Chapter 179
byGradually, there were more and more cracks on the stone gate, and it seemed that it was about to be blasted open.
But suddenly, a clear eagle’s cry came from afar.
The expressions of the people of Yunxia Sect who were attacking the stone gate changed drastically.
“It’s that giant eagle！” one person shouted in horror. “It’s the giant eagle that tore apart the Supreme Elder！”
They couldn’t help but panic. Before, under the leadership of Huo Xianglan, they explored the Hidden Island and also had a good harvest. A few days ago, they suddenly found a bird’s nest on a cliff, and there was an ungrown chick inside.
Although it was not grown up, it was also extremely handsome, and it could be seen at a glance that it was a not-low-grade monster beast.
Huo Xianglan was delighted at the sight and actually flew up to catch this young bird back and prepare to raise it. Unexpectedly, this caused a huge amount of trouble. Less than half a day after catching the young bird, its parents found them. They were two extremely huge, terrifying giant eagles with at least sixth-order strength.
Although Huo Xianglan was a Divine Travel Realm expert, she might be able to barely deal with one giant eagle, but the two giant eagles were angry that she had caught their offspring and attacked jointly. Huo Xianglan only persisted for less than half an hour and was torn to pieces alive.
At that time, Yu Xiuping and the others were so scared that their souls almost flew out. They had been hiding in the forest and didn’t dare to show their heads, let alone go up to help. After the giant eagles tore Huo Xianglan apart, they circled in the sky for a long time before slowly leaving.
Originally, Yu Xiuping and the others thought they had escaped a disaster, but they don’t expect these two beasts to be so vengeful and finally found their traces today.
A cry of an eagle came out, and Yu Xiuping and the others broke out in cold sweat. A moment later, another cry of an eagle came from afar, echoing the previous one. Looking around, there was a black dot on each of the east and west sides quickly approaching here.
“Quick, quickly break this stone gate.” Yu Xiuping shouted in horror. “Otherwise, we will all die.”
Two sixth-order demonic beasts with the strength of their True Yuan Realm martial artists they simply couldn’t deal with them. Once caught, it would be a dead end.
There was no need for Yu Xiuping to remind them. Which of the remaining people wasn’t using all their strength to attack the stone door？ But although there were more and more cracks on the stone door, it still stood upright in front, blocking their way.
As the giant eagles quickly approached, one of the True Yuan Realm experts couldn’t bear the pressure of death. He immediately launched his movement technique and fled downward.
Come back！ Junior Brother Zhang, come back！” Yu Xiuping roared. “Put in more effort and we can break through this stone door and go in to hide. Where can you escape to now if you run away？
But that Junior Brother Zhang was no longer willing to stay. His feet were like the wind and he ran downward for his life.
The others had originally seen little hope. Stimulated by this Junior Brother Zhang, immediately another person gave up. He quickly said, “It’s better to run quickly. I’m afraid this stone door won’t be opened for a while. If we run away now, there’s still a glimmer of hope for survival！”
After saying that, he also rushed downward.
The number of people was originally insufficient. Suddenly, two people were missing. There was even less hope.
The others also stomped their feet hatefully and quickly scattered to flee for their lives.
Yang Kai hid himself tightly and didn’t dare to move at all.
Quietly raising his eyes to look, he saw the figures of two giant eagles quickly appear in the sky. Even though they were hundreds of zhang away, these giant eagles still looked extraordinary and imposing. If they really came close, Yang Kai estimated that they would be at least seven or eight zhang long.
Two pairs of sharp eagle eyes stared at the fleeing people of Yunxia below, and with a dive, they swooped down.
Not long after. A shrill and miserable scream came from afar and entered Yang Kai’s ears, making his heart tremble. Entering the ears of those Yunxia martial artists, it made them tremble with fear.
They knew that another person had been brutally killed by the giant eagle.
Almost at the same time when this scream stopped, another scream came out.
The second person was killed by the giant eagle.
True Yuan Jing, in the face of these sky hegemons as high as the sixth rank are as fragile as newborn babies and have no power to resist at all.
Yang Kai didn’t dare to make any rash moves. He lay prone in the same place and waited for a full day. After confirming that both the two giant eagles and the people of Yunxia had disappeared, he then quietly emerged from his hiding place.
His face was full of lingering fear！
Fortunately, he didn’t rely on the Yang Yan Wings to fly around randomly. Otherwise, if he encountered those two giant eagles, I’m afraid it would be more bad luck than good.
Frowning, he came to the stone gate. Yang Kai looked at the fragmented cracks, circulated his Yuan Qi, and punched over.
the stone gate shook, and the cracks became denser. The dense fog was not as gorgeous as before but instead had a feeling of being on the verge of exhaustion.
Sensing this, Yang Kai’s spirit was greatly invigorated, and he attacked the stone gate fiercely with one punch after another.
Who would have thought that after he had punched several hundred times, this stone door was still as it was before and had not broken at all.
“Strange！” Yang Kai frowned tightly.
After thinking about it, he called out in his heart. After waiting for a long time, a buzzing sound came, and it was the group of strange insects following behind Yang Kai.
