All of the protagonist's Daoist partners are mine!

"It doesn't matter which one I am, but 'Tail' seems to have its own ideas."

He said something intriguing.

Suddenly, a blockade of spiritual energy descended from the sky.

The spirit-sealing barrier suppressed every blade of grass and tree within a radius of dozens of miles in an instant!

Within this barrier, cultivators at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages are completely unable to move, Golden Core experts will feel as if they are stuck in a quagmire, and even Nascent Soul stage monsters will be suppressed by spiritual energy to a certain extent.

This barrier is powerful, incredibly powerful!

Immediately afterwards, a group of cultivators dressed in black descended from the sky, surrounding Xing Moxie and Xiao Linglong. They had special markings on their bodies that allowed them to remain unaffected within the barrier.

Wu Kai, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, walked up carrying a dragon-headed cleaver: "Why did you have to touch something you shouldn't have? You've really made your own way here today... Oh? Wuhu~ You've hit the jackpot this time."

His eyes lit up the moment he saw Xiao Linglong, and he could barely contain his drool. His manhood reacted strongly.

"To encounter such a beauty in this desolate wilderness, it must be that even the heavens couldn't bear to see me humiliated here for so many years, and specially sent her to satisfy my cravings, right? Hahahaha!"

Xia Lingxue glanced at him unhappily, but considering the importance of team harmony, she said nothing.

She turned to look at the two people in front of her, her eyes reflecting icy indifference: "Who sent you?"

Xing Moxie looked up and said, "This spirit-sealing barrier is quite impressive. Is it still being maintained by burning high-grade spirit stones? Such a generous gesture is something even third-rate sects can't match."

How dare this turtle in a jar ignore the question from here? Wu Kai was furious.

"Master, no need for you to take action. I'll handle these two." Wu Kai maintained his angry brows and licked his lips. "This kid is arrogant and needs to be taught the rules of the game, lest he die a wronged death in his next life. As for that beauty, I'll trouble you to grant me a few hours of leave later."

"Wu Kai, don't be careless. I have a feeling that something is off about these two." Xia Lingxue's intuition told her that the reason these two were so calm was because they had some trump cards that she couldn't imagine.

Especially with that man with squinty eyes and a beauty mark under his eye, Xia Lingxue felt a kind of unfathomable depth that she had only felt before with the Dragon King, whom she admired most.

Wu Kai disagreed: "Hall Master is overthinking it. Within this spirit-sealing barrier bestowed by the Dragon King, the power of cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage will be reduced by one level. Low-grade magic artifacts will become trash. Even if these two have immense abilities, they are no match for us."

Although the Dragon King has been missing for many years, his status and influence in Wu Kai's mind are not what they used to be.

However, the treasures bestowed by the Dragon King are still quite useful, for example, this Spirit Sealing Barrier is Wu Kai's greatest reliance.

Even if a Nascent Soul stage expert came from within this barrier, Wu Kai was confident he could put up a fight!

Xiao Linglong looked at the back of her hand and muttered, "This barrier feels just as uncomfortable as the dampness of the rainy season covering my body."

Xia Lingxue's heart skipped a beat. The spirit-sealing barrier bestowed by the Dragon King could only cause this woman to feel the dampness? Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Wu Kai didn't believe they were unaffected either: "Still bluffing? I think you guys don't understand the situation at all."

Chapter 58: 59 Dragon King's Palace?

"This is a big deal," Xing Moxie said, feigning seriousness. "If Linglong's skin becomes rough, wouldn't I lose a great deal of daily enjoyment from playing with her? Let's disperse."

So, Xing Moxie casually snapped her fingers.

Xia Lingxue and the others only felt a strange spiritual energy fluctuation sweep past, and then they heard the sound of something shattering in the air.

Click.

"Oh no! The spirit-sealing barrier has been broken!" Xia Lingxue was the first to react.

She realized that these two were indeed strange, and their cultivation level was far beyond what they had sensed as the Nascent Soul stage!

This matter must be notified to the other hall masters, and it must be reported to the Dragon King!

Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Lingxue took out the talisman for escape.

Ironically, the person with the highest cultivation level in the team was the first to give up the idea of ​​fighting.

And what about the others? They didn't even understand what was happening.

Xing Moxie discerned the silver-haired girl's thoughts and smiled slightly: "Not a bad judgment, but it's still too slow."

A burst of black spiritual energy erupted from beneath his feet and spread wildly in all directions.

This black spiritual energy instantly formed a large pocket, replacing the original sealing barrier and trapping an area of ​​dozens of miles in a cocoon that was even darker than the night.

Inside the cocoon, no matter how Xia Lingxue activated the escape talisman, she received no feedback whatsoever, and the communication talisman she used to contact the outside world became a piece of waste paper.

Just as Xia Lingxue was breaking out in a cold sweat, she heard the painful cries of her subordinates behind her.

"Ughhhhh—!"

"No, no!"

"Master, Master, save me!"

