Chapter 1015: There is a Supreme Treasure Inside

The Empress's gaze, which had pierced through the stone gate to land upon the Immortal Remains, was withdrawn as she murmured in her heart.

In the end, she looked at the other seven stone gates surrounding her, excluding the one she was currently at.

After scanning them one by one, the Empress's eyes narrowed slightly at the third stone gate. She then closed her eyes, sat cross-legged, and waited in silence.

Behind that closed third stone gate, which she had been staring at, stood the black-robed figure—who had been acting strangely ever since arriving at this place where the Great Emperor Ming Yan had gone into seclusion, his entire body wrapped in iron chains.

He was standing right there.

His eyes were fixed intently on the stone gate before him, as if his gaze could also pierce through it to observe the underground palace behind the gate and the black crystal on the hands of the Immortal Remains.

He did not act rashly; instead, with a gloomy expression, he chose to sit cross-legged and wait as well.

At the same time, within this Rain World, all the other parties were also using their own knowledge and various methods to approach the location of the underground palace.

They were searching for the stone gates that led there.

In terms of searching, they held the advantage; on one hand, they each possessed intelligence and had some understanding of the place where Great Emperor Ming Yan had gone into seclusion.

On the other hand, due to their cultivation bases, it was easier for them to perceive the location of the gates.

It could be said that everyone who had come to this place where Great Emperor Ming Yan had gone into seclusion, with the exception of Xu Qing and Chen Erniu, were powerful experts with deep schemes.

Only Xu Qing and Chen Erniu were like headless flies, completely ignorant of the gates and the underground palace within this Rain World.

Moreover, their fate was full of twists and turns. After watching the elderly Sovereign depart, they had to summon the corpses from the graveyard dozens more times before they finally managed to truly satiate that family of heads.

During this process, they didn't even have time to check their storage bags.

This kind of consumption left both Xu Qing and Chen Erniu physically and mentally exhausted.

However, there was a benefit: their use of the gray mist had changed from rough and unfamiliar at the beginning to much more proficient, and it had even reached a level of precision.

Especially Chen Erniu; as the main force, under this passive practice, he was now approaching perfection.

As for freedom... although they still didn't have it, after the family of heads was full, they coiled around Xu Qing and Chen Erniu, roared through the sky for a while, and then returned to their lair.

The location of their lair was a peerless great tomb!

This tomb was like a great mountain.

Throughout their journey, Xu Qing and Chen Erniu had never seen such a vast mountain; its height seemed to touch the sky limitlessly, and its expanse was like a giant city, standing there as if it were the peak of this world.

Inside the tomb, there existed multiple underground palaces and a large number of restrictions, but for the return of this family, these restrictions all became mere decorations.

After returning to the lair, the family of heads dispersed; the two large heads went to the main palace and fell into a deep sleep.

The small heads also returned to their respective subordinate palaces and fell into a stupor.

It was truly because they had eaten too much this time, and now they were all digesting what they had gained.

For a time, thunderous breathing sounds rose and fell within the underground palace.

And the freedom that Xu Qing and Chen Erniu had lost was partially returned.

"Only a tomb this large could bury this family..."

"And looking at it this way, this family must have also been corpses once, only for some unknown reason, they developed intelligence and experienced a certain degree of revival."

Chen Erniu glanced at Xu Qing. The two locked eyes, and after waiting for a moment to confirm that the family was fast asleep, they carefully retreated, wanting to find a way to leave.

But soon, the two sighed.

Their freedom was only to a certain extent.

They could move normally within this graveyard, but they could not leave.

The restrictions were one thing—they weren't impossible to resolve—but the most important problem was that they discovered that once they moved a certain distance away, a sense of heart palpitations would arise.

The thunderous snoring would pause, as if the large head would wake up in the next instant.

"Damn it, they are completely preventing us from escaping."

"They must have never been this full before, so they're addicted!"

Chen Erniu said indignantly, checking the items he had obtained from the Sovereign; it seemed that only by calculating his gains could he balance his heart a little.

Xu Qing, however, had a thoughtful look in his eyes. He didn't look at the items Chen Erniu was checking, but instead looked around. After his gaze swept past the directions of each underground palace, he suddenly spoke.

"Senior Brother, according to your theory from that desolate planet before..."

"You judged that there must be opportunities where Ming Yan is, so the more barren and desperate the place, the more likely it is to contain fortune."

"Then... what about here?"

Xu Qing's eyes had a deep glint.

"I observed the number of underground palaces here; it perfectly matches this family, and when they returned, those restrictions were intact, yet they didn't hinder them in the slightest."

"Then, there is a high probability that this really is the graveyard of this family."

"If these judgments are correct, how did they revive? Is it because there is some opportunity or fortune here that caused them to undergo different changes compared to other corpses!"

Xu Qing said, looking at Chen Erniu.

Chen Erniu was thoughtful, and upon hearing the latter part, his eyes lit up.

"Not bad, Little Ah Qing, your analysis is actually exactly the same as what I was thinking!"

"I was just about to say that we should search this place thoroughly."

Chen Erniu rubbed his hands and looked around.

