Volume Five: Heaven-Shaking Fortune - Final Obstacle

Zhang Xingfeng was deeply shocked. Although he was a cultivator, he was still astonished by the terrifying wealth that exceeded his imagination! Such a huge fortune could definitely enable him to achieve his goal of establishing the Star Peak Family in a short period of time!

He had never seen so many gold nuggets before, not even the emperor. Silver notes might become invalid with the change of dynasties, but gold nuggets were always the most valuable form of wealth; they did not depreciate, and Aristocratic Clan and the imperial palace kept large quantities of gold nuggets.

The Li Family Head walked towards Zhang Xingfeng and his companions, his excitement undisguised. He exclaimed from afar, "Haha, my dear nephew, Second Prince, we've struck it rich this time! So many gold ingots, at least tens of millions of taels of gold! (equivalent to billions of taels of silver; one tael of gold = 100 taels of silver)!"

The Second Prince was thrilled. "The entire national treasury only has a little over two billion taels of silver. If we take just one-third of it, we can double the treasury's silver reserves! What a tremendous achievement that would be! If we take it all, I... I..." The Second Prince was too excited, his eyes burning with desire as he looked at the terrifying amount of gold.

Zhang Xingfeng suddenly noticed a line of small characters on a stone tablet not far away.

"Any foreigner who covets this hundred million taels of gold—die!"

Zhang Xingfeng's eyelids twitched. The word "death" seemed to hold a mysterious meaning, but time was running out for Zhang Xingfeng to think about it.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

One by one, the experts fell to the ground in a bizarre manner, their bodies slowly corroded until only white flesh remained. The corrosion was so rapid that it only took a few seconds, which made everyone feel uneasy.

Zhang Xingfeng immediately extended his Spiritual Sense to observe everything. In an instant, Zhang Xingfeng saw many transparent handprints attacking the experts. Faced with such transparent attacks, Zhang Xingfeng had no way to help them. Moreover, he also felt how powerful those transparent handprints were; even he could not completely block them with his body.

After a long while, the transparent handprint finally disappeared. By then, many more experts had died, but they never knew what had attacked them. Such unseen attacks are the most terrifying, but fortunately, the attack didn't last long and disappeared; otherwise, who knows how many more experts would have perished.

When the transparent handprints disappeared and no one was attacked again, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief. They had just been living under a reign of terror, enduring unbearable torment; many were nearly driven mad. The constant threat of death is something most people cannot endure.

But Zhang Xingfeng's expression suddenly changed. His Spiritual Sense had detected something terrifying, and he shouted frantically at the experts, "Be careful!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. A barrage of tiny nails, like a torrential rain, rained down from the sky, leaving no room for dodge. The Second Prince could only hide behind the crowd. Everyone retreated to the pile of gold nuggets. At this moment, almost no one thought about the gold nuggets anymore, because death was so close to them!

If you're hit by a nail, your entire body will turn black instantly, and you'll collapse and be unable to get up. It's absolutely terrifying!

Li Tianxiang gritted his teeth and sneered, "Pear Blossom Rain Needles, humph, as expected of the number one hidden weapon in the world, but you are useless against me, Li Tianxiang!"

"Ah!" Li Tianxiang roared to the sky, and the faint black Xuanyuan Sword around him immediately shone brightly. Demonic Sha Energy Demonic Sha Energy from the tip of the Xuanyuan Sword and began to connect, forming a sword shield made of Demonic Sha Energy. The sword shield actually protected the Li Family experts next to him. Looking at the nails that attacked the sword shield, the Li Family experts looked at Li Tianxiang with gratitude.

Zhang Xingfeng frowned. He knew the immense power required to do this, and he couldn't understand why the usually cold and ruthless Li Tianxiang would rescue those Li Family experts. Zhang Xingfeng didn't believe for a second that Li Tianxiang cared about his family's masters. He knew Zhang Xingfeng Li Tianxiang's character well: cold-blooded, ruthless, and extremely possessive! Zhang Xingfeng even suspected that Li Tianxiang treated him this way because he had stolen Yuwen Rou's heart!

However, that is indeed the case!

The Pear Blossom Rain Needles came quickly and went away just as fast. Even Temujin couldn't possibly have too many hidden weapons that could break through the protective True Qi of Innate Master.

Li Tianxiang's face was slightly pale, but after glancing at the number of the Li Family experts beside him, he breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "Thank goodness, we still have enough people!"

