Caught in One's Own Trap

"We were inadvertently carried into the Mohists's Mechanical City by Kun. We did not intend to offend you, senior. We beg your mercy!"

Zhang Xuezhou has met several masters of the Sacred Land.

He was quite capable, especially in his ability to escape and save his own life.

But no matter how smug Zhang Xuezhou was, he had no way to fight against a powerful cultivator at the level of Sacred Land Lord.

The only time they managed to achieve a stalemate was when they joined forces with Dong Zhongshu, which finally made the Holy Mother of Wudang give up the pursuit.

But apart from that, every single one of the Sacred Land's rulers that Zhang Xuezhou met was an exceptionally talented person.

Whether it's Venerable Zhu Jiuyin, Daojun, or Nine Spirits Primal Sage, or Emperor and Empress, or even the Third Prince Nezha, the Western Sect, Ran Deng Daoren, Wudang Shengmu, and others, none of these beings are weak cultivators. They have all reached the pinnacle of strength in a certain aspect, and no one else is stronger than these lords of Sacred Land.

Putting aside the shrewd methods of the Sacred Land Lords, even if these Sacred Land Lords unleashed their cultivation level pressure, Zhang Xuezhou wouldn't be able to withstand it.

He not only bowed his head extremely quickly, but also prostrated himself on the ground to beg for mercy.

It feels terrible to entrust your life to someone else, but this is the most appropriate way to handle it when facing a powerful cultivator who is the master of Sacred Land.

Regardless of whether you are in the right or wrong, the most practical thing to do is to beg for mercy directly. Any resistance, escape, or other attempts to cope will likely result in the other party quickly killing you.

In particular, he was wearing the black suit that Li Shaojun specifically wore when he did bad things.

If you don't get slapped to death, your survival rate will increase. If the other party asks you a question or two, your chances of survival will increase significantly.

Zhang Xuezhou lay prostrate on the ground, his heart pounding wildly.

In less than a minute, his heart had been beating 170 times.

Sweat poured down Zhang Xuezhou's forehead. He didn't receive any questions from the other party, but he was also not suppressed to death by the Sacred Land Lord in front of him.

The other person didn't speak, and Zhang Xuezhou didn't dare to look up. He could only lie prostrate on the ground and stare at the other person's spotless white cloth shoes.

The shoes weren't long, just the normal size for a person, but like the celestial garment, they also had the ability to stay dust-free.

Heavenly robes are clothing that only those of the highest rank in the Heavenly Court are qualified to wear, and those who wear shoes and socks that serve the same purpose are even rarer. Zhang Xuezhou has only ever seen them on the Emperor and Empress, and even the Venerable One and the Dao Lord do not have such privileges.

The person before me is undoubtedly of extremely high status, and is even highly likely to be connected with the Heavenly Court.

However, the relationships between top-tier cultivators are extremely complex, and Zhang Xuezhou dared not make any connections before he had clearly discerned them, lest he invite trouble.

Zhang Xuezhou remained in the same position for 120 breaths without dying, which emboldened him slightly.

"Senior?"

Zhang Xuezhou asked in a low voice.

He raised his head slightly.

A sense of disorientation brought on by the purple light washed over Zhang Xuezhou, and through the blur, he saw a kind old man with white hair and a long beard.

Then, three flowers appeared on the top of the head, slowly rotating.

This is an ability that only cultivators in the True Self Realm who Tongtian possess. It involves condensing essence, energy, and spirit to Jieyin the primordial energy of Heaven and Earth and resonate with the body's Law Power. This resonance easily generates flower halos with three, five, seven, or nine petals.

There are three elements of essence, energy, and spirit that converge, and the unusual phenomenon of flower petals appearing on the top of the head is simply called "three flowers on the top of the head".

However, this ability is no different from the effect that Zhang Xuezhou and others sought by using Law Power to cleanse their bodies; both aim to enhance the body's resistance and remove the malicious attacks it suffers.

"Could it be that even this Sacred Land Lord is bewitched by the purple light, unable to resist its bewitching influence? Or are we merely experiencing a fleeting effect, while this being is the main force resisting the purple light?"

