To stop Li Mu Yang from rescuing them, Tianluo Dixian Palace Zhouyi had cast one forbidden spell after another over the stone mountain. Ordinary people would have found it difficult to break through the spells and rescue anyone.
Li Mu Yang knew the forbidden spells were there, so after entering the stone chamber, he moved around everywhere, deliberately provoking the Cui family's black-robed youth, Cui Jianxin, into coming over with his sword to hack at him.
If Li Mu Yang had broken the spells himself, Tianluo Dixian Palace Zhouyi would probably have intervened at the first opportunity. That would have made rescuing the people vastly more difficult.
But if an outsider broke the spells—and especially if one of their own people did it—then even if Gong Zhouyi noticed, he presumably would not interfere---
The black-robed youth's Sword Intent was astonishing. After only a few strikes, he cleaved apart the forbidden spells within the stone mountain.
Thus, the plump Gongshu Yuan, who had been lying in wait for quite some time, immediately began operating the incomplete tunneling beetle he had tucked away, drilling through the stone wall to rescue them.
It simply had not succeeded yet.
Uncle Yan was a clever man, after all. When he saw runes filling the sky before flashing into existence and then vanishing without a trace, he had already sensed Li Mu Yang's intentions.
Li Mu Yang wanted to break the forbidden spells. He wanted to rescue his parents and family from the stone chamber completely unharmed.
Now that the forbidden spells had been broken, if someone was waiting to receive them from behind, they could easily carry his parents and family away.
Unless they were all dead.
Uncle Yan was not dead. Gong Zhouyi was not dead. The Ghost King and his disciple were even