Chapter 91

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Ding Qi walked through the maze, grabbing the two arrows that were shot at him. He then casually broke them and threw them to the ground.

He had already been deep in the maze for some time.

During this period, Ding Qi triggered two traps, but neither could harm him, and he easily overcame them.

This maze not only had an extremely complex structure, making it easy for people to get lost once they entered, but it also contained traps, making it very dangerous.

Ding Qi was still only in the outer area of the maze, yet he could already feel the maze's path becoming increasingly complex. Relying on his fairly good memory, he could still clearly remember the routes back and forth. However, Ding Qi estimated that after some time, he would have to make some marks along the way to remember the route back. Otherwise, he would really get lost inside.

Even with these marks, given the complexity of the maze, Ding Qi did not dare to guarantee that he could smoothly explore it.

"If I really get lost inside, I can only use this thing." Thinking of this, Ding Qi looked to his side.

A silver handkerchief, about the size of a palm, was floating on his right side.

Ding Qi had already considered the situation if he were to get trapped in the maze.

The silver handkerchief in his hand could easily cut through any walls in the maze. If he were trapped, Ding Qi would directly use the handkerchief to cut through all the walls in front of him to get out of the maze.

In this way, no matter how complex and unpredictable the maze was, with Ding Qi's simple and brutal method, it would be difficult to confine him.

Ding Qi looked at the silver handkerchief beside him again and smiled. Then he slightly turned his body and entered a corner of the maze.

After several hours, with the sound of a wall collapsing deep in the underground palace, Ding Qi walked out amidst a cloud of dust.

Behind him, a section of the wall, cut into a square shape, lay on the ground.

Ding Qi frowned, looked at the collapsed wall, and then walked in a certain direction.

"This maze is really incredibly complex." On the way, Ding Qi thought bitterly.

Since entering the maze, several hours had passed, and Ding Qi was now deep inside the maze. After entering the maze for some time, as he had guessed, he could no longer rely on simple memory to confirm the route back. Ding Qi could only make marks as he walked through the maze.

However, even this method eventually lost its effectiveness. This was not only because the maze was too complex. During this time, Ding Qi discovered that different sections of the maze were changing and recombining at irregular intervals. The marks he had made in the maze quickly disappeared in the changes, making it impossible for him to find them again.

This made Ding Qi suddenly get lost deep in the maze.

In the end, Ding Qi had no choice but to use the silver handkerchief beside him, cutting through the walls continuously in one direction to find his way back.

During these several hours of exploration, Ding Qi gained a general understanding of the maze's trap changes.

Although the maze was constantly recombining and changing, the outer area of the maze was relatively stable and basically did not change. However, the deeper he went into the maze, the faster the recombination and changes occurred.

As Ding Qi cut through another wall in front of him, he squinted his eyes and looked at a mark that appeared ahead, sighing deeply.

"Finally, I'm back to the outer area of the maze." Ding Qi thought.

The mark ahead was one he had originally drawn on the outer wall. Now that he saw this mark again, he knew he had returned to the outer area.

Subsequent events confirmed Ding Qi's thoughts. After this mark, Ding Qi saw other marks he had previously made in the outer area as he continued on his way.

Ding Qi followed these marks, step by step, heading back to the original place. He estimated that it would take no more than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea for him to return to the outermost area.

However, as Ding Qi was gradually returning and getting closer to the outermost area, he suddenly frowned and looked strangely at a certain place.

Ding Qi stopped, stood in place, and looked at a spot to his left front, as if listening to something. After a moment, he actually showed a curious expression on his face and changed direction, walking lightly towards the place he was looking at.

"Sure enough, it's these two people." After walking a distance and stopping at a corner, Ding Qi thought.

Ding Qi saw that on the other side of the corner where he was, two people were having a heated argument. When he first approached this area, he was attracted here because he heard the argument.

In this underground palace, apart from Ding Qi, the rest were all from the Qingyun Sect. These two people arguing were naturally from the Qingyun Sect.

However, the identities of these two people were quite special. One of them was the enigmatic Zuo Yang. The other was Guan Qiu, who had been subdued by Sect Leader Zuo and was loyal to him.

However, the scene Ding Qi saw now was extremely bizarre.

Because he saw that Guan Qiu was actually scolding Zuo Yang with a condescending attitude.

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"If it weren't for me, do you think you could really optimize and improve the sect's techniques? All of this was done by me, and I put your name on it. That's how you gained such popularity among the lower-ranking disciples. Without all this, how could you possibly become the sect leader? In the end, your position as sect leader... was all thanks to me." Elder Guan's voice was extremely cold.

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"Furthermore, if it weren't for my idea to deliberately leak the plan of Sect Leader Nie and his team to the Tianquan Sect, causing Sect Leader Nie to die from the Heart-Crushing Palm, he would have stayed in the position of sect leader for another twenty to thirty years, and you would have had no chance to become the sect leader. Have you forgotten all these favors?" Guan Qiu scolded Zuo Yang.

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"You... you..." Zuo Yang pointed at Elder Guan, wanting to say something, but for a moment, he could not find any counterarguments.

Looking at Zuo Yang now, who was in a state of extreme anger, there was no trace of the enigmatic demeanor he usually displayed to others.

In fact, Zuo Yang himself was very clear. What Guan Qiu said just now was not a lie. His ability to become the sect leader was indeed largely due to the schemes and machinations of Elder Guan over the past decade.