Chapter 2898
byYang Tai seemed very interested in that Years Fruit. At this moment, he left Gong Yue and stayed beside Yang Kai, trying to insinuate the identity of Yang Kai’s “friend”.
Yang Kai naturally wouldn’t tell the truth. The topic was skillfully diverted. Yang Tai didn’t dare to show too much eagerness either. In the end, it could only be left unresolved, and he walked away resentfully.
The scene immediately became quiet. The seven of them were all sitting cross-legged to rest, waiting for the arrival of night.
A wisp of intangible and traceless spiritual sense suddenly extended towards Yang Kai. Immediately following, Yang Kai heard Hua Yulu’s secret voice transmission: “Is there a problem?”
Although she was a woman as the Palace master of Hundred Flowers Palace she was naturally not a simple little girl. Yang Kai’s previous performance made her notice some clues, so she quietly asked.
Yang Kai responded without showing any expression： “Once we enter that ancient cave abode, don’t leave within three zhang of me.”
Hua Yulu was slightly surprised： “Is there really a problem？”
If there was no problem, Yang Kai wouldn’t have given such instructions. But no matter how she looked, she couldn’t see anything, so she couldn’t help but feel suspicious in her heart.
Yang Kai said： “You should have heard about the opening of the Four Seasons Land many years ago, right？”
Hua Yulu replied： “I’ve heard of it. I also heard that Senior Brother Yang, you refined the Supreme Wonderful Pill in there.”
The Four Seasons Realm is not a small secret realm. It is a palace left behind by the Great Emperor of Time. Every time opens, only the most outstanding Dao Source Realm martial artists in the Southern Territory can enter it for training, and a lot of benefits can be brought out each time.
The most recent opening of the Four Seasons Realm caused a great stir. One reason was that Yang Kai refined the Taimiao Pill, such an divine pill, inside it which greatly increased Yang Kai’s reputation. The second reason was that an ancient Holy Spirit – the fierce beast Qiongqi walked out from the Four Seasons Realm!
The birth of a Holy Spirit cannot be ignored by anyone, not to mention that it is a fierce beast that was also famous for its ferocity in ancient times. It is said that this Qiongqi was the mount of the Great Emperor of Time back then. After the Great Emperor fell, Qiongqi has been sleeping in the Time Shrine until the most recent opening of the Four Seasons Realm, and it walked out from it.
In the following few years, the powerhouses in the Southern Territory were often on tenterhooks, fearing that this Qiongqi would do evil. But to everyone’s surprise, Qiongqi has disappeared without a trace since then and has not been heard from. As time passed, everyone’s attention to Qiongqi gradually weakened.
Hua Yulu also deliberately inquired about Yang Kai’s affairs because she had experienced Yang Kai’s strength several times and was going to explore the ancient cave with him this time, so she also knew some information about the Four Seasons Realm back then.
Looking back, at that time she was already a Great Emperor, while Yang Kai had just entered the Dao Source Realm. But now Yang Kai could actually stand on equal footing with her, and she even had to rely on him for her own safety.
After such a comparison, Hua Yulu’s mood was inexplicably complicated.
“I once met a descendant of the Gong family in the Four Seasons Land and got a Time Fruit with him there.” Yang Kai replied.
Hua Yulu said in surprise, “You guys are really lucky.”
Yang Kai smiled lightly and said, “The world only knows that the Time Fruit can prolong life, but they don’t know that there are two kinds of Time Fruits. One kind can indeed prolong a person’s life, but the other kind is poisonous. If you eat it by mistake, it will make the years pass by and make you age rapidly. The two kinds of Time Fruits look no different on the surface, but their effects are completely opposite.”
“There is such a thing？” Hua Yulu was slightly surprised. Although she was a Great Emperor, she didn’t really understand pharmacology. But thinking that Yang Kai could refine the Supreme Wonderful Pill at that time, he must have extraordinary attainments in the way of alchemy and naturally wouldn’t be unfamiliar with the Time Fruit.
He said that he and that descendant of the Gong family each got a Time Fruit. With his attainments in pharmacology, he would definitely choose the Time Fruit that could prolong life. In other words, the descendant of the Gong family took the poisonous Time Fruit back.
Maybe someone in the Gong family was deeply harmed by it…
However, this is not very likely. Because even if the people of the Gong family don’t know the power of the Years Fruit, they will definitely find someone to refine it into a pill first. And the Emperor Dan Master must have some understanding of the Years Fruit. If that’s really the case, the Gong family should have a thorough understanding of the information about the Years Fruit.
But what Gong Yue said just now…
With this thought in mind, Hua Yulu was shocked in her heart and immediately understood where the problem lay.
“Of course, this is just my suspicion. This old master Gong seems to have been in secluded cultivation all the time. Maybe he doesn’t know what’s going on in the family. But it’s always right to be careful in everything.”
Hua Yulu nodded in deep agreement and didn’t communicate with Yang Kai any more, so as not to be discovered by others.
After breaking off the connection with Hua Yulu, Yang Kai slightly raised his eyes and looked at another person. If his suspicion is really correct, then this person also has a problem！
Tonight is a moonless night, with stars twinkling brightly all over the sky. But in the South Marsh, this night view cannot be appreciated. The poisonous miasma covering the earth has covered everything up.
