Chapter 574 - 574 574 The Mysterious Man

Chapter 574: Chapter 574: The Mysterious Man Chapter 574: Chapter 574: The Mysterious Man “Brother Feng, what’s wrong?” Ling Xiaoxiao frowned when she saw Feng Wuchen suddenly stop in his tracks.

“Nothing, just catching up. Let’s go.” Feng Wuchen shook his head slightly.

“The teacher must have sensed something,” Zhang Junlan guessed with a frown, exchanging glances with Huanyang and the others.

Though they didn’t know what was going on, Huanyang and the others became more vigilant.

“Hall Master, isn’t this passage a bit too terrifying? The stones have been scorched red!” Kuang Zhan took a deep breath and looked down to see that the passage was faintly red, as if the walls had been burned to a glow.

“The fire attribute energy below the passage is even more dreadful! We’re not going to die down there, are we?” Luanshen swallowed hard, a touch of panic rising in his heart.

After Feng Wuchen and his group entered the Ancient City passage, a figure appeared out of nowhere, silent and unnoticed.

“Who is this kid? Even at the Tianji Realm, I couldn’t detect my presence, but he could sense me. This person is hiding very deep, an ordinary person can’t discern his level of cultivation at all. Not simple, interesting,” the mysterious figure murmured in slight surprise, a hint of malice curling at the corner of his mouth.

The mysterious figure was a young man with handsome features, dressed in fine brocade, clearly a person of status and position.

Although the mysterious young man’s level of cultivation was indiscernible, the fact that he could remain so deeply concealed that even the Sect Master and elders of the Imperial Extreme Sect were completely unaware speaks to the profound and immeasurable depths of his cultivation.

“Ling Xiaoxiao,” the mysterious young man muttered to himself before slipping into the Ancient City passage.

It turned out that the mysterious young man recognized Ling Xiaoxiao!

The true identity of Ling Xiaoxiao was a mystery to the Mainland, unknown to all; yet the mysterious young man knew her, indicating his origins were exceedingly terrifying.

Within the Ancient City passage, as Feng Wuchen and his group entered, one of the Imperial Extreme Sect’s powerhouses searching for treasure below sensed their presence.

“It’s that kid; he really knows the location of the treasure that the Imperial Extreme Sect discovered,” one of the strongmen thought to himself, but he kept his expression neutral.

At the restaurant, the Sect Master and elders of the Imperial Extreme Sect, along with the higher-ups, had no inkling whatsoever.

Upon entering the Ancient City passage, Feng Wuchen activated a strand of annihilation power and infused it into the passage walls, not pausing in his steps.

The entrance to the treasure’s passage was very clear, and it was located deep under the Ancient City. With someone clearing the way ahead, all Feng Wuchen and his group had to do was follow.

If there were any dangers or traps, those who had gone in first would have already “enjoyed” them; Feng Wuchen and his team didn’t have to worry about stumbling into any traps.

“Hall Master, this Primordial Ancient breath is spreading from deep under the ground; the treasure must be at the very bottom,” Chi Huang said cautiously.

Zhang Junlan spoke gravely, “This passage has been well protected; apart from the people from the Imperial Extreme Sect, no one else has come here.”

“Although the Primordial Ancient breath is very intense, I can’t sense the presence of the Divine Artifact. Brother Feng, can you feel it?” Ling Xiaoxiao asked. After entering the passage, other than sensing the Primordial Ancient breath, she could not perceive any other aura.

The treasure map recorded the Primordial Annulus Gear; if there really were a Divine Artifact below the passage, they should be able to sense its formidable aura.

“A Divine Artifact has a soul, its own consciousness. If we can’t sense the Divine Artifact’s aura, it’s either sealed or the Divine Artifact itself has concealed its aura. Moreover, this place is completely covered by heat currents; it’s normal that we can’t sense it,” Feng Wuchen explained.

“He’s really come in!” Feng Wuchen thought to himself, already aware that someone had entered the passage.

“Primordial power!” Inside the passage, as the mysterious young man passed by where Feng Wuchen had infused annihilation power into the walls, he frowned slightly.

“Is this kid staring at me? I didn’t expect him to possess Primordial powers! This aura must rank in the top five!” A sinister smile crept onto the mysterious man’s lips, and his pitch-black eyes flickered with greed.

“It’s finding a needle in a haystack without any effort at all,” the mysterious man chuckled coldly.

The reason why the mysterious man appeared in the ancient city of the desert was naturally for the treasure as well.

“The ancestors of the Dragon Clan weren’t wrong at all, I fear that many powers from the ages and Primordial powers have fallen into their hands, and it seems they have quite some information on both these ancient and Primordial powers. It looks like obtaining Primordial power isn’t as easy as I imagined,” Feng Wuchen speculated in secret.

The passageway was divided into several levels, and the deeper one went, the stronger the Primordial aura became.

Besides, the high temperature of the desert was even more unbearable, with the temperature being extremely terrifying even underground.

Feng Wuchen and his group’s faces were covered in large beads of sweat, and their bodies were thoroughly drenched.

However, Ling Xiaoxiao had not a single drop of sweat on her, nor had she activated her Ice Attribute True Yuan to resist the heat—the Sect Master was unaffected by the desert’s high temperature.

“Why don’t I have Ice Attribute True Yuan,” Dao Soul enviously looked towards Ling Xiaoxiao.

“We should be close now, just bear with it a bit longer,” Chi Huang said, with a hint of exhaustion in his voice. As someone at the first level of the Heavenly Human Realm, he felt like he was about to collapse, not to mention Dao Soul and the others who were only at the Eightfold or Ninth Level of the Tianyuan Realm.

“Brother Feng, I sense the aura of the Tianji Realm!” Ling Xiaoxiao suddenly said.

Feng Wuchen nodded and said gravely, “They’re right below us, but the way down has seemed too smooth. If there is truly a Divine Artifact hidden here, could it be this easy? Everyone must be very careful.”

Feng Wuchen had been curious from the beginning, how the Imperial Extreme Sect managed to open the treasure entrance, and after entering, he followed behind the strong ones from the Imperial Extreme Sect and noticed that they didn’t encounter any danger whatsoever.

Could it be so simple to play hide and seek with a Primordial Divine Artifact?

At the lowest level of the passageway, the high-ranking members of the Imperial Extreme Sect, including the Sect Master, had already reached the cavern on that level.

The bottommost cavern, over a hundred square meters in size, was man-made and quite simple, completely visible at a glance.

“Sect Master, someone is approaching,” the Grand Elder said gravely, looking towards the passageway behind them; they had not even had the chance to take a look around when they sensed someone’s approach.

“Who is there? Come out!” Zhou Xuantong, the Sect Master, called out coldly, his face frosty.

“Sect Master Zhou, have you forgotten me?” came the calm and light laughter of Feng Wuchen, who then appeared before Zhou Xuantong and the others, with Ling Xiaoxiao and Chi Huang following behind.

“It’s you!” Zhou Xuantong was startled to see Feng Wuchen, and then his face darkened.

“What have you done with the people outside?” one of the elders asked fiercely, glaring furiously at Feng Wuchen and his company, looking ready to devour them.

“What do you think?” Zhang Junlan said coldly, stepping forward.

Upon hearing this voice, Zhou Xuantong and the other high-ranking members of the Imperial Extreme Sect drastically changed their expressions, and their gazes immediately swept to Zhang Junlan. With that one look, they were almost scared out of their wits.

“Zhang… Young Master Zhang!” Zhou Xuantong and the others trembled in horror.

“Sect Master Zhou, you were the one who broke your word first, so you can hardly blame me. You wanted to monopolize the treasure, but it won’t be that easy,” said Feng Wuchen, with a cold smile.