King of Creation
Chapter 827: Chapter 816: Emergency Seclusion
Ye Zhen arrived at Tiger Mouth Gorge at almost the fastest speed possible.
After all, the five-colored light shooting into the sky was too dazzling and too attention-grabbing, and such a spectacle often heralded the emergence of a treasure.
However, upon arriving and seeing the situation at the scene, Ye Zhen was both disappointed and furrowed his brow tightly once more.
The five-colored light, capable of mixing the Five Elements and shooting into the sky, indeed indicated that there was a treasure or a secret mansion below, but the underground lava spewing together with this Spirit Light was still gushing wildly!
It’s just that the spewing force had weakened a bit, from directly spraying into mid-air to resembling a small fountain emerging from the ground, causing more five-colored light to erupt from underground, resulting in the previous spectacle.
And in terms of volume, it’s even more than before.
The bottom of the previously massive pit, over a thousand meters deep and ten thousand meters wide, was now filled with the erupting lava.
The high temperatures carried by the subsequently erupting lava caused the previously cooled lava to melt again, turning back into dark red flowing magma, emanating astonishing heat.
With this high-temperature barrier of lava, Ye Zhen estimated that in a short time, it would be impossible to search for the treasure or secret mansion below.
Even an Establishment King could not ignore the intensely high temperature of the lava; Ye Zhen estimated that only beings like his late elder brother, the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King, naturally adept at fire control cultivation, could barely explore under such conditions.
Of course, the few Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppets in Ye Zhen’s storage ring were absolutely incapable. After becoming puppets, they were left with only instinct, and their cultivation was very low, with only the aura of Low-Grade Spirit Tier beasts, equivalent to Kings of the Second and Third Stage Establishment.
"Altar Master, this isn’t good. This spectacle is too attention-grabbing. It won’t be long before the news that a treasure or secret mansion is going to appear here will spread far and wide, and then Red Fire Martial City might attract countless powerful figures!" Vice Altar Master Hong Jiyin said worriedly as he gazed at the five-colored light.
Ye Zhen admiredly glanced at Hong Jiyin; this was exactly why Ye Zhen furrowed his brows.
Although Ye Zhen had defeated the major forces within Red Fire Martial City, with a trend towards unifying Red Fire Martial City, there were still many transient martial artists in the city. Although many astute merchants and Loose Cultivators had left early because of the battle, many martial artists were still hiding in various corners of Red Fire Martial City.
On the way here, Ye Zhen noticed many martial artists hurrying towards this place, but upon discovering Ye Zhen and his group, they avoided them like the plague.
But even so, Ye Zhen could still vaguely sense several faint Divine Senses probing this area.
In this situation, the news of a soon-to-appear treasure or secret mansion here couldn’t be concealed!
"Altar Master, the news here is definitely not concealable. As of now, the only strategy we have is to quickly find the treasure or enter the secret mansion that might be below before the powerful figures from all directions arrive and stake our claim on this place."
As he said this, Hong Jiyin paused, "Otherwise, we’ll only be able to watch as powerful figures from all directions converge and carve up the underground treasure or secret mansion!"
Hong Jiyin offered the most accurate suggestion, but Ye Zhen merely smiled wryly, "To strike first and claim everything, how do we do that? This ever-flowing magma is a natural barrier; not just us, even Kings of the Seventh and Eighth Stage Establishment generally cannot break through!"
"Do you have any good ideas?" Ye Zhen looked towards Hong Jiyin.
"Altar Master, in this kind of situation, there aren’t any good methods, we can only use the simplest way!" Hong Jiyin said.
"The simplest way?"
"Find a way to bring the temperature down here, like diverting a large amount of river water. Fifty miles from here is the Changlin River, if all the martial artists of our Red Fire Subdivision mobilize, perhaps it would only take two hours to dig a usable water channel....."
"Not a bad idea, but given the temperature of the magma here, even if we diverted all the water from the Changlin River, it would likely be instantly evaporated, and there’s still magma continuously surging underground!" Ye Zhen said.
"Altar Master, if your Tiger King gathered clouds for rain, then we found an an ice elemental spirit tier beast, and then diverted the river water, with these three approaches together, maybe we could...."
Before Hong Jiyin finished speaking, Ye Zhen already smiled wryly. An ice elemental spirit tier beast, where to find one?
Even if one could be found, how could it be made to obey?
These are basically impossible tasks!
Hong Jiyin naturally realized that his idea was not feasible and also smiled wryly, "Altar Master, are we just going to watch as this great opportunity for treasure-hunting slips away and let the treasure or secret mansion below possibly be taken by martial artists hurrying from all directions to this news?"
"There’s no good solution for now, I’ll explore around a bit more before deciding!"
As he spoke, Ye Zhen’s figure moved, flying into the distance, and as he took off, several trusted aides and Hong Jiyin wanted to follow but were stopped by Ye Zhen.
"I want to go alone to have a look, you all don’t follow!"
Hong Jiyin was startled and immediately understood Ye Zhen’s intention; he might be using some Secret Technique to probe, so he stopped everyone.
Ye Zhen was indeed using some Secret Technique to investigate, just intending to use Earth Escape to dive into the ground and have a look.
Flying dozens of miles away, he found a secluded hilltop and descended. The moment his Divine Sense entered the Mirage Dragon Pearl, Ye Zhen’s figure silently penetrated underground.
