Imperial Treasure
Chapter 142 - 110: The Black-clad Dharma King Arrives!

Chapter 142: Chapter 110: The Black-clad Dharma King Arrives!

Flower Demon and her folks were unwilling to just stroll around and grab some souvenirs after barely making it here alive—though these souvenirs were worth a fortune each.

It seemed like an internal battle was about to start again...

Sui Yi wondered, what did Ah Guna just mean by his last statement? Could there really be someone who could stop the likes of the powerful Leng She and his group?

Could it be the Dharma King?

Gong Jiu’s eyes twirled, her lips curling into a smile, "So, Ah Guna, are you saying, we’re not allowed to take any treasures from the palaces above?"

Ah Guna knew that among these people, Gong Jiu and Flower Demon were the craftiest. Although Sui Yi was smart, she disdained from setting traps, so he was especially cautious.

"Yes, you can’t enter any of these palaces anymore, otherwise... if the Dharma King appears, we all die."

Despite Ah Guna repeatedly mentioning the Dharma King, Brother Ma and the others didn’t take it seriously. They had faced all sorts of monsters before, what’s there to fear about a damn Dharma King!

"Alright, then we won’t touch the treasures of the palaces above. But you must swear that you won’t interfere with our other actions in the future. However, if we encounter Leng She and his gang, we still form a defensive alliance... How’s that?"

Upon hearing this, the tribespeople felt it sounded reliable, and Ah Guna, after a moment of thought, nodded in agreement.

However, Flower Demon and her gang were skeptical. Were they just going to leave like that? Had Gong Jiu’s brains gone haywire?

"Gong Jiu, has your auntie’s blood backflowed into your brain?" laughed Flower Demon.

She twirled her gun but remained silent in opposition.

It seemed that in this matter, she didn’t have any other means to stop Ah Guna and his group of stubborn believers.

"Alright, let’s swear on the honor of your esteemed beliefs," Gong Jiu and Ah Guna made a vow to each other.

Once the oath was taken, Ah Guna and his group left.

They were preparing to chase and kill Leng She and his group.

Before, they had been preemptively overpowered by their adversaries, but now, Ah Guna was confident that the previous situation of passively getting hit would not recur.

As soon as the people left, Gong Jiu immediately said with joy in everyone’s disapproving glances, "Sui Yi, Sui Yi... where are you?"

Everyone turned and saw Sui Yi sitting on a chair, wiping the Xiezhi Dagger.

She was incredibly calm.

Calm enough to make someone spit blood.

Gong Jiu hesitated, then still couldn’t resist the urge to snark about this woman, moving closer and draping an arm over her.

"Sui Yi... Sui Yi..."

Her posture and tone were like those of a bootlicker, yet also very self-satisfied.

Sui Yi looked up at her, gently patted her head, and said lightly, "Alright? Can we go now?"

Her tone was very indulgent.

"Uh, we’re not leaving this..." Gong Jiu was about to explain her clever strategy.

"Going down there, are we?" Sui Yi stood up, glanced at her, "Let’s head to the Underground Palace then, you should know the way."

A look that implied her intelligence was only good for petty tricks.

Gong Jiu: "..."

Miss Sui Yi, you really have divine foresight~~

Underground Palace!!! When Brother Ma and the others heard it, they instantly understood; then, they all turned towards the direction Ah Guna and his team had left, with gleaming smiles.

Flower Demon wore a flirtatious expression, glanced proudly at Gong Jiu, and then at Sui Yi who obviously guessed the situation.

"You knew there was an Underground Palace below?"

Sui Yi nodded, "I originally entered through a waterway hidden tunnel on the side of the Underground Palace. Though I know how to get inside the palace here, if you want to use the waterway tunnel to enter the Underground Palace, be prepared to die."

Paused, she added, "Those strange living-dead creatures came from the waterway."

Hearing the phrase ’living-dead’, everyone recalled the terrifying scene previously and shivered in unison.

Gong Jiu cracked a smile, "Don’t worry, how could I possibly let you guys take such a risk, have you forgotten I have a map..."

Then, she turned her back, hands plunging into her clothes... Since she turned away, it was certain that the map was hidden in her bra~~

Brother Ma and the others grinned mischievously.

Rummaging...

Miss Gong pulled out a map.

Flower Demon and her group...o(╯□╰)o, utterly bewildered.

"Didn’t you say you didn’t have a map, that it was all memorized?"

"Ha, I tricked you guys!"

"... No wonder... I was wondering why your chest suddenly seemed a size bigger, Gong Jiu, aren’t you disgusted by it?"

Flower Demon gritted her teeth, she should have searched her at that moment. Damn it, letting that idiot fool them!

Having successfully deceived everyone including Sui Yi, Gong Jiu appeared very pleased. She didn’t care about Flower Demon’s sarcasm and, holding the map, she quickly glanced at it then led them forward.

"These palaces are all so clean, their masters must be long gone. Since they’re dead, the palaces where they’re buried will definitely harbor lots of treasures... Brothers and sisters, follow me, I’ll lead you all safely into the Underground Palace to get rich."