The black spiritual energy spreading from their feet indiscriminately devoured and eroded them. These cultivators, who were at least at the late Foundation Establishment stage, collapsed one after another in extreme pain, turning into charred corpses.

Xia Lingxue felt a pang of pain in her heart. These were all her subordinates whom she had personally nurtured and instilled with the idea of ​​loyalty to the Dragon King.

"You... no, hold on! Everyone."

But she dared not step forward to help, because she couldn't even see through the origin of this terrifying spell.

Clang. The sound of a sword falling to the ground rang out.

Xia Lingxue turned around. She saw Wu Kai, who was always arrogant and domineering, kneeling in front of the two of them, trembling like a newborn fawn.

Wu Kai desperately shrank his body to make himself look even smaller.

"My lord, spare me! My lord, spare me! I... I didn't mean to offend you. It was all the hall master's doing, she was the one who ordered it."

"Wu Kai! You..."

Xia Lingxue was extremely disappointed in this deputy hall master, but she could not blame him, because the moment the black cocoon appeared, the aura of the two people in front of her suddenly increased to a level that she could not even comprehend.

Oh no, the newcomer is at least a Nascent Soul stage expert!

If it weren't for her loyalty to the Dragon King, Xia Lingxue would have been unable to resist kneeling down.

"It was all my fault just now." Wu Kai slapped himself hard, saying one thing and then slapping himself again: "I was blind just now! I was stupid just now! I'm an idiot! I'm brain-damaged! Sirs, please treat me like a dog on the street, a lowly beast, just let me go."

Xiao Linglong picked at her ear: "It's so noisy."

"!" Wu Kai was jolted awake. He immediately grabbed his throat and ripped his vocal cords and tongue out: "Quack—!"

Goodness, he's really going all out to save his life.

To be so despicable is a skill in itself. At least Xing Moxie found his stupidity somewhat amusing.

"Not bad. Now, I'll begin the questioning. Those who can't speak, may they die."

"!" Wu Kai was happy for less than half a second before his face turned ashen. He hurriedly swallowed his vocal cords and tongue back in almost a live swallowing motion.

"Cough cough, sir, spare me! I will answer all your questions and tell you everything I know. That woman is the type to die rather than submit; she will certainly not satisfy you. Please ask me what is on your mind."

"Shut up, Wu Kai! You'd better pull out your tongue!" Xia Lingxue drew her sword and stabbed at the spineless bastard.

With a thought, Xing Moxie summoned two black spiritual energy tentacles that emerged from the ground to stop her and instantly bind her.

Wu Kai sensed her murderous intent and was enraged: "You wretched woman, do you want to kill me so you can monopolize the opportunity to answer the adults' questions and thus save your own life?"

Xia Lingxue was held captive by the tentacles, unable to circulate her spiritual power: "Wu Kai! You know our rules, hurry up and kill yourself!"

It's one thing for others, but Wu Kai, as the deputy head of her Silent Hall, knows far too many of the organization's secrets. If someone were to use soul-searching techniques to read his memories, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, Wu Kai was a true coward who clung to life and never had the courage to sacrifice himself for his cause. Now that Xia Lingxue had lost the ability to kill him, how could he possibly obey her orders?

"Bah! It's better to live a wretched life than to die a good death. A wise man knows when to yield. I, Wu Kai, am a man of some standing. How could I not understand such a simple principle?" After saying this, Wu Kai kowtowed to Xing Moxie again: "My lord, spare my life. I will tell you everything I know!"

"Wu Kai! I'll say it again, commit suicide immediately! Detonate your primordial spirit, or I'll make you suffer a terrible death!"

"She really is a noisy woman." Xing Moxie waved his hand and summoned another thick spiritual tentacle, which he inserted into her mouth, blocking her mouth and throat.

The scene was so striking that Wu Kai couldn't help but glance at the side twice.

This is exactly what he had always dreamed of doing to the pure and virtuous head of the hall.

"Very well, I ask you, what sect, faction, or force do you belong to? What is your purpose in coming here?"

Wu Kai withdrew his gaze and immediately replied, "Reporting to you, sir, I am Wu Kai, the deputy hall master of the Silent Hall of the Dragon King Palace, and this woman is the hall master, Xia Lingxue. Many years ago, we were ordered by the Dragon King to guard the Moonlight Secret Realm, waiting for a high-grade magic artifact to be completed and taken away."

Dragon King's Palace?

Xing Moxie and Xiao Linglong exchanged a glance. This organization... they had indeed heard of it.

“I didn’t expect it to be someone from the Dragon King’s Palace.” Xiao Linglong said softly to Xing Moxie. “The Dragon King’s Palace is both righteous and evil, and the identities of its core members are all unknown. The Dragon King, who is in charge, is even more elusive. It is said that their influence is spread throughout the Eternal Continent and has infiltrated the internal affairs of major sects. As long as the Dragon King gives an order, he can change the landscape of the Eternal Continent.”

