I can't keep a low profile when cultivating immortality; the sixth one is actually myself.

Bloodface had just entered the secret passage and hadn't gone far when he sensed movement coming from the hidden door ahead.

He stopped and immediately led the alchemist back.

When he was moved back to the prison area, he voluntarily went into the first cell.

This cell may seem ordinary, but it holds a hidden secret.

This was a backup plan personally left by Bloodface a long time ago.

Even the three lords who had long cooperated with him were completely unaware.

In the innermost corner of this cell, on the innermost wall, there is an unremarkable blue brick.

He walked to the corner of the wall and lightly kicked a blue brick with his right foot.

Immediately, a series of mechanical vibrations came from the inside of the wall.

Then, a pitch-black portal appeared in the center of the wall.

Bloodface immediately led the alchemist and his men, and quickly slipped into the doorway.

After everyone had entered, Bloodface gently pressed a mechanism in the secret passage.

The portal that was open was suddenly closed.

He then quietly left with his men.

At that moment, the hundred martial artists who entered through the secret door of the warehouse also entered the cage area.

However, they did not discover that Bloodface and his party had already left through another hidden door.

Seeing that all the cages were empty, he didn't think much of it and went straight inside.

At that moment, hurried footsteps also came from the other three secret passages within the alchemy space.

The three prefects were arguing heatedly, each cursing the other's ancestors.

But suddenly, I felt something was wrong.

Looking back, they saw a dense swarm of black-clad warriors surging towards them.

This startled the three lords.

He hurriedly ran down the steps and shouted for his subordinates to stop and come to his aid.

When the three forces returned to their respective positions, the upper corridor was already completely surrounded by 500 martial artists.

The three lords no longer cared about the grudges they had accumulated during their previous struggle for the pills.

They all gathered together, looking up.

From the secret passage to the north, a middle-aged man in official robes slowly emerged.

When the man in official robes came into the sight of the three prefectural lords, they couldn't help but tremble. The last glimmer of hope in their hearts was shattered.

"Oh, all three prefects are here?" the man in official robes greeted with a smile.

"Your humble servant greets Your Excellency the Governor," the three prefectural lords immediately bowed respectfully.

"Alright, no need for formalities! You are all my distinguished guests! Hmm, where is one group?"

Then Governor Li Jinwen looked at Commander Li and others who were coming from the east.

"Reporting to you, sir, I did not encounter anyone else when I came in!" Commander Li hurriedly replied.

"Oh? How cunning! You managed to slip away quickly!" the governor exclaimed.

He then looked at the three prefectural lords below and asked, "Do you know where those people went?"

The three prefects hurriedly bowed and replied, "Your humble servants were unaware; they just left, and presumably they haven't gone far!"

"Hehe, it doesn't matter! Since they've already managed to escape, let them go!"

Once this matter is settled, we'll report it to the Inspection Division and let them worry about it.

Anyway, I don't want to be enemies with those cultivators, so this is perfect!

The governor spoke slowly, but the three prefectural lords below felt a chill run down their spines upon hearing this.

"Men, arrest everyone here! Anyone who dares to resist, kill them on the spot!"

The governor, not wanting to say more, immediately gave the order.

"escape!"

Upon hearing the governor's order, the three prefectural lords knew that today's events were destined to end badly.

They immediately abandoned any hope of escape and ordered a breakout.

Then, the three groups below each chose a direction and charged upwards.

Meanwhile, the warriors brought by the governor also charged down the mountain.

In an instant, swords flashed and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

Martial artists fight far more fiercely than ordinary soldiers, with every move deadly and every strike drawing blood.

The number of martial artists brought by the three forces was not large to begin with. Each family had only about fifty or sixty people.

But the governor brought over 500 men, a complete and utter rout.

In less than a quarter of an hour, all three groups of people had fallen to the ground and were unable to get up. In the end, only the three prefectural lords were left kneeling and begging for surrender.

How pathetic, how laughable.

"My lord, these are the pills they've been fighting over!"

After capturing all three prefectural lords, Commander Li presented the confiscated jade bottles of elixirs with both hands.

"Hehe, is this the pill they painstakingly refined?"

It's unbelievable that these two small jade bottles contained thousands of lives; how cruel!

Governor Li Jinwen muttered to himself.

"Li Jinwen, you deserve to die a horrible death! You knew everything and still let us go. You're the one who deserves to die the most!"

