"What's going on? Wasn't it supposed to be bluestone? How did it turn into fish bones?" The voice beside his ear paused slightly before continuing.

Mo Wuji was constantly focusing on the voice behind him. The moment the voice paused, he knew that something he had said earlier had caught the other party's attention.

"Senior, although I was stabbed, I wasn't injured. A defensive treasure I have blocked it. Yes, I did see a piece of bluestone, the bluestone is beneath the fish bones..." Mo Wuji continued.

This time Mo Wuji really did see a piece of bluestone under the fish bones. The bluestone, despite the passage of countless years, still emitted a faint blue light. It was probably a good thing. Besides the bluestone, there also seemed to be some remnants of human bones here. These bones had survived for so many years, indicating that the deceased had once been a great expert.

The voice in the dark fell silent. Mo Wuji also stopped speaking. His spiritual eyes calmly observed his surroundings, and he placed the Great Desolation (Da Huang) beside him, ready to act at any moment. Even if he couldn't win, he would still resist before dying.

After a long time, the voice sighed, "I also can't figure out what's going on. Carefully take out the bluestone beneath the fish bones, and remember not to get stabbed by the fish bones again."

"Okay." Mo Wuji immediately sent a sound transmission to Da Huang, instructing it to enter the pond and retrieve the bluestone according to his directions.

Da Huang couldn't see the bluestone, but Mo Wuji was now Da Huang's eyes.

Da Huang didn't have so many concerns. As soon as Mo Wuji gave the order, it stepped into the pond. But as soon as Da Huang entered the pond, it was as if a huge force lifted it up, causing it to fall forward and be stabbed squarely by the fish bones.

Even though Da Huang was an immortal puppet of a Great Immortal Emperor, and the fish had been dead for who knows how many years, the fish bones still pierced through Da Huang's body surface, pinning Da Huang to the fish bones.

"What's going on?" Da Huang's movements were too loud, and the voice in the dark asked again, this time with more excitement than before.

Waves of faint white light rose from the fish bones, seemingly trying to absorb something from Da Huang's body, but after absorbing for a long time, it seemed to absorb nothing.

Mo Wuji's face was very unsightly. He was sure that there was something strange about this pond. Otherwise, with Da Huang's strength, and under his guidance, it would never have lost control and fallen down, ending up impaled on the fish bones. The voice that had been guiding him in the dark was truly insidious.

"It's nothing, I was stabbed again, fortunately my treasure armor helped me again," Mo Wuji said, his tone sounding a bit impatient and dissatisfied. He could see that Da Huang seemed to be unable to move after being stabbed by the fish bones.

"Then come up first," the voice in the dark seemed to sigh.

Mo Wuji signaled Da Huang to take the bluestone away as it came up, while he carefully memorized every detail of the arrangement in this pond.

After the voice in the dark appeared, Da Huang easily climbed up from the fish bones. Following Mo Wuji's instructions, it grabbed the bluestone the instant it leaped out of the pond.

A cold snort came. Mo Wuji felt a chill run through him. Fortunately, Da Huang carried the bluestone out of the pond. Mo Wuji quickly retreated with Da Huang until they were several meters away, then used the River Luo Book (Luo Shu) to protect himself and Da Huang, while simultaneously probing the bluestone with his Storage Meridian (Chu Shen Luo) spiritual will.

The bluestone's surface was covered with various complex runes, and Mo Wuji's spiritual will was unable to break through them.

"Have you obtained the bluestone?" the voice in the dark suddenly asked.

Mo Wuji calmly put away the bluestone, then opened his eyes and lied, "No, that bluestone is difficult to get."

He believed that the other party knew he had obtained the bluestone, and he also believed that the other party now knew that he could see the things in the pond. Knowing was one thing, but he just wouldn't admit it.

Sure enough, after a moment, the voice in the dark suddenly said, "Young man, you are very smart and very cautious. If I'm not mistaken, you should have eyes that can see through all illusions, right?"

Mo Wuji still didn't answer. These things had nothing to do with him leaving, and he had no need to answer.

"Alright, young man, I, Yu Minjiang, was wrong before, I shouldn't have tricked you first. Now let's make a deal. Return the bluestone to the lake, and I will guide you out," the voice in the dark, calling itself Yu Minjiang, said slowly.

Although Mo Wuji didn't understand such high-level formations, he was still a researcher of formations, and he had vaguely discerned that the pond should have various formations. The fish bones were likely absorbing blood, but Da Huang was just a puppet, and had no blood to be absorbed.

The bluestone was sent into Mo Wuji's ring. This thing was clearly not simple, and he couldn't just casually send it into the pond. He also didn't believe that the voice in the dark was so kind as to be willing to send him out.

He took out the Immortal Seeking Token (Wen Xian Pai) in his hand and said, "Did you really refine this token?"

"That's right, I did refine this token, and it can indeed enter and exit the Immortal Locking Formation (Suo Xian Zhen)," Yu Minjiang said in a deep voice, his tone neither hurried nor impatient.

