"Qin Shi?"
Li Tan was surprised. He looked at the Undying Taoist meaningfully and asked, "Master Undying, do you know about this?"
"I do. But he's just a brat from the Zhao family. He's no match for Brother Qin. He's just asking to be humiliated." The Undying Taoist curled his lips in disdain.
"You …!" Zhao Gojian was furious.
"What did I do?"
The Undying Taoist's aura wasn't any weaker than Zhao Gojian's.
Seeing that the two were about to argue again, Li Tan quickly shouted, "Enough. Do you have any respect for me, the City Lord?"
Li Tan's words calmed the two down.
"City Lord, you have to help me."
Zhao Guojian used the trick of injuring himself again. He even waved his sleeves and touched his old face a few times. Snot and tears flowed down his face as if it was real, provoking the Undying Taoist's disdain.
It was obvious that Li Tan was at his wit's end. He gestured to the Undying Taoist. Seeing that the Undying Taoist didn't say anything, he said, "How about this. Brother Qin is in Minghao's room. Let's go take a look and ask him face to face before making a decision."
"What?
That thief is in Young Master Li's room?
City Lord, you've gone senile. He's ambitious and will definitely harm Young Master Li. No, I have to save Young Master Li! "
Zhao Guojian's expression changed extremely quickly. Without waiting for Zhao Guojian, he leapt into the long hallway of the great hall.
Li Tan frowned but didn't say anything. He followed closely behind with the Undying Taoist.
The three of them were outstanding cultivators, so it took them less than five minutes to reach the end of the hallway. Li Minghao's room came into view.
Boom!
At this moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the room, and a huge blast of air came from within. Even the door made of Darksteel Vajra actually caved in, and was directly sent flying from the wall.
Li Tan was shocked. "Minghao!"
Xiu!
Almost in the blink of an eye, the power of the Five Sky Realm shot up into the sky. He, who had been behind Zhao Gojian, suddenly overtook him. He was the first to reach Li Minghao's door and looked into the room.
The room was filled with smoke and dust. Through the dust, one could vaguely see that Li Minghao was unconscious on the ground. Qin Shi's face was also pale. There was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. He was in an extremely bad state.
Qin Shi focused his attention on Li Minghao. His thoughts went back to a few minutes ago, when he had just discovered Li Minghao's soul.
At that time, he found that Li Minghao's soul was very excited. Taking advantage of the fact that the mass of murderous aura and the evil spirit couldn't split itself, he dashed through the sea of fire and approached the cage that imprisoned Li Minghao's soul.
But near the cage, he frowned slightly.
He discovered that there were extremely powerful Illusory Black Flames surrounding the cage. After identifying the nature of the black flames, the Blood Shaman said, "Little fellow, these flames are all Ferocious Demon Heart Flames. It's a type of fire seed comparable to the Three True Fire and has an extremely strong corrosive effect on souls."
"No wonder Li Minghao's soul is so weak."
Qin Shi suddenly understood. Then, he hesitated for a moment. His five fingers kept spinning in his sleeves. Then, the golden scales of the Fallen Star Tyrant Body Technique wrapped around his arm. Only then did he stretch out his hand, wanting to disperse the black flames.
"Buzz!"
Unexpectedly, his well-planned all-out punch landed on the cage like a tiger's head. It only caused the cage to tremble a few times. Then, like a stone sinking into the sea, there was no more life.
The sparse amount of flames that had been dispersed actually reignited in an instant. Furthermore, the temperature of the flames actually increased by several times.
"Hmm?
What's going on? "He frowned.
"Kid, be careful!" Suddenly, the Blood Shaman shouted anxiously.
Then, without giving Qin Shi time to think, the depths of the black fire outside the cage suddenly turned into the wrath of an evil dragon and attacked Qin Shi, as if there was a giant beast that had been hibernating in the abyss.
Qin Shi was shocked, but by the time he regained his senses, it was already too late. He had used the Demonic Force to protect his heart meridian, and only then did he barely manage to avoid the fatal blow. But even so, the wrath of the evil dragon had completely destroyed his mind power and turned into an extremely strong repulsive force that shook him out of Li Minghao's sea of consciousness.
It was also because of this strong repulsive force that there was an earth-shattering fluctuation in the room.
When he returned to reality, Qin Shi still couldn't figure out what was going on with that last bit of power.
The Blood Shaman said, "If I'm not wrong, that power should be a seal."
"Seal?"
"That's right, and it's an extremely strong seal. It should be used to imprison this kid's soul. Once that cage is attacked, the Ferocious Demon Heart Fire will produce an extremely strong counterattack."
The Blood Shaman analyzed and continued, "Also, from the situation just now, the source of the evil aura in this kid's body should be the same as the Undying Taoist's, and is no longer in his body. Otherwise, the Ferocious Demon Heart Fire wouldn't have reproduced after being dispersed by you."