Xu Qing naturally wouldn't argue with Chen Erniu about whose idea it was. Seeing that his Senior Brother agreed, they didn't hesitate and each dispersed to look for suspicious areas.

Just like that, time slowly passed.

Soon, seven days passed.

The family was still in a deep sleep, clearly not going to wake up on their own anytime soon. In these seven days, Xu Qing and Chen Erniu had searched almost every place they could.

Even the subordinate palaces where the small heads slept were explored by the two separately.

But they gained nothing regarding opportunities.

Everything in this underground palace was empty; even if there were some items, they had all decayed and lost their meaning.

Thus, in the end, the two of them appeared outside the main palace tomb where the two large heads were located.

This was the only place they could think of that might contain opportunities that they hadn't entered yet.

"Could it be inside?"

Chen Erniu's breathing became slightly rapid.

Xu Qing's eyes had a sharp glint.

Although stepping into the main tomb where the two large heads were located was dangerous, since things had already reached this point, even if it were dangerous, it couldn't be much worse.

So after looking at each other, they both gritted their teeth hard and stepped into the main tomb.

The moment they entered, the thunderous snoring was deafening.

The two large heads, stuck together, were lying there, fast asleep.

And the entire main tomb, similar to the outside, was empty, with no miscellaneous items, except... at the very end, there was a stone gate.

This gate exuded an ancient feel, and the imprints carved upon it also radiated a sense of time, as if it had existed for a very, very long time.

The moment they saw this gate, Xu Qing and Chen Erniu's minds were stirred.

They had searched everywhere, and only this stone gate gave them a strange feeling.

Thus, after the two locked eyes, they checked the two huge heads again, then carefully moved forward, finally arriving before the gate.

The instant they stood there, Xu Qing and Chen Erniu's pupils contracted.

At such close range, the ancient aura from this gate was even more intense, and at the same time, there was a thick aura of death, seemingly slowly seeping out from within the gate.

"There is a supreme treasure inside!!"

Chen Erniu's breathing was rapid. After sniffing a few times, his eyes shone with intense, crazy light.

"According to my premonition, and my intuition from treasure hunting in the past, Little Ah Qing, the treasure inside is incredible!!"

Chen Erniu licked his lips and stepped forward quickly. After touching the stone gate with his hand, he felt his heartbeat accelerate, confirming his judgment even more, and he pushed hard with his hand.

The gate didn't budge.

Even when Xu Qing also raised his hand and they pushed together, the stone gate only trembled a few times and was not opened.

Chen Erniu became anxious.

A blue light flashed in his eyes, and he gave Xu Qing a look. Xu Qing immediately turned around and looked at the two large heads in deep sleep.

His gaze finally landed on the head that had captured them and brought them here, and he bowed with cupped fists.

"Senior, thank you for your care throughout this journey."

"And if Senior brought us here without the intention of letting us open this gate, this junior would not believe it."

"Since that is the case, I ask Senior to assist us a little."

Throughout this journey, although the large head hadn't transmitted any words and everything seemed to be instinctive behavior, the previously seen half-smiling expression had always lingered in Xu Qing's mind.

And there was the tacit approval of their extortion of the Sovereign...

So Xu Qing didn't believe the other party lacked intelligence. Based on this judgment, bringing them here and letting them pass by and push the gate—there was a reason for this.

This was clearly also Chen Erniu's judgment, so as Xu Qing turned and bowed, Chen Erniu also bowed deeply.

The snoring sound vanished instantly.

The two heads slowly opened their eyes and stared at Xu Qing and the other.

Then, as their gaze shifted to the stone gate, their expressions became heavy and solemn, and an intense sense of wariness arose.

But in the end... perhaps Xu Qing and Chen Erniu's judgment was correct, or perhaps for other reasons, the two large heads looked at each other and blew a breath at the same time.

These two breaths landed silently on the stone gate.

The stone gate suddenly roared. Xu Qing and Chen Erniu seized the opportunity, each erupting with all their might to push.

Finally, amidst the intense shaking of the stone gate, a crack was pushed open.

The moment the crack appeared, the aura of death spread out, accompanied by the fluctuations of Dao marks.

Xu Qing and Chen Erniu's hearts were shaken, because through this crack, their gaze pierced through and saw a scene... a vast underground palace that formed a storm in their minds and stirred up huge waves.

Countless skeletons, an altar piled high.

The kneeling of the Immortal remains, as well as a vast amount of inheritance imprints and Dao mark authority.

And floating all around... pieces of Great Emperor treasures.

"Great Emperor Ming Yan, the place of seclusion!"

These eight words instantly surfaced in Xu Qing and Chen Erniu's minds.

At the same time, they also noticed that there were other stone gates in this underground palace.

Some were closed, while others were... opened.

And behind the opened stone gates, there were figures sitting cross-legged.

A total of three.

They were exactly the cultivators from the West Moyu who had entered the Dao Platform with them from the outside!

The moment Xu Qing and Chen Erniu looked at them, these three parties also raised their heads, their gazes instantly piercing through the crack in the stone gate where Xu Qing and the other were.

They exchanged a glance with them. ===== CHAPTER 1018 =====