Chapter 490: The Conspiracy of the Xuan Yuan Imperial Family

Three days later, the heads of the eight great clans of Xuan Yuan City gathered together in that small pavilion, sitting around, each with a livid face, looking like they were about to explode with anger.

"Damn! We were played by that little brat. He actually sold the address of the ancient tomb to everyone!"

"So many people know about this place, it's impossible to hide it. It won't be long before all forces will know and will all rush over to get a share of the pie."

"We who bought the intelligence with treasures are considered suckers! Damn!"

The Jiang Clan head patted the stone table heavily in anger, almost going crazy.

"Sigh! Careless! I thought that with the honesty Gu here, this trading conference could absolutely be trusted, so I relaxed my vigilance."

"Who would have thought that this child was so sinister and cunning, actually playing such a hand on us. Our eight great families were truly pitted miserably by him."

The Han Clan head sighed heavily and said dejectedly.

"Since things have come to this, we can only admit our bad luck. At least in front of the honesty Gu, the fact that there is an ancient tomb here is absolutely true."

The head of the Lan Clan, one of the eight great families of Xuan Yuan City, said at this time: "I just used Gu insects to investigate. There is indeed an ancient tomb with a very wide area vertically downward from the pavilion."

"It's just that this ancient tomb is buried extremely deep. To dig a thief hole for people to walk straight, it will take a very long time."

"And this ancient tomb is not simple. The tomb-protecting array is extremely difficult to shake. Even if our eight great families join forces, it will take a long time to break the tomb-protecting great array."

"It's impossible to hide from everyone if we stay here for a long time with so many people."

"What's more, this place is not far from Xuan Yuan City. At the speed of a Gu King, it's a three-day journey. First of all, we can't hide from the eyes and ears of the Xuan Yuan Imperial Family."

Hearing the four words "Xuan Yuan Imperial Family," all the clan heads' faces sank.

No matter how big their eight great families of Xuan Yuan City were, they couldn't be bigger than the imperial family. The imperial family could mobilize the power of the whole country and order the Gu cultivators of all major families in the country, including their eight great families.

If the imperial family knew that there was a large ancient tomb not far from Xuan Yuan City and became interested, sending imperial powerhouses to come, that would truly be a difficult thing for them to handle.

If the Xuan Yuan Emperor spoke up and wanted the big share, would they dare to disobey the imperial order?

"What should we do? This place is too close to the Xuan Yuan Imperial City, it's impossible to hide from the imperial family."

The head of the Yan Clan, one of the eight great families, frowned tightly and said worriedly.

"What else can we do? The money we bought the address of the ancient tomb must have been spent in vain. Just admit our fate. It's impossible to enjoy the treasures in the tomb alone, but it's impossible for us not to get a single treasure. At least we can get our money back."

"Let's figure out who left the ancient tomb below first. Clan Head Lan, have your Gu insects found out the identity of the tomb owner?"

The Jiang Clan head looked at him with an expectant look and asked.

Finding out the identity of the tomb owner could completely judge whether the tomb was a poor tomb or a rich tomb. If the tomb owner was an emperor, then don't even think about it, the imperial tomb must be rich in oil.

The Lan Clan head shook his head with a bitter smile and sighed: "It's very difficult to judge the identity of the tomb owner just from the appearance of the ancient tomb."

"If you want to know the identity of the tomb owner, I'm afraid you need to break the outer array and at least get a funerary object to have a possibility of knowing the identity of the tomb owner."

"However, this tomb is very large, and the funerary objects inside must be extremely numerous. It absolutely cannot be a poor tomb."

"It's not a poor tomb, that's good. As long as it's not a poor tomb, we can get our money back." The Han Clan head nodded and said excitedly: "Since the news of the ancient tomb has been confirmed, let our eight great families start digging the thief hole now."

"Take one step at a time, dig the thief hole first."

The other clan heads nodded, greeted the Gu cultivators of the family they led one after another, and started digging the thief hole in full swing.

Xuan Yuan City, in the palace.

A majestic man sat on a dragon chair, looking at the silk on the table. What was recorded on the silk was the list of the top ten rankings of this Western Regions Genius Tournament.

"Can you contact these five people: Zhang Renshan, Long Dan, Qin Mingyue, Mu Yi, and Jiu Qingqing?" The Xuan Yuan Emperor suddenly raised his head and asked an old man standing opposite.

"They have all been contacted, but these five people all refused to join the Xuan Yuan Empire. No matter how big the conditions I offered, I couldn't move them."

Xuan Yuan Zhi replied expressionlessly, not restrained at all under the emperor's majesty.

The Xuan Yuan Emperor frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "The other geniuses have their own forces behind them, so it's normal not to recruit them. I didn't expect that even this poor loose cultivator Zhang Renshan wouldn't look down on my small temple."

