Fairy Fengqing took something out of her robe and held it in her hand for Hu Po to look at.
It was the qilin bone!
Hu Po looked at it with a dark and complicated gaze. After a while, he sighed. "What do you want?
I've been imprisoned here, and my aura has been sealed. Only my immortal body remains. If your request is too much, I'm afraid I can't do it. "
Fairy Fengqing said, "I don't want anything. I only ask Senior to let me out."
"Let you out?" Hu Po smiled bitterly. "If I could break the formation here, how could I have been imprisoned for more than a hundred thousand years?
I can't satisfy your request. "
Fairy Fengqing was stunned. "Senior, can't you control illusions?"
"I can only make the illusions I want it to produce, but I can't control it.
Besides, this place isn't just an illusion.
I haven't escaped for tens of thousands of years because this place is like an inescapable net. "
The more Fairy Fengqing listened, the paler her face became. In the end, she said in a trembling voice, "Do … do I have to be trapped here forever?"
Hu Po said faintly, "You have lifespan, so how can there be forever?
When your lifespan is up, you'll be free. "
Fairy Fengqing stared at him blankly. Seeing his indifferent expression, which didn't look like he was lying to her, she suddenly lost her strength and fell to the ground.
"How can it be?
What's the difference between being trapped here and dying?
I haven't lived long enough. I'm only 700 years old. I still have another 700 or 800 years to live. I don't want to be trapped here … "She looked panicked and her voice was mournful, but no one comforted her.
Hu Po's expression was still indifferent without a trace of sympathy.
For a monster like him who had lived for tens of thousands of years, there was nothing to sympathize with.
His gaze fell on Mo Tiange and Qin Xi, and he said playfully, "Why aren't you afraid?"
Mo Tiange curled her lips and said, "If we can break the formation and restrictions in this place, won't we be able to leave?"
Hu Po was surprised. "You think you can break it?"
Mo Tiange didn't answer his question. "This place is full of spiritual aura. It's a good place to cultivate."
"…"
She thought to herself, It's not like this hasn't happened before. Back when they were trapped in the Immortal Palace in the Returning Sea, if they hadn't gathered four people and one puppet, they would have never been able to escape. Now that it had happened again, it wasn't that scary.
Don't forget, they had the Mystic Void Cloud Formation in their hands. Even if they didn't have enough people, after thirty to fifty years, with the help of the Vermillion Bird's breath and the Azure Dragon's breath, Xiaofan and Xiao Huo would be able to advance to the eighth rank. With the addition of the puppets, they could set up the Mystic Void Cloud Formation.
Hu Po said, "Looks like the two of you are pure Dao cultivators."
Among all the Daoist cultivators, Daoist and Buddhist cultivators placed the most emphasis on the state of mind.
Knowing that the array here could not be broken, Fairy Fengqing's reaction was completely different from the two of them. It was enough to distinguish their paths.
This matter also proved what Qin Xi said. Other Daos indeed didn't need to cultivate one's mental state, but they'd often come to a halt halfway. Although the path of Dao cultivation was arduous and full of misgivings, as long as one persevered, the path would be smooth sailing.
"Senior!" Fairy Fengqing shouted hoarsely, "Don't you want this Qilin bone anymore?"
Hu Po's expression darkened, but in the end, he said faintly, "Immortal and indestructible existences like me could have regrown limbs long ago. I only kept this bit of regret to remind myself of the past — you're too self-righteous."
Once he finished speaking, he flicked his sleeve and took back the Qilin bone in Fairy Fengqing's hand. He said indifferently, "This thing originally belonged to my body, so I have the right to take it back. As a reward for finding it, as long as you're here, I'll protect your life."
Fairy Fengqing smiled bitterly. There was neither heaven nor earth here. Aside from her, there were only Qin Shoujing and Mo Qingwei, so how could she be in danger?
She didn't know that Hu Po made this promise because he sensed her killing intent towards Mo Tiange and Qin Xi.
Seeing that Fairy Fengqing had suffered a huge blow, Mo Tiange sighed and asked, "Senior, who laid the formation and restriction here?"
Hu Po glanced at her and said, "What? You want to hear another story?"
Mo Tiange widened her eyes. "You can't tell me that?"
Hu Po's lips curled up slightly. "It's useless even if I tell you. That's an existence far surpassing you."
"Then it's the Middle Ages or Remote Antiquity Era?"
"Are you trying to get information out of me?"
Hu Po hugged his knees and smiled. "In fact, there's no harm in telling you. In our world, there were still people who ascended and became immortals."
Sure enough, it was the Middle Ages or Remote Antiquity Era!
That meant this Senior Hu Po had lived for at least more than a hundred thousand years. He claimed to be an immortal and indestructible existence. Could it be that he had already met the conditions for ascension but was stuck in the human world for some reason?
"Then why are you trapped here, Senior?
With Senior's cultivation level, who has the ability to imprison you for more than a hundred thousand years? "
Hu Po closed his eyes and didn't say anything for a long time. In the end, he sighed faintly and said, "It's useless to tell you now."
"Because our cultivation levels are too low?"
Hu Po glanced at them but didn't answer.
The answer was obvious. He had been imprisoned here for tens of thousands of years, and this was the first time he met an outsider. However, he didn't seem to want their help at all, so this wasn't something they could help with.
"Then, Senior, what kind of formation is this?"
Hu Po lay down, but he just waved his hand and said vaguely, "Don't bother me."
Mo Tiange had to give up. Since she couldn't get out for the time being, she would have plenty of time to bother him later.
