They'd found a way into the inner palace.
Ye Zichen understood the importance of this information, so he followed Gou Monan without hesitation.
"You know about this too?"
Ye Zichen couldn't help but arch his eyebrows. On the way, they'd encountered quite a few experts heading in the same direction. Judging from their solemn expressions, they were probably heading in the same direction as Ye Zichen.
Gou Monan scratched his head with an apologetic smile, then put on an honest expression.
"To tell you the truth, I wasn't the one who found the way into the inner palace. I heard about it from someone else, which is why I came back to tell Brother Gu. "
"There's no need to be embarrassed. I'm already very happy that you came back to find me," Ye Zichen smiled. Ye Zichen chuckled. "If it were anyone else, they might've gone over themselves when they heard this news. Why would they bother bringing along a burden?"
"Brother Gu, don't underestimate yourself!"
"I'm telling the truth!"
Cultivation!
At the end of the day, it all came down to the difference in cultivation.
Even if Ye Zichen hadn't been cultivating for long, becoming a ruler in just a hundred years, and his talent was monstrous, the tomb didn't care about how long you'd cultivated, only your cultivation.
Most of the people who came here were emperors, and some rulers had somehow gotten wind of this.
Most of those who came here to try their luck died in the outer palace, or were trapped in the corridors.
Ye Zichen was lucky to run into Gou Monan. Otherwise, given his aura, there was no way those emperor-level experts would show him any mercy.
After a few turns, Ye Zichen and Gou Monan arrived at a palace.
"Brother Gu, do you still remember this place?" Gou Monan smiled.
Of course Ye Zichen remembered. They'd been here before, so there were definitely treasures stored inside. However, it was clear that someone had been here before them and swept everything clean.
Ye Zichen and Gou Monan circled the place twice, but when they saw no treasures, they retreated.
Ye Zichen hadn't expected them to return here. Based on Gou Monan's information, there was a secret door leading to the inner palace.
When he saw Ye Zichen nod, Gou Monan chuckled.
"We were so focused on treasure hunting that we didn't even inspect the place properly. Look at these two statues ….."
Gou Monan pointed at the two stone statues in the palace. Earlier, Gou Monan found it rather strange. These sort of stone statues were normally placed outside the gates, but these two were placed in the palace.
Just as Ye Zichen was wondering what was so special about the two statues, Gou Monan had already arrived in front of them and pushed them. The two stone statues retreated about ten centimeters, and a door appeared in the middle of the two stone statues.
There were steps at the bottom of the door. Before Ye Zichen could reach them, the experts who'd rushed into the palace disregarded everything else and ran down the stairs.
"This is …." said Ye Zichen.
Gou Monan nodded repeatedly. Seeing that quite a few people had already left, he hurriedly urged Ye Zichen to hurry down as well.
There weren't many steps in the secret passage. After walking for less than a hundred steps, they found themselves in an empty secret chamber.
The secret chamber was about the size of three football fields, and there were many people with surging auras standing in the middle.
"Why are there so many people?"
Just as Ye Zichen was shocked by the number of people in the secret room, he heard a surprised laugh.
"Ye-zi."
Ye Zichen looked up and saw Yang Jian, the Great Sage, Pu Jingwan, and the Sovereign of Numinous Treasure running towards him. Gu Li and the others followed them.
"I've finally found you!" Yang Jian laughed heartily, then turned to the monkey and scolded, "I told you Ye-zi would be fine! Why were you so worried?"
"Who's the one who's worried?" The Great Sage rolled his eyes.
Only now did Ye Zichen notice that there were four passages. In other words, everyone from the four palaces had gathered here.
"Brother Ye?"
Gou Monan frowned at Ye Zichen. Ye Zichen knew his identity had been exposed, so he could only smile bitterly.
"Monan, please don't take it to heart. Actually, my real name is Ye Zichen."
"So that's how it is. No wonder you didn't answer when I called you Brother Gu." Gou Monan laughed heartily. "It's fine. It's understandable that you used a fake name under those circumstances."
"I'm glad you understand, Monan," laughed Ye Zichen.
"Ye-zi, this is …." Yang Jian gestured at Gou Monan. Ye Zichen took the opportunity to introduce him. "This is a yao friend I met in the north, Gou Monan. If it weren't for him, I might not have survived that damned place. "
After that, Ye Zichen introduced Yang Jian and the others to Gou Monan. When it came to Gu Li, he hesitated for a moment, then decided to introduce them.
"I didn't expect Brother Ye to have so many experts by your side. It seems you're no ordinary person. If I'm not mistaken, the Ye Zichen who changed the balance of power in the god realm and took over the tenth Divine Mountain is you, right? "laughed Gou Monan.
When they first met, Gou Monan had mentioned Ye Zichen, but Ye Zichen hadn't agreed right away. Now that Yang Jian and the others were by his side, there was no need to hide it. He nodded.
