The Central Cavern

So Lin Xiao didn't continue down, but turned around and rushed back to the ground.

Upon seeing him emerge, the crowd quickly surrounded him to inquire about the situation.

Lin Xiao then shared the results of his experiment with everyone.

Upon hearing that he had reached the depths, the Green Jade Lotus could only protect a maximum of ten people, so the three Nascent Soul Cultivator discussed with everyone who would go down.

The three Nascent Soul will definitely have to go down.

Everything below is unknown. They came to capture the remaining rebels, so they certainly wouldn't waste their fighting strength at this crucial moment.

The remaining seven Golden Core cultivators were also quickly identified.

They simply picked the seven people with the highest cultivation levels from the remaining number.

Jiang Sisi from the Azure Lotus Sect was among them.

Originally, her cultivation level was similar to that of the other cultivator, but considering that this Green Jade Lotus was an item belonging to her sect, and that if anything happened, there might still be something she could help with, she chose her.

Li Yuanze, a member of the royal family of the Pusi Kingdom, was only allowed to wait at the entrance of the mine above with the remaining ten people because his cultivation level was insufficient.

Lin Xiao was one of the eleven people waiting at the mine entrance.

Nobody even considered him when it came to choosing someone to go down into the mine.

In everyone's eyes, he was just a young man in the Golden Core Early Stage, and the battlefield below was too dangerous for him.

After confirming the number of people, Lin Xiao used the white mist of the sealing formation to recreate the panoramic view underground for everyone.

Seeing the enormous cave at the deepest and most central part of the underground panorama, everyone knew without Lin Xiao needing to say it that this must be the hiding place of those remaining rebels.

Having confirmed the route, the three Nascent Soul cultivators, leading a group of ten, solemnly stepped into the unknown mine, each carrying Green Jade Lotus.

Especially the cultivators who were on the edge of the ten-person team and furthest from the central Green Jade Lotus, their hearts were in their throats the moment they entered the mine. They were afraid that if the Green Jade Lotus wasn't as large as Lin Xiao had tested, they would suffer considerable damage.

Fortunately, just as Lin Xiao had tested, the Green Jade Lotus Green Jade Lotus a bright blue light as soon as the ten people entered the mine, enveloping the ten cultivators who were tightly huddled together.

Thus, their anxiety subsided somewhat, and they began to move forward steadily.

The cultivators waiting outside, seeing that they were alright, each found a spot to sit and meditate while they waited.

Lin Xiao strolled around for a while, and once the ten people who had entered the mine were completely out of sight, he said to Li Yuanze and the others who were meditating outside:

"Gentlemen, I'd like to take a look around."

There was nothing much going on at the moment, and no one would require Lin Xiao to meditate like everyone else, so they all nodded to him and said:

"Fellow Daoist Lin, please be careful. Call us if anything happens."

"Alright, thank you, fellow Daoist."

Lin Xiao then strolled away from the mine entrance and disappeared from everyone's sight.

After walking for a while away from the crowd, Lin Xiao felt that he was close enough, so he used Concealment Technique to hide his presence.

He circled around to another mine entrance.

He had noticed before that going down from here would also lead to the central cave below.

The Execution Stone are now of little use to him; however, since the area below is entirely composed of Execution Stone, it means there's no way for him to replenish his Spiritual Qi.

Although he can now automatically convert Spiritual Qi into Origin Qi within his body, he still needs Spiritual Qi as a source.

Otherwise, we'll just be sitting around and running out of money.

This time, he can only use the vital Origin Qi he currently possesses, so he must be careful to control the amount he uses.

Upon entering the mine, the Execution Stone proved to be completely ineffective against him, a stark contrast to his previous experience of feeling detached and his Spiritual Power draining away as soon as he entered.

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Inside the central cave.

Several pale-faced people stood guard around the cave.

The Imperial Advisor stood in the middle, holding a pile of Execution Stone and arranging them on the ground as if forming some kind of formation.

Several other people were pulling a woman out of a sack next to them.

All ten women were unconscious. One of them looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, with fair skin, a beautiful face, and a very pure and charming appearance.

The cultivator who dragged her out couldn't resist reaching out to touch her face.

"You dare to touch the offerings of Annihilation Immortal?"

The Imperial Advisor's voice echoed softly behind this person.

Startled by the sound, the man turned around and saw the Imperial Advisor appear behind him as if by magic, completely unnoticed. He quickly waved his hand and said:

"No, no, Your Excellency, I wouldn't dare! I wouldn't dare..."

After changing their names to Execution Cultivator" according to the booklet given to them by the Imperial Preceptor, for some reason, when they faced the Imperial Preceptor again, they felt a deep-seated fear in their hearts.

This fear made them completely incapable of disobeying the Imperial Advisor.

The Imperial Advisor lowered his eyes and gave him a cool glance.

"Get your jobs straight and stop with your scheming."

He then returned to his original spot, where there was a large, dark pit filled with huge chunks of Execution Stone.

He pulled a jet-black staff from his robes and began chanting something into the air.

After a long while, everyone saw a flash of light, and suddenly a person appeared in the pit in front of the Grand Preceptor.

To be precise, it was a corpse.

"Monarch!..."

Upon seeing the corpse's obese figure, someone exclaimed in surprise.

The Imperial Advisor ignored them.

Upon closer inspection, everyone realized that it was not a corpse, but a spirit.

The spirit of the former king.

After summoning for a long time, all that was brought back was a soul, and the Imperial Advisor couldn't help but frown.

"What a useless and troublesome guy."

Originally, the former king did not choose to be banished to the Execution Cultivator along with the others, but instead left, which was entirely within the Grand Preceptor's expectations.

Not long ago, he had someone leak a message to the former king.

Tell him that in fact, all the monarchs of the past were able to absorb the imperial seal and make it their own, which greatly enhanced their own strength and allowed them to dominate the world.

And that is indeed the case.

It's just that it's very difficult to succeed.

However, he had tampered with the soul of the former king to increase the success rate and make the summoning easier.

The Imperial Advisor wanted to summon the former monarch to this Execution Stone Mine immediately after the monarch successfully absorbed the Imperial Seal, using a unique summoning array to refine the array.

Of course, he was also prepared for the failure of this incompetent former king.

Success would be ideal, but even if it fails, he could still seize the Imperial Seal and use it as a battle formation tool.

The effect isn't as good as manual refining, but it's better than nothing.

Unexpectedly, someone beat them to it and took away the former king's corpse and the royal seal.

The Imperial Advisor's eyes darkened as he gazed at the souls within the pit.

It's unclear how effective the soul of the former king, now without the protection of the imperial seal, will be as a conduit for the formation.

Then, with a flick of his sleeve and a hint of anger, he turned to the men tearing at the sacks and gave them orders:

"Place all the offerings on the ten altars!"