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Chapter 219 Third Floor

one million!

Chen Ming was somewhat surprised; this number exceeded his expectations. There were three second-rank individuals here, all of whom deserved to die. Killing them all would only yield three million points.

His experience points will soon exceed six million, which is not far from ten million.

"Being a prison warden is definitely a good job!"

He was secretly pleased. Under normal circumstances, killing a second-rank official wouldn't be so easy. He would have to use the power of the "Phoenix Cry Sword," and even then, it might attract even more formidable enemies.

In the prison, these second-rank cultivators had their cultivation sealed by the Dragon-Sealing Needles and were chained with five iron chains, making them easy to kill without any psychological burden or worry about provoking the sect of these second-rank cultivators.

The person died in the Six Doors prison, and when others wanted revenge, they also went to the Six Doors.

Chen Ming waved his hand and retrieved the "Mingfeng Sword." He immediately felt a thought being transmitted from it, as if asking him if he wanted to look at this person's memories.

"Let's save it for now."

He calmed the sword down, then suddenly thought, "If Deng Ziyang were here, he could use the Blood Demon Technique to devour this flesh and blood, so as not to waste it."

Uh--

Thinking this, he shook his head vigorously. No, this idea was too sinister. If he continued like this, he would really become a great demon.

"It's all the fault of the Longevity Sect. Their cultivation methods are too evil. They either steal people's flesh and blood to cultivate their power or steal their primordial spirit."

Chen Ming thought to himself.

Only the Nine Nether Sect is somewhat normal, they just cultivate a natal artifact.

……

Chen Ming went to the two adjacent cells and killed the other two second-rank prisoners.

A man surnamed Lü, who was originally a retainer of a certain noble family, colluded with a notorious bandit to plunder the family's property, killing over a thousand people, not even sparing the servants.

There was another man surnamed Shi, a traitor to the Six Doors. In order to frame a sect, he went so far as to attack and kill more than a dozen merchant caravans. When he was about to target a caravan, the inconspicuous caravan was accompanied by a master from the Eight Righteousness Sect, and his conspiracy was exposed.

In short, those who are imprisoned here have at least several hundred lives on their hands.

In reality, once someone reaches the second rank of cultivation, unless they have committed extremely serious crimes and caused serious harm, the Six Doors would not arbitrarily arrest them and throw them into prison.

Especially in a place like Xiazhou, which second-rank official doesn't have fellow disciples or a few friends?

At this level, it's basically a power struggle between different factions.

Lone wolves like Chen Ming are extremely rare.

You have defeated a level 81 enemy and gained 95 million experience points.

You have defeated a level 85 enemy and gained 115 million experience points.

After killing the two men, Chen Ming opened the panel and took a look.

【Level: 70】

Current points: 6729875

[Techniques: Iron Horse Stake (Fifth Level Completed), Five Elements True Skill (Missing) (Seventh Level 242456/10000000)]

Martial Arts: Three Talents Fist (Mastery), Eight Trigrams Saber Technique (Mastery), Zhuang Family Flying Knife (Mastery), Swallow Return Sword Technique (Mastery), Vermilion Bird Sword Technique (Mastery), Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens (Fourth Level 3908/400000), Heaven and Earth Lone Goose (Second Level 35734/2000000)

[Secret Techniques: Disguise Technique (Mastery), Weapon Nourishment Technique (Level 1, 1/100000), Weapon Control Technique (Level 4, 1/400000)]

"Six million seven hundred thousand!"

Chen Ming was somewhat emotional. This trip was definitely worthwhile; otherwise, how could he have accumulated such a large amount of experience points in such a short time?

"Killing four more second-rank officials will be enough."

The thought flashed through his mind, and he closed the cell door again before returning to the door of the first cell.

He sensed something and discovered that two people were missing from the cell; they had obviously slipped away while he was killing someone in another cell.

The two were Lei Chun and Deng Wei.

Chen Ming secretly praised him, "Quite clever."

If these two escape and spread the word, they should be able to get backup, right?
Then he stood guard at the door, as if nothing had happened, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

……

After waiting for what felt like half a cup of tea, no reinforcements arrived, but then they saw their junior brother Xiao Jiu, who wielded a knife, coming over. "Senior brother, come here quickly."

But what about these people?

"Master said we don't need to worry about them anymore," Xiao Jiu said. Seeing that he still didn't move, she said anxiously, "Hurry up, don't keep Master and Uncle waiting. The third level will open soon."

Chen Ming had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk over, asking in a low voice, "Will the third floor be dangerous? Should we go in with them?"

Xiao Jiu said, "With Master and Uncle-Master here, how could there be any danger? Let's go quickly."

Chen Ming followed him through another heavy gate and entered the area where first-rank experts were imprisoned. As soon as he stepped inside, he felt a needle-like pain.

Xiao Jiu reminded him, "Senior brother, don't use your Qi. Master said that there is a magnetic ore vein down here, which is specifically designed to counter a martial artist's Qi. Using Qi here could easily lead to loss of control."

