Chapter 228: Indestructible
In the tunnel, Cui Dingzhi and Xie Ding were carefully searching for mechanisms. Even with Heavenly Rank cultivation, searching inch by inch like this still made Xie Ding feel somewhat dizzy and said: “Searching like this isn’t a solution. How could we possibly find it?”
“Have patience. If we can’t find it, we’ll search elsewhere.” Cui Dingzhi smiled and said: “If we really can’t find it, we’ll get craftsmen in later and just chisel those stone doors open by force.”
“That’s a good idea.” Xie Ding laughed: “No wonder I’m always willing to team up with you. Nothing ever troubles you.”
“Not bad,” Cui Dingzhi smiled faintly, lowering his voice: “However, I don’t quite believe Gaozu’s Treasure Vault is hidden here. It was discovered too easily.”
“There’s a saying: After wearisome searching with no result, it comes effortlessly.” Xie Ding laughed again: “Maybe it really is hidden here.”
“Yeah,” Cui Dingzhi sighed: “Just for that slim chance, everyone has to come check it out.”
“Yeah, no fear of ten thousand, but fear of the one in ten thousand.” Xie Ding nodded: “Good thing we’re capable of retreating unscathed…”
Before he finished speaking, the two heard a sound rolling in from afar:
‘We’ve been schemed against, escape quickly!’
‘We’ve been schemed against, escape quickly! Escape quickly!’
Hearing that voice, the two were instantly stunned. Xie Ding said in a deep voice: “That’s Xiahou Bubai’s voice!”
“He’s shouting to us!” Cui Dingzhi’s hair stood on end all over his body. He immediately turned and said: “Quick, go!”
For a Heavenly Rank Grandmaster to shout in such panic, there must be a tremendous crisis! No matter what, they had to get out first!
“Yes!” Xie Ding nodded heavily and followed Cui Dingzhi flying back the way they came. While sprinting at full speed, he urgently asked: “Aren’t we going to warn Pei Yuqiu and the others?!”
“They definitely heard it too. No need for us to do anything extra!” Cui Dingzhi’s expression was grave as his figure turned into a white rainbow, whistling forward.
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In the domed tomb chamber, Mei Yu struck out several palms in succession, shattering several coffins one by one. Everyone saw that in those sarcophagi, several corpses were fully wrapped in clothing woven from hundreds and thousands of jade pieces and gold threads, with piles of expensive grave goods like jewelry and jade artifacts beside them.
The Investigative Bureau officials stared wide-eyed, thinking that getting the treasures from just one of these coffins would make them rich for life.
The grandmasters remained expressionless. Though these grave goods were valuable, they were far from enough to rival a nation’s wealth—not even sufficient for one year’s expenses for an entire clan. More importantly, there were no blueprints, booklets, secret weapons, or other things they most wanted.
This was clearly not the legendary Gaozu’s Treasure Vault.
Zuo Yanqing was about to order the corpses moved out to continue searching when he heard faint sounds coming intermittently from afar.
This place was too far from where Xiahou Bubai had spoken. Even a Heavenly Rank Grandmaster’s voice, burst out with pure true qi, became scattered after countless refractions and, by the time it reached the domed tomb chamber, was no louder than a mosquito’s buzz… Let alone the Investigative Bureau officials—even Lu Yun didn’t hear it.
Only grandmasters whose six senses far exceeded ordinary people by a hundredfold could capture those few unusual faint sound waves from the air’s flow.
“Mei, did you hear anything?” Wei Yang frowned and looked at Mei Yu.
This time Mei Yu didn’t bicker with Wei Yang. She nodded slightly with furrowed brows and said softly: “It seems someone is shouting from afar, but I couldn’t hear who or what.”
“You heard it too?” Pei Bang walked over with a grave expression and said lowly: “It sounded like Xiahou Bubai’s voice to me.”
“Quick, go.” Over there, Sun Yuanlang said lowly to the Saintess, then led her flashing toward the doorway.
Lu Xian also darkened his face, grabbed Lu Yun, and followed closely after Sun Yuanlang.
“Let’s go too.” The two old eunuchs exchanged a glance, then ghosted out.