The prefect of Quzhou, Jia Renyi, roared angrily.

"Hahaha, Li Jinwen, we deserve to die, but this is all the result of your indulgence."

Even if we die, you won't have an easy time. I curse you to a terrible death! Hahaha…”

Hao Canren, the prefect of Quzhou, was cursing breathlessly.

But Governor Li Jinwen didn't care at all about the group's furious curses.

In his mind, those people were already dead, so why should he bother arguing with a dead man?

What he cares about most right now are the two bottles of pills in his hand.

He then uncapped the bottle and poured the contents into his palm.

After pouring for a long time, nothing came out.

He then immediately opened another jade bottle.

It's still the same, completely empty.

Suddenly, Commander Li felt the temperature around him drop a few degrees.

He hurriedly knelt down and said, "My lord, I absolutely did not open the jade bottle. Please, my lord, see the truth!"

"Hmph, get up! There's no pill in the bottle at all; they've all been fooled!"

The governor now realized that he had also been tricked.

"Fine, fine, very well. You want to play tricks on me? Just you wait! After I deal with these three idiots, I'll make sure you regret it!"

The governor glared fiercely at the three prefectural lords and said, "Three idiots, you're being used without even realizing it. You're still fighting to the death here, you're worse than pigs!"

"Hahaha, yes, we are stupider than pigs, but how much better are you, Governor?"

Didn't they all get completely fooled and end up with nothing but disappointment? Hahaha…

Upon learning that the jade bottles were completely empty, He Youde, the prefect of Quliang Prefecture, felt not sadness but rather a strange sense of relief and satisfaction.

The governor stared at He Youde with a gloomy expression, slowly walked up to him, and slapped him across the face.

"Are you happy? I'll show you what it means to be unable to live or die. I hope you'll still be able to laugh then."

The governor's mood improved slightly at this point.

He wanted to vent all his frustration on these useless people.

"Take them away and give them a good welcome!"

After Governor Li Jinwen finished speaking, he left the underground space.

He was feeling very frustrated. He had hoped to get something for nothing, but it turned out to be a wasted effort, and he didn't get anything at all.

That really infuriated him!

He then stormed out of the secret passage and arrived at the backyard of the Quzhou-Kaifeng government office.

Once everyone had exited the secret passage and arrived at the center of the government office's backyard, a sudden change occurred.

Unbeknownst to them, an incredibly terrifying array was suddenly activated.

All the martial artists who had just emerged from the secret passage, including a few cultivators, were pressed to the ground by the aura of the great formation, unable to move.

At this moment, the large array on the warehouse side was also activated with a roar.

However, Toyokawa, who had been hiding in the shadows, sensed something was wrong as soon as he scanned the area with his divine sense.

Because there were only the three groups of people who had gone in earlier, plus the governor's group who arrived later. One more group is needed!

They didn't care about the group of people here; with the powerful formation suppressing them, none of them could escape.

Toyokawa hurriedly chased after them from the warehouse into the underground space.

As a result, apart from the dead, there was no one else in the underground space.

No longer caring about being exposed, Toyokawa frantically used his divine sense to scan the entire underground space.

Finally, a clue was found on the wall of the outermost cell.

There was even a hidden door here.

He was damn cautious; he had already made all these arrangements, and yet the other side still managed to escape.

Without saying a word, Toyokawa slammed his palm onto the hidden door.

The hidden door shattered with a sound, revealing a secret passage.

Toyokawa hurriedly chased after him inside.

However, the secret passage was already deserted.

By the time Toyokawa emerged from the other side, they were already five blocks away.

Toyokawa immediately activated the Tai Chi Bagua diagram and transferred a wisp of energy intercepted from the secret passage into it.

Then I saw many threads scattered everywhere.

Without thinking twice, Fengchuan grabbed a thread and chased after them.

The trail eventually ended at a brothel, where the clues completely disappeared.

He turned back and followed the other threads, but the result was the same.

Toyokawa clenched his fists immediately, his face turning red with anger.

Damn it, he had already laid a trap, but the mastermind still escaped!

It was infuriating, and it also made him realize that he hadn't experienced enough.

Although I've learned many techniques, my experience is still too limited.

There is always a huge gap between theory and practice.

This cannot be filled by simply practicing hard and studying diligently.