The dungeon was very deep and chilly, if an ordinary person walked in, they would definitely be frozen.
The bottom of the dungeon, fifty metres from the ground, surrounded by stone walls engraved with formation inscriptions, no one would want to enter the dungeon from the ground.
Zixi was sitting inside a two-metre-high metal iron cage, her slim arms and legs were wrapped around an iron cable, and a golden pattern mark flowed on top of the cable and the iron bars.
As long as one gently touched the iron cable with one’s hand, the golden grain marks would be triggered, forming an electric current that would bounce one away.
Chen Xi’er stood outside of the iron cage, standing there playfully, a pair of beautiful almond eyes sizing up Zixi, who was locked inside, and said, “You have the bloodline of a Saint in your body, and you are by no means an ordinary assassin.”
Zixi closed her eyes and placed her hands at the position of her knees, as if she could not understand Chen Xi’er’s words.
Zhang Ruochen, who followed behind Chen Xi’er and walked into the dungeon, couldn’t help but feel a little heartbroken when he saw Zixi, who was being held inside an iron cage.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen was also a bit annoyed that Chen Xier only suspected that Zixi was an assassin of the Earth Sect, and then imprisoned her in this dark, sunless and cold dungeon cage, which was a bit too much.
If it had been confirmed that Zixi was a Hellmouth Sect’s tipster, Chen Xi’er’s action would have been unjustifiable, but now, after all, we were all senior sisters of the same sect.
Chen Xi’er took out a sharp broken sword and walked up to Zi Xi, her crystalline red lips slightly hooked as she gave a cold craggy smile and said, “It is said that you and Zhang Ruochen have a good relationship?”
Zi Xi, who was sitting in the iron cage, slowly opened her eyes and stared at Chen Xi’er outside the iron cage, and somewhat weakly said, “Zhang Ruochen and I …… are just an ordinary senior sibling relationship ……”
“Haha! You’re finally willing to speak!”
Chen Xi’er laughed delicately, her breasts continued to rise and fall, her eyes became sharp, and she snorted coldly, “If you and Zhang Ruochen are really just a senior sibling relationship, why would you risk exposing your identity and risk your life to save him? Tell me, is Zhang Ruochen also a black market sharpie?”
“No.” Zixie closed her eyes again and stopped speaking.
“Boom!”
Chen Xi’er’s gaze chilled as she grabbed the chain wrapped around Zixi’s left wrist and dragged Zixi over so that her face was pressed tightly against the top of the iron bars.
With the short sword in her hand, slashing at the side of Zixi’s cheek, Chen Xi’er laughed, “If you don’t tell the truth, believe it or not, I’ll slash your face right now, making you completely disfigured, and then, locking you up in the Red Hollow Mystic Mansion, not to be allowed to see the light of day again for eternity.”
The golden tattoos on the iron chain were like a streak of golden lightning, constantly striking into Zixi’s body.
Even though Zixi was an assassin and had undergone brutal training, her entire body was still spasming in pain at this moment, clenching her teeth and trembling, “I …… I’m telling the truth …… Zhang Ruochen… . indeed …… indeed has nothing to do with the black market ……”
The golden light that shone on Chen Xi’er’s stunningly beautiful face revealed an aesthetically pleasing silhouette, with features that were simply exquisite to the extreme, without a single blemish.
However, Zhang Ruochen did not find that face beautiful in the slightest at this moment, instead, he could only see malice and sinister, completely different from the image of a perfect goddess that she had previously displayed.
Zhang Ruochen only had a deep wave of disappointment and a soft sigh escaped his mouth.
Upon hearing the sigh, Chen Xi’er’s face changed and she said, “Who?”
Chen Xi’er had just tried to turn around when suddenly, a palm wind struck her neck, after which she fell to the ground with a black eye and a heavy head.
Zixi in the iron cage also tensed up slightly, staring at that one black shadow with a metal mask that knocked out Chen Xi’er, saying, “Who is it?”
That one black shadow, gradually approached, revealing the outline of a familiar face.
Although, Zhang Ruochen had yet to remove the metal mask on his face, Zixi still recognised Zhang Ruochen.
Instead of revealing a look of delight, she became more nervous and lowered her voice, “What are you doing here? If you are discovered by the martial practitioners of the Martial Market Palace, they will surely treat you as a black market sharpshooter as well.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I came to save you.”
“You leave now, I don’t need you to save me.” Zixi said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “You think I can’t save you?”
Zixi’s eyes turned a little cold as she said, “Why don’t you understand that the people from the Martial City Academy Palace locked me up here just to wait for the Black Market’s people to come and save me. A dragnet has definitely been laid outside, we can’t escape at all.”
“Moreover, you and I are different. You are the prince of the Yunwu County Kingdom and have both family and friends. If the Martial Market Academy suspects that you are the black market’s tipster, the entire royal family of the Yunwu County Kingdom will be implicated.”
Zixi saw that Zhang Ruochen still didn’t leave before she added in a low voice, “Besides …… we’re just ordinary friends, there’s no need for you to take such a big risk for my sake ……”
“Wow!”
Before Zixi could finish, Zhang Ruochen took out the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and swung it.
The iron lock, forged from a thousand hammers of meteorite iron, cracked into two halves and fell to the ground.
Subsequently, Zhang Ruochen chopped four more swords in a row, flying past Zixi’s wrists and ankles, cutting off the four iron chains.
Zhang Ruochen carried Zixi out of the iron cage and said, “Now that I’ve rescued you, there’s no way back for me.”
Zixie was very weak, and in Zhang Ruochen’s arms, she was unable to resist at all, and could only stare at Zhang Ruochen fiercely with a look that was both annoyed and stealing, with her beautiful eyes wide open.
