Chapter 155: The Treasure Map

Dig a tunnel?

Su Yizhao was stunned!

Dig your silly deer's tunnel!

"Kid, if you want to stay alive, listen to Lord Deer!"

"Fellow Daoist Su, put me down, I am fine now!" After a brief struggle, Qin Hongyi blushed and escaped from his embrace.

After a moment of thought, Su Yizhao did not pursue the question nor offer any explanation, and quickly shouted: "Fellow Daoist Qin, at the foot of the mountain ahead, dig a tunnel straight into the ground!"

Although he had no idea what digging a tunnel was for!

He decided to trust this silly deer one more time!

The two moved at lightning speed, reaching the foot of the mountain in an instant.

By this time, Qin Hongyi naturally realized that there were pursuers behind them.

Without asking why, she let out a soft cry: "Departing Fire..."

Su Yizhao immediately interrupted, "Just digging a tunnel, no need for the Departing Fire!"

He wouldn't mind seeing the immensely powerful "Departing Fire Incinerating the Heavens" once more, of course!

The problem was that casting it would cause her to faint again!

Under the current circumstances, that was hardly appropriate!

A slight blush crept across Qin Hongyi's exquisite face. Her aura instantly surged, and she struck the ground fiercely with both palms from a distance!

"Boom! Boom!"

As the sound echoed, rocks and earth scattered, instantly revealing a crater several feet wide!

However, it was only four or five feet deep; could they possibly hide in that?

"Deeper, put more force into it!" The divine deer urged anxiously, roaring in his mind.

Things had reached this point; Su Yizhao dared not hesitate.

He echoed urgently, "Deeper! Harder!"

Hearing this, the tips of Qin Hongyi's ears turned slightly red. Her palms crossed, and she struck rapidly!

"Boom, boom... crack!"

In the blink of an eye, she had delivered over a hundred strikes!

The hole, a foot wide, grew deeper and deeper!

Suddenly, a crisp snapping sound rang out!

It sounded like stone breaking!

Yet, when struck by a cultivator at the Nine-Void Realm, stone would ordinarily be pulverized or even reduced to ashes. How could there be such a sound?

Su Yizhao was burning with anxiety!

Within his spiritual sense, those eight figures were approaching steadily!

Eighty miles!

Sixty miles!

Fifty miles!

They had already circulated their techniques, preparing to strike in unison!

"Alright, jump in!"

The divine deer rejoiced in his mind.

Su Yizhao was stunned!

Jump in?

Hide inside?

Was this sheer self-deception, burying one's head in the sand while leaving the rest exposed?

"Jump quickly!"

In his spiritual sense, those eight figures were only forty miles away!

Thirty miles!

The massive aura erupting jointly from the eight individuals had already stirred the entire sky!

Su Yizhao gritted his teeth hard and leaped straight into the hole!

"Jump!" His figure vanished into the cavity, leaving only that single word echoing in Qin Hongyi's ears!

"Ha! Such utter foolishness? Die!"

From behind, a monstrous aura swept over fiercely!

Qin Hongyi had no time to ask questions; she closed her eyes and jumped squarely into the hole.

The moment her figure disappeared, sand and stones flew around the opening, and the overwhelming aura had already arrived!

"Boom!"

A deafening roar echoed in all directions!

Within a radius of ten miles, mountains crumbled and trees were utterly destroyed!

The eight figures arrived. As the flying debris cleared, the ground had collapsed by forty to fifty feet!

The combined might of eight people! Terrifying to this degree!

On the ground, the wide opening had vanished entirely!

What remained in everyone's view was an abyss!

Probing with spiritual sense, it was bottomless. An icy aura emanated from the abyss, causing their entire bodies to involuntarily grow slightly cold!

They looked at each other, their faces so gloomy water could almost drip from them!

A thousand questions flooded their minds!

Why was there an abyss here?

Where did this abyss lead?

How did that person know an abyss existed here?

Most crucially, what was inside this abyss? Should they pursue, or not?

...

