chsdbacks Chapter 168 The Strange Old Man
Chapter 168 The Strange Old Man
The pit was shallow, only a little more than a meter deep, empty as if it was just a very ordinary hidden storage space.
However, having had the experience of entering the Ten Thousand Fox Well before, Zhang Xuan placed his palm beside the bed, and his Mo Blade Destiny Essence Power flowed out immediately without reservation. As more and more power surged, the ordinary pit suddenly shook and released dazzling light.
With a leap, Zhang Xuan jumped in.
Like the previous Ten Thousand Fox Well, what appeared before him was not a shallow pit anymore but a spacious room.
The room's layout was very similar to the previous Cultivation Room, empty except for a weapon rack with a Mo Blade placed on it.
"Is this also... Heaven Mandate Domain?"
Zhang Xuan was shocked.
He had suspected that Mo Baiye's residence might conceal a space or hidden compartment created by a formation, but he never expected it to be a Heaven Mandate Domain.
Although it seemed much weaker than the one at the Fu Family and the space was somewhat unstable, it was still a divine domain... This was something that could only be formed by the collapse of fragments of the heavens!
"No, that's not right..."
Zhang Xuan quickly realized, "Mo Baiye isn't the founder of Mo Blade Destiny, is he?"
Mo Blade Destiny, with Mo Baiye currently being the highest and having only practiced up to the third level, it was unlikely that even in death, with that kind of strength, he could form a Heaven Mandate Domain.
A divine domain, one would need to reach at least the fourth level or even higher to achieve that.
If the founder couldn't achieve it and was still alive... why would a divine domain form here?
Even though it wasn't large, it defied common sense.
Unless... Mo Baiye was not the founder of Mo Blade but was also a successor!
With a sudden "thud!" in his heart, filled with doubts, Zhang Xuan approached the weapon rack and casually picked up the Mo Blade.
Clash!
As soon as the Mo Blade landed in his palm, the room twisted, and a grayish stone figure emerged, wielding a Mo Blade without a word, and slashed towards him.
Zhang Xuan was startled and quickly dodged.
The Stone Man's strength was comparable to his, both at the Galaxy 2-dan Peak, using the same Mo Blade Technique, but the moves were different from those he had seen before, seemingly more profound than those practiced by Mo Baiye.
"Strange..."
Proceeding slowly through the cave, he soon arrived in an extremely spacious cavern, dark and cold like a cellar never touched by sunlight.
Flicking his fingers, a spark ignited, and he could immediately see inside the cave.
The cave wasn't large, about thirty meters across, and at the deepest part of the cave wall, chains locked an elderly man covered in disarray.
He appeared to be over eighty, his skin sunken, and bones thin as kindling. Huge iron hooks pierced through his clavicles, nailing him firmly in place, his hair obscuring his eyes, hanging motionless like a crucified Christ.
Zhang Xuan approached with quick steps and gently touched him, only to find that he was still breathing. He drew the Cold Nether Sword and slashed at the iron hooks and chains.
Ding ding ding!
After several crisp sounds, the chains broke, and the elder fell.
Zhang Xuan caught him reflexively and then realized that the man's stature was extremely tall, comparable to Elder Bai Ye, but significantly emaciated, weighing no more than sixty kilograms together.
"Are you... alive?"
Zhang Xuan looked at him questioningly.
In the Heaven Mandate Domain, he had only entered the Ten Thousand Fox Well, where he saw only foxes. A living person... this was his first encounter, especially one imprisoned in such a dire state.
The other man remained motionless as if he hadn't heard him.
Zhang Xuan frowned slightly, then pointed his finger, channeling a stream of Heaven's Path zhenqi along the man's meridians.
Even after absorbing the zhenqi, the elder showed no reaction, as if this powerful healing strength was ineffective.
"Something's not right..."
A thought occurred, and Zhang Xuan operated the Mo Blade Destiny Essence Power, streams of Heavenly Mandate Vitality emerging and flowing into the man.
Soon, the frail elder began to fill out like a balloon being inflated, his skin and overall condition visibly improving.
"Heavenly Mandate Vitality was needed to restore his strength. Who exactly is this man, and how did he end up here?"
After infusing thousands of streams and seeing that the man had recovered considerably, Zhang Xuan looked at him again. Just as he was about to lift the man's hair to see his face clearly, he suddenly felt a shock in his heart and hurriedly stepped back.
The next moment, a sharp glint of the saber slashed straight towards him, landing where he had just been standing, immediately leaving a trench more than a foot deep in the ground.
"What are you doing? I just saved you, and you attack me?"
Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows, unable to hold back an outburst.