After fifteen years of cultivation, he finally reached the pinnacle of the first rank!

Chapter 341 The Old Man
Hearing this, Li Musheng raised his eyebrows and said:
"So? What is it you want to say, young lady?"

"I want to say, if you want to save people, I might be able to help you find a way."

A sincere expression appeared on Zhao Muning's beautiful face as she looked at Li Musheng and said:

“You have absolutely no need to risk your life to venture into the Xuanji Palace. As you said before, the Xuanji Palace is a place where you can only enter and never leave.”

"If you fall into their clutches and are imprisoned, you'll only be wasting your martial arts talent."

Li Musheng stroked his chin and muttered to himself:

"So, you're trying to recruit me, young lady?"

Zhao Muning did not deny it, but said with great seriousness:
"Who wouldn't want to recruit a martial arts genius like you?"

"If you accept my suggestion, I will do everything in my power to save you. If I am unable to do so, you are free to try again to enter the Mysterious Palace."

Upon hearing this, Li Musheng shook his head and said:

"No need, I'm not the kind of person a girl can seduce."

As he spoke, Li Musheng looked towards the open gate of Xuanji Palace in the distance, and then Zhao Muning disappeared from the rooftop.

Judging from Zhao Muning's words, the other party seems to be someone of considerable status, but for Li Musheng, there is a faster solution, so there is no need to waste time with the other party.

In any case, whether or not we can rescue that Taoist Qingye's senior sister, we need to have a result tonight.

In the blink of an eye, Li Musheng brought Zhao Muning to the front of the nine-story giant tower.

The first-floor door that had just been opened for the head of the Hidden Intelligence Bureau was still open, seemingly waiting for Li Musheng's arrival.

"Let's go in and see what's going on?"

Li Musheng released Zhao Muning from his grasp, allowing her to move freely, and followed him into the Xuanji Palace.

Zhao Mu Ning's expression was rather unpleasant at this moment. Although she was the princess of Da Xuan, Xuanji Palace was still a taboo place for her.

No one in the palace, whether eunuch, palace maid, concubine, prince, or princess, was allowed to approach Xuanji Palace even a step.

She also knew that since its establishment, Xuanji Palace had swallowed up countless martial arts masters, and even for those top martial arts masters, it was no different from a dragon's den or a tiger's lair.

Given the current situation, Zhao Muning had no choice but to follow Li Musheng inside.

If they are ultimately imprisoned, Zhao Muning will likely be released if she reveals her identity as a princess, but Li Musheng will inevitably be imprisoned.

To be honest, Zhao Muning did develop a fondness for Li Musheng's talent, especially given the sudden emergence of the Eighth Prince of Dali. Acquiring such a martial arts genius would be absolutely essential for Da Xuan.

Unfortunately, the person in front of her was too arrogant and conceited, and even her kind words of advice were of no use.

Thinking of this, Zhao Muning, dressed in plain clothes, sighed softly, said nothing more, and followed Li Musheng toward the open tower gate of Xuanji Palace.

Soon, the two stepped inside, and the door behind them slammed shut.

Just then, a hoarse voice suddenly rang out throughout the dimly lit hall:

"Tsk tsk, yet another fearless darer has stormed the Xuanji Palace. Let this old man take a good look at which chivalrous hero has come this time?"

As soon as the words were spoken, an old man in black, with a withered face and a full head of white hair, appeared silently in the main hall of the first floor of the tower. He was thin and hunched over, standing under a burning oil lamp, like a creepy statue of a demon.

The old man in black quietly sized up Li Musheng and Zhao Muning, noticing they were both young men who hadn't even grown up yet, and narrowed his cloudy eyes slightly:

"The Great Xuan Imperial Palace is getting worse and worse. They're letting such a small fry into the Xuanji Palace. Is it because they can't find any experts in the martial world?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Muning frowned slightly.

She could feel the malicious gaze of the old man in black, which sent chills down her spine, and she instinctively took a step back.

Li Musheng, however, remained calm. He glanced around the empty hall before turning his gaze to the old man in black and asking:

"Old man, do you know which floor this Xuanji Palace is on that is where people are imprisoned?"

Upon hearing this, the thin, black-clad old man's eyes widened slightly in surprise, then his gaze fixed on Li Musheng, and a slow smile spread across his face.
"You little kitten are quite interesting. Not bad, not bad. In all these years, you are the first young man who dares to speak to an old man like this. You are truly a force to be reckoned with!"

Although the old man in black wore a smile, his words were filled with a chilling intent, and for a moment, even the temperature in the entire hall seemed to drop a few degrees.

At this moment, Zhao Muning looked at the hunched old man in black, sensing the aura emanating from him, and as if she had thought of something, suddenly spoke:

"Senior, could you be the 'Black Moon Elder' who was famous throughout the martial arts world more than a decade ago, and who once fought three Celestial Realm masters single-handedly with his Yin Moon Divine Skill and killed all three of them?"

Upon hearing this, the old man in black shifted his gaze, glancing at Zhao Mu Ning out of the corner of his eye, and said:
"I never imagined that after so many years, there would still be younger generations in the martial arts world who know about my deeds."

As he spoke, the old man in black nodded slightly and said:
"You're much more sensible than this kitten, little girl. I'll try to be gentle with you later..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Li Musheng's voice suddenly rang out from beside him:

"Old man, instead of answering my question, what are you babbling on about?"

In an instant, the black-clad old man's withered face froze, and he suddenly realized that Li Musheng had disappeared from his sight.

The next moment, the black-clad old man unleashed a chilling aura and struck out with a powerful palm strike to his side without hesitation.

However, as soon as he struck, he felt the immense, chilling aura emanating from his body recede like a tide.

His acupoints were instantly sealed, making it impossible for him to move an inch.

At that moment, he hadn't even turned his head, and he hadn't even seen Li Musheng's figure beside him.

"you……"

The arrogant and mocking look in the old man's eyes towards Li Musheng and his companion vanished, replaced by a chilling fear that sent shivers down his spine.

In his view, Li Musheng and his companion were so young, even if they were strong enough to dare to challenge Xuanji Palace, how strong could they really be?

He could easily control, suppress, and imprison the two of them.

But to his surprise, Li Musheng, whom he called Little Cat, was so fast that he didn't even have time to react before the other party was right next to him.

Furthermore, the opponent could suppress the martial arts true energy within his body at will, leaving him powerless to retaliate as his acupoints were directly sealed.

Clearly, this was not due to his own carelessness or decline in strength, but rather because the young man in front of him, who looked like he hadn't even grown up yet, possessed martial arts skills superior to his own.

(End of this chapter)