The Saint Beast’s essence blood he desired was within this Saint Dragon Pagoda.
A glance revealed the Saint Dragon Pagoda had approximately nine levels; he just didn’t know on which level the Saint Beast’s essence blood was stored.
Noticing Xin Ci staring intently at the Saint Dragon Pagoda, Chu Ruoxuan said, “Senior Brother Xin, that Saint Dragon Pagoda is actually a Saint artifact personally forged by Master.”
The Saint Dragon Pagoda was refined by Emperor Ming!
This made Xin Ci somewhat surprised.
Xin Ci knew the rarity of Saint artifacts. Since he began cultivating, he had only seen this one Saint artifact in the Xuan Yang Palace.
He hadn’t expected Emperor Ming to be able to refine Saint artifacts. Moreover, judging by the powerful aura emanating from the Saint Dragon Pagoda, it was even slightly inferior to the Xuan Yang Palace, which was also a Saint artifact!
Mu Qingqing, who had read the original work, knew of Emperor Ming’s power.
From her memories, Emperor Ming not only had his cultivation reach the peak Saint Emperor level but also possessed extraordinary talent in both artifact refining and formations.
Especially in artifact refining, Emperor Ming was a Saint-level artifact refiner.
Being able to achieve high accomplishments in multiple fields, it was no wonder Emperor Ming was called the strongest Saint Emperor.
Upon arriving at the City Lord’s mansion, Xin Ci discovered that powerful defensive formations were also set up outside Emperor Ming’s residence.
Seeing Chu Ruoxuan standing at the main gate without reacting, Dao Yuanming urged, “What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and disable the formation.”
“Uh… Senior Dao Huang, Master didn’t give me the formation token for this formation, so I can’t disable it…” Chu Ruoxuan stammered, as if hiding something.
Dao Yuanming frowned. “Forget it. I’m very familiar with that fellow Shen Wei’s formations. I’ll just break through these few formations directly.”
Saying this, Dao Yuanming rolled up his sleeves and was about to forcefully disable the defensive formation.
“Wait… Senior Dao Huang.”
Chu Ruoxuan was about to remind him, but it was already too late.
Dao Yuanming, who used his true essence, not only failed to break the defensive formation but was repelled and sent flying backward.
Dao Yuanming, who fell to the ground, now had a few leaves on his head, looking quite disheveled.
“Damn it, is Shen Wei crazy! It’s a Saint-level defensive formation! And three of them!” Dao Yuanming couldn’t help but curse.
Chu Ruoxuan quickly went to help Dao Yuanming up and said apologetically, “Senior Dao Huang, are you alright?”
Dao Yuanming got up from the ground, his beard and eyes glaring with anger, and asked Chu Ruoxuan, “What is Shen Wei up to? Setting up so many Saint-level defensive formations around his own house? There are no thieves in Ming Guang City who would dare steal from him!”
Chu Ruoxuan felt ashamed and muttered softly, “It’s better not to tell Senior Dao Huang the real reason Master set up these Saint-level defensive formations…”
After all, according to his Master, Senior Dao Huang always came to the City Lord’s mansion either to borrow money or to bring trouble.
The true purpose of Master setting up these defensive formations was probably to prevent Senior Dao Huang from stealing his treasures.
Having suffered a setback from the defensive formation, Dao Yuanming walked to the City Lord’s mansion’s main gate huffily, took a deep breath, and shouted, “Shen Wei! You old fox! Quickly take down the formation and let me in!”
In the main hall of the City Lord’s mansion.
A middle-aged man dressed in a golden brocade robe sat on a Grand Tutor’s chair, drinking hot tea. His face was ruddy, and he looked quite relaxed.
Beside him, a young man stood respectfully and whispered, “Master, the person outside seems to be Senior Dao Huang. Isn’t it inappropriate for us to not let him in…”
Shen Wei put down his teacup, narrowed his eyes, and smiled, “No rush. Let that old gambler stand outside and enjoy the breeze for a while longer. That way, he won’t come to me for money every time.”
“But… Junior Brother Chu seems to be outside too…”
“Then let him enjoy the wind outside as well. Who asked this brat to bring Dao Yuanming, this troublemaker, back with him?”
Hearing his Master’s careless words, the young man’s mouth twitched, and he felt speechless.
Dao Yuanming cursed and grumbled at the gate for a long time, but the City Lord’s mansion’s defensive formation was not deactivated.
Enraged, Dao Yuanming pointed inside and shouted, “Shen Wei, you tortoise son, I know you’re inside! Hurry up and take down the formation. I’m not here to borrow money today…”
“Not borrowing money? Who would believe that? I know you too well, old gambler. You come to me for nothing but to borrow money or to ask me to help you pay off debts.”
Shen Wei’s reply came from inside the City Lord’s mansion, infuriating Dao Yuanming to the point of stamping his feet.
“Good heavens, so you’ve been inside watching me make a fool of myself all this time? And pretending not to hear.”
Chu Ruoxuan and Xin Ci stood to the side, watching Dao Yuanming and Shen Wei inside the City Lord’s mansion argue.
Both of them wore expressions of helplessness.
Dao Yuanming and Shen Wei were both top Saint Emperors in Ming Guang City.
However, these two had temperaments like no other, and neither was willing to back down.
“Old gambler, I won’t deactivate the defensive formation. Come in if you can!” Shen Wei’s triumphant voice echoed from inside the City Lord’s mansion.
It seemed Shen Wei truly had no intention of letting him enter the City Lord’s mansion.
Dao Yuanming thought for a moment, then looked at Xin Ci, seemingly having an idea. A faint smile curved his lips.
Xin Ci, noticing the Dean’s peculiar smile, felt a shiver run down his spine, sensing that the Dean had some ill intentions.
Dao Yuanming hooked his arm around Xin Ci’s shoulder and pulled him aside, saying in a low voice, “Xin Ci, can you do this Dean a small favor?”
“What favor?”
“You call out that little girl. With her miraculous ability to break the Spirit Sealing Circle, she might be able to break through the defensive formation Shen Wei set up,” Dao Yuanming said.
Xin Ci was slightly taken aback. So, the Dean had this idea in mind.
However, he was not sure if Mu Qingqing could break the defensive formation.
Seeing Dao Yuanming and Xin Ci whispering to each other, not knowing what they were discussing, Chu Ruoxuan, out of curiosity, also came closer.
“Senior Dao Huang, Senior Brother Xin, what are you two discussing?”
“It’s none of your business, go to the side.” Dao Yuanming waved his hand at Chu Ruoxuan.
Although Chu Ruoxuan didn’t understand what Senior Dao Huang was planning, he obediently retreated.
Seeing Xin Ci’s hesitation, Dao Yuanming continued, “What are you still hesitating about, kid? If we can’t break through this defensive formation, I won’t be able to plead with Shen Wei for you to enter the Saint Dragon Pagoda, and you won’t be able to get the Saint Beast’s essence blood.”
Hearing Dao Yuanming’s words, Xin Ci’s eyes lit up.
He was now only missing the Saint Beast’s essence blood as a material.
However, Xin Ci didn’t immediately agree. He first wanted to ask Mu Qingqing if she could break the defensive formation.
“Qingqing, can you break Senior Emperor Ming’s Saint-level defensive formation?” Xin Ci asked.
Mu Qingqing, inside the consciousness space, patted her chest and said, “Easy, just leave it to me with confidence.”
Receiving Mu Qingqing’s confident reply, Xin Ci nodded and agreed to Dao Yuanming’s request.
Afterward, Xin Ci voluntarily switched personalities, and his eyes turned into Star Wheel Pupils.
The second personality, Mu Qingqing, came online.