Underground Treasure Trove

Branches and leaves chopped up starlight.

Liang Qu and the other two huddled together, staring at the figure moving back and forth. After a long time without making a move, their tense nerves gradually relaxed.

Nothing in the courtyard reacted to their arrival.

Perhaps they hadn't noticed them? Xiang Fangsu held her breath, pointed behind her, then extended her index and middle fingers downwards, alternating back and forth.

Everyone understood.

Ke Wenbin glanced at the ground, cleared away the dead branches and leaves with his long sword, and cleared a path with his back to the courtyard.

Liang Qu and Xiang Fangsu did not turn around. They faced the courtyard, keeping a close eye on the moving black shadow, and retreated closely behind Ke Wenbin in the direction he had come from.

The three worked together and retreated a distance of 100 zhang.

The courtyards in the distance gradually disappeared from view, hidden by the trees.

Returning to the house they had passed earlier, Xiang Fangsu closed the door and heard Ke Wenbin's slightly frightened voice behind her.

"What the hell is that thing?"

"Have no idea."

Ke Wenbin asked the wrong person; Liang Qu and Xiang Fangsu were equally confused at this moment.

The entire island chain is filled with so much black mist that it flows into the water; normally, any life that gets close would die.

In addition, the figure was stiff...

"Could something have come back to life again, perhaps Grandmaster's corpse?"

Ke Wenbin had a toothache, but if asked to kill someone, he wouldn't be afraid and wouldn't even blink.

But these strange things really made him shudder and break out in a cold sweat.

Xiang Fangsu shook her head. "It's unlikely. According to the boss, they killed him twice, and his brains were blown out. Even if he survived a third time, he would just be a pile of minced meat."

Excluding Grandmaster...

"Were they those two Hunting Tiger Great Martial Master?"

"That's possible!"

Xiang Fangsu for his fists and palms.

They landed on the island at the same spot where they had led the team to land earlier. The bodies of those Wolf Smoke Martial Master were lying perfectly fine on the ground, clearly dead.

The "wonderful thing" of being brought back to life is obviously not for them; they can only be used as consumables.

The only one sandwiched between the Grandmaster and the ordinary Wolf Smoke Martial Master is the Hunting Tiger Great Martial Master!

After Xu Yuelong returned, he indeed did not mention the resurrection of the Great Martial Master.

"Could it be that Great Martial Master are different from Grandmaster, and it takes time for them to be resurrected?" Ke Wenbin boldly speculated.

Xiang Fangsu nodded. "That's how it should be."

Liang Qu raised his hand and asked, "Great Martial Master, can we fight?"

Since we're already here...

We can't just make a wasted trip.

After some deliberation, Xiang Fangsu and Ke Wenbin gave an ambiguous answer.

"Perhaps it's possible?"

Normally, even the two of them combined couldn't defeat Hunting Tiger Great Martial Master, but this is an abnormal situation.

Xu Yuelong himself said that Grandmaster who has been resurrected from the dead is slow to react, feels no pain, and his strength has decreased by nearly 30%.

Even if the Hunting Tiger Martial Master were to be resurrected, it would be impossible for him to be completely unharmed.

Looking at the way that thing was moving back and forth in the courtyard, it was clearly not very smart. Whether it could use its Cultivation Method or not was questionable.

Most importantly, the Ghost Mother Sect is holed up in a corner, and the emergence of two Great Martial Master is already its limit. It's impossible for them to be that powerful. Those two Hunting Tiger are both at the initial stage! With a few negative buffs stacked up, it's possible that either Xiang Fangsu or Ke Wenbin could hold their own.

The only problem is the unfriendly combat environment.

Restricted by the dark energy, the two could only stay close to Liang Qu, their movements were limited, and they had to focus on protecting Liang Qu.

Xiang Fangsu looked at Liang Qu: "A Shui, can you expand the range of your Evil-Warding Method to at least thirty zhang, or find a way to spare some of it for us to carry ourselves?"

The problem has come to me.

Liang Qu frowned and pondered.

He hadn't mastered the Dragon Tiger Golden Body; he couldn't possibly extend its range to a hundred meters, though he could manage to spare a portion of it...

"I've never done it before, but I can give it a try."

Two days ago, Liang Qu saw Ran Zhongshi's Ink Array painting and it reminded him of his own Thunder Talisman.

Perhaps we could try a different approach, using the method of visualizing thunder energy to condense runes in the Thunder Character Seal Technique, and instead use Dragon-Tiger Qi to condense a Dragon-Tiger Talisman?

