Chapter 266 Treasure Hunting in the Underground Palace
Located in the city, the stronghold of the demonic forces.
"Our next action will no longer be to capture the people of the demonic forces, but to find a treasure within the territory of the demonic forces..."
Xiang Zizhen looked around at everyone and said.
Except for Xiao Shi and the three jailors who acted together before.
Five more jailers joined in.
Counting Xiang Zizhen, there will be ten of them acting together next.
What Xiao Shi didn't expect was...
This operation turned out not to be an arrest, but a treasure hunt.
"Everyone who participates in this operation, regardless of the outcome, will receive twenty points of credit."
Xiang Zizhen's words moved Xiao Shi's heart.
Twenty points of credit.
It's equivalent to exchanging two prisoners in prison.
Looking at it this way, it's not bad.
"At the same time, everything you gain during the operation will belong to you, and you don't need to turn it over."
"certainly."
"I have to remind you..."
"This operation will have certain risks, so you must be mentally prepared."
Xiang Zizhen said solemnly.
The danger of treasure hunting is often greater than the danger of arrest.
Just like before, before they made the arrest, they had already figured out the details of the Evil Blood Valley in advance.
I know how many martial spirit realms and martial demon realms there are.
But there is no way to grasp such clear information when hunting for treasure.
I only know a general situation.
The rest they need to explore on their own.
Xiang Zizhen did not reveal much information at the moment.
He just told them that the place they were going to this time was an underground palace.
Early the next morning.
They took action.
This time, in addition to the ten of them, there was surprisingly another person traveling with them.
When Xiao Shi saw this fellow traveler.
His brows furrowed slightly.
This person is no one else.
It was the old man who was imprisoned in his cell!!
At this time, the opponent's hands and feet were handcuffed and shackled.
These handcuffs and shackles were not only made of extremely strong materials, but also had powerful seals, making the old man's entire body sealed, making him no different from ordinary people.
Xiao Shi didn't expect that the other party would go with them.
And judging from this situation...
The treasured underground palace they were going to on this trip was probably the information provided by this old man!
This is also the greatest value of these prisoners.
It's just that ordinary information will not be conveyed to the warden.
Only some particularly important information will be handled personally by the warden.
Xiao Shi took a deep look at the old man.
I was secretly vigilant in my heart.
As we move forward.
Xiao Shi was surprised to find...
They actually came to the valley where the Evil Blood Valley is located again!
"Could it be that……"
Xiao Shi just had a guess in his mind.
Xiang Zizhen in front spoke.
"The underground palace we are going to explore this time is hidden in the Evil Blood Valley!"
Surprise flashed in the eyes of Xiao Shi and the three jailors who had acted together before.
He instantly realized that the reason why Xiang Zizhen chose to come here to arrest him was to prepare for the subsequent exploration of the underground palace.
The reason why Xiang Zizhen didn't take them to explore the underground palace directly last time was mainly due to two reasons.
First, they did not have enough manpower at the time.
Last time there were only five of them.
Second, Xiang Zizhen came here last time.
It's just to investigate the situation.
It was impossible for him to completely listen to what these prisoners said.
Only after personally investigating it could he confirm whether this underground palace was worth exploring.
Xiao Shi even felt that during the days when he went back to prison.
Xiang Zizhen came alone to investigate the situation.
The other party's behavior is still very stable.
Follow the instructions of the old prisoner.
They soon arrived at a mansion in the city where the Evil Blood Valley was located.
This house is very ordinary.
I don't see anything special about it.
However, when the old man took out a polygonal compass and pressed the compass into the ground.
Click!
The ground of this house suddenly sunk downwards, forming a hole.
The entrance to the cave is covered with a gray light curtain, making it impossible to see the internal environment.
"After I go down, you follow..."
Xiang Zizhen began to arrange the order of entering the underground palace.
He went down first.
Then there is the old man.
Others followed.
According to Xiang Zizhen's arrangement, everyone entered the underground palace below one by one.
The entire underground palace is entered through the entrance. It is very narrow at first, and only then is it accessible to people. After walking forward for a few meters, it suddenly becomes clear.
Drill out the hole.
There is a wide space in front of you.
There are countless walls in the underground palace, and they are all connected to the ceiling. Even if you fly, you cannot fly too high, so naturally it is difficult to see the whole picture.
