Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem 3 days soon passed. During the past 3 days, all the knights in the hieron ruins were trying to break the pearls of secret items in front of them without any sleep.
After all, very few people could find the real images of secret items and break the pearls of secret items. Most of the knights, including Zhang Anguo the grand elder of Tianlu Palace, chose their targets based on their own experiences or the Study of Secret Items. As for the latter, it was almost impossible for them to find a silver secret item in the pearls of secret items.
It turned out that only two people in the team of Mountain Lifting Hermit really discovered a silver secret item, namely Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi. The silver secret item that Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi found was a brilliant long hook with cold light. The moment Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi waved it, the surrounding air would be frozen with a very powerful freezing damage.
Such a special weapon as a long hook was rarely seen in silver secret items. Therefore, this silver secret item was very precious.
The other one who found a silver secret item was Zhao Youxian, the clan elder of Zhao Clan in Military Province. The silver secret item that Zhao Youxian found was a shield.
If Zhang Tie could see the shield that Zhao Youxian found, he would definitely be shocked. Because that shield was as same as that silver secret item that he gained from the demon general.
The team of 10 people of Zhang Clan in Tianlu Palace only got one silver secret item, which was gifted to Zhang Shuzhen by Zhang Tie. Finally, Zhang Shuzhen and her senior fellow apprentice Zhang Anshi found it after breaking two pearls of secret items.
This silver secret item was a long sword. Compared to the long hook that Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi gained, this long sword that Tianlu Palace gained was dreamlike. The moment the long sword was waved, it could turn its battle qi into a real one and form 4 brilliant colorful birds which shot out at an extremely powerful speed.
It turned out that Old Monster Qi's team didn't have any silver secret item over the past 3 days.
Similarly, Gong Ziyao, Zhou Shufan, Filton, Cecilia and Bolam who were on good terms with Zhang Tie also got nothing.
After entering the Weapons Mountain, the team of almost 30 knights only gained 3 silver secret items in 3 days. Most of them, including the grand elder of Tianlu Palace, returned empty-handed.
Due to the difficulty of gaining silver secret items, silver secret items were very attractive to knights.
At the sight of the battle qi tornado released by the grand elder of Zhang Clan, all the human knights gathered at the top of the main peak of Weapons Mountain and watched the gate of the hieron which was still closed.
After 3 days' recuperation, Mountain Lifting Hermit had recovered his physical strength and battle strength a bit; however, his face was still pale and yellow like a sick tiger. The Blood Soul Temple's Five Poisons Blood and Soul Drill was an evil secret technique. It could be said to be extremely insidious. Once a person suffered a serious injury, no matter what kind of miraculous medicine was used, it would not be able to recover in just three to five days.
In the team of Mountain Lifting Hermit, even though Lu Zhongming, Lin Huanxi and Zhao Youxian, the clan elder of Zhao Clan in Military Province still took out their silver secret items and allowed Mountain Lifting Hermit to select.
This was the agreement that they had made when they joined the team of Mountain Lifting Hermit — — if Mountain Lifting Hermit didn't gain any space-teleportation equipment or silver secret items this time, Mountain Lifting Hermit could select one silver secret item freely.
At this moment, no matter whom Mountain Lifting Hermit chose to gain the silver secret item, the other members of the squad had to make up for the loss of the one selected by Mountain Lifting Hermit with precious earth-element crystals or other treasures. This was a relatively fair method. It was equivalent to the "entrance fee" for them to enter the hieron ruins.
Mountain Lifting Hermit was the one with the greatest battle strength in the team and the organizer of this activity. In order to gain the diamond-shaped key, Mountain Lifting Hermit also paid a great price. No matter where he was, Mountain Lifting Hermit would enjoy the privilege of being a member of the team.
If a pearl of a secret item contained a silver secret item, when the last layer of the pearl of a secret item was broken, colorful light beams would rush into the sky from the pearl of a secret item. It could not be concealed at all. Therefore, anyone who gained a silver secret item in the Weapons Mountain would attract a lot of onlookers. They could never hide the news that they had gained a silver secret item at all.
When Lu Zhongming, Lin Huanxi, Zhao Youxian, Zhang Shuzhen and Zhang Anshi of Tianlu Palace gained a silver secret item, a lot of onlookers had been admiring them very much.
