319 Underground Palace (1/2)

Mo Wen and Gong Biluo's injuries had basically recovered. As Jun Wulei had Mo Wen's healing medicine, he had also recovered well. Compared to when they had first met, he was in much better condition.

”What happened?” Mo Wen glanced at Jun Wulei, and surprise flashed in his eyes. Jun Wulei was walking towards him and appeared to be holding a person captive.

How could there be another person in the Underground Palace?

Jun Wulei threw that person in front of Mo Wen and Gong Biluo and said with a cold expression, ”When I returned to the karst cave, I found this guy craning his neck trying to peer in from the outside, so I caught him.” This Underground Palace was mysterious and strange, so they must be cautious about anybody who appeared. After all, this place was a dangerous one that normal people wouldn't enter.

”Eh, a member of the Jiang Clan.” Surprise flashed in Mo Wen's eyes as he stepped forward to give that person a kick. He realized that the person was wearing Jiang Clan attire. He was not old, maybe in his twenties or thirties. If Mo Wen had guessed correctly, he should be the one who had escaped from the team of Jiang Clan's preliminary candidates.

It seemed to be Jiang Mingxun, who was Jiang Clan's genius. After this person had run into the deep end of the forbidden land, he had even lamented this person's courage. However, why had he appeared in the Underground Palace? If it was only to escape, and he had intruded into this dangerous place, that definitely would not make sense.

Mo Wen squatted down and patted Jiang Mingxun's face. At that moment, he was already unconscious and was exhaling more deeply than inhaling. His body was covered with wounds of all sizes. At one look, one could see that Jun Wulei had not caused the wounds, but that they had been incurred by the dangers within the forbidden land.

He took out a golden needle and inserted it into the back of Jiang Mingxun's head. After a short while, Jiang Mingxun slowly came around. When he saw Mo Wen, he immediately widened his eyes and didn't understand why this person would be appearing in front of him.

”Mo Wen!” Jiang Mingxun's face paled suddenly. Wasn't this person just fighting with the Sect Grand Elder? He posed his next, most pressing question aloud. ”Why are you in this place?”

Jiang Mingxun's question was also Mo Wen's question. Likewise, he was also a little baffled as to why Jiang Mingxun would be there.

”I…” Jiang Mingxun opened his mouth while his eyes roved constantly, as if he were thinking of an excuse.

”Tell the truth, or else…” Mo Wen smiled sardonically, lifted his hand, and inserted a needle into Jiang Mingxun's body. Instantly, a heart-rending scream came from Jiang Mingxun's mouth while his body spasmed constantly like he was having a seizure. It continued for about three minutes before Mo Wen removed the golden needle from Jiang Mingxun's body.

”I'll tell… tell…” Jiang Mingxun was panting, and his face trembled uncontrollably while he looked at Mo Wen with trepidation. Just now, he felt like death was better than living, which made him want to just kill himself and have done with it.

”Don't play any tricks,” Mo Wen said stoically. This Jiang Mingxun was shrewd, and his intelligence was way above Jiang Mingxiao's. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to escape into the Underground Palace alone.

”I am here... the purpose… purpose is to find treasure…” Jiang Mingxun took a deep breath. He knew that he couldn't hide any longer. Otherwise, it would be too difficult even if he intended to die.

As it turned out, the reason for Jiang Mingxun to be in the Underground Palace was that he had recently obtained a treasure map. The location marked on the treasure map was in the Underground Palace in the forbidden land.

Three months ago, as he completed an important mission, he had the chance to go to the Jiang Clan's secret treasure chamber to select a treasure, and he found a treasure map in there. He hid it secretly and brought it out of the Jiang Clan's treasure trove.

After studying it, he realized that the treasure map had been obtained by the Dafang Sect's five founders in the secret forbidden land hundreds of years ago. During those hundreds of years, the Dafang Sect had gone to this Underground Palace to hunt for the treasures several times, however, they never found anything and were severely injured or died instead.

After he had obtained this treasure map, he was very tempted. Although he knew that there would be dangers when hunting for the treasures, the secretive treasures gained would allow him to take a leap to success, and maybe even have the possibility of being the leader of the Dafang Sect.

His ability and talents were almost the same as Jiang Mingxun's, but he didn't get the position of the Dafang Sect's leader, as the position had been decided internally long ago. The rest of the people wouldn't have a chance either, as Jiang Mingxiao was the biological grandson of the Sect Grand Elder, Jiang Quangui.

Jiang Mingxun refused to accept this decision in his heart. Why can Jiang Mingxiao become the Sect Leader without a doubt, but I can't? Hence in the beginning, he already had in mind to go into the forbidden land to find the treasures, and hopefully when he found the treasures, he would become an exceptional expert.

Previously, the reason why he dared to go to the ends of the forbidden land without hesitation was, in fact, not only to escape from Mo Wen, but most importantly to use the opportunity to leave the rest of the people behind so he could venture alone to find the treasures.

”Treasure map!” Surprise flickered in Mo Wen's eyes, as previously Jun Wulei and Gong Biluo had come here to take the risks and were also after the unknown treasures. Now, there was actually another treasure map in Jiang Mingxun's hands.

Could there really be some treasures in this Underground Palace?

Jun Wulei raised his brows slightly and commanded sternly, ”Hand over the treasure map.” Previously, he had suspected that since he only had half of the treasure map, another person probably had the other half. It now appeared his previous theory had been almost completely spot on.