Seeing this, the other four grandmasters didn’t dare hesitate and quickly circulated their movement techniques, shrinking ground into inches, stepping out of the tomb chamber in one stride.
In the domed tomb chamber, only the group of Investigative Bureau officials remained, looking at each other in bewilderment.
“Something must have happened. Let’s run too.” Finally, a smart one shouted and fled first, the others hurriedly following. Before leaving, someone secretly stuffed some jewelry into their bosom…
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Meanwhile, Xiahou Bumie was chasing Zhou Huan and the other, already nearing the cave entrance.
Though he was simple-minded and seemed not too bright, that was because he devoted all his mind to martial arts cultivation. Thus, this martial fanatic, though the youngest of the Xiahou Clan’s three grandmasters, had the undisputed strongest martial arts.
Xiahou Bumie pursued relentlessly, closing the distance with Zhou Huan and the other. By the cave entrance, they were only a foot apart. Xiahou Bumie roared: “Array!” The Double Wheel Seal of the Dragon Elephant Great Hand Seal burst forth! Two dazzling great suns attacked the two men’s backs respectively!
Though those two great suns were half the size of those struck by Xiahou Bubai, in a one-against-two fight, they greatly reduced true essence consumption, and their power exceeded Xiahou Bubai’s indiscriminate attacks by a lot!
This was the Double Wheel Seal he derived from the Sun Seal. Was the title of Xiahou Martial Fanatic undeserved?!
Zhou Huan and the other seemed to have eyes in the backs of their heads, knowing Xiahou Bumie’s moves were fierce, precise, and endlessly variable. Even dodging the first strike would trap them in endless passivity. Gritting their teeth, the two turned simultaneously to counterattack, refusing to believe they couldn’t repel him two-on-one!
Spirit Turtle Divine Fist! Thousands of Soldiers Repelled! They crashed violently into Xiahou Bumie’s Double Wheel Seal!
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At the tunnel entrance, the various clan grandmasters who had been closely watching underground suddenly heard two loud booms from inside. At the same time, dazzling white light flashed in the tunnel with gravel flying—clearly grandmasters were fighting!
“Go down and check!” As the crowd was about to leap into the tunnel, two figures shot out like lightning, the huge momentum knocking the grandmasters tumbling in all directions. Some even fell flat on their butts.
“Stop them!” Immediately after, another roar came as Xiahou Bumie also leaped out of the tunnel.
The crowd looked closely and saw the Xiahou martial fanatic’s upper robe in tatters, revealing sinewy muscles covered in wounds, his gaze fiercely fixed on two unfamiliar middle-aged men.
Those two were in much worse shape than Xiahou Bumie. He had only superficial flesh wounds, but they were clearly suffering severe internal injuries… Their scarves were long gone, one with a face pale as gold paper, the other simply vomiting a mouthful of blood with a wah.
Xiahou En and Xiahou Jun recognized their faces and cried out strangely: “Zhou Huang, Huan Daoji, stop them quick!” They led several Xiahou Clan grandmasters in a desperate pounce toward the two.
Hearing their names, the Pei Clan, Cui Clan, and Xie Clan grandmasters also hurried forward to help, though not charging at the forefront but lagging slightly to completely seal off their escape routes. Though Earth Rank Grandmasters were worthless before grandmasters, with the opponents injured and the Xiahou martial fanatic glaring, they were confident of at least blocking one strike!
In expert clashes, it’s over in a flash. Blocking one strike would let Xiahou Bumie take down at least one!
After a brief breath adjustment, Zhou Huang and Huan Daoji were about to desperately break through. Xiahou Bumie roared: “Approach, Soldier, Fight, Person, All, Array, Row, Before!”
With each word he roared, his hands danced rapidly, forming a seal.
Approach corresponds to Immovable Root Seal! Soldier to Great Wheel Vajra Seal! Fight to Outer Lion Seal! Person to Inner Lion Seal! All to Outer Binding Seal! Array to Inner Binding Seal! Row to Wisdom Fist Seal! Before to Sun Seal!
If he could strike the final seal corresponding to Row—Bottle Seal—he would be a Xiantian True Person who had broken through to Heavenly Rank!
