The trio of Wan Yanjun knew that the stone in Ling Xiao hand was a stone that could store true essence, but they didn’t know the magical effect of the Refine Array Stone.
Therefore, they didn’t think much about it.
Merely, they didn’t know that Ling Xiao had already refined ‘Plague Turn Bone Formation’ into this Refine Array Stone, and hereafter, he could use it once on the spot even without any materials.
If he wanted to use it multiple times, he would need some supplementary materials.
Ling Xiao picked up the Refine Array Stone and stored it in the Landscape World. He then pointed at the place where that Demon General had disappeared and said: “Senior Brother Chen Zui, now, can you tell me whether I can do it or not?”
At that place, there was actually a flight of stairs leading underground, which obviously was built by chiseling and using slabstones.
To build such an underground flight of stairs, that Plague Demon King must have truly exhausted his mind.
Everyone looked at the stairs leading down and they couldn’t help swallowing a mouthful of saliva. Moreover, they looked a bit excited.
“Senior Brothers, what do you think? Should I go down first or will you all go down first?”
Ling Xiao asked with a smile.
Wan Yanjun smiled and answered: “Among the four of us, only Junior Brother Ling is familiar with formations. Naturally, Junior brother Ling should take the lead, after all, we don’t know whether there are more formations further down.”
Ling Xiao cursed inwardly for their shamelessness.
But on the surface, he said: “Since that is the case, I, this Junior Brother, will go down first. However, if I encounter any benefits, I hope senior brothers will not be envious.”
“Wait a minute!”
Chen Zui suddenly shouted. He then transmitted his voice to Wan Yanjun and said: “Senior Brother Wan Yan, we can’t let this kid go down first. This kid is very greedy. If he happens to find something, he will definitely store it in his storage ring. Like that, wouldn’t this kid get a cheap advantage?”
“You are right!”
Wan Yanjun suddenly realized. Although he planned to kill Ling Xiao and Shangguan Lei after this matter, the plan couldn’t keep up with the changes. He was also worried that his plan would fail. In that case, he couldn’t let Ling Xiao get a cheap advantage.
“Junior Brother Ling, you are our savior, we can’t let you take risks. How about this, let me go in the forefront and you follow behind me?”
Wan Yanjun said to Ling Xiao after thinking for a bit.
“Fine.”
How could Ling Xiao not see through the thoughts of Wan Yanjun? Merely, he didn’t bother to expose it.
When this underground flight of stairs was designed, the invasion of foreign enemies should be taken into consideration, so it could only accommodate one person when going up or down.
Therefore, Wan Yanjun walked in the front, Ling Xiao followed behind him, then Shangguan Lei and Chen Zui walked at the end.
They obviously wanted to monitor Ling Xiao and Shangguan Lei to prevent these two people from making any unruly movements.
Along the way, there was no accident.
And Wan Yanjun’s pace was getting faster and faster.
Although there might be dangers below, opportunities and dangers coexist. Perhaps, he could truly find some treasures.
No, not perhaps, it was certain!
Roughly after an incense time, they arrived at a wide and open space.
As Ling Xiao had said, there was actually a very spacious underground palace here.
The luxury level was not inferior to the manor above.
“Look!”
Wan Yanjun, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped.
Because he saw people working there.
Those people were shabbily dressed, and they looked very emaciated. However, they were not dead, and all of them were real human beings.
“They should be the common people of the valley, and captured Martial Vein Realm martial artists. Now, they are all turned into slaves.”
Ling Xiao was surprised.
The secret of why there was not even a shadow of a human figure in the Plague Valley was finally revealed.
They weren’t dead. This, in fact, was a piece of good news.
Some of these people were carrying huge stones, some were pushing wheelbarrows, and some were chiseling irregular stones into a square block.
At this moment, they were actually building an altar.
“Are they trying to resurrect someone?”
Ling Xiao couldn’t help being surprised. This altar was obviously the legendary ‘Life Altar’.
As long as there were enough sacrifices, the originally dead person could be resurrected.
The four people quickly hide their figures. Just these ordinary people and Martial Vein Realm martial artists couldn’t notice them.
“What a big Life Altar! It occupies an area of no less than 100 meters. Quickly look at the statue on that altar!”
Wan Yanjun was an inner disciple of the Moonlight Sect. He also knew about the Life Altar.
Life Altar had three main parts, Altar, Sacrificial Blood Pool and Worship Statue.
The sacrificial offerings were placed on the altar.
The Sacrificial Blood Pool was filled with very precious human blood.
And the Worship Statue was the person that would be resurrected.
Ling Xiao was very surprised to find that, at this moment, there were actually three Rank Three Transcendent Realm martial artists in the altar’s big stone bowl.
“Junior Brother Liu, Junior Brother Zhang, and Junior Sister Qin! My god, they were actually used as the sacrificial offerings here to worship the Plague Demon King!”
Those three people were also the disciples of the Moonlight Sect.
They were the inner disciples that came to the Plague Valley to carry out the task before.
Until now, there were rumors that they had gone missing or were dead, but their bodies were not found yet. However, beyond everyone’s expectation, they were actually being used as sacrificial offerings.
This ending was truly miserable enough.
“They are already dead, can’t be saved.”
Ling Xiao sighed.
Those three already had no aura of life. Only the remnant soul aura was still continuously wailing.
However, only he could see this.
“Who do you think that statue is?”
Looking up along the sacrificial offerings, there was a huge statue that was over ten meters tall.
“Blood-red robe, blood-red eyes that seem to know everything, a terrifying evil heavenly eye opened on the forehead, god with superhuman powers that can make countless martial artists die a tragic death, a pair of crimson horns on the head, which seemed to pierce through the blue sky, and similarly crimson hair that look like burning flames… could it be that person?”
Wan Yanjun didn’t even dare to mention that person’s name. Just thinking about it, he began to tremble.
“True Demon Great Emperor!”
Although Ling Xiao was also afraid, his mentality was firmer than Wan Yanjun.
In fact, it was also because he was already prepared mentally.
In fact, after seeing Valley Master Zhan, he had made a mental connection with Plague Demon King, and he knew that the other party was very likely to be the subordinate of the True Demon Great Emperor.
Tens of thousands of years ago, the Human King and other peerless experts of the Human Race’s Sacred Dynasty had suddenly disappeared.
Then, a terrifying force appeared on the Heavenly Dragon Continent.
And within a day, they captured several cities in succession and established a nation called ‘True Demon Empire’.
This news had alarmed the twelve sects behind the Sacred Dynasty.
At that time, they thought that it was just a small problem. Therefore, they didn’t take it too seriously, after all, in the history of the Sacred Dynasty, there were not a few rebels who didn’t know how high the heaven was and how deep the earth was.
However, along with the passage of time, the territory of the True Demon Empire grew larger and larger. They annexed Barbarian Race’s territory, Blue Eyes Race’s territory, and Ren Race’s territory. For a period of time, the size of the territory even surpassed the Sacred Dynasty itself.