At the same time, after entering the underground palace, many jailers in the team discovered that their soul consciousness was greatly suppressed here.
It can only spread over a very small range.
Some people even tried to bombard the wall, but found that the wall here was extremely strong, and even with their strength and cultivation, it was difficult to shake it.
At the same time, soul consciousness cannot penetrate these walls.
This made many people frown.
It feels like the environment here is very unfavorable to them...
Xiang Zizhen also realized this.
He stared at the old prisoner with warning in his eyes.
"You lead the way and don't play any tricks. If I feel that there is anything wrong with you, I will take action directly and kill you!"
The old man said nothing and walked at the front with an expressionless face.
The entire underground palace was dark.
I can't see my fingers.
In the past, when people had soul consciousness, this kind of visual darkness would have no impact on everyone.
But now that their soul consciousness has been suppressed, the range in which their soul consciousness can spread is very small, and their visibility has also become lower.
relative to others.
Xiao Shi was not affected in any way.
When he was in the Qi Martial Realm, he cultivated Taiyin. To him, this dark environment was like a fish returning to the water.
He walked behind.
Pay close attention to all the actions of the old man in front.
The entire underground palace was very quiet.
There was only the sound of their footsteps moving forward.
After everyone moved forward for a certain distance.
They entered a stone room in the underground palace.
In the entire open stone room, there is a huge stone box more than two meters high.
The stone box is tightly closed.
Since soul consciousness cannot penetrate, no one knows what is inside the stone box.
When the old man walked to the stone box.
His steps paused.
He turned around and looked at Xiang Zizhen.
Use your eyes to ask if he wants to open the box?
Xiang Zizhen frowned slightly.
Usually in this case, the box contains either treasures or some kind of crisis.
He thought for a while.
Open your mouth and say.
"Everyone stand back."
When everyone retreated outside the stone room.
Xiang Zizhen flicked out a ray of white light with his finger, shot it at the stone box, and directly pushed open the lid of the stone box.
A smell that had been trapped for a long time suddenly spread out.
Everyone was on alert to prevent any danger from appearing in the stone box.
Fortunately, after the stone box is opened.
There is nothing unusual.
Xiang Zizhen walked to the stone box, looked inside the stone box, and found that the stone box was full of various treasures.
But with his prudence and stability.
He didn't reach out directly to get it.
Instead, it uses its own power to make all the treasures in the stone box levitate from the stone box.
After confirming that there are no problems.
Xiang Zizhen then turned back and looked at everyone.
"Divide it among yourselves."
He had no interest at all in the treasures inside the stone box.
All the jailers were immediately overjoyed.
One after another came forward to divide these treasures.
Xiao Shi also successfully received a treasure.
This is a pendant.
It is also a treasure of the martial soul realm.
It has the effect of resisting and weakening the soul attack.
It is a protective treasure.
It is obviously incomparable to the treasures dropped by Xiao Shi through killing before.
It can only be regarded as the most common type of martial soul realm treasure.
The treasures assigned to others are basically at this level.
No wonder Xiang Zi really dislikes him.
After dividing up the treasures in the box.
They checked in the stone room for a while, and after confirming that there was nothing else to gain, they left the stone room and continued towards the depths of the underground palace.
After they walked forward for a while.
Suddenly a corpse appeared in front!
This is clearly a mutilated corpse with no head and only a body.
Although judging from the degree of decomposition of the body, it had been dead for a long time, but the moment they saw the body, everyone still felt strong vigilance in their hearts.
Xiang Zizhen approached the corpse with a solemn expression.
check carefully.
There were no signs of struggle around the body.
However, the corpse's neck seemed to have been scratched by a sharp knife, and the incision was smooth.
Xiang Zizhen raised his head and looked at the old prisoner.
There was questioning in his eyes.
The old man shook his head.
It means he doesn't know anything.
Xiang Zizhen's eyes were as sharp as a knife.
An extremely powerful aura erupted from his body and swept towards the old prisoner.
He was very dissatisfied with the old prisoner's attitude.
The old prisoner just looked at Xiang Zizhen calmly.
Even though his body was already under the pressure of Xiang Zhen's momentum, there was a harsh sound of fractures, and blood spilled from the corners of his mouth.
