The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor
Chapter 687 - 686: The Battle for Treasures

Chapter 687: Chapter 686: The Battle for Treasures

The world within Hengduan Mountain was vast.

A month’s time after it opened was naturally insufficient for the cultivators of East Desolate to traverse the entirety of Hengduan Mountain.

Because the mountain was fraught with countless dangers, many cultivators, after finding an area of opportunity, would choose to stay there for a month, leaving only when Hengduan Mountain was about to close.

This was also the wisdom passed down by the older generation who had entered Hengduan Mountain.

In the past, many cultivators who came to Hengduan Mountain gained great fortune, but due to greed, sought more opportunities within the mountain. In the end, they encountered dangers they could not avoid, leading to their tragic deaths and the dissipation of their cultivation paths.

Such incidents would occur every three thousand years.

Those with experience naturally wouldn’t act so recklessly.

However, quite a few individuals were still willing to take the risk, thinking that since they had already come to Hengduan Mountain, they must go all out. After gaining some opportunity, they continued to explore.

Entities like the East Desolate Ten Dominators, the Long Family, Red Sparrow Institute, and Heavenly Martial Divine Sect certainly wouldn’t regard ordinary opportunities with much interest.

This time, they had come to Hengduan Mountain carrying extremely powerful Spiritual Artifacts and accompanied by many experienced elders.

"Those who have died, can still take action, because in this Hengduan Mountain, there are mysterious beings who will carry their corpses and then fulfill their last wishes," said an elder from the Heavenly Dragon Dynasty.

Along the way, the Eighth Prince and others also encountered such mysterious beings.

However, they did not know that these were the legendary Corpse Carriers.

"So, are you saying that even without us taking action, that guy Ye Xuan is going to get killed?" The Eighth Prince was quite surprised.

To tell the truth, he was also witnessing such a thing for the first time.

"In theory, that’s correct. These mysterious beings, after carrying corpses on their backs, will do everything possible to fulfill the last wishes. Our people, after their deaths, all have the last wish to kill Ye Xuan, which is the simplest and most direct one. These mysterious beings will naturally prioritize doing so," explained an elder from the Heavenly Dragon Dynasty.

"Indeed, the world is so vast, full of wonders," Wei Qing from the Medicine Pavilion couldn’t help but click his tongue in wonder.

"Those fellows, they don’t seem to have any visible cultivation, do they?" Guo Xuan from the Myriad Artifacts Saint Sect muttered.

At the moment, they were following a Corpse Carrier who was moving forward.

This Corpse Carrier was carrying one of their own, proceeding to hunt down Ye Xuan.

"Very strange, no cultivation can be discerned, but they still make one feel very wary," Chang Zuhua said with a furrowed brow.

Many among them were seeing a Corpse Carrier for the first time, so they were quite puzzled.

"Eh?!"

Just then, their expressions suddenly became startled as they saw that the Corpse Carrier ahead abruptly threw down the corpse he was carrying, dug a hole in the ground, and buried it.

Then, after giving them a look, he turned and left.

This scene left the Eighth Prince and the others stunned.

What was that all about?

"What does this mean?" The Eighth Prince frowned, turning to the elder from the Heavenly Dragon Dynasty at the Heavenly Venerable Level, and asked.

The elder pondered upon hearing this and slowly answered, "Normally, once they carry a corpse on their back, they wouldn’t put it down again. Why did he go and bury it?"

"Could it be..."

"Ye Xuan is dead?" the elder wondered aloud.

"Very likely. After all, we’ve lost more than half of our people, and all those people had this last wish. Perhaps others have already taken action and killed Ye Xuan, which is why this person buried the corpse," another elder said slowly.

Upon hearing this, everyone seemed to have an epiphany.

So that’s how it was.

Only the first elder to speak remained silent and said nothing. The information he had suggested that the wishes of these corpse owners were definitely not singular, and even if Ye Xuan really had died, it didn’t justify disposing and burying the bodies like that.

Something was off.

But he couldn’t exactly pinpoint the reason, so he chose to keep quiet.

"Since Ye Xuan is already dead, then we should also be on our way," the Eighth Prince said with a flash of brilliance in his eyes.

He had been searching for Ye Xuan all along, wishing to slay him with his own hands.

However, after searching for nearly half a month, he still hadn’t found Ye Xuan’s whereabouts.

After wasting so much time, he should attend to more important matters.

"Where is that Divine Object?" the Eighth Prince asked.

