The barrier around the door was already on the verge of shattering.
Although Gu Luolin's spiritual power had stabilized the barrier, even with her wind dao heart, it was difficult to defend against the repeated attacks of a monarch-level cultivator.
"I can't leave. If I leave, they'll come in."
Gu Luolin frowned and pointed at the passageway behind the painting.
"Hurry up and go in while I can. I'm not interested in transcending. Once you're inside, even if outsiders come in, all I have to do is mention my parents and they won't dare do anything to me. "
Boom! Boom!
Outside, Yuchi Kong and Huangfu Youming's attacks showed no signs of weakening. In just a few short breaths of time, they seemed to have grown even more ferocious.
Gu Luolin's bitter struggle was clearly no longer of much use. The barrier around the door would soon break.
"Hurry up and go in!"
"Mention your parents? Are you afraid you won't die?" Roared Ye Zichen. "Did you forget what I told you? We're already here. Do you really think mentioning your elders will help?"
"At least I'm your elder!"
Gu Luolin suddenly tilted her head back and laughed. "You're my nephew. If I don't protect you, who will? Hehe …. I wasn't wrong this time, was I?"
With that, she turned around and did her best to defend against Yuchi Kong and the others' attacks.
The clear smile on Gu Luolin's face was so dazzling. What's more, when she looked back, Ye Zichen was shocked.
He didn't say anything else. He didn't notice that Gu Luolin also assumed he'd left.
"I've finally done something like an elder!"
Gu Luolin thought to herself, but at that moment, someone struck her neck with a knifehand. When she turned around, she saw Ye Zichen's smiling face.
"You …."
"Kid, I haven't fallen to the point of having you guard my back. Besides, you're the young miss of a great family clan. If anything happens to you, your parents will destroy the Upheaval Alliance. "
Ye Zichen picked Gu Luolin up and hurried to the passageway.
Although Gou Monan was heavily injured, he still had a sliver of consciousness. When Ye Zichen carried Gu Luolin over, he struggled to get out of the way.
"These are recovery pills."
Ye Zichen placed Gu Luolin in the passageway, then took out several bottles and placed them on the stairs.
"Brother Ye, you …"
"I won't be going down. It will take at least an hour for the passageway to open and close automatically. If someone is outside using the Dao of the Five Elements to control it, they can close the passageway in an instant. If I don't close the door for you, Yuchi Kong and the others will follow even if we go in. "
Ye Zichen suddenly stopped and looked at Gou Monan meaningfully.
"The barrier is about to break. I'll leave Gu Luolin to you. Brother Mo Nan, you should understand what I mean by 'take care of', right?"
"Brother Ye …"
"Take good care of her. You know her background!"
Ye Zichen suddenly turned around and pressed his palm against the scroll once more.
Without any spiritual energy to stabilize the barrier, the cracks grew more and more obvious. Ye Zichen circulated the Five Elements Art in his palm, and just as he said, the door to the secret chamber began to close at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Boom.
It was at this moment that the barrier at the door could no longer withstand the attacks of Yuchi Kong's group and shattered.
Two crazed old men ran into the room and saw that the door to the passageway was completely closed.
"A secret passage!"
Yuchi Kong and Huangfu Youming arrived in front of the scroll in a flash. Their eyes turned red when they saw that the secret passage was closed.
"You're too late!"
Ye Zichen smiled, then put Gu Luolin into the tunnel. His worried heart was finally at ease.
When she entered the tunnel …
It should be safe!
Ye Zichen leaned back against the wall and squatted on the ground as he looked at the old man, his eyes bloodshot. Ye Zichen continuously condensed and used the Dao of the Five Elements. Even if he didn't use it, it still took a lot out of him.
Ye Zichen continued to consume the Spiritual Recovery Pill as if he didn't care about Yuchi Kong and co.
"Kid, you know the way to open the secret passage. If you don't want to die …"
"I don't want to die." "Who's so bored that they want to die? What's more, I have a beautiful wife at home, and such a huge property under my name. I don't want to die!"
"Then tell me how to open the passageway!" Huangfu Youming shouted madly.
"You won't be able to open it even if I tell you. Why bother?" Ye Zichen pouted.
"I think you're courting death!"
Huangfu Youming's hand was about to slam down, but Yuchi Kong stopped him.
"What guts. A mere ruler dares to speak to the two of us in such a manner? You must be the Alliance Leader Ye that Zhou Wu hates to the point of grinding his teeth."
"I didn't expect the two of you to have heard of this lowly one's name. Yes, I am Ye Zichen!"
Ye Zichen did not hide anything, and looked at Yuchi Kong and Huangfu Youming. "If my guess is correct, the two of you are Zhou Wu's loyal dogs. You will bite whoever he tells you to bite. Patriarch Huangfu and Patriarch Yuchi, right? Speaking of which, it's strange that your two loyal dogs aren't by Zhou Wu's side. I heard that he has no fate with transcending and can't enter this place. Yet, he actually let the two of you enter?
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"Kid, it looks to me like you don't know how to write the word 'death'!" Huangfu Youming shouted furiously.