When everyone waited until the third watch, they suddenly noticed something and opened their eyes together.
“Shh…” Yang Tai put a finger to his mouth, indicating that everyone should be quiet, and then restrained his whole body’s breath and even used the concealment method. If you don’t look with your naked eyes, I’m afraid no one will be able to find his existence.
Hua Yulu and Wu Kuangi clearly also knew what was going to happen and concealed themselves like Yang Tai one after another.
The other several people followed suit and restrained their auras.
Bubbles rose in the puddles in the swamp, as if something was about to rush out from below the swamp. And in the perception of everyone, there was indeed the breath of life rising from an extremely deep position.
After a short while, a figure several feet long suddenly came into the sight of everyone.
It was a strange-looking thing that looked somewhat like a crocodile and somewhat like a lizard. It had eight claws, a long tail, and two big eyes on its head bulging high like a toad. When it crawled, its long core in its mouth flickered, as if a poisonous snake was looking for prey. Not only that, but it also exuded a foul smell that made people want to vomit when they smelled it.
This thing was extremely ugly. Even though the two female cultivators had extraordinary cultivation bases, they couldn’t help but show disgusted expressions. Yang Tai, however, looked at them with great interest, as if they were some delicious delicacies.
More and more monsters crawled out of the puddles, continuously and continuously. At the beginning, there were only dozens or hundreds of them, but soon they covered the sky and the earth.
None of the Emperor Senior Stage experts present recognized what these things were. They should be a type of Demonic Beast because there were traces of Demonic Qi on their bodies, but their strength was not great. At most, they were only at the Fifth or Sixth-Order level, and some might not even have condensed their Inner Cores yet.
Any one of the people present could easily wipe out a large number of such Demonic Beasts. No one knew how they had managed to survive in such a harsh environment. Although the few of them had not encountered any danger on their way here, they had also noticed that there were many ferocious Demonic Beasts hidden beneath the swamp.
Their only advantage was their huge numbers.
These monsters crawled out from beneath the swamp and moved towards the poisonous miasma in front with a unified goal. A rustling sound was heard on the way, which made people involuntarily get goosebumps.
Soon, some of the monsters in the front row reached the poisonous miasma. Under the close attention of Yang Kai and the others, these monsters spat out their long tongues, rolled them up and retracted them. A shocking scene appeared. The poisonous miasma that could even kill an Emperor Senior Stage 2 cultivator was actually swallowed into the abdomens of these monsters, and they were still safe and sound after swallowing it.
They actually fed on this poisonous miasma, and the stronger the toxin of the poisonous miasma, the more delicious it was for them.
One monster could only roll away a tiny bit of insignificant poisonous miasma, and it would also be quickly replenished by the surrounding poisonous miasma.
But what if there were tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of them…
As the tongues flickered in and out, the poisonous barrier blocking the front actually became thinner visible to the naked eye. Even with the rapid replenishment of the poisonous barrier around, it couldn’t withstand the devouring of these monsters.
More and more monsters moved towards the interior of the poisonous barrier. Wherever they passed, a path that could allow everyone to move forward safely was gradually opened up for them.
Several people who saw this situation for the first time all showed a sudden realization, and then they understood what Yang Tai meant during the day.
All things are born in nature, and indeed one thing restrains another. If not seen with their own eyes, who could have imagined that these monsters with only the strength of level five or six could devour the poisonous barrier that even the Emperor Venerable Realm couldn’t resist？
And listening to what Yang Tai said before, these monsters didn’t seem to come out every night. It seemed that there was a specific time for them to do so. Otherwise, Yang Tai wouldn’t have said that everyone happened to catch up.
That the ancient cave mansion could be discovered was simply a miracle. All kinds of coincidences were indispensable.
However, if not for this, that ancient cave mansion wouldn’t have been left until now. If it was really easy to be discovered, someone would have taken the lead long ago.
Although the night was thick and there was no light at all, everyone’s strength was not bad, and the night couldn’t hinder their observation either.
The poisonous barrier that blocked them during the day gradually became thinner in the front of these numerous monsters and gradually led to the deeper part.
However, Yang Tai didn’t move, and the others didn’t dare to move around casually either. They were all quietly waiting.
After waiting for a full two hours or so, and seeing that the sky was almost bright, Yang Tai suddenly let out a low shout： “Let’s go！”
As soon as the words fell, he was the first to urge the Emperor Yuan and fly forward at a high speed, following the passage opened up by those monsters, all the way inward.
Gong Yue and Bing Ru, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately followed. Wu Kuangyi and Fang Zhuo were in a better position and rushed in the second batch, only a dozen zhang away from the leading Yang Tai.
Yang Kai and Hua Yuluo fell behind again. Yang Kai pushed her and let Hua Yuluo walk in front. This move made Hua Yuluo’s heart feel slightly warm and greatly increased her sense of security.
As soon as the seven people here had any movement, they immediately alarmed those monsters that were devouring the poisonous barrier. They changed their previous quiet camouflage and actually all let out a shrill chirping sound. The sound was transmitted into the ears, like the friction of gold and iron, making people feel flustered and confused.
Not only that, but also some monsters jumped high from the ground and rolled their tongues towards the few people, as if trying to drag them down.
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