Just as she thought that, Hu Po suddenly opened his eyes and sat up. "Someone's here again?"
Mo Tiange immediately thought it was those beast cultivators?
Hu Po made a hand seal and pushed it outward. The sea of clouds suddenly surged and rippled like water. In the rippling light, several beast cultivators appeared.
These beast cultivators were also trapped in an illusion. There was nothing around them, but they made all kinds of movements, sometimes happy, sometimes angry.
Xiaofeng was among them.
Seeing Blacksun Demon Lord's figure, Hu Po narrowed his eyes. "Qilin bloodline …"
Mo Tiange's heart skipped a beat. That Blacksun Demon Lord was from the Qilin Clan, so Hu Po definitely wouldn't make things difficult for them. If they came here, would he want to kill them?
At this thought, she looked at Qin Xi. She couldn't send him a voice transmission, so she could only give him a look.
Qin Xi shook his head at her. She didn't know whether he was saying she didn't need to care or it wouldn't happen.
After Hu Po intervened, the beast cultivators experienced an easier time. They broke the illusion one after another and came out.
The first beast cultivator to come out was a sloppy, black-skinned man. He was Ni Qi, the loach.
He saw Mo Tiange and Qin Xi first. "Huh?" He pointed at them and said, "Are you humans?"
Qin Xi took a step forward. "Yes, I'm Kunwu cultivator Qin Shoujing, and this is my wife Mo Qingwei. May I know your name?"
His words were polite and didn't have any difference between humans and demons. He seemed to treat Qin Xi as one of his kind. Ni Qi grinned and cupped his hands like Qin Xi did. "Ni Qi, a beast cultivator from the South Sea. My original form is a loach."
Hearing the word "loach", Qin Xi's heart skipped a beat. He remembered that when he was guarding the formation, he once killed a loach in the Heaven and Earth Upside Down Formation. It was said that it was very difficult for a loach to become a beast. Could it be such a coincidence that they were relatives?
Ni Qi didn't know what Qin Xi was thinking. He glanced at Fairy Fengqing, who was in a daze in the corner, then looked at Hu Po on the horizontal board. He uttered an "ah" and asked, "Are you also a member of our beast clan?"
Hu Po lazily looked up. He was a divine beast with the noblest bloodline, but Ni Qi in front of him was a loach with the lowest bloodline among demonic beasts. This surprised him. "You're actually a loach?
Boy, you're quite lucky! "
Ni Qi chuckled and touched his head. He asked, "Which clan are you from?
Although I know you should be a beast, I can't feel your breath. Are you sealed? "
Hu Po corrected him. "We're from the spirit clan, not the beast clan."
Ni Qi uttered an "ah" and looked at Hu Po in confusion.
Hu Po said, "Don't be misled by humans. Humans are the most selfish. If you're used by them, you're called spiritual beasts. If you're not used by them, you're called demonic beasts. In fact, after we ascended, we went to the Spiritual Realm, so of course, we're from the spirit clan, not the beast clan."
Ni Qi actually thought about it seriously and finally nodded. "What you said makes sense. We cultivate spiritual energy, so of course, we're from the spirit clan."
"You're worth teaching!" Hu Po smiled.
Ni Qi slapped his head and asked again, "You still haven't told me which clan you're from!"
Hu Po said, "The Qilin clan."
"Qilin …" Ni Qi's hand that was touching his head paused. He pulled out a large piece of black mud, but stopped in mid-air. He raised his head and looked at Hu Po in shock. "You — —"
"Is there a problem?" Hu Po was still lazy.
Ni Qi slapped his head again and knelt down. "Ni Qi greets Sir Godly Lord!"
Sir Godly Lord, what a distant title.
Hu Po sighed in his heart and asked, "How do you know that I'm a divine beast?"
Ni Qi said, "Sir Godly Lord, we came here because of the holy object's hint. We specifically came to look for the Godly Lord's residence, but we didn't expect that the Godly Lord is still here …"
Hu Po's expression turned serious. He sat up and stared at him. "You're a demonic cultivator from the Xumi Sea?"
"That's right," Ni Qi reported. "I came to protect the eldest prince."
"The eldest prince …" Hu Po murmured and turned to look at Blacksun Demon Monarch's figure in the sea of clouds.
Hu Po could tell at a glance that this person had the bloodline of a Qilin, but he didn't expect it to be the bloodline he deliberately left behind.
"The bloodline of the eldest prince of the Xumi Sea has actually thinned to this extent. It seems they were forced to come here. If they didn't come, their bloodline wouldn't be enough to support their appearances." Hu Po thought about it and became even sadder. "I'm trapped here. Even if they come, what can they do?
I can't send them out and can only watch them die with me. "
Ni Qi didn't know the ups and downs in Hu Po's heart. He saw another person jumping out of the illusion. It was the other tenth rank demonic cultivator, Elder Jing.
Once Elder Jing jumped out, he cast a vigilant glance at Mo Tiange and the others then asked Ni Qi, "Where's the eldest prince?"
Ni Qi pointed at the sea of clouds. "The eldest prince hasn't come out yet."
Elder Jing looked at the scene reflected in the sea of clouds. The eldest prince's face was full of anger, and he seemed to be arguing.
Elder Jing was secretly anxious. Blacksun Demon Monarch didn't look like he was going to break the illusion at all. He mustn't be tempted by the illusion and court his own death.
The third person to jump out of the illusion was actually Jin Jing.
She timidly glanced at Mo Tiange and Qin Xi then gulped and asked, "Elder, these two are …"