Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 706: Light in the Dark

"Daxing Dragon Vein?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but wonder after hearing this.

Others had similar reactions.

He looked at the two stewards silently, and it turned out that Steward Shang and Zhao Feng also looked confused.

It seemed that this was the first time they had heard of the Daxing Dragon Vein.

Li Xuan continued to interrogate Zhao Fangyuan, asking him to explain what King Zheng wanted to do here.

In order to save his life, Zhao Fangyuan immediately confessed everything he knew.

"The prince only ordered me to build a sealing formation here and send people to guard this place."

"He comes here from time to time and goes down to have a look, but he never takes anyone with him except Mr. Bai."

"I can only go down once when I need to maintain the formation, and Mr. Bai must be there to watch over me the whole time."

Zhao Fangyuan was afraid that Li Xuan and the others would take his life, so he revealed everything.

Li Xuan frowned. This was not the first time he had heard the name Mr. Bai.

The Three Ghosts of Hanhe had mentioned this name before.

He immediately asked Zhao Fangyuan, "Is Mr. Bai a master of the Pseudo Heavenly Dao Realm beside King Zheng?"

Zhao Fangyuan nodded immediately.

"What is the attribute of his true qi?"

Zhao Fangyuan shook his head blankly.

Li Xuan immediately glared at Zhao Fangyuan, frightened, and he hurriedly explained:

"I really don't know. I've never seen Mr. Bai do it!"

"If I lie to you, let me be struck by lightning and die miserably!"

Zhao Fangyuan swore repeatedly, fearing that they would not believe him.

"What exactly is this dragon vein?"

"I don't know either. It was pitch black down there. When I went down there, I just didn't feel good."

"Mr. Bai always followed me and watched me maintain the formation. He never let me go deep into the Meteorite Dragon Pit."

Zhao Fangyuan's words made Li Xuan frown.

He didn't expect that Zhao Fangyuan, the person in charge of the formation, didn't even know what was under the Meteorite Dragon Crater.

"Then why do you say there is a dragon vein underneath?"

"I, I guess."

Speaking of this, Zhao Fangyuan seemed a little unconfident.

But he also stated his reasons.

"The prince said that the thing sealed below controls the lifeblood of Daxing."

"Although the prince has repeatedly warned of the danger down there, he himself often goes down to check."

"and……"

Zhao Fangyuan said this with a hesitant look on his face.

"If you want to hide it, I don't care, but I have to send you off first." Li Xuan said in a gloomy voice.

"No, it's not that I want to hide it."

Zhao Fangyuan swallowed nervously.

He looked at everyone's expressions nervously, and then continued:
"As the prince's arrangements have progressed smoothly over the years, I can feel that the power under the formation has weakened, and I can maintain the seal more easily."

"But lately, it's become increasingly difficult to maintain the seal."

"The power under the Meteoric Dragon Crater seems to be breaking through the seal of the formation. I have reinforced it several times, but the effect is not very good."

After hearing this, Li Xuan immediately felt that there must be something fishy going on.

"Tell me more carefully. When did you start working for King Zheng? How long did the seal last? When did the seal become unstable?"

Zhao Fangyuan answered Li Xuan's series of questions carefully:

"I was taken in and raised by King Zheng since I was a child. It has been more than 30 years since I can remember."

"I made some achievements in formation eight years ago, and then the prince transferred me here. At that time, I just helped other formation masters, but later I became the one who took charge of the overall situation."

"As for the instability of the seal, it should have only occurred in the past two or three years."

Li Xuan listened to the timeline, but couldn't find anything wrong.

He looked at the others and couldn't help asking:
"Why don't you go down and take a look?"

"Ah Xuan, you are the leader of this operation, and we will all listen to you." The two managers were the first to stand up and express their opinions.

Others also had no objection.

Otherwise, if they just interrogated Zhao Fangyuan here, it seemed that they would not be able to obtain any useful information.

The dragon vein was Zhao Fangyuan's own guess. As for what exactly the formation under the Meteorite Dragon Crater sealed, it seemed they had to verify it themselves.

"Unlock the formation and take us down."

"Don't try any tricks. If anything goes wrong, I guarantee you'll be the first to die!"

Li Xuan threatened Zhao Fangyuan and used the cat claw mark to inflict severe pain on him.

The blue string that Nirubel had wrapped around Zhao Fangyuan's neck also suddenly became hot.

Zhao Fangyuan cried out in pain and begged for mercy, then immediately released the formation for them.

This Zhao Fangyuan looked very weak and answered whatever they asked.