At this moment, watching Lu Zhongming, Lin Huanxi and Zhao Youxian taking out their silver secret items with reluctant looks, all the onlookers moved their eyes onto Mountain Lifting Hermit once again. They were guessing what Mountain Lifting Hermit would choose. Both the long hook and the shield were unique, one for offense and the other for defense. It was really hard for them to make a choice.
After throwing a faint glance at the silver secret items in the hands of Lu Zhongming, Lin Huanxi and Zhao Youxian, Mountain Lifting Hermit, Lin Huanxi and Zhao Youxian, Mountain Lifting Hermit shook his head and said with a disappointed look, "Now that you've gained the two silver secret items, you can keep them. My life has been saved by younger brother Cui at the risk of his life. As long as I'm alive, I've already paid the price for entering the hieron ruins. I would like to give up the right to choose!"
Closely after Mountain Lifting Hermit's words, all the onlookers became stunned. Closely after that, they threw an admiring look at Mountain Lifting Hermit at the same time as they cheered for him inside. They had not imagined that Mountain Lifting Hermit could be so generous and give up the chance to gain a silver secret item so easily.
Lu Zhongming, Lin Huanxi and Zhao Youxian bowed deeply towards Mountain Lifting Hermit at the same time.
After straightening up, Lu Zhongming watched Mountain Lifting Hermit as he said with a solemn look, "Younger brother Cui has saved my wife Huanxi's life. I've already negotiated with Huanxi. If Mountain Lifting Hermit doesn't want this long hook, we will gift it to younger brother Cui when he comes out of the hieron ruins. After all, a silver secret item is nothing special compared to the life of my wife Huanxi!"
After saying that, Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi exchanged a glance with each other with deep affection and tacit understanding in their eyes.
"If younger brother Cui comes out of there, from now on, you will be the great benefactor of Zhao Clan of Separation Palace in Military Province. If you need our help, Zhao Clan will never hesitate to go through water and tread on fire for you!" Zhao Youxian said in a muffled voice.
Without Cui LI, Zhao Youxian might not even survive this time, not to mention gaining a silver secret item. As an elder of Zhao Clan of Separation Palace in Military Province, Zhao Youxian's words were reasonable.
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Elder Zhang Anguo of Tianlu Palace let out a sigh inside. When Zhang Clan gained a silver secret item, Zhang Anguo heard the cause and effect of the conflict between Zhang Clan and Cui LI from Zhang Shuzhen. Seriously, if Cui LI really wanted to scramble for such a silver secret item with Zhang Clan of Tianlu Palace, Zhang Clan really could not defeat Cui LI no matter where they were.
Not only was Cui LI extremely righteous, he was also forthright and generous. A person like him was a true hero, a true hero.
"Now that we've all gathered here, it's almost time for us to leave the hieron ruins and wait for Cui LI outside!" Zhang Anguo told the others calmly.
"Elder Anguo, don't we wait for younger brother Cui LI here?"
"If younger brother Cui LI is safe and the gate of the hieron ruins is opened, the earth demon knight would definitely not like to let younger brother Cui leave his side and be besieged by us. He would definitely make trouble for younger brother Cui. Therefore, we're useless to younger brother Cui here; instead, we would put younger brother Cui in danger!" Zhang Anguo explained patiently, "If something happens in the hieron ruins in the next 3 days, as long as younger brother Cui destroys the crystal ball that controls the hub of the hieron and perishes together with the earth demon knight, this hieron would be completely closed in a few hours. By then, all of us would be trapped here. Therefore, we'd better wait for younger brother Cui outside the hieron ruins. If younger brother Cui is safe and sound, we will deal with him by then!"
After hearing Zhang Anguo's words, all the others agreed with him. If they stayed here, they would be useless; instead, they would bring troubles to the hieron ruins. It might be equal to committing suicide. Therefore, Zhang Anguo proposed that they leave here first.
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After a few words of explanation, everyone descended the mountain and left the temple.
Compared to before, the temperature in the pyramid had recovered to normal. Therefore, knights' movements were not affected at all. Even though they couldn't fly, they could still move as fast as lightning bolts. Only after a short while, they had rushed down the Weapons Mountain and passed through the plain and the palace complex at the foot of the mountain.
