Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1024: Chapter 68: Where Is the Path to Immortality in This World? (30)

“Bring the charger to me.”

“Oh… oh oh, okay!”

Zhuifeng hurriedly rummaged through his backpack and handed the necessary item over to Big Brother Mo Xiaofei… the reason for his slightly slow reaction was because he was currently overwhelmed by the surroundings.

In a strange passageway.

As soon as the charger was plugged in, ‘Mo Xiaofei’ continued to look at the screen projected from the little box seized from Yun Hui—’Mo Xiaofei’ had been watching this thing all along.

Because he had never turned it off since he acquired it, the battery was running out quickly (mainly because Yun Hui was gone, so once it stopped, it would be impossible to start again).

This is the place known as ‘Emperor’s Cave Mansion.’

It was discovered recently by the Daoist Association, and later cooperatively developed with members of the Yao Association. During the development process, it seems a little-known figure obtained the most valuable treasure inside.

Although he didn’t know why Big Brother Mo Xiaofei came to this place on New Year’s Eve, Zhuifeng felt a sense of excitement instead.

Instead of staying in a resting place late at night, he ran outside seeking thrills; Zhuifeng often did these sorts of things too!

Moreover, before entering this place, he had casually knocked out a few individuals posted as guards outside the ‘Emperor’s Cave Mansion’.

However, since entering, Zhuifeng following Big Brother Mo Xiaofei couldn’t help but become a bit curious… slightly familiar with this place?

For example, a few minutes ago, when passing through a passage, he couldn’t resist touching some strange patterns on the stone wall due to curiosity and was sternly stopped. Big brother then demonstrated directly—those were incredibly dangerous traps.

Sharp arrows suddenly shot from the wall.

Reportedly, these arrows are coated with a special toxin— even an excellent martial artist or a strong monster would find themselves in great trouble if the poison touched them.

Most of the traps here are coated with a lethal poison refined by alchemy masters… but it should be big brother’s first time here; how does he know this so well?

Information recorded on the box Yun Hui snatched?

Zhuifeng didn’t ask too much for the moment, since entering this place, Big Brother Mo Xiaofei’s expression seemed to have turned a bit serious.

“Big brother, there’s a sound ahead.” At this time, Zhuifeng’s ears picked up slight noises, and he promptly reminded.

‘Mo Xiaofei’ furrowed his brows, glanced at Zhuifeng briefly, then whispered, “Let’s go have a look.”

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The construction of this ‘Emperor’s Cave Mansion’ is exceptionally large—it’s unimaginable from the outside entrance to think such a huge structure is hidden in the mountain.

Inside a spacious rock chamber, two men in their thirties are discussing something.

“Nothing, haven’t found anything at all.” One man sighed, “It’s hard to get our turn, but we might barely scrape by with leftovers… after all, we’re just small fry. If there’s any significant treasure left, it would’ve been found by the big shots already.”

The other man said helplessly, “In the end, if there’s anything valuable here at this point, it wouldn’t be our turn, right? It seems taking advantage of this New Year’s Eve opportunity is in vain, should’ve gone to the grand event hosted by the association big shots. Heard the Vermilion Bird Clan’s Banshee is incredibly beautiful!”

“Hmph! Lustful desires prevent you from becoming immortal!” The initial speaker admonished.

The other unconcernedly replied, “Balancing internal and external cultivation, what’s wrong with harmonizing Yin and Yang? Anyway, the inner core within a demon’s body is a treasure, if they wholeheartedly help us, naturally mana increases. Isn’t your manor also hiding a few banshees, providing you inner energy regularly? With strengthened prowess, you’d have a voice in the Daoist Association, far better than staying in this rundown place… who’s there?”

Their expressions suddenly turned sharp… Even calling themselves small fry, anyone who got approval to enter under the joint supervision of the associations indeed had certain strength.

One man waved his backhand swiftly, releasing a crescent-shaped ripple.

