The divine mark on the Qingxu sword given by Elder Wu was wiped out by the barrier of the secret palace the moment Zhang Ning entered the secret realm, so how to get away with it depends entirely on acting skills.

After coming to Elder Wu’s bamboo house, Zhang Ning felt the tremor of the soul-catching bell and was on guard.

Elder Wu sat in the main seat, asked frantically, "Did you get it?"

Zhang Ning nodded, and a mutated tomato obtained from the secret realm shot towards Elder Wu.

Elder Wu reached out to take it, staring at the tomato suspiciously, and was about to ask, an iron ruler without the tip of the sword and the blade hit his back.

Elder Wu smiled grimly: "Little thief, it's really a fraud!" Then his robe was instigated, and the steel ruler was blocked and he could not make any progress. His momentum soared, and Zhang Ning felt pressure instantly.

Zhang Ning sported a goblet, and the pressure was reduced, but it was still rising slowly.

Zhang Ning was always on guard against Elder Wu's other magical weapons or tricks. Who knew that Elder Wu had just accumulated spiritual power and his face became more and more ferocious.

After a few breaths, Elder Wu's face was already bright red, and Zhang Ning tensed his nerves extremely nervously.

"Bang!"

Elder Wu burst out like an egg in a microwave.

The goblet blocked the bones and minced meat. Except for Zhang Ning's foothold, Elder Wu evenly poured the entire hall.

The vibration of the soul-catching bell became even stronger. Zhang Ning recited the magic tricks silently, and dozens and hundreds of residual souls rushed into the soul-catching bell.

Zhang Ning carefully walked along the clue to the back room.

The back room is a study room, which is normal, and the vibration of the soul-catching bell points directly to an inkstone on the bookshelf.

Zhang Ning tried various methods to crack them but failed. In the end, he thought of something. After taking Elder Wu's blood, trying several magic spells to unlock the seal, he finally opened the secret passage in the bookshelf.

Zhang Ning climbed down the stairs, and a disgusting fragrance filled the entire passage.

Zhang Ning hurriedly held his breath, and the unremoved goblet could not completely block the smell. Without protection, it would be no less than physical attack.

When he arrived at the underground dark room, Zhang Ning stood there and took a breath of air conditioning.

A small basement was divided into several cells by the Thunder Spirit Fence. Each of them was locked with a person in rags or even inches of clothes. Everyone was covered in bruises and was even locked by the Thunder Spirit Fence chain and twisted so much that it was not adult.

Thunder spirit iron will release lightning from time to time. Not only are the people in the cell physically damaged, but they are also extremely nervous in their spirits. Therefore, according to Zhang Ning's observation, several of them are already mentally deranged.

Dark red and black blood stains were everywhere, and the sweet fragrance could not completely cover up the bloody smell here.

Zhang Ning slowly approached the first room in the left hand of the cell... because the soul-catching bell was always guiding this direction.

“…Zhang…ning…”

A woman with a blurred face in the cell said.

Zhang Ning was shocked and carefully identified that the woman whose mouth and teeth were knocked off was the concubine taken by Elder Cui Zhenwu who had met one year ago when he first entered the mountain gate.

Zhang Ning hurriedly used a steel ruler to split the prison door.

By searching the souls of several remaining souls in the soul-catching bell, he learned about Elder Wu’s sins.

This old demon has been kidnapping outer disciples and extracting their souls to practice evil skills!

Cui Zhen accidentally discovered the dungeon, but was immediately locked in this place by Elder Wu and tortured. She had obtained a magical inheritance in her early years, and she immediately destroyed it after seeing it, and was disdainful to practice. After falling deep into this place, she began to practice in order to escape the difficulties and secretly implanted demons on Elder Wu. After 49 times, she was finally able to remove it today.

...

After a cup of tea, the head of the sect, Master Qingxuan, who looked as dark as the bottom of the pot, came to the bamboo building, and his life card was broken.

As soon as Zhenren Qingxuan was about to settle down, Zhang Ning stepped forward and explained the causes and consequences. He ordered Zhang Ning to return to the artifact hall and handle everything himself. It is strictly forbidden to spread the matter here.

Zhang Ning had known that Miss Li, who was holding Yang Ming's body, had been damaged by Elder Sun's experiment, and now Elder Wu is dead, stealing the foundation-building pill and plotting murder... Well, no, there is no evidence of self-defense counterattack against his fellow disciples, so he could rest assured... What about sitting back? Now it is obviously a big disaster! The previous trivial matter is not a big deal compared to the fact that he is about to lose his life!

Zhang Ning will definitely not return to the Artifact Hall.

He went back to the Spirit Talisman Hall directly and could stay there for two days to plan a way to resolve the crisis.

On the second day, Zhang Ning heard the official announcement that Elder Wu was in danger and the news of his rescued disciples was unknown... Perhaps all of them were destroyed by humanity, because low-level outer disciples were not worth anything, let alone these useless people who had no value and would only ruin the reputation of the sect.

As for Cui Zhen, it was not until many years later that Zhang Ning returned to Qingyun Mountain again that he learned that on the night when Elder Wu died, Cui Zhen obtained many magic weapons from Elder Wu and defected to the Qingxu Sect. Later, in addition to his long-dead parents and his younger brother Cui Yang in Qingyun Mountain, Cui Zhen slaughtered 502 people in the Cui family and killed the scumbag Han Ren, completely falling into the devil's way.
Chapter completed!