Xiao Man’s eyes flickered, and she looked at Ze Fang.
“Deliberately fell into your hands?”
Ze Fang’s expression froze, and he quickly rubbed his face against Xiao Man’s: “Daddy, I was just worried about Daddy and didn’t want to be separated from you.”
“So, you intentionally put yourself in danger?”
Ze Fang’s eyes rolled around.
“Rolling your eyes like that, are you thinking of how to trick me?” Xiao Man asked with a smile.
Ze Fang poked his fingers: “Xiao Qi wouldn’t dare.”
Xiao Man pinched his little nose: “You little thing, you dare to fool your daddy. When we get out, I’ll spank your bottom.”
A scene suddenly flashed in Ze Fang’s mind: a perfectly carved little girl, hands on her hips, said righteously, “If you don’t write my homework for me, I’ll never talk to you again!”
Seeing Ze Fang’s unfocused pupils, Xiao Man thought she had scared him and flicked his forehead: “What are you thinking about?”
“I’ll listen to you from now on, don’t ignore me.”
Xiao Man looked at the face in front of her, and her heart felt as if it had been pricked by a needle, aching finely: “I won’t ignore you.”
Seeing the father and son’s filial affection, Zang Xu sneered. Truly, ignorance was bliss. Facing death, they could still smile. Once their Lord was rescued, this father and son would have no way out.
The group stopped outside Yangming Valley. Xiao Man stood at the valley entrance: “We’re here.”
Zang Xu looked at the place full of birdsong and fragrant flowers, suspicion in his eyes. It was said to be a place of no law, where nothing could grow. Yet, here it was, covered in rare and exotic plants, truly suspicious.
“This place of no law only possesses spiritual energy here, all leaked from the sealing formation, nurturing these rare and exotic plants,” Xiao Man walked around the outside of Yangming Valley. “The formation is on the outer perimeter.”
Zang Xu listened, and immediately followed to search. As expected, he found the four great formations outside Yangming Valley. However, he couldn’t budge any of them. After all, these were formations sacrificed by a peak Nascent Soul stage great cultivator’s life. Even after ten thousand years, they were still not something he, a mere Core Formation cultivator, could move.
Xiao Man held the child and watched Zang Xu exert all his might, attempting to pry open the formations of Yangming Valley, like watching a clown show.
The old city lord’s heart pounded, afraid that Zang Xu would pry open the formations and release the great demon. Upon discovering that Zang Xu could not budge the formations, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
“Sect Leader Zang, this formation is not easy to budge from the outside,” Xiao Man said slowly when she saw that the time was almost up. “Perhaps attacking the formation’s eye would have a higher chance of success.” Su Dan Novel Network
“Formation’s eye?”
“Xiao Qin!” The old city lord intended to stop Xiao Man from revealing where the formation’s eye was.
However, Xiao Man pointed without hesitation towards the inside of Yangming Valley: “The formation’s eye is inside the valley, but ordinary people simply cannot get in.”
Zang Xu narrowed his eyes. He trusted Xiao Man’s words at most by three parts, and even those three parts needed careful consideration to see if they were mixed with other intentions.
“Cannot get in?”
“Yes, cannot get in.” Xiao Man walked to the valley entrance. “Every flower, every blade of grass, every insect, every bird inside is poisonous. As soon as one steps into Yangming Valley, they will be attacked by venomous creatures, and the formation’s eye is in the center of Yangming Valley. It is said that the most dangerous venomous creatures are lurking within.”
“You can get in.” Zang Xu said with certainty.
“Sect Leader Zang thinks too highly of me. If I could get in, this place would have been barren long ago,” Xiao Man said slowly. “I can only move around the outer perimeter; I can’t get close to the central area at all. Sect Leader Zang is a strong cultivator of the Core Formation stage, your resistance to poison is stronger than ours. Perhaps you can enter the location of the formation’s eye.”
Zang Xu sneered, reached out, grabbed Xiao Man, and threw her inside. Xiao Man let out a scream, and then a huge thunder-break vine appeared, directly coiling around Xiao Man and whisking her away in an instant, disappearing without a trace.
Zang Xu was stunned for a moment, then followed. However, after pursuing for a distance, he retreated. The poisonous creatures inside were too powerful; he couldn’t resist their harm, especially as the toxicity increased the deeper he went. Even as a Core Formation stage expert, he dared not be careless.
Zang Xu took a detoxification pill and looked at the old city lord. The old city lord quickly shrank back: “Sect Leader Zang, I can’t open the formation, and I can’t get inside either. Although I am the gatekeeper of this place of no law, I am not omnipotent. My only use is holding the key to open the outer barrier.”
Zang Xu looked at Elder Ren. Elder Ren took out a piece of clothing and handed it to Zang Xu. Zang Xu took it and put it on: “Watch him. If I don’t come out within an hour, proceed according to the plan.”
“Yes, Sect Leader.”
Qi Hong woke up groggily. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Elder Ren beside him and a shiver ran through him as he retreated repeatedly.
“Don’t retreat, Yangming Valley is behind you.” Elder Ren reminded Qi Hong. Qi Hong had lived in the place of no law for some time and should know what kind of place Yangming Valley was.
Upon hearing this, Qi Hong looked back and indeed saw that he was outside Yangming Valley. His nose tingled. They had gone through so much hardship, suffered so much torment from Xiao Man, just to enter Wuji City, and now they were back here!
“Kid, why are you crying?” the old city lord asked confusedly.
“Back then, we risked our lives to enter Wuji City, but how long has it been, and I’m back in the place of no law. Can I not cry?” Qi Hong wiped his tears. “Oh, right, have you seen Xiao Qin?”
The old city lord pointed inside Yangming Valley, his voice full of despair: “Sect Leader Zang threw her in. I’m afraid she’s in grave danger.”
“Sect Leader Zang is inside too?”
“Sect Leader Zang chased after her.” The old city lord sat down dejectedly. In his opinion, entering was a dead end. And he had always considered Qi Hong to be a coward who clung to life, which was why he hadn’t knocked Qi Hong unconscious again.
Qi Hong also noticed Elder Ren’s disdain for him and sluggishly walked to the old city lord’s side: “Elder Ren, once you go in there, you can’t come out alive.”
Elder Ren glanced at him: “I don’t know if Xiao Qin can survive, but the Sect Leader will definitely be fine.”
“Is that so?” Qi Hong retorted, and then with lightning speed, he grabbed the old city lord and rushed into Yangming Valley, startling Elder Ren so much that his eyeballs almost popped out.
“Qi Hong, you’re courting death!” Elder Ren quickly chased after him. However, he was not familiar with the terrain inside and quickly lost sight of Qi Hong.
After shaking off Elder Ren who was following behind, Qi Hong had the leisure to check on the old city lord. Seeing the old city lord’s face darken, clearly poisoned, he was startled and quickly fed the old city lord the unique detoxification pill created by Xiao Man. Seeing the black color fade from the old city lord’s face, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Old Cheng, don’t worry, we’re safe for now.”
The old city lord looked around, feeling his limbs go cold: “This is called safe?”
“Of course, it’s much safer in here than outside!”