"Grandpa, didn't you say the native residents inside the Immortal Prison were a problem?"
"Then why are we still heading toward the ancient city?"
Just as Li Su was preparing to make his move, charge into the ancient city, and seize a native resident to question directly—
The old man and his granddaughter, the culprits who had brought the entire dragonship and its more than twenty million people into this place, were also moving silently amid the crowd.
By now, they had changed their attire.
The old man remained as he was, since he had never shown his face head-on from beginning to end. The little girl, however, had undergone a drastic change in appearance, becoming a dwarf in his thirties.
Blending into the crowd, they too made their way toward the ancient city.
"Of course it's to obtain a pass to leave," the old man said.
"Leave?" The little girl froze. "You mean we don't have to stay in the Immortal Prison for a full year?"
The old man shook his head. "We do. The one-year period is a fixed mechanism of the Immortal Prison itself. When it opens to let people in, that is the beginning of the year; when it opens to let people out, that is the year's end. That cannot be changed. Although we cannot alter the way in or out, we can alter where we spend that year."
The little girl blanked. What did that mean?
The old man smiled. "To everyone else, hearing the words 'Immortal Prison' makes them think this is simply a place for imprisoning criminals."
"Isn't it?" The little girl was rather surprised.
"Of course not!"
The old man shook his head. "This place is also a high-level cultivation ground."
"The Ancient Heavenly Court had a path for mortals to