"Haha, as expected! I never would have guessed I'd be so lucky as to make friends with someone like Brother Ye, "said Gou Monan.
"It's my honor to meet you, Brother Monan," laughed Ye Zichen.
After chatting for a long time, Ye Zichen, Yang Jian, and the others told each other about their encounters.
Speaking of which, Yang Jian and the Great Sage were quite lucky. They'd landed in the same place. Although they didn't get along, if they joined forces, even a demon emperor would have to think twice before dealing with them.
As a result, they practically swept through the area and plundered seventy percent of the palace's resources.
Pu Jingwan ran into Gu Li and the others. She didn't know what sort of secret technique Gu Li had used, but the four of them had landed in the same palace, in the exact same location. For safety's sake, and with An Lu's warm invitation, Pu Jingwan reluctantly agreed to go with them.
"Venerable Numinous Treasure, you …."
As soon as Ye Zichen asked, he realized his question was unnecessary. From the look in Venerable Numinous Treasure's eyes, he could tell that, given his cultivation, even three or five emperors wouldn't be able to kill him.
"We're pretty lucky. We didn't suffer any casualties. Don't you know that even though there are so many people here, who knows how many people have died outside? " Yang Jian glanced at the people in the room. "Be careful. I'm afraid there's a psychopathic murderer inside."
"You have one too?" Ye Zichen arched his brows.
As soon as Ye Zichen said that, Pu Jingwan and An Lu glared at him.
"You have one too?"
Suddenly, Ye Zichen and the others glanced at each other. After a while, Yang Jian glanced at the Venerable of Numinous Treasure.
The Venerable didn't say anything, but he nodded. His meaning was clear.
This was clearly a sealed space, but for some reason, Yang Jian felt a cold wind blow past his neck.
There were psychopathic murderers all over the palace. This was a little terrifying!
"I never would have guessed there were four of them!" Gou Monan suddenly gnashed his teeth and cursed. The others didn't quite understand why he was acting like this, so Ye Zichen explained on his behalf. "That psychopathic murderer killed one of his brothers."
The others understood, and they looked at Gou Monan sympathetically.
"There's no need to look at me like that. I can't just let Dahai's death go. That psychopathic murderer is probably in this room as well. Don't let me find him. If I find him, I'll definitely avenge my brother! "Gou Monan roared viciously.
The other people in the secret room also gathered in groups of twos and threes. From their words, it could be heard that they were also talking about that psychopathic murderer. Clearly, that psychopathic murderer had left a deep shadow in their hearts.
Although everyone here was an Emperor-level expert, the ones who'd died were all at least that level.
Even imperial emperors hadn't been able to escape.
From this, it was clear that this psychopathic murderer's cultivation wasn't low. Furthermore, no one had ever seen his true face!
A murderer standing in front of you with a knife in his hand wasn't scary. What was scary was the person standing in the shadows.
"Four? I don't think that's necessarily true!"
The Venerable of Numinous Treasure suddenly laughed. Everyone looked at him, but they didn't quite understand what he meant.
Could it be that there were more than four?
Before anyone could say anything, the Venerable of Numinous Treasure said something astonishing.
"The way I see it, it might just be one!"
"One!" Everyone's eyes widened. Yang Jian was speechless. "What the hell are you talking about? We ran into psychopathic murderers in all four palaces, and you're talking about one …. Does that person have a clone?"
"He needs a clone?" The Venerable of Numinous Treasure sneered.
"Then explain it to me!" Yang Jian said.
"Isn't this the best place to explain it?" The Venerable of Numinous Treasure looked around the room. "This room leads to the four outer palaces, which means that the murderer could've used it to get to the other palaces and carry out his plan."
A heavy cloud suddenly enveloped everyone's hearts. If that really was the case ….
"Why would he do that?" Pu Jingwan asked.
The Venerable of Numinous Treasure made an expression as if he didn't know either. This was all just his speculation. He wasn't that psychopathic murderer, so how could he possibly know all the details?
"There's something wrong with his brain. He found this secret room and didn't go to the inner palace. Instead, he killed people. I don't really believe it …." Yang Jian sneered.
The Venerable of Numinous Treasure didn't retort. He'd already analyzed everything he could. Whether he believed it or not wasn't his problem. "Enough, let's not think about that psychopathic murderer anymore. It doesn't matter if it's four or just one, as long as we stick together and don't split up, no matter how many they send, they can't do anything to us. " Ye Zichen changed the subject at an opportune time. "There should be people in all four palaces.
Did you run into the Demon Emperor, the God Emperor, and the others …. "
"We ran into the Demon Emperor," said Gu Li, who'd been pretending to listen. Gu Li, who'd been pretending to listen all this time, suddenly spoke up. "I even greeted him in a friendly manner. God Emperor, we didn't meet!"
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