After returning to his sleeping quarters, Lord Yun Liang told Chu Feng to rest. He then went into another room, presumably to rest as well.
It was not until deep into the night that Lord Yun Liang came to find Chu Feng again. Although he still looked weak at this time, he appeared much better than before.
Lord Yun Liang took Chu Feng back to the Asura King Palace once more.
The Asura King Palace remained heavily guarded.
However, with the Asura King’s token in hand, Lord Yun Liang made the guards step aside without question.
Compared to when they entered the palace that morning, Chu Feng clearly noticed that Lord Yun Liang was moving much faster.
“Chu Feng, is the box still there?”
Dan Dan asked.
“It is still here. The Asura King did not take it away.”
Chu Feng replied. Since his formation had fused with the box, although he could not see what was inside, after stepping into the Asura King Palace he could sense the exact location of the box.
The box was still on the King Platform.
However, the Asura King had already left.
“This old fellow is not really going to just bring you in here and let you take that box, is he?”
“If that’s the case, what will happen to him?”
“He is an Asura evil spirit. He cannot leave this place with you, can he?”
The Queen said, sounding puzzled.
In fact, the Queen’s confusion was also Chu Feng’s confusion.
Because of this, Chu Feng still did not know whether Lord Yun Liang truly intended to help him in this way.
Finally, they arrived once more at the deepest part of the Asura King Palace.
On the King Platform stood a golden box that was dozens of metres long.
This golden box also contained a formation. The formation was operating and connected to the King Platform, seemingly drawing in the special power from the platform.
However, this golden box was different from the one they had seen earlier that was sealed with a talisman.
Chu Feng knew that the box with the talisman was inside this golden box.
“Little brat, activate your formation and open this box.”
Lord Yun Liang said.
Chu Feng did not dare hesitate and quickly did as instructed.
After activating the formation he had fused into the box, he began using its power to break open the golden box.
Although the formation on the golden box was complex, it was not actually a treasure chest meant to hide items. Instead, it seemed designed to use its formation power to temper the box sealed with the talisman.
Therefore, its defensive strength was quite weak. In roughly half a stick of incense’s time, Chu Feng successfully opened the golden box.
Once the golden box was opened, the box with the talisman paper appeared before Chu Feng.
“Little brat, take it and go.”
Lord Yun Liang said.
Chu Feng quickly complied and stored the box with the talisman paper away.
“Swallow this pill and return the way you came.”
As he spoke, Lord Yun Liang took out a pill and handed it to Chu Feng.
With one glance, Chu Feng could tell this was no ordinary pill. It was a concealment pill. Its hiding effect far surpassed his Nine Dragons Sacred Robe and his own concealment formations.
Such a pill was beyond Chu Feng’s ability to refine. Even a realm spiritist of the Black Fiend Old Devil’s level could not refine it.
This pill must have come from the hands of an extremely powerful realm spiritist.
Lord Yun Liang’s action was a precaution to ensure Chu Feng could escape smoothly.
Chu Feng did not dare hesitate and immediately swallowed the pill.
Sure enough, after swallowing it, Chu Feng’s body instantly entered a hidden state.
The pill’s effect was extremely strong. Even an existence like the Asura King might not be able to sense Chu Feng.
“Little brat, what is your name?”
Lord Yun Liang asked Chu Feng.
At this moment, his tone had become noticeably gentler.
“Lord, this junior is called Chu Feng.”
Chu Feng answered honestly.
“Chu Feng, tell the Black Fiend that he must not betray our Asura realm spirit army.”
Lord Yun Liang said to Chu Feng.
“Lord Yun Liang, could it be… you are not leaving?”
Chu Feng sensed something was wrong. It seemed Lord Yun Liang had no intention of escaping.
But if he did not leave, he would surely die.
Chu Feng could see how important that box was to the Asura evil spirits. They would absolutely not let the person who stole it go.
“I cannot leave. You must go quickly.”
“The pill’s effect is very short. You have to leave as soon as possible.”
Lord Yun Liang urged him.
“Lord, this junior will remember your help forever.”
“I hope we may meet again someday.”
Although he spoke of meeting again someday, it was merely a faint, unrealistic hope Chu Feng held.
In truth, Chu Feng knew it would probably be very difficult to meet again.
At this moment, Chu Feng felt an inexplicable pang of sadness in his heart.
No matter what kind of person Lord Yun Liang was, no matter how many evil deeds he had done.
At the very least, he had never done anything bad to Chu Feng. Instead, he had helped Chu Feng rescue Wang Yuxian.
Now he was staying here to wait for death.
Chu Feng did not understand why, despite having such high status and position within the Asura Burial Ground, he would help the Black Fiend Old Devil at the cost of his own life.
But he had no time to think further, nor time to feel sorrow. He had to leave quickly. Otherwise, once the pill’s effect wore off, Chu Feng did not know whether his own concealment methods could fool an existence as powerful as the Asura King.
