In a quiet valley within the Pangui Clan, there is a quiet cave.
A secret room in the mansion was filled with gleaming green light at the moment, flashing rhythmically, making the original surroundings of the cave wall look like emeralds.
In the center of the green light, Shi Mu closed his eyes and sat cross-legged. There was a green shadow of a small cauldron floating in front of him, slowly rotating, and wisps of cyan glow emanating from it, lingering around it.
In the previous fierce battles, although the Mitian Alliance won a great victory in the end, both their body and mind had suffered a lot of wear and tear, and they needed to spend some effort to cultivate for a while before they could recover.
After a while, Shi Mu's brows moved slightly, the green light in the room gradually faded away, and the shadow of the small cauldron on his chest also disappeared.
"If you have anything to say, come in and talk." Shi Mu opened his eyes and said calmly.
Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of the stone door rubbing together, and an enchanting woman walked in, but it was none other than Jin Xiaochai.
"Shi Mu, Xue'er has been imprisoned by you for several days, what are you going to do with her?" Jin Xiaochai asked as soon as he entered the secret room.
"How do you want me to deal with it?" Shi Mu looked up at her and asked.
"No need to say more about how Xueer treats you, I naturally hope you can let her go." Jin Xiaochai said.
"Take me to see her." Shi Mu smiled and said without comment.
Seeing that he didn't give an answer, Jin Xiaochai wanted to ask again, but Shi Mu had already stood up and walked out of the secret room.
Shi Mu and Jin Xiaochai came to the secret room, flew up one after another, turned into two rainbow lights, and flew out of the valley.
Along the way, the two of them kept flying west without saying a word.
After burning a stick of incense, the two landed in a remote courtyard under a low mountain.
The entire courtyard is shrouded in a pale golden forbidden light curtain. It covers an area of about seven or eight acres. It is quite quiet and surrounded by an ancient forest.
The two came to the door and stood side by side.
There are two tall ginkgo trees planted on the left and right of the door, and two round stone benches are placed under the trees.
These two round stools are engraved with some simple runes, and the rune gullies are covered with dust, making them look very ordinary.
Shi Mu knew, however, that these were the two formation hubs that sealed the entire courtyard formation.
This sealing formation was deployed by the Pangui Clan, and it had its own extraordinary qualities, but to Shi Mu today, it was nothing.
The light flickered on his finger, and he tapped it a few times in the air, and a few rays of light immediately flew into the stone bench under the ginkgo tree.
Just hearing a "chi" sound, a round stool moved a few feet to the right.
Immediately afterwards, a hole several feet wide opened in the formation.
"Let's go"
Shi Mu said something and stepped in.
Seeing this, Jin Xiaochai quickly followed him and walked into the courtyard.
The two walked through the courtyard and hall and came to the door of the main house.
"哐哐哐"
Shi Mu raised his hand and knocked on the door a few times.
"Come in." A slightly cold voice sounded from inside the door.
Shi Mu opened the door and walked in.
Jin Xiaochai followed him, hesitated for a moment, but did not go in. Instead, he raised his hand and closed the door, sighing softly.
Entering the room, Shi Mu saw Ximen Xue sitting at the round table, holding an ancient scroll in his hand and watching quietly.
There was no magic weapon like chains on her body to restrain her, but Shi Mu could tell that a rather powerful restriction was placed in her spiritual sea, which blocked her spiritual power and made her completely unable to do so.
Mobilize every bit.
The reason why Shi Mu could see this restriction was because this restriction was unique to the giant ape clan.
In other words, the prohibition in Ximen Xuesu was issued by the great elder himself on that day.
"Senior Sister Xue." Shi Mu was silent for a moment and then called out.
"I didn't expect that during this meeting, I would actually become your prisoner." Ximen Xue put down the ancient scroll, looked at Shi Mu, and said with some emotion.
"You know, I never wanted to be imprisoned by you." Shi Mu asked.
"But you and I are now on opposite sides." Ximen Xue smiled and said.
Shi Mu looked at her beautiful smile, but could clearly see a hint of loneliness in it.
"Since you have chosen Heavenly Court, why did you tell me about Wu Yanxing before?" Shi Mu sighed and asked.
After hearing this, Ximen Xue moved her eyes away from Shi Mu and looked to one side. Her beautiful eyes were glazed over, as if she was deep in thought, and she didn't speak for a long time.
Seeing this, Shi Mu didn't say anything to urge him, he just looked at the other party quietly and fell silent as well.
At this moment, it seemed as if the entire room had frozen in time.
After an unknown amount of time, Ximen Xue's long eyelashes trembled slightly, as if she had come back to her senses, and shook her head with a self-deprecating smile, her smile was very beautiful.
But she didn't go to see Shi Mu, nor did she open her mouth to explain anything.
"I can let you go, but you have to tell me what your real purpose is?" Shi Mu continued to ask.
Ximen Xue remained silent, as if she didn't hear anything.