Zhang Ruochen placed Zixi on the ground and pointed a finger at the centre of her eyebrows, a powerful true qi surged into her body and rushed through her sealed meridians.
The seals of the meridians were broken, and the thick true qi immediately filled the meridians in her body, and Zixi quickly became refreshed and regained her strength.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Let’s go! It’s time to go out!”
Zixie’s face turned a little red as she pulled Zhang Ruochen’s sleeve and asked, “How do you plan to go out?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I have a way to hide our forms, at least seventy per cent sure that we won’t be recognised by those watchers outside.”
Zixi looked at Chen Xi’er, who was lying on the ground, and said, “I might have a better way!”
“What way?”
Zixi said, “I have stolen the ‘Silkworm Butterfly Technique from the Hellmouth, although I have not practised it to the realm of great success, I can still simply change my appearance. Anyway, it’s dark now, and I believe those martial artists guarding the dungeon wouldn’t dare to take a closer look at Chen Xi’er’s appearance. As long as I change into Chen Xi’er’s appearance, I can naturally escape easily.”
Zhang Ruochen also glanced towards Chen Xi’er on the ground, having lost any good feelings he once had towards Chen Xi’er, and said, “It should be feasible.”
Zhang Ruochen turned around and waited for a moment.
Zixie took off the clothes on Chen Xi’er’s body and replaced them on hers. her clothes and changed them onto Chen Xi’er’s body.
At the same time, Zixie also put Chen Xi’er into the iron cage and also wrapped it with four iron cages.
Zixi picked up the short sword on the ground, glanced towards the iron cage, and said, ”Chen Xi’er’s head is also on top of the Bounty List, and the amount is very high. Shall we kill her and split the bounty we get, half and half?”
Zhang Ruochen frowned slightly and said, “After all, I am a trainee of the Martial City Palace, so I won’t watch you kill a fellow disciple and not care.”
Standing in Chen Xi’er’s position, she was actually not wrong.
The reason why Zhang Ruochen was disappointed in Chen Xi’er was because Chen Xi’er acted too perfectly in front of him, but exposed her nature behind his back.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t like this kind of two-faced woman.
However, Zixie wanting to kill her was another matter, so Zhang Ruochen naturally had to stop it.
“Alright! I’ll let her off the hook this time for now.”
Zixi put away her short sword and used the “Silkworm Butterfly Technique” to change the muscles and contours of her face, and even her figure changed slightly, becoming almost identical to Chen Xi’er, making it hard to see the cracks.
“The Silkworm Butterfly Technique can change a person’s appearance, but it cannot change a person’s physique or true qi attributes.” Zixi said in a voice identical to Chen Xi’er’s.
It had to be said that Zixi was a qualified assassin, having learnt Chen Xi’er’s aura to resemble her, and walked out of the dungeon without being seen to be broken by the two martial artists guarding the dungeon.
Zhang Ruochen used the power of the Spatial Domain to distort the space as if he was invisible, and followed Zixi as he said in a low voice, “The martial practitioners of the Martial City Academy Palace will surely find out very soon that the person locked up in the dungeon is Chen Xi’er, so you’ll have to escape from the Lingkong Manor tonight.”
Zixi nodded.
Riding the canoe and crossing the lake without encountering any obstacles, Zi Xie travelled directly outside the Lingkong Manor.
“Greetings miss!”
The martial artists guarding the Lingkong Manor all knelt on one knee and saluted Zi Xi.
“Open the door, let’s go out.” Zi Xi said.
Those martial artists did not dare to ask more questions about “Chen Xi’er’s” order, and immediately opened the formation and gate, releasing “Chen Xi’er”.
As “Chen Xi’er” walked out of the gate, Zuo Lengxuan followed her out, looking at Chen Xi’er’s back from afar, revealing a puzzled expression, “It’s so late, where is Senior Sister Chen going?”
After pondering for a moment, Zuo Lengxuan chased after her.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen had watched Zi Xi had already left Lingkong Manor, so he didn’t intend to follow her any further, but how could Zhang Ruochen have not expected that a Zuo Lengxuan would actually pop up?
Zuo Lengxuan had been pursuing Chen Xi’er, and as Chen Xi’er had left Lingkong Manor in the middle of the night, he was curious in his heart, and it was reasonable for him to follow up to investigate.
However, it turned out that it wasn’t the real Chen Xi’er, but Zixi.
If Zuo Lengxuan found out the real identity of Chen Xi’er, wouldn’t it be a bad thing?
Zhang Ruochen was a bit uneasy in his heart, so he hid his figure again and chased after her.
After leaving the Sky Manor, Zi Xie performed her body technique and quickly swept towards the darkness, quickly escaping, only wanting to get as far away from the Sky Manor as possible.
However, she always felt that someone was following behind her.
Arriving at a secluded place, she stopped and sighed softly, “Zhang Ruochen, I’ve already escaped and won’t be in danger anymore, you don’t need to follow me anymore.”
Zixi thought that the person following her was Zhang Ruochen, so when she spoke, she didn’t deliberately imitate Chen Xi’er’s intonation, but used her own voice.
“Ta-da!”
Footsteps sounded.
Zuo Lengxuan walked out, staring at the distant “Chen Xi’er” with puzzled eyes, saying, “If you’re not Senior Sister Chen, who exactly are you? And what is your relationship with Zhang Ruochen?”
Hearing Zuo Lengxuan’s voice, Zi Xi’s face changed and she immediately turned around, only to see that the person coming was not Zhang Ruochen, but an Inner Palace student.
Zi Xie had some image of Zuo Lengxuan, having met him once or twice, and he was a top fifty ranked top master of the Inner Palace Academy.
Her heart sank to the bottom, she had never thought that she would reveal her identity only after she had escaped, was she going to lose all her efforts tonight?