But he had just clearly said that he was taken in and raised by King Zheng since he was a child, so he should be loyal.

Li Xuan did not dare to be careless, and immediately sent a message to Ren Chunsheng who was still hiding outside, asking him to come to them quickly.

Li Xuan also sent Zhao Feng to pick up the person, and Ren Chunsheng was picked up after a short while.

At this time, Zhao Fangyuan had not yet completely solved the formation, but he still glanced at the person who came later.

With just one glance, Zhao Fangyuan recognized that the other party was also a formation master.

Although he couldn't see the formation master's skills, he could see that Ren Chunsheng's strength was not very good.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have hidden himself until now.

But it is an indisputable fact that the trap set up by Zhao Fangyuan on the periphery was broken silently.

Zhao Fangyuan did not dare to underestimate Ren Chunsheng.

After all, the attainments of a formation master cannot be seen by ordinary people, one still has to look at the formation set up by the other party.

Seeing that Zhao Fangyuan still had time to look at Ren Chunsheng, Li Xuan immediately shouted at him:

"Don't delay and don't joke with your life."

After hearing this, Zhao Fangyuan no longer dared to be distracted and continued to solve the formation.

Li Xuan repeated to Ren Chunsheng what Zhao Fangyuan had said before, and then asked him to keep an eye on Zhao Fangyuan's movements. If there was any disorder in the formation, he should immediately remind them to capture this person.

Ren Chunsheng nodded, watching Zhao Fangyuan's movements from the side, while also looking at the formation under the Meteorite Dragon Crater.

The light here was very dim, and even with the torches prepared by the two stewards, it still couldn't illuminate much.

The light inside the Meteorite Crater seemed unable to travel very far, as if the darkness was not pure and was mixed with many impurities.

After struggling for a while, Zhao Fangyuan finally managed to break the seal.

The last time Li Xuan came to scout the place, he was blocked by this formation.

Just as he was about to break the formation by force, he was discovered by Zhao Fangyuan and Yu Han.

If Li Xuan hadn't been able to conceal his aura, he would have been caught red-handed that night.

But according to Zhao Fangyuan, there are several sealing formations below.

It would take them who knows how much time it would take to open the formation all the way like this.

Li Xuan was afraid that Zhao Fangyuan was playing tricks on them, so he deliberately delayed time and asked Ren Chunsheng.

As a result, Ren Chunsheng told Li Xuan that Zhao Fangyuan did not delay time intentionally. The sealing formation he set up here was indeed very complicated.

According to Ren Chunsheng's estimation, the normal time required to unlock the formation is indeed similar to the time Zhao Fangyuan actually spent.

In other words, Zhao Fangyuan did not deliberately delay time.

But this made Li Xuan feel even more strange.

Even if Zhao Fangyuan valued his life, he would not sell out the King of Zheng, whom he had personally trained, so readily and thoroughly.

Regarding this, not only Li Xuan, but everyone else also looked at Zhao Fangyuan strangely.

Zhao Fangyuan seemed to be unaware of these gazes and continued to lead the way for them, unravelling one formation after another.

After spending nearly half an hour, Zhao Fangyuan finally brought them to the last sealing formation.

"The last formation is ahead."

“I’ve only been here before.”

"Guys, wait a minute."

As Zhao Fangyuan spoke, he began to get busy again.

Li Xuan sensed it and found that the formation in front of him was almost the same as the previous ones.

Along the way, we found that there are a total of nine formations under the Meteorite Dragon Crater, and the power of the seal becomes stronger as we go deeper.

Li Xuan discovered that the Meteorite Crater became narrower as it went deeper, and the diameter of the crater became smaller.

The overall shape of the meteorite dragon crater is a funnel, and no one knows how King Zheng created it.

The half of the treasure map in Li Xuan's hand clearly showed that there was originally a big mountain here, and the treasure was hidden inside the mountain.

But now it seems that King Zheng has flattened the entire mountain and even created such a big hole.

In other words, the Daxing Dragon Vein mentioned by Zhao Fangyuan is most likely the treasure originally marked on the treasure map.

"I don't know who drew this treasure map?"

"When did King Zheng get the other half of the treasure map?"

Li Xuan had many questions in mind, waiting for Zhao Fangyuan to unlock the last sealing magic circle.

King Zheng had only allowed Mr. Bai to accompany him down here before. Perhaps he had some shameful secret that he had to hide even from his subordinates.

Zhao Fangyuan did not hesitate and broke the last sealing formation even faster than the previous eight times.

As the last sealing formation was released, a cold wind seemed to blow from the depths of the Meteorite Dragon Crater, and a huge rock pressed down on everyone's hearts.