"You're saying that the source of the evil aura isn't in his body?" Qin Shi frowned. "Then where is it?
Although he's the Undying Taoist's disciple, from the range of his sea of consciousness just now, he shouldn't have reached the level where he can refine a Natal Demon Beast, and there's no fluctuation of the Natal Demon Beast's life force. "
"Indeed, this is the troublesome part. If you want to rescue his soul from that cage, you must first find the source of the evil aura."
Qin Shi fell silent. He understood what the Blood Shaman said. Li Minghao's situation was the same as the Undying Taoist's, or even more serious. Although the Undying Taoist was also corroded by the evil aura, fortunately, his soul wasn't imprisoned, and at least he could be awakened and interrogated.
But now, Li Minghao's soul was completely imprisoned. If he didn't find the evil aura, he wouldn't be able to be awakened. But if he didn't awaken, it would be difficult to find the source of the evil aura. These two things were really contradictory.
"Seems like things are much worse than I thought."
Qin Shi was vexed. Just as he was deep in thought, a sense of danger suddenly rose from the back of his heart, causing him to feel a chill in his heart. He turned around abruptly.
Bang!
A streak of raging flames dispersed the clouds and shot straight at his chest.
"Little fella, dodge!" The Blood Shaman reminded.
Qin Shi furrowed his brows. Fortunately, although the fury was intense, its speed was not fast. This allowed him to dodge to the side and barely evade it.
Boom!
The flame penetrated the wall behind the room, and Li Tan's figure emerged from the clouds. He shouted at Qin Shi furiously, "Kid, what did you do to Minghao?"
Seeing Li Tan, Qin Shi was surprised. But just as he was about to explain, a disgusting figure appeared next to Li Tan. Zhao Gojian fanned the flames. "Castellan, did you see that?
I told you, this kid doesn't have any good intentions. He came to Young Master Li's room to harm Young Master Li! "
"Don't talk nonsense!"
The Undying Taoist shouted after catching up. When he saw the situation in the room, his eyes grew heavy. "Little brother, what's wrong with you?
If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I'm afraid I won't be able to save your life today. "
"What's there to explain?
Based on the current situation, everyone knows that he's Sima Zhao. "
Then, Zhao Goujian said to Li Tan, "City Lord, this kid is very ambitious. Maybe he has been observing Nightless City for a long time. It's very likely that he wants to use Young Master Li to threaten the City Lord and attack Nightless City!
I say, Castellan, kill him now! "
"Castellan, you can't!" The Undying Taoist quickly stopped him.
Zhao Gojian said unwillingly, "Can't?
Old man, I think you're in cahoots with him. You want to harm Nightless City together, right? "
"You …!"
The Undying Taoist was so angry that he swung his sleeves and stopped arguing with Zhao Gojian. He turned to Li Tan and said, "Castellan, I think we should figure out the situation first. I can guarantee with my life that Brother Qin isn't a despicable person!"
"You guarantee with your life?
How can your life compare to Young Master Li's? "
"Enough!"
It could be seen that Li Tan's anger had manifested. It had turned into a sea of fire behind him, but he was trying his best to control it. After taking a deep breath, he asked Qin Shi, "You better give me a reasonable explanation."
Qin Shi narrowed his eyes and his mind worked quickly. He said, "Actually, what the Zhao Family Head said is right. There is nothing to explain. I will just say one thing to City Lord. If you believe me, then believe me. If you don't, then kill me."
"Say what?"
"I'm doing all this to save Young Master Minghao."
"What did you say?"
Be it Li Tan, the Undying Taoist or Zhao Gojian, they were all stunned. Zhao Gojian was the first to recover and shouted, "Humph, you boastful kid. You say you can save Young Master Li?
Do you know how many resources you've spent to treat Young Master Li all these years? Do you know how many miracle doctors you've invited?
But none of them could cure him. You say you can?
What?
Do you think you're better than those famous doctors?
I think you're just spouting nonsense to buy yourself a chance to escape. "
But Qin Shi ignored his scolding and looked straight at Li Tan. "I'll say it. If you don't believe me, then just kill me."
Li Tan focused and fell silent for a long time. He kept suppressing the anger behind his back at Qin Shi, trying to find a flaw in Qin Shi. However, Qin Shi was unfazed. He stood in the room like a mountain. His unwavering determination finally loosened Li Tan's heartstrings. He said in a low voice, "Then let me ask you. You said you can cure my son. How confident are you?"
"As long as Governor Li cooperates, I'm eighty percent confident."
The Undying Taoist was delighted. "Governor, you can give it a try. Have you forgotten?
My injuries were also healed by Brother Qin. Maybe he really has a way to heal Minghao. "
Eighty percent was a very high probability. Li Tan was obviously shaken. He had never given up on curing Minghao all these years. To a father, what was more important than his son's life?
Zhao Gojian's face paled when he sensed Zhao Gojian's loosening. Then, he suddenly did something that no one expected.