fifth form

Chapter 3248 Robbery
Zhang Xuezhou was in charge of building Maoling and was also qualified to repair other imperial tombs.

He himself did not participate in the construction, but Rong Tianding modified the entrance to Yangling so that digging was no longer necessary when entering the tomb.

The original entrance was filled with yellow mud, but now it has been paved with bluestone.

Simply turn a stone gate to return to the original entrance.

The stone gate was as narrow as the opening of a well. Zhang Xuezhou pushed the gate open and squeezed through, while the Nine-Headed Lion King chasing behind him cursed for a while.

He patted the entrance several times, causing several bluestones to collapse, but seeing that the interior was not a hollow layer, but rather layers of neat bluestone, the Nine-Headed Lion Saint could only transform himself.

"You poor thing, you stay here and don't move. I'm going to capture that kid and take him back to the Holy Land to refine medicine. I'll be right back!"

After the Nine-Headed Lion gave him a word of advice, Hongku could only agree with a pale face.

It's not good to do things poorly, but it's also not good to do them too well.

The fact that the required elixir could be completed in just a few days demonstrates an ability that surpasses many people's imagination, both in terms of alchemy skills and the mobilization of resources within the Han Dynasty.

Hongku had mentioned long ago that the cultivators of the Fiend Kingdom had a simple and brutal philosophy: they would snatch back anything they offered.

He and Zhang Xuezhou and others made an agreement and mentioned barter. According to the normal procedure, Xiong Kingdom lacked medicinal resources. Hong Ku should have carried a lot of medicinal materials, as well as magic treasures, magic tools, secret books, ores, etc., and then exchanged them for pills to go back.

However, when Hongku was ordered to stay in the palace for two months and was reappointed as an envoy, all the medicinal materials had already been collected.

Thanks to the produce from the Ten Thousand Mountains, and after a two-month delay, the group completed the necessary transactions without giving away their own treasures.

What Daojun and others struggled to accomplish even after months of coordination, the Han Dynasty completed in just three days—a stark contrast.

This time, the powerful cultivators didn't come to snatch the treasures; instead, they directly tried to take the people away.

On one side is Zhang Xuezhou, who is involved in alchemy, and on the other side is the Marquis of Pingyang, who is involved in filling the gaps through the Han Dynasty court.

Zhang Xuezhou only needs to be bound and brought back to the Holy Land, while Marquis Pingyang needs to be controlled through sorcery to make him submit and cooperate.

For Daojun and the others, this method was somewhat underhanded, but they couldn't care less about such things when it came to their own interests.

"Wujin, we won't harm you. You can go back to the Holy Land with Ninth Master to refine pills, and we'll even give you some benefits. Why not do it!"

Transforming into human form, the Nine-Headed Lion King tore off Hongku's outer garment and casually tied it around his lower body to cover his ugliness. Then, he also burrowed into the well-sized layer of bluestone.

They fly around everywhere and are difficult to catch, but getting trapped in this kind of graveyard is like being a turtle in a jar.

With victory assured, Nine-Headed Lion urged Zhang Xuezhou to give up resistance.

But he quickly stopped talking. The massive Dragon-Slaying Gate, weighing tens of thousands of pounds, was pushed open by Zhang Xuezhou. Putting aside the opponent's immense strength, the intense stench emanating from the tomb entrance caused Nine-Headed Lion Saint a strong sense of discomfort.

A burst of blue light appeared on his body, and demonic power continuously washed over his body.

The malevolent energy and demonic power merged and fused together, only to dissipate as new demonic power washed over them.

"It's actually corpse demon energy! This damn thing will corrode and taint you as long as you're not strong enough. Once it enters your body, it won't stop until it devours your flesh and blood. What kind of lousy place is this?!"

Nine-Headed Lion quickly figured out the trouble with the cemetery.

Given the abundance of malevolent energy in this tomb, either some treasure is continuously generating malevolent energy, or the tomb is sealed extremely tightly, causing malevolent energy to linger within it.

"Damn it!"

Nine-Headed Lion cursed.

Whenever it comes to poisonous gas or miasma, he manifests his demonic form, gulps it down, and then spits it out to other places, thus completing the process of expelling gas and expelling air.

Even the mighty Nine-Headed Lion Saint couldn't possibly drink excrement and urinate when faced with this kind of corpse-evil aura.

