Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

When they entered the first palace, Yang Ling was controlled by the illusionary aura around the ice coffin, and condensed a powerful spiritual power ball, destroying most of the palace. At this moment, the ground, walls and other objects in the palace they were in were intact, obviously no one had destroyed it.

Yang Ling looked up at the ice coffin in the center of the hall and walked towards it involuntarily.

With the experience of the first palace, he was fully prepared to isolate the illusion aura.

"Master, you can't go over there!" Seeing Yang Ling approaching the ice coffin again, Xu Fu was terrified and quickly chased after him to stop him, saying, "If this is the same as the first palace, the coffin will devour people's lives. Master, have you forgotten what happened before?"

The twelve palaces look exactly the same, and there is little difference in the internal structure between the first and second palaces.

From this, it can be inferred that the layout of these twelve palaces may be exactly the same. Xu Fu thought of this and did not want Yang Ling to get close to the ice coffin to avoid repeating the same mistake.

"You are already here!" Yang Ling looked at Xu Fu, who had followed him to the ice coffin because he had tried to stop him, and said calmly.

He walked fast, and Xu Fu ran fast in his haste to stop him. But he didn't pay attention to his feet, and didn't even realize that he was one step closer to the ice coffin than Yang Ling.

"I..." Xu Fu was stunned for a moment, and then his pupils gradually turned black.

Yang Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, shook off Xu Fu's hand, turned his wrist, and used his spiritual power to transform into a long sword without an edge.

"Die!" Xu Fu uttered hoarse and bloody words, and suddenly rushed towards Yang Ling, using all his strength to kill him.

However, even if Xu Fu exerted all his strength, he still posed no threat to Yang Ling. As soon as he approached, he was knocked away by the spiritual power Yang Ling swung out.

After being possessed by the evil spirit, Xu Fu seemed to be tireless and pain-free. No matter how far he was thrown or how badly he was injured, he would get up without hesitation and rush towards Yang Ling again.

"Die! Die! Die..." Xu Fu bared his fangs, and his hands turned into claws. His strength increased dozens of times, and he kept attacking Yang Ling's vital points.

Yang Ling retreated and dodged. Although Xu Fu's strength increased greatly, he still couldn't hurt him. But this was not a solution.

"Die——" Xu Fu was unable to hit Yang Ling and seemed a little anxious. He began to circulate the strength in his body, preparing to attack again.

Xu Fu's roar was so loud and deafening that even Yang Ling was startled. But he quickly came to his senses and slapped Xu Fu in the face, "What are you yelling about? Shut up!"

Yang Ling slapped Xu Fu, and Xu Fu could not move. Although his movements were restricted, other parts of his body were intact. He was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately opened his mouth wide, wanting to bite Yang Ling to death.

"The people next door are trying to incite us to commit suicide, but you are trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife!" Yang Ling walked around to the top of the ice coffin and glanced at the person in the coffin.

The owner of this palace looks similar to the first one, but of a different gender. The next door is a woman, and this one is a man. Judging from the similarity between the two people, they may be twins. It is not surprising that they use similar methods.

However, in the legendary story of the Twelve Emperors, there is no mention of the existence of boy-and-girl twins, but it tells the story of a pair of affectionate dual-cultivation partners who are in perfect harmony with each other and practice to the extreme, and gradually they become one in spirit.

Yang Ling speculated that the figures in the first and second palaces might be the famous Taoist couple among the Twelve Emperors.

"Bang!" A loud noise broke the silence.

As soon as Yang Ling jumped down from the ice coffin, he heard the sound of someone banging on the door outside the palace. When he listened carefully, he could also hear the clanging of weapons and armor clashing.

Even though he didn't hear the sound of weapons, Yang Ling knew that the armored guards had noticed that the coffin had been disturbed and were rushing over to drive away the invaders.

Yang Ling quickly pulled Xu Fu up, and the two changed direction, no longer looking for back doors or side paths, but just looking for a feasible path and galloping away.

The armored guards walked in neatly, spotted the two men at a glance, and immediately threw their weapons in an attempt to intercept them.

This trick might be effective against slow people, but it was like child's play in front of Yang Ling. He flashed and left the hall with Xu Fu.

The armored guards chased after them, also ignoring the thrown weapons, and chased in the direction where the two men disappeared.

Yang Ling had no idea of ​​the direction and only relied on his photographic memory to avoid the path he had already taken.