The displeasure could be clearly seen on the Xuan Yuan Emperor's expression.

"This person cultivated the number one body refining cultivation method in the world, the 'Nine Heavens Ten Earths I Am the Only One Supreme Art.' Once this art is cultivated, one is invincible in the world. It's normal for him to have broader space in the Central Region and not look down on my Xuan Yuan Empire." Xuan Yuan Zhi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"The number one body refining cultivation method in the world, huh? This art is truly mouth-watering. Since he doesn't give face, and he hasn't grown up yet, and there is no force behind him, then wipe him out in time, and by the way, snatch the number one body refining cultivation method in the world."

"Do this secretly, don't reveal any flaws." The Xuan Yuan Emperor narrowed his eyes, and a faint murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Xuan Yuan Zhi nodded and said seriously: "He is still in the city at this time, so it's not convenient to do it. If I'm not mistaken, he is waiting for the news of that ancient tomb and is preparing to go in and get a share of the pie."

"All geniuses are like this. Only when they encounter opportunities will they join in even if it's dangerous."

"Qin Mingyue is also in the city, maybe she is also waiting for the news of the ancient tomb. The other three geniuses left early, so they are already not in the city."

The Xuan Yuan Emperor's mouth curled up and smiled: "In this way, it's easy to handle. Isn't it easy to kill someone in an ancient tomb without anyone knowing? By then, Zhang Renshan will die in the tomb, and outsiders will suspect that he died of the dangers in the tomb, and won't suspect us."

"Since Qin Mingyue also intends to enter the ancient tomb, then take her too. I heard that she has the number one furnace cauldron physique in the world. Cultivating with her will multiply the cultivation speed several times. She must be captured alive."

The Xuan Yuan Emperor's mouth curled up and said again: "According to the investigation of the eyes and ears, all eight great families have dispatched manpower to the same location. If there is no accident, that is the hidden location of the ancient tomb."

The Xuan Yuan Emperor suddenly laughed loudly: "They were clearly pitted. That child actually sold the address of the ancient tomb to everyone. He is truly cunning. The people of the eight great families are probably going to be angry to death now, hahaha..."

Xuan Yuan Zhi also followed with a smile. After the loud laughter, he made his face solemn again and said in a deep voice: "The eight great families can't recognize that ancient tomb, but I have ten percent certainty that that ancient tomb is the Cang Yue Imperial Tomb that we have been unable to find."

"Sure enough, the most dangerous place is the safest place. The Cang Yue Imperial Tomb is buried under our feet, and our Xuan Yuan Clan actually hasn't been able to discover it. It's truly ironic." Xuan Yuan Zhi smiled bitterly.

"Cang Yue Imperial Tomb, huh?" The Xuan Yuan Emperor's gaze narrowed, he frowned deeply, and said extremely seriously: "Cang Yue Emperor was the founding emperor of the Cang Yue Empire. The funerary objects in his tomb are truly too massive, and there must be heaven-defying treasures." "Once the eight great families obtain the treasures of the Cang Yue Imperial Tomb, it's hard to say whether they will have the strength to overthrow the Xuan Yuan Imperial Family."

"This matter must not be taken lightly." The Xuan Yuan Emperor's gaze turned ruthless, and he suddenly said murderously: "If you don't do it, you won't do it. Once the eight great families break the tomb-protecting great array, you lead the army to kill everyone there for me."

"Including Gu cultivators outside the eight great families, the value of the Cang Yue Imperial Tomb is truly too huge. Once obtained, the strength of the Xuan Yuan Imperial Family will inevitably increase greatly. We must swallow the treasures inside alone!"

The Xuan Yuan Emperor patted the table heavily and said with a sinister gaze.

Xuan Yuan Zhi looked at him in shock. The order issued by the Xuan Yuan Emperor was considered to have shocked him. He had a premonition that the Gu cultivators attracted by that ancient tomb would be a sea of people. Killing so many people, how many people would die?

The Xuan Yuan Emperor acted simply ruthlessly, and he could do such cruel things. Whether doing so would bring benefits or harm to the Xuan Yuan Empire, he was a bit uncertain in his heart.

But in the end, he didn't raise any questions in person, said "obey the order" respectfully, and turned to leave.

With his departure, the palace fell into silence again.

As expected, the matter of discovering a large ancient tomb near the Xuan Yuan Imperial City was soon exposed, and it was known to the whole city in just one night.

And the news was still spreading to the surrounding areas at an astonishing speed.

Soon, major and minor forces, and a large number of loose cultivators and demonic cultivators, all began to gather toward the location of the ancient tomb.

At first, the eight great families used thunderous means to kill the first batch of people who came, but in the end, they didn't scare everyone.

As batch after batch of forces arrived, the gathered people became more and more. The eight great families naturally didn't dare to be enemies with all forces, and finally had to compromise helplessly, choosing to excavate this ancient tomb together with everyone.