"Reporting back to Your Highness, according to the messages sent back, it’s within three thousand li ahead, where the Six Demon Sect, Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect, Giant Spirit Valley, Red Sparrow Institute, Heavenly Martial Divine Sect, Purple Mist Sect, and other groups have already gone," a handsome young man replied respectfully.

"Very well, let’s move out!" the Eighth Prince called out loud.

A large procession set forth with great momentum.

There were nearly two thousand of them.

However, when they came, there were nearly five thousand in number.

Now, having suffered over half in casualties, only these remained.

The others were dispersed to gather intelligence.

...

Three thousand li away from where the Eighth Prince and others were, the land was covered by a volcanic landscape, with eight volcanoes erupting, spewing terrifying magma.

The earth shook and heavens trembled.

Weak creatures in the vicinity had long since fled the area.

The powerful beings, however, were watching.

Boom, boom, boom————

Volcanoes erupted, yet the largest among them remained silent, but a terrifying fiery aura was faintly exhaling from it.

"Moo!"

Suddenly, a cow’s bellow echoed.

It rose up from beneath the ground.

Rumble, rumble, rumble————

The land of flowing magma suddenly cracked open, creating a huge fissure, from which a red divine bull emerged.

The Red Divine Bull, with its hooves treading on flames and lava, stood thirty zhang tall, exuding an immense oppressive force.

"Roar————"

On the other side, a loud lion’s roar resounded.

Subsequently, a golden lion of similar thirty zhang stature appeared, walking on air, facing the Red Divine Bull across the distance.

Neither beast attacked, but instead both set their sights on the largest volcanic crater.

There, a treasure seemed to be on the verge of being unearthed!

Not far from this group of volcanoes, numerous cultivators were hiding.

The Golden Peng Saint Heir, Mu Yiyang, and others from the Six Demon Sect.

People like Giant Spirit Changtian, Giant Spirit Changcun, Giant Spirit Hao, and others from Giant Spirit Valley.

Song Qilin from Li Mountain Sword Pavilion.

Fierce Sun Saint Heir, Feng Dongbing, and others from Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect.

There were also others from the Purple Mist Sect including Purple Mist Saint Heir Li Jichuan, Red Sparrow Saintess and An Xueyao from the Red Sparrow Institute, Lei Mingze, Leng Hongmi, Ruan Mengyue, Heavenly Martial Divine Son Tian Xingning, Long Aotian and Long Chen from the Long Family, as well as Lin Feiyan from the Sun Swallowing Sect.

All of them were lurking in the shadows, waiting for the treasure to appear.

Clearly, all these individuals had come for the treasure in this place.

"Three thousand years ago, someone had already discovered that there were treasures here, and now the time for them to be unearthed has come," spoke a black-haired elder standing next to the Golden Peng Saint Heir, his voice calm, his presence chilling to the bone.

"Were you also here back then?" the small Peng King asked in a gentle voice.

"Yes, I accompanied elders from my sect at that time," replied the black-haired elder.

The Six Demon Sect predominantly consisted of the Demon Race.

Unlike humans, demons are naturally long-lived, and their cultivation speeds cannot be compared to that of humans.

They need to accumulate years in order to exchange for powerful cultivation.

This characteristic is similar to that of the Demon Clan.

For instance, despite being the Golden Peng Saint Heir of the Six Demon Sect, the Peng King’s age is at least in the hundreds or thousands of years.

However, in the Demon Race, this age is not considered great, and he is still rather young.

The black-robed elder beside him had entered the Hengduan Mountain three times!

The first time he came, he was just a green youth. By the second time, he had already become a cultivator of no small merit.

The third time was now.

After this, he would no longer be able to set foot in Hengduan Mountain.

Nevertheless, this was already quite impressive to the others.

Among those who came to Hengduan Mountain this time, the Six Demon Sect had the most experience.

But beyond them, the other major forces were not to be underestimated either, and it was clear that they also knew about the treasures here, and were mostly coming for it.

"This treasure belongs to our Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect," declared the Fierce Sun Saint Heir from not too distant, his arms folded across his chest, as if he had a terrifying sun within him that was unleashing an extremely formidable power.

This was the power of the Heavenly Yang Divine Body!

A divine body that was not weaker than the Fiery Sun Divine Body, and was of the same attribute.

This was also why the Fierce Sun Saint Heir had previously set his sights on Zhou Youwei!

If he could obtain the power of Zhou Youwei’s Fiery Sun Divine Body, then his power would skyrocket!

And without any side effects!

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