Dragon's Origin

Chapter 229: Underground Palace Two (Part 1)

The three who appeared were precisely the three super experts dispatched by Duke Song of the Song Kingdom, Song Hongde. One of them was even a legendary ninth-level master, also the only leader among the three.

Standing by the stone door, the ninth-level master listened silently below for a full ten minutes before nodding and smiling: "There's no one below."

"What about the group ahead of us?" An eighth-level master asked the leader, "Should we double back and eliminate them?"

The leader pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "Forget it, the divine pill is the priority, let's not create unnecessary complications."

After saying this, seeing that one of the eighth-level masters still seemed not to understand, the leader couldn't help but sigh: "The divine pill concerns the Duke's life, so it's naturally the top priority. If we kill a few unimportant people and those inside take the divine pill first or destroy it, it won't be worth it. Also, once inside, even if there's a chance to kill Lone Wolf, try not to do it."

"Why?" The eighth-level master was even more confused and hurriedly asked in surprise. The other, even without asking, widened his eyes in astonishment, waiting for the leader to explain.

Wang Sheng was someone Duke Song gritted his teeth and wanted to eliminate, this point, the two eighth-level masters who had been by Duke Song's side for many years, of course, knew. But they also knew that the leader knew this even more clearly. So why would the leader give such instructions? Could it be that the leader was going to betray the Duke? Impossible! The leader had just said that the top priority was to help the Duke retrieve the divine pill.

"Because of the Princess." The leader sighed deeply, slowly explaining the reason.

The leader's cultivation was a level higher than his two companions, but he had only just touched the edge of that level. If he wanted to continue to improve, without some earth-shattering opportunity, it would probably be impossible. Knowing his own limitations, the leader was very clear that the only chance to break through might be to understand people's hearts thoroughly.

It was precisely because of this that he would spend time pondering, pondering the Duke, pondering the Princess, pondering the reasons for the rift between the Duke and the Princess. Obviously, this rift was Wang Sheng.

Now Duke Song hated Wang Sheng to the bone and desperately wanted to kill him. If they could find the divine pill, and if the divine pill was useful, that would be fine. But if they couldn't find the divine pill, or if the divine pill was useless, then Duke Song probably wouldn't last long. At that time, would the Princess still be at odds with Duke Song?

If the Princess reconciled with Duke Song, but they killed Wang Sheng, how would they face the Princess in the future? If Duke Song were to die unexpectedly, who would the childless Duke Song entrust the Song Kingdom to? Those former elders with ulterior motives had already had their entire families exterminated. Apart from the Princess, could he entrust it to those important ministers?

If the Princess were to inherit the title of Duke of Song, and they killed Wang Sheng, what would happen to them then?

The leader rarely told others about these considerations, but these two companions were his good brothers, so he paid attention to giving them some guidance.

After listening to the leader's words, the two companions fell silent. In the end, they had to admit that old ginger was spicier, and the leader thought further ahead than they did. Being able to snatch the divine pill was already a great achievement. If they killed Wang Sheng along the way, that would be superfluous.

After understanding this, the two eighth-level companions sincerely thanked the leader. If he hadn't reminded them, they would have almost made a big mistake.

Next, one of the eighth-level masters used a formation stone in his hand to examine the stone door. After confirming that there were no residual formations on the stone door, and that there were no such arrangements on the back of the stone door either, the two eighth-level masters collectively walked to one end of the stone door. The two of them worked together to grab a door ring, while the leader grabbed the other door ring alone.

The three of them shouted and exerted force together. A stone door that required eight sixth-level masters to slowly open was slowly opened again by the efforts of the leader and his two companions.

Standing at the door, the leader once again used his super strong cultivation to sense the inside, and after confirming that there was no one, he took the lead and jumped into the stone door. The three of them worked together again to close the stone door from the inside. The people inside had already been in there for several hours and had no way of knowing that the stone door they had carefully closed had been opened again and someone had entered the underground palace.

The stone steps were very long and winding. Every turn was not a perfect right angle, but various angles. Anyway, as long as you walked along the stone steps for a certain distance, you would basically lose your sense of direction. This design was probably to prevent people from determining the true location of the earth fire vein underground, so as to avoid trouble after locating the exact location above.

This section of stone steps alone was almost a dozen miles long. Fortunately, there was only one path, so there was no need to worry about getting lost, otherwise everyone would go crazy.

Another good news was that this underground palace had been properly sealed, because it was filled with stimulating gases produced by the earth fire vein, so there were no monsters or insects that could survive inside. All the dangers that had previously made everyone uneasy in the Thousand Absolute Land did not exist here.

All everyone had to face was the ubiquitous darkness and the divine pill that was nowhere to be found, as well as the magical formation that had been operating for who knows how many years, using the earth fire vein as energy.

After staggering and exploring step by step for several hours with torches, the stone steps disappeared, and the space in front suddenly opened up.

What appeared in front of everyone was a huge, jaw-dropping cave, or strictly speaking, a huge underground space. Several huge and terrifying stone pillars, all naturally formed giant rocks, firmly supported the top and bottom of the cave, forming a huge space large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

In this huge space, there were hundreds of stone chambers that were obviously carved out to suit local conditions, or calling them stone chambers was not appropriate, they could only be called grottoes.

The reason why everyone could see these was not because of the torches held by dozens of people. To be honest, the light brought by dozens of small torches was not even enough to illuminate a ten-zhang radius around them. The reason they could see these was because there was an area in the underground space that had been emitting a dim red light, and at the same time, a burst of high heat that made people sweat profusely was coming from it.

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"Earth fire vein!" The female owner was the first to call out. Everyone looked at the red light on the opposite side of the space from afar, almost all with expressions of admiration for the magic of creation.

The only one who didn't change much was Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng had long guessed that the earth fire vein was volcanic lava, and the strong stimulating smell of sulfur dioxide when he changed his breath made him confirm this. Isn't it just a little volcanic lava? Wang Sheng had even seen volcanic eruptions, so what was so surprising about seeing a lava lake?