Chapter 392: Confronting the Grandmaster, Intimidating Long Xingyun!

Chapter 392: Confronting the Grandmaster, Intimidating Long Xingyun!

The third level of the County Prison.

As footsteps approached, Xiao Bieli soon appeared outside the cell.

He glanced at the two corpses in front of the cell door and then stepped over them.

"Lord Zhao!"

"Officer Xiao, why are you putting shackles on Commander Jiang? This is a bit too much, isn't it?" Zhao Yulong's tone was calm.

But despite the calm atmosphere, anyone could sense Zhao Yulong's anger at that moment.

Putting shackles and chains on Jiang Ning was no different from slapping him in the face.

Slapping the face of a grandmaster like him.

Before this, he had already boasted about Jiang Ning.

"Lord Zhao, please understand. If the people from the Prefecture come and I give special treatment to Commander Jiang, this matter will become more troublesome! They might think that we are colluding and protecting each other!" Xiao Bieli explained.

"Commander Jiang is not a criminal. This matter has already been concluded, and there's no need for shackles!" Zhao Yulong stated.

"Since Lord Zhao has said so, I will naturally obey! These shackles will not be put on Commander Jiang again!" Xiao Bieli nodded in agreement.

Then, he looked at Jiang Ning.

"Commander Jiang, there's something I need you to answer. Where did these two corpses at the entrance come from?"

"Last night, two thieves sneaked in here and tried to attack me. I had no choice but to fight back and kill them!"

"They dared to attack Commander Jiang? Those two thieves are indeed bold!" Xiao Bieli echoed, then asked, "Did they have any other unusual activities last night?"

"I don't know," Jiang Ning shook his head.

He didn't know?

Xiao Bieli glanced at Jiang Ning and didn't pursue the question further.

He had already noticed that Jiang Ning didn't want to answer anymore.

With Zhao Yulong and the others still present, he didn't dare to be too rude.

After a moment.

The group left the third level of the County Prison.

Before leaving, Xiao Bieli once again chose to close and lock the cell door.

In the blink of an eye.

The dimly lit third level of the County Prison was left with only Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning was already used to this.

He continued his cultivation, enhancing his strength.

After dinner.

Deep into the night.

Xiao Bieli returned to the third level of the County Prison alone.

As he passed by Jiang Ning's cell, he couldn't help but take a longer look at Jiang Ning.

At that moment, Jiang Ning was surrounded by a radiant glow, his skin like jade, and his black hair flowing freely without a breeze.

He exuded both a sacred aura from the radiant glow and a hint of evil.

His immortal-like physique had clearly improved further! Xiao Bieli thought to himself.

Then, he continued deeper into the third level of the County Prison.

As Xiao Bieli's figure disappeared from Jiang Ning's sight.

Jiang Ning suddenly opened his eyes, gazing in the direction Xiao Bieli had vanished, his eyes seemed to pierce through the obstacles in front of him.

Judging by his expression, Xiao Bieli was probably heading to the fourth level of the County Prison.

It seemed that the two corpses he saw during the day had aroused his vigilance! Perfect, I'll see if the person on the fourth level of the County Prison is the same person those two mentioned last night.

Whether that person truly hides the Secret King's Treasure Map.

As his thoughts wandered.

Jiang Ning's right hand formed a double finger gesture and lightly touched his forehead.

The Heavenly Eye between his eyebrows was instantly activated.

A white vertical line appeared.

Within the line, brilliant light constantly emanated, resembling smoke and clouds.

As if ready to open at any moment.

He looked again in the direction Xiao Bieli had disappeared, seeing Xiao Bieli arrive at the thick Xuan Tie door leading to the fourth level of the County Prison.

The heavy Xuan Tie door almost seamlessly merged with the wall, leaving only an extremely narrow gap.

The previous night, the two thieves had been blocked by this Xuan Tie door.

From Jiang Ning's observation.

He could see Xiao Bieli standing in front of the heavy Xuan Tie door.

Then, he heavily slapped the wall to his right.

Boom—

A loud noise reverberated, like thunder exploding.

The wall slowly indented, creating a recess.

As the recess popped out, Jiang Ning could clearly hear the sound of gears turning "kacha" inside the wall.

After a few breaths.

The recess popped out, and Xiao Bieli took out a key, inserted it, and slowly turned it.

Kacha kacha kacha—

The sound of the gears turning became clearer.

A moment later.

Boom boom boom—

The heavy Xuan Tie door emitted a heavy rumbling sound.

The sound traveled through the wall.

At this moment, Jiang Ning could also feel a slight vibration under his feet.

With such a commotion, those two thieves from last night were being too ambitious to try to sneak into the fourth level! He couldn't help but shake his head.

He felt that even the resting place of the first-level prison guards should have been able to sense this disturbance.

How could they have sneaked in?

After a moment.

Jiang Ning saw the heavy Xuan Tie door rotate, revealing a narrow gap.

From the opening, it was evident that the Xuan Tie door was extremely thick, at least a foot in width.