The next instant, beneath the Tiger Mouth Gorge, a light wrapped in earth-colored Spirit Light was swiftly progressing.
Whoosh!
The crimson light startled Ye Zhen, who was traversing underground, into a sudden stop.
A scene of crimson brilliance spanned across the underground, emitting high temperatures, blocking Ye Zhen’s path from afar.
Even with a hundred meters still separating them, and another hundred meters of underground soil and rocks in between, it was still difficult to stop the terrifying heat emanating from ahead.
Ye Zhen’s divine sense could only probe forward thirty meters before being completely cut off. Inside, there was not a single trace of earth elemental power, only rampant scorching fire elemental energy.
Unconvinced, Ye Zhen circled around this layer of crimson barrier, trying to find an entrance. After an hour of effort, Ye Zhen completely gave up.
All around was this crimson barrier, filled entirely with raging scorching fire elemental energy, with flowing lava everywhere. Ye Zhen’s earth escape technique simply could not penetrate it.
Of course, if Ye Zhen knew the fire escape technique, he might have been able to enter, but unfortunately, he didn’t.
Besides this, Ye Zhen even tried to delve to the deepest part of the underground, almost losing his life, yet still found no entrance.
With Ye Zhen’s current strength, the deepest he could traverse underground was about two hundred miles, where the terrifying pressure made him feel like he would be crushed into pieces.
However, even when Ye Zhen delved two hundred miles deep, there was still lava, a rolling torrent of lava, impossible to pass through!
Ultimately, Ye Zhen returned without success.
And after this round, Ye Zhen hadn’t figured out whether inside was a treasure or an ancient secret pavilion.
In any case, that crimson barrier could either be emitted by a treasure or be the protective great formation of an ancient secret pavilion.
In the sky above Tiger Mouth Gorge, seeing that Altar Master Ye Zhen had returned after disappearing for nearly two hours, Deputy Altar Master Hong Jiyin was full of anticipation.
In the end, Ye Zhen could only shake his head helplessly!
"Altar Master, even your secret technique....."
"It’s not possible! Until the lava temperatures here stop erupting, we have no way to enter. And judging by the current situation, the lava here won’t stop erupting for a few days! And after a few days...."
The rest of the words went unsaid by Ye Zhen, but all the martial artists present understood that after a few days, those powerful figures who got wind of it would come. By then, it wouldn’t be their turn.
After pondering for a few moments, Ye Zhen quickly made up his mind.
"Vice Hall Master Hong, send my orders!" Ye Zhen commanded sharply!
"Altar Master, I am here!"
"Order all the martial artists in the Spirit Crystal Vein Defense Zone behind our Red Fire Subdivision at Tiger Mouth Gorge to withdraw to Red Fire Martial City, and also all miners in the Spirit Crystal Vein Defense Zone, withdraw to Red Fire Martial City!" Ye Zhen ordered.
Upon hearing this, Commander Kong Yu of the Spirit Crystal Vein Defense Zone panicked, "Altar Master, we’ve managed to hold this position with great difficulty, why are we abandoning this defense zone now?"
"It’s not abandonment; it’s a strategic retreat!" Hong Jiyin began explaining to Kong Yu, "Commander Kong, the Five-colored Treasure Light has appeared here, and it won’t be long before a large number of martial artists are drawn here.
Contending for such treasures often leads to rivers of blood. It’s because the Altar Master doesn’t want you to suffer the fate of collateral damage that he’s ordered you back to the city!
Moreover, as long as we have our people, once the treasures here are fought over, we can just reclaim it afterward!"
"You say that, but we are quite strong right now, and with many recent captives joining us, as long as we dispatch more personnel, who would dare come? Even if two or three Establishment Kings come, we can still take care of them!" Kong Yu confidently asserted!
Unexpectedly, Zuo Xiong sneered coldly, "Two or three Establishment Kings, what if ten or even more come? And there are many old monsters whose cultivation has been stuck at the peak of Vein Forging Realm for ages unable to break through?"
Kong Yu was immediately dumbfounded.
"That’s unlikely, right?"
"Five-colored Treasure Light appearing, how many times have you seen that? Unlikely? It’s more likely there’ll be more rather than less!" Zuo Xiong reprimanded, "You should just follow the Altar Master’s orders honestly!"
"Vice Hall Master Hong, return to Red Fire Martial City, take over the entire city immediately, and ensure complete control over Red Fire Martial City within a day. We cannot allow the martial artists coming from all directions any opportunity to interfere in the battle within Red Fire Martial City! Can you do that?" Ye Zhen asked gravely, knowing the focus of so many powerful martial artists on Red Fire Martial City was far from a good thing; one misstep and it could turn into disaster!
Hearing this, Hong Jiyin hesitated for a moment, "If I’m allowed to go all out...."
"From now on, everything in the Red Fire Subdivision is under your command, I won’t interfere!" Ye Zhen ordered!
Upon hearing this, Hong Jiyin became excited, "No problem, I assure you the task will be completed! Oh, right, it would be best if the Altar Master could appear once or twice to intimidate them...."
"I don’t have time, I need to enter seclusion urgently, but if necessary, the kitten can substitute for a round!" Ye Zhen said! (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation tickets and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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