I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

"Don't worry! This time... I will definitely not let him destroy the Emperor Sword Clan. I will also protect my clan's Tree of Time." As she murmured, a resolute look appeared on the beautiful face of the woman in the green robe.

Soon, the woman in the green robe stepped into the invisible barrier.

That's rather surprising.

This barrier does not allow anyone outside the Imperial Sword Clan to enter. If someone forces their way in, they will definitely suffer a backlash. However, this woman and the person behind her did not cause any reaction from the barrier, as if it were her own home, which was really puzzling.

However, if one looks closely at this moment, one can see that this woman is none other than Zhang Qing, who was just in Emperor Sword Village.

……

Let's talk about cemeteries next.

It took Huang Quan a long time to recover, but the surprise in his eyes still lingered.

"Don't be too surprised, because I'm going to tell you next why this place is a forbidden area. If you're not focused and can't listen... that won't be good." The old man was naturally not fooled by Huang Quan's calm demeanor; he knew very well what Huang Quan's current situation was.

"Didn't you already say that this is the tomb of the Emperor Sword Clan?" Huang Quan seemed to still be struggling to process the old man's words, otherwise his tone wouldn't have carried a hint of a question.

"Hehehe!" The old man chuckled, then continued, "This is just one reason. The real reason... I haven't told you yet!"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Huang Quan raised an eyebrow, clearly having doubts again.

Chapter 205 Teleportation Array

Another half hour passed before Huang Quan finally understood the old man's purpose.

It turns out that the old man's real purpose was to seize something, and this thing was extremely important to the Emperor Sword Clan. It could be said that the Emperor Sword Clan wouldn't exist today without this thing.

"The Emperor's Sword? You want the Emperor's Sword?!" Huang Quan asked in surprise.

"That's right, it is the Emperor Sword, the legendary treasure of the Emperor Sword Clan," the old man nodded.

"Hey, hey, hey! Are you kidding me?" Huang Quan said with a wry smile.

"Of course I'm not joking. This Emperor Sword is hidden right here, inside the coffin of Zhang Xuan, the first patriarch of the Emperor Sword Clan," the old man said with absolute certainty.

"But the Emperor Sword Clan wouldn't let you get something this awesome, would they?" Huang Quan asked again.

"Hehehe! You don't need to worry about that, because even that old fellow Zhang Shen doesn't know the true location of the Emperor Sword Clan now." The old man chuckled, his tone seemingly extremely confident.

"What?!" Huang Quan was even more confused.

"It's normal for an outsider like you not to know. Do you think the Emperor Sword is something passed down from generation to generation? No, no, no, the Emperor Sword is not such a vulgar thing..."

"As the emperor of swords, the supreme among swords, it possesses its own consciousness and power comparable to that of a Great Emperor cultivator, therefore it also has the qualification to choose its user..."

"The right to choose?" Huang Quan's surprise only deepened.

"Yes! It is the right to choose! It's just a pity that ever since the first patriarch of the Emperor Sword Clan, this sword has seemed to look down on the second patriarch, never willing to serve him. As a result, the second patriarch had no choice but to seal it in the first patriarch's coffin, and it has not appeared in the world since..."

"Isn't there a peerless sword in the world? But if it really has the right to choose its user, how would you know it would be willing to let you use it?" At this moment, Huang Quan asked a rather important question.

The old man replied, "Hehehe! Who told you I wanted to use it? I just wanted to get it, not use it. You should know that in the Emperor Sword Clan, possessing the Emperor Sword is equivalent to possessing everything!"

"Hmm?!" Huang Quan's mind stirred. He seemed to understand the old man's meaning, but at this moment, he was also extremely confused about the old man's identity.

After calming himself down, Huang Quan's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Since you've told me so much about the Emperor Sword Clan and know about this village in the secret realm, it must be related to the Emperor Sword Clan in some way, right?"

"Guess," the old man chuckled.

Huang Quan frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "So, Senior called me here because there must be something you need me to do! And this matter must be related to the Emperor Sword you mentioned, right?"

Upon hearing Huang Quan's words, a hint of appreciation flashed in the old man's eyes.

"Yes, I don't intend to hide anything from you. In the coffin room where you were just lying, there is another secret room. In that secret room, there is a coffin, which is Zhang Xuan's..."