Whether it was just Mo Wuji's imagination or not, he distinctly felt a sense of urgency in Yu Minjiang's calm tone, as if he was anxious that he hadn't sent the bluestone into the pond.

"Since you can refine tokens to go out, why don't you go out yourself?" Mo Wuji asked calmly.

"I was stabbed by a broken sword, and also locked by the formation flags in the Immortal Locking Formation, how can I get out?" the voice said helplessly.

Mo Wuji suddenly looked at the giant rock on the left. A broken sword was stuck in the giant rock. "So you are this rock."

"You can indeed see through the illusions within. That's right, I am this rock, but I am trapped in the rock." This time the voice was no longer ethereal, but came directly from the giant rock. "In the Immortal Locking Formation, a rock, a blade of grass, a puddle of water, are all traps to lock people. You don't understand the Immortal Locking Formation. Once you are locked, you will be like us, and will never be able to get out."

"So, if you guide me, I won't be locked?" Mo Wuji said steadily.

"Of course," Yu Minjiang said proudly.

Mo Wuji sneered, "You're so powerful, how are you still locked? You should be in heaven."

If he didn't have the spiritual eyes, he might have really gone down into the pond, and his whole body would have been sucked dry of blood by the fish bones. It would be strange if Mo Wuji were polite to such a person.

Yu Minjiang fell silent, and after a long while, he said, "Whether you believe it or not, I was ambushed. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been locked in the Immortal Locking Formation. If you cooperate with me, you can definitely get out. If you don't cooperate, it won't be much of a loss for me, just one more person in the Immortal Locking Formation who can only eke out an existence by absorbing elemental energy."

"Answer a few questions, and then we'll discuss cooperation," Mo Wuji didn't continue to mock Yu Minjiang, and asked in a deep voice, "First, did my friend fall? Second, what's the deal with these fish bones? Third, what's your purpose in refining the Immortal Seeking Token?"

Yu Minjiang was very straightforward this time, "The reason why the Immortal Locking Formation is called the Immortal Locking Formation is that there is no killing. So as long as your friend isn't killed by the wandering murderous aura in here, he won't fall. Second, the fish bones are my pet beast. As long as it obtains blood, it will regain some freedom, and then it will help me. Third, my purpose in refining the Immortal Seeking Token is to let people go out. Only when people go out can there be more people coming in."

"What is that bluestone?" Mo Wuji asked again when he saw Yu Minjiang answering so straightforwardly.

This time Yu Minjiang was silent, and did not answer Mo Wuji's words.

Mo Wuji estimated that he had reached the other party's limit, and did not continue to ask about the bluestone, but asked, "In that case, how should we cooperate? What do you need to send me out?"

Yu Minjiang heard Mo Wuji start seeking cooperation to get out, and then said, "First, return the bluestone to me, and send it back to that pond. Second, find something for me. When the Tower of the Gods (Zhu Shen Ta) opens again, you must give the Immortal Seeking Token and that thing to another person to bring here. As long as you swear that you can do these two things, I can immediately let you find a way out."

Mo Wuji said calmly, "First, I will not return something that belongs to me, second, I will not swear casually. Since you are not willing to cooperate, then I will find my own way out."

After speaking, Mo Wuji gathered his spiritual eyes, and even more cautiously examined his surroundings. Since Yu Minjiang had said that every blade of grass and tree could become a locking presence in the Immortal Locking Formation, then he had to be careful.

"Alright, I agree. I don't need you to swear. As long as you help me find the Divine Consciousness Crystals of the ancient gods (Shang Gu Zhu Shen de Shi Hai Nian Jing), I can guide you out," Yu Minjiang quickly called out again when he saw Mo Wuji was about to leave.

Mo Wuji asked in confusion, "Divine Consciousness Crystals of the ancient gods?"

"Yes, the Divine Consciousness Crystals of the ancient gods. You can find them by going to the various battlefields of the ancient gods. Wait, I'll give you a sample, this was brought in by a little fellow who entered the Tower of the Gods before..." As he spoke, a pitch-black stone fell in front of Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji used his Storage Meridian spiritual will to probe the black stone, and after confirming that there were no traps, he picked up the black stone.

"Immortal Lattice Stone (Xian Ge Shi)?" As soon as Mo Wuji grabbed the black stone, he understood what it was. He had tens of millions of Immortal Lattice Stones from the Half Immortal Region (Ban Xian Yu).

So this thing was also some kind of Divine Consciousness Crystal of the ancient gods, it seemed to have an unusual origin.

"You know this thing?" Yu Minjiang asked excitedly.

Mo Wuji said faintly, "This thing is nothing, it's just an Immortal Lattice Stone. Many Heavenly Immortals (Tian Xian) use Immortal Lattice Stones to transform their Immortal Lattices, and then advance to higher levels."

"Do you have any?" Yu Minjiang asked excitedly.

Mo Wuji chuckled, "I'm already a Great Perfection Immortal (Da Zhi Xian), what do I need this thing for?"

He would not admit that he had tens of millions of Immortal Lattice Stones, since the other party needed this thing so urgently, then it was worth trading for.

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