Chapter 1: When the father suffers humiliation, the son must avenge him

  "What in the world is this place, it's giving off an eerie aura!" Di Qiu muttered to himself, his face pale as he stared at the increasingly numerous skeletal remains on the ground, clearly terrified to the extreme.

  Xiao Chen's face was also slightly pale, his eyes were cautious, and he tightly grasped dozens of low-grade talismans in his hand. If there was any abnormality, he would not hesitate to release them immediately.

  Chu Kuang's face was slightly pale, but his eyes showed no fear, and his expression was calm. Xiao Chen secretly observed him, without revealing any signs, and kept a distance from him, with an even stronger intention of being on guard.

  Another hundred meters forward, the number of skeletons gradually decreased, and it was often necessary to look at a distance of tens of meters to see one. However, as people looked at the increasingly intense fighting marks in the tunnel, the pressure in their hearts grew greater and greater.

  "Brother Chu, this place is too strange. Do you think our cultivation can get us the treasure? I think we should retreat for now and plan carefully later." Di Qiu's face was filled with fear as he looked at the pits and scars on the path, either from flames or sword energy, and a thought of retreating rose in his heart. The treasure may be good, but one needs to have a life to use it.

  Di Shuai's face lit up with a few shades of joy, and he echoed: "Big brother is right. Chu Shi-di, why don't we step out first and plan slowly, wouldn't that be better?"

  "How can one get the tiger's cub without entering the tiger's lair? Our cultivation is against the heavens, if we don't have great willpower and go through great crises, what achievements can we have?" Chu Kuang's face was cold and unyielding, with a hint of icy color at the corner of his mouth: "Besides, you've already learned the specific location of the cave today. If you go back and secretly find someone to come and take away the treasure, how will that be? Today, there is no retreat, if you want to leave, I won't stop you, but it depends on whether you have the strength to leave unscathed!"

  "The Di brothers' faces changed instantly and darkened at his words."

  Xiao Chen coldly watched from the sidelines, at this moment he was already in a precarious situation, and could only take things one step at a time, being as cautious as possible.

  "Look quickly, there is another skeleton in front." Wu Wanli's tone was full of surprise and delight, apparently having gained something.

  Chu Kuang and others heard this and couldn't help but hurry over, arguing as they walked quickly.

  The skeleton remained intact, with a hint of crystal clear color, like jade buried deep in the earth, revealing a noble aura. A faint breath of air slowly emanated from within the skeleton, weak but enough to cause the five people's faces to change drastically.

  At this moment, even Chu Kuang, who had always been calm and composed, showed a few hints of fear in his eyes, and trembled as he said: "Golden Elixir... Golden Elixir cultivator!"

  Everyone exchanged a glance, and they all saw the endless fear in each other's eyes. What kind of great crisis was hidden here that even a Golden Dan realm master would fall?!

  Xiao Chenqiang suppressed the shock in his heart, his eyes fixed tightly on the skeleton. The skeleton sat with its back against the wall, hands crossed, but its thumbs were raised high and pointed towards a certain point inside the tomb passage.

  Xiao Chen withdrew his gaze without leaving any trace, and a hint of contemplation flashed in his eyes before returning to calmness.

  "Storage bag, there's actually a storage bag here!" Di Qiu's excited voice woke up several people. Looking at the unassuming grayish-black storage bag beside the skeleton, several pairs of eyes flashed with excitement. This was supposedly the storage bag of a Golden Dan period cultivator, and just thinking about what might be inside made their hearts race with anticipation.

  "Fellow Taoist friends, all the items in this storage bag will be evenly distributed among us. If there are any items that cannot be divided, we will use crystal stones to make up for it. What do you think?" Chu Kuang's eyes were filled with a fiery passion, and he suppressed the idea of taking everything for himself, speaking slowly.

  "Agreed." Several people fell into thought for a moment, then slowly nodded their heads.

  Chu Kuang swallowed his saliva, carefully cast a detection spell, and only after confirming that there was no danger did he reach out to take the storage bag in hand. His divine sense scanned it, and his face suddenly revealed a few points of stupidity, immediately becoming extremely hot.

  Splash!

  Chu Kuang opened his storage bag and the things inside poured out, instantly piling up into a small mountain that occupied nearly half of the corridor.

  Jade stone, dan medicine, spiritual instrument, jade slip, talisman, pearl light and treasure energy, causing the five people to be stunned instantly.

  Xiao Chen was also stunned, and a scorching color flashed in his eyes. There were probably no less than 100,000 pieces of Ling Stone inside, among which there were more than 100 middle-grade Ling Stones, as well as over a hundred pieces of various Ling equipment. Additionally, there were numerous medicinal pills, jade slips, and talismans. The value was likely to be at least tens of thousands of low-grade crystal stones! This kind of wealth would not be considered mediocre even among Golden Dan cultivators. As for the impact on these few Qi Refining stage small fries, it could be imagined.

  "Sent... sent..." The Di brothers looked distracted and downcast, muttering to themselves repeatedly.

  Half a time later, a pile of spiritual stone treasures was divided among the five people. At this moment, although they were in a trap, Xiao Chen's face still couldn't help but reveal a few satisfied expressions. As for the Di brothers, their faces were even more excited and red, with an emotional high, shouting loudly as if they would not give up until they reached the bottom.

  "This is just the beginning of our harvest, as long as we work together, there will be even more treasures waiting for us in the future." Chu Kuang's face was excited, but suddenly, the entire corridor seemed to tremble slightly, and Chu Kuang's excitement gradually faded away, turning pale.

  Xiao Chen and the others felt a chill in their hearts, slowly turning around, two pairs of scarlet eyes staring straight at them, and the owner of these eyes was none other than the golden stone-armored statue on the wall of the Yongdao!

  "Damn it, the puppet actually woke up! These things shouldn't have already exhausted their energy and fallen asleep!" Chu Kuang's face showed a few points of panic, the calmness in his eyes disappearing instantly, as he quickly retreated backwards.

  Xiao Chen and others did not dare to be careless, and also retreated a distance back.

  As if sensing the presence of Xiao Chen and others, the red glow in the puppet's eyes grew stronger, and it completely woke up.

  "Roar!" "Roar!"

  Two low, muffled roars came from the mouths of the two puppets, scarlet eye sockets emitting a bloodthirsty glow. A spiritual pressure emanated from the bodies of the two puppets, firmly locking down Xiao Chen and his five companions.

  Chu Kuang felt the spiritual pressure of two puppets and his complexion improved slightly at the beginning of the foundation building period.

  "These are the puppets responsible for guarding the ancient cultivator's cave, according to my calculations, they should have exhausted their spiritual energy and fallen into a dormant state. However, these two somehow revived. Fortunately, although they didn't fall asleep, their strength dropped to the early stage of foundation building, otherwise, two puppets equivalent to the early stage of golden elixir would be enough to easily annihilate us few."

  "Golden Elixir Puppet!"

  Even Xiao Chen couldn't help but take a cold breath. The Golden Elixir stage, what a powerful existence it was, and yet someone had managed to create such an overwhelming power, with such heaven-defying means, the greatness of the ancient cultivators was beyond doubt!

  But in that case, the fallen Golden Core cultivator can also be explained, and it's certain that he was killed by these two powerful puppets.