"The Emperor Sword is right there. As long as you have a way to get the Emperor Sword, I will naturally tell you how to leave this place. You must really want to get out, right? Also..." As he spoke, the old man waved his left hand, and a medicine bottle appeared out of thin air in his hand.

"Hmm??" Huang Quan thought to himself upon seeing this, but his gaze fell on the medicine bottle.

Sensing Huang Quan's gaze, the old man thought to himself, "No cultivator below the Heavenly Monarch level would refuse such a thing. It's just a pity about Ye'er, otherwise... Alas!" With that thought, his gaze turned to his daughter, who had been standing silently to the side, and a sense of guilt gradually filled his eyes.

Just as the old man was lost in thought, Huang Quan's puzzled voice came over.

"What is this?" Huang Quan asked.

The old man, who knew Huang Quan would ask this question, paused for a moment before slowly saying, "Ultimate-grade spiritual medicine... Profound Spirit Pill!"

"Mysterious Spirit Pill?"

"That's right. With this, becoming a Heavenly Lord will be no problem at all."

"Absolutely not a problem?" Huang Quan was suddenly filled with doubt and shock at these words.

A Heavenly Lord! That's a Heavenly Lord! Absolutely worthless, like a five-cent cabbage. Although cabbage prices have gone up these days, a Heavenly Lord isn't so easily surpassed by cultivators!

Throughout history, countless people have stopped at this hurdle, and countless people have paid with their lives. But now this old man says it's absolutely not a problem. How can anyone believe that?

Seemingly aware of Huang Quan's thoughts, the old man smiled slightly and said again, "Hahahaha! Don't get me wrong. I only said that reaching the Heavenly Monarch realm is definitely not a problem, not that the process of reaching it will be problem-free. Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world..."

Upon hearing this, Huang Quan was taken aback, then relaxed, thinking to himself, "I knew it! How could there be such a good thing?"

"Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Cultivators who ingest this pill will have their perception of the power of heaven and earth amplified infinitely by its medicinal power. However, the power of heaven and earth is quite complex and contains countless illusions. If one is not careful, the cultivator may completely lose their mind and become a lunatic..."

"But if you survive this period of enlightenment, then reaching the Heavenly Lord level will naturally not be a problem. It's just that due to the side effects of the pill, this person may remain at the Heavenly Lord level forever. Now... do you understand?" the old man said.

"So that's how it is. To exchange one's life and future for the power of the Heavenly Lord?" Huang Quan murmured.

"That's about it, but even so, the value of this pill is still extraordinary. After all, there are far too many people in this world who cannot reach the Heavenly Monarch level. For them, this pill is like an absolute opportunity, an opportunity that no one would not want to seize..."

"Alright, alright! But I really have no interest in this pill at all, because I don't want to use it to enhance my cultivation," Huang Quan said seriously.

He was right. On the surface, he did appear to have reached Nirvana Perfection, and was only one step away from enlightenment before smoothly entering the Heavenly Lord realm. However, in reality, he had already broken away from his original cultivation path and entered another unknown level. Therefore, he really had no need to care about the Heavenly Lord realm.

"Oh? Is that so?" At this moment, a hint of doubt flashed in the old man's eyes. He looked at Huang Quan, as if judging whether what Huang Quan said was true or false.

In fact, the old man had learned a secret art in his early years that could see into people's hearts and know what they were thinking. It was called mind reading.

The greater the difference in cultivation level between him and the spy, and the closer the person is to him, the clearer he can see. It was precisely because of this that he was able to detect Huang Quan's presence when he was hiding from the patrolmen outside with his daughter, thus pulling him into this trouble.

So according to this theory, he should be able to know all of Huang Quan's thoughts. However, what puzzled him was that as the two of them had more and more contact, he could see through Huang Quan's thoughts more and more. At most, he could only see through some trivial thoughts and could not delve into Huang Quan's mind. It was as if something was preventing him from prying into Huang Quan's thoughts.

"This young man... has secrets too!" After a moment, the old man came to this conclusion.

But the next moment, he chuckled softly and said, "Whether you want it or not, you're on my ship now, so you have to do your part for me, otherwise this ship... might capsize!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man threw the medicine bottle towards the underworld, as if he didn't care at all.