However, the danger degree of the ancient tomb exceeded everyone's expectations. After people from major forces entered the ancient tomb, they all suffered heavy losses.

However, with everyone's concerted efforts, it took one month to finally break the outer array.

Long Xuan and Di Xin saw that the time was ripe and finally walked toward the location of the Cang Yue Imperial Tomb together.

There was still a considerable part of the array in the tomb that had not been broken. The treasures were all hidden in the most core area, and the arrays and mechanisms in the core area were also the most dangerous.

But the two couldn't wait. Once all the arrays and mechanisms in the ancient tomb were broken, it also meant that all the treasures in the tomb were taken away. How could they dare to continue waiting?

There were quite a few Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators who had the same thoughts as the two. Many Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators had the intention to pick up bargains and formed teams to go there one after another.

Although there were many Gu King powerhouses preparing to rob the tomb, they couldn't scare all Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators. When the number of Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators was large, it wasn't something a Gu King could slaughter if he wanted to. When the number of Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators reached a certain number, it was enough to besiege and kill a powerful Gu King.

After arriving at the destination, Long Xuan found that the eye-catching small pavilion had already disappeared, replaced by thief holes of all sizes, and there were no trees around at all.

There were many people gathered here, and the number was roughly estimated to be over a thousand.

Don't think that this number is small. Spirit Gathering stage Gu cultivators and Essence Refining stage Gu cultivators didn't have the guts to come here to rob tombs.

These thousand people were either Gu Kings or Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators. Such a high-realm group reaching the number of a thousand was already quite scary.

This didn't include the people who had already died in the tomb.

It was just that the time was still short. Counting from the discovery of the ancient tomb, only one month had passed. Otherwise, if it were dragged on for a few more months, and Gu cultivators from foreign countries and outer domains rushed over, who knew how many high-realm Gu cultivators would gather here.

"Tsk tsk! So many Gu Kings, so many Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators. Are you sure that the two of us can snatch the tomb-protecting treasure in front of this group of competitors?" Long Xuan asked with some lack of confidence.

The number of Gu Kings was truly a bit too many, far exceeding his expectations. He felt that he might have played it too big at this time.

Di Xin's mouth curled up and smiled: "This idea was proposed by me. Since I dare to use Gu Kings to explore the path, I naturally have ten percent certainty."

"Competing for the tomb-protecting treasure in the hands of a group of Gu Kings, I don't dare to guarantee that I will succeed one hundred percent. I'm not that arrogant yet."

"But don't forget, our goal from beginning to end was never the tomb-protecting treasure, it's the Heavenly Spirit Tree!"

"The function of the Heavenly Spirit Tree fruit is to increase the probability of breaking through to King. This effect is useless to those who have already broken through to Gu King."

"That is to say, our competitors were never Gu Kings, but the rest of the Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators."

"Competing for treasures with a group of Gu cultivators of the same rank, don't you have confidence?" Di Xin curled her mouth and smiled confidently.

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan felt much more relaxed in his heart. That's right, as long as he wasn't greedy and the goal was just the Heavenly Spirit Tree, the two people's plan could be called perfect. It was absolutely not difficult to obtain the Heavenly Spirit Tree in the tomb.

His initial thought was also that he only wanted the Heavenly Spirit Tree in the tomb and absolutely wouldn't be greedy for other treasures, but it was absolutely impossible to have no thoughts about other treasures in his heart.

If he could take more treasures, he would naturally take as many treasures as possible. Who would think that there were too many treasures?

After spending so much effort, only taking the Heavenly Spirit Tree in the tomb, he was truly a bit unwilling at this time.

"You seem to be very familiar with the Cang Yue Imperial Tomb. The Heavenly Spirit Tree is a heaven-grade spirit medicine in the legend. You actually dare to assert that it is not the tomb-protecting treasure."

"Could it be that you know what the real tomb-protecting treasure of the Cang Yue Imperial Tomb is? Can you tell me?" Long Xuan looked at Di Xin with a smile and asked tentatively.

Di Xin glanced at him and smiled lightly: "Any treasure is useful to some people and useless to some people."

"But I dare to say that this treasure is useful to anyone, enough to arouse anyone's madness and arouse anyone's greed."

"As for what this treasure is, I won't tell you."

"Lest it arouse your greed and eventually court death by competing with a group of Gu Kings for this treasure, ending up with the fate of death."

"People die for wealth, birds die for food. Not telling you is for your own good, so don't ask anymore."

Di Xin sold a suspense, smiled, and continued to walk forward.

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan's heart became even more itchy, and he said uncomfortably: "Since you don't intend to tell me, why did you say so much? And it's useful to anyone. Saying these things, isn't this intentionally arousing my curiosity!"

"I think you are doing it on purpose!" Long Xuan gritted his teeth and hurriedly chased after her back. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 491 =====