Chapter 867
Chapter 867
At this moment, there were only seven people in charge in the hall. The others were not qualified to enter. The six of them were in the middle of a discussion when an outsider suddenly barged in. This change caused everyone's expression to change. Including Zi Chen, the six of them immediately attacked.
Six rays of light intersected, then each took their own piece of jade. After taking the jade, they immediately retreated, all of them in a state of alert.
After the jade was taken away, the light map floating in the air also dissipated.
"What's going on?" Holding the jade, Jin Yan said coldly, "Didn't I say not to disturb us if there's nothing important?"
The person who entered the hall was an old man. When he entered, he did not close the door. Everyone could clearly hear the exclamations outside.
"Young Master, look."
The old man who entered held a piece of paper in his hand. There were many lines drawn on it. It looked like a treasure map.
The instant the crowd saw the treasure map in the old man's hand, their expressions changed. That was because all of them discovered a familiar terrain from the treasure map.
Jin Yan took the map and looked carefully. His expression changed instantly. "What's going on?"
In the midst of the questioning, the treasure map was passed to the others. Everyone who saw the treasure map immediately had a change in expression. When the treasure map was passed to Zi Chen, Zi Chen's expression turned even uglier.
The drawing on the treasure map was exactly the same as the one on the light map. After comparing one of the lines with the jade, Zi Chen found that there was no difference.
"Young Master, this kind of paper suddenly fell from the sky. When I took a look, I found that one of the lines was very familiar, so I quickly brought it in."
"How is this familiar? It's exactly the same. Damn it, what's going on?"
Jin Yan's expression was also very ugly. He then asked, "How many treasure maps fell from the sky?"
"Densely packed, like raindrops. There are so many that it's impossible to describe," the old man replied.
At this moment, everyone in the outside world went crazy. Treasure maps fell from the sky, and there were so many of them that they almost covered the entire world.
Any cultivator in this world could see the treasure maps falling from the sky.
"This is a treasure map. But why would a treasure map fall from the sky?"
"Is this treasure map real? It can't be a prank, right?"
When the cultivators picked up the treasure map, the Trial Challengers had different expressions on their faces. Some were excited, some were suspicious, and some were puzzled. But no matter what their expressions were, whether the treasure map was real or fake, they would still go and take a look.
In Zi Chen's mansion, Lei Ming and the others also saw the treasure maps all over the floor.
"What's going on? Who did this?" Lei Ming walked out of the room and looked towards the sky. Then, he saw a sky full of blueprints flying down.
Lei Ming called everyone over. When they saw this scene, their faces were filled with doubt. But when Wu Yu took out the treasure map and looked at it, his face changed instantly.
"This treasure map is real," Wu Yu muttered as if he had been struck by lightning.
"What?" The crowd, who thought it was a prank, turned to look at Wu Yu.
"This treasure map is real, absolutely real. This place is the location on the treasure map that I obtained earlier. As for the other five places, if I'm not wrong, they should be the things recorded in the other five jade slips." Wu Yu said.
"If it's real, then why would it fall from the sky?" The crowd was even more confused.
"Ancient race! It must be the ancient race! Damn it! I worked so hard to find the jade slips and just finished gathering the treasure map. Who would have thought that it would be shared with someone else?"
In the main hall, Huo Si burned the treasure map in his hand. He was furious to the extreme. Then, he took out the jade slips and crushed them.
The jade slips exploded into pieces and fell to the ground.
"It must be the ancient race! Only they would be so generous." The others were also indignant.
Obviously, they were being played like monkeys. After working so hard to find the treasure map, the other party actually shared it with them.
Suddenly, a cry of surprise rang out from the side. Everyone looked at Huo Si's feet and saw that the jade slips that were crushed earlier had merged back into one after falling to the ground.
"The jade slips were broken and repaired. Could it be that they still have some use?" Zi Chen frowned.
Huo Si's face changed drastically. He picked up the jade slips and kept them like they were treasures. After keeping the jade slips, Huo Si looked at the others and realized that they all had the same expression as him.
The jade slips were obviously still of great use.
For example, they could be used as a special item to open a certain place.
Everyone knew that in their hearts, but they did not say it out loud. Their dissatisfaction from before slowly dissipated.
The main hall fell silent for a moment. After a while, Jin Yan said, "Everyone, now that the treasure map has appeared, there must be a large number of trial takers heading there. I wonder when we should set off."
"Of course, the earlier the better." Huo Si said.
"That's not necessarily true."
Tu Luo said, "The ancient race has sent down a large number of blueprints, which means that the treasure trove should be huge. The bigger the treasure trove, the more dangerous it will be. There might be good things in the early stages as well. I think we should set off later. Of course, we can't be too late. Two days later."
Naturally, there would be seals and formations in the inheritance treasure trove. Sometimes, it would take days to decipher these things. It would not be a problem for them to set off two days later.
Almost no one disagreed. Thus, the seven of them decided to set off two days later.
Although there were seven of them, the sword ninja was obviously ignored because the real owner of the jade slips was Zi Chen. The sword ninja was regretting in his heart. If he had known this would happen, he would have fought back then no matter what.
But now, it was too late.
The seven of them left. The sword ninja did not speak much on the way. Zi Chen knew that the sword ninja was regretting his decision and sneered in his heart.
When Zi Chen returned to his residence, he found that everyone was waiting for him. They were all waiting for Zi Chen.
The moment Zi Chen entered, Lei Ming held the treasure map and asked, "Is this real?"
Zi Chen nodded, "Yes, it's real."
"Ah, how can this be? Since the treasure map has fallen from the sky, what's the use of the jade slips?" Everyone was puzzled.
Zi Chen smiled mysteriously, "The treasure map is real, but the jade slips might not be useless."
Everyone's eyes lit up. Lei Ming said, "Could it have special functions?"
"Should be."
"Then when do we set off?" Lei Ming asked anxiously.
Zi Chen looked at everyone. Finally, his gaze landed on Wu Yu and Yan Laosan. He said seriously, "This trip may be very dangerous. I don't recommend you to go."
Wu Yu was stunned. His expression changed, and he said firmly, "My Wu family's backer was destroyed overnight because of the treasure map. I have no reason not to go. Even if I die, I have to go and take a look."
Zi Chen's gaze landed on Yan Laosan. Yan Laosan said, "In this life, if I don't have a fortuitous encounter, I will die of old age in this world. Now that the opportunity is in front of me, I have to fight, even if I die."
Since the two of them were determined to go, it was useless to try to persuade them any further. Moreover, it would only cause the two of them to have second thoughts. Zi Chen stopped persuading them and said, "If you two want to go, then follow me.
The two of them were naturally happy to follow a powerful Xiantian martial artist. They quickly nodded.
On the same day, in Tianjiao City, many challengers took the treasure map and left Tianjiao City.
Outside of Heaven's Pride City, there were many challengers who had embarked on the path of treasure hunting. On that day, all the resources in the various markets were sold out.
Battles broke out before the treasure was found. Many challengers had died along the way.
A beautiful woman stood on a mountain peak. She held a treasure map in her hand as her beautiful eyes stared at the horizon in a daze. Beside the woman stood a tall mutated beast. This mutated beast had the head of a dragon and the body of a tiger. It was ferocious and mighty, and was known as the Dragon-Tiger Sovereign.
"Longhu said he sensed your life force growing stronger. Are you here already?" The woman murmured in a soft voice.
The woman's gaze landed on the treasure map again, "If you are here, you will surely see the treasure map and go there."
The woman's eyes flickered. She then turned to the Dragon-Tiger Supreme and said, "Longhu, come with me. If he comes to this world, he will surely come here."
Longhu uttered a roar and led the woman toward the treasure map.
At the same time, in completely opposite directions, two equally stunning beauties were riding on the same flying divine tiger.
"Sister, you said Zi Chen has appeared. Is that true?" A woman in a blue outfit asked.
"I'm not sure, but I can vaguely feel that we will encounter someone familiar." The other woman in a white outfit said.
"Sister, what exactly is the ancient path you are on? Besides, why do I feel like there's something mysterious about you? It's strange, but I can't describe it."
The woman in a white outfit let out a smile, "I can't say for sure. My Dao is an ethereal one. I can peek into the secrets of the heavens."
"Secrets of the heavens? Doesn't that mean you can see the future?"
The woman in a white outfit said mysteriously, "The secrets of the heavens don't represent the future."
"What secrets of the heavens and the future? That's too mysterious. I just want to know if I can see Zi Chen this time. If I do, I'm going to kick his butt. He always faked his death to make Mengyao worry."
The Flying Tiger's voice was very loud.
"You want to spank his butt? Be careful. He's a Tian Qi warrior, a very powerful one." The woman in a blue outfit said.
"Hmph, Tian Qi warrior. There are too many Tian Qi warriors on this ancient path. It's not that Tian Qi warriors aren't enough. I've killed more than one or two of them." The Flying Tiger said proudly.
"Little tiger, you dare to call yourself Master Tiger in front of me? Are you itching for a beating?" The woman in a blue outfit pouted.
"Oh, Xian Er, it's a mistake." The Flying Tiger quickly explained.
Two people and a tiger followed the treasure map.
In another direction, a bald monk in a kasaya was holding the treasure map in his hand. The monk was very excited about the treasure hunt, but he didn't have enough confidence.
Suddenly, the monk saw a few cultivators in front of him.
"Amitabha. Benefactors, please wait." The monk turned into a ray of golden light and went forward.
"Monk, there's a monk on this ancient path." They were surprised. Then, one of them said, "Monk, what's the matter?"