Invisible pressure enveloped everyone, and Li Xuan couldn't help but frown.

After Zhao Fangyuan unlocked the last sealing formation, he quietly stood aside and cleared the path leading to a darker place for them.

"I've never been any further down here, I swear!"

But Nilubaier pushed him forward without hesitation and said jokingly:
"After all, we are all guests, and we need someone to lead the way."

Zhao Fangyuan glared at Nirubel, but seeing that others had acquiesced to Nirubel's actions, he could only dare not say anything.

You know, they are not the only prisoner with them now, Zhao Fangyuan.

They even brought all the prisoners who had lost their fighting ability with them.

These people are now unconscious and do not play an irreplaceable role like Zhao Fangyuan.

But leaving them alone is impossible.

It is not appropriate to kill them on the spot or to stay on the battlefield above.

If anyone among them has a backup plan, they will be in trouble when they go deep into the Meteorite Crater.

Besides, it is still unclear what the situation is like below the Meteorite Crater, so it is better to keep these people around as test stones.

When necessary, Li Xuan doesn't mind drawing the power of the Five Elements from them to replenish himself.

He has no extra mercy for his enemies.

Zhao Fangyuan was forced to lead the way. The environment in the Meteorite Dragon Crater became increasingly darker, and even the light from the torches could only illuminate an area of ​​a few meters around them, barely allowing them to see the steps under their feet.

Li Xuan looked at the steps leading deep into the ground and couldn't help but think of Chunjun who had already escaped.

This was probably his work, but it's a pity that he has already run away. Otherwise, we should be able to get some information from Chunjun.

Now it seems that compared to Zhao Fangyuan, who is only responsible for the formation, Chunjun should know more about the Meteorite Dragon Crater.

As they continued to go deeper into the Meteorite Crater, the feeling of discomfort became more and more obvious.

You know, most of them are strong men of the top three levels. What on earth is under this meteorite dragon crater that can make them feel uncomfortable?

Especially Ren Chunsheng, his strength was weak to begin with, and he almost fell on the stairs.

Fortunately, Li Xuan discovered his fault in time, and quickly jumped onto his shoulder, protecting him with Yin-Yang Qi.

Although Zhao Fangyuan said that there were no other formations below, they could not fully believe his words and needed to take Ren Chunsheng with them to be on guard.

After walking for an unknown amount of time and how deep they went underground, the steps under their feet began to become flatter until they stepped onto flat ground.

"The end?"

Everyone was a little confused.

They looked around, but could see nothing but thick darkness.

Only the flat terrain under their feet seemed to tell them that they had reached the bottom of the Meteor Crater.

"Over there, everyone be careful!"

Li Xuan pointed in a direction in the darkness.

His perception was sharp, and he could clearly detect where that disturbing aura came from.

With Li Xuan leading the way, the others followed, but the one walking in front was still Zhao Fangyuan.

Zhao Fangyuan was very nervous at this time.

King Zheng must have had his own reasons for not bringing them down before.

Either it's dangerous or it's unwatchable.

But he has been forced down today, and whether he can get out alive depends on his own luck.

After walking a short distance in the darkness, a faint light suddenly appeared.

The light came not from their torches, but from the depths of darkness.

The uneasiness that Li Xuan felt also came from there.

There was no need for Li Xuan to remind everyone again, as everyone was alert and vigilant.

But when they carefully approached the light source, they found that it was actually a human figure.

The darkness was as solid as a substance, densely packed like silk threads, tightly wrapped around the human figure. From a distance it looked like a cocoon made of black spider silk.

However, these dark threads did not completely wrap up the figure, but left part of the body exposed.

His face was exposed, and the source of the light was actually his body.

Under the dark silk thread, the man was naked.

"Monk?"

Li Xuan was the first to see clearly, and his face was full of question marks.

There was a glowing young monk hidden at the bottom of the Meteoric Crater.

As they got closer, everyone could see the light source clearly.

Everyone silently turned their gazes to Master Shanliao and Master Chenghai, their eyes full of questions.

But the two masters shook their heads in unison: "We don't know him either."

Now, everyone was confused.

Why did King Zheng hide a monk under the Meteorite Crater for no reason?
Other people have beautiful girls hidden in their golden houses, but King Zheng is different, he hides his daughter underground!
Master Shanliao and Master Chenghai could not help but step forward to take a closer look; they did not know this person.

But after looking around, they came up with a guess and couldn't help but discuss it with everyone:

"Could this be the wandering monk from the Floating Cloud Temple?"

(End of this chapter)