Wild Dogs

"Hmph, you're allowed to do what you want, but I'm not allowed to do what I want? How ridiculous."

"Let me tell you, everything here belongs to the Fairy of a Hundred Flowers, and no one is allowed to covet it."

He bowed obsequiously to the Flower Fairy.

The Flower Fairy waved her hand listlessly.

"So what? All the treasures here are gone."

She walked around several times, and after a moment stopped in front of one of the stone pillars.

"Why is there a pillar here?"

The Flower Fairy walked to the pillar and gently patted it, and a clear, melodious sound came from the pillar.

"Oh, this pillar is hollow."

Chen Ke hurriedly came over.

The Flower Fairy glanced at Chen Ke, smiled slightly, and a hint of admiration appeared in her eyes.

She glanced at Yang Fan out of the corner of her eye.

Yang Fan nodded slightly, indicating that he and the Fairy of a Hundred Flowers would not change their previous agreement.

The Flower Fairy finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, do you gentlemen see any problems here?"

The others exchanged glances and shook their heads.

"I think there's something down there."

Just then, Chen Ke suddenly said something.

The Flower Fairy nodded.

"Then please open this pillar and see if there's anything inside."

She gestured for them to proceed.

They were beholden to those who accepted their gifts and favors, and now that the Fairy of a Hundred Flowers had invited them, they had no choice but to obey.

Several people slammed their hands down on the pillar in front of them.

With a whoosh, as the layers of stone surrounding the pillar crumbled away, a golden iron pillar appeared.

The iron pillar is carved with exquisite dragon patterns, and below the dragon patterns is a series of gears.

"What is this thing? It doesn't look like something a cultivator would make."

Chen Ke moved closer.

"It seems like something that would be done in the mortal world. People in the mortal world often use mechanisms and the like to do this."

"Could this be a tomb of an ordinary person?"

Bored, the Flower Fairy raised her hand to destroy the gears.

Zhuo Yu immediately stopped her.

"Fairy, don't worry, this thing may not belong to mortals."

"Some hidden underground chambers are also made using these mechanisms."

The Flower Fairy snorted coldly.

"What proper monk would use a mechanism to do that?"

Zhuo Yu laughed.

"My fairy, you may not know this, but many of the mechanisms we cultivators create are imbued with spiritual energy."

"But once you use those things that contain spiritual energy, they become easier to detect."

"If this thing is made entirely of mechanisms, wouldn't others be unable to discover its secrets?"

The Flower Fairy hesitated for a moment, then nodded emphatically.

"Young master is right. If this thing is indeed made of some kind of spirit stone or something imbued with spiritual energy..."

"I'm afraid the person who infiltrated here back then would have discovered the problem with this pillar immediately."

She touched her chin.

"In other words, as long as we use these gears and mechanisms, we can open the real secret chamber below."

These words immediately excited everyone present.

They were eagerly anticipating the treasures inside, and now that the treasures were right in front of them, they were naturally impatient.

"Then let's try it quickly, but how do we move this thing?"

Zhuo Yu frowned.

Jin Bufan walked forward, slowly stretched out his hand, and tried to turn one of the gears.

A creaking sound came from below, and then one of the walls in the underground palace slowly unfolded.

Jin Bufan proudly raised his head.

"I've seen similar mechanisms among mortals when I traveled the world before, and this thing is indeed a mechanism."

As the walls slowly moved, the real secret room appeared before everyone.

As soon as a gap appeared in the secret room, Zhuo Yu immediately sped up and rushed inside.

"What are you doing?"

Enraged, the Flower Fairy also chased after Zhuo Yu and rushed inside.

Zhuo Yu chuckled softly.

"It's nothing, fairy, there's no need to be nervous. I'm just going in to take a look and see what's inside."

The Flower Fairy sneered.

"You are the helpers I invited. Logically, everything here should be under my control. How come you went in before me?"

Zhuo Yu laughed.

"Why should the fairy worry about such trivial matters? Anyway, everything inside belongs to the fairy. Fairy, please rest assured, I will not steal anything."

The Flower Fairy naturally disdained it, but since things had come to this point, it was better to seize it than to argue.

She took a deep breath and continued to rush forward at a faster pace.

In an instant, the two rushed into the secret room one after the other.

The other three exchanged glances, and Jin Bufan snorted coldly before rushing in ahead of Chen Ke.

Chen Ke didn't rush over; he gave Yang Fan a meaningful look.

"Aren't you going in?"

Yang Fan shrugged.

"Anyway, as long as I help the fairy enter the secret realm, my mission is complete."

"As for what treasures are inside, that's up to the Fairy of a Hundred Flowers to decide."

Chen Ke was somewhat displeased.

"The Fairy of a Hundred Flowers should have told you that you would join forces with me to deal with those two idiots, right? What, you don't want to lend a hand?"

Yang Fan chuckled softly.

"Of course I will take action, but only before the Fairy of a Hundred Flowers is in danger."

"If they didn't harm the fairy, why should I intervene?"

"What if I manage to defeat them, and then you and the Flower Fairy team up against me? How am I supposed to face that?"

Chen Ke gave him a forced smile and then leaped forward into the secret chamber ahead.

After everyone rushed inside, Yang Fan scanned the surrounding area with his divine sense and began to search the surrounding stone pillars one by one.

Wanting to see if there were any other hidden secret rooms, he searched around and found that the other stone pillars around him were indeed made of solid stone.

It wasn't cast in gold and iron like this, with gears and mechanisms inlaid inside.

Yang Fan shook his head and walked into the secret room next door.

Upon entering the secret chamber, he saw a winding stone staircase leading downwards.

"I never imagined there would be such a hidden world down there."

As Yang Fan descended the stone steps, torches lit up around him with each step he took.

After Yang Fan passes by, the torches behind him will go out.

"Interesting, it seems there are some kind of formations set up on these stone steps."

"Once a cultivator is detected entering, the surrounding torches will be lit. It's truly ingenious."

Yang Fan sighed and continued walking downwards.

He walked down the stone steps to the depths of the secret chamber, looked up and saw an extremely large statue in the center of the chamber.

Like a ferocious demon, this demon not only had a blue face and fangs, but more importantly, it also had three heads and six arms, constantly reaching out its hands in all directions.

Yang Fan glanced at the statue, then turned his gaze to the side.

He discovered that there was a row of offering tables around the vengeful ghost, with an item on each table.

On the offering table in front is a jade folding fan, which looks exquisite.

On the offering table next to it was an incense burner, with wisps of smoke rising from it, as if incense and candles had just been lit.

Seeing this scene, Yang Fan was deeply shaken.