Meng Fuyuan, having been clever for forty years, would not easily believe Lu Qingwan's words and struggled on his own.
But soon, he noticed his physical strength rapidly diminishing, and his internal energy was also restricted.
Recalling Lu Qingwan's earlier words, he immediately panicked.
"I warn you, don't act rashly.
There are poisonous pools and explosives in the underground palace. If you dare to act rashly, no one on this island will survive!"
Lu Qingwan and Si Fengwu approached Meng Fuyuan step by step, playfully provoking the old man with their words.
One said, "That's a pity, isn't it? Tengshe has already entered the underground palace. You know the Tengshe of the Samsara Hall, right?
I wonder if the poison in your poisonous pool is enough for it to eat its fill?"
The other immediately followed up, "And the explosives, why don't you try pulling the fuse and see if it explodes?"
As a Grand Elder of the Han Xiao Hall, Meng Fuyuan was quite familiar with firearms due to his position, otherwise, he wouldn't have buried so many explosives at the headquarters of the Han Xiao Hall.
No one knew better than him what would happen if the fuse in his hand was pulled, and he also knew that Lu Qingwan was quite skilled in firearms.
Hearing this, he felt uncertain.
He couldn't help but suspect if Lu Qingwan had really tampered with the explosives he had buried in the underground palace. On the surface, however, he tried to remain calm and said, "Don't try to scare me!
In this world, it's not only you, Lu Qingwan, who knows how to play with firearms.
Our ancestor of the Han Xiao Hall was an expert in firearms.
I know when to pull the fuse myself and will not be swayed by you.
As for the two of you, abandoning your comfortable and wealthy lives outside, you insist on coming here to court trouble.
Since you've come, don't even think about leaving!"
As his voice fell, Lu Qingwan sensed something was wrong. She saw the dragon throne on which Meng Fuyuan was seated, along with the Nine Dragons Illuminating Wall behind it, sink down.
At the same time, the previously spacious and bright main hall was plunged into darkness. The four walls made creaking sounds, and in an instant, the hall turned into an airtight iron box.
Lu Qingwan, without a word, pulled Si Fengwu and they both hid in the space laboratory.
The next moment, they watched as countless holes appeared on the walls of the main hall, and arrows and hidden needles continuously flew towards where they had initially stood.
A pungent liquid slowly seeped out from the ground.
Thick smoke of unknown composition rushed out from the gaps in the roof.
The poison alarm in the space laboratory blared as if it were malfunctioning.
"Warning, highly toxic substances detected!"
"Warning, highly toxic substances detected!"
After repeating a few times, only an annoying beeping remained.
Lu Qingwan calmly looked at the trap that could leave her and Si Fengwu without a trace, then turned to Si Fengwu, "Our actions, while not entirely discreet, were not so flagrant. Did this old scoundrel Meng Fuyuan install a surveillance device on us?"
What Lu Qingwan considered not too discreet was that transporting firearms from Xin Dynasty to the Phantom Night Sea would naturally attract some attention, but overall, the operation was still kept very secret.
As a result, from the moment they landed on the island, every step of their actions was within Meng Fuyuan's plan.
It felt like they were playing games.
Although thanks to the power of the space laboratory, she and Si Fengwu did not suffer any significant losses, this feeling of always being one step behind was extremely unpleasant.
"Surveillance is unlikely. Even if Empress Qinghuang left something behind, they wouldn't necessarily use it."
Si Fengwu patiently appeased Lu Qingwan, "But guess what? Does he know that all his strongholds outside have been taken down by us?"
The operations outside were directed by Lian Yu, and they led the team here. Both sides worked in parallel, commanding independently, neither hindering the other, making it nearly impossible for anyone to get ahead.
Lu Qingwan immediately became amused. "He probably doesn't know, but I don't mind telling him personally."
As she finished speaking, Lu Qingwan controlled the space laboratory and headed straight for the underground palace.
"Speaking of which, the person who built this underground palace was quite foresightful.
It's said to be an annex to the main hall, but who would have thought it would be separated from the main hall by an entire large garden, and not even on the same level?"
Peeking into the underground palace through the space laboratory, Lu Qingwan couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of the person who built the Han Xiao Hall back then.
Si Fengwu was also somewhat surprised, but after thinking about it, he found it somewhat understandable.
"Building the underground palace in this way might seem a bit strange, but if the existence of this underground palace was intended for escape from the beginning, it would make sense."
He pointed at Meng Fuyuan, trapped between a rock and a hard place in the corridor, "See? Even though he's become this useless, he's still alive.
But if we didn't have the space laboratory, we would have died in the main hall."
Once the mechanisms in the main hall were activated, the specially made partition boards isolated the main hall and the underground palace into two completely separate spaces.
This allowed Meng Fuyuan, a powerless invalid hiding in the underground palace, to remain unharmed.
Lu Qingwan pulled Si Fengwu and flashed out of the space laboratory, then strode menacingly towards Meng Fuyuan.
Upon entering the underground palace, they found themselves in a narrow corridor. Lu Qingwan and Si Fengwu appeared out of thin air, which startled the old scoundrel Meng Fuyuan.
"This, this... How is this possible?
How could you still be alive?!"
The look of horror made Meng Fuyuan appear extremely comical. His astonishment at Lu Qingwan and Si Fengwu being alive was so great that he didn't even notice how they had appeared before him.
"What's there to be surprised about?
You're not dead yet, why can't we be alive?"
Lu Qingwan's retort seemed witless, but her eyes were fixed on Meng Fuyuan.
Meng Fuyuan was still full of disbelief, "A hall full of Eternal Scars, how could you be completely unharmed?"
Lu Qingwan scoffed, "Eternal Scars?
Are you referring to the Extreme Land Fire Lotus poison that you used to harm the old Hall Master?"
A simple sentence sent a tremor through Meng Fuyuan. His cloudy eyes stared intently at Lu Qingwan, and she was waiting for this moment.
As their eyes met, the golden hairpin in Lu Qingwan's hair swayed rhythmically.
As Meng Fuyuan's gaze became dazed, Lu Qingwan quickly took off the crystal tassel from one end of her hairpin and tidied it up.
Only then did she slowly ask, "We set out from Xindu, and everyone who knew the plan accompanied us throughout, never leaving the main group. How did you know our operational plan?"
From the moment they entered the Han Xiao Hall, Lu Qingwan had realized it.
Not only did Meng Fuyuan know their operational plan long in advance, but he had also made corresponding deployments.
However, she truly couldn't understand how her and her companions' actions, which were very cautious, could have been so completely exposed.
Therefore, after soul-capturing Meng Fuyuan, she eagerly asked this question that had been bothering her for a long time.