The weakest martial artist? One punch and he's leveled up a whole realm!

"Old man Blackie, you also think Adam is the mastermind behind this?"

"Very likely!"

At this moment, the old man looked around.

He said, "Let's talk in my room."

Outside this room, the two could easily be spotted by the servants of the Jiang family.

Then Ye Xiao closed his room door and went to Grandpa Hei's room.

.......

"Uncle Black, I learned some things about Adam from you during the day."

"This person lived for five hundred years, and he made many efforts in order to achieve immortality."

"And because his lifespan was nearing its end, he came to the Nine Palaces again, because this place was built by Xuanyuan Cang in his pursuit of immortality."

"So, that's why Adam came here?"

Ye Xiao spoke his mind.

After listening, the old man nodded: "What you said makes sense. From the perspective of motivation, Adam does indeed meet these conditions."

"So, the person who attacked you might really be Adam."

"The reason Adam attacked you might be because he saw something valuable in you."

"After all, someone of Adam's caliber is an old monster who has lived for five hundred years."

"There's almost nothing that could make him act like that."

"But the fact that he chose to act on your very first night in the Nine Heavens Palace shows that he couldn't wait any longer, or rather, he didn't have much time left!"

Ye Xiao took a deep breath.

"If that's the case, then Adam must be somewhere, watching everything that's happening here the whole time."

"Adam must also know that his formation failed to capture me, and that it was you, Uncle Black, who rescued me."

The old man's brows furrowed even more deeply.

"This nine-tiered palace, five hundred years later, hasn't changed a bit. It's still a place that devours people without spitting out their bones!"

"Ye Xiao, I feel like I can't stay in this godforsaken place any longer."

Ye Xiao nodded in agreement.

He couldn't wait until tomorrow to attend the banquet with Jiang Henian.

Because if we keep waiting...

He was afraid he wouldn't live to see the next day's dawn.

"Grandpa Blackie, shall we leave now?"

The nine-layered palace is, after all, someone else's territory.

Furthermore, the old man's strength is inferior to Adam's.

Once a conflict actually breaks out.

Ye Xiao and Uncle Hei are definitely going to suffer a great loss here.

Therefore, in the face of this situation...

Slipping away under the cover of darkness is the best option.

"We definitely have to withdraw, but if we make too much of a fuss, it will be discovered."

"Wait a little longer, until around three or four in the morning. This is often when people are most sleepy."

"If we retreat, we won't be easily discovered."

then.

Ye Xiao and Grandpa Hei continued to linger and wait.

period.

The two were still talking about Adam.

"Uncle Black, why did Adam suddenly target me out of nowhere?" Ye Xiao asked.

The old man analyzed, "I suspect he's after your body!"

"My body?" Ye Xiao's expression changed slightly.

The old man said, "Most likely, Adam has tried all sorts of blood transfusions, heart transplants, organ transplants, and so on, but the results are not very good now."

"However, due to your physical training, or perhaps because you have never cultivated spiritual energy before."

"Adam's eyes were immediately drawn to your body."

Ye Xiao's expression was complicated: "Is he after my blood, or my heart or other organs?"

The old man in black gave a cold laugh.

"It's not that simple!"

"There is a group abroad that specializes in the study of black magic. It was originally founded by Adam to satisfy his desire for immortality."

"And among these methods, there is an even more evil one: to directly possess your body, annihilate your soul, and ultimately take over your physical form."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiao immediately understood.

He blurted out two words: "Possession?"

The old man nodded: "Yes, it's possession!"

"I reckon that, given Adam's current condition, relying on blood transfusions, heart transplants, or organ transplants won't be enough to keep him alive."

"Only by taking his body can he be reborn and continue living."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiao felt a chill run down his spine.

The old man continued, "The array in your room is probably the one Adam set up for possession."

"The formation will first capture you, then merge with you, and finally use its possession technique."

Ye Xiao still felt a lingering sense of unease.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Grandpa Hei pulled him out of the formation.

Otherwise, the consequences for him would be unimaginable!

Although...

Ye Xiao and Uncle Hei had already decided to escape from the Nine Palaces.

However, the old man's furrowed brows never relaxed for a moment.

Because he was under more pressure than ever before.

The layers of shadows above the nine-tiered palace were so intense and oppressive that he could hardly breathe.

......

"Let's go."

"it is good."

At the deepest hour of night, the nine-tiered palace is not asleep, but rather it keeps one eye half-closed.

Ye Xiao and Grandpa Hei did not choose to leave through the main entrance.

Behind Heming Pavilion, on the abandoned stone steps leading to the edge of the sixth palace.

Two figures were moving quickly.

The stone steps had been neglected for years, and their surface was covered with dark green moss. Stepping on them produced a soft, rustling sound.

The spirit fields on both sides had long been abandoned, with only withered spirit vines swaying gently in the night wind, like countless dry and thin hands.

Who would have thought that the Jiang Mansion, so magnificent and splendid in public...

Behind the scenes, there was such a dilapidated scene.

Ye Xiao followed behind Grandpa Hei, keeping a distance of two steps.

Moonlight filtered through the gaps in the clouds, casting patches of silvery-white light on the stone steps.

He noticed that the old man was walking much faster than usual.

The old man, who was usually so leisurely, was now taking two-meter strides with each step, his feet barely making a sound when they landed.

soon.

The two arrived at the back wall of the Jiang residence.

With a light leap, the two jumped out of the Jiang residence.

Looking ahead from behind, there is an endless sea of ​​clouds.

Because they were in the Star Palace, located in the seventh of the nine palaces.

It is actually located thousands of feet in the sky.

Jumping down from here is certain death.

So the two of them followed the edge, heading towards the sixth heavenly palace.

When they turned the last bend and arrived at the entrance gate of Xingque City.

The old man suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Ye Xiao was also forced to stop.

"What's wrong?"

The old man casually picked up a long stick from the side, held it horizontally in front of him, and spoke in a low voice.

"He arrived faster than I expected."

And this time.

Ye Xiao was shocked to see it.

On the ground of the only road ahead.

A wisp of extremely faint gray mist suddenly seeped out, flowing slowly along the ground, meandering like a snake.