The explosion was too sudden. Thousands of water droplets gathered together and shot out in all directions. Seeing this, Qin Shi's eyes turned cold. He reacted quickly and rolled back, but even so, a water droplet still scratched his cheek. The whole room was almost destroyed.
The explosion was not small, and the two girls rushed in anxiously.
Seeing this, Qin Xue Xin hurried forward to support Qin Shi. "Shi Tou, are you okay?"
Qin Shi struggled to stand up and shook his head at Qin Xue Xin. He was puzzled. "There's no reason, why did it explode just like that?"
At this time, Zi Lingsha also slightly frowned. She walked around the room and finally stopped in front of the container that previously contained the Holy Water. She wiped her jade-like hands and picked up a piece of sediment that had fallen after the explosion.
"Look at this." Zi Lingsha suddenly turned around and handed the sediment to the two.
Seeing the sediment, the two frowned. The sediment was about the size of a fingernail and was purple-black in color.
Using his telekinesis, Qin Shi was shocked. "This sediment is the crystallization of the Holy Spring?"
Qin Shi could clearly feel that the power flowing inside the black hard body was the spiritual power from the Holy Spring.
Zi Lingsha nodded. "Yes, if I'm not wrong, this hard body should be the source of the Holy Spring's control."
Qin Shi took the sediment from her hand and calmed his mind, trying to probe deeper. However, the result disappointed him. The outer shell of the hard body was extremely hard, comparable to the toughest diamond in the world. Moreover, there was an extremely chaotic transparent cyclone that protected it. No matter how hard Qin Shi tried, his spiritual power could not really touch the hard body.
"It should be the protection set by the caster."
At this time, the demon suddenly said. "The caster was afraid that his Dream Control Technique would be broken, so he added an additional layer of protection in the holy water. The explosion just now must have been caused by that protection."
Qin Shi's eyes turned cold. He gritted his teeth and said, "This damned Ma Lei!"
With this, Qin Shi's hopes of unlocking the Dream Manipulation Technique were once again dashed. All the clues were once again cut off, leaving him without a single clue.
Qin Xue Xin noticed Qin Shi's irritation. She gently held his arm and said gently, "Don't worry. This method won't work. Let's think of something else."
"Since things have come to this, we can only do this." Qin Shi clenched his fists unwillingly.
That night, Qin Shi didn't sleep at all. His mind spun rapidly as he tried hard to recall if he had missed out on any details. He was trying to find a breakthrough from these details.
In the end, the best solution that Qin Shi could think of was to start with the maidservant who distributed holy water to all the people in the city.
Because of this, the three of them walked out of the Forgotten God Restaurant very early the next day. There was still an exaggerated long queue.
This time, the three of them did not go to line up. Instead, they watched silently from the side. It was not until the end of the long queue in the afternoon that the maidservant was about to leave that Qin Shi waved at the two girls, got up, and followed the maidservant from behind.
The maidservant first entered the Forgotten God Restaurant, then left towards the direction of the city. Finally, she walked into the extremely magnificent Castellan's mansion.
Only then did Qin Shi and the others stop following. Outside the Castellan's mansion, Qin Shi frowned. "She's from the Castellan's mansion?"
Slap!
Suddenly, a hand patted Qin Shi's shoulder from behind. Qin Shi subconsciously tensed his body and turned around.
"Who!"
In that instant, his spiritual power had already overflowed from his body and wrapped around his arm. His palm reached out to grab the throat of the person who patted him.
"Little, little brother, don't be agitated. Let's talk this out." The person was frightened and quickly waved his hand.
"It's you?" Zi Lingsha was stunned at the side. Only then did she go forward to stop Qin Shi.
Qin Shi also calmed down. Wasn't that Luo Fan, the person whose holy water had been replaced by Zi Lingsha?
Qin Shi said, "Why are you here?"
Luo Fan laughed dryly. "Little brother, don't misunderstand. I saw that you seemed to be looking for something, so I wanted to ask if there was anything I could help with."
Zi Lingsha said unhappily, "You can't help with anything. Hurry up and leave."
"You can't say that. Although I may not have as great a background as the three of you …" After saying that, Luo Fan looked Qin Shi and Qin Xue Xin up and down. Both of them were wearing the robes of Sword Sect and Blue Snow Sect. Only Zi Lingsha was wearing a casual purple dress. He paused for a moment and said, "However, I was born into a family. I am the eldest son of the Luo Clan of Demon Seizing City, one of the three major cities of the Refinement Region. This time, I am here on behalf of my clan to visit the Serene Court Castellan. I see that you all seem to want to enter the Castellan's mansion. I can help."
"You're from Demon Seizing City?" Zi Lingsha couldn't help but look at him strangely.
Qin Shi asked, "What's Demon Seizing City?"
"Demon Seizing City, like the Serene Court Castellan, is one of the three major cities of the Refinement Region. It is said that the Luo Clan Master of Demon Seizing City is also at the half-step World Realm. He is an honorary elder of the Refinement Region."