"I have also heard of the Dragon King's Palace."

Rather than saying I'd heard of it, it's more accurate to say I've actually dealt with it.

Back then, Xing Moxie was stationed in the Demon Palace and officially started the war against the five major immortal sects. During those long years of war, traces of the Dragon King Palace taking advantage of the situation could be seen.

They are like hyenas, always appearing unexpectedly to bite you, taking advantage of the lull in the battle between good and evil to snatch the fattest piece of meat on the battlefield.

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P.S.: There was a sudden funeral in my family recently, so I'll be quite busy this month. I might have to skip an update once or twice. I'll try my best to keep it up.

Chapter 59: 60 They really tell everyone everything!

In those years, because they couldn't find the core members of the Dragon King Palace, and were busy dealing with Xing Moxie of the Five Great Immortal Sects, they didn't have the energy to deal with them.

Meeting them in this place is both Xing Moxie's good fortune and the Dragon King's Palace's misfortune.

Could it be because of the recent increase in luck value?

In any case, there was no reason to let them off the hook, so it was a good opportunity to settle all past scores.

Wu Kai couldn't hear Xing Moxie and Xiao Linglong's conversation.

Seeing the two fall silent after hearing the name of the Dragon King's Palace, Wu Kai's heart sank.

Thinking to myself—this is bad. What if they're intimidated by the name of the Dragon King's Palace and let us go? Wouldn't the sect leader kill me later?

Therefore, Wu Kai took the initiative to reveal: "Please rest assured, my lords, the Dragon King has been missing for many years. Even the Four Heavenly Kings and Dharma Protectors do not know his whereabouts. There are even rumors that he failed his tribulation and died. The Dragon King Palace has long been defunct in name only."

Xing Moxie and Xiao Linglong were both shocked. Such an important matter, and you told everyone without even asking? This young man really knows how to tell everyone everything.

"We'll talk about the Dragon King's Palace as we walk."

Xing Moxie turned around, opened the gate to the Moonlight Secret Realm, and waved to Wu Kai to follow.

Wu Kai breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had probably saved his life.

As for Xia Lingxue, this strong girl was still resisting, but with tentacles filling her up and dragging her behind the group, her resistance was futile.

As they passed through the entrance to the secret realm, the scenery before them suddenly changed.

They arrived at a boundless grassland, where the wild grass grew up to their waists. A gentle breeze blew, carrying peaceful rustling sounds from all directions.

A full, silvery moon hung high in the sky, right in the center. Endless silver light poured down, covering the grassland with a pristine, snow-covered beauty.

Although this secret realm is simple, its atmosphere is unique, and for the work of a person on the verge of death, it is quite remarkable.

Sensing the instability of the Moonlight Secret Realm's structure, Xing Moxie and Xiao Linglong suppressed their cultivation again, forcibly reducing their spiritual power to the early stage of the Golden Core realm to barely prevent the secret realm from collapsing.

"It seems this place is suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators to explore," Xiao Linglong said.

She has experienced countless adventures, including dozens or even hundreds of secret realms with restrictions on entry cultivation levels.

Most secret realms that restrict cultivation can be divided into two types. One type is a trial secret realm where the strongest person has placed a restriction. If the cultivation level of the person entering the realm is lower than that of the creator, the cultivation level will be automatically suppressed to the specified level.

The second type is the Moonlight Secret Realm. Because the secret realm itself is quite fragile and cannot withstand too strong a spiritual energy reaction, in order to prevent the space from collapsing, those who enter must actively suppress their cultivation.

Four people have now entered, two of whom still have their spiritual power sealed by the Devouring Heaven Demon Art.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the spiritual energy reactions of two early-stage Golden Core cultivators are already the upper limit of this secret realm's capacity. If a large number of cultivators were to flood in, it would probably only be those in the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages.

"The early stage of Golden Core is the limit, a dungeon prepared for Foundation Establishment cultivators... Isn't this just right for that kid Yu Changfeng? Interesting, interesting."

Xing Moxie had already devised a plan for Niu Zouyu Changfeng's system. This Moonlight Secret Realm was like a godsend, a perfect opportunity to make use of.

Sure enough, after my luck improved, everything went much more smoothly.

"Let's go and see what kind of treasure it is that has caught the eye of the Dragon King's Palace."

Xing Moxie walked ahead, encountering numerous demonic beasts, puppets, and traps along the way, but he sealed them all off with his Devouring Heaven Demon Art, advancing with unstoppable force.

During the journey, Wu Kai was ordered to explain the structure and recent situation of the Dragon King Palace. Without saying a word, he started to talk about everything without holding anything back.

According to this coward's confession, the Dragon King's Palace has four main halls, each headed by one of the four most trusted guardian deities of the Dragon King.

The Silent Hall is responsible for all covert operations and assists the operations of the other three halls.

However, since the Dragon King suddenly disappeared many years ago, the Dragon King Palace has become less active than before.