Peerless Medical Emperor

As he spoke, Chen Yuan pushed again with all his might, but to his surprise, the door still wouldn’t budge.

Chen Yuan was exasperated.

”Master, what’s going on? I can’t even push open a simple palace gate.”

Chen Yuan said with a wry smile.

”Let me.”

Chen Qingdi strode over.

But when he reached the palace gate, Chen Qingdi didn’t act immediately.

Instead, he stood before the entrance, examining it for a moment.

Chen Yuan was confused. ’What is Chen Qingdi trying to do? Why has he stopped?’

Just as he was wondering what was happening, he saw Chen Qingdi crouch down and tap a few times beneath the large palace gate.

After a few taps, a low HUM could be heard.

Then, the great palace gate actually began to open slowly.

Chen Yuan was stunned by this sight.

”That’s it?”

Chen Yuan said, his face a mask of disbelief.

”The mechanism is in the threshold of the gate.”

”It was nothing. Come on, let’s hurry inside and meet up with the others.”

Chen Qingdi said.

”Alright.”

Chen Yuan said no more and followed Chen Qingdi directly into the main hall.

As they stepped into the underwater palace, there was a low HUM, and the great doors to the hall slowly closed once more.

Once inside, Chen Qingdi and Chen Yuan looked around.

They didn’t see Master Hei or the others.

”Mu Qingfeng! Qingyan!”

Chen Yuan shouted.

But after shouting a few times, he received no response.

This made Chen Yuan a bit embarrassed.

”Master, could it be that they’re not here at all?”

”Should we get out of here quickly?”

Chen Yuan said.

”We just got here. You shout twice and you can be sure they’re not here?”

”Do you have any idea how big this palace is, or where we are inside it?”

Chen Qingdi said, looking at Chen Yuan.

”Right, right... so, we keep moving forward?”

Chen Yuan asked.

”Of course we’re moving forward. What else would we do, retreat?”

Chen Qingdi said in exasperation.

This palace was enormous and eerily empty. Walking through the desolate main hall gave Chen Yuan the feeling of being stranded in the wilderness.

It wasn’t a pleasant feeling.

As the two of them were walking, they suddenly heard a commotion up ahead.

The two of them immediately ran toward the sound.

Soon, they saw Master Hei and the others.

”It’s Master Hei and his group.”

”They really are here.”

”Let’s go over.”

Chen Yuan said.

”Alright.”

Chen Qingdi nodded.

Then he followed Chen Yuan and walked over.

Zhao Tong turned, saw Chen Qingdi approaching, and hurriedly waved him over.

”Lord Medical Emperor, you’ve finally come!”

”We’re in trouble.”

Zhao Tong shouted.

Only then did the others notice Chen Qingdi’s arrival.

They had all been focused on Murong Fei’s situation, so they hadn’t noticed him.

Besides, the palace was filled with loud echoes.

They didn’t realize they were there until Chen Qingdi and Chen Yuan were very close.

”What’s wrong?”

Chen Yuan asked curiously.

”Haven’t you noticed that someone’s missing?”

Guan Shanyuan glanced at Chen Yuan.

After taking a careful look at the group, Chen Yuan finally realized who was gone.

”Murong Fei is missing.”

Chen Yuan said.

”That’s right.”

”He’s trapped in the Eight Trigrams Tribulation.”

”Lord Medical Emperor, it seems you’re the only one who can save him.”

Qingyan said, pointing to a shimmering thicket up ahead.

”How long have you been here?”

Chen Qingdi asked.

”We don’t know. We weren’t paying attention when we came in.”

”Besides, our phones died a long time ago.”

”But Zhao Tong brought a watch.”

”Zhao Tong, do you know how long we’ve been here?”

Guan Shanyuan looked toward Zhao Tong.

Zhao Tong shook his head as well.

”My watch got waterlogged after we came in. It stopped working.”

Zhao Tong said.

Chen Qingdi’s gaze was fixed on the thicket ahead.

He watched Murong Fei darting back and forth inside the thicket.

’It won’t be easy for him to get out of there,’ he thought.

’But if I give him a few pointers, he should be able to get out quickly.’

”Murong Fei, what’s your condition?”

Chen Qingdi asked, his voice carrying to Murong Fei.

”My Inner Strength is almost completely drained.”

”There are too many bushes in here, and they shoot out Hidden Weapons. I can’t find a way out.”

Murong Fei said.

But it was clear from his voice that he was already very weak.

”Don’t worry. Move thirty paces to your left and strike out with your palm. Then, go straight for the thicket on your left side. After that, take thirty paces forward, and you will break this Eight Trigrams Tribulation.”

Chen Qingdi instructed.

Although Murong Fei didn’t know if Chen Qingdi was right, he had no other choice at this point. He followed Chen Qingdi’s instructions, and just as promised, he walked out of the trap.

However, the moment Murong Fei was free, his strength gave out and he collapsed to the ground.

In truth, he had already exhausted his energy within the thicket. If he hadn’t been holding on by a thread, he would have already died inside.

Seeing Murong Fei collapse, Master Hei rushed over, helped him up, and brought him before Chen Qingdi.

”Lord Medical Emperor, this place isn’t safe.”

”We need to leave here at once.”

Murong Fei said, his voice faint.

”I know.”

”But I’m afraid we won’t be able to leave just yet.”

Chen Qingdi said.

”Why not?”

Zhao Tong asked, looking puzzled.

”Because we have company.”

”People from the Evil God Hall.”

”Did you think a massive underwater palace like this could operate without anyone controlling it?”

”Who knows how much effort they spent to construct such a place.”

”A place like this is bound to be filled with traps, but you didn’t run into any right when you got here, did you?”

Chen Qingdi said.

It was just as Chen Qingdi said. When they first arrived, they hadn’t run into any traps right away.

Could someone really be controlling everything here? Did that mean their enemies knew their every move and had simply been waiting to act?

”HAHAHA!”

”You’re right!”

”This is one of the Evil God Hall’s branch locations—an underwater palace of traps.”

A bone-chilling voice suddenly echoed through the hall.

Then came the grinding sound of machinery. Hearing it, everyone turned their eyes toward the source.