Xiao Bieli sidestepped and entered through the gap.

Jiang Ning's gaze instantly penetrated the Xuan Tie door, seeing Xiao Bieli descending the stairs beyond.

The heavy Xuan Tie door behind him slowly closed.

After several breaths.

Boom—

As the Xuan Tie gate completely closed, Xiao Bieli also arrived in front of the burly man who was submerged in a pool of mercury.

"Long Xingyun, you still refuse to speak?"

The burly man in the mercury pool remained silent.

"Good spirit, you're tough!" Xiao Bieli smiled, "Why don't you look up and see what this is?"

As he spoke, he took out a bloodstained longevity lock from his embrace.

The burly man, upon hearing this, slowly raised his head.

The next moment,

When he saw the bloodstained longevity lock in Xiao Bieli's hand, his pupils suddenly contracted heavily.

Clatter—

Along with the ripples in the mercury pool, the burly man became extremely agitated.

"What have you done to my daughter?!"

As he spoke, the six cold iron chains binding him clattered, stirring up waves in the mercury pool.

"She's fine, don't worry. If you want to see her, I can bring her to you later!"

"No!" The burly man immediately objected, "You can't bring her here, she's an ordinary person, she'll die here! The air here is filled with deadly poison!"

Xiao Bieli said, "How about this, hand over the Secret King's treasure, and I'll let you out to reunite with your daughter!"

"I've said it before, I don't have it! I really don't!" The burly man's face showed pain, "Why won't you believe me? You've searched me thoroughly!"

"Don't want to talk?" Xiao Bieli shook his head, "It's fine, I'll bring something else for you to see in a couple of days! Hopefully, by then, you'll change your mind!"

Leaving these words, he didn't give Long Xingyun any more time to think and turned to leave.

On the other side,

At this moment, even though Jiang Ning's extraordinary senses were hindered by the thick Xuan Tie gate leading to the fourth level of the county prison, he couldn't hear the conversation between Xiao Bieli and Long Xingyun clearly.

However, with the Heavenly Eye, he could clearly see the changes in their lips as they spoke.

Lip-reading was a skill that, with keen observation, wasn't difficult to master.

With Long Xingyun's loud voice from his excitement, Jiang Ning could roughly understand their conversation.

What those two said was true! The Grandmaster imprisoned on the fourth level of the county prison was indeed Long Xingyun.

Xiao Bieli had locked him up on the fourth level, indeed for the so-called Secret King's treasure.

But Xiao Bieli's act of threatening him with his daughter was indeed despicable! Jiang Ning frowned at this thought.

He felt ashamed of Xiao Bieli's actions.

Soon after,

The heavy gate leading to the fourth level of the county prison slowly opened with a dull rumble.

Xiao Bieli's figure emerged from the fourth level.

As he passed by Jiang Ning's cell, he glanced at Jiang Ning with a sidelong look.

Jiang Ning was currently sitting cross-legged with his back to the cell door.

Xiao Bieli withdrew his gaze and continued walking, soon reaching the stairs leading to the second level of the county prison.

His movements quickly disappeared above.

Inside the cell,

Jiang Ning turned around.

At this moment, he had closed the Heavenly Eye, but a white vertical line still glowed on his forehead.

As time passed, the light of the vertical line gradually dimmed.

His gaze then turned towards the direction of the fourth level of the county prison.

No hurry! He thought to himself.

He decided to wait a while before going down to see what was happening.

Xiao Bieli was threatening Long Xingyun with his close relative, and Long Xingyun might not be able to withstand it.

Once he handed it over, it would be much more troublesome to take it back from Xiao Bieli.

After making up his mind, he continued cultivating in the cell.

Late at night,

Jiang Ning had a divine glow cascading from above his head.

White light also emanated from his pores, and his skin was like jade, making him seem extraordinarily divine.

[Rank]: Fourth Rank Bone Marrow Refinement (466/1999)



Over the past few days, he had barely slept, and his bone marrow refinement progress had increased significantly, reaching a quarter of the way.

He took a glance at his personal panel and then closed it.

He brought his right index and middle fingers together, touched his forehead, and activated the Heavenly Eye.

Instantly, a white vertical line appeared on his forehead.

Within the vertical line, dazzling light constantly emanated, like smoke and clouds.

It seemed ready to open at any moment.

He scanned the surroundings in all directions, and everything within a few miles was under his gaze.

In the cell, he could only use this method to investigate the surrounding situation.

As for the mental energy field, he had tried it before.

It worked well in open spaces, covering a considerable area.

But when encountering obstacles, especially the third level of the county prison, which was built with fine iron and had steel plates on all sides, his mental energy field was greatly restricted.

He understood this because his mental energy field hadn't transformed yet.

According to ancient records,

Cultivators in ancient times, upon cultivating their Yin Soul, would transform their mental energy into spiritual consciousness.

Obviously, he hadn't reached this stage yet.

