"This is bad, it’s the Monkey King!"
Almost the instant Ye Zhen cried out in alarm, a figure flashed before his eyes, a streak of green light whooshed past him, and another light in the shape of a talisman shot straight into Ye Zhen’s chest, where Hu Qingtong’s figure then vanished.
Ye Zhen hurriedly gave chase, but failed to catch up. Just like Feng Qingyue who had disappeared earlier after leaving the Snake Breeding Hall, Hu Qingtong was gone. Ye Zhen pursued almost immediately, but didn’t even catch a glimpse of Hu Qingtong’s shadow!
"How strange..." Looking at the empty space ahead, Ye Zhen’s face was one of surprise.
"This is my Talisman Lead. If you need me... to explain, contact me!"
The words came from the talisman light that had shot directly into Ye Zhen’s chest. Ye Zhen read it, feeling an indescribable sensation in his heart.
Just 15 minutes ago, he had a lover by his side, an embrace of a beauty in his arms; 15 minutes later, everything had flown away like scattered chickens and eggs.
Ye Zhen was not heartless, yet now he found himself alone. However, he was still quite worried about Hu Qingtong’s safety.
With Hu Qingtong’s Talisman Lead in hand, Ye Zhen could have located her approximate position through the reaction of the Talisman Communication, just as he had searched for Feng Qingyue earlier.
However, after a few moments of hesitation, Ye Zhen chose not to do so.
Clearly, Hu Qingtong, being the Grand Hall Master of the Devil God Palace, likely came here for the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King. She would probably not leave until she saw the Monkey King.
Besides, even if Ye Zhen sent a Talisman Communication to Hu Qingtong to pinpoint her location, what then?
Could Ye Zhen shamelessly ask to take responsibility for Hu Qingtong again?
She would probably reject him eight out of ten times.
On the flip side, if Hu Qingtong agreed, what would Ye Zhen do then?
Would he ask Hu Qingtong to give up her position as the Grand Hall Master of the Demon God Palace, or would Ye Zhen join the palace himself? All of this happened so suddenly, so suddenly that Ye Zhen was completely unprepared.
Even now, he felt as if he had been dreaming, needing some time to slowly process it all.
But now was not the time to reflect.
That pitifully ferocious roar from just before was almost certainly trouble for the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King. If the Monkey King was indeed in trouble now, it had to be related to Yang Yiguan waiting outside the Beast Spirit Hall.
It was highly possible that Yang Yiguan had broken through the gates of the Beast Spirit Hall and entered within. If Yang Yiguan managed to control the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King, then...
At this thought, Ye Zhen’s face grew very ugly. If that was the case, none of them, including himself, Hu Qingtong, and Lan Shuiqiao, would be able to leave this place alive!
The horror of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King was something only those who had faced him could understand. Extremely high Cultivation, coupled with that truly formidable Divine Skill, made him as terrifying as one claimed.
"I must find the Formation Control Central Hall immediately..."
With a thought of his Divine Sense, ripples formed beneath Ye Zhen’s feet on the stone slab. Silent and traceless as a fish diving into water, Ye Zhen’s figure submerged into the ground.
In the moment Ye Zhen’s figure silently vanished into the ground, a hundred meters away, a shadow flickered mysteriously in the corner of a grand hall; once Ye Zhen’s figure had completely disappeared, that shadow shook, and Hu Qingtong’s figure suddenly appeared.
"It should be Earth Escape, he actually has mastered Earth Escape, a real Divine Skill. This is surprising..."
Murmuring to herself, Hu Qingtong stared at the spot where Ye Zhen vanished, her expression becoming extremely complex. She stared for a long half a quarter-hour before snapping back to reality.
"The Ancestor said that this journey might bring a fateful entanglement... The path of humans and demons are different indeed; it truly is a fateful entanglement... But why do I not regret it one bit..."
Amidst her murmurs, Hu Qingtong walked forward, a point of Spirit Light rising from her feet, surging rapidly to the back of her head. Her jade arms reached back, delicately and skillfully gathering her hair as she sang an obscure and difficult chant.
As she sang, tied up her hair, and walked, each strand and each step transformed Hu Qingtong’s aura!
The youthful demeanor gradually matured, and her dazzling eyes deepened!
"As our hairs are tied, we express our joined hearts; today, I tied my hair for you, perhaps one day... I wonder if there will ever be such a day..."
As Hu Qingtong murmured, her figure slowly vanished into another grand hall. When she disappeared, her fluttering hair had been tied into a beautiful bundle.
After entering the underground, Ye Zhen swiftly moved toward the west.
He had already searched in the eastern, southern, and northern directions; only the west remained unexplored. The Formation Control Central Hall was likely located there.
Ye Zhen’s plan was to find the Formation Control Central Hall as quickly as possible and break the central control, which was the only way to foil Yang Yiguan’s plot.
Rushing to the vicinity of the Beast Spirit Hall would be the most futile action.
Yang Yiguan already had the enhancement of the Grand Formation of the Ten Thousand Beast Valley, which greatly increased his strength. If he took control of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King as well, Ye Zhen heading there would be courting death!
Pushing his Earth Escape to its limits, Ye Zhen traveled extremely fast beneath the ground, covering a mile’s distance in just a few breaths. Before long, his Divine Sense detected a group of palaces.
Like in the other directions, there were four grand halls to the west. One of them was the Plant Beast Hall, used for cultivating plant-type demon beasts; it occupied a vast area, with an environment similar to a primordial forest.
All of this was gleaned by Ye Zhen as his Divine Sense, carried on the Earth Spiritual Power, probed carefully from outside the grand hall.
Because Ye Zhen couldn’t even get close to the Plant Beast Hall.
