“Boom!”
Everyone felt a tremor beneath their feet, as if an earthquake were occurring, and a thunderous roar echoed from within the cliff.
Chu Zhiyuan unleashed his extrasensory perception, and a white light flew out from his sleeve, expanding its range as it followed the white light, eventually re-entering the cave.
This time, his intuition issued no further warnings.
As perceived by his extrasensory perception, the white light drilled into a certain area within the cave, heading directly towards the ancient and weathered tombstone.
The tombstone was one meter tall and half a meter wide, its material resembling stone yet not stone, resembling iron yet not iron, resembling jade yet not jade; it was a material he had never seen before.
Vertically inscribed upon it were nine strange characters, which he also did not recognize.
Chu Zhiyuan speculated that this was not the work of Lu Yaofeng, as the tombstone was clearly more ancient and weathered than the other objects within the cave.
Apart from this tombstone, the entire mountain cave was devoid of anything else, neither containing any inheritance, nor spiritual pills, nor treasures.
This cave was originally a place where Lu Yaofeng lived with a beautiful woman.
Later, the beautiful woman disappeared, and Lu Yaofeng also left, sneering repeatedly before his departure, his face filled with murderous intent.
It turned out to be this ancient tombstone, and this tombstone was not transported here by Lu Yaofeng from the outside.
Chu Zhiyuan speculated that this tombstone had always been here, and it was likely that Lu Yaofeng had found this cave and had been studying this ancient tombstone all along.
As soon as the white light arrived, the tombstone suddenly lit up with a ball of black flames.
As soon as this black flame appeared, a warning signal immediately arose in Chu Zhiyuan's heart.
This black flame was very similar to the flame that appeared when the small black cauldron first appeared, but that black flame could be extinguished by the power of the Dauntless Realm.
However, that black flame was like a small shrimp compared to the black flame before him.
If he encountered this, his only option would be to flee for his life, and even then, he might not be able to escape.
At this time, the white light was present, and it had already enveloped the black flame, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.
A strange, eerie howl reverberated within the cave.
Chu Zhiyuan's face suddenly turned pale.
Xu Yingying, who originally had a smug look on her face, stared at him, preparing to hear a few words of praise from him.
Seeing him like this, she curiously asked, "What's wrong? Did it not work?"
Chu Zhiyuan knew that they could not hear this strange howl.
This eerie howl seemed to transcend the range of auditory capture; even grandmasters would not feel anything.
However, his extrasensory perception clearly captured it and felt it deeply, making him feel as if his head was about to explode and his brain was about to boil.
This seemed to be a sound from a higher dimension.
“Very powerful,” Chu Zhiyuan said with a pale face and a smile.
Xu Yingying stretched out her jade-like little hand and placed it on his forehead, asking with concern, “Are you alright?”
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, “Your luck is really good; the dangers that I feel unable to deal with, you can easily handle.”
These words immediately made Xu Yingying beam with joy, her smile as radiant as a flower, “My luck has always been very good.”
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, “No wonder you were able to meet me.”
Xu Yingying giggled and said, “Meeting you has been a great loss for me… Are you feeling better?”
“I’m alright now,” Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile.
Li Hongzhao felt like she couldn't bear to watch.
Chu Zhiyuan also had such a gentle side; was this still Chu Zhiyuan?
Towards herself, he was sarcastic and ridiculed her with every means possible, taking every advantage.
Towards this Xu Yingying, he was gentle and caring, intimate and casual.
“Ahem,” she coughed lightly twice and said with a smile, “Does Miss Xu recognize the new Holy Maiden of the Inviting Moon Palace?”
“Xiao Ruoling? I haven’t met her yet.”
Chu Zhiyuan saw through Li Hongzhao’s intentions at a glance and said unhappily, “Your Highness is really meddling in other people’s business; Yingying knows about this.”
“Miss Xu already knows?” Li Hongzhao feigned surprise.
Chu Zhiyuan snorted, “Affected!”
Li Hongzhao pursed her lips and chuckled, her radiance dazzling, “How did Miss Xu meet him?”
Chu Zhiyuan said, “Yingying, don’t pay attention to her; she is full of schemes; if you can avoid talking to her, don’t say a single word.”
Xu Yingying immediately closed her red lips and looked at Li Hongzhao with surprise.
