Chapter 487
The Conspiracy of the Xuanyuan Imperial Family
Three days later, the heads of the eight major clans in Xuanyuan City gathered in the small pavilion and sat together. Their faces were livid and they looked like they were about to explode with anger.
"Damn it! I got fooled by that little bastard. He actually sold the address of the ancient tomb to everyone!"
"With so many people knowing about this, it is impossible to hide it. It won't be long before all the forces will know about it and rush over to get a piece of the pie."
"Those of us who used treasures to buy intelligence have been made the victims! Damn it!"
The head of the Jiang family slammed the stone table in anger, almost going crazy.
"Oh! I was careless! I thought that with the Integrity Gu, I could be assured of this transaction, so I let my guard down."
"Who would have thought that this guy was so insidious and cunning that he actually did this to us. Our eight major families have been badly screwed by him."
The Han family's head sighed heavily and said dejectedly.
"Now that things have come to this, we can only consider ourselves unlucky. At least in front of the Integrity Gu, the fact that there is an ancient tomb here is definitely true."
The head of the Lan family, one of the eight major families in Xuanyuan City, said at this time: "I just used the Gu insect to explore it, and there is indeed an ancient tomb that occupies a very large area vertically below the pavilion."
"It's just that this ancient tomb is buried very deep. It would take a very long time to dig a hole for robbers to pass through."
"Moreover, this ancient tomb is extremely difficult to destroy. Even if our eight major families join forces, it will take a long time to break the tomb-protecting formation."
"With so many of us staying here for a long time, it's impossible to hide it from everyone."
"Besides, this place is not far from Xuanyuan City. It only takes three days to get there with King Gu's speed. First of all, don't even think about hiding it from the Xuanyuan royal family's eyes."
Hearing the words "Xuanyuan Royal Family", all the family heads' faces darkened.
No matter how big the eight families in Xuanyuan City are, they can never be bigger than the royal family. The royal family can mobilize the power of the whole country and order the Gu cultivators of all the major families in the country, including their eight families.
If the royal family knew that there was a large ancient tomb not far from Xuanyuan City and became interested in it and sent royal strongmen there, it would be a very difficult thing for them to deal with.
Once Emperor Xuanyuan ordered them to take the lion's share, would they dare to disobey the imperial order?
"What should we do? This place is too close to Xuanyuan Imperial City. It's impossible to hide this from the royal family."
The head of the Yan family, one of the eight major families, frowned and said worriedly.
"What else can we do? The money we spent on the tomb address must have been wasted. We should just accept our fate. It's impossible for us to enjoy the treasures in the tomb alone, but we can't possibly not get any treasure. At least we can get our money back."
"Let's first find out who left this ancient tomb. Master Lan, can your poisonous insect reveal the identity of the tomb owner?"
The head of the Jiang family looked at him expectantly and asked.
By finding out the identity of the tomb owner, we can determine whether the tomb is a poor tomb or a rich tomb. If the tomb owner is an emperor, then there is no doubt that the imperial tomb must be extremely rich.
Patriarch Lan smiled bitterly and shook his head, sighing, "It is difficult to determine the identity of the tomb owner just by looking at the appearance of the ancient tomb."
"If you want to know the identity of the tomb owner, I'm afraid you need to break the outer formation and get at least one burial object before you can know the identity of the tomb owner."
"But this tomb is very large, and there must be a lot of burial objects inside. It is definitely not a poor tomb."
"It's good as long as it's not a poor tomb. As long as it's not a poor tomb, we can get our money back." The head of the Han family nodded and said excitedly: "Since the news about the ancient tomb has been confirmed, our eight major families will start digging the tunnel now."
"We'll take it one step at a time and dig out the stolen hole first."
The other family heads nodded, and called on the family Gu practitioners they led to start digging the tunnel in full swing.
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Xuanyuan City, in the imperial palace.
A majestic man sat on a dragon chair, looking at the silk on the table, on which was recorded the list of the top ten winners of the Western Region Talent Competition.
"Have you contacted these five people: Zhang Renshan, Long Dan, Qin Mingyue, Mu Yi, and Jiu Qingqing?" Emperor Xuanyuan suddenly raised his head and asked an old man standing opposite him.
"I have contacted them all, but all five of them refused to join the Xuanyuan Empire. No matter how great the conditions I offered, I could not impress them."
Xuanyuan Zhi answered expressionlessly, not at all restrained under the emperor's majesty.
Emperor Xuanyuan frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "The other geniuses have their own forces behind them. It is normal that they were not recruited. I didn't expect that Zhang Renshan, a poor and independent cultivator, would look down on my small temple."