Within the spacious rock chamber, the ripple encountered something, slowed, and then spread towards both sides. At the slowest point, a figure gradually emerged.

The figure was slightly small, dressed in a black open-front robe, and wore a faceless white mask.

Upon its appearance, the two Taoists became alert, “Who are you? Rightfully, only the two of us are authorized to enter today! Have you trespassed?”

The mysterious figure with the faceless white mask spoke in a low, hoarse voice, indiscernible whether male or female, coldly sneered, “The current Taoism-cultivated field is indeed full of all kinds of scumbags… Conspiring to acquire a demon’s inner core, if revealed, you’d surely ruin your reputation, wouldn’t you?”

The man mocked, “Survival of the fittest. It’s the natural order to extract heavenly resources and spiritual energy. If demons are weak, providing us cultivation resources, why not… Anyway, you’re lurking mysteriously, trespassing here; I suppose you aren’t a good person either?”

“Though in recent years, decent people have surfaced within the Taoism field… Yet degenerates like yourselves will eventually cause issues. Might as well settle it here… end you!”

“Arrogant words!” One Taoist scoffed. He manipulated a seal with his hands, positioned it before himself, and then inflated his chest, forcefully blowing out air!

Simultaneously, a massive flame burst forth from the Taoist’s mouth. Like firing from a cannon, the flame exploded fiercely!

Seeing the intruder moving with incredible speed, dodging the flaming attack, but this flame followed by the Taoist’s head movement kept pursuing.

The intruder agilely maneuvered, instantly running up the wall—not only that, it disregarded gravity, using the wall as a stepping board, leapt onto the stone chamber’s ceiling, proceeding with ease in an upside-down sprint.

This process was extraordinarily swift.

“Watch out!”

The intruder flipped in midair, attempting to kick the flame-spewing Taoist, but at the last moment, his companion pushed him aside, evading the sudden offensive.

The kick landed forcefully on the solid floor, shattering it—both Taoists secretly frightened, such a blow without body-strengthening magic would be devastating!

“You vicious brute! Since that’s the case, we won’t hold back!” The flame-spewing Taoist’s face was contorted in anger.

The intruder coldly retorted, “Your supposed Daoist flame isn’t light either.”

“Perish!” The rear Taoist sternly exclaimed, placing both hands on the floor, “Earth Curse, Spike!”

Two sharp earth spikes shot from the ground beneath the intruder, clashing as they came, but the intruder evaded them effortlessly.

Its body flipped agilely in the air, scoffing, “So, Five Elements Sect scum… wasting time on you isn’t worth it!”

It landed on the ground.

However, the Taoists had already launched another attack.

Yet, as the intruder landed, several black shadows rapidly extended from its feet, reaching the two Taoists below, swiftly ensnaring them.

These shadows possessed incredible force, instantly binding and immobilizing the two Taoists.

“Go meet your ancestors.” The intruder waved his hand at that moment.

The shadows entwining the two Taoists suddenly contracted… A cracking sound of bones was heard as the shadows simultaneously twisted the necks of the two Taoists.

They fell to the ground, already dead.

Seeing that the two Taoists had been dealt with, the intruder let out a cold snort and took out a rolled-up piece of animal hide. He opened it and started studying it under the light of the stone chamber’s fire.

He muttered to himself, “The entrance, where on earth… Hmm?”

The intruder’s senses seemed incredibly sharp—for instance, at this moment, he detected that someone was peeping in this direction.

From beneath his legs, the black shadows extended rapidly, darting straight toward the entrance of the stone chamber!

At the entrance, there appeared two young men!

One carried himself with hands behind his back, fearless; the other had a large hiking bag and seemed quite bewildered and sluggish in response.

But at this moment, facing the shadow sneaking along the floor, the young man with his hands behind his back appeared completely unfazed, only letting out a derisive snort.

“Who are you?”

To his surprise, the intruder, wearing a white, expressionless mask, suddenly stopped the shadow just as it was about to attack… The shadow swiftly withdrew to the intruder’s feet.

