"Ants!"

Li Yunjing didn’t dodge or evade. As the long saber slashed down, his hand reached out and grabbed the blade, twisting the entire saber into a tangled mess like a piece of straw.

"What?!"

The man’s face showed shock. He never thought his treasure saber, forged from fine steel, could be twisted into a lump of scrap metal like paper.

"Be careful!"

The person protecting Master Xu warned, but Li Yunjing was too fast. He had just discarded the twisted saber and lightly slapped his palm forward.

His hand didn’t even touch the person’s body. A burst of invisible power directly sent the man flying. With a "bang," he crashed into the wall, knocking loose many stones.

The person lay on the ground like a pile of mush, not moving at all.

Seeing his companion’s grisly death, the remaining guard’s face changed drastically, and even Master Xu behind him was pale with fear.

Master Xu never expected that, before he could even plan against the other party, they would attack him first.

"Immortal Master..."

Master Xu started to speak.

But before he could finish his sentence, Li Yunjing moved again. His figure was ghostly, landing in front of the last guard. With a simple move, he grasped the man’s throat. A slight squeeze, and with a "crack," the guard in Li Yunjing’s grip lost his breath.

"Bang!"

Like discarding trash, Li Yunjing casually threw the limp body to the ground.

"No, don’t kill me! Immortal Master, whatever you want, I’ll give it to you!"

Seeing Li Yunjing step towards him, Master Xu was so terrified he fell, wetting his pants and sitting paralyzed on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

"Weren’t you planning to sacrifice me? I’d like to see what methods you have to do that!"

Li Yunjing looked at him coldly. Under the torchlight, Li Yunjing’s shadow flickered, covering Master Xu like the Grim Reaper.

"Ah?"

Upon hearing Li Yunjing’s words, Master Xu was dumbfounded.

After a long while, he realized that his conversation with his wife had been overheard by this Immortal Master.

He showed a look of regret and confusion. How could he have underestimated the Immortal Master and spoken such words?

What to do now?

Thinking of this, his survival instinct kicked in, and he knelt down, kowtowing repeatedly, pleading for Li Yunjing to spare him.

"Heh! First, tell me, what kind of method can kill a Golden Core Realm cultivator?"

Li Yunjing laughed coldly and asked.

At the same time, his Divine Sense reached out, summoning Yu Yunyi, Lv Ruoxi, and Fu Chao.

"Seven hundred years ago, my Xu family ancestor moved here from Jiangnan and happened to encounter a heavily injured cultivator. At the last moment, the ancestor sent the cultivator off, and his relics became my ancestor’s possessions."

With no alternatives, Master Xu could only reveal the Xu family’s background.

Seeing Li Yunjing’s expressionless face, Master Xu continued, "Later, after some research, we learned that the cultivator was a Golden Core Realm figure. He died because of a seal." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"According to legend, before this place was built into a city, it was a land of demons. This cultivator fought and killed all the demons but died from his injuries afterward."

"Of course, before dying, this cultivator set up a seal, sealing some unresolved demon artifacts deep in the dungeon."

After hearing Master Xu’s story, Li Yunjing’s heart stirred. So the Xu family had such a history?

As for the story’s truth, he didn’t care. Li Yunjing just needed to know what was down there.

At this moment, Yu Yunyi, Lv Ruoxi, and Fu Chao arrived, guided by his Divine Sense.

Li Yunjing briefly explained what had happened.

"Damn! This old thing wants to die! We came to exorcise his son, and he planned to sacrifice us?"

Fu Chao was instantly furious.

"Let’s go! I thought the Xu family’s bloodline was useful, so I spared this man. Now it seems their connection to what’s down there is minimal. We don’t need to waste more words on him."

Li Yunjing turned and walked towards the dungeon’s depths, appearing as though he intended to spare Master Xu.

Seeing this, Master Xu breathed a sigh of relief, his face showing the joy of escaping death.

However, he thought too much. Facing a man like Li Yunjing, how could he escape?

Li Yunjing left, but Fu Chao didn’t!

"Old thing! I’ll send you on your way first. After we investigate the demon artifacts below, we’ll send your entire family to reunite!"

"Bang!"

Fu Chao, looking down from on high, lifted his right foot and brought it down on Master Xu’s head. With a single stomp, the head shattered like a watermelon.

If not for the glowing layers protecting Fu Chao’s magic boots, he would have been splattered with blood.

As for Fu Chao’s actions, neither Yu Yunyi, Lv Ruoxi, nor Li Yunjing cared. They simply turned and left.

As they passed through a corridor, a few other Xu family guards appeared in the dungeon.

Li Yunjing paid them no mind and released a Puppet Mechanism Beast in the shape of a lion to clear the path.

Seeing the Xu family members, it killed without mercy. A series of screams echoed through the dungeon.

Deeper in the dungeon were stone cages, some occupied, some empty.

The prisoners in the cages were barely recognizable as human.

Clearly, the Xu family’s cruelty was fully displayed here.

"Sigh!"

Li Yunjing sighed as he looked at the tormented prisoners. He pointed a finger, a green light flying out, splitting into dozens of beams, rushing into the occupied cages and killing each prisoner.

In Li Yunjing’s view, these people were already ruined. He wouldn’t waste his Spirit Pills on mortals. He couldn’t even distinguish the good from the bad among them.

Faced with such brutal treatment, a quick death was the greatest mercy he could offer.

Just then, from the deepest dungeon, a "clang" sounded as Li Yunjing’s Sword Qi was deflected.

There was actually a cultivator here!

Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi, Lv Ruoxi, and Fu Chao immediately surrounded the deepest, darkness-shrouded stone cell.

From inside, an old voice echoed, "I never thought a cultivator would break into the Xu family’s dungeon."

When mentioning the "Xu family," the voice bit down on the words, showing obvious hatred.

"Who are you? Why are you imprisoned here? To block my casual attack, you must have Foundation Establishment cultivation. How did the Xu family capture you?"

Li Yunjing didn’t attack but asked in surprise.

"Heh heh! There are things you don’t know," the person laughed bitterly in response.

"Oh? Do tell," Li Yunjing said, intrigued.

"Very well! I’ll tell you my story!"

From the cell, the white-haired old man continued, "I was a fellow disciple of Xu Changfeng, both from the Northern Emperor Sect."

"One day, I was invited to the Xu family. Who would have thought I would fall into their trap, controlled by them? I heard they wanted to use me as a sacrifice to break the seal and retrieve a demon treasure."

This revelation shocked Li Yunjing and his companions.

"Northern Emperor Sect" sounded like a minor sect.

In truth, it was a renowned Profound Sect in the heavenly realm.