Chapter 1704: Longevity Grass (1/2)
The empty flower terrace left Li Qiye shocked as he jumped closer. He instantly opened his heavenly gaze while picking up a handful of soil. When the soil fell down the gap of his fingers, he felt the tangible sensation of touch. This was no illusion.
He confirmed that this terrace was completely empty. There was no hidden and vision-obscuring arts.
“No way!” His expression darkened with confusion at this unfavorable development.
While looking at the memories of the Black Dragon King, Li Qiye saw the sudden appearance of the Ancient Ming while the Black Dragon King’s group was attacking the grotto. They wanted to take advantage of the situation but there was no memory of the result.
However, Li Qiye guessed that all three sides suffered losses. Moreover, he believed that it was impossible for the Ancient Ming to kill the being in the grotto. It was someone of a monstrous level.
But this geezer and the Longevity Gra.s.s were nowhere to be found!
This gra.s.s was one of the nine grand heavenly treasures, granting absolute immortality. The endless time, destruction, and attacks from enemies were useless before the owner of this treasure.
In other words, this was the only thing in the world that could directly grant immortality, allowing one to last as long as the villainous heaven.
Because of this gra.s.s, the grotto was able to create the indestructible Dark Crow. The gra.s.s itself wasn’t only growing on the terrace but also the master of the grotto and Li Qiye’s body.
It connected the grotto, its master, and Li Qiye together. Thus, as long as Li Qiye’s body and souls were intact, the Dark Crow outside could suffer any damage and destruction.
The powerful master possessing the Longevity Gra.s.s made it too difficult to steal Li Qiye’s body back. Li Qiye was also aware that obtaining the gra.s.s was impossible as well. Even though the old geezer couldn’t leave this place, he was simply untouchable even for emperors! The gra.s.s growing on his body made him even more impervious.
For generations, Li Qiye had schemed for this gra.s.s. Alas, he couldn’t find the right opportunity. Such a chance would only come once. Failure meant losing the gra.s.s forever.
But now, the old geezer and the gra.s.s were nowhere to be found. All kind of possibilities popped up in Li Qiye’s head and made him quite anxious. Even an eternal existence like him felt a sense of dread.
The worst case scenario was that the Ancient Ming had obtained the gra.s.s. If this was true, the consequence would be unimaginable. Not only would the nine worlds tremble, the tenth world wouldn’t be spared either.
This race already had the Corporeal Zone. If it had the Longevity Gra.s.s too, it would be too much to handle because no one has ever gotten two heavenly treasures at the same time. Plus, these two were different since they could be used as personal artifacts as well.
If someone or a race were to obtain one treasure, then they would be infinitely close to being unbeatable, if not that already. Possessing two at the same time would be impossible to describe with words.
Just the Corporeal Zone stopped Li Qiye and the full force of the nine worlds from killing the Ancient Ming. If they had the Longevity Gra.s.s as well, the myriad races were doomed in the future.
Nevertheless, Li Qiye was still the ruler of the nine worlds, the eternal dark hand. He quickly took a composing breath and became determined to find out whether the Ancient Ming had really gotten the treasure or not.
He opened his eyes and released all of his energy. His eyes became brilliant and swept through the entire grotto without missing a single clue.
Finally, he focused on the cliff below this peak and carefully gazed downward with lightning speed. After the careful search, he placed his palm on the throne.