"What is the purpose of Heavenly Court's massive excavation of spiritual stones?" Shi Mu then asked.
After Ximen Xue heard this, he simply picked up the ancient scroll again without even looking at Shi Mu.
"What on earth is Di Kuang planning?"
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Shi Mu asked several questions in succession, but Ximen Xue ignored them all, and even the expression on his face did not change at all.
"Senior Sister Xue, let me ask you one last question, what is it that you are pursuing?" Shi Mu frowned slightly and asked.
Hearing this question, Ximen Xue was no longer silent. She raised her head, looked at Shi Mu with a pair of beautiful eyes, and asked, "Don't you already know what I am pursuing?"
When Shi Mu heard this, he was suddenly stunned, and his eyes became extremely complicated.
After a while, he sighed and said: "After all, it was you who told me about Wu Yanxing before. Otherwise, if Wu Yanxing was breached, the Mitian Alliance would not be in the situation it is today. As far as Yu Gong is concerned,
You have not committed any unforgivable mistakes, but have been very kind to us...Personally speaking, I don't want to embarrass you."
After saying that, Shi Mu quickly moved his hands in front of him, creating complex spells one after another. Then he combined his hands and pointed his index finger in front of Ximen Xue.
There was a slight "buzz" sound.
Ximen Xue's beautiful eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, looking a little painful, but she didn't make a sound.
Immediately afterwards, her body lit up with a brilliant light, and dark golden lines lit up from her lower abdomen. After flickering for three times, they slowly faded away.
As the dark pattern disappeared, Ximen Xue's expression relaxed, and he clearly felt that the spiritual power that had been imprisoned before was restored again.
"Do you really want to let me go?" Ximen Xue breathed out a breath of amnesty and asked, but there was no hint of surprise in his expression.
"The restrictions on you have been removed. It's up to you to stay in the future." Shi Mu said, turned around and walked out the door.
When he reached the door, he stopped without looking back and said:
"The elder who is in charge of the teleportation hall in the north of Beiwu City is not here today. There will be a handover at midnight. There will be a stick of incense free at that time. With your skills and cultivation, no one can find out."
After saying that, Shi Mu raised his hand.
There was a soft "squeak" sound, and the door was opened, revealing Jin Xiaochai's figure at the door. She looked at Ximen Xue in the room, then at Shi Mu, but hesitated to speak.
Shi Mu turned sideways and gave way to the passage.
Ximen Xue stood up and walked to the door, stopped again, suddenly turned to look at Shi Mu, and said:
"Heavenly Court is digging up spiritual mines in these star areas. I don't know the specific reason for it. I'm afraid only the Twelve Immortal Generals can know about it. However, no matter what Heavenly Court is planning, they are not far away from success."
"Thanks for the reminder." After hearing this, Shi Mu raised his eyebrows slightly and said.
Ximen Xue said nothing more and walked out the door.
Shi Mu suddenly thought of something extremely important and hurriedly chased him out.
"Senior Sister Xue, I have one more thing that I want to ask you for confirmation." Shi Mu said.
"What's the matter?" Ximen Xue turned around and asked.
"Do you know that Suzaku Star was breached and Zhong Xiu was captured by Zhao Jian?" Shi Mu asked.
"Oh, Suzaku Star was breached? When did it happen?" Ximen Xue asked in surprise.
"You don't know about this?" When Ximen Xue said this, Shi Mu was even more surprised than she was.
"Xue'er said she didn't know, so of course she really didn't know. Could she still lie to you?" Jin Xiaochai said angrily when she saw this.
"Senior Sister Jin, don't get me wrong. I'm not doubting Senior Sister Xue, I'm just a little surprised." Shi Mu explained.
Immediately, Shi Mu told Ximen Xue and Ximen Xue about Huo Tu's attack on Suzaku Star and what happened after that.
"I'm afraid this matter was done by Immortal Huo Tu himself. If it was ordered by Heaven, it should be Immortal Pilu who led the army to attack, so I don't know about it at all." After hearing this, Ximen Xue said.
"I understand." Shi Mu had made this judgment before, so he nodded and said.
"After returning to Heaven, I will help you keep an eye on it. As soon as there is news, I will find a way to inform you." Ximen Xue said after a moment of pondering.
"Thank you." Shi Mu couldn't help but feel a hint of gratitude in his heart and nodded.
Jin Xiaochai stood there, looking at the scene between the two people with strange eyes. Then he suddenly remembered something, his expression changed, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Ximen Xue glanced at Shi Mu with complicated eyes, nodded slightly, then turned and walked out of the courtyard.
This time, she didn't look back.
"Thank you for taking care of me these days. Now I just happened to be leaving with Xue'er, so I won't continue to disturb you. You should be careful yourself." Jin Xiaochai said to Shi Mu with a smile.
Having said that, without waiting for Shi Mu to speak, his enchanting body turned and chased after Ximen Xue.
Shi Mu stood there for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile.
The next moment, the black and white wings flashed out from behind him, and he rose from the ground and flew towards the east.