Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

And just like that, the elders of the Tai Xuan Sword Sect turned what was originally a journey of one incense stick's time into a full hour!

The Cloud Heaven City's defense was extremely strong at this moment, with patrolling Black Armor Guards almost never ceasing their movements.

Li Guanqi was bound at the highest point in the center of Cloud Heaven City, above Cloud Heaven Plaza!

Nine Heavens and Pengluo were beside him.

This scene thoroughly stirred up everyone's curiosity, as many people still didn't know what had happened.

Moreover, the enormous true dragon with a body length of nearly thirty zhang made everyone reveal greedy expressions.

However, with a full twelve Void Refinement Realm experts guarding the place, these cultivators with ulterior motives didn't dare to show the slightest hint of covetousness.

Anyone who moved would die!

And the purpose of these people today was to keep an eye on Li Guanqi, not letting him escape.

Gradually, more and more people gathered here.

Finally, the twelve elders fixed the chains around Cloud Heaven Plaza and left only one elder to guard the area.

Some of them rushed back to the Tai Xuan Sword Sect, while others stayed in Cloud Heaven City.

Because the most important person would come tomorrow.

They still needed to be stationed in Cloud Heaven City; this was their duty.

After everyone left, the slender man sat cross-legged in the center of the plaza, and with a wave of his hand, he laid down a layer of earth-yellow array barrier.

Forcing all the onlookers back beyond a hundred zhang.

At this time, the crowd, understanding the cause and effect, erupted in curses.

It should be known that the prestige of the Tai Xuan Sword Sect in the Central State was no less than that of the Great Xia Sword Sect in the Northern Region.

However, the Great Xia Sword Sect did not yet know that Li Guanqi had been captured.

Because all the news here had been unable to spread since last night.

Even some Tianji Pavilion informants who remained in Cloud Heaven City were anxious.

The Central State now had a barrier in place, and no news could get out, nor could their people leave.

But with the strength of these informants alone, they couldn't even see He Yuning, let alone get He Yuning to release Li Guanqi.

At this time, Li Guanqi was constantly trying to communicate with the Sword Spirit...

Finally, the intermittent voice of the Sword Spirit rang in Li Guanqi's mind.

"I... am here."

When Li Guanqi heard this voice, his heart was set, and he said in a deep voice.

"Sword Spirit, is there any way to break this situation now?"

This time, the Sword Spirit's voice was silent for a long time, as if it had disappeared.

Li Guanqi's face gradually darkened; he didn't know what to do if the Sword Spirit couldn't help.

Unless he could pray that He Yuning had great fortune and survived.

But... judging from the current situation, the hope was slim...

Pengluo transmitted her voice: "Hiss... if it weren't... for my natal... leaf."

"That guy... would have died long ago."

"His heart was shattered... unless... there are some heavenly treasures... to reshape his heart."

Pengluo grimaced in pain, her body split in two, pierced by chains and hung in mid-air.

Li Guanqi's eyes were dark at this moment, and even his Mind's Eye couldn't be opened.

But he could hear that Pengluo had become much weaker.

The Sword Spirit's voice finally sounded again.

"No... other way..."

Upon hearing this, Li Guanqi's heart sank little by little.

He had never been so pessimistic before.

But the current situation was that he could only rely on himself; all external things had lost their effect.

Red Lotus was still in He Yuning's hands, and his storage ring was gone as well.

In the crowd, a pair of eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth under the black robe slightly curved up.

Then he disappeared silently into the crowd.

Li Guanqi seemed to sense something and looked towards the crowd, but he didn't even have the strength to open his Mind's Eye now.

Whoosh!!

Li Guanqi struggled slightly, but immediately a thorny whip lashed at his body!!!

Smack!!!

The man stood up, his eyes narrowed as he looked at Li Guanqi, and shouted in a cold voice: "Be honest!!"

A bloodstain slowly appeared, and the white robe was torn apart by the whip!!!

Flesh flew, the wound was jagged, and it looked extremely hideous.

Li Guanqi gasped in pain, his body trembling slightly, and cold sweat flowed down.

The veins on his neck bulged, and he clenched his teeth without uttering a sound.

But the man on Cloud Heaven Plaza's eyes sharpened, seemingly dissatisfied with Li Guanqi's reaction.

He didn't even utter a sound after being whipped, which made him feel no sense of accomplishment.

A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he raised his hand to draw a few more whips, each time with greater force!!

Smack smack smack!!

After three whips, Li Guanqi's chest and back were immediately torn apart, covered in blood.

The inner lining was already stuck to the flesh and blood.

Li Guanqi shivered in pain, and he bit off a piece of flesh from his lips.

But he laughed, letting the blood drip from his mouth, and murmured weakly.

"Didn't... eat?"

The man was furious when he heard this: "You!!!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand to whip Li Guanqi again.

But a pair of old hands stopped him.

The man bowed immediately when he saw who it was: "Elder Wu."

That's right, it was Wu Changfeng!

Li Guanqi tilted his ear slightly; he knew Wu Changfeng was in front of him.

"Life? Death?"

He was asking about He Yuning's condition.

The old man looked solemn at this time, his eyes narrowed as he looked at Li Guanqi, and said in a calm voice.

"Why did you kill Yuning?"

Li Guanqi's face showed a bitter expression when he heard this, and he slowly looked up ahead.

"Even... even you... don't believe me?"

Wu Changfeng suddenly became furious when he heard this, grabbing his collar with both hands and trying to suppress the anger in his heart.

"Believe you?"

"How can I believe you!!!"

"I saw with my own eyes... that you took Yuning away!!"

"The sword that pierced Yuning's heart was also your sword!!"

"Yuning's body still has your sword intent and sword energy!! How can you ask me to believe you!!"

"Everyone saw that you killed Yuning!!"

The old man spoke quickly, very close to him.

Li Guanqi could even feel the old man's hot breath.

"No less than a hundred cultivators saw you kill Yuning!! The sword is yours! The sword intent is yours!"

Li Guanqi's dim eyes stared straight at the old man, and he said weakly.

"Why... would I... kill him?"

"The... me... that you saw... was really me?"

"They... saw with their own eyes... that I killed Yuning?"

"Then the... shadow stone... the picture is incomplete, right?"

A series of four questions stunned the old man.

He was silent for a long time and murmured in a daze: "Yeah, you have no reason to do this, right?"

But then there was an even longer silence.

The old man slowly let go of his hands and murmured in a low voice.

"No matter what the truth is, once Yuning dies..."

"The Sect Master will not let you go, even if... you didn't kill Yuning."