Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

Following the traces left behind, Xu Lingguang and Lan Jian quickly found each other's whereabouts.

"Right inside."

Lan Jian glanced at the mansion in front of him, her eyes narrowing slightly.

There were many formations in the vicinity that concealed his presence. If he hadn't left a wisp of his divine sense to follow the other party, they probably would have escaped.

Xu Lingguang took out the Cloud Piercing Crossbow from his sleeve, carefully coated each arrow with poison, and discussed with Lan Jian: "I'll go in first to lower his guard, and then you can ambush him from the shadows?"

Lan Jian shook his head and said, "We've seen this person before."

Xu Lingguang paused: "Have you seen him before?"

Lan Jian said, "Do you still remember the person we met in Mangya?"

The person had already been brought under his control, but strangely activated a teleportation talisman and escaped right in front of him.

Although Lan Jian did not continue to pursue the other party's whereabouts, the other party's behavior was somewhat strange, so he kept it in mind.

Unexpectedly, the person who led Xu Lingguang into his dream was this very person.

"He has some rather strange methods."

To be on the safe side, Lan Jian took out a crystal clock from his sleeve.

The crystal clock was only the size of a palm, but after Lan Jian threw it out, it quickly expanded and grew larger, like Mount Tai pressing down, covering the area where he was hiding.

"What kind of magic weapon is this?"

At this point, Xu Lingguang was still unaware that the people inside were anything special, and he was still curious about the function of the crystal clock.

"This is the Hun Tian Bell, which can quickly gather spiritual energy and prevent it from leaking out."

"Gathering spiritual energy?"

Xu Lingguang thought it was some kind of magical artifact for imprisonment, to prevent the person inside from escaping.

Seeing the doubt in his eyes, Lan Jian pressed his palm against the wall of the Hun Tian Bell and explained, "The person inside has strange and unpredictable methods. Ordinary magic artifacts would probably be unable to control him. However, if a sealed environment is created with abundant spiritual energy, the excessively dense spiritual energy will directly burst his body. In that case, no matter how many methods he has, he will be unable to use them."

Lan Jian spoke lightly, omitting the bloodshed and brutality involved.

For cultivators, the more abundant the spiritual energy, the better. However, few people know that if the spiritual energy becomes too abundant, it can become the most lethal attack.

The pain of having one's spiritual veins burst due to the force of spiritual energy is something that most people cannot endure.

If that's the case, how could the other party still escape... Lan Jian narrowed his eyes, concealing the murderous intent that flashed in them.

Since Lan Jian didn't say anything, Xu Lingguang naturally didn't know the gravity of the situation.

Lan Jian said that we could go in after a little while, so he carried the Cloud Piercing Crossbow and waited patiently with a wary expression.

He was just waiting for the Hun Tian Bell to be put away so he could rush in and catch the villain who dared to plot against him.

But as he waited, he heard a weak voice imbued with spiritual power coming from inside the mansion.

"Xu Lingguang, we're all from the same hometown. Spare my life, and I'll do anything for you from now on!"

Xu Lingguang stared wide-eyed in surprise. What did it mean that they were all from the same hometown?

Could it be someone this body originally knew?

The original owner of this body had indeed made quite a few enemies. After all, Xu Lingguang was chased by several groups of people as soon as he transmigrated. Although he hadn't encountered them again, it was hard to guarantee that there weren't any vengeful enemies hiding in the shadows waiting for an opportunity to harm him.

Just as Xu Lingguang was pondering this, the other party's next words made his mind explode.

"Do you want the system inside me? Let me go, you can take it, and I'll do whatever you want!"

The information contained in that sentence was so vast that Xu Lingguang, who was completely unprepared, didn't even react at first and looked at Lan Jian with a blank expression.

Lan Jian frowned, sensing something amiss: "System?"

Xu Lingguang shuddered, a sudden, jolt of electricity coursing through his body. He grabbed Lan Jian's arm and exclaimed, "The person inside, like me, is a time traveler!"

Not only did he time travel, but he also had an extra system compared to him.

Moreover, judging from the other party's words, they clearly already knew about him and also thought that he was after his system.

Xu Lingguang gripped Lan Jian's arm tightly, feeling a suffocating, heart-pounding sensation.

He always thought that his arrival in this world was just a coincidence. He never imagined that there would be another person like him, who also came from the modern world.

Moreover, he also has a system.

Xu Lingguang wondered, somewhat bewildered, why would there be a system?

What does this system do?

Lan Jian's expression hardened. He stared intently at the source of the sound for a moment, then said, "Shall we go in and take a look?"

Xu Lingguang hesitated slightly before nodding: "Let's go take a look. I want to find out what's going on."

Seeing this, Lan Jian did not put away the Hun Tian Bell. Instead, he grasped Xu Lingguang's hand, and a transparent membrane that isolated spiritual energy spread from where their fingers intertwined. After the membrane covered their bodies, Lan Jian gently scratched the Hun Tian Bell with one hand, tearing open a crack, and led Xu Lingguang inside.

As soon as he stepped into the range of the Hun Tian Bell, Xu Lingguang felt a sense of oppression that was different from that outside.

He tentatively touched the air with his other hand, which wasn't being held, and hesitated, saying, "The air here feels like it has a physical form."

When you reach out your hand, you can feel a very obvious resistance, but you can't actually grasp anything in your palm.

He had the illusion that he had dived into the deep sea, but there was no water around him.

Lan Jian explained, "When the spiritual energy is too concentrated, it will take on a tangible form."

The spiritual energy that has materialized is more suffocating than the deep sea, and its destructive power is naturally stronger.

However, he didn't explain in detail. Instead, he chose a direction and led Xu Lingguang there.

Long Su's hiding place was in a secret room in this mansion. The mansion was full of intricate concealment arrays. Lan Jian did not waste time trying to break the arrays. Instead, he used his strength to overcome all difficulties. Following the guidance of his divine sense, he forcibly tore apart the concealment arrays and opened up a path.

Therefore, not much time had passed when the two finally arrived outside the door.

Xu Lingguang first smelled a strong stench of blood.

He looked at Lan Jian with a puzzled expression.

Lan Jian then realized that the scene inside probably wasn't very pleasant, so she said, "Shall I go in and take a look?"

Xu Lingguang shook his head: "Let's go in together."

The strong smell of blood gave him a rough idea of ​​what was going on inside, but he was already mentally prepared and not afraid of it.

Seeing his insistence, Lan Jian broke open the door to the secret room.

The sound of the door being broken down came from the ground. Long Su, who was lying on the ground barely alive, moved with difficulty. His vision was blurred by blood, but he could barely see the person who came in.

Upon seeing Xu Lingguang, he actually breathed a sigh of relief. Ignoring the system's ongoing warnings, he managed to say with difficulty, "I...I surrender. You can know anything you want to know, as long as you...spare me—"

Even though he was prepared, Xu Lingguang was still startled when he suddenly saw a blood-soaked figure.

Upon hearing the other person's words, Xu Lingguang forgot his surprise and hurriedly stepped forward, blurting out all his questions.

Long Su was already somewhat delirious from the torture, and the sharp alarm in his head made him dizzy. He opened his mouth with difficulty, wanting to talk to Xu Lingguang about the terms again.

But as soon as it opened its mouth, it exploded into a bloody mist in front of Xu Lingguang with a "bang".