Emperor Xuanyuan's expression clearly showed his displeasure.
“This person has mastered the world’s number one body-building technique, ‘Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, I Am the Only One in the World’. Once he has mastered this technique, he will be invincible in the world. He has a wider space in the Central Region, so it’s normal for him to look down on our Xuanyuan Empire.” Xuanyuan Zhi shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"The best body-refining technique in the world? This technique is really coveted. Since he doesn't give me face, I should kill him before he grows up and has no power behind him. And take the best body-refining technique from me."
"This matter must be carried out in secret, and no clues should be revealed." Emperor Xuanyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and a faint murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Xuanyuan Zhi nodded and said with a serious expression: "He is still in the city at this moment, so it is not convenient for him to take action. If I am not mistaken, he is waiting for news about the ancient tomb and is preparing to go in and get a share of the spoils."
"All geniuses are like this. When they encounter an opportunity, they will get involved no matter how dangerous it is."
"Qin Mingyue is also in the city, probably waiting for news about the ancient tomb. The other three geniuses left early and are no longer in the city."
Emperor Xuanyuan raised his lips and said with a smile, "It will be easy this way. Killing a person in an ancient tomb will be done without anyone noticing. When Zhang Renshan dies in the tomb, people outside will suspect that he died in the danger of the tomb, and will not suspect us."
"Since Qin Mingyue also intends to enter the ancient tomb, then we should capture her as well. I heard that she has the best physique in the world. If we practice dual cultivation with her, her cultivation speed will be several times faster. We must capture her alive."
Emperor Xuanyuan raised his lips and continued, "According to our spies, the eight major families have all sent people to the same location. If nothing goes wrong, that is where the ancient tomb is hidden."
Emperor Xuanyuan suddenly laughed loudly and said, "They have obviously been cheated. That guy actually sold the address of the ancient tomb to everyone. He is really cunning. I'm afraid the people from the eight major families are so angry now, hahahaha..."
Xuanyuan Zhi also laughed, and after laughing loudly, his face became serious again, and he said in a deep voice: "The eight major families cannot recognize that ancient tomb, but I am absolutely sure that the ancient tomb is the Cangyue Imperial Tomb that we have never found."
"Sure enough, the most dangerous place is the safest place. The Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum is buried right under our feet. It's really ironic that our Xuanyuan family has never discovered it." Xuanyuan Zhi said with a wry smile.
"The Tomb of the Cangyue Emperor?" Emperor Xuanyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he frowned deeply, and said very seriously: "Emperor Cangyue was the founding emperor of the Cangyue Empire. The burial objects in his tomb are too huge, and there must be treasures that defy the heavens." "Once the eight major families obtain the treasures of the Tomb of the Cangyue Emperor, it is possible that they will have the power to overthrow the Xuanyuan Imperial Family."
"This matter must not be taken lightly." Emperor Xuanyuan's eyes turned fierce, and he suddenly said murderously: "If the eight major families break through the tomb protection formation, you will lead your army to kill everyone there."
"Including the Gu cultivators outside the eight major families, the value of the Cang Yue Imperial Mausoleum is too great. Once the Xuanyuan Imperial Family obtains it, its strength will surely increase greatly. We must keep the treasures inside for ourselves!"
Emperor Xuanyuan slammed the table heavily and said with a vicious look.
Xuanyuan Zhi looked at him in shock, the order issued by Emperor Xuanyuan really shocked him. He had a premonition that the ancient tomb would attract a huge number of Gu cultivators, and if they killed so many people, many people would die.
Emperor Xuanyuan was extremely ruthless and could do anything cruel. He was unsure whether doing so would bring benefits or harm to the Xuanyuan Empire.
But in the end he did not raise any questions in person. He respectfully said "Yes, sir", then turned and left.
With his departure, the palace fell into silence again.
……
As expected, the discovery of a large ancient tomb near the Xuanyuan Imperial City was quickly exposed and known to the entire city in just one night.
And the news is still spreading to the surrounding areas at an alarming speed.
Soon, all the large and small forces, as well as a large number of independent cultivators and demonic cultivators, began to gather at the location of the ancient tomb.
At the beginning, the eight major families used thunder-like means to kill the first group of people who came, but in the end they failed to scare everyone.
As groups of people from various forces arrived and more and more people gathered, the eight major families naturally did not dare to be enemies with all the forces. In the end, they had no choice but to compromise and chose to excavate the ancient tomb together with everyone.
However, the danger of the ancient tomb exceeded everyone's expectations. People from all major forces suffered heavy losses after entering the ancient tomb.