"You'd rather die here than return to the Holy Land with Ninth Master?" Nine Spirits Primordial Saint pushed the Dragon-Severing Gate and shouted inside again, but no one responded from the tomb.

"Ninth Master is guarding this entrance. Let's see if you really want to die!"

Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng let out a shout and tightened the Dragon-Severing Gate even more to prevent the evil energy in the tomb from overflowing and affecting him.

He plopped down at the entrance and called out to Hongku outside, signaling him not to shout so as not to attract the tomb's guards.

“I’m not afraid of those little things, but if they spread the news, it will attract a lot of people. If it attracts that Young Master Li, Ninth Master won’t be in a good position either!”

Nine-Headed Lion King grunted a few times.

The memories of being beaten to the point of vomiting in the past are too painful to recall. Even though Rao Jiuling Yuansheng is magnanimous, he still harbors resentment. He is even more wary of meeting Li Shaojun, fearing that the other party might entangle him in his sleeve and cause him endless trouble.

"Ninth Master, this place is very quiet, no one comes here!"

Yangling became Rong Tianding's cultivation ground, and the fewer the guardians of Yangling, the better.

Nine-Headed Lion Saint arrived in a very casual manner, and there really weren't any patrol guards around.

Hongku outside Yangling gave an awkward reply, which immediately put Jiuling Yuansheng at ease. He then kept peeking out to listen, trying to hear what was happening inside the tomb.

"What a disaster! There's no movement inside. Does Wujin have some kind of ability to evade the corpse's aura? I hope he doesn't die in there!"

Although Nine-Headed Lion was guarding the entrance to Yangling and waiting for Zhang Xuezhou to collapse and run out, he was genuinely afraid that Zhang Xuezhou would die inside. After all, he was only capturing people to refine pills, not killing them.

Just like Zhu Jiuyin capturing Zhou Bugui, everyone was just asking for help, not killing someone.

After waiting for a while, Jiuling Yuansheng couldn't help but call out to Hongku outside.

“Ninth Master, I only taught Wujin for three months. He later returned to the Great Han Dynasty. I really don’t know what skills he learned. He has only been cultivating for twenty years and needs to refine pills all year round. I guess his skills are limited except for the flying technique!”

Hongku had some guesses about Zhang Xuezhou, including the identity of the Kunlun Holy Son.

Hongku kept everything to himself. He was coerced into cooperating, but he really hoped that Zhang Xuezhou could escape this trouble.

If Zhang Xuezhou can move to another location, making it difficult for Hong to find him, this trouble will basically be over.

In the vast sea of ​​people, he couldn't find Zhang Xuezhou, and Jiuling Yuansheng and the others wouldn't force him anymore.

His future cooperation with Zhang Xuezhou will inevitably be troublesome, and it will likely require him to make some sacrifices.

Hong Ku sighed inwardly, feeling no joy whatsoever at being the second-in-command of the Ye Die River Holy Land.

No matter how hard he climbed, the gap between the first and second beings could not be filled. In the eyes of top beings like the Nine-Headed Lion, he was still just a servant who did errands.

He pursed his lips and pinched his hands together as he looked up at the sky.

A feeling of closeness welled up in my heart, but then turned into an emptiness that was hard to fathom.

Zhang Xuezhou did not demonstrate his physiognomy skills, but he also avoided the deductions of his star-fixing technique, indicating that he was clearly in good physical condition at this moment.

Having made a simple deduction about Zhang Xuezhou's condition, Hong Ku was momentarily at a loss as to how Zhang Xuezhou would avoid this trouble.

He gave the Nine-Headed Lion a few perfunctory words. The Nine-Headed Lion, who was pacing back and forth outside the tomb, couldn't help but push the heavy stone door of the Dragon-Severing Gate and then shout inside.

"Damn it, I'm fed up with Lu Ya and Zhu Jiuyin. They get sick whenever they cause trouble, and even when they're sick, they're still stubborn. But being stubborn doesn't cure the illness, and in the end, I'm the one who has to clean up the mess!"

The Nine-Headed Lion cursed and swore, but finally pushed the Dragon-Severing Gate open most of the way before crawling inside.

The dark tomb lacked light, and the Nine-Headed Lion shook its head vigorously.

His eyes had not yet fully adjusted to the environment inside the tomb when a dark red sword light flashed past in the darkness.