"What the hell!"
Li Xuan's mind was a stampede of thoughts, far beyond a single expletive.
Although the stone statues outside numbered in the dozens, the first man to emerge only possessed half-saint strength. But these ten stone statues before him, even before Li Xuan saw them, he could feel the power of saints. Ten saints, what kind of game was this?
Li Xuan even considered turning around and leaving immediately. With his current strength, even a single saint would be difficult to deal with, let alone ten.
"Little master, you can directly destroy these ten stone statues," just as Li Xuan was about to turn and flee, the Heavenly Dao Brush's voice suddenly rang in his mind. Li Xuan was stunned. After glancing at the five stone statues standing on each side of the hall again, his expression became resolute.
In the next moment, Jinghun made its move.
Bang bang bang!
But in the next moment, Li Xuan's hair stood on end. The ten stone statues in the hall, as if sensing a threat, began to crack rapidly. Seeing this, Li Xuan did not hesitate, retrieved Jinghun, and madly fled towards the entrance.
At this moment, Li Xuan finally understood. This was no relic at all, but a thoroughly fierce land.
As Li Xuan stepped into the stone cave, a terrifying aura surged from behind him. Li Xuan knew that the ten saints had fully awakened. Feeling this, Li Xuan quickly unleashed his full power and sped towards the exit.
When Li Xuan just rushed out of the stone cave, he saw many prodigies gathered at the entrance. Before Li Xuan could speak, everyone felt the terrifying aura emanating from within. At this moment, they all understood why Li Xuan was fleeing so miserably. Saints were enough to crush all of them present.
"It seems the stone cave on the left was the wrong path. We should enter the stone cave on the right," a man said.
Li Xuan rolled his eyes upon hearing this and then, without looking back, ran further out. Even if the stone cave on the right was truly a treasure land, Li Xuan did not want to stay for another moment. Who knew if those ten saints would enter the stone cave on the right? If they did, no one would survive.
Although many prodigies fell into contemplation after seeing Li Xuan flee and then chose to leave, more of them, holding the mindset of seeking fortune in danger, rushed into the stone cave on the right.
Soon, Li Xuan arrived at the edge of the ghost bat swarm. Seeing corpses scattered everywhere, Li Xuan paused for a moment. Then, sensing that the ghost bat swarm had fallen into slumber, he suppressed his aura and sped towards the exit.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Xuan finally passed through the ghost bat swarm without incident. When he passed fifteen palaces, Li Xuan found that all fifteen palaces had been demolished. Li Xuan shook his head. Feeling that the sense of crisis in his heart had not yet dissipated, he hurried out.
Whoosh!
As Li Xuan stepped out of the entrance of the relic, the sense of crisis in his heart finally dissipated. Li Xuan let out a long breath, then glanced at the entrance of the relic, shook his head, and turned to leave.
Whether Xing Ba was alive or dead, Li Xuan did not know. Although the two had formed an alliance, it was not permanent. Furthermore, in this God Burial Land, everyone was on their own. Even in the outside world, there were probably no lasting alliances. Only when there were mutual interests did alliances have a foundation. Once interests were lost, such alliances would naturally disintegrate.
What Li Xuan did not know was that about ten minutes after he left, Xing Ba, covered in blood, also rushed out of the relic. The silver horn on his forehead was even broken by a third. Xing Ba glanced at the relic, and then his figure moved, disappearing.
Luomeng Mountain was the safe zone marked on the map given to Li Xuan by Xing Ba. Li Xuan stopped on a mountaintop, then built a stone cave and entered it.
In the next moment, Li Xuan directly entered the Prison Suppressing Artifact.
"This... this is simply unbelievable!" When Li Xuan sensed it, he was stunned. The time flow within the Prison Suppressing Artifact had actually reached a terrifying ratio of one to ten.
"Little master, the time flow has stopped. However, I have never seen such a ratio in any other space. That fellow's methods are truly powerful," the Heavenly Dao Brush came before Li Xuan and said.
Li Xuan's heart stirred, and he looked at the Heavenly Dao Brush, saying, "Little Brush, tell me about my master."
"Unspeakable, unspeakable. Little master, please don't put me in a difficult position," the Heavenly Dao Brush said, shaking its head.
Li Xuan was somewhat speechless. Although he had heard Yi Qin mention that powerful beings were unspeakable, this little brush was too afraid. However, from this, Li Xuan also discovered a problem: his master's strength was likely at an extremely terrifying level.
The saying "powerful beings are unspeakable" meant that some spiritual masters had reached very high realms. Speaking ill of such existences behind their backs would instantly be perceived by them, thus bringing disaster.
Moreover, Li Xuan discovered that the powerful beings suppressed within the Prison Suppressing Artifact were extremely strong. According to Yi Qin, they had been suppressed for tens of thousands of years. And the Heavenly Dao Brush had been suppressed for a full forty thousand years, meaning Li Xuan's master had lived for at least forty thousand years.
His strength was already so terrifying over forty thousand years ago. If he had lived until now, his strength was unimaginable. Moreover, Li Xuan believed that his master was definitely still alive.
"The road ahead is long and arduous, I still need to work hard," Li Xuan sighed slightly. He hadn't even reached the pinnacle of the known realms, so why think about his master's realms? Li Xuan thought this, smiled, shook his head, and then walked towards the other three stone coffins.
"May I ask senior's honorable name?" Li Xuan did not beat around the bush but directly bowed and asked.
"Jiao Le," after a moment of silence from the stone coffin, a voice emerged.
Li Xuan immediately said, "Senior Yi Qin said before leaving that senior is not a truly wicked person. If I encounter a life-threatening crisis, I can release senior to save my life. After the deed is done, senior can leave this Prison Suppressing Artifact. What do you think of this matter?"
"Agreed. And there's no need to wait until you encounter a life-threatening situation. If you need it, I can act for you once," Jiao Le's voice came out.
Li Xuan nodded and said, "Deal."
Then Li Xuan moved, walked directly to the stone coffin, and pulled out the golden sword on the coffin.
"You are releasing me now?" A middle-aged man appeared before Li Xuan, with a hint of surprise on his face as he looked at Li Xuan. This person was naturally Jiao Le.
Li Xuan smiled slightly and said, "Since I have already reached an agreement with senior, wouldn't it be too petty of me to keep senior locked in the stone coffin?"
Jiao Le was silent for a moment, then said, "No wonder you were chosen as the successor by that person. This magnanimity alone is enough. Very well, seeing as you voluntarily released me, I will help you one more time."
"In that case, thank you, senior," Li Xuan was stunned. Jiao Le was indeed not a truly wicked person, just as Senior Yi Qin had said.
Jiao Le smiled and said, "Little fellow, you are very good. And you are also the chosen successor of that person. I shall consider this forging a good connection with you."
Li Xuan became curious and looked at Jiao Le, saying, "Senior, can you tell me about my master?"
Jiao Le's expression immediately turned solemn, and he shook his head slightly, "He, at this time, is unspeakable."