Chapter 963 - Mental Force Backfire (1/2)

“Where is he? Where did the boy go?”

The First Elder couldn’t figure out how this boy had managed to escape under her nose.

Her feet rose into the air and she hovered a hundred meters above the ground. Her powerful momentum covered the entire mountain. Her Divine Consciousness kept searching.

However, it was still quiet on the mountain after she searched for a long time. Except for some birds chirping, there was no other sound, let alone the shadow of Qin Haodong.

“Bastard, you really piss me off!”

The angry First Elder struck out with her palm. A boulder weighing tens of tons next to her was smashed into powder. For a moment, smoke and dust flew in all directions!

In the Seven Storeys Pagoda, Qin Haodong breathed a long sigh of relief. He was free from the old woman at last.

The Seven Storeys Pagoda was good, but it had a flaw. That was he had to go out where he came in from.

He didn’t know whether the First Elder of the Ghost King Sect would be there all the time. Once she caught him again, he would be in great trouble. Thus, he could only calm down and cultivate here.

The Spiritual Qi in the seventh level of the Pagoda was dense. The result of cultivating here was excellent. He cultivated here for a full seven days before slowly opening his eyes.

He felt the surging Genuine Qi in his body. If he cultivated here all the time, he could break through to the middle stage of the Combination Realm in a few years.

But he couldn’t wait any longer. These seven days were already the limit of his patience. He had to go out and take a look at the situation.

He took out some food from the Storage Ring and ate a good meal. Next, he tried to summon the Three-legged Golden Toad.

This big toad bled a lot after being shot by the God-killing Arrows near the Doomsday Forest last time. Its vitality was slightly affected. It had been in a deep sleep, so it couldn’t come out to help him.

After summoning it twice, there was still no response from the Spirit Beast Pouch. The Three-legged Golden Toad was still asleep.

It seemed like he could only go out alone. With a thought, he exited the Seven Storeys Pagoda.

At this moment, it was night. The bright moon hung in the sky. Bright and clear moonlight illuminated the entire mountain range. All was still and quiet.

“Fortunately, it seems that the old woman has left!”

Qin Haodong breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly felt numb because his acupoints were locked by someone. Then, he was tied up with a rope.

“Boy, I underestimated you. You have quite a few tricks up your sleeve.”

With a charming voice, the First Elder with the golden mask appeared in front of him.

Qin Haodong regretfully said, “Have you been waiting here for so many days? Don’t you feel bored?”

“I waited to catch a mouse. It was not boring.”

Although the First Elder was wearing a mask, there was a smile in her eyes. “I knew no one could escape under my eyes. Although you suddenly disappeared, you must still be here. You just hid through a trick.”

Qin Haodong sighed and helplessly said, “You win!”

It seemed that he had underestimated the patience of the old monster. If he had known earlier, he would have cultivated in the pagoda for a few more days.

The First Elder grabbed his collar and looked straight into his eyes. Then, she said, “Boy, do you think we can negotiate now?”

Qin Haodong said, “I’m just a captive now. Do I still have the right to object?”

“It’s good that you know that!” The First Elder added, “Apart from the two conditions that I’ve mentioned earlier, I’ll add one more condition. Tell me how you’ve managed to hide earlier!”

Qin Haodong said, “In fact, it’s just a method. Let me go and I’ll show you.”

Not only his acupoints were locked but he was also tightly tied up. The other end of the rope was in the hand of the First Elder. Thus, he couldn’t escape even if he wanted to use the Seven Storeys Pagoda.

Now, he could only think of a way to distract the attention of the First Elder, and then find a chance to run away.

“Little fellow, do you really think I’m a child?”

The First Elder’s tone changed and she said in a cold voice, “This is your last chance. Quick tell me. Or, you will regret it.”

Qin Haodong looked calm on the surface. In fact, he was very anxious in his heart.

Out of the three conditions proposed by this woman, apart from refining pills, the remaining two conditions were his deepest secrets. How could he tell her?

“You untie me first. Otherwise, I won’t be able to tell you.”

“Stop dreaming. Do you really think I don’t dare to kill you?” the First Elder said and her body exuded the formidable killing intent.

Qin Haodong was not to be swayed. He knew very well that if he disclosed his secrets, this woman would definitely kill him and take the Seven Storeys Pagoda away from him.

At this point, he could only take a risk and said, “You tried so hard but got nothing from me. I guess you don’t want to kill me!”

The First Elder looked coldly at him. After a long silence, she gnashed her teeth and said, “Boy, don’t think that I can’t do anything to you just because you won’t speak. Now I’ll let you taste the power of Mind Reading Skill from our Ghost King Sect.”

She had lost so many subordinates this time and worked hard for so many days. If she couldn’t get anything from Qin Haodong, she really wouldn’t give up.

“Mind Reading Skill?”

An idea suddenly popped up in Qin Haodong’s head. Although he had never come into contact with this kind of skill, he could tell from the name that it was similar to Mind-manipulating. Both of them were mental skills.

The disadvantage of all mental skills was that the mental force of the opponent must not be as strong as the user. Otherwise, the trick would backfire on the user. Although the consequences were different, they would not be good.