Flower Demon, trailing behind, had a face so dark it could drip a bucket of ink. Shen Di asked, "Boss, should we kill her and snatch the map?"

"No need, with that woman’s brains, even with the map in her hands, she won’t find the place; and besides, with Sui Yi and Brother Ma around, we really can’t outsmart them."

Naturally, Flower Demon suffered the most loss, so she was unwilling to clash head-on with Gong Jiu and the others.

In fact, she and Flower Demon have been competing for many years, always having such a relationship.

"She and I, just like Shi Feixuan from Cihang Calming Studio and Wanwan from the Demon Sect, each wants to outdo the other, but in the end, neither has the heart to kill each other"

Gong Jiu and Sui Yi ahead also heard this remark.

Gong Jiu: "I am Shi Feixuan, are you Wanwan?"

Sui Yi: "Intellectually speaking, you don’t meet the criteria to be Shi Feixuan." Gong Jiu: "...."

"The entrance to the Underground Palace is in each hall, come this way," Gong Jiu led people into the inner compartment of the front hall, reaching an interior space that was hollow.

This place seemed like a meditation room.

The six stone walls surrounding it were perfectly square.

Strangely enough, everyone seemed to still smell the Fragrance of Brahman.

"How many years has it been, and there’s still the Fragrance of Brahman? It’s not even a completely enclosed space..."

"It must be because of these books. I heard that ancient noble clan descendants or sect temple monks would bathe and burn incense while reading."

Shelves of books lined up in rows, all the books looked very ancient.

At least ten thousand books, each must be worth a fortune...

Flower Demon and others were itching to touch them but dared not act rashly, who knew what dangerous mechanisms this strange place contained...

However, Gong Jiu boldly walked up to a bookshelf, patted a book on it, and grinned, "There’s a hidden chamber here, leading to the Underground Palace, but the mechanism is on these books."

"These books... you mean, we have to check all the books here?" Flower Demon frowned.

"Yes!" Gong Jiu laughed innocently.

"...."

Ten thousand books, how long would it take to check them?

Would everyone need to examine hundreds of books?

"If it were just a few hundred books that would be fine... Ninth Miss, you surely don’t mean for us to finish reading these few hundred books and then find the text that opens the passage, do you?" Brother Ma asked awkwardly.

Gong Jiu tilted her head..."This, I’m not sure."

Most people lost courage and were quite inclined to head back home.

That, Miss Gong, your treasure map...

Shen Di: "It must be a pirated version."

Brother Ma: "Counterfeit goods."

Flower Demon: "Pirated counterfeit goods."

Although they muttered complaints, the group spread out to examine the books. After all, with so many people, if they were lucky, they might just find it.

Sui Yi walked among the bookshelves, fingers grazing the edges of the books. She paused, and through a gap in the bookshelf, she saw Feng Sha across the way pulling out a book...

Whoosh!

A side hole opened in the wall.

Arrows shot out from the side hole!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Feng Sha dodged desperately, but his arm was pierced by an arrow, and he cried out.

The crowd was shocked and rushed to the gap in the bookshelf, only to see the book sticking out and Feng Sha awkwardly against the wall.

Gong Jiu’s face turned green.

"Fuck! This place..."

It was simply a killing ground.

With ten thousand books, who knew how many more mechanisms there were?

"Is there no other clue?" Flower Demon picked up an iron short arrow from the ground, "Feng Sha is strong, and even he couldn’t fully dodge, if it were anyone else... only a few of us could survive."

As Flower Demon was speaking, he suddenly saw Sui Yi across from him... apparently pulling out a book.

"Don’t pull!"

"Sui Yi!"

Just as he shouted, Sui Yi already had another book in her hand.

It was completely quiet, no sound at all.

Gong Jiu’s legs went weak, and without blaming Sui Yi, she just felt that this place was truly bizarre and dangerous...

"I think we might as well..."

She was considering retreating because the many mysteries of the place clearly exceeded their capability to cope.

Moreover, there was no way forward,

Just as she was saying this,

Clang....

On the open ground across the bookshelves, a wall opened up revealing a small box with a square button containing a mechanism.

Everyone was stunned and then simultaneously turned to look at Sui Yi holding the book.

That expression, it was as if...

Sui Yi looked at the book in her hand, silent for a while, thoughtful, and after a moment, she shoved the book back into place, simply stating, "It’s all about character."

Gong Jiu and Flower Demon among others suddenly realized that all the mysteries here didn’t compare to the marvel that was Sui Yi.

"Finding it is good... Let me have a look," Gong Jiu opened the map, glanced up and down at the emblems on it, the mechanism button aimed at four directions, each corresponding to four different emblems. Even if someone found the spot, without knowing the right emblems, they would definitely enter another dangerous mechanism.

"This place is indeed cryptically terrifying; no one knows what kind of person designed such a temple..." Flower Demon stepped forward, glanced at the map, "Dragon head, eagle wings, lion’s body, tiger’s claws... it says here...

"Eagle wings, strange, shouldn’t it be a dragon head?" Gong Jiu muttered and pressed the mechanism button. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian (qidian.com), and monthly tickets are appreciated. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)