Below the Plant Beast Hall was a dense web of roots from various plants, some extending dozens of meters into the ground, and the most terrifying part was that they moved!
This indicated that the Plant Beast Hall contained living plant-type demon beasts, and there were quite a few of them. From Ye Zhen’s sensing, even the faintest hint of aura from those roots was horrifying.
It wasn’t a question of whether he could escape into it—it was a certainty that if he did, he would be surrounded and attacked.
After carefully sensing around and confirming that there was no Formation Control Central Hall hidden within, Ye Zhen proceeded to explore the other halls.
Soon, he had ruled out two more halls, but when Ye Zhen reached the last one, his expression suddenly changed—his Divine Sense couldn’t penetrate it!
Another Formation that blocked Divine Sense!
This was the third time Ye Zhen had encountered such a Formation; the first time was in the Beast Spirit Hall, the second in the Snake Breeding Hall, and what would the third time hold?
His previous encounters in both the Beast Spirit Hall and the Snake Breeding Hall had been fraught with danger; what would he come across this time?
Getting ready, just like before, Ye Zhen clenched a Heavenly Thunder of Fright in his palm before carefully rising from underground. The moment his head surfaced, he saw a huge dark shadow in the opposite corner!
It was another Long-Armed Fire Monkey King!
No, to be precise, it was a Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet, its stiff body and the complete absence of vitality proving it to be a puppet.
Almost at the instant he saw the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet, before it had a chance to react, Ye Zhen’s figure once again sank into the ground.
Following the location of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet he had memorized in that split second, Ye Zhen slowly made his way through the earth.
In the next instant, Ye Zhen burst forth, and once more the Heart Sword Golden Light shot out with explosive force!
A few breaths later, just as the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet started to stand, the Spirit-Sealing Puppet Orb within its chest appeared in Ye Zhen’s hand. Then, the puppet’s corpse was also stored in his Storage Ring!
However, the process of collecting it was quite laborious!
Ye Zhen had a total of three Storage Rings on him, all High Grade Storage Rings, each with dimensions of a hundred meters in length, width, and height. Ye Zhen already carried many items, so he only had two idle Storage Rings left.
The massive Pill Furnace, along with the corpses of the three Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppets and several hundred Demon Cores, had nearly filled up the other two idle High Grade Storage Rings.
These spacious High Grade Storage Rings were already starting to be insufficient for Ye Zhen.
Unfortunately, Supreme Storage Rings were exceedingly rare in this world, and the storage space of a Supreme Storage Ring was ten times that of a High Grade one.
Unfortunately, up until now, Ye Zhen had not seen anyone possess one, let alone a Spirit Artifact Grade Storage Ring.
After securing the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet’s corpse, Ye Zhen started to examine the interior of this hall, which was bolstered by a Formation that blocked Divine Sense. He merely turned around for a glance, and Ye Zhen was astounded!
Spirit Crystals!
A veritable mountain of Spirit Crystals, and they were all High Grade Spirit Crystals!
The hall had been artificially divided into three areas, each over a hundred meters, made up of exceedingly thick Qing-colored Earth Spiritual Power that formed the Spiritual Power Warehouses.
The three enormous Spiritual Power Warehouses, each a hundred meters in length and width, and fifty meters high, were completely filled with Spirit Crystals, all of which were High Grade.
High Grade Spirit Crystals were neatly arranged inside the semi-transparent Spiritual Power Warehouses. Just a single glance was enough to make Ye Zhen struggle to tear his gaze away, his breathing growing rapid.
Such a large Spiritual Power Warehouse must contain more than five million Spirit Crystals!
And they were all High Grade Spirit Crystals, not the Mid-grade ones.
One High Grade Spirit Crystal could at least be exchanged for a hundred Mid-grade Spirit Crystals!
The combined value of the Spirit Crystals in these two Spiritual Power Warehouses was certainly over ten million High Grade Spirit Crystals, equating to over a billion Mid-grade Spirit Crystals—what an astounding amount!
Even when adding up the total value of all the assets owned by the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, it probably wouldn’t reach this amount, right?
If Ye Zhen were to get his hands on the High Grade Spirit Crystals inside these two warehouses...
At this thought, Ye Zhen felt a surge of excitement.
"I must seize them quickly!"
As his Divine Sense moved, the Earth Primordial Divine Palm attacked one of the Spiritual Power Warehouses!
Boom!
In a thunderous explosion, countless Talisman Patterns emerged densely on the surface of the Spiritual Power Warehouse. The patterns merely wavered for a moment before Ye Zhen’s Earth Primordial Divine Palm dissipated.
After unleashing three consecutive Earth Primordial Divine Palms and seeing no effect, Ye Zhen was stunned!
He had launched three strikes just to shatter a single pattern on the Spiritual Power Warehouse’s surface. In other words, to break into this Spiritual Power Warehouse, he would need to strike it over thirty thousand times with his Earth Primordial Divine Palms!
With his current strength, he would be drained after two or three hundred consecutive strikes—meaning that to break open this Spiritual Power Warehouse, he would be depleted and need to replenish his Spiritual Power more than a hundred times!
Even with the support of Pill Spirit Crystals, the fastest Ye Zhen could recover his fully depleted Spiritual Power would still take two to three hours at the quickest. That meant he could only do it three or four times a day.
It would take over a month just to breach this Spiritual Power Warehouse!
However, such a foolish act was not something Ye Zhen would consider.
Breaking in through sheer brute force might be a dead-end job for others, but for Ye Zhen, it was merely a matter of using his Earth Escape technique!
Ye Zhen knew how to utilize Earth Escape! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it or give it a monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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