Chapter 1501: Hanging by a Hair! (2/2)
Absolute silence!
Everyone waited with bated breath. Wang Chong had managed to produce the same energy as the second- and third-generation successors, but no one knew if the move would actually work.
After a long, long time…
As if deciding that Wang Chong was another Origin Immortal successor like him, the second-generation successor put away his sword, the hostility in his eyes fading. He turned around and walked back to his throne of white jade.
Whew!
Everyone exhaled in relief. The suffocating feeling brought about by the perilous situation was finally fading.
”Come on! Let's get out of here!” the Demonic Emperor Old Man urged. No one knew what other mishaps would occur if they stayed, so it was better to get into the passage and get far away from this danger.
The group entered the passage according to the prescribed order, and even as the third-generation successor left, the second-generation successor continued to stand in front of his throne.
Once they were all through, they felt like they were survivors of some major calamity.
The Demonic Emperor Old Man sent a mental wave into the minds of the others. ”Come on! Only the last palace is left!”
Now that they had passed through the palace guarded by the second-generation successor, their confidence swelled. If they could deceive the second-generation, it meant that they could use the same method to get past the even more powerful first-generation.
The group was getting closer and closer to the core of the Origin Immortal Treasury.
After traveling along a corridor of sixty or seventy meters, the group quickly reached the final palace. But when they walked out, they were instantly struck dumb.
”Ah?!”
”What's going on? There's no palace at the end of the corridor?”
”Is there no first generation?”
The corridor opened up not into the palace guarded by the first generation, but a vast room permeated by green smoke that obscured the vision.
”What's going on here?”
The Wushang Village Chief raised an eyebrow and ventured in, tightly gripping his cane.
The Origin Immortal Lord had six disciples, and based on the rules, the second generation followed the third generation, so the first generation should follow the second generation. Once they got past that last barrier, the group would finally reach the heart of the treasury and obtain the world-renowned Supreme and Infinite Origin Immortal Art.
But the situation before them was clearly different from what they had expected. Were the rumors mistaken? The Origin Immortal Lord's first disciple had encountered some mishap and had not been placed in the underground palace? Or perhaps the Origin Immortal Lord didn't have six disciples?
Everyone's minds were in disarray and awash with possibilities.
Suddenly, the Lone Silence Ancestor loudly laughed and rushed forward. ”Hahaha, although I don't know why there's no first generation or a final underground palace, I'm sure that this is the heart of the Origin Immortal Treasury! The Supreme and Infinite Origin Immortal Art must be here!”
After all the hardships and ups and downs, the Lone Silence Ancestor had never imagined that he would actually reach the core of the Origin Immortal Treasury.
”Careful!”
Wang Chong's heart tightened at this sight, and he had the third-generation successor go forward.
”Until we thoroughly investigate this place, we can't be careless!”
As Wang Chong spoke, he sent a vast flood of Psychic Energy out of his body to fill the space. A few moments later, Wang Chong had seen through the green smoke to discover the truth of this vast space.
This was another abyss, one with a diameter of nearly one thousand meters. The abyss was unfathomable. Wang Chong had barely sent out his Psychic Energy when he found a cliff, and in front of the cliff was a bottomless pit. Wang Chong sent his Psychic Energy down one thousand meters but still failed to find the bottom.
But around the middle of the cliff, Wang Chong discovered a few things with his Psychic Energy.
No one dared to be careless in this strange space. Wang Chong had the third-generation successor lead the way while he slowly advanced with the others.
”So quiet!”
The Wushang Village Chief took in his surroundings. Besides the thick haze, he sensed nothing else.
”When we came in, the second-generation successor was still suspended in the air and he hadn't summoned his sword. We should be the first ones to have arrived!”
The Demonic Emperor Old Man eyed his surroundings warily as he spoke.
The second generation was simply too powerful. If they hadn't had the third-generation successor, even they would have found it very difficult to get past. A powerful guardian at the middle stage of the Subtle realm was not at all easy to defeat. Finding an individual in the Central Plains that could get past him would be like searching for a phoenix feather or Qilin horn.
Wang Chong said nothing. He did not dare make any conclusions until he was absolutely sure of the situation.