“We will take the south tunnel.” Although Xia Hou Qi wanted so very much to head into the same path as Ling Yue to get closer to the girl, but he’s also acutely aware of the conflicts between the Hong House and his crush. In order to avoid the unnecessary struggles, he had no choice but to take the initiative in choosing a different route.
“Ling Yue, you be careful okay.” Feng Xue and the others nodded at their friend before heading into the north path as well. They may not be of the same team but that doesn’t mean their friendships would change.
Now that left only the southern tunnel for Ling Yue to choose from unless she wanted to make trouble for the Da Xia team. But before heading inside as well though, the girl didn’t forget to sneak a peek at Zhu Ge Yi of the Sky Armor Sect. The man was measuring the two tunnels like he’s contemplating which would be best.
“Elder? Which tunnel should we take, the north or the south?” asked a disciple of the Sky Armor Sect.
“Do you even need to ask? Of course it’s the north tunnel. I have a good relationship with one of the stewards working in the Dan Palace. According to his words, there’s two high quality ‘Ninth Realm Reincarnation Dan Pills’ within this fourth cave. Whether it be the north or south, we will eventually come across at least one of them. Since my granddaughter is already taking the southern path then it’s obvious we will take the north to increase our chances.” Zhu Ge Yi reveals a nasty grin at the thought.
If it’s considered that Ye Ling Yue’s rainbow variant was a rarity, then the mentioned one above would be a masterpiece. So why would that be so? It’s because in order to create one of these supposed Ninth Realm pills, the alchemist in question must be skilled enough to fuse ninety-nine reincarnation pills together. Even for the all-powerful Dan Palace, it’s likely only Chen Hong Ru would have the ability to attempt such a feat, and that’s under the assumption he spends ten years constantly working at it.
But of course, there’s good reason for such a high demand. Let’s say a reincarnation master of the fifth element were to swallow one, they wouldn’t even need to go through a trial and instead directly jump into the next stage of their cultivation. That’s a genuine safe fail way to advance!
After Zhu Ge Yi got wind of this news, it’s without question he would inform his granddaughter Hong Ming Yue as well, which immediately warranted a response about how her other grandfather would be able to use it.
Hong Qing Yun’s (Lord Hong) been stagnated at the fifth element for decades. If they could use this opportunity to help the old guy advance into a level beyond mortal’s flesh and into the Avatar’s Realm, it would mean the Hong House would no longer need to cater to anyone.
Not only that, the Lord of the Sky Armor Sect was also a reincarnation master of the fifth element. If they could push two masters into the Avatar Realm at once, it would put them into an unstoppable position. No king nor sect would want to trifle with the Hong House again by then!
Understanding what’s at stake, Zhu Ge Yi hurried to lead his men forward. He’s not going to let this opportunity slid him by, it’s far too important.
“Miss Ye, those people have caught up to us. Should I move to kill them?” Wiggling his ear, Dao Nu (guard) offers the suggestion to the girl after noticing the footsteps.
“No need, on the contrary, we can let them be our path cleaner. Here, take these invisibility pills, one for each.” Smiling deviously, Ling Yue brought out a bottle of the stuff and spread it to her teammates.
Although she still doesn’t know exactly what’s inside the fourth cave tunnel, but the fact that her enemies are so concerned with this place meant something was of great value here.
In no time at all, Zhu Ge Yi and his men have caught up to their location.
“Where are they? How come they’re gone so quickly?” Growing suspicious at this, the elder quickly waves his people to give chase.
Since the former have already turned invisible, it’s turning out exactly as predicted with the Sky Armor Sect leading the way and clearing out the danger.
Meanwhile back over at the northern tunnel, Xia Hou Hong and Hong Ming Yue’s team were moving fast. By the time they were fifteen minutes in, the group were already up at the middle section of the Star Cave.
From the outside, the place looked no different from any ordinary cave from the offset, the only special difference would be the glowing night rocks making up the walls. During their entire journey, the insides were always illuminated, which was boon for their eyes.
“These rocks are so beautiful, just like gold sheets, constantly shining and such.” Curiously touching the wall, Hong Yu Ying (half-sister) mutters to herself only to be snagged away in the next second by her younger sister who immediately countered with the Three Life Flute.
Woosh~
Looking behind the girl’s head after the impact, everyone could see several flying blades pinned to the opposing wall. They were black and deadly sharp, showcased by how deeply penetrated the weapons were into the rock.
Now their eyes are fully alarmed. Scanning the walls with unease, it soon became abundantly apparent that there’s many small holes stretched along the walls that could shoot various small weapons out if activated.
“Do you have a brain? The Star Cave is filled with traps. Put your head together and stay alert without touching anything!” Glowering at her elder sister, Hong Ming Yue’s words were a giant wake up call to everyone.
“Princess Ming Yue is correct. Everyone be careful and don’t venture off. I will lead the way.” That said, Xia Hou Qi then flicked open his hand where he’s currently holding several gold talismans.
These are sealing talismans used by alchemist to carry their alchemic beasts around. Once dropped and touching the floor, the papers would quickly disintegrate and transform into multiple huge creatures at the boy’s summoning.
Unlike the alchemic beasts that they used to fly over to the Star Cave though, these new paper animals that appeared were much bigger, around medium sized in range. If one had to measure their strength then it would be equivalent to some fifth to sixth ranked spirit beasts in the wild.
Naturally the reception varied among the other members of the prince’s team.
While Hong Ming Yue only showed a surprised expression because she could hardly say she’s acquainted with the boy at heart, but that wasn’t the case for her partner Luo Song. The boy didn’t like being played a fool or deceived. Though it wasn’t exactly the prince’s idea, Xia Hou Qi did intentionally hide his ability until now where he showcased his alchemic beasts.
As for Manager Chou who once headed the Royal Hospital of Da Xia, this elder was seething with jealousy. Not at the prince though, but rather at the dwarf’s good fortune. It’s no secret Longyu took Ling Yue as his disciple, now adding in the future heir of the kingdom, it’s almost a guarantee for that fella to be forever at the top while he himself still has to struggle for a place.