“What’s going on?”
Everyone was dumbfounded.
At that moment, the Long-browed Master’s eyes rolled back, and he completely passed out.
Ye Qiu quickly stepped forward, grabbed the Long-browed Master’s wrist to check his pulse, then pulled out golden needles, swiftly inserting them into several points on his body.
Seconds later.
The Long-browed Master opened his eyes.
The first thing he did upon waking was clutch the gold ingot tightly, shouting, “Half of the treasures here are mine. None of you can take them from me.”
Xiao Zhan said, “Senior, let go quickly.”
“Hmph, no way I’m letting go. These treasures are mine, ah…”
The Long-browed Master suddenly cried out in pain, looking down to see his hands had turned pitch black, as if freshly pulled from coal.
“You’ve been poisoned,” Ye Qiu scolded irritably. “Told you not to be greedy. Now you’ve learned your lesson.”
The Long-browed Master flung the gold ingot away, urgently saying, “Little brat, save me quick.”
Ye Qiu took out more golden needles, pricking several points on the Long-browed Master’s hands. Soon, strands of black blood flowed along the needles, and after a while, the blood turned red.
“The poison’s gone.”
Ye Qiu withdrew the needles.
The Long-browed Master frowned, puzzled. “Strange, with my cultivation, ordinary poisons wouldn’t escape my notice. Why didn’t I detect the poison on the gold ingot?”
Master Chongxu mocked, “That’s because your eyes only saw the gold ingot.”
“I wasn’t asking you. Shut up,” the Long-browed Master glared at Master Chongxu, then asked Ye Qiu, “What’s going on?”
Ye Qiu said, “Senior Chongxu’s right. Your eyes were only on the gold ingot.”
The Long-browed Master: “…”
Ye Qiu warned everyone, “The things here are poisoned. Don’t touch anything, remember that.”
However, at that moment, Hu Zi walked up to a battle axe
The axe was about three metres long, weighing over a thousand pounds, standing there pitch black, emitting a cold gleam.
It was extraordinary.
Ye Qiu could tell at a glance that Hu Zi was interested in the axe and warned, “Hu Zi, don’t touch—”
Crack!
Before Ye Qiu could finish, Hu Zi reached out with his right hand and grasped the axe.
Instantly, his right hand turned pitch black.
“Ah…”
Hu Zi cried out, black mist billowing from his body, enveloping both him and the axe.
Ye Qiu immediately activated his Heavenly Eye, his vision piercing the black mist. He saw the Life-and-Death Talisman on Hu Zi’s back activate, a purple aura flowing through his meridians, swiftly dispelling the poison in his hand.
Then, the purple aura surged from Hu Zi’s palm, wrapping around the axe like lightning before returning to his body.
“Boss, is Hu Zi okay?”
As Xiao Zhan spoke, the black mist dissipated, Hu Zi’s right hand returned to normal, and he held the axe firmly.
Hu Zi tested it, then turned to Ye Qiu, saying, “Master, I really like this axe. Can I take it?”
“Everything here is unclaimed. Of course you can take it,” Ye Qiu said, stepping forward to touch the axe, his eyes showing surprise.
He noticed the poison on the axe had completely vanished.
“What exactly is the Life-and-Death Talisman on Hu Zi? It feels like it can do anything.”
The poisons on these treasures were no ordinary ones. Even Ye Qiu couldn’t identify their origin.
To put it simply, an ordinary Venerable expert would die upon contact.
Even a King-level expert would be poisoned, resulting in paralysis at best, death at worst.
If Ye Qiu hadn’t reacted quickly earlier, the Long-browed Master would’ve been in grave danger.
“This place is strange. We don’t know what dangers lie ahead. Don’t act on your own from now on, or you might get into trouble,” Ye Qiu cautioned Hu Zi.
“Yes, Master,” Hu Zi nodded.
At this moment, Fairy Baihua asked, “Where’s the Dragon Vein?”
Her eyes were fixed solely on the Dragon Vein. She had merely glanced at the gold and treasures without any interest.
“Follow me.”
Ye Qiu started walking.
“Little brat,” the Long-browed Master called out, pointing at the gold and treasures on the ground. “So many treasures, you’re just leaving them?”
“They’re all yours. Take them,” Ye Qiu said and kept walking.
The Long-browed Master wanted to take them, but remembering the poison, he gave up.
Ye Qiu led the group through the treasury, and soon they arrived at another bronze gate.
Above this gate were four seal characters: Divine Palace Sanctuary.
“Old man, it’s up to you.”
Ye Qiu stepped aside.
“Heh, I’m the best at opening doors,” the Long-browed Master chuckled. “But let’s make it clear. If I open this door and there are treasures inside, I get half.
“No problem,” Ye Qiu agreed readily.
Not to mention whether there were treasures inside, even if there were, they wouldn’t be easy to take.
“Bull-nose, how about I give you a chance to open it?” the Long-browed Master teased.
“Forget it,” Master Chongxu said, not wanting to embarrass himself again.
“I gave you a chance, and you didn’t take it. Don’t blame me later,” the Long-browed Master said, leaping forward and striking four palm blows at the characters “Divine Palace Sanctuary.”
Rumble!
The bronze gate slowly opened.
Instantly, Ye Qiu caught a strong medicinal fragrance.
He stepped forward quickly, standing at the entrance and looking inside. To his shock, it was a medicinal field.
The field was filled with various herbs.
Ye Qiu spotted several ginseng plants, their stems like trees, lush and vibrant.
There were also millstone-sized lingzhi mushrooms, two-metre-wide snow lotuses, gastrodia with a pearl atop, and notoginseng…
Hundreds of plants in total.
All were thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.
“Holy crap, so many spiritual herbs. I’m rich…”
The Long-browed Master’s face flushed with excitement, but this time, wary from earlier, he didn’t rush to pick the herbs.
Though the others stayed put, they were visibly thrilled.
Even Fairy Baihua couldn’t stay calm, her eyes rippling with emotion.
“Little brat, is this medicinal field dangerous?” the Long-browed Master asked.
“It’s dangerous, extremely dangerous,” Ye Qiu said gravely, his expression unprecedentedly serious.
Hearing this, everyone grew tense.
The Long-browed Master looked closely, puzzled. “Where’s the danger? Why can’t I see it?”
“Stay here and don’t move. I’ll deal with the danger,” Ye Qiu said, gripping the God-beating Whip and walking towards the medicinal field.
“Little brat, be careful,” the Long-browed Master warned.
Ye Qiu reached the edge of the field, took a deep breath, then swiftly opened his Qiankun Bag, shouting:
“Collect!”
