Chapter 271

Chapter 271: Treason

At this moment, Li Hui communicated with the Five Ghosts Transportation Talisman, and images formed in his mind. He saw the grand hall shining with brilliant light, with nine jade high platforms floating, each holding a treasure.

The Five Ghosts Transportation Talisman moved stealthily, having silently infiltrated over the past few days, and had now hidden at the foot of the leftmost jade platform, sending out formless transformation talisman threads to the ancient jade seal nearby on the platform.

As long as Li Hui focused, this jade seal would be his. Yet, looking around, the hall was completely silent, not a single ghostly shadow in sight. It seemed everyone had gone out to resist calamity power or suppress the chaos.

This was truly a heaven-sent opportunity. Li Hui whispered, “Silver Snake! This time, I’ll let you have your fill. Treasonous usurper Hou, this time we’re playing for keeps!”

Indeed, what he was doing was treasonous. Each of these nine treasures was a national treasure, impossible to even glance at under normal circumstances.

Who could blame the New Emperor of the Grand Xuan for being so ambitious? He gathered them all together to send them into the time-space ruins, intending to use them to suppress the sinister entities and establish an underworld.

Therefore, seeing all nine national treasures at once was likely a once-in-a-lifetime event in the history of the Grand Xuan Dynasty. As Li Hui thought about what he needed to do next, his mouth went dry, his palms sweated, and his skin tingled with an unprecedented tension.

How could he not be nervous? The Grand Xuan Dynasty was a behemoth compared to the Aofeng Sect; how bold must one be to target their national treasures?

“There’s a saying: ‘The bold will thrive while the timid will perish.’ Given the severity of the New Emperor of the Grand Xuan, it’s better to stir up some trouble for him. Who knows how long it will be before he strikes into the White Sea? The Dalong region has already suffered heavenly disasters and man-made misfortunes, making it hard for the people to live. If war breaks out again, it will be nothing short of adding frost to the snow.”

Li Hui recalled the old and young of Chuxia Mountain, steeling his resolve as he moved his fingers swiftly. The Five Ghosts Transportation Talisman released a massive amount of silver threads, slowly drifting towards the other high platforms, not approaching the national treasures right away, but instead dropping around them.

He closed his eyes, and after a brief moment, suddenly opened them and silently called out, “Now! Five Ghosts Transportation, go quickly!”

Bright silver light erupted in the hall as the Five Ghosts Transportation Talisman displayed its ability to steal the heavens, instantly ensnaring the nine national treasures and making them disappear. However, just as the treasures shifted, the hall trembled violently.

“What’s happening?” Li Hui was astonished, feeling a wave of unease wash over him. The Five Ghosts Transportation Talisman had already returned along the safe route, and his gaze withdrew from the hall.

When the treasure talismans entered the void, the nine national treasures were undeniably extraordinary, shining with magnificent light. In the distance, angry roars erupted as shadows streaked in pursuit.

“They’re coming, they’re coming.”

“Silver Snake, how much you can consume depends on you now.”

Li Hui felt like his heart was on fire, knowing that success or failure depended on this one act. He had to be one hundred and twenty percent cautious to see what the silver snake bracelet could achieve.

“Woo woo woo…” The silver snake bracelet spun rapidly around his wrist, producing a clattering noise. In an instant, it flung the Five Ghosts Transportation Talisman out through a narrow gap behind him, feeling in the way.

“Boom…” The ancient jade seal shattered, and the silver snake bracelet sent forth a cloud of jade powder. The Fortune Ascending Talisman within reacted immediately; before it could absorb the tremendous fortune, the Dao Rhythm Residual Talisman boldly floated out, unleashing layers of shadows.

This was Li Hui’s first direct experience with the Dao Rhythm Residual Talisman. He saw the damaged talisman paper dotted with countless bits of splendorous light. In a dazed state, he looked again, only to find the residual talisman transformed into a snow-white spiritual beast with cow horns, a cat face, horse hooves, and wings…

The snow-white spiritual beast’s fur resembled swirling clouds, flowing in an unimaginable manner.