However, with the concerted efforts of everyone, it took a month to finally break the outer formation.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Long Xuan and Di Xin finally walked towards the location of Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum together.
At this time, there are still quite a few formations in the tomb that have not been broken, and the treasures are hidden in the core area. The formations and mechanisms in the core area are also the most dangerous.
But the two of them could no longer wait. When all the formations and mechanisms in the ancient tomb were broken, it would also mean that all the treasures in the tomb had been taken away. How could they dare to continue waiting?
There were many Linghai Stage Gu Cultivators who had the same idea as the two of them. Many of them wanted to take advantage of the situation and formed teams to go there.
Although there are many powerful Gu Kings among those who are preparing to rob the tomb, they cannot scare all the Gu cultivators in the Linghai period. Once the number of Gu cultivators in the Linghai period increases, it is not possible for a Gu King to slaughter them whenever he wants. When the number of Gu cultivators in the Linghai period reaches a certain level, it is enough to surround and kill a powerful Gu King.
After arriving at the destination, Long Xuan discovered that the eye-catching small pavilion had long disappeared, and was replaced by large and small holes, and there were no trees around.
There are a lot of people gathered here, and the number is roughly estimated to be over a thousand.
But don't think that this number is not large. Neither the Gu cultivators in the Spirit Gathering Stage nor the Gu cultivators in the Marrow Cleansing Stage have the courage to come here to dig graves.
These thousands of people are either Gu Kings or Gu cultivators at the Spiritual Sea stage. The number of such a high-level group reaching thousands is already quite scary.
This does not include those who are already dead in the grave.
In other words, the time is still short. Only one month has passed since the ancient tomb was discovered. Otherwise, if it was delayed for a few more months, Gu cultivators from foreign countries would rush here, and who knows how many high-level Gu cultivators would gather here.
“Tsk tsk! There are so many Gu Kings and so many Linghai stage Gu cultivators. Are you sure that you and I can snatch the tomb-guarding treasure from this group of competitors?” Long Xuan asked a little unconfidently.
The number of Gu Kings was really too many, far exceeding his expectations. He now felt that he had messed up.
Emperor Xin raised his lips and said with a smile: "I came up with this idea. Since I dare to use King Gu to explore the way, I must be fully confident."
"I can't guarantee that I will succeed 100% in fighting for the tomb treasure from a group of Gu Kings. I'm not that arrogant."
"But don't forget, our goal from the beginning to the end was not the tomb treasure, but the Heavenly Spirit Tree!"
"The effect of the fruit of the Tianling tree is to increase the chance of breaking through the King level. This effect is useless for those who have already broken through the King level."
"That is to say, our competitors have never been the Gu King, but the other Gu cultivators in the Spiritual Sea Stage."
"Don't you have the confidence to compete for treasures with a group of Gu cultivators of the same level?" Emperor Xin raised the corner of his mouth and smiled confidently.
Hearing this, Long Xuan felt a lot more relieved. That's right, as long as they were not greedy and their target was only the Heavenly Spirit Tree, their plan would be perfect and it would definitely not be difficult to obtain the Heavenly Spirit Tree from the tomb.
His initial thought was that he only wanted the Heavenly Spirit Tree in the tomb and would not be greedy for other treasures. However, it was absolutely impossible for him to have no thoughts about other treasures at all.
If he could take more treasures, he would certainly take as much as possible. Who would complain about having too many treasures?
After going through so much effort, he was only able to take away the Heavenly Spirit Tree from the tomb. He felt a little unwilling at this moment.
"You seem to be very familiar with the Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum. The Heavenly Spirit Tree is a legendary heavenly elixir. How dare you be so sure that it is not the treasure that guards the tomb?"
"Do you know what the real treasure of the Cangyue Imperial Mausoleum is? Can you tell me?" Long Xuan looked at Emperor Xin with a smile and asked tentatively.
Emperor Xin glanced at him and chuckled, "Any treasure is useful to some people and useless to others."
"But I dare say that this treasure is useful to anyone. It is enough to drive anyone crazy and arouse anyone's greed."
"As for what this treasure is, I won't tell you."
"Lest your greed be aroused, and you end up fighting with a group of Gu Kings for this treasure, and end up dying."
"People die for money and birds die for food. I'm not telling you for your own good, so don't ask again."
Emperor Xin kept the question in suspense, smiled, and continued walking forward.
Hearing this, Long Xuanxin felt even more itchy, and said uncomfortably: "Since you don't plan to tell me, why are you telling me so much? It's useful to anyone. Isn't this just to arouse my curiosity!"
"I think you did it on purpose!" Long Xuan gritted his teeth and hurriedly chased after her. (End of this chapter)