"Did the man sitting on the sofa do it?"
Zhao Yingdie looked at Ning Beichen, feeling extremely shocked. But no matter how she looked, she couldn't tell that Ning Beichen possessed any cultivation.
If Ling Jue hadn't lied, then there was only one possibility: the young man sitting on the sofa must have a cultivation far superior to hers, which was why she couldn't perceive his power.
"Escape!"
This was Zhao Yingdie's first reaction, so she unhesitatingly retreated towards the door.
"This is bad!"
Seeing Zhao Yingdie escape, Ling Jue immediately thought it was not good, because in front of this devil, Zhao Yingdie had no chance to escape.
As expected, as soon as Zhao Yingdie exited the room, a vast force pressed down on her. Then, her lower abdomen hurt, and she spat blood, flying backward.
Her cultivation was far inferior to Ling Jue's. Ning Beichen didn't even need to exert himself to deal with Ling Jue, let alone her.
Therefore, with just one blow, Zhao Yingdie was injured.
Ning Beichen then landed beside her and pressed his fingers in a series of rapid movements, sealing her one hundred and eight acupoints.
Ning Beichen would not show mercy just because she was a woman, especially since she was a Transcendent. Who knew what her true strength was.
Zhao Yingdie grunted, and to her horror, she found herself unable to channel her internal energy. This immediately made her greatly alarmed, and she looked at the man in front of her with dread.
"Who... who are you?"
Zhao Yingdie asked Ning Beichen uneasily, her gaze also carrying a hint of resentment as she glanced at Ling Jue inside.
The information he had given her did not mention any of this.
Ling Jue could only offer a bitter smile. He had no opportunity to transmit such information to her. Once Ning Beichen discovered it, his fate would be predictable.
"I am a cultivator in this world. You can also call me Mr. Ning, but I advise you not to try to break through your acupoints. No one I've sealed has ever been able to break free on their own. If you want to cripple your own cultivation, feel free to try."
Ning Beichen said to her.
Hearing Ning Beichen's warning, Zhao Yingdie dared not try again. When she had attempted to break through her acupoints earlier, her meridians had felt a tearing pain. If she continued, before the seal was broken, her cultivation would be ruined first.
"What do you want?"
Zhao Yingdie gave up resisting and asked Ning Beichen with dissatisfaction.
"Nothing much, I just want you to submit to me. But don't worry, you're not the first, nor will you be the last. Ling Jue, Zhou Yu, and Xu Da have all submitted to me now. You're only fourth in line."
Ning Beichen told her.
Zhao Yingdie glanced at the bruised and swollen Ling Jue behind her and felt her life turn bleak.
What had she done to deserve this?
She had been here all along, behaving herself. Besides teaching a bad guy a lesson, she hadn't done anything else.
Ants?
Zhao Yingdie dared not think that.
If even Ling Jue had submitted, and she still considered others ants, she must have a problem with her brain. She should consider herself the ant.
"Do I have to submit?"
Zhao Yingdie asked.
"What do you think?"
Ning Beichen countered.
"I understand."
Zhao Yingdie adopted a look of resignation. Resistance was meaningless, and besides, she couldn't resist.
Moreover, she didn't want to die. She hadn't come here to dig her own grave.
Even her companions had submitted, three of them. She was only fourth. Her cultivation wasn't strong, and she was a woman. Therefore, her resistance wasn't as strong.
Ning Beichen looked at her with appreciation, but still left a backdoor within her body.
Last night, while talking to Liu Yilin on the phone, Liu Yilin had proposed a new sealing idea. This idea was akin to a computer system's encryption program, involving genetic chains, which immediately piqued Ning Beichen's interest.
Although Liu Yilin didn't understand sealing, she was a scientist and was very proficient in encryption technology, always providing Ning Beichen with much inspiration in this area.
Thus, Ning Beichen had now left newly upgraded seals in the bodies of Zhao Yingdie and Ling Jue, controlling them through backdoors.
Unless they could crack Liu Yilin's encryption technology and possess cultivation and power surpassing Ning Beichen, it would be virtually impossible to break the seals.
Especially for Transcendent beings, they had no understanding of this world's encryption technology. Dreaming of cracking Ning Beichen's seals was futile.
Ning Beichen didn't waste any more words. He left the rest for Ling Jue to explain to her.
Finally, another beautiful woman checked into the Imperial Garden.
As Ning Beichen's personal beautiful housekeeper, she was already immune to this.
Beautiful women would occasionally move into this mysterious Mr. Ning's courtyard, and every single one of them was stunning.
She, as Ning Beichen's personal beautiful housekeeper, had been carefully selected for her beauty and capability, both being first-rate.
But in front of these women, she, the "beautiful" housekeeper, seemed to pale in comparison, without any advantage.
As for Ye Ya'er and Li Wanrong, the two women who originally disliked each other, with the appearance of Zhao Yingdie, they suddenly found common ground and united against a common enemy.
Ning Beichen was truly speechless. The next day, he resolutely allowed the two of them to stay, while he, along with Ling Jue and Zhao Yingdie, headed to Wan Niao Lake again.
This time, Ning Beichen did not bring Zhang Jinhong along. Only the three of them went, along with some food and supplies.
Because Ning Beichen didn't know how long they would stay inside, bringing Ye Ya'er and Li Wanrong would be very troublesome.
Moreover, they wouldn't be able to enter anyway. They would just wait on the outer platform for them to come out, so it was better not to go.
Without the burden of ordinary people, the three of them quickly arrived at the underwater cave. Before long, they reached the place where the array diagram was discovered.
Zhao Yingdie had now fully accepted her submissive status. Without Ning Beichen's order, she began to examine the array diagram herself.
After about an hour, Ning Beichen finally asked her.
"Is there a way to decipher the array diagram?"
Zhao Yingdie nodded and said to Ning Beichen, "There should be, but I need time."
"About how long?"
Ning Beichen asked her.
"If I'm lucky, about three days should be enough."
Zhao Yingdie thought for a moment and gave a rather conservative estimate.
"Alright, then you can start."
Ning Beichen nodded. Actually, if he were to decipher it himself, it wouldn't take three days, probably at most three hours.
However, he wanted to see how a Transcendent would decipher this ancient formation.
Following that, Zhao Yingdie began to decipher the formation, while Ning Beichen watched from the side.
But after watching for a while, Ning Beichen started to find it somewhat uninteresting. Zhao Yingdie's method of deciphering the formation was too complex and obscure, giving him the feeling of haphazardness, with no idea what she was doing.