Duke Cui was not afraid that after Li Yan discovered the secret passage, he would flee deeper inside. There were still so many experts outside; so long as he gave no order, this man would not be able to go anywhere.
Even if he had concealed his martial arts, as long as those outside delayed him for a moment, he would arrive at once.
After Duke Cui descended seven or eight steps, a smile appeared on his face, for he sensed that Li Yan had followed him in as well.
The underground passage was not very deep. After descending a little over forty steps, the two quickly reached the ground at the bottom, one after the other.
This underground chamber was quite spacious. Li Yan swept his gaze around and estimated that it could hold roughly one hundred seventy or eighty people.
The surrounding walls had all been built from massive blue-black stones. Many places were embedded with luminous pearls, and the gentle light he saw was emitted by those pearls.
If any one of these luminous pearls were taken away by an ordinary person, then for a typical family of three living carefully, it would be enough to cover their food and drink for a lifetime.
Yet here, they were used only for illumination. It was truly rather extravagant, though the other furnishings here were far beyond Li Yan's expectations.
The underground chamber did not contain chest after chest of gold, silver, and treasures collected by officials and merchants. Neither did it have piles of ancient scrolls and paintings by famous masters, much less was it a prison for killing or privately detaining captives.
Instead, weapons filled his line of sight. A ring of weapon racks forged from refined steel stood close against the walls, packed full of blades