“Oh?” The young man, hands behind his back… ‘Mo Xiaofei’ surprisingly took a look and said indifferently, “Why did you suddenly stop the attack?”

The intruder replied calmly, “I simply can’t stand these scum of the cultivation world, and I don’t kill the innocent… I have no quarrel with you, so why would I want to start one before understanding the situation? Now, why are you here?”

“This is my land, why shouldn’t I come?” ‘Mo Xiaofei’ suddenly said something that left both parties astonished.

Zhuifeng and the intruder both looked at ‘Mo Xiaofei’ in wonder.

“Calling yourself… my land?” The intruder was obviously taken aback; even though the mask hid his true face, from his tone, it was undoubtedly quite peculiar.

“The boss is having an episode again…” Zhuifeng rubbed his forehead, murmuring quietly with slight annoyance.

The intruder suddenly chuckled a few times, “Experts in the Taoism-cultivated field have confirmed that this is a secret cave mansion of Mount Tai’s God Dongyue the Great Emperor. You call yourself my land and claim this place is yours… Could it be you’re actually Dongyue the Great Emperor himself?”

‘Mo Xiaofei’ suddenly sneered, “Daoist Association experts? Dongyue the Great Emperor’s cave? Such absurd words, and some actually believe it?”

“What do you mean by that?” The intruder’s voice grew more sullen.

Unexpectedly, Zhuifeng suddenly blinked and appeared instantly in front of the intruder… His incredible speed left the intruder astounded, watching Zhuifeng in shock and uncertainty, while he quickly retreated a few steps and assumed a guarded stance.

“I have no ill intentions!” Zhuifeng raised his hands in a clumsy gesture.

The intruder clearly didn’t let his guard down because of Zhuifeng’s words.

Zhuifeng lowered his voice, speaking softly, “Don’t mind him, my boss has been a bit off recently!”

Hmm…

The intruder remained silent but still didn’t relax his vigilance.

Zhuifeng suddenly said, “By the way, have I seen you somewhere before? You seem really familiar… like I’ve seen you somewhere?”

Just at this moment.

Footsteps and voices could be heard from outside… It seemed to be the patrol team inside the cave mansion.

‘Mo Xiaofei’ and Zhuifeng had knocked out the guards outside, but whether there were others inside the cave mansion was unknown—like these dead Taoists and this intruder, both were beyond ‘Mo Xiaofei’ and Zhuifeng’s expectations.

“This isn’t a place for you to be; if there’s nothing else, leave quickly!”

The words sounded like a warning.

When Zhuifeng turned back, the mysterious intruder had already disappeared from in front of him, “I really feel like I’ve seen him somewhere…”

Zhuifeng pondered, that vaguely familiar feeling.

But ‘Mo Xiaofei’ had already walked over, and under Zhuifeng’s astonished gaze, ‘Mo Xiaofei’ didn’t seem to dodge at all, heading straight toward a wall in the stone chamber.

It looked like he would crash into it!

“Boss…”

As Zhuifeng was about to speak, ‘Mo Xiaofei’ waved his arm gently… A miraculous thing happened, the heavy wall suddenly cracked, retracting to both sides.

‘Mo Xiaofei’ said nothing and walked straight in.

“Boss, wait for me!” Zhuifeng quickly followed, not caring about the familiarity with the intruder anymore.

But… could what the boss said about this being his place actually be true?

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Emmmmmm…

Song Da and Song San both had the same expression at the moment.

The place they were currently in, according to Song San, he only discovered by currying favor with a Taoist from Wolong Mountain Villa—the entrance to the legendary cave mansion.

Yet, this supposedly crucial place was nothing like they imagined—just an inconspicuous broken hole.

However, in front of this entrance, there were four guys lying unconscious in different Taoist robes… Not dead, just knocked out.

“Hmm, it seems they’ve been knocked out by someone, though I don’t know what happened… Anyway, shall we grab some gear first?” Song San suddenly suggested.

Alright… Song Da had already begun to move.