The woman's clothes were a bit dishevelled, and she was bound to a cold stone pillar by an Ice Binding Spell.

This woman was Xiao Qian.

Clearly, she had been captured by someone.

Xiao Qian's originally pure and lovely face was now ashen.

Yang Che paused because he remembered the agreement he had with Xiao Qian's siblings.

If Xiao Qian could decipher the secret of the characters on the stone tablet, he would pay Xiao Qian's siblings another 2,500 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

He thought of that poisonous woman from the Wan Family, the Sixteenth Mistress, who seemed to know something about the stone tablet's secret, while the rest of them knew nothing about it.

Thus, after recognizing Xiao Qian, Yang Che immediately had a sudden idea and decided to rescue her.

Perhaps Xiao Qian had made some Breakthrough in her research of the 'Ancient Characters' on the stone tablet.

After making up his mind, Yang Che quickly weighed his options and then, without any hesitation, pointed a finger at Xiao Qian.

The Nine Heart Thunder Flame transformed into a Fire Dragon and instantly swept towards the cold stone pillar.

Just then, a Cultivator in the Early Golden Core Stage, appearing as a middle-aged scholar, suddenly emerged from the other side of the stone pillar and, with an indifferent expression, threw out a bead-like defensive Magic Treasure.

This bead Magic Treasure quickly condensed cold snow and frost, seemingly intending to freeze the Nine Heart Thunder Flame.

However, the Nine Heart Thunder Flame suddenly condensed into a human-like face, revealing a faint and arrogant sneer, and swallowed the bead Magic Treasure in one gulp.

With a strange 'crunch' sound.

The bead Magic Treasure was directly 'crushed' by the Nine Heart Thunder Flame in a bizarre manner, turning into tiny fragments, and then completely incinerated.

Subsequently, the flame landed on the stone pillar, forcibly dispelling the Ice Binding Spell on Xiao Qian.

By this time, Yang Che had recognized that the middle-aged scholar-like Cultivator was none other than Su Ziming of the Su Family.

Su Ziming's expression changed slightly when he saw his bead Magic Treasure destroyed.

However, he quickly regained his cold demeanor and once again conjured a 'Ghost Head Fork' Magic Treasure wreathed in black Qi, thrusting it fiercely towards Yang Che.

Yang Che sneered inwardly; he unfurled his Yellow Umbrella Ancient Treasure, blocking the black Qi of the Ghost Head Fork.

Then, with a flicker of his body, he appeared beside Xiao Qian, pulling her into the defensive range of the Yellow Umbrella Ancient Treasure.

Xiao Qian's eyes were hollow and lifeless; she was like a Puppet, allowing Yang Che to manipulate her.

“Xiaoqian Guniang, pull yourself together.”

Yang Che said in a low, blunt, and cold tone.

Hearing this, Xiao Qian's delicate body trembled, and her eyes suddenly lit up with spirit, though more of it was confusion.

Soon, Xiao Qian seemed to recognize Yang Che by intuition and his aura, and immediately said tremblingly, “Senior, is that you?”

Yang Che nodded slightly, and glancing at the rapidly approaching, mountain-like Xuanwu Spirit Beast, and the two Late Golden Core Stage Cultivators, quickly said, “This is no place to talk; it's best we leave here quickly.”

Xiao Qian, however, suddenly stared at Su Ziming, her eyes blazing with intense hatred:

“Senior, your Junior begs you, if you are willing to help your Junior kill this person, I, Yang Xiaoqian, will willingly be Senior's slave for the rest of my life. Whatever Senior asks Xiao Qian to do, Xiao Qian will obey unto death.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Che's expression was initially somewhat displeased.

However, he then thought of something and, without a word, immediately summoned the Ancient Blood Corpse Mie from the Magic Stone Space, ordering it to directly entangle Su Ziming.

Because at this moment, the two Late Golden Core Stage Cultivators, like zombie Puppets, had already caught up and both conjured their Magic Treasures, pouncing fiercely towards Yang Che.

