The three old men looked at each other with surprise in each other's eyes, and finally looked at Lin Hao in confusion.

"Do you also know Du Xichuan? How is that possible?"

"Du Xichuan, like us, has been imprisoned here for more than 20 years. At your age, it should be impossible for you to know him."

"And he died half a month ago, and his body was thrown out of the cave. Could it be..."

Several old men seemed to suddenly realize something, and their expressions were suddenly stunned.

Even if they didn't say anything else, Lin Hao could probably guess what happened next.

I heard Du Xichuan personally admit before that he had been tortured for more than 20 years. There is no doubt that he was also imprisoned here for more than 20 years.

Half a month ago, I don't know what method he used to pretend to be dead. He was thrown out as a corpse by the Qingyun Sect disciples. Finally, he was freed and ran to the Wei family in the Jiangdong provincial capital.

Lin Hao did not get any clues about Qiao Kexin's life experience from Du Xichuan, but now it seems that the elder in front of him should know.

He slowly squatted in front of the great elder, holding the iron hook that pierced the great elder's collarbone with his palm.

bite!

After the crisp sound, although the iron hook was not taken out, the iron chain connected to it broke.

If Lin Hao breaks the other four chains, the great elder can leave this place.

But he did not do this, but looked at the great elder with very serious eyes: "Are you imprisoned here because of a baby girl? Where did that baby girl come from? Who are her parents?"

The cave suddenly fell into dead silence. None of the three old men spoke. Their expressions became very solemn, as if they were considering how to answer Lin Hao's question.

Lin Hao pinched the iron chain with his bare hands. Although it didn't look very gorgeous, it surprised the three old men because this was not something ordinary warriors could do.

Lin Hao showed his hand in order to let the three old men understand that he had the ability to save them.

But if they don't answer the questions honestly, then they are not living Bodhisattvas with great compassion.

After more than a minute of silence, the great elder sighed quietly: "Our cultivation has been ruined. We are already old. Even if we leave this place, we will be useless in the future. It is worse than living in this world.

Let us die here!"

Lin Hao could guess that maybe it was because they still didn't believe that the Qingyun Sect had been destroyed. With all their cultivation lost, even if they left this place, they were afraid that they would not be able to escape from the clutches of the Qingyun Sect, so they did not dare to reveal the secrets of the Qingyun Sect.

secret.

"What if I said, I can help you restore your cultivation?" Lin Hao said in a confident tone.

The three old men looked up at Lin Hao at the same time, their eyes full of doubts, as if they didn't quite believe what Lin Hao said.

Lin Hao took out the elixir he had just arrived from his pocket and displayed it in front of them under the light of his mobile phone's flashlight.

"This elixir alone may not be enough to restore your full cultivation, but I happen to still have a spirit-gathering bead.

As long as you use the spirit-gathering beads to practice, even if your original cultivation level is that of a great warrior, it won't take long for you to return to your original state."

Lin Hao's calm tone made it difficult for the three old men to tell whether what he said was true or false.

However, at this moment, a glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in their already despairing hearts.

If you choose to believe in Lin Hao, you will at least have a chance, otherwise you will really have to wait to be buried in this cave.

Several people looked at each other, and seemed to have gone through an inner struggle. They nodded in unison and decided to take a gamble.

The Great Elder looked at the bright light coming from the direction of the cave entrance, as if lost in memories, and said slowly: "Before we were locked up here, the previous head of the Qingyun Sect gave us a baby girl to take care of.

I once asked the boss in private, who are the parents of this baby girl? The boss only said that she was brought out of the secret realm and would be of great use in a hundred days, but did not mention anything else.

But not long after, Du Xichuan heard from who knows where, that as long as you drink the blood of the baby girl, you can improve your cultivation and be invulnerable to all poisons, and it is very likely to gain eternal life.

He told us the news and wanted to encourage us to steal the baby girl with him and then share the baby girl's blood together.

However, we simply did not believe in the lies about immortality, and we did not dare to betray the sect and the leader, so we rejected Du Xichuan's proposal.

But we did not report Du Xichuan to the boss, thinking that if we rejected him, he would not dare to steal the baby girl alone. Unexpectedly, he was so bold that he actually poisoned us and then quietly took the baby girl away.

When the leader learned the news, he was furious and imprisoned us here. Not long after, Du Xichuan was also captured, but the baby girl was nowhere to be found.

Du Xichuan never revealed the whereabouts of the baby girl. The boss thought that we were in cahoots with Du Xichuan and locked us up here and tortured us for many years.

Even after his death and the new leader taking office, we still could not escape our tragic fate.

Half a month ago, Du Xichuan died in this cave, and his body was thrown outside the cave. I didn't expect that he was pretending. You found us because of him, right?"

Lin Hao's eyes showed deep doubts. He did not answer the great elder's question, but asked: "What exactly is the secret realm?"

The Great Elder sighed lightly: "I don't know what the secret realm is, and the leader is never willing to reveal any information about the secret realm.

But I once heard a strong man from another sect say that the secret realm is a holy place for warriors to practice, but very few people know where it is."

The more Lin Hao listened, the more confused he became. Did Kexin really come out of the secret realm? What exactly is the secret realm?

In fact, many years ago, Lin Hao also heard his master mention the secret realm.

Master once said: The secret realm was born in this world, but it does not belong to this world.

At that time, Lin Hao didn't understand the meaning of this sentence and had no interest in the secret realm, so he didn't ask any more questions.

I regret it now when I think about it. If I had been more curious and asked more questions at that time, I wouldn't be clueless now.

"We have told you everything you want to know, can you let us go now?" the great elder asked in a deep voice.

Lin Hao did not break his promise. His palm was like a sword that sharpened iron as much as clay, and in the blink of an eye he broke the iron chains locked on the three old men.

However, the iron hooks pierced into their bodies were not immediately taken out.

After all, the conditions here are limited. Once taken out, it is likely to cause a large amount of blood loss. In addition, their current bodies are extremely weak, and they may die as a result.

The three old men were horrified, because the iron chains that locked them were not of ordinary iron, but were specially forged. Even with Great Martial Lord's cultivation, it would take a weapon to cut them off.

But Lin Hao still looked so relaxed with just a pair of fleshy palms.

"Who are you? What is your level of cultivation?" the great elder couldn't help but ask.

Lin Hao divided the elixir in his hand into three parts and handed them to the three old men respectively.

"I am the president of the Dragon Martial Arts Association. This elixir can temporarily preserve your physical strength and restore part of your cultivation. However... if you want to use the Spirit Gathering Pearl to restore your full strength, you still need to agree to one condition.

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The three old men were originally happy because they had just received the elixir, but when they heard Lin Hao's words, they couldn't help but be stunned.

"What conditions?" the great elder asked.
Chapter completed!