In a daze, Zhang Xuezhou grasped the Eye of the Bashe, and the feeling of moonlight in his sea of consciousness surged into his heart, and the sense of daze in his heart gradually receded.

The Lord of the Sacred Land was affected by the purple light, while Zhang Xuezhou was able to withstand it, a difference that Zhang Xuezhou found difficult to understand at the moment.

He felt that the opponent's development was likely too unbalanced, with an extremely low level of mental strength, but as soon as he thought of the opponent's three-flower technique, Zhang Xuezhou's judgment quickly faded.

Even the most specialized Sacred Land Lord is still a True Self Realm cultivator. The opponent's realm technique level is there; it's not something Zhang Xuezhou can easily fool with his Mental Strengthening Chapter.

The fact that the Fusion Realm has given rise to the suppressive pressure that only the Divine Ability Realm possesses demonstrates Zhang Xuezhou's current level.

If his spiritual power does not increase significantly, he needs to enter the Sole Self Realm to achieve the same level of spiritual strength as a cultivator in the Realm of the True Self Realm.

If he had to find a reason, Zhang Xuezhou could only think that his dark celestial robes, combined with Li Shaojun's night clothes, meant that the impact on him was not as strong as on others.

Or perhaps the other side's initial situation when facing the purple light was dozens or even hundreds of times worse than theirs, or perhaps the other side is currently the one being given special attention, while they are merely brushing against the impact.

"Why is that purple light source still a hundred meters away from me?"

Zhang Xuezhou reached out and randomly touched the presence of a Sacred Land Lord. The other party's state was hard for Zhang Xuezhou to understand, so he couldn't help but peek out from the gap in his sleeve.

Previously, the source of the purple light was a hundred meters away from him, and it is still a hundred meters away now.

Even though Zhang Xuezhou had been exploring and had already traveled more than a hundred meters, he still hadn't touched the source of the purple light.

Zhang Xuezhou vaguely sensed that the source of the purple light seemed to be a bead, or perhaps it was entangled and bound by the power of an array.

"This purple light is not emitted by the mirage demon at all. We cannot move an inch until it dissipates. Breaking the Acupoint-Fixing Technique. I don't know if my Acupoint-Fixing Technique can stabilize this area. And will the lord of this Sacred Land bring disaster after regaining consciousness after breaking the formation?"

Zhang Xuezhou stood up again, his prostrate body rising, and he squinted as he gazed at the lord of the Sacred Land.

While it's not accurate to say that one could cast Person-Fixing Technique immobilizes another person beyond their level, Zhang Xuezhou could still make some judgments based on the other person's appearance, demeanor, and movements.

"His appearance is upright and amiable, suggesting a magnanimous character towards those he knows. However, his raised eyebrows hint at a competitive nature, and he would likely not hesitate to kill his adversaries!"

"The Mohists's Mechanized City collapsed when it rammed into this secret realm, but it also brought disaster to this realm. Perhaps the lord of this Sacred Land was caught off guard and affected by his own formation!"

He held a jade ruyi in his hand. Such Law Treasure are extremely valuable and rare, but the fact that he held it in his palm as a defensive measure suggests that it must be a powerful treasure that combines both offense and defense, or perhaps a key to controlling the formation of this secret place!

Zhang Xuezhou thought about Li Shaojun and Gongsun Hong, who were in a daze, and then looked at the Lord of the Sacred Land with the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

He pondered for only a few seconds before realizing that pinpointing the acupoints to break the formation was not a good idea, so he mustered his courage and pulled at the jade ruyi in the other party's hand.

If he managed to wake the other person up, Zhang Xuezhou would quickly ask for credit, since he could barely be considered to have saved the other person, and given the other person's kind appearance, he was unlikely to repay kindness with enmity and kill him.

If he were to push the other party into a more intractable illusion, it wouldn't seem to do Zhang Xuezhou any harm; at least he could eliminate an unstable factor.

After a series of pulling and shoving, Zhang Xuezhou out, and the Sacred Land Lord's face had turned rather sour.

Like Gongsun Hong and the others, the other side also fell into an even worse predicament.