However, she was still a bit puzzled, since Wu Tian was wanted by the Court, how could he smoothly be taken back to the city? So she asked Lin Feng: "He is now a traitor to Peace City, how can he enter the city?"

Lin Feng replied to her alongside Qi Yuxuan: "I’ve already thought of that, we’ll just quietly bring him into the city when the time comes."

Wu Ping wondered if anyone would actually block Lin Feng from entering the city?

So she relaxed her mind.

What they needed to do now was to take the unconscious Wu Tian out of the secret passage and safely find their Spiritual Horse, only then could they return to the city.

When Wu Ping was almost done resting, Lin Feng stood up.

"I need you to help support him and follow closely behind me, but not too close, to prevent any sudden traps."

"Alright."

"Then let’s start moving."

After Lin Feng and Wu Ping finished speaking, they began to advance step by step toward the upstream of the secret passage.

The secret passage here wasn’t very spacious, as if it was specifically used as a shortcut for people inside to exit.

"This used to be the Imperial Palace, these secret passages should be used for the movement of soldiers. If everyone took the previous long path, it would take an ordinary person a day to walk through it. There might be shortcuts everywhere here, but we just don’t know about them." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Upon hearing Hua Shengmi’s words, Lin Feng regretted it deeply. Remembering the ordeal he had endured in the darkness, and almost being attacked by that black flare, he felt immense regret.

Lin Feng thought of the black flare, then asked Hua Shengmi about it.

"By the way, what’s that black flare about? Could it be that Xue Nian unleashed it?"

He thought about Xue Nian coming from behind him, which implied that this person arrived later than him, meaning he had been secretly tracking him in the shadows.

Lin Feng realized that they were using the banner of the Court to exterminate the traitor, but in reality, they were here to kill him, thereby gaining control of Peace City. What Lin Feng did not anticipate was that these actions were authorized by the Emperor.

Hearing Lin Feng’s response, Hua Shengmi told him: "It must be Xue Nian, otherwise who could create such a dark stream?"

If such a dark stream could be created by others, wouldn’t that mean there’s another hidden person here? This person might also be closely connected to the Demon Clan.

For over a thousand years, in the Human Realm, there’s been no shortage of Demon Cultivators in the pursuit of the Immortal Path, so the presence of the Demon Clan isn’t a strange occurrence. Or perhaps another person holds a relic left by the Demon Clan after the epic battle between the immortals and demons, similar to Xue Nian?

In truth, Lin Feng had never thought that the black Xuantie from the past was actually infused into two weapons. One was the black giant axe held by Xue Nian, and the other was the black Dagger that had never materialized its form.

Despite the great size difference, the axe wasn’t solely forged from black Xuantie. Meanwhile, the legendary black Dagger was entirely crafted from this piece of black Xuantie, and its power and energy were beyond imagination. The person who forged the black Xuantie had originally intended to create this Dagger, using the leftover materials along with others to obscure the existence of the Dagger.

After pondering for a long while, Hua Shengmi replied to Lin Feng: "I think it might not be exactly this way..."

Lin Feng sensed there might be more to the story, so he didn’t elaborate further, decisively quickening his pace, thinking about how to leave here and smoothly return to the surface.

"Ping’er, we need to hurry a bit."

Lin Feng turned back and instructed Wu Ping, who at this time was gritting her teeth, supporting Wu Tian as she continued forward.

Having lived in the Human Realm for so many years, though she hadn’t practiced many cultivation techniques, she still had some Martial Arts foundation. Thus, she could barely manage to support the unconscious Wu Tian step by step, following Lin Feng’s lead.

In the secret passage, there were many torches, their mottled light illuminating the passage brightly.

The walls of the passage were made of neat, orderly stone bricks. Looking at these walls, Lin Feng considered whether there might be secret chambers with traps on them.

It was possible that conventional routes wouldn’t necessarily lead to an exit in the end.

Therefore, Lin Feng carefully inspected the tiny gaps on the walls, testing each one with his hand if he noticed even the slightest difference.

He didn’t trust that these secret passages wouldn’t have traps or schemes designed within them.

Unless the designer was somewhat muddled in thinking or feared someone might access the secret passage directly.

Considering this, Lin Feng also feared activating a lethal trap, causing harm to Wu Tian and his daughter.

After covering a stretch of the route, Lin Feng noticed a stone brick on the wall with a slight gap, sensing something unusual about it.

He then tried to push it, and suddenly heard Ping’er scream behind him.

"Ah!"

Lin Feng turned to look, only to find a reflective object trailing closely behind Ping’er’s foot.

Lin Feng found it odd, wondering why something so small would follow them.

Upon approaching for a closer look, Lin Feng chuckled inwardly.

Hua Shengmi asked Lin Feng: "What are you laughing about?"

Lin Feng replied to her: "Look at this Three Treasures Jade Ruyi scaring this girl so badly."

After answering Hua Shengmi, Lin Feng proceeded to scold the little fellow ahead: "Behave yourself, look at how terribly you frightened your sister."