"Brother Huangfu, please calm down." Yuchi Kong, who was quite envious of Huangfu Youming, actually calmed down. He gently stopped the enraged Huangfu Youming and looked at Ye Zichen kindly. "Alliance Head Ye might not know, but we are no longer working under Zhou Wu!" "Zhou Wu is truly pitiful. He worked so hard to raise the four major factions. The Bai family was destroyed, and you two betrayed him. That means only the Shen family is left, "Ye Zichen said. "That's true. You two look like crafty people. You know that Zhou Wu doesn't have the fate of transcending, and you two are still loyal to him even after coming here.
That's quite surprising! "
"Yuchi, move aside!"
Huangfu Youming instantly released his aura, which created several currents of spiritual energy in the not-so-spacious room.
Ye Zichen, who was sitting in the corner, tensed up. Huangfu Youming is stronger than Xuan Ji if I'm not mistaken.
Just the pressure of spiritual energy was enough to make Ye Zichen reveal a bitter expression.
However, Ye Zichen was not afraid at all. He knew very well that the two of them didn't dare to kill him, or rather, they couldn't bear to kill him!
Only he knew how to open the passageway. Yuchi Kong and Yuchi Kong were counting on him to go down. "Brother Huangfu, don't be angry!" Yuchi Kong also transmitted via divine sense at this time, "This brat has the method to open the passage in his hands. If we kill him, we'll have to spend quite a bit of time to break it even if we can. The commotion we caused just now wasn't small, and the people outside are already coming over.
We don't have the time to open it. "
"So what? If anyone dares come, we'll just kill them!" snorted Huangfu Youming, his eyes bloodshot.
Although Huangfu Youming hadn't taken over a Divine Mountain and become an emperor, he was a true emperor. In terms of methods, he wasn't any weaker than the lords of the Holy Lands. Even the emperors of the Divine Mountains had to treat him with respect. Why should he be humiliated by a brat who'd just entered the Ruler realm?
Right now, his only thought was to kill Ye Zichen to vent his anger. As for the method to open it ….
When they'd entered, they'd already seen the passageway and the layout of the room. The problem clearly lay in the unpatterned painting.
He'd lived for so long, and he'd gone down many secret realms.
Opening this sort of secret passageway was a walk in the park for him. Given enough time, he was certain he'd be able to open it.
As for the people who'd entered the palace …..
He didn't care about emperors at all. Even if Xue Yang and the others came, he and Yuchi Kong could fight them if they joined forces.
The way he saw it, the only people they'd find troublesome were the Divine Arbiters proficient in the Dao of Space.
"Brother Huangfu, don't forget that the Demon Emperor is here too."
Yuchi Kong's transmission caused Huangfu Youming's expression to stiffen slightly. They hadn't encountered the Demon Emperor on their way here, so they'd completely overlooked his existence.
If the Demon Emperor had come here, he and Yuchi Kong really would have had a hard time dealing with him.
"You can ask him, but I'll say this first: if this brat says anything nasty again, I'll kill him even if you try to stop me!"
Huangfu Youming snorted angrily, walked up to the painting, and started searching for its mysteries.
He'd always been prepared for every eventuality. That was his way of doing things.
The pressure in the room dissipated, and Ye Zichen could finally catch his breath. Just now, he'd been soaked in sweat from head to toe, as if he'd been soaked in water.
In the end, an emperor was still an emperor. No matter how many emperors Ye Zichen interacted with, he was still an emperor.
No matter how many emperors Ye Zichen dealt with, that didn't mean he was strong enough to contend with them!
Unfortunately, Ye Zichen had long since used up all his divine-grade spirit-recovery pills. He could only take ordinary ones to recover. However, they were too weak. Even now, he'd recovered less than thirty percent of his strength.
Yuchi Kong and the others could see Ye Zichen taking pills, but they chose to ignore him.
The way they saw it, even if Ye Zichen recovered to his peak, crushing him would be as easy as turning over their hands.
"Alliance Head Ye!"
"What can I do for you, Family Head Yuchi?" Ye Zichen smiled.
"In truth, Alliance Head Ye knows full well that there's no way you can escape us. It'd be easy for us to kill you," said Yuchi Kong calmly. Yuchi Kong looked at Ye Zichen indifferently. "If that's the case, then why did Alliance Head Ye intentionally provoke us?"
"Not necessarily, right?"
"Alliance Head Ye's confidence comes from the Yao-Sealing Pagoda?" Yuchi Kong chuckled. "The Yao-Sealing Pagoda is a divine artifact with decent defense, but against me and Brother Huangfu, breaking its seals isn't impossible!"
"Is that so?"
"Alliance Head Ye, there's no need to doubt me. An emperor's methods are beyond your imagination!"
"Then what should I do?" "Tell us how to open the tunnel. Once we're inside, you can close it for us. I know you know how to do it. We saw it just now," laughed Yuchi Kong. "If you persist, you'll die. With Brother Huangfu's temper, I can't hold him back for long. I trust you understand, Alliance Head Ye.
Aren't you human? "
"Not necessarily, right?"
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