know where they are being held.
Right now, the Martial City School Palace has a total of three strongholds in the King City, and Zixi is being held in the dungeon of the Lingkong Manor. Once it is verified that she is an assassin of the Hellmouth Sect, Chen Xi’er will definitely execute her at a certain time.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at Duanmu Xingling’s eyes and coughed dryly, saying, “How did …… you know that I came to find you for Zixi’s matter?”
Duanmu Xingling covered her mouth and laughed, “You and Zixi are so close, and she exposed her identity because of you. As long as one is a person, one would know that your relationship is extraordinary. When you were imprisoned, you would definitely go to save her. I can guess that, are you surprised?”
Duanmu Xingling added, “I’m actually still very curious as to how far you and that one female assassin have developed?”
“We’re just very pure friends, it’s not at all what you think ……,” Zhang Ruochen knew that he had let his mouth slip and immediately shut it, wanting to slap himself.
“Hehe! One try and you’ve got it, she really is an assassin from the Hellmouth Sect. Zhang Ruochen, you’ve got a lot of guts, you actually dared to mess around with a Hellmouth Sect’s assassin, if Sister Dust knew about it, it wouldn’t make a scene?” Duanmu Xingling laughed out loud.
Zhang Ruochen had to admit that he had underestimated Duanmu Xingling’s intelligence, and would never believe in the phrase “women with big breasts have no brains” again.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were serious as he said, “Senior Sister Duanmu, this matter is not a small matter, you must not publicise it.”
“Don’t worry! What kind of relationship do we have? Would I betray you?”
Duanmu Xingling put away her smile as she stroked her chin with two jade fingers and said, “Moreover, if you want to save someone, I can still help you.”
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In the King City, all the great clans and sects had their own manors.
The Lingkong Manor, covering an area of one hundred and twenty acres, not too big and not too small, was one of the secret strongholds of the Martial City Academy in the King City.
Now was an extraordinary time, so the defences of Lingkong Manor were very tight, and all the formations were fully opened. Even if a Heavenly Extremity Realm powerhouse wanted to break in unnoticed, it would be impossible.
Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Xingling had just approached Lingkong Manor when they were spotted by the guards guarding the manor.
“This place is a private manor, the two of you ……”
Before that one guard, could even finish his sentence, Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Xingling simultaneously took out their Martial City School Palace tokens.
Seeing the Inner Palace Cadet’s token in Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Xingling’s hands, that one guard immediately knelt down on one knee, bowed to them, and respectfully invited them into the Lingkong Manor.
Duanmu Xingkong and Chen Ruo’s arrival at the Lingkong Manor had startled many cadets.
Especially the mysterious Chen Ruo, many people were very curious about him and had rushed here specifically to meet this talented young man who was able to rescue County Lord Smoke and Dust from Earthfire City.
“He’s the Silver-robed Elder Pavilion Pavilion Master’s secret disciple, Chen Ruo, why is there a mask on his face?” An Outer Palace trainee looked at Zhang Ruochen, who was walking side by side with Duanmu Xingling, and revealed a look of both envy and admiration.
“Senior Brother Chen is a secret disciple, his identity is not something we can compare to. It’s normal to have a more mysterious identity.”
Another trainee cried out, saying, “I didn’t realise that Senior Sister Duanmu was actually Senior Brother Chen’s girlfriend, so it seems that I don’t have any hope at all!”
“Senior Sister Duanmu is as beautiful as the heavens, and only a talented and handsome person like Senior Brother Chen is worthy of being her boyfriend. Don’t count on it, competing with Senior Brother Chen for a girlfriend is simply looking for death.”
Entering the Lingkong Manor, Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Xingling didn’t act immediately but stayed under the steward’s arrangement.
In order to save Zixi, they had to arrange every single aspect of the process and absolutely could not act rashly.
“I’ll go and inspect the dungeon’s defences first, if possible, it’s best to get Senior Sister Zi out tomorrow night.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Duanmu Xingling shook her head and said, “It’s easy to rescue her from the dungeon, but it’s difficult to send her out of Lingkong Manor. We must think long and hard and not act rashly.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Don’t worry! I have my own way to send her out of the Lingkong Secret Manor.”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen opened the window and seeing that no one was around, he stomped his legs and turned into a shadow, rushing into the night.
