In the dungeon, the moment Yue Qianchou appeared, Crocodile Immortal Lord impatiently transmitted his voice, asking, "Did you find Huang Tian?" Yue Qianchou did not alert the others. He silently lay down beside him and replied unconcernedly through voice transmission, "It's settled. We'll be out before long."
"You killed his men. He didn't make things difficult for you?" Crocodile Immortal Lord asked curiously.
"Your worries are completely unnecessary. There's nothing I can't handle when I step in. That's what you call competence."
Yue Qianchou lay on the pile of straw with one leg crossed over the other, utterly at ease. The two of them chatted back and forth.
Sure enough, before long, the heavy iron door in the dungeon passage outside creaked open.
With a clang, footsteps drew closer and closer. After the cell holding them was opened, a figure shouted from the doorway against the dim light, "All of you, come out!"
Boli and the others hurriedly got to their feet and quickly obeyed. After barking a few reprimands at them, the guards led them outside. The instant they emerged from the dungeon, Boli and the others found the sunlight painfully dazzling after having remained in darkness for so long.
Several soldiers in bright, polished armor stood in the courtyard outside the dungeon, clearly of a higher rank than the guards here. A stern, imposing man in the middle slowly looked them over, then asked in a deep voice, "Which one of you is Yue Qianchou?"
"It's me!" Yue Qianchou, the smallest among them, stepped forward. The man gave him a meaningful look, his tone easing somewhat. "You may leave. However, you have been stripped of your qualifications to participate in the Enclosure Competition. Without permission, you are not to leave Yellow Earth City."
Boli and the others exchanged