"Ah."

Chen Ming solemnly agreed, thinking to himself, "I know this better than you do. This place is special because it can be used to imprison a first-grade expert. You must know that a first-grade expert's vital energy and primordial spirit are integrated, possessing many incredible characteristics that even the Dragon Sealing Needle cannot completely restrain."

Only in such a place can a first-rank expert be truly imprisoned.

Soon, Chen Ming heard an old voice say, "Thank you for helping me escape this predicament. I am deeply grateful."

Zhou You said, "You're too kind, sir. I'm here to save my junior brother. I'll save you while I'm at it. Before they can react, sir, you should leave now."

Chen Ming immediately knew they had released another Rank 1 expert, and felt a pang of regret. "It's a real shame we couldn't kill this Rank 1 expert as well. I wonder how many experience points we'd get from killing one?"

"Then let's part ways."

Then an old man with disheveled hair and wearing prison clothes walked out of a cell, flashed over Chen Ming's head, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

This person was quite sensible; he didn't ask Zhou You and the others why they didn't leave together.

Chen Ming also met Zhou You's junior brother, Fang Yong, who was also in his thirties and quite young.

All the cultivation methods of the Longevity Sect are like this, allowing for extremely rapid progress. Even those with slightly inferior aptitude can still rival or even surpass those cultivation geniuses.

Therefore, few people can resist the recruitment of the Longevity Cult. Those with poorer aptitude and those from lower social classes are more eager to join the Longevity Cult in order to gain powerful strength.

At this moment, Zhou You instructed, "Xiao Qi, Xiao Jiu, go and close the door to the passage."

"Yes."

Chen Ming and Xiao Jiu turned around and together closed the heavy door.

Without the key, breaking into this door would be no easy task.

However, Chen Ming found it strange. Wouldn't this be tantamount to cutting off his own path to death? How would he leave this place after obtaining the demonic sword?

Or is there another way out on the third floor?
He muttered to himself as he followed Xiao Jiu inside. When they reached the end, they saw Zhou You, Fang Yong, and Zhou Yilan standing in front of a wall.

There is a door on the wall, but it's not real; it's a drawing.

When Chen Ming first came here, he asked his subordinates why there was a door painted here.

All five subordinates said they didn't know. They only knew that the painting had been there for a long time.

At this moment, Zhou You stood in front of the wall with a solemn expression, holding a calligraphy brush in his hand, as if he was contemplating something.

Chen Ming could sense an unusual fluctuation emanating from the calligraphy brush.

"Could that be the key to unlock the third level?"

He wondered what was going on, and soon, he saw the brush light up slightly.
Zhou You finally moved, holding a writing brush and writing a stroke in the air. He wrote very slowly, as if the brush weighed a thousand pounds.

After writing the horizontal stroke, he let out a sigh of relief, as if writing this stroke had taken a great toll on him.

He paused briefly, then wrote the second stroke...

In a short while, the character "开" (open) was written.

After finishing the last stroke, the door painted on the wall lit up and slowly opened.

The door has become real!
Chen Ming stared in disbelief, suddenly remembering Xia Mudan's mention of a "secret realm." Could this also be a secret realm?
As he was thinking this, Xiao Jiu beside him excitedly asked, "Master, this...this is a secret realm, right?"

Still wearing his prison uniform, Fang Yong said leisurely, "This is a secret realm, yet it isn't."

"What do you mean?"

Xiao Jiu was confused by him.

Fang Yong said, "It's an independent space inside, just like the secret realm. But it hasn't truly taken shape yet, and it hasn't become a world of its own, so naturally, it can't generate rare treasures."

As he spoke, he remarked with emotion, "Perhaps tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years from now, this small space will become a true secret realm."

Zhou You caught his breath, put away his brush, and said, "Xiao Qi, Xiao Jiu, you two go first."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ming's lips twitched slightly.

Good heavens, the Nine Nether Sect truly lives up to its demonic style, sending its disciples ahead to scout the way.

Other sects at least put on a show. In this situation, it's natural for the master to protect the disciple.

"Yes."

Xiao Jiu has already set off, clearly used to it.

Chen Ming could only follow along, thinking to himself, "It's really not easy to survive in a demonic sect." He stepped inside with Xiao Jiu.

The moment he stepped inside, he had a strange feeling, as if he had stepped from an oasis into a desert, and an extremely dry feeling enveloped his whole body.

It's like a fish out of water, it's very uncomfortable.

"The environment is indeed different from that of the human world."

Chen Ming quickly realized what was going on: this space had no "spiritual energy," and he could no longer absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the space to restore his vital energy.

He couldn't help but think of the Fire Element Space beneath the Zhenhai Prince's Mansion, where it was filled with violent fire elemental energy. This space, on the other hand, was completely devoid of any elemental energy.

"Being locked up in a place like this, even a demonic artifact would be rendered useless, right?"

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