The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 180

Chapter 180: Palace Statue

Just as they were charging into the palace, the Tian Xin Sect and the other forces were experiencing a thousand sufferings and ten thousand hardships, finally breaking through the Death Valley.

Since there was only one road to ascend Demon Peak, the few sects couldn’t avoid coming across each other. Luckily everyone’s goal was the palace on the peak of the mountain. Hence, there were no bloody incidents. Everyone seemed to go their own way with very little interaction.

When they came, the Tian Xin Sect had forty to fifty people altogether. But now, all the disciples including the few Elders did not even add up to thirty people. Some of them even sustained very serious injuries. To not let them hold the others back, the heavily injured disciples did not set off with them to ascend the mountain. Therefore, the number of people going up the mountain was now about twenty.

Since it was already like this for the Tian Xin Sect, the other forces couldn’t possibly be spared.

Among them, the one which lost the most people was the Xing Luo Sect. They were already low in number and after Ling Xiao killed off close to ten of them, their number immediately dropped by half. However, the Qing Cheng Sect also lost quite a few disciples. Furthermore, one of their prominent members was dead, Ye Dan.

In the beginning, Luo ShuHe still thought that Ye Dan was held up by some matter, so he didn’t make it in time to meet up with them, just like Elder Li. Only later did he find out that Ye Dan was already dead, and the ones who killed him were the disciples of the Tian Xin Sect.

Even though he knew that the perpetrators were from the Tian Xin Sect, Luo ShuHe didn’t let the Qing Cheng Sect’s disciples engage in an endless battle with the Tian Xin Sect. That was because sooner or later, the Qing Cheng Sect would go looking for them to settle this debt of blood. It was only a question of time.

However, certain observant people discovered that whenever the Qing Cheng Sect’s disciples looked towards the Tian Xin Sect, veiled but determined looks of killing intent were hidden in their eyes. These observant ones were none other than Fang ChenYue and Fu ZiLin.

They had planned on going up the mountain together with the Tian Xin Sect, but unfortunately, because they lacked combat ability, and because Tang YunQi went against them at every turn, after charging through Death Valley, they were left behind by the Tian Xin Sect at the foot of the mountain with the disciples who sustained injuries from the struggle in Death Valley.

The result was easily predicted. The soul beast couldn’t find Fu ZiLin among that group of people ascending the mountain, so he had no choice but to personally make his way down the mountain to look for him.

Luckily, they didn’t leave the boundary of Demon Peak. Otherwise, that soul beast, no matter how awesome he was, wouldn’t be able to descend from Demon Peak to bond with Fu ZiLin.

He was most probably the most pitiful demon beast throughout all of history. Other demon beasts were found when practitioners and mages come up to their door. On the other hand, he had to go find a mage to bond with out of his own accord. Could there be any other demon beast more pitiful than him?

Back to You XiaoMo, it looked like the guard was going to poke a hole through his body, but no matter how strong those two guards were, they were no match for Ling Xiao.

But he still couldn’t benefit those that came after, so Ling Xiao didn’t just turn them into a pile of scrap metal. Instead, he picked up You XiaoMo and charged right into the palace. The two guards failed to find their target, so they stopped their attacks and turned back into stone statues.

Just as the two men entered the palace, the grand doors of the palace suddenly closed with a slam.

The grand doors cut off the rays shining in from outside. However, the palace seemed to be built of some special material. The surface emitted bursts of light rays and although it was not very bright, it was enough to see clearly.

The great hall was extremely capacious. In it, the thing that stood out the most were the pillars made of a type of white colored stone because there was a candelabra next to each of these pillars. There were three green candles on each candelabra. Not five seconds after the doors closed, these candles lit up with a flash.

In an instant the entire great hall was painted a dreary green. The bleak and shadowy great hall looked as if ghosts and goblins would come out at any time.

You XiaoMo felt like mocking the master of this palace for his exquisite taste. What was up with the green candles? This was the first time he had seen green candles. Turning such a nice palace into a veritable haunted house.

“Ling-shixiong, this place is so creepy. Do you think there are ghosts?” You XiaoMo asked as he tried desperately to rub away his goosebumps while his teeth were chattering.

Ling Xiao lowered his head and looked at him in amusement, “Whether there are ghosts, I don’t know. Whether there are people up to some tricks, that I do know.”

Right! The one playing tricks must be the master of the palace, a practitioner who took absolute delight in the perverse.

However, he couldn’t say if there were ghosts in this world. If it were the 21st century Earth, he would have to said they did exist rather than not. But he felt that in this dimension, even if there were ghosts, they would be the ones to fear humans.

The two of them walked further in, right until the end. Finally, they caught sight of a humongous statue.

There were ten stone platforms lined up neatly in front of the statue. There seemed to be something on each platform but there was an orb of light enveloping the objects, making it impossible to make out what was inside.

Ling Xiao said, “These things should be the treasures of the palace.”

You XiaoMo’s eyes lit up, “Then… can we take it?”