But at this moment, with the Heavenly Eye's ability to penetrate all obstacles, he quickly finished observing his surroundings.

Outside the county prison, the bright moon hung high in the sky, indicating that it was indeed late at night.

Most of the prisoners and guards in the prison had fallen asleep.

As for Xiao Bieli's figure, he didn't see him at all.

After his observation, Jiang Ning no longer hesitated.

He arrived at the prison door.

During the day when Xiao Bieli left, the prison door was also locked again by him.

But at this moment, Jiang Ning already had a plan in mind.

The next moment,

With a thought,

Water vapor gathered in the void, instantly condensing into a stream of water in front of him.

One side of the water stream was inside the cell, and the other side was outside.

Looking at the floating stream of water in the air, Jiang Ning slowly extended his right hand. As his fingers touched the water, his figure instantly vanished from the spot.

At this moment,

Using the Great Five Elements Water Evasion Technique, he felt that he had already merged into that stream of water, which was less than a foot wide.

Indeed, it was miraculous.

Feeling his current state, he couldn't help but marvel.

In the next breath,

His figure appeared outside the prison door.

He turned to glance back at the iron cell.

The iron lock on the main gate was intact, yet he had passed through the extremely narrow cell and reached the outside.

He smiled and turned to look at the thick, heavy Xuan Tie Gate that led to the fourth floor of the county prison.

The water stream he had just created now surrounded him like a ribbon, and he headed towards that heavy Xuan Tie Gate.

Behind the Xuan Tie Gate was the fourth floor of the county prison, where Grandmaster-level experts were imprisoned.

After a few breaths,

Jiang Ning arrived at the Xuan Tie Gate.

He slightly raised his head and glanced at the spot where Xiao Bieli had struck earlier.

From the outside, the wall appeared seamless, and there was no indication of any hidden mechanisms within.

If he hadn't witnessed Xiao Bieli striking the wall and triggering the mechanism himself a few hours ago, he wouldn't have noticed anything unusual about this wall.

Even with a key, any normal method would still alert the guards.

Jiang Ning thought to himself, and then controlled the water stream to slowly seep through the gaps in the door.

In a short while, he felt the water stream pass through the Xuan Tie Gate.

But he didn't rush.

He continued to manipulate the water stream, extending and elongating it.

In the blink of an eye,

The water stream snaked like a spirit snake, spreading through the fourth floor of the county prison.

In the mercury pool,

Long Xingyun suddenly sensed a disturbance in the air.

He immediately looked up.

And saw a thin stream of water extending in the darkness.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but be slightly startled.

At this moment,

He suddenly saw a figure appear at the end of the water stream.

What kind of man was this? His face was handsome, and his black hair flowed freely without a breeze.

His body was bathed in a white divine glow, illuminating the dim fourth floor of the county prison.

The most eye-catching feature was the vertical white line between his eyebrows.

The line resembled a closed eye.

Brilliant light emanated from the line, like smoke and clouds, slowly dispersing.

The newcomer was none other than Jiang Ning.

"Long Xingyun," Jiang Ning spoke.

"Do you know me?" Long Xingyun was slightly taken aback.

"I do!" Jiang Ning nodded.

"Who are you?" Long Xingyun looked at Jiang Ning, who stood at the edge of the mercury pool, with a serious expression.

At this moment, Jiang Ning's aura made it difficult for Long Xingyun to gauge his strength.

His entire body was enveloped in divine light, a phenomenon of the Fourth Rank Bone Marrow Refinement.

But Jiang Ning's appearance baffled him.

This place was the fourth floor of the county prison.

It was the most heavily guarded location in Eastling City, without a doubt.

Ever since he arrived at the fourth floor, he knew that it was impossible to enter without being noticed.

The only way out was to fight one's way through.

But Jiang Ning's arrival completely shattered his understanding.

The Xuan Tie Gate hadn't made a sound, yet Jiang Ning appeared in his line of sight without any warning.

He couldn't comprehend this mysterious method.

How could he possibly consider Jiang Ning as a Fourth Rank Bone Marrow Refinement expert?

More importantly,

The Heavenly Eye was activated, and a vertical line appeared between Jiang Ning's eyebrows.

Brilliant light like smoke and clouds emanated from within the line.

This added a sense of mystery and nobility to Jiang Ning!

It made Long Xingyun even more perplexed.

At the same time,

Jiang Ning heard Long Xingyun's question.

He slowly shook his head, "Who I am is not important! What's important is that I need to take an item from you!"

"Are you here for the Secret King's treasure too?" Long Xingyun asked.

"You could say that," Jiang Ning slightly nodded.

"I can give you the item," Long Xingyun said.

Jiang Ning's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

He was also slightly astonished.

Although he hadn't seen how Xiao Bieli interrogated Long Xingyun, he could guess that the methods used were extremely harsh.

In that situation, Long Xingyun refused to speak.

But when Jiang Ning arrived and asked, Long Xingyun readily agreed!

This was beyond his expectations.

(End of Chapter)

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