So after bowing to Lord Yun Liang, Chu Feng hurriedly left the place.
However, just as Chu Feng stepped out of the Asura King Palace, he saw the Asura King leading a large group of top Asura evil spirit experts and an army of Asura evil spirits marching grandly into the Asura King Palace.
“This old fellow is probably done for. Sigh… it’s making this Queen feel a bit down.”
“Chu Feng, hurry and go. That old fellow called Yun Liang used his own life to help you get this box. You cannot let him down.”
The Queen said.
As for Chu Feng, although he saw the Asura King leading the Asura army into the palace, he did not hesitate for a moment. He quickly flew back towards the palace he had come from.
That palace with the teleportation formation was located in an extremely remote corner of the Asura Burial Ground, quite some distance from the Asura King Palace.
So not long after Chu Feng left the Asura King Palace, the pill’s effect inside his body began to fade.
Lord Yun Liang had not lied to him. Although the pill’s effect was powerful, its duration was indeed very short.
Thus, Chu Feng could only rely on his Nine Dragons Sacred Robe and his own concealment formations to hide himself.
Fortunately, on the rest of the journey, Chu Feng did not encounter any top-tier Asura evil spirit experts, so he was not particularly worried about being discovered.
Inside the Asura King Palace, the Asura King had already led the Asura evil spirit army to the area where the King Platform was located.
Lord Yun Liang was still standing there.
Even upon seeing the Asura King arrive, there was not a trace of fear on Lord Yun Liang’s face. He had long prepared himself.
“Yun Liang, was this your doing?”
When they saw the opened golden box, the faces of the Asura evil spirits changed. Overwhelming killing intent surged from their bodies.
The Asura King raised his hand, signalling everyone to be silent.
Then the Asura King flew down and landed in front of Lord Yun Liang.
“Yun Liang, hand it over.”
“Do not force me to act.”
The Asura King said to Lord Yun Liang.
“Lord, it is no longer here.”
Lord Yun Liang replied.
“It must be that little brat following behind Yun Liang. He definitely took it.”
“Someone, go chase him down.”
Someone shouted loudly.
“Lord, Lord Yun Liang’s guard never left at all.”
“He must still be inside the palace.”
But the guards responsible for watching the Asura King Palace hurriedly spoke up.
“Inside the palace? Where is his figure in this palace?”
“Useless trash. You cannot even guard the palace properly.”
One of the high-status elder evil spirits walked up to the guard and slapped him across the face.
The guard looked aggrieved but did not dare speak again.
The Asura evil spirits then began searching everywhere for Chu Feng, but they could not find him at all.
If he was still inside the palace, why could they not find him?
Had he used some concealment method?
But if his concealment was good enough to fool them, then he must have already escaped long ago. Why would he hide here?
At this moment, cold sweat broke out on the Asura evil spirits.
Whoosh.
But at that instant, the Asura King reached out and directly gripped Lord Yun Liang’s throat.
At the same time, the black flames from his body, like insects, began burrowing into Lord Yun Liang’s body through his palm.
Although Lord Yun Liang endured with all his might, his body still trembled violently, and pain appeared on his face.
“Speak. Where did that little brat go?”
The Asura King asked in a cold voice.
“I told you, he has already left. He is not here.”
Lord Yun Liang said.
“Search everywhere. No matter what, find him for me.”
The Asura King shouted loudly. The Asura evil spirits present immediately rushed out of the Asura King Palace to search for Chu Feng.
“Hahahaha…”
But Lord Yun Liang burst into loud laughter.
“It’s useless. I said he has already left.”
“Even if you turn the entire camp of our Asura realm spirit army upside down, you will not find him. No…”
Lord Yun Liang said while laughing.
Ugh.
But before he could finish speaking, he let out a miserable cry.
It turned out that the Asura King’s fingers, which gripped his throat, had already pierced through his throat.
“Yun Liang, you have truly betrayed the trust I placed in you.”
“Do you know that what you did today is not only a betrayal of our Asura realm spirit army, but has also caused an irreparable great mistake?”
The Asura King said with fierce eyes and gnashing teeth.
“Lord, I, Yun Liang, have never betrayed the Asura realm spirit army. I, Yun Liang, have committed no wrong. The one who is wrong is you.”
Lord Yun Liang said.
“Yun Liang, I gave you a chance.”
At this moment, the Asura King’s face became exceptionally ferocious. His other hand, like a sharp blade, pierced straight through Lord Yun Liang’s body with a squelch.
…
After a hurried journey, Chu Feng finally returned to the palace where he had started.
Although this palace looked divine, it was extremely remote and unguarded.
Chu Feng entered the palace very smoothly and found the teleportation gate that could lead him out of the Asura Burial Ground.
But Chu Feng did not leave immediately. Instead, he released Gongsun Yuntian.