Surprisingly, it had one blind eye, while the other glimmered with a dark light, as if it were unable to see far.

“Is this the legendary divine beast Bai Ze?” Li Hui gazed at it in fascination, but unexpectedly, Bai Ze looked over and nodded before vanishing without a trace.

The Mysterious Pearl was absorbing the jade powder left by the shattered ancient jade seal, and Yao’er joyfully exclaimed, “Father, you’re awesome! Hee hee hee, will bury the jade powder under the tree attract heavenly punishment?”

“It won’t. It’s just a bunch of stone powder, right?” Li Hui brushed it off, calling out, “This is a spirit communication jade seal, belonging to the spirit treasures.”

What spirit communication, what spirit treasures? He had no concept of it, as long as Yao’er found it useful.

With a loud crash, the silver snake bracelet crushed a large gold ingot, sensing that the Dao Rhythm Residual Talisman was also absorbing fortune, but it became much more elegant, seeming to only swallow part of it and dispersing the rest.

“Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!”

The silver snake bracelet unleashed its might, continuously crushing gold vessels, porcelain bottles, treasure boxes, scriptures, and jade mills, causing Yao’er to rush to catch the fragments. With this fortune from the Golden Jade Peach Tree, it might already be the best among tree demons.

Royal treasures primarily consisted of gold and jade, which wasn’t surprising!

The next two heavy treasures were even more impressive. The silver snake bracelet collided repeatedly, not breaking even after many spins.

One was an emerald pot and the other was a white bone sword.

Time was pressing, and Li Hui worried about revealing his tracks. He wanted to contain the silver snake bracelet to prevent further chaos, just as the emerald pot shattered, releasing demonic energy.

“What the heck!” Guang Jin shouted, “A demon refining pot, how could the Grand Xuan Dynasty possess something so dangerous? Wait, something seems off; this unique demonic energy seems…”

The silver snake bracelet flung out a white flesh ball, and Li Hui felt the shifting winds, the operations of the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays becoming unsteady.

“A demon embryo? This is the product of two powerful great demons merging, having guarded it with their lives until today. Quickly, store it away; its wind attribute aligns perfectly with yours, this demon is incredibly valuable and can stir up trouble in the future.”

“You call stirring up trouble a good thing? That’s not a good term!” Li Hui hadn’t anticipated this unexpected gain. He quickly retrieved a Mysterious Water Pearl and sent the demon embryo inside, preparing to nurture it intensively in the future.

“Heh heh, for us demons, stirring up trouble is indeed a compliment.” Guang Jin chuckled dryly.

The silver snake bracelet began to attack the white bone sword with full force. The hardness of this sword was astonishing. Just as an immense sense of crisis approached, he finally heard a familiar sound: shattered, collapsed, destroyed.

“Who dares to steal my Grand Xuan’s greatest treasure?”

Li Hui’s heart raced, and he saw the black lines on the back of the silver snake bracelet vanish, while several hand-sized light gold bone pieces fell, narrowly missing him and almost burying him alive.

“Hmm? It seems the Dao Rhythm Residual Talisman has gained quite a bit, helping me erase the traces here. I wonder what kind of brilliance it will show once it recovers? The legendary divine beast Bai Ze can speak and knows the secrets of heaven and understands all things. This talisman’s level is too high; I still don’t understand it!”

“Those bone pieces have Dragon Energy; could they be the famous dragon teeth from the Grand Xuan Dynasty?” Li Hui waved a hand to collect the bone pieces, knowing that even if they were dragon teeth, after passing through the silver snake bracelet’s ordeal, they probably had little dragon energy left. Nevertheless, having some was better than having none. The key was the operations of the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays; with the enhancement from the silver snake bracelet, the absorbing range was expanding wildly.

“Destroy the Ghost Formation!”

The Yin-Yang Nine Heads received the order and began to sever the foundations of the Ghost Formation, like the last straw that broke the camel’s back, as the Ghost Gate violently crumbled, all phenomena swirling into a vortex and leaking into the time-space ruins, allowing the Xuantian Road to gradually return to normal.