These insects had been following not far behind Yang Kai. As long as there was any danger, Yang Kai would summon them to help, but he didn’t expect that they weren’t used at all along the way.
Pointing out those few big insects and asking them to spray mist at the stone door, Yang Kai wanted to try if those strange mists could erode the stone door.
The few big insects were quite obedient. After receiving the order, they came to the stone door and opened their mouths to spray out white mist.
Zi la la… A sound was heard, and the stone door was indeed corroded a little.
Seeing this scene, Yang Kai nodded and asked these big insects to keep spraying, while he sat aside and recovered.
After about less than an hour, Yang Kai suddenly heard a crash sound. Opening his eyes and looking, the stone door had broken, revealing a dark cave entrance.
Yang Kai did not rush in rashly but asked a group of strange insects to fly in first to find out the details.
Waiting outside for half a day, this group of strange insects flew back safely again.
After confirming that there was no danger inside, Yang Kai then stepped in. After entering, he ordered the strange insects to guard the cave entrance and even let those big insects spray out a layer of mist to block outside the cave entrance.
With the obstruction of these strange insects and the mist, Yang Kai believed that even if those people from Yunxia escaped the pursuit of the giant eagle and returned here, they would never be able to get in.
Walking all the way in, this cave was not straight but spiraled down all the way. Before walking far, Yang Kai felt extremely comfortable all over, as if in this cave, the energy of heaven and earth was extremely rich.
The further down he walked, the stronger this feeling became.
Continuing to go deep down for several hundred zhang, Yang Kai estimated that he had already come to the bottom of this solitary peak before seeing the end of the road.
Below was a huge and spacious space, and there were a little of light dotted on the stone walls making this place look a bit magnificent.
On both sides of the road, there was a row of stone shelves, divided into many layers, and there were some things placed on each layer.
Yang Kai walked over leisurely, came to the stone shelf, and took a look at the top layer with the help of that shred of light.
“Taiyi Sect？” Yang Kai looked at the three big characters engraved on the stone shelf, and his expression couldn’t help but be stunned.
He had heard of this sect before, exactly when traveling in Haicheng. It was the only transcendent force overseas that was comparable to the eight great families in Zhongdu. It had countless disciples, many experts, and was famous far and wide.
Could this sect have some connection with this place？
On the stone shelf engraved with the words Taiyi Sect, Yang Kai saw a precious seal. He reached out and picked it up. It was not light in weight. This precious seal should have been carved from a precious material. One could even say that this precious seal itself was a secret treasure.
After inspecting it for a while, Yang Kai discovered the two big characters Taiyi at the bottom of the precious seal.
This was indeed a precious treasure of the Taiyi Sect！ But how could it appear here？
With a hint of doubt, Yang Kai looked down at the next layer of the stone shelf.
This layer of the stone shelf was also engraved with words, and surprisingly, it was another large sect that Yang Kai had heard of.
“Ancient Cloud Island！”
Although the strength of this sect was not as good as that of the Taiyi Sect, it could still be regarded as a first-class force overseas. And what was placed on this layer of the stone shelf was a cultivation method.
Yang Kai casually flipped through it and only felt that this cultivation method was somewhat extraordinary. It should not be of low grade. At least it was a Heaven Rank cultivation method. But Yang Kai had already cultivated the True Yang Secret Art and also had the Yin-Yang Harmony Technique. He did not have a need for cultivation methods, so he casually put it down.
Looking further down, Yang Kai’s expression became more and more strange.
Each layer of this stone shelf was engraved with the name of a large sect, and then there were some things on each layer. Either martial arts techniques and cultivation methods, or secret treasures, or some tokens. They were strange and varied, and not the same.
These sects are all first-class and second-class forces overseas, there are more than a dozen of them. Third-class forces like Yunxia Sect simply don’t have the qualification to appear on the stone shelves.
If the guess is correct, then the things on these stone shelves are really the items owned by those sects. But, how could they all be gathered here？
Looking at it, Yang Kai suddenly remembered one thing.
That was a strange story heard in a teahouse in Haicheng.
It is said that three hundred years ago, there was such a person who sought all the large and small sects overseas, wanting to become a disciple of these sects. However, his qualifications were really a bit unsightly. Every time he went to a sect, he would be rejected and driven out. Even some sect disciples would taunt and beat him up. His perseverance was not bad. He visited all the sects in the entire overseas area, but still had no result.
Under the state of being disheartened, this person was also a bit desperate and even more hated those sects for not taking him in, vowing to definitely find the path of cultivation.
This matter was originally just a small thing. Those well-known large sects don’t know how many people who want to enter the sect they reject every year. He was just one of them.
But, thirty years later, a major event happened overseas. TheSect Leader’s seal of Taiyi Sect was lost. I don’t know which thief sneaked into the sect and stole it.
Immediately afterwards, the large sects overseas all spread the news that each had a precious treasure lost. Some of these things were very precious, and some were not necessarily very precious, but each one had a special meaning to these sects.
For a time, the major sects were on tenterhooks and in a state of unease, for fear that the thief would take a fancy to their own treasures. But even with all their precautions, they still could not avoid the fate of being stolen.
That elusive thief could always take away the things they guarded tightly in the most unlikely situations.
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