Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 516 Underground Palace
"It didn't disappoint me."

Two figures emerged from the thick white fog.

Liu Xiong Yu spoke calmly, taking out a milky-white pearl from his waist. The pearl shimmered, instantly dispelling the surrounding darkness and illuminating Li Xiangming's slightly pale face with exceptional clarity.

Li Xiangming let out a light breath. Passing right under the noses of his opponent, who was in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, was a risky move that could lead to utter destruction. The pressure on him was immense!

Fortunately, the Yellow Turban Warrior lacked intelligence, giving him room to use his illusions.

"Not here yet?"

Li Xiangming looked around. It was still an endless banyan forest, but the fog had thinned, allowing him to see further.

Liu Xiong's gaze narrowed slightly: "Judging from the range in which the Yellow Turban Warriors appear, this place shouldn't be very big."

As he spoke, he seemed to sense something and began to walk steadily to one side.

Li Xiangming quickly followed.

In no time, the white mist vanished, and a towering banyan tree rose from the ground.

The giant banyan tree's surface is gnarled and twisted, like hundreds of giant pythons intertwining and coiling, reaching straight into the sky. Even more breathtaking are the countless aerial roots hanging down from the clouds, some deeply rooted in the soil, transforming into new trunks; others hanging in mid-air, swaying gently in the wind, like a curtain hanging from the sky.

"This is."

Li Xiangming stared in disbelief, suddenly remembering the banyan grove he had just walked through.

At that time, the fog was thick and the whole thing was obscured, but the banyan tree looked a bit strange.

It now appears that those banyan trees did not grow from seedlings, but rather from the branches hanging down from this giant banyan tree.

A single tree can create a forest; what is the origin of this banyan tree?
It took Li Xiangming a long time to calm down before he looked at Liu Xiong Yu and said, "It seems we have found the Divine Tree, but where is the Nascent Soul inheritance that you and I want?"

The divine tree was indeed awe-inspiring, but the two of them did not enter the Purple Shade Cave to admire the scenery.

In Liu Xiongyu's vision, the Divine Tree, as the core of Ziyin Cave, should be the true location of the cave dwelling. If there are descendants of the Su family in Ziyin Cave, they should be here at the Divine Tree.

However, Li Xiangming had already extended his divine sense to its maximum range—several miles in radius—without the slightest fluctuation of magical power.

Liu Xiongyu frowned and walked up to the sacred tree to observe it.

Just then, a whooshing sound came from the clouds. Li Xiangming immediately looked up and saw a yellow light hurtling straight toward Liu Xiong Yu.

Liu Xiong Yu also noticed this scene. As he retreated rapidly, he did not forget to perform a magic incantation.

A black wind appeared out of nowhere, like a giant net, waiting for the enemy to walk right into it.

"call out!"

The yellow light was three times faster, brushing past the black wind before crashing to the ground. It then bounced off the ground and floated lightly onto the branches of the divine tree.

"It's a fox demon!"

Li Xiangming quickly stepped forward to support Liu Xiongyu.

The fox demon was small and exquisite, with glossy, half-red and half-yellow fur that made her look very beautiful. However, her demonic power was quite astonishing, clearly indicating that she was a demon cultivator at the Bone Fusion stage.

Liu Xiong Yu's expression also turned serious. Demonic beasts are smarter than puppets, and even if their cultivation is slightly inferior, they are much more troublesome.

He immediately chanted a spell, and the black wind beneath the divine tree gradually swelled.

Seeing this, the fox demon didn't bare its teeth; instead, it turned around and instantly disappeared into the distant banyan forest.

"This is a deliberate attempt to seduce us."

Li Xiangming couldn't help but remind him.

Liu Xiong Yu narrowed his eyes: "Just what I wanted."

Before he finished speaking, he transformed into a black wind and chased after them.

Li Xiangming had no choice but to follow.

After a chase, the two left the area of ​​the divine tree and arrived at a wide-open grassland.

"It's an illusion array!"

Liu Xiong Yu immediately noticed something was wrong and looked at Li Xiang Ming.

Without wasting words, Li Xiangming began chanting incantations continuously.

There is a big difference between illusion arrays and illusion techniques. Li Xiangming is not an array master, so normally he would be helpless against illusion arrays.

But not knowing how to cook doesn't mean you can't enjoy a good meal. The Illusionary Moon Manual records many common illusion arrays and how to break them.

With a slight adjustment, Li Xiangming quickly used his illusion magic to disrupt the existing illusions. The formation collapsed on its own, revealing a deep stone well on the grass.

The stone well was surrounded by several ropes, covered with countless talismans, which seemed to have a sealing effect.

However, at this moment, the seal seemed to have been broken by the fox demon, and many talismans fell to the side of the well, looking very messy.

Li Xiangming frowned: "Chief Liu, the fox demon is leading the way, and its intentions are unclear. If we continue deeper, we may encounter danger."

"There's also a chance we might encounter treasure!"

Liu Xiongyu strode forward, paused at the well for a moment, and then jumped in.

"Chief Liu!"

Li Xiangming was shocked and rushed to the well, but it was too late to stop them.

The well was pitch black, its depth impossible to discern, and no sound could be heard, nor was there any sign of Liu Xiong Yu.

He couldn't help but curse under his breath, thinking that Liu Xiong Yu was too impatient. He should know that haste makes waste.

What if there's an ambush underground?

Speaking of which, Liu Xiong Yu seemed to be walking on air the whole way, and even when he encountered a powerful obstacle like the Yellow Turban Warriors, he showed no intention of stopping, which was quite different from his usual calm and composed demeanor.

Is it because of that hairpin?
Or is it about Mu Ya Zi being turned into a human puppet?
Li Xiangming braced himself on the edge of the well with both hands, his face looking rather pale.

He was now in a dilemma. If he followed Liu Xiong Yu, he was worried that he would be implicated in Liu Xiong Yu's current state; if he didn't follow, he was afraid that Liu Xiong Yu would take all the benefits of Ziyin Cave.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Xiangming gritted his teeth and jumped into the well.

One breath, two breaths.
After a full twenty-two breaths, Li Xiangming's feet finally touched the hard ground. He immediately took out a lamp-burning talisman from his storage bag. The talisman ignited without wind, quickly dispelling the surrounding darkness.

It appeared to be a small, empty stone chamber, with only a low stone door embedded in the wall.

Li Xiangming glanced around and went out the door. A wide passageway stretched straight ahead, with bronze lamps placed on the walls on both sides. However, the wicks had long been extinguished, leaving only mottled patina.

At the end of the passageway, a huge bronze door can be vaguely seen, with ferocious beast heads carved on it.

Li Xiangming continued forward, passing through the half-open bronze door.

Outside the door was still a straight passageway, but it was now a three-way intersection.

Li Xiangming looked around, and finally his face showed a long-lost excitement.

Judging from the length and number of passageways, there is no doubt that this is a huge underground palace!

Li Xiangming did not doubt that some people preferred to live underground, but based on the discovered ruins, he deduced that the Su clan should have lived outside the divine court, or even in the desert.

Who is qualified to live in the innermost area of ​​the Divine Court, near the Divine Tree?

It must be a cultivator born from the Su family, or even the Nascent Soul cultivator with the surname Su himself!
Li Xiangming touched his storage bag. Although he didn't know which way to go, he had Liu Xiong Yu's communication talisman.

After a short wait, the sound transmission talisman emitted a bright light.

Li Xiangming stepped into the left passageway and continued forward.

Not long after, another massive bronze gate blocked the way, behind which were three more passageways.

The only difference was that this time, the new passageway he chose gradually revealed stone gates, and behind each stone gate was a stone chamber.

Li Xiangming naturally wouldn't let it go easily, and searched the stone chambers one by one—unfortunately, most of them were empty, and the few that were there were only crude stone furniture, like the temporary resting place of the craftsmen who built the underground palace back then.

After failing to reach his destination several times, Li Xiangming couldn't help but feel disappointed.

But then I realized that it would be a miracle if I found the secret treasure of the Purple Shade Cave just a few steps away.

Soon, he reached the end of the passageway.

This time, at the end was a stone chamber with a stone well inside.

Isn't this exactly the scene at the entrance to the underground palace?

Li Xiangming was shocked; he knew this place wouldn't be just one floor.

Without much hesitation, he jumped into the well.

Before they even landed, the underground palace suddenly trembled violently.

Scattered pebbles flew from the well wall, and a few sharp pieces of rock grazed Li Xiangming's scalp, causing his expression to change drastically.

(End of this chapter)