The entrance to the dungeon was located in a wigwam at the centre of a lake. If one wanted to travel to the dungeon, one had to fly across the lake unnoticed and open the dungeon door.
But with the defences of Lingkong Manor, would it be that easy?
It was estimated that even the surface of the lake had array inscriptions set up.
Zhang Ruochen released his Spatial Domain and immediately detected three powerful auras hidden around the lake.
It was fortunate that he had the Spatial Domain, otherwise he would not have been able to discover the three martial arts experts hiding in the shadows.
Just then, Zhang Ruochen heard a light footstep and immediately gathered his aura and swept above the treetops to hide.
The sound of footsteps, getting closer and closer.
Borrowing the faint light, Zhang Ruochen saw a beautiful woman with a stunning figure come to the lake.
It was none other than Chen Xi’er.
She stopped and gently snapped her fingers.
In the darkness, an old man walked out and bowed to Chen Xi’er, saying, “Greetings, Miss.”
Chen Xi’er nodded and said, “No one has approached the wigwam in the centre of the lake, right?”
The old man said, “With our three brothers guarding here, let alone people, even a mosquito would never think of flying to the wigwam at the centre of the lake.”
Chen Xi’er nodded and said, “Elder Xue has examined her blood and found that her bloodline actually contains holy power, she is the offspring of a Saint. If she is truly a sharp detail of the Hellmouth Sect, then she is definitely not as simple as an ordinary assassin.”
“The news of her imprisonment has probably already been spread. The experts of the Hellmouth Sect will definitely come to rescue her. You guys should be careful, don’t let her be rescued!”
That one old man said in a cold voice, “This time, the Martial Market Palace has suffered such a heavy loss, so naturally, we must make the evil martial artists of the Black Market pay some price as well. Don’t worry, miss, no matter how many Evil Dao martial artists the Black Market sends to rescue the people, it will still be a dead end.”
Chen Xi’er said, “I’m going to take a look at her, you guys continue to stay hidden and don’t expose yourselves.”
Chen Xi’er took out a palm-sized iron boat and placed it in the palm of her hand.
That one compact iron boat was a seventh rank True Martial Treasure Artifact.
Under the urging of true qi, the small and delicate iron boat turned into a three-metre long canoe.
Driving the boat, Chen Xi’er travelled towards the wigwam in the centre of the lake.
At the same time, the formation inscription set up in the lake was completely opened.
“Good chance!”
Zhang Ruochen’s used the Spatial Domain to hide his body and executed the Wind-Resisting Flying Dragon Shadow to cross the void and fly down to the top of the fake mountain in the centre of the lake.
Because Chen Xi’er was rushing to the Lake Centre Fake Mountain, the three old men hiding by the lake did not notice the faint true qi fluctuations on the surface of the lake.
Chen Xi’er ascended the wigwam and walked into a dark pathway.
“Greetings miss.”
The two martial artists guarding the dungeon immediately knelt down and saluted Chen Xi’er.
“Open the stone door.” Chen Xi’er did not even look at them and said coldly.
The two martial artists guarding the dungeon each took out a key and inserted it into the two keyholes, activating the formation inscription above the stone door.
“Rumble!”
The thick stone door, slowly opened, revealing a staircase leading to the ground.
A cold air blew out from the stone door.
Inside the stone door, it was pitch-black and bottomless.
Zhang Ruochen, who was following behind Chen Xi’er, only slightly glanced towards the two martial artists guarding the dungeon and could tell their cultivation levels.
They were both at the Earth Extremity Realm’s Great Extremity Position.
After the fiasco at the Martial Market Fighting Arena, the Martial Market Money Bank and the Martial Market Academy had indeed transferred their martial arts experts to the King City.
The two martial artists guarding the dungeon were both over fifty years old, and were clearly not trainees of the Martial City Academy Palace, but rather martial artists of the Martial City Money Bank.
The Martial City Academy Palace was the base for the Martial City Money Bank to cultivate talents, however, not all of the Martial City Money Bank’s martial artists came out of the Martial City Academy Palace. The Martial City Money Bank would also spend a lot of money to recruit martial artists from other places.
It was just that these recruited martial artists could hardly enter the top echelons of the Martial City Money Bank, and at the same time, they were not as high as the students of the Martial City Palace, and did not have access to a large amount of cultivation resources, so they could only be considered as the outer echelons of the Martial City Money Bank.