As they were going out this time, when they passed through the lobby which was covered with powerful battle puppets, those battle puppets in the lobby didn't move at all. Therefore, they could pass through the lobby easily.
After passing through the lobby, they stepped onto the spiral staircase of the pyramid. Soon, they reached the top of the pyramid and walked out of the gate of the hieron ruins.
Although it had only been a few days, for many people who had walked out of the pyramid in the Divine Temple, these few days felt like a lifetime had passed.
Before coming here, nobody could imagine that this trip to the hieron ruins could be so perilous and unpredictable. Besides being followed by an earth demon knight, Old Monster Cui who was the leader of the human team was a lackey of demons. When they thought that the two people almost cooperated with each other and almost got all of them trapped inside, all the knights felt chilly inside.
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After leaving the pyramid, everybody just waited at the entrance of the hieron ruins and hoped to see Cui LI...
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After a few hours, Cui LI didn't show up at the appointed time. However, the gate of the pyramid suddenly closed.
Everybody changed their faces at the same time.
The moment 3 days passed, the gate of the hieron ruins suddenly closed on time without any hesitation. Didn't it mean that younger brother Cui LI had already destroyed the crystal ball which controlled the hub of the hieron ruins and perished together with the earth demon knight...
"Younger brother Cui LI..." Gong Ziyao watched the gate of the hieron ruins being closed as he recalled what had happened between him and younger brother Cui LI since he got acquainted with Cui LI. Closely after that, Gong Ziyao dropped off his tears at once...
Mountain Lifting Hermit's face turned pale at once as his lips quivered. He wanted to say something; however, he couldn't utter it. Instead, he clenched his fists while quivering all over...
Lu Zhongming and Lin Huanxi dropped off tears at the same time. Zhang Anguo also let out a deep sigh.
Filton, Beverly and Fiona's eyes turned red too...
They had seen death before; however, it was different this time. Because Cui LI sacrificed himself for the sake of all of them.
"Cui LI is the most dauntless and chivalrous knight that I've ever seen!" With bloody eyes, he forcefully punched his own chest as he made a military salute towards the gate of the hieron ruins.
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All of a sudden, a person burst out into tears and rushed towards the gate of the pyramid as she punched the gate of the pyramid crazily.
That person was crying so sorrowfully that it was like a cuckoo crying blood. It was heart-wrenching and lung-splitting. Those who heard it were heartbroken and those who saw it shed tears.
It was Zhang Tie's younger sister Bai Suxian who was punching the gate of the hieron ruins...
"Woo … woo … woo, you heartless bastard. How could you leave just like that? You've taken advantage of me and then abandoned me. You've taken advantage of me twice and now you don't care anymore? You've left me alone … How am I supposed to live like this …"
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Nobody knew when Cui LI had conquered this woman's heart. How could she be so sad at this moment …
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Even though the gates of the Divine Temple were already closed, everyone still held onto a glimmer of hope and stayed behind, hoping that the gates of the Divine Temple would open again. Everyone waited for another day …
One day later, before the terrifying abyss hurricane sealed this island once again, all of them had to bid farewell to Zhang Tie.
Everyone left the magma sea and watched as the abyssal hurricane once again swept across the magma sea. In their eyes, Cui LI's hope of survival had been severed.
Because Old Monster Qi still had a key to enter the gate of the hieron, which was left in the hieron ruins. Now that the gate of the hieron was sealed once again, it meant that nobody else could enter this place from now on...
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"Younger brother Gong, as you're familiar with younger brother Cui LI, do you know if he has any relatives in Yongzhou Province? If so, Zhang Clan of Tianlu Palace would like to take his relatives to Tianlu Palace. If younger brother Cui LI has a son, Tianlu Palace would definitely teach him well... "Zhang Anguo turned around and asked Gong Ziyao as he watched the abyss hurricane which covered the entire magma sea while suspending outside the magma sea with a sad look.
Gong Ziyao shook his head, "Younger brother Cui LI told me about his family affairs. He's the only son of his family. Additionally, he's unmarried. His parents have passed away many years ago. At this moment, besides some servants in the old mansion, he has no other relatives!"
With a series of sighs, the human knights finally left one after another...
From then on, the name of Cui LI who was unknown in Yongzhou Province started to spread over the Lion Fortress. Everyone commented on Cui LI as being extremely righteous. (To be continued.)
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