Treasure Within the Lava!
The group searched through the lava for a long while, yet found nothing unusual. At that moment, a ninth-grade Dao Venerable martial artist shifted his attention to the Confucian-robed young man and asked, "Were the three of you the first martial artists to arrive here?"
Only then did everyone turn their gazes toward the three severely wounded young men in Confucian robes. Before they had descended to the bottom, these three had already been here. If they wanted to figure out what had happened, naturally, these three were the best people to ask.
The Confucian-robed young man nodded numbly.
The old ninth-grade Dao Venerable asked, "What happened here? And why are the three of you so badly injured?"
"Are there treasures here?" someone asked impatiently.
"Speak quickly! If you don't, we'll kill you!" someone else threatened.
The Confucian-robed young man shook his head with a bitter smile. "We thought there were treasures here, so we opened a passage to investigate the bottom. But we never expected this lava to be surging beneath this Gobi. When we opened the passage and came down, the lava happened to erupt, killing several of my companions."
Only then did everyone suddenly understand. They had thought that this bottomless black hole had been formed by a force gushing out from the earth's depths. After hearing the Confucian-robed young man's explanation, they realized that it was actually a passage they had opened down from the surface.
"So that's how it is. What a disappointment. I thought there would be treasures. We came all this way for nothing." Quite a few martial artists immediately flicked their sleeves and left. Since there were no treasures here, there was naturally no need to waste too much time. After all, the Eternal Trial would only remain