Xu Fu followed Yang Ling for two miles before he finally came to his senses. Then he felt nauseous. He wanted to wait for Yang Ling to stop before vomiting, but he found that Yang Ling was going faster and faster. He couldn't help it and vomited on the road.

Yang Ling noticed Xu Fu's discomfort and found a safe place to stop.

"Master..." Xu Fu just opened his mouth and then spat it out again.

Yang Ling knew what he was asking, so he briefly described what happened in the front hall, and then said, "Take a moment to calm down."

They had reached the third hall, and the armored guards from the first two halls found it difficult to catch up with them.

However, constantly provoking new armored guards and fleeing everywhere was not a long-term solution. Yang Ling still wanted to find a way out as soon as possible.

Since entering this place, Yang Ling has noticed that there is a connection between the palaces, and there are complex array patterns engraved on the ground. The skull can even move the twelve palaces and activate the array, which shows that there is indeed an array underground.

If they can find and master or crack this formation, they will be able to leave this place.

But mastering this ancient formation is not easy. Yang Ling knows that what he has learned is not enough to compete with it, so he decides to seek help from the Moon Jade.

Yueliang Yujue has always been with Yang Ling. Yujue knows his experience and position better than Yang Ling himself.

"There is indeed a formation under your feet, and not just one, but countless." A cold voice sounded in Yang Ling's mind, similar to the system voice, but different.

The system speaks in a machine voice, but the voice in my mind at this moment is a human voice with the charm of a cold and royal sister.

"Are you a weapon spirit?" Yang Ling tried to communicate with the cool and royal sister voice in his mind.

He had read in ancient books that famous weapons had spirits. This was true even for mortal weapons, let alone spiritual weapons of such powerful strength.

"You guessed right." The voice of the spirit of the weapon came again, cold and respectful, yet stern.

Yang Ling did not want to ask more about the origin of the weapon spirit. He would have time to explore it after he got out. Now he just wanted to know how to return to Kunlun Mountain.

"You just said there are countless formations under my feet?" Although Yang Ling had some guesses, he still wanted to confirm. "That's right." The weapon spirit responded respectfully, his voice still cold.

"Then how do I leave here?" Although Yang Ling had some guesses in his mind, he still wanted to hear a definite answer.

"You can't get out." The Jade Spirit gave a cold answer. The place they were in now would be difficult to break even if there was only one formation, let alone countless formations.

Although Yang Ling had thought about the possibility of not being able to get out, he still held out hope. After all, the Moon Jade Jue was powerful, and he had benefited a lot from it. Even if he couldn't break the formation, he might be able to find another way out.

However, the words of the Moon Jade Spirit were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the fire of hope in his heart. He couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"However, the master can die here together with him." The spirit's voice was indifferent, as if it was talking about an insignificant matter, but it was related to the master's life and death.

"Die together? Then won't I be dead for sure?" Yang Ling was choked by the words of the weapon spirit, but still asked tentatively.

The phrase "die together" explains everything. Although this place is a secluded place, filled with countless formations, there is no life here, but it can be destroyed. As a living being here, if Yang Ling dies together with them, he will die and this place will also be destroyed.

However, Yang Ling's goal was just to find the exit and leave alive. If dying together would make the formation that trapped them disappear, then it would be better to stay.

"Not necessarily. As long as I'm here, the master will most likely be alive." The spirit of the weapon said with hesitation in its tone, but became firm in the end.

Yang Ling didn't understand what she meant, and couldn't help but frowned and asked, "What should I do?"

“The formations here are complicated and confusing. Even if the master is proficient in the core of all formations in the world, it will take an unknown amount of time to crack them one by one.” The spirit of the weapon paused and condensed a virtual body in Yang Ling’s soul sea.

Yang Ling saw a virtual jade bead similar to the moon jade bead emerging from his soul sea, and a cold beauty condensed by the spirit of the weapon was sitting on it.

"If the master wants to leave as soon as possible, he can only destroy this place. But the master is still weak and does not have a good grasp of the formation. After I strengthen him, he still needs to overdraw his spiritual power to complete the action of destroying this place." The weapon spirit commented mercilessly. This made Yang Ling smile bitterly. His realm in the human world was unmatched, but in the mouth of the weapon spirit, he was worthless.

However, despite his bitter smile, Yang Ling still had self-awareness. Especially after seeing the scenes of the reincarnation path and the pond of rebirth, he was more aware of his insignificance in the world.

"Tell me, what should I do?" Yang Ling was ready. He didn't want to stay here, no matter what the cost, as long as he could leave.