Ling Xiao looked at him with eyes full of laughter, “You go try.”

You XiaoMo’s heart thumped, the foot he had just stretched forward was immediately withdrawn, “It’s better if you go.”

Ling Xiao mocks him, “Little coward.”

You XiaoMo grumbled softly, “This is clearly called being cautious!”

One look and one could tell that there was a problem with those orbs of light. He was not stupid, so why would he run over there foolishly?

His intuition was right. Those treasures looked as if they could be obtained as easily as spitting on one’s hand, but it was a trap.

Just a few seconds after Ling Xiao walked over, the few ordinary-looking red candles in front of the statue suddenly lit up. The bright red light pushed the green rays of light from the green candles outside and enveloped the two of them.

At the same moment, the eyes of the statue suddenly opened, shining like two gems. The blood red rays made it seem extremely demonic, with glinting blood red.

An ancient-sounding hoarse voice was heard. It seemed to have lived through times long enough for blue seas to turn into mulberry fields. It was both ice-cold yet indifferent, slowly ringing out in the grand hall.

“Since you have come up to here, it must mean you have the destiny. If you want the treasures, you must pass my test.” As the voice spoke, the ten orbs of light on the stone platforms immediately floated upwards, revealing the things inside. Ten altogether. If these were to leak out, it most probably would cause all the big sects to fight over them. When that time came, there would be rivers of blood.

Looking at just one of those things, You XiaoMo’s saliva already covered the whole floor.

The first stone platform, the treasure inside the orb of light was a stalk of magic herb which was of high level. A preliminary estimate would place it above that of the Emperor’s Blood herb.

The second stone platform held a volume of martial art techniques. On top it was written in gleaming letters: High Level Purple Cloud Wing martial art technique.

The third stone platform held a magic pill. Its level couldn’t possibly be low for it to be displayed inside the palace.

The fourth stone platform held an egg. It was unclear what kind of egg it was.

The fifth stone platform held a bunch of seeds of every color. They seemed to be a variety of seeds.

The sixth stone platform was also a volume of techniques. Not for practitioners but targeted at the soul force instead. A volume of high level soul force technique.

…….

The tenth stone platform. You XiaoMo strained his eyes as wide as he could and finally made out the words written on the scroll – High Level Magic Pill Recipe!

His two eyeballs almost fell out. There was a high-level magic pill recipe in this place?

You XiaoMo immediately became excited. He tugged at Ling Xiao with saliva dripping right onto the floor, “Ling-shixiong, quick, go take the test. The last one is a good treasure!”

Ling Xiao glanced at him, “You only want the last one?”

You XiaoMo wiped the corner of his mouth, “… actually, I want all of them.”

Ling Xiao showed a ‘I knew you were going to say that’ expression, “The master of the palace won’t be so kind.”

You XiaoMo said, “It doesn’t matter, we can just take them by force.”

Ling Xiao laughed as he said, “You are clearly acting like a bandit.”

You XiaoMo refuted indignantly, “Nonsense, I just don’t want the treasures to lie here all by themselves in this ice-cold palace, that’s all.”

Ling Xiao pushed him forward a step, “Then you go.”

You XiaoMo immediately retreated, “It’s still better if you to go.” He still felt that there was something up with that statue.

At this time, the statue seemed to have become impatient from waiting. It opened its mouth without waiting for them to choose. Again, the hoarse voice, “My test is for you to kill your companion. Then all the treasures here will be yours.”

You XiaoMo, “…”

Ling Xiao laughed sinisterly, “Xiao Shidi, what should we do? He wants me to kill you.”

You XiaoMo turned away, “We don’t want it anymore.”

Ling Xiao roared with laughter, “Just like this and you don’t want it anymore? Really?”

You XiaoMo turned his head and looked at him with grief, “I can’t kill you.”

Just as he spoke those words, a thud was heard. He was rapped on his forehead again. You XiaoMo looked at him with tears whirling in his eyes. Why did this person hit him on the forehead again?

Ling Xiao mocked him, “At least you know your limitations, but, are you not afraid that I would kill you?”

You XiaoMo’s fierce manner evaporated, leaving him smacking his lips. He pursed his lips as he said, “Your strength is higher than the palace master. And you’re also not a mage. What the hell would you need these for?”

Ling Xiao could no longer stand his stupidity, saying, “Idiot, one look and you can see that it’s a trap. And you think it is real. Look and see what is under our feet.”

You XiaoMo looked down, wasn’t it just floorboards? Stealing a glance at Ling Xiao, he saw him smiling gently at him. His neck shrank, alright, there seemed to be formations drawn? “What is the meaning of this?”

Ling Xiao said darkly, “You think the treasures on the stone platforms are so easy to get? The palace master is only trying to use the greed of men. When this area is completely splashed with blood, the formations on the floor will activate. At that time, probably no one would be able to escape.”

You XiaoMo swallowed repeatedly. This time he really received a scare.