Xu Chunniang released her divine sense, searching with all her might for a breakthrough point in the formation.
Outside the formation, a late Void Refinement cultivator approached from afar. Seeing that she was trapped within the formation, he stroked his beard and laughed.
"Haha, you must be Scholar Xu of Heavenly God Academy. I am the Lord of Musha City. Trapping Scholar Xu was also done out of necessity; I hope you will not hold it against me."
Xu Chunniang said nothing, focusing intently on sensing the formation.
This was a purely trapping formation, incomparably sturdy. Breaking it in a short time would be exceedingly difficult.
Seeing that she did not answer, the person outside the formation gave a soft laugh.
"Scholar Xu became an Earth-rank academic official at Heavenly God Academy at such a young age. You could be called young and accomplished. Yet you should never, under any circumstances, have stolen the Meng family's Innate Supreme Treasure, the Profound Yellow Pagoda!
If you are willing to offer up the Profound Yellow Pagoda with both hands, I can still put in a good word for you before the Meng family."
Stolen the Meng family's Innate Supreme Treasure, the Profound Yellow Pagoda?
After a brief moment of thought, Xu Chunniang immediately understood, and a chill flashed through her eyes.
Meng Yunzhou had failed to catch her, yet he had splashed such a huge basin of filth over her.
Wealth moved people's hearts. A few tens of thousands of spirit crystals were enough to make people risk their lives, let alone an Innate Supreme Treasure.
One could well imagine that all those who heard the news would swarm forth like a tide, searching everywhere for her traces.
Meng Yunzhou's fabrication of this rumor was truly vicious beyond measure.
"Well? Has Scholar