"Kid Su, do you know how formidable Lord Deer is now?" The divine deer began to boast extravagantly!

In the darkness, Su Yizhao struggled to stabilize his falling form.

Though he refused to admit it aloud, he felt a secret shock in his heart!

This silly deer!

It was actually somewhat useful!

He asked, "Where is this? Why does it feel so freezing all over?"

At that moment, Qin Hongyi descended from above, landing side by side with him, and instinctively grabbed his arm.

Clearly, she too could feel the chill within this place!

"Gaga! Buried right here is a Spirit-Devouring clan member!" The divine deer chuckled sinisterly!

Su Yizhao was instantly overjoyed!

With a Spirit-Devouring clan member buried here, didn't that mean there were profound stone veins?

Profound stones were what he lacked the most right now!

He lacked them desperately!

Just as he was rejoicing, the divine deer suddenly cried out, "Oh no!"

Su Yizhao's heart sank, and he asked anxiously, "What is it?"

"This Spirit-Devouring clan member was at a very high realm!" the divine deer said, trying to sound composed to cover something up.

Su Yizhao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No matter how high the realm, it is already dead. What is there to fear?"

By then, his feet had touched the ground.

He looked up!

In his spiritual sense, the upper realm was pitch black.

Just how deep was this?

Even his spiritual sense could not reach the entrance!

The divine deer said leisurely, "Dead is dead, indeed. But its resentful spirit is still around!"

Su Yizhao was stunned!

He recalled the resentful spirits he had encountered in the mine tunnels before!

Were those resentful spirits left behind by the Spirit-Devouring clan?

If so, did the strength of a resentful spirit depend on the realm of the Spirit-Devouring clan member?

That meant... !

He dared not think further!

"How high was the realm of this Spirit-Devouring clan member?" he asked.

The divine deer replied, "Very high. Enough to wipe out the entire continent!"

Su Yizhao trembled all over!

What a scam!

This silly deer was unreliable after all!

"Walk forward! With me here, there is nothing to fear!" In the purple palace, within the jade disk, the divine deer was sprawled across a spiritual vein, opening its mouth to inhale as a supreme-grade spirit stone flew straight in.

"Crack, crack..."

It chewed it to pieces in two or three bites and swallowed it.

Its illusory body seemed slightly more solid!

Yet this extremely subtle solidification went unnoticed even by itself.

The space within the jade disk was vast.

Spirit Qi was dense, and looking around, hundreds or thousands of spirit stone veins protruded from the ground.

And these spirit stone veins were composed entirely of supreme-grade spirit stones!

The divine deer was very satisfied!

It stood up and swept its gaze around.

These were the spirit stone veins it had plundered everywhere before the Spirit-Devouring clan invaded.

Back then, relying on its terrifying cultivation base, snatching spirit stone veins had been exceedingly simple!

Of course, it was all thanks to the care of this kid's father!

After the Spirit-Devouring clan invaded, every single spirit stone vein across the entire starry sky had been devoured by them!

Well, it would help out this once!

At that moment, Su Yizhao's voice rang out, "Lord Deer, is what you said true?"

The divine deer grinned and said, "Hurry up and walk forward. This time, I am presenting you with a grand gift!"

Su Yizhao dared not fully believe it!

Yet at this moment, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk forward.

Qin Hongyi asked in a low voice, "Where is this? How did you know about it?"

Unable to explain clearly, Su Yizhao made up an excuse: "A treasure map I obtained by chance! Just follow me!"

"A treasure map?" Qin Hongyi grew excited. "Is it a treasure map left behind by some senior powerhouse? Wow! We are going to strike it rich! We might even obtain his legacy, and once we go out, we'll be invincible under heaven!"

Su Yizhao was left speechless!

Once Qin Hongyi's imagination ran wild, there was simply no holding her back!

"Peerless cultivation methods! Heavenly treasures and earthly materials! We've hit the jackpot! Fellow Daoist Su, I never imagined you would have such an opportunity! It's a good thing I followed you..."