“The master needs to gather all the spiritual treasures, spiritual plants and spiritual power in his body, and carve a formation on the ground that is specifically used to destroy other formations. No matter how many formations are stacked together, as long as this formation can be carved out, it can be destroyed.” The seal in the weapon spirit’s hand changed, shrinking the formation that Yang Ling needed to carve to the size of a thumb, and showed it to him first.

Yang Ling remembered the general appearance, but still didn't know how to depict it. So the weapon spirit depicted it in Yang Ling's mind.

After the two entered the third hall, they did not provoke the ice coffin, nor did they trigger any mechanism. However, not long after they rested, they heard the sound of armored soldiers banging on the door again.

Yang Ling was anxious, and there was an error in the rune he was carving. Before he noticed, the spirit of the weapon interrupted him and said, "Master, please carve it again immediately. Otherwise, these spiritual plants will be wasted, and your spiritual power will not be recovered."

Hearing the reminder from the weapon spirit, Yang Ling felt helpless, but he quickly adjusted his mindset. He took back all the spiritual power he had released and started to draw the formation again.

Yang Ling believed that even in the era when spiritual energy was not exhausted, his talent was definitely not the worst. But even so, he still failed countless times in carving the formation taught by the spirit of the weapon. The armored soldiers had already rushed into the hall, but he still hadn't succeeded.

"Master, what are you doing? I can't hold on any longer. Shouldn't we run?" Xu Fu alone resisted the attacks of the armored soldiers and led them to a place ten steps away from Yang Ling.

But he had been fighting with the armored soldiers for a long time. If Yang Ling did not finish the task at hand, his strength would soon be exhausted.

"Hold on for a little longer. If you can escape successfully, I will accept you as my direct disciple!"

Yang Ling was getting anxious because of his repeated failures. Suddenly he heard Xu Fu's helpless voice in the distance, and he became even more anxious and shouted.

I heard that if I could escape this disaster, I could become Yang Ling's direct disciple. That was a direct disciple, and I could get Yang Ling's unreserved guidance and serve my master day and night. For Xu Fu, this was like the temptation of honey to bees. He could not resist it at all, and he did not want to resist it. Almost at the moment when Yang Ling's voice fell, he cheered up again and responded loudly: "Disciple will do his best to support it!"

Xu Fu's sudden momentum seemed to have reached a certain level, causing the armored soldiers who were chasing him to freeze in place. They were stunned for a while before continuing to chase.
At the same time, Yang Ling was busy carving the formation. After Xu Fu led away the armored soldiers, he had fewer distractions, and his attention was fully focused, and his mistakes were reduced.

"It was those armored soldiers who disturbed you. Your talent in formations is already quite outstanding. Don't worry, you have already succeeded for the most part!"

In Yang Ling's mind, the weapon spirit comforted him with a cold voice, which sounded quite incongruous. But Yang Ling had no time to care about it at the moment, as all his thoughts were on the formation.

If the formation could not be carved out quickly, Xu Fu might die at the hands of the armored soldiers due to exhaustion, and those armored soldiers would soon entangle him, drain all his spiritual power, and trap him here.

On the ground, a small, low-level blasting formation gradually took shape. Each rune on the formation was formed after Yang Ling made countless mistakes, and each line was straightened after countless bends.

For the first time, Yang Ling felt that even a small, low-level formation was so difficult to depict. But when the formation was successfully operated, all the previous hard work disappeared.

"Xu Fu, come here quickly!"

Yang Ling stood up and shouted to Xu Fu who was running farther and farther away.

"Yes, Master!"

When Xu Fu heard Yang Ling's voice, he immediately turned around and ran back.

The armored soldiers followed closely behind him, but due to their low intelligence, no one thought of chasing and intercepting them, so Xu Fu easily changed direction.

However, some armored soldiers who ran slowly and failed to keep up with the main force took advantage of this moment and almost collided head-on with Xu Fu.

Xu Fu was very smart. When he met them, he would just take a detour and run away. By the time the armored soldiers reacted, they were already out of reach and could only continue to chase after the team.

"Why are you running back again? Come here!"

Yang Ling stood on the blasting formation and watched Xu Fu turn back. He couldn't help but frowned and said, "Stand still, I'll pick you up!"

The formation has been put into operation, and all the formations underground are connected to this small blasting formation. If we don't leave now, when other formations develop self-protection awareness, we won't be able to successfully blast.

Hearing Yang Ling's order, Xu Fu subconsciously stopped. (End of this chapter)