But his eyes were still calm and without any disturbance.
Xiang Zizhen took a deep look at the old prisoner.
Only then did the pressure of breath come back.
Xiao Shi frowned and watched this scene.
So far, the old prisoner has not spoken a word!
This made him feel something was wrong.
What's even more wrong is Xiang Zizhen.
Based on Xiao Shi's knowledge and understanding of Xiang Zi, it is impossible for Xiang Zi to not see the problem.
But now Xiang Zizhen chose to believe the old prisoner.
"Or……"
"Does Xiang Zizhen have any other plans?"
Xiao Shi knew that Xiang Zi was really scheming and he was not that easy to deceive.
Probably planning other things.
Judging from Xiang Zizhen's current soul fluctuations, his soul is stable as usual, which is a sign of victory.
"Or I can observe the old man's soul state..."
"See if there are any fluctuations in his soul."
As the thoughts flash in my mind.
Xiao Shidun quietly condensed the soul seal on the old man's soul.
Through the observation of this kind of soul state, we can grasp their truest feelings, thereby infer their thoughts and obtain important information.
However, Xiao Shi's soul seal condensation failed directly this time!
"This is……"
Xiao Shi's heart suddenly shook.
Unexpectedly, his soul was not found in the old man!!
This situation was something he had never encountered before.
"He...he has no soul??"
"No……"
"wrong!"
"It's not that he has no soul, but his soul is also imprisoned!!"
Xiao Shi discovered a "prison" inside the old man's body.
As a result, his soul mark can only stay outside the prison.
Unable to infiltrate the prison.
This caused a strong shock in his heart.
The origin of this old man...
Even more amazing than he imagined!
The other party's imprisonment and seal are not just the external handcuffs and shackles, the real imprisonment is within his body!
Such layers of imprisonment and sealing.
Only strong people with great backgrounds must be treated like this.
No wonder he killed someone in the cell.
The other party didn't even look at it.
Presumably for the old man, his killing was just like a child playing house.
Not worthy of its attention at all.
Xiao Shi originally thought that this old man was in the martial soul realm of the relatively powerful soul consciousness stage, but now after noticing the imprisonment and seal in the opponent's body.
Only then did he realize that the cultivation level shown by the other party was not his true cultivation level.
After understanding this.
Xiao Shi also began to feel that this treasure hunt in the underground palace...
It's not as simple as imagined.
There must be a lot of information that you don't know.
"From beginning to end, Xiang Zizhen never told us what is in this underground palace..."
"It just means there is treasure here."
"But those treasures before were simply not in Xiang Zhen's eyes."
"It's really impossible for Xiang Zi to come here in person just for a treasure of this level."
"What exactly is he planning?"
Xiao Shi is more worried about the situation now.
Xiang Zi really knows how to use them as cannon fodder.
Judging from current inferences.
There is probably a crisis in this underground palace.
Xiao Shi felt that Xiang Zi's reason for bringing them here to block the gun must be greater than his reason for bringing them here to make a fortune.
In the eyes of these jailers, Xiang Zizhen has a good reputation and reputation, and he is the warden himself, so he will definitely not betray them.
But Xiao Shi knew clearly Xiang Zizhen’s true identity.
The other party is a member of the Four Elephant Divine Martial Cult and is also a priest of the Holy See.
Even if these jailers are used as cannon fodder, there will be no psychological burden.
After all, the two sides are inherently hostile in terms of their stance.
If Xiang Zizhen had killed Qin Mo in the first place, then he would have been even more comfortable in doing this kind of thing.
Until this moment.
Xiao Shicai truly realized that this treasure hunt in the underground palace was far from being as simple as it seemed.
He was secretly vigilant in his heart.
Even though he is just a clone now, he will not cause any damage to the main body if he dies.
But now the clone is carrying many items that were dropped before.
If these items do not create the value they deserve, they will be gone...
That would be a big loss!
the most important is.
It was rare for me to use this identity to get close to Xiang Zizhen.
If you die like this.
There may not be such a real opportunity to get close to Xiangzi.
"At this point, we can only take one step at a time and see what happens."
Xiao Shi's expression remained normal.
In fact, he has maximized his own perception and is highly concentrated, as if facing a formidable enemy.