Chapter 425

Chapter 425 Threats and Interrogation

At the Lu family’s residence, Lu Qing sat in a quiet room.

Outside, the sounds of Xiaoyan and Xiaoli quarreling could be heard.

He listened for a moment, a smile breaking across his face. Then, he closed his eyes, his mind entering the Lihuo Cauldron.

“Young Master,”

Yan greeted Lu Qing respectfully upon seeing him enter.

“Hmm.”

Lu Qing sensed the change in Yan’s demeanor.

However, he didn’t correct her, simply nodding and looking towards the center of the spiritual artifact space.

There, a figure lay trapped in a spatial cage. Its eyes were dull, and a look of pain flickered across its face, as if it were experiencing something horrific.

“Young Master, this gray-robed figure hasn’t awakened since being imprisoned here. Furthermore,

I’ve used most of my power to form this spatial cage, so even he can’t break free.”

Even as Yan spoke, he felt a surge of fear.

It could clearly see that the gray-robed figure was trapped in an illusion.

But it couldn’t fathom the unwavering resolve of a Jindan-level expert.

What kind of illusion could be so terrifying?

It could cause a formidable Jindan cultivator to sink into a state of despair, unable to awaken.

Where had the young master learned this illusion?

The [Psychedelic] ability was performed silently and without a trace.

Lu Qing had never revealed this trump card before, having only used it twice in his previous battle with the white-robed youth, each time swiftly thwarted.

So Yan was unaware that, in addition to his physical abilities, Lu Qing possessed a spiritual power.

“Not bad,” Lu Qing praised.

With a wave of his hand, a wave of his mind emanated, dispersing the magical power that had been entangled in the gray-robed man’s eyebrow acupoint.

After a long moment, a light finally appeared in the gray-robed man’s eyes, and he slowly regained consciousness.

Upon waking and taking in his predicament, he was startled and about to burst forth, breaking free.

But suddenly, his gaze caught sight of two figures before him, and his body froze.

The mana Jindan, about to unleash, paused, daring to move.

“You’re quite tactful,” Lu Qing smiled faintly. “Otherwise, I’d let you stay in the illusion for a few days.”

Hearing this, the gray-robed man shuddered involuntarily.

He recalled everything he had just experienced in the illusion, and fear flashed in his eyes.

The illusion was so terrifying that no matter how hard he tried to muster his will, he couldn’t break free. He could only sink deeper and deeper into it, unable to extricate himself.

If time hadn’t passed, he suspected he would be completely assimilated by the illusion, his soul and consciousness completely obliterated, unable to escape.

“Senior, your cultivation is profound and your magical powers are formidable. I truly admire you and am humbled.

Senior, please tell me what you intend to do to me, so I can be mentally prepared.”

By then, the gray-robed man understood.

He must be in a spiritual artifact space, and Lu Qing before him was merely a manifestation of spiritual power.

As for the man with two horns beside him, he must be the spirit of the spiritual artifact.

He was the prey, and so the gray-robed man calmed down.

“Senior?” Lu Qing shook his head. “I won’t tell you how to deal with you for now. I’m sparing your life just to ask you a few questions.

It would be great if you answer honestly. If not, I’ll just have to spend more time questioning you in the illusion.

I just don’t know how long you can hold out under my illusion.”

The gray-robed man’s eye twitched, and he immediately realized that he had no choice.

He had experienced firsthand the terrifying power of Lu Qing’s illusions.

He truly didn’t want to experience that hellish feeling again.

He sighed, “I wonder what you, senior, wish to know. I will tell you everything I know.”

Seeing him yield, Lu Qing smiled, “Then, please introduce yourselves. Where are you and your fellow disciples from? How did you come to this world of ours? What’s your purpose?”

The gray-robed man paused, noticing that Lu Qing was referring to this world.

Could it be that this mysterious and powerful being before him was actually a native of this world, and not an alien like him?

The gray-robed man’s mind raced with thoughts, but a wry smile crossed his face. “If I say that my fellow apprentices and I came here only because of an accident, I wonder if you would believe me?”

“Oh?” Lu Qing raised an eyebrow. “Tell me first.”

“My fellow apprentices and I come from a vast world far away from here.

That day, we were exploring a secret realm, but we encountered hostile forces from our sect…”

“…And so, while being pursued by disciples of the Heavenly Dao Alliance, we brothers inadvertently activated an ancient teleportation array.

Somehow, we arrived at the outskirts of Senior’s world.

This place is too far from our home world.

Even with the speed of a Jindan Realm cultivator, even if it took dozens or hundreds of years, it would be impossible to cross the vast starry sky and find the next world.

With no way back to the sect, we brothers had no choice but to enter this world and explore,

to see if we could find a cross-domain teleportation array and a way back to our home world.

Senior, we two junior brothers did not intend to enter your world.

If we had known this was your dojo, we would not have dared to offend in the slightest.”

The gray-robed man recounted the details of his brothers’ journey to this small world.

Of course, some details were inevitably glossed over,

such as concealing the existence of the Pure Lotus and shifting the blame for the conflict entirely onto the disciples of the Heavenly Dao Alliance.

He also deliberately concealed the role of the Void Boat, attributing their arrival here entirely to the ancient teleportation array.

At the end, he even pretended to be pitiful, trying to elicit Lu Qing’s sympathy.

After listening to this, Lu Qing’s expression did not change, and it was unclear whether he believed the gray-robed man’s words.

On the contrary, “Yan” beside him was trembling repeatedly.

Although they had previously speculated that the gray-robed man and his fellow apprentice were likely aliens,

they were still shocked when they actually heard the other party admit it.

Especially after hearing what the gray-robed man had just said, the world outside the sky is as numerous as the stars.

The world they are in is even more magnificent, it can be said to be vast and boundless, far more vast than this place.

And the world he is in is just a small world, and it is located in the most desolate edge area.

Big world, small world, fairyland…

Hearing these words, “Yan” suddenly felt an eye-opener. Before, he had only seen the world from the bottom of a well.

“So, you didn’t come here for a special purpose?” Lu Qing asked.

“I dare not lie to you, Senior. We two juniors really came here by accident. I can swear on my soul!”

the gray-robed man said immediately.

(End of this chapter)