Zhu Deng looked at the brave soldiers of the Vanguard Camp beneath him, a bitter feeling rising in his heart. He was, after all, a prince, and they represented the royal family! Yet they were the ones who suffered the greatest losses here. The Li Family still had over a hundred people, while they only had a few dozen, and they had only survived thanks to the corpses of their fallen brothers.

The Li Family Head walked over and said, "Gentlemen, now we should discuss how to deal with this huge pile of gold nuggets." As he spoke, the Li Family Head made a slight gesture with his right hand behind his back.

Li Tianxiang smiled slightly, and his hands quietly formed Law Seals. Presumably worried that Zhang Xingfeng would discover it, he moved extremely slowly, slowing down the hand seal formation by hundreds of times! What should have taken less than a second now took more than a minute.

Zhu Deng looked at the Li Family Head and smiled, "What does the family head think should be done to distribute them?"

The Li Family Head didn't answer, but instead looked at Zhang Xingfeng, his eyes seemingly questioning, yet a flash of ruthlessness appeared deep within them. Zhang Xingfeng happened to see it, but Zhang Xingfeng didn't pay attention, because he didn't believe anyone could threaten him; perhaps Zhang Xingfeng lacked a sense of crisis. No wonder, who could possibly harm him?

Zhang Xingfeng replied, "How should it be distributed? Doesn't the patriarch have any ideas? Or does the patriarch say that as long as it's not too excessive, I will definitely agree?"

The three men pushed each other, none of them explicitly stating their intentions, but all three harbored the idea of keeping the gold nugget for themselves.

Zhu Deng suddenly said, "Everyone, look, that stone tablet!"

The Li Family Head and Zhang Xingfeng immediately looked over, and Zhang Xingfeng discovered that the stone tablet was the one he had just found. "Any foreigner who covets this hundred million taels of gold—die!"

"One hundred million taels! There are a full one hundred million taels of gold here!" Zhu Deng's face flushed red, seemingly too excited. One hundred million taels of gold is equivalent to ten billion taels of silver! Ten billion taels of silver—no dynasty's treasury could hold that much. Temujin had to collect the treasuries of several countries and the fortunes of countless wealthy individuals to amass such terrifying wealth.

The Li Family Head was also shocked. Several billion and 10 billion taels of silver were completely different concepts. Having 10 billion taels of silver was enough to become Aristocratic Clan family. Powerful families! In the past thousand years, Aristocratic Clan have only been four such Aristocratic Clan! Aristocratic Clan independent of imperial power, Aristocratic Clan that control the economy, Aristocratic Clan with terrifying power!

Zhang Xingfeng was also excited. His goal since childhood was to establish Aristocratic Clan. If he obtained this huge fortune, everything would be realized quickly. With Xiao Lin, the power of the Chiyou Brothers, the martial power of the Star Peak Guard he had trained, plus 10 billion taels of silver, plus his own unparalleled strength, establishing Aristocratic Clan would be a piece of cake.

Zhu Deng suddenly realized that he was the weakest in this place. If the other party saw that he had killed someone and claimed that he had been killed by a trap, he would really be unjustly killed. He immediately said, "I think it would be better for everyone to divide this wealth equally into three parts, one part for each person. What do you all think?"

Zhang Xingfeng gave Zhu Deng a deep look, as if he could see right through Zhu Deng's thoughts, but Zhang Xingfeng still smiled and said, "Yes, I agree, one for each person is the best!"

The Li Family Head suddenly smiled in a very strange way, and slowly turned around and walked towards his own camp. This surprised Zhang Xingfeng and Zhu Deng, who didn't know what was going on with the Li Family Head!

At this moment, Li Tianxiang's eyes suddenly flashed with cold light, and he roared, "Chih!" All the Li family experts around him had a flash of black light in their eyes, and their expressions became extremely cold.

Li Tianxiang said coldly, "Hmph, Zhang Xingfeng, your death is nigh!"

All the experts from the Li Family quickly surrounded Zhang Xingfeng with astonishing speed. Zhang Xingfeng was shocked. Judging from the speed of these Li Family experts, they all seemed to have the strength of the Heavenly Realm. How could this be? Zhang Xingfeng knew the strength of these people very well. They were just Innate Master. Even First Rank experts were rare. How could they all have reached the Heavenly Realm!

Zhang Xingfeng suddenly saw the eyes of the Li Family expert and exclaimed, "Demon Puppet!"

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