Yang Che sneered, a terrifying cold glint flashing in his eyes.

He directly conjured Flying Stealth, sending it flying towards the two Late Golden Core Stage Cultivators.

A burst of silver light erupted.

The 'Flying Stealth,' originally clustered together, suddenly scattered like a goddess scattering flowers.

It formed a strange needle net with electric arcs, firmly trapping the two Late Golden Core Stage Cultivators within it.

Then, Yang Che moved his finger without any hesitation.

Countless almost invisible transparent threads quickly crisscrossed, directly slicing the two Late Golden Core Stage Cultivators into countless tiny pieces.

Yang Che waved his hand, sucking two Storage Pouches into his grasp. His Divine Sense swept over them, discovering that each contained a piece of stone.

He calmly hung the two Storage Pouches on his waist. Yang Che saw that the enormous Xuanwu Spirit Beast seemed to be slowing down.

Yang Che immediately narrowed his eyes, his figure flickered, and with Wind Severing Shadow activated, he bizarrely moved behind Su Ziming.

Su Ziming was greatly startled.

The indifference on his face was long gone, replaced by a hint of panic, but he still sternly shouted, “Who are you? I am from the Wan Family. Think carefully about the consequences if you touch me.”

Su Ziming naturally realized that he could not possibly defeat this one person and one Ancient Blood Corpse.

Therefore, he immediately brought out the 'Wan Family' banner, speaking with borrowed prestige.

Unfortunately, he ran into Yang Che.

After a soft snort, Yang Che sneered, “Someone from the Wan Family? When did a stray dog from the Su Family of Dark Abyss City become someone from the Wan Family?”

Upon hearing this, Su Ziming's face instantly changed drastically.

His pupils contracted, and he stared intently at Yang Che's cold eyes.

“Who exactly are you?”

Since Yang Che had concealed his face and deliberately altered his voice, even though Su Ziming racked his brains, he simply could not guess who Yang Che was.

“Su Ziming, I ask you, what is the exact relationship between your Su Family and the Demonic Path?”

Yang Che was very clear that the Su Family Head knew that Demonic Path Secret Technique that could turn his arms into two, and then into four, and that the Su Family seemed to Cultivate Demonic Path Cultivation Techniques. Therefore, he had always wanted to ask about it.

Su Ziming smiled ferociously, still staring intently into Yang Che's eyes, and said sternly, “Want to know? I can tell you. But you can't kill me, and you have to tell me who you are.”

Yang Che's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing his killing intent.

He glanced again in the direction of the Xuanwu Spirit Beast.

Because the Xuanwu's body was truly too enormous, it looked very close, but in reality, for the Xuanwu to truly reach them, it was much slower than imagined.

This also made Yang Che slightly relieved.

“Alright, speak.” Yang Che was too lazy to waste more words.

Xiao Qian, seeing this from the side, suddenly showed an expression of sadness and despair.

She had thought she saw hope for revenge, but she never expected it to be shattered in such a way again.

At this moment, Su Ziming sneered, “What, do you take me, Su, for a fool? Make a Blood Oath. If you don't make a Blood Oath, I will certainly die without telling you what you want to know.”

A trace of Evil Qi suddenly flashed in Yang Che's eyes.

But very quickly, he suddenly smiled and said, “Alright. Make it.”

Su Ziming then said, “Wait. You also have to add that your Ancient Blood Corpse and your strange flame cannot act to kill me.”

This Su Ziming had some cunning.

Yang Che looked coldly at Su Ziming, but said nothing more. The two quickly each extracted a trace of their Soul Blood and made a Blood Oath.

Only then did Su Ziming slightly relax.

This time, without waiting for Yang Che to urge him, he quickly said, “Fellow Daoist, have you ever heard of Ancient Demon?”

“Ancient Demon?”

Yang Che was startled, and immediately had a guess.