Upon hearing the old man's words, Huang Quan's eyes were fixed on the medicine bottle tumbling in the air, getting closer and closer to him. He thought to himself, "That old guy!!"

But now that things have come to this point, Huang Quan is well aware that no matter what, he can't leave this ship for the time being. So rather than getting nothing, he might as well get some benefits, so that at least he won't seem to be at a loss.

That's why Huang Quan's eyes flickered, and without hesitation, he stretched out his left hand and put the pill into his spatial bottle.

Seeing this, the old man smiled.

"Hahaha! What! Saying no with your mouth, but your body says otherwise!" the old man said.

"No! I just don't want to lose both my wife and my army," Huang Quan replied.

"Is that so? But where did you get your wife and soldiers? I think you just want some benefits!" The old man saw through Huang Quan's thoughts at a glance and said with an unchanged smile.

"Think what you want!" Huang Quan replied without blushing or panting.

"Hehehehe!" The old man laughed again, and after pausing for a moment, he got down to business: "Alright! Since you've already accepted the Profound Spirit Pill, then our transaction..."

"Wait!" Just as the old man calmed down and began to discuss his deal with Huang Quan, Huang Quan interrupted him.

"What is it?" The old man frowned, clearly displeased with Huang Quan's interruption.

Seeing the old man's dissatisfaction, Huang Quan also felt uneasy, but some things had to be made clear.

“Senior, although I accepted the Xuanling Pill, there is one thing I need to know,” Huang Quan said solemnly.

"what's up?"

"Since the senior asked me to help retrieve the Emperor's Sword, there must be some danger involved. I understand that there's no such thing as a free lunch. The reason the senior chose to go to such great lengths to have me retrieve it, instead of having this Miss Ye'er do it, is probably because he doesn't want Miss Ye'er beside him to be in any danger, after all, she is the senior's daughter..."

"However, I still want to know... just how dangerous is this tomb, this secret chamber of the end?" Huang Quan said solemnly. Because even if you have the best things, without life to enjoy them, it's all for naught.

Upon hearing Huang Quan's words, the old man remained silent for a while before slowly uttering four words that could terrify a person.

"Nine deaths and a lifetime."

Upon hearing these four words, Huang Quan immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "This...this must be a joke?"

click!

The door to a secret room suddenly rose up.

A thin young man slowly emerged. But his expression seemed to be one of frustration.

"How could this be?" he muttered to himself.

This person is Huang Quan.

There was a reason for his depression. He looked at the dozens of coffins in front of him and sighed inwardly, "I never thought I'd end up here..."

In fact, he didn't want to come to this place where he was at risk of death, but he didn't expect that the old man would be even more ruthless than he imagined.

Let's go back to that moment.

Seeing Huang Quan's troubled expression, the old man's eyes darted around, and he said to Huang Quan again, somewhat impatiently, "Young man, let me make this clear first. You know I can't let my daughter take this risk, but you don't know how to get out either. Look at my skinny arms and legs, I don't think I'll live much longer. If you're not going, then we might as well waste our lives here. But thinking about it, it's not so bad. I'll have two younger generations to keep me company in my old age, haha..."

Hearing the old man's words, Huang Quan was furious!

A threat! A blatant threat!

However, Huang Quan was no match for the old man's shamelessness, and had no choice but to accept this thankless task.

In short, old ginger is spicier, pure wine is more fragrant, and this fox... is still the most cunning of the old!

After all, Huang Quan still had some promises and agreements to keep, and he didn't want to waste his life here, especially since he didn't have much time left to live.

We can't very well fight that old man to the death, can we? That would really be the worst possible strategy.

But despite the sighs, the road ahead still needs to be traveled.

Huang Quan stepped lightly into the secret room and observed the surroundings again. There were still only coffins, and the atmosphere remained gloomy.

"Sigh!" In silence, Huang Quan couldn't help but sigh. Then he closed his eyes slightly, cleared his mind of distractions, and calmed his mind to carefully observe everything in the secret room.

But after a while, his brows furrowed even more deeply.

Because no matter how he looked around, he seemed to find nothing, just as he had when he first woke up.