Chapter 343: Doing the Work
"This is..."
The Black Moon Yin Elder's expression went blank. The Life and Death Talisman showed no signs of activity when dormant, so he had no idea what Li Musheng had done.
At that, Li Musheng offered no explanation, only saying slowly, "You do not need to know what this is. You only need to know that while it will not kill you immediately, once it activates it will absolutely make you beg me to kill you."
At those words, the Black Moon Yin Elder stared hard at Li Musheng, as though trying to determine whether the man was bluffing.
Li Musheng paid no attention to the elder's reaction, and simply mused aloud, "Still, you old fellow did remind me of something just now. Even though you said that everyone brought into the Mystic Mechanism Palace over the past six months was taken down to the underground levels, you might have gotten confused in your old age, so I should go and check the eight levels above as well."
The Black Moon Yin Elder furrowed his white brows, clearly not quite understanding what Li Musheng meant.
Li Musheng's expression remained as it was, "I will personally go through the nine underground levels. The levels above can be left to you. Go through them for me and find anyone being held there. If you come across an imprisoned Daoist woman, bring her here."
At those words, the Black Moon Yin Elder's brow creased even deeper, and a look of considerable difficulty spread across his aged face, "The young hero thinks too highly of this old man. With my level of cultivation, all I can manage is guarding a single level of this tower. The higher up the Mystic Mechanism Palace, the stronger the guardians become."
"Even if this old man had the heart to help the young hero, I am lacking the ability. Going to the floors above to find someone in those experts' own domain is simply beyond me. Trying would only be inviting humiliation."