If successful, it might help Xiang Fangsu and Ke Wenbin withstand the dark aura for a while.

The two were overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately asked Liang Qu to give it a try.

This was Liang Qu's first time working on a combination of martial arts techniques, and he was unsure of himself.

But when the pale golden dragon and Dragon-Tiger Qi condensed and appeared in the shape of runes, he knew that his method was feasible.

Fifteen minutes later.

A door-frame-like rune with only Seal Head Seal Foot, but no Seal Abdomen Seal Core, appeared in the hands of Xiang Fangsu and Ke Wenbin.

They reached the edge of Liang Qu, where it was defending against the black energy, and stretched out their hands. A warm sensation emanated from the runes, and a pale golden light emanated from them. The Black Mist outside actually dissipated! "It worked!"

"Why does your talisman only have a frame?"

"Hmm... that's a good question." Liang Qu's expression remained unchanged, and he did not answer.

Xiang Fangsu didn't care whether the runes were complete or not, as long as they were useful. He was more concerned about how long this thing could last.

"About 15 minutes."

"Fourteen minutes...more than enough." Xiang Fangsu clenched his Fist. "Let's go back and investigate further!"

Having made thorough preparations, the three of them Qi Concealment, returned to the small courtyard, pressed themselves against the wall, and moved to the gate.

Ke Wenbin, who was at the front, peeked out and looked at the stone curtain at the entrance, the spot where they had first spotted the shadowy figure.

He stared at the stone slab for a while. The shadows of trees swayed on the gray stone slab, with leaves of all shapes and sizes, but there was no dark shadow as before!

Ke Wenbin turned his head and shook his head slightly at Liang Qu and Xiang Fangsu.

Gone? The three of them suddenly felt a sense of unease.

After a moment of silence, Ke Wenbin pointed to the courtyard, indicating whether they wanted to go in and take a look.

Xiang Fangsu looked at Liang Qu, and seeing Liang Qu nod, the three of them quietly entered the courtyard from the entrance.

Suddenly, the view opened up.

The layout of the entire courtyard is not much different from that of a typical residence, except that the central courtyard does not have flowers, plants, rockeries, or tree pits, but is a simple Martial Arts Field.

As for the humanoid shadow, it was not seen.

But in any case, it's a good thing to avoid conflict.

The three entered the courtyard, opened the doors and checked each room one by one; most of the items were ordinary.

They finally found their way to the West Wing of the second courtyard, where neatly arranged shipping containers appeared before them.

Liang Qu opened a container drawer, inside which was a whole plant of lush green grass, and because the container was tightly sealed, it was not polluted by the black smoke.

Treasure Plant!

"Silkworm Silk Grass?"

Xiang Fangsu glanced at it and shook her head.

"It's a good product, but it's not good enough."

Liang Qu understood what he meant.

If each person has two items, they should naturally choose the truly valuable ones; there's no need to take these "ordinary" items.

The group searched the counter thoroughly and found plenty of Treasure Plant, medicines, and iron, but when it came to truly good stuff, they couldn't find anything of real value.

No.

Ke Wenbin wondered, "That shouldn't be the case. Could it be a private collection?"

He could just write a letter home and have it delivered right away; nothing special.

Liang Qu closed his eyes, activated his hearing, tapped the entire container with his knuckles, and then, amidst the puzzled gazes of Xiang Fangsu and Ke Wenbin, headed straight for a corner of the container.

He pulled open the drawer, reached inside and groped around, and sure enough, he found a hemp rope.

Liang Qu grabbed the rope and pulled hard.

Another stone slab at the opposite corner suddenly protruded, standing a finger's width higher than the other slabs.

Xiang Fangsu squatted down, gripped the stone slab, and pulled hard. Right below it, a pitch-black underground passage suddenly opened up.

He exchanged a glance with Ke Wenbin, his eyes revealing surprise, and then turned to look at Liang Qu.

"A Shui, how did you know where the mechanism was?"

Liang Qu pointed to his ear.

"I could tell from listening to it."

Ke Wenbin picked up the drawer in confusion, tapped it, then picked up another one and tapped it; the two sounds were exactly the same.

"Strange, why can't I hear it?"

"Let's ask again when we get back."

Now was not the time to discuss the issue. The three of them tidied up the counter and went into the passageway together.

Xiang Fangsu propped herself up on the stone slab, looked around to make sure no one was there, and slowly covered it up.