Li Hongzhao glared at Chu Zhiyuan, “Aren’t you the same?”
“I’m not the same as you; you only want to harm people; what I’m thinking about is not being harmed by others.”
“Hmph, you’re so bad, yet you still think you’re a saint; it’s truly laughable!”
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, “If you weren’t trying to borrow a knife to kill someone, would you have invited me here?”
“Since you knew, why did you still come?” Li Hongzhao curled her fiery red lips, “Simply not greedy enough.”
Chu Zhiyuan said, “I just wanted to come and see what methods you would use to harm me.”
“Just being clever, thinking that everyone wants to harm you!” Li Hongzhao said, “Timid as a mouse, stingy and miserly!”
“I’m timid as a mouse, stingy and miserly, but I’m in the Eighth Realm, almost reaching the Ninth Realm, ha.”
“You’re using this line again!” Li Hongzhao bit her red lip and said resentfully, “Can you change it up a bit?”
Xu Yingying widened her bright eyes, curiously looking back and forth between their faces, the corners of her mouth tilting upwards.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled triumphantly and looked at Xu Yingying, “Yingying, you’ve made a great contribution this time!”
His complexion had mostly recovered by now.
As seen by his extrasensory perception, the black flames on the tombstone had disappeared, completely extinguished by the white light.
After extinguishing the black flame, the white light also disappeared along with it.
Also disappearing were the nine strange characters on the ancient tombstone.
Xu Yingying smiled smugly and waved her little hand, “It’s just a small matter, just a Great Brightness Sword.”
“This Great Brightness Sword is very precious,” Chu Zhiyuan said, “It’s a pity it’s gone.”
“It’s gone, then it’s gone,” Xu Yingying said, not caring at all, “I have a lot of these strange things… So, can we go in and take a look now?” she asked, looking curious.
Chu Zhiyuan looked at Li Yilong and Song Yichun, who had been silent all along.
Song Yichun smiled and said, “I am responsible for dispelling the poison, but first, let me make it clear that the items belonging to my sect must be taken back.”
Chu Zhiyuan nodded and looked at Li Hongzhao.
Li Hongzhao snorted and said, “The items belonging to the Carefree Sect will naturally be returned to their original owner, and the remaining items belonging to Lu Yaofeng, my Great Meng will also take away.”
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, “Don’t forget that I also have a share… This time, Yingying has made a great contribution and should also take a share.”
Xu Yingying’s bright eyes shone, and she nodded vigorously.
Li Hongzhao looked at Xu Yingying and nodded helplessly, “Alright, Miss Xu also has a share.”
She looked at Song Yichun, “Miss Song, if there is an inheritance, we will not look at the inheritance of your Carefree Sect, but the inheritance that does not involve the Carefree Sect, we will participate together.”
Song Yichun readily agreed.
Their mission was to retrieve the items of the Carefree Sect; in this situation, they could not ask for more.
With these people exploring the cave together, it would be safer, and the mission would be easier to complete.
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head secretly in his heart.
They were destined to be disappointed; the inside of this cave was empty, with nothing at all.
“Let’s go,” Chu Zhiyuan said.
Song Yichun and Li Yilong floated down; the two lightly bumped their palms in the air, borrowing strength from each other, and their figures suddenly moved horizontally in the air, leisurely landing in front of the mountain cave.
Chu Zhiyuan, Xu Yingying, and Li Hongzhao followed and floated down.
Chu Zhiyuan examined the entrance of the mountain cave.
There was a mechanism at the entrance of the mountain cave; Li Yilong searched for a while, then lightly patted several times, and with a “boom,” the entrance opened.
Immediately following was the sharp whistling of “shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo,” and various hidden weapons with a faint blue luster shot out.
Chu Zhiyuan waved his sleeve.
The power of the Dauntless Realm surged out, rebounding all of these hidden weapons back.
“Thud, thud, thud, thud…” The hidden weapons were inserted back into the stone wall; some were not inserted and instead sank into it.
Song Yichun glanced at him, then looked at those hidden weapons, as if pondering something.
She judged that these hidden weapons must be mixed with Armor-Piercing Divine Weapons; it could not be seen at a glance, but it was impossible that there were none.
They were actually also blasted away by his罡 qi.
This Fourth Heir Apparent was indeed powerful, worthy of being called the number one Heir Apparent of the Great Jing.