Qin Shi frowned when he heard that. He didn't think that the disciple in front of him would have such a background that couldn't be underestimated.
Qin Shi said, "You can enter the Castellan's mansion?"
"Of course." Luo Fan smiled gently and said to the three of them, "Come, I'll bring you in."
Qin Shi hesitated for a moment, then nodded at the two girls. With Luo Fan's help, the three of them walked step by step into the long corridor of the Castellan's mansion.
The long corridor was dazzling. Qin Shi's gaze swept around as he entered.
"Young Master Luo, you're here?"
Suddenly, a clear and sweet voice rang out. Qin Shi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it. He quickly turned around and saw that the one who spoke was the maidservant they were following.
The maidservant had a faint smile on her lips. Her graceful figure walked towards them step by step.
"It's you?"
Luo Fan was no stranger to this woman. He smiled faintly and said, "Yes, my father asked me to visit the Castellan."
"The Castellan is very busy. I'm afraid he can't entertain Young Master Luo. However, he told me that if Young Master Luo needs anything, you can just tell me." The maidservant smiled seamlessly.
Luo Fan frowned. However, he still had some dignity. He smiled faintly and replied, "Then I'll have to trouble you."
"Come with me." The maidservant turned around and led them into the depths of the Castellan's mansion.
It was an extremely spacious living room. There wasn't a single person in the living room. Qin Shi and the others followed the maidservant.
Just as the maidservant walked to the center of the living room, Qin Xue Xin's eyes flashed with a cold light. She shouted, "Be careful!"
Qin Shi's expression changed when he heard that. He seemed to have sensed something but he couldn't describe it. At that moment, his body sank and a huge force of gravity fell from the sky.
Boom!
At the top of the living room, a huge iron cage suddenly fell and smashed into the ground, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.
As soon as the iron cage appeared, Qin Shi, Zi Lingsha, and Luo Fan were all trapped inside. Only Qin Xue Xin reacted quickly and took a step back. That was how she managed to avoid being trapped by the iron cage. However, she was only one step away.
Qin Shi's eyes flickered in the iron cage. Then, he waved his hand and a beam of spiritual light appeared.
The D-shaped sword light attempted to cut the iron cage in half.
Swoosh!
Bang!
Unexpectedly, the spiritual light left his hand. Before it could hit the iron cage, it drew an arc in the air and smashed heavily on the ground.
The maidservant smiled when she saw this. "Young man, stop struggling. There's a huge gravitational field in the center of the prison. Even a half-step World Realm cultivator can't escape if he's trapped inside."
Luo Fan shouted anxiously in the iron cage, "Are you crazy?
I'm the eldest son of the Luo Family and an honored guest of the You Court. If my grandfather finds out that you're trapping me like this, you won't be able to bear the consequences. "
"Haha, I really don't know what consequences there are in this world that I can't bear."
The maidservant sneered in disdain. She paused and said, "Oh, right. I forgot to tell you. It was the City Lord's idea to trap you."
"That's impossible!" Luo Fan's eyes were filled with disbelief.
"If you want to blame someone, you can only blame them. Without them, you wouldn't have been dragged into this," the maidservant said with a smile.
Qin Shi's black eyes turned cold. He asked the maidservant coldly, "Who exactly are you?"
"Me?"
The maidservant pointed at herself. Then, as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world, she said, "Didn't you come to find us?
Why are you confused now? "
"You're from Team Ji?" Qin Shi shouted.
The maidservant let out a sly laugh and said, "Brat, if you had obediently stayed in the Sword Sect, you might have been able to live for a few more days. But since you insist on making trouble for yourself, don't blame me."
With that, the maidservant said, "You can stay inside. Someone will naturally come to receive you after you're exhausted from the gravitational field."
"Damn it!" Qin Shi clenched his fists tightly.
The maidservant smiled proudly when she saw this. Then, she swaggered around and was about to leave the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
Swish!
Suddenly, a cold light flashed. A sharp icicle froze in the air and was aimed at the maidservant's throat.
"Release him!" Qin Xue's heart was as cold as ice.
The maidservant was clearly shocked when she saw Qin Xue Xin. Clearly, she hadn't noticed that Qin Xue Xin wasn't trapped in the iron cage.
However, she suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, as expected of the Spiritual Maiden of the Blue Snow Sect."
"Cut the crap and release him!" Qin Xue Xin shouted.
The maidservant shook her head lightly, "Release him?
That won't do …. "
The maidservant deliberately dragged out her words, and then her eyes changed. She suddenly flashed backwards and pulled away from Qin Xue Xin. After that, she flicked her fingers repeatedly at Qin Xue Xin, and a few dozen rays of evil light shot out in succession.
"Xue Xin!" Qin Shi shouted from behind.
Qin Xue Xin's eyes changed as well. She formed a lotus seal with her fingers, and a frozen lotus bloomed.
Bang!
A huge explosion resounded, and the entire hall was frozen.
"Hmph! Little girl, you play by yourself. I'll be leaving first."
The evil light was shattered. The maidservant shouted and vanished in a flash.