Chapter 63
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Chapter 63: Throwing the Treasure Chest
Ultimately, Lian Luosha left. The courtyard filled with chilling winds and rolling ghost mist, and terrifying explosive sounds echoed from time to time. Li Hui’s figure had vanished as she prayed in her heart, “Perhaps my junior brother has some hidden tricks; I hope he is safe.”
Li Hui didn’t run far; beneath the courtyard, there were passages and buildings. After continuous tremors, many areas suffered secondary collapses.
He hid in a pit, turning to the ghost army around him, saying, “Spread out and collect the magical artifacts, bags of treasures, and chain bags dropped by the cultivators. Be quick!”
“Yes!” Lieutenant Liu firmly clasped his fists. Seeing Fusu City facing such a disaster, the tremors became more intense, and he had no idea how many houses had collapsed. Gathering some valuables would help with relief efforts.
What a simple thought! Li Hui had long thrown the idea of relief out of his mind; first, he had to survive. If he died, everything would be over. Even if he had a few months to live, he had to wait until that day arrived; besides that, no one else would take his life.
The ghost army quickly spread out. The pit Li Hui chose was not far from the last batch of fallen cultivators, so before long, many magical artifacts piled up.
He had no time to study which artifacts were easier to absorb, grabbing them with both hands like a whirlwind, watching as scraps fell to the ground.
Every time he encountered a Buddhist artifact, the silver snake would emit a few golden sparks that merged into the golden pearl in his arm. Li Hui had grown accustomed to it.
“Not enough!”
“What kind of screen did the silver snake bracelet absorb on the first floor of the Jade Pavilion? How could there be so much light?”
“No wonder the Hidden Sky Sect mobilized so many experts to find me; even the King of the White Sea, hidden in the royal palace, has taken an interest in me.”
“Goodness, you’d be lucky if you could see the silver snake bracelet! Even if they take me down, I bet only one person will see it, but all of that person’s magical treasures will be affected.”
While cursing, he explored the bag of treasures, reaching inside to feel around. He took out spirit talismans and watched as magical artifacts turned into dust.
As for the chain bags, they were truly troublesome. Although they might hold slightly more than the bag of treasures, they couldn’t contain magical artifacts, and he had to unwrap each one. Who had the time for that?
When the ghost army returned, having swept the courtyard, he had only pulled out ten spirit talismans, all of very poor quality.
He understood. Who would have spirit talismans to spare until death? If the money symbols and silver money symbols were useful, they wouldn’t hesitate to use them.
Overall, cultivators at the Spirit Motion stage were poor; being able to hide a few Miao Jades was already a sign of significant wealth. As for those at the Concentrating Spirit stage that Mo Xinghe had taken down, how could they still have anything left? They had long been picked clean.
Li Hui slapped his forehead. The current Spirit Sense Talisman slowly turned to ashes, and a vertical eye seemed to sprout on his forehead, imprinting the underground and surrounding scenes into his mind.
Once he grasped the reality of the battle, he felt a chill run down his spine and shouted, “Bad news! Quickly follow me; we must go underground!”
It was serious. Under the circle of the three decrees, the twelve giant ghosts continuously crashed into the King of the White Sea, leaving him battered and bruised. Their bodies exploded and intertwined as they fused wildly.
The King of the White Sea appeared exceptionally embarrassed, most of his clothing destroyed, revealing a mottled suit of armor. The bronze large seal that hung above him had already been retracted as he summoned a golden sword, continuously slashing in all directions. Nevertheless, he didn’t lose his composure; every five or six moments, he consumed a jujube-sized pill, a massive illusion emerging behind him, faintly exuding an aura of sovereignty.
Although Li Hui couldn’t quite understand it, an inexplicable panic washed over him, as if deep-seated instincts drove him to hide before the impending disaster.
As he and the ghost army just leaped into the massive pit, he heard “crackling” sounds above, followed by strong winds, howling, waves, and sword shadows.
“Emperor’s Sword, control the four directions!”
“Puff, puff, puff…” Just a few strands of leaked sword energy killed large chunks of the ghost army. Li Hui’s body shimmered with golden scales, blocking the scattered sword energy sweeping through.
The dragon pattern was indeed useful, but blood still dripped down his fingers as three wounds opened on his chest. He quickly slapped several emergency medicinal talismans onto the wounds.
“This is just the scattered strands of sword energy; if something were to fall from above…” Li Hui pressed on his wounds and forced a smile, gaining a sudden clarity in his heart: “In the eyes of high-level cultivators, I am just an ant! I might not even be worthy of being an ant. I truly need to thank the golden pearl; without it to hide my presence, I would have probably turned into a pile of dry bones by now.”
He didn’t have time for lamentation. After the sword energy swept through, only around eighty ghost soldiers remained from the two hundred. There might soon be even more terrifying slaughter.
“Go, to the underground treasury.” Li Hui dove into a collapsed opening. Although some areas were buried, he had just used the Spirit Sense Talisman to check, and could quickly clear a path.
The more than eighty ghost soldiers helped carry stones, feeling unsteady all over. They saw that the end of the collapsing was close, yet they had no complaints—they were willing to vanish to protect Fusu.
Finally, when only thirty ghost soldiers remained, Li Hui entered an underground hall.
On either side stood half-destroyed basalt statues, and climbing the stairs led to the treasury gate, where several corpses lay on the ground.
At that moment, a loud rumble came from behind, and the recently opened passage collapsed once more.
The ground swayed back and forth, and a giant stone fell from above. Li Hui quickly dodged to avoid it. Once the steps leading to the gate and the statues on either side were crushed into a mess, the shaking finally stopped.
The treasury gate had already shattered in large sections; even though there used to be formations guarding it, it was now reduced to debris. At this point, he took out an ordinary Spirit Sense Talisman, enhanced by the silver snake bracelet, sensing that there were three people inside the treasury.
“Jin Mingyang, Zheng Tianxiang, Zhang Tianhua?”
Since they were all enemies anyway, Li Hui cautiously pulled the treasure chest out from the bag of treasures.
To be honest, he had been waiting for this chance for a long time. He turned back to tell the ghost soldiers to stay as far away as possible, then quickly threw the chest into the treasury, hearing a strange sound.
He hurried to run back, hiding behind a massive rock, and pressed the last nine-patterned anomaly Spirit Sense Talisman to his forehead, quickly hearing the strange sound increase, followed by shrieks.
“It’s Zheng Tianxiang; that kid fell for it.”
At this moment, Li Hui looked left and right, seeing many scorpion shadows raise their scorpion tails as small rocks around them collapsed into dust in an instant, even the collapsed passage extended outward for several meters.
The scorpion shadows persisted for thirty moments, and the massive rock he used as shelter came into view, riddled with cracks. He couldn’t help but gasp, feeling a lingering fear.
The scorpion shadows gradually disappeared, and he could see many fine needles embedded in the stone; they looked like ice, rapidly melting and releasing a foul odor.
“How malicious.” Li Hui chose a clean path and quickly stepped into the treasury. After scanning the area, he couldn’t help but be stunned. However, he quickly regained his composure, filled with malicious intent, and launched ten Blood Ignition Talismans before retreating from the treasury, grinning sheepishly.
