Chapter 226.1 - I Became the Legendary Emperor Throughout the Ages After I Started Giving Away My Territory

“But there are still more than two hundred thousand people inside the cave!” another Grandmaster hesitated.

“Those who come here seeking treasure must be prepared to face death. If they die, they cannot blame others!” another Grandmaster said coldly.

“But still, that’s the lives of more than two hundred thousand people. How can you bear it?”

“What else can we do? Just keep waiting?”

This sparked an argument between the two sides.

“We both need to take a step back for now!”

One Grandmaster suggested: “We give it one more week. During this week, entry is forbidden, but exit is allowed! If there’s still no significant discovery after this week, then we take action! As for whether the people inside live or die, that will be up to fate!”

“Good! Let’s settle on that!” The Grandmasters nodded in agreement.

“Hold on!”

Sword Elder spoke up: “Our Great Xia has always valued peace and put the people first. We simply cannot commit such a cruel act! Therefore, we Great Xia will withdraw from this matter!”

Everyone turned to look at him, and then cold words and sneers came.

“You Great Xia are withdrawing?”

“Well, that makes sense! You Great Xia have made a fortune and now look down upon the treasures of the Heavenly Khan!”

“You don’t want to bear this infamy, we can understand! However, it’s not up to you! After all, it’s not just gold, silver, and jewels inside, but also Heavenly Khan’s peerless divine weapon and martial arts. We’re afraid you won’t be able to resist getting involved later. Wouldn’t our efforts be in vain then?”

“Expecting a reward without paying any sacrifice, how can there be such a good thing?”

The Sword Elder promised: “If we say we won’t participate, we absolutely won’t. No matter what is unearthed, Great Xia will not claim a share. Is that enough?”

“Fine, but these are your words! Don’t regret it later!”

“Don’t blame us for attacking together if you take it abck!”

“Let’s announce this to everyone!”

Following that, the matter was proclaimed to the world.

Starting today, the cave is open for exit but not for entry.

After one week, they will use all their power to flatten Wanshou Mountain and excavate Heavenly Khan’s tomb.

Whether it’s the treasure hunters inside the cave or those outside, their fate will be left to destiny.

After hearing this, the treasure hunters were in a state of panic.

“The Grandmasters can’t wait any longer, sop they’re going to seal the cave?”

“There’s no share of the treasure for us!”

“But my junior brothers and sisters are still inside… what about them?”

“Yes, my friends are all inside the cave! Won’t they be in danger if Wanshou Mountain is flattened?”

“We should protest! They are disregarding human lives! They can’t do this!”

Many people banded together for a strong protest.

But obviously, these people were just small fry and could not go against the will of the Grandmasters.

At this moment, the cave had already been sealed, allowing exit but not entry.

If they could get out within these seven days, they would be considered lucky to have escaped disaster.

If not, they basically faced a slim chance of survival.

With a deadline set, Lin Beifan no longer made things difficult for the treasure hunters in the cave.

In the following days, many treasure hunters managed to escape from the cave.

As for those who didn’t make it out, it was simply bad luck, and no one else could be blamed.

Time passed day by day, and the seven days flew by in the blink of an eye.

Originally, there were more than two hundred thousand treasure hunters in the cave, but now less than one hundred thousand remained. Most of them have escaped.

The Grandmasters exchanged glances: “We can’t wait any longer. Prepare to take action!”

All the treasure hunters were expelled from Wanshou Mountain.

Then, the Grandmasters took action together.

One with a punch, another with a palm strike, and yet another with a slash, they exerted all their strength to turn the mountain upside down.

Wanshou Mountain began to collapse from the outside.

The mountain made a thunderous rumbling sound as if thunder were striking it.

Treasure hunters outside watched the scene with excitement and exhilaration.

Grandmasters demolish a mountain, a rare sight through the ages!

Nobody knew whether the tomb of Heavenly Khan would be revealed after Wanshou Mountain was dismantled.

The power of the Grandmasters was immense, but it still took them about a week to finally level the entire Wanshou Mountain.

However, the scene before them stunned everyone.

“There’s nothing? How can there be nothing?”

They had flattened the entire mountain, but aside from rubble, broken segments of vegetation, and some corpses of treasure hunters, there were no other discoveries.

“Could it be that the tomb of Heavenly Khan is not here?” someone speculated.

“Impossible! This cave has been proven to have been constructed during the era of Heavenly Khan! Who else at that time had the ability to create such a winding and intricate cave? If he built this cave not to bury himself, then what for?” a Grandmaster exclaimed.

Everyone was at a loss for words.

All the evidence and information they had obtained pointed to one thing: this place was very likely the burial site of Heavenly Khan!

Their painstaking efforts had yielded nothing? Is this not a slap in their faces?

Had their efforts over the past two months been in vain?

A Grandmaster exclaimed, “Everyone, come and search, see if there are any other findings! If there are, I shall reward you handsomely!”

So, everyone scrambled into the rubble to search.

After another week with still no findings, everyone finally gave up hope.

“This is a fake tomb. There’s nothing here!”

“Maybe this was just wishful thinking on our part, and reality has played a huge joke on us!”

“The dream is over! Let’s go!”

“These past two months have been a complete waste!”

Heartbroken, one by one they left the place.

The experiences of these past two months were nothing but an absurd farce for them.

Now that the farce was over, it was time to go home to find their parents.

In this farce, not a single person was a winner, except…

“Having been with you for over two months, I’ve made 240 million taels of silver! The tourism industry really is a hugely profitable one, and I wish I could keep doing this forever, but alas…”

After tallying up the earnings, Lin Beifan felt both joy and regret.

The joy came from earning 240 million taels, a vast fortune that would make any empire green with envy!

The regret was that such a wealth influx was not sustainable.

He wished to continue indefinitely, but alas, fate had other plans.

At that moment, Sword Elder returned with his team and reported the situation to Lin Beifan.

There wasn’t much to say, really.

After all, Sword Elder had acted entirely according to Lin Beifan’s orders.

Everything about Wanshou Mountain had been under his control.

“My disciple, well done! We only take the money we’re entitled to, and the rest doesn’t concern us! Whether they unearth the tomb of Heavenly Khan or not, it has nothing to do with us!” Lin Beifan said with a smile.

“What the master said is very true!” Sword Elder replied with a smile.

In this event, only their Great Xia made a killing, while everyone else lost out!

He couldn’t help but admire his Master for his foresight!

No wonder he had built such a vast foundation at such a young age!

“By the way, Master, we found five extraordinary individuals at Wanshou Mountain. How should we deal with them?” Sword Elder clapped his hands, and soldiers brought forward five people.

Lin Beifan covered his nose.

These five were none other than Eight Master Hu, Wu Xie, and others who had been tormented to the brink of death by Lin Beifan.

In truth, they should have died.

But they had fought against Lin Beifan for over a month, and despite the extremely harsh conditions, they had survived.

Valuing talent, Lin Beifan had decided to give them a sliver of hope, allowing the people of Great Xia to find them.

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