After transforming into Peng Tu, Su Xi no longer worried about being discovered and headed towards the advanced area without hesitation.
Although she didn't know the route, with Peng Tu's face, she could easily catch someone and ask for directions. Thus, despite some delays, she quickly found what she was looking for.
"Halt." Emerging from a narrow alley, Su Xi was suddenly stopped by two individuals.
Seeing that both of them were at the Golden Core stage, Su Xi not only wasn't nervous but felt a sense of joy.
Because she knew very well that this place should be the passage leading to the advanced area.
Otherwise, ordinary places wouldn't warrant two Golden Core cultivators as guards. Although the strength of these two Golden Core cultivators wasn't particularly impressive.
"I have something to report to those above, step aside." Su Xi took out Peng Tu's token and handed it to the two, proving her identity.
The two carefully examined the token in their hands. After confirming it was genuine, they nodded at Su Xi, "In that case, you may proceed."
Retrieving the token, Su Xi began to walk inside.
Upon entering the advanced area, Su Xi immediately felt the oppressive feeling intensify. It was as if a pair of eyes were constantly watching her, making her very uncomfortable.
Yet, she had used her supercomputer to meticulously scan everything around her, but found nothing visible, clearly indicating no abnormalities.
Not a single figure could be seen, and there was no sign of being monitored.
No, not even a single demon figure could be seen.
"Did I come to the wrong place?" After walking a considerable distance without seeing anyone, Su Xi began to doubt.
Just as she was considering moving elsewhere, she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps approaching.
The footsteps were steady, clearly indicating that the person approaching was not ordinary.
The next moment, a demon with horns on its head and a green body appeared before her.
As soon as the demon appeared, it stopped upon seeing Su Xi and asked with confusion, "Peng Tu, why are you here instead of guarding the lower-level area?"
Although Su Xi didn't know who the demon before her was, she could sense its power. Moving rashly, she knew she would have no chance of winning.
She understood that if she couldn't deceive him, her subsequent plan would be impossible to execute.
"The lower-level area has been breached. I was worried there might be problems here, so I followed to investigate."
Hearing Su Xi's words, Tu Ha couldn't help but crane his neck and laugh contemptuously, saying, "Do you know what you're saying?"
"This place is under my watch. Unless those intruders are gods, they could never have gotten in. If someone truly broke in, I'd twist my own head off and eat it."
Su Xi, hearing Tu Ha's boast, couldn't help but touch her nose with a helpless sigh and advised, "Perhaps you shouldn't say such things. It would be quite embarrassing to be proven wrong."
Tu Ha, feeling questioned by Su Xi, was displeased. He looked at Su Xi and asked, "You don't trust me? I am a Green-ranked demon beast, far superior to others."
The power of the demon race was ranked by the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
Tu Ha, as a Green-ranked demon beast, was equivalent to a Nascent Soul stage human cultivator. Furthermore, Tu Ha had been at the Green-ranked demon beast stage for several hundred years, possessing sufficient power to advance to the next stage.
However, he had forcefully suppressed his power to ensure his future cultivation.
What made Tu Ha even more confident was that the five major experts who had descended the mountain had already been captured, leaving him with no immediate threats.
Su Xi looked at the arrogant Tu Ha and couldn't help but pity him.
Arrogant individuals rarely lived for long.
Despite her disdain for Tu Ha, she said nothing on the surface and chose to wait and see. After all, what she wanted most at the moment was to achieve her objective.
Ruining others' small goals could be dealt with later.
Therefore, Su Xi forcefully suppressed her inner excitement and said, "Don't be careless. I heard that quite a few people came this time, and it's possible something unexpected might happen. Let's go together to check on the prisoners you're guarding. If anything goes wrong, we won't be able to bear the大人's wrath."
Tu Ha remained dissatisfied with Su Xi's words, but seeing the seriousness on Su Xi's face, he nodded.
He clearly understood the methods of the大人 and knew that if anything happened to the place he guarded, his life would be forfeit.
"Then let's go take a look," Tu Ha said, turning and heading in a certain direction.
Su Xi touched her nose and followed him.
This place was likely where Lin Qing and the others were being held, so she couldn't miss it. As long as she could find Lin Qing, the problem would be easily resolved.
Following Tu Ha on a long circuit, they arrived outside a prison.
The exterior of the prison was made entirely of transparent material, allowing a clear view of the interior. Black electric currents constantly flashed along the pillars, accompanied by sparks from time to time.
Clearly, this prison was not as simple as it appeared and harbored hidden dangers.
Tu Ha breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that everything outside the prison appeared normal.
It seemed that nothing had been disturbed, and the intruders from outside had not managed to abduct the prisoners.
"See, I told you there were no problems. My watch, no one can breach it." After confirming that there were no issues, Tu Ha resumed his boasting.
"You haven't gone inside yet, how can you be sure there are no problems?" Su Xi gave him a look and then said, "Do you know, the same thing happened to us before. In reality, the person inside had already been taken away."
"Impossible, this barrier was designed by the大人 himself," Tu Ha shook his head, disbelieving Su Xi.
How could such a strange thing happen in this world?
"It's true. It's better to go inside and check to be absolutely sure," Su Xi nodded, feigning concern for his well-being.
Seeing Su Xi's sincere expression, Tu Ha began to have doubts.
Could it be that everything was truly as Su Xi had said?
With a sense of unease, he took out a token that controlled the restrictions and opened the prison door.
It wasn't too difficult, after all.
Su Xi had expected to see Lin Qing and the others. However, as the door fully opened, she discovered the room was empty, completely different from what she had imagined.
In the vast chamber, a thinly clad youth lay on the ground, bound by iron chains as thick as infant arms. The bones at his shoulder blades were directly shackled.
Golden light pulsed intermittently on the chains, and with each pulse, they would carve bloody wounds on the youth's body.
However, the youth seemed accustomed to the pain and did not move, lying motionless on the ground.
"Who is this?" Upon seeing the youth's back, Su Xi couldn't help but wonder.
She had never seen this person before.
Was he some important figure from their human race, or from the demon race?
And why was such a powerful restriction placed on just a youth?
Apart from knowing that the formation trapping the youth was extremely advanced, she couldn't figure out how to break it for the time being. Even her supercomputer couldn't calculate its flaws.
Tu Ha breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that the youth was unharmed.
As long as he hadn't been taken away, then everything was fine.