Chapter 1086

A tiny crack opened in Xi Gu's defensive grand formation, and Qing Ning stepped out into the void with a grim expression.

She looked back at Xi Gu and sighed softly: "This place is indeed a feng shui treasure, perfect for raising corpses—heh, a bargain for you useless old things."

After a few cold chuckles, Qing Ning's face turned extremely gloomy, and a hint of killing intent flickered in her eyes.

"Heaven's Dao Cavern, my Heaven's Dao Cavern..."

"How dare someone snatch away my Heaven's Dao Cavern..."

"With so many fragments of primeval supreme treasures, Ye'er could have used them to suppress the human race's fortune..."

"Martial King Wu Tie, you deserve to die, you deserve to die!"

"Just wait and see, you took what you shouldn't have…… you……"

Silently, a petite figure appeared behind Qing Ning; a thick metal rod smashed down heavily with a huge bang, catching Qing Ning off guard and blasting her tens of li away while she vomited blood and fainted.

As Qing Ning left Xi Gu's defensive grand formation, a subtle qi enveloped her body.

This qi disturbed the heavenly secrets, stirred the yin and yang, causing all restrictive powers to vanish instantly. Although Qing Ning possessed self-triggered defensive treasures, under this qi's enveloping they had no response to the sudden attack.

The sneak attacker from behind was Longlong; she was somewhat more reliable than Zhu Que, at least a bit more careful.

A single blow from the rod sent Qing Ning—though she was of the Wa tribe and versed in various secret arts, yet never tempered her flesh—shattering who knows how many bones throughout her body, leaving her dazed.

Xueyu lunged forward, deftly tapping with her ten fingers from Qing Ning's hair bun all the way down to the soles of her boots.

As a giant demon who had fought the Sui Chao dynasty for countless years, Xueyu's experience in looting spoils was extremely rich, far surpassing that of Pei Feng and Bai Guan by ten thousand times.

One by one, exquisite jade talismans, pendants, and rings were searched out; the hairpins, belts, bracelets, and rings on Qing Ning's body were all extremely powerful defensive and offensive treasures.

Even her blue long dress, white inner garment, and even her close-fitting undergarments were treasures of extremely high quality.

Since they were all women, Xueyu had no qualms about attacking.

Soon she stripped Qing Ning clean, even extracting the few treasures she had refined and fused with her body through violent means.

Finally, Xueyu used her own Blood Prison Annihilation Divine Light to seal Qing Ning's soul and body, took out a coarse cloth cloak to wrap her body, then injected into her the seventy-two kinds of lethal poisons contributed by Lao Geda, Mozhang Wang, and others, exhaled, and fed her a healing pill.

While Xueyu was busy dispelling Qing Ning's combat power, Pei Feng and Bai Guan led them flying away, already far from Xi Gu.

A temporary single-use super-gigantic long-distance spatial gate was set up; after Pei Feng and the others passed through it, the crystal stone pillars of the formation silently shattered, fragments scattering into the outer sea of Xi Gu and swept away by the huge waves, vanishing without a trace.

After shuttling back and forth nearly a hundred times, Pei Feng and the others returned to the territory controlled by Wuguo, stopping on a small island at the edge of Wuguo.

Beneath an inconspicuous small island outside, a strictly forbidden underground prison had been hastily built, where nearly a hundred Wu tribe Elders were stationed; the terrifying Wu tribe formation sealed off heaven and earth, cut off the heavenly secrets, turning this place into a dead land.

Pei Feng and the five women brought Qing Ning into the prison, and Qing Wu, smiling all over, eagerly came forward to greet them.

"Her Majesty the Empress, Lord Xueyu, the two princesses, Lord Longlong…… Indeed, she is Qing Ning……" Qing Wu trembled with excitement, her eyes fixed on the murderous dagger held in Pei Feng's hand.

"Her appearance has changed, differing from Qing Ning's original looks…… but her soul aura, even if she underwent reincarnation and was reborn as a human, her soul origin remains unchanged—she is Qing Ning, the Great Princess of the Wisdom God Clan!"

Qing Wu exclaimed in an exaggerated tone: "I never imagined you actually managed to capture her alive. Good heavens, it's utterly unbelievable."

Qing Wu panted and shouted loudly: "Mi Wu and Huan Wu are preparing to conceal Qing Ning's existence, they intend to sit back and let her plot succeed, letting her inflict maximum harm on the human race…… but I, Qing Wu, have completely surrendered to the great Emperor Wu Tie…… therefore, I proactively reported Qing Ning's existence."

"Indeed a conspiracy, indeed a conspiracy……" Qing Wu's eyes gleamed with excitement: "From the moment the heavenly court appeared, I sensed a huge conspiracy brewing…… right, right, she is the greatest actual beneficiary of the Wa Island incident…… she is the ultimate mastermind, and she turns out to be the mother of Gong Sun Yao!"

"A goddess of the Wisdom God Clan, she became the sole matriarch of Wa Island, the mother of the strongest contender for the future human emperor's throne…… Good heavens, such a conspiracy intoxicates me, I really am……"

Qing Wu's whole body spasmed, she was so excited she could not speak.

Such is the nature of the Wisdom God Clan: when their own conspiracies succeed, or when they thwart others' plots—even if it harms others without benefiting themselves—as long as it succeeds, they become intoxicated, happy, immersed in an irresistible pleasure.

Qing Ning was like this when she slaughtered the elders of the Xi Huang lineage in Xi Gu.

Qing Wu's reporting of the petty schemes of Mi Wu, Huan Wu, and others, tearing open Qing Ning's true face, was also like that.

"Imprison her, interrogate her." Pei Feng handed Qing Ning over to a child-faced, white-haired old woman with a large hooked nose, her visage exuding a grim and evil aura, a Wu tribe elder.

She was thin and extremely tall, her waist no thicker than an ordinary person's arm, yet she stood fifteen or sixteen feet tall, her figure like a bamboo pole; the Wu tribe elder laughed dryly and swiftly shackled Qing Ning to the wall covered with formations and curses.

One set after another of shackles were fastened onto Qing Ning's body, then the Wu tribe elder took out a black bone needle and unhesitatingly pierced her brow.

Qing Ning's soul suffered severe injury, and dragon-like Dao patterns appeared all over her body, then these patterns rapidly shattered.

With a miserable howl, the unconscious Qing Ning jolted awake.

She spat out mouthfuls of blood, panicked as she looked at Pei Feng and the others; her cultivation rapidly weakened, soon collapsing to the level of the Embryonic Treasury realm.

Strands of pure divine power leaked from Qing Ning's body, and the huge prison cell instantly filled with a thick, water-like heavenly-earth essence.

"Qing Ning, or perhaps Wa Qing?" Pei Feng stood before Qing Ning, reached out and gripped her cheek: "I am Pei Feng, beloved of Wu Tie…… speak of all your conspiracies, and we will decide your fate."

"You can refuse, and I will kill you outright."

Pei Feng said coldly: "I am a warrior, not a civil official. Warriors act directly; you have only one chance to speak—if a single sentence cannot move me, then go die!"

Qing Ning looked at Pei Feng with a twisted expression.

She finally understood her present situation…… she incredulously glanced at Pei Feng, then her gaze fell upon Qing Wu, who wore a smiling face.

"You damned wretch, I will order the slaughter of your entire clan!"

Qing Wu smiled at Qing Ning: "If you still have this ability, then, as you wish…… I do not care about their life or death…… just like you, you would care about your elder brother, the life or death of that great adult?"