Chapter 1861: The Terrifying Stele

"With your snobbish nature and looks inferior to a maidservant, did you really think you could move me?"

Knowing that the cleaner the break, the better, Yun Xiang snorted: "If it weren't for the treasure beneath your family, how could I have bothered to play along with you until now..."

"Enough!" Zheng Yang flicked his sleeve.

Bang!

Struck in the chest, Yun Xiang flew backward, crashing heavily to the ground. His face flushed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Zheng Yang snorted coldly: "Answer what I want to know. Irrelevant matters, no need to mention!"

"Yes! Yes!"

Suppressing the turmoil in his chest, Yun Xiang knew he had completely severed ties. Relieved, he dared not waste words: "I don't know what the treasure is either. But after nearly a year of digging, we're about to reach it. However, the surrounding formations are too powerful; my strength is insufficient to break them for now..."

Zheng Yang frowned: "Take us there to see."

For a strongman from the Sage Yun family to go to such lengths digging here, the so-called treasure must be no ordinary thing. Since he knew of it, he naturally wanted to see it for himself.

"Yes!"

Yun Xiang quickly nodded.

With his life in their hands, he had no choice but to comply.

Releasing the power suppression on Yun Xiang, Zheng Yang and Wei Ruyan followed him. Su Feifei hesitated for a moment, then finally trailed behind.

Entering the mansion, they indeed saw countless formations set up to isolate aura, enveloping the entire courtyard like an iron bucket, letting nothing escape.

Before long, they arrived at a majestic and spacious hall. Pushing open the door and entering, they found that the entire floor had been dug into a large pit, below which lay white bones in a deathly silence.

"For treasure, you killed so many people?"

Eyes narrowing, Zheng Yang's killing intent boiled.

The War Master Hall not only fights against the Alien Clan but also protects ordinary people. This fellow, for the sake of treasure, had committed mass slaughter, crossing the bottom line of the Master Hall.

"I didn't kill them... I hired workers at great expense. Who knew... when we dug up a stele, for some reason, the aura leaked, and instantly over a hundred workers died... I didn't dare let the news out, so I had to leave their bodies as bones here..."

Shaking his head frantically, Yun Xiang said anxiously: "I gave generous compensation to the workers' families. Though I desired the treasure, I would never dare to kill indiscriminately..."

"Stele?" Knowing these people were already dead and pursuing the matter would be a murky case, Zheng Yang continued asking.

"It's under the soil over there. I sent ten death warriors to investigate, but they all died on the spot without even transmitting any useful information. I really don't know what's going on..."

Yun Xiang's face was bitter.

He had thought it was a great treasure, but never dreamed that the more people died, the more he was caught in a dilemma.

He wanted to retreat, but had already spent so much; he wanted to proceed, but no one dared to investigate anymore. That was why he went to seek Emperor Shen Zhui, hoping to get some death warriors from him. Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out, he encountered these two strongmen.

"Let's go down and see!"

Hearing that the so-called stele had killed so many people, Zheng Yang grew even more curious.

"I... my strength is too low. You two, please go on your own..."

Yun Xiang's face turned pale.

He hadn't gone down these days; if he did, he would probably end up like the others, turned to bones.

"What nonsense!" Snorting coldly, Wei Ruyan lightly lifted her hand, and before Yun Xiang could even cry out, he was dragged behind them, flying toward the deep pit ahead.

The pit was hundreds of meters deep, filled with various night pearls that illuminated it like daylight.

Reaching the bottom, Zheng Yang and Wei Ruyan glanced around and frowned simultaneously.

"This aura... is somewhat strange!"

After a moment, Zheng Yang nodded.

"It's an ancient sage!"

Wei Ruyan acknowledged, then turned to look at Yun Xiang beside her: "Where is the stone tablet?"

"It's right below..."

Swallowing his saliva, Yun Xiang pointed not far away.

Zheng Yang also sensed something amiss about this place. Taking a deep breath, a long spear suddenly appeared in his hand, and he gave it a light shake.

Whoosh!

A large patch of earth was turned up, revealing a massive stone tablet.

The carvings on the tablet were incomprehensible, but waves of fierce killing intent spread continuously, causing anyone who looked at it to feel as if their head would split from pain.

The ancient sage aura sensed by the two was emanating from here.

"This is the stone tablet... Two lords, my strength is too weak, I'll take my leave now..."

Yun Xiang's lips trembled; unable to bear it any longer, he turned to flee.

"With us here, you won't die! If we die, no one will cure your poison, and you'll die too..."

Wei Ruyan said calmly.

Yun Xiang's face twitched, his expression on the verge of tears, his body stiff, daring not to move.

What she said was true; he was now severely poisoned. If these two died, he would surely die too, no matter where he fled.

"I'll go take a look first!"

Taking a deep breath, with the spear spinning before his chest, Zheng Yang gave a low grunt and strode toward the stone tablet.

Before he even reached it, he immediately felt waves of dense killing intent hurtling toward him, as if trying to tear his head in two.

Even a Great Sage would likely be unable to withstand it and die from mental confusion, but he had already reached the Ancient Sage realm and was the Hall Master of the War Master Hall, having specially trained his will to resist the killing qi of the alien race. Although these killing intents were dense, they posed no lethal threat to him.

A few steps brought him to the stone tablet. Made of some unknown material, it emitted a warm luster, as if it had been buried underground for tens of thousands of years without any damage, looking as new as if freshly carved.

"These are ancient characters; I can't recognize them!"

Gently tracing his fingers over it, Zheng Yang shook his head.

The characters carved on the stone tablet were all special ancient scripts. His knowledge was limited, and he couldn't identify them at all. If his teacher were here, perhaps he could understand.

"Creak! Creak!"

Seeing this guy dare to touch the stone tablet, Yun Xiang's teeth chattered in fear.

The workers and death warriors he had sent died directly when they were far from the tablet, yet this man could approach it and even touch it... just how strong was he?

Why would such a powerful person come to a small place like the Tianxuan Kingdom?

"He knows Su Feifei and uses a spear... This junior sister is skilled in poison... Could it be..."

Suddenly, his body stiffened as two names leaped into his mind.

As a descendant of the Sage Yun family, although he had been away from the family for years and was relatively uninformed, he had still heard of that name and the deeds of his many disciples.

It seemed... they all came from the Tianxuan Kingdom.

Could it be that the man before him was none other than the most talented Hall Master Zheng of the War Master Hall?

He only knew his surname was Zheng, not his full name... On second thought, it seemed to be Zheng Yang...

Su Feifei, such an ordinary girl, was liked by the Hall Master of the War Master Hall?

This...

Sweat poured from Yun Xiang's head, his throat felt dry, and he felt he might faint at any moment.