Who Leaked His Whereabouts? He Exploded on the Spot
Who Leaked His Whereabouts? He Exploded on the Spot
The moment Gu Changge appeared, Ye Liuli and the others, who were locked in battle with the ferocious beasts and the mutated corpse horde, naturally noticed him right away.
“Gu Changge? Why is he here too? And how did he get here so fast?”
The sight made Ye Liuli’s expression change drastically. Her face paled slightly as a sense of impending doom washed over her.
Although Gu Changge had said he wouldn’t kill Ye Chen and had no interest in the matter...
How many truthful words could possibly come out of the mouth of someone like Gu Changge?
Thinking back on it later, she had always felt something was off.
It wasn’t that Gu Changge wouldn’t kill Ye Chen—he was keeping Ye Chen-gege alive because he had other plans for him.
As for what those plans were?
Ye Liuli hadn’t been able to figure it out back then.
But now, looking at everything before her, she quickly guessed it—it had to be related to some object within the Ancient Sky Domain.
Given Gu Changge’s status, he shouldn’t care so much about a mere Perfect Prodigy’s inheritance, and it was even more impossible for him to go to such great lengths to personally descend to the Overworld.
So it could only be the other thing within the Ancient Sky Domain!
“No, wait. According to Ye Chen-gege, the map only exists on his person. So why did Gu Changge find his way here so quickly, and looking so calm and unhurried at that? He didn’t run into any of the mechanisms, traps, or ferocious beasts?”
Ye Liuli was shocked and confused, and then her heart sank.
“He must have been following behind us. Or rather, he did something to Ye Chen-gege—that was his real goal all along!”
She truly lived up to being the little princess of the Ye Family. Her mind was sharp, and she quickly pieced it all together.
Having figured it out, she couldn’t help but feel a chill in her heart.
Gu Changge was simply too terrifying!
How could his schemes run so deep? He had been plotting for this long—so the reason he didn’t kill Ye Chen-gege was this!
“Looks like I arrived at just the right time.”
Gu Changge walked over from the passageway, sweeping his gaze over the ruined underground ancient city before him, his expression carrying a hint of amusement.
He really was completely at ease.
The journey had been smooth—he hadn’t even encountered more than a few troublesome ferocious beasts along the way.
The many Mighty-Transcendent realm attendants of the Lin Family revered Gu Changge like a god. In such a dangerous environment, he had actually managed to find a path through completely unscathed.
Of course, if Gu Changge knew what they were thinking,
he would definitely tell them to go thank Ye Chen and the others first—after all, he had merely followed along and reaped the benefits.
“Gu Changge, why are you here?”
Ye Liuli stared at Gu Changge and demanded, all while tangling with the ferocious beasts and retreating backward.
She was, of course, asking what she already knew, hoping to stall Gu Changge and buy time for Ye Chen.
“Why? Thanks to all of you clearing the way for me, I was able to get here. Come to think of it, I should be thanking you.” Gu Changge said with a light, casual smile.
“Thanking us? What are you talking about? I don’t understand. What exactly is your goal?”
Ye Liuli shouted the question, but inwardly she couldn’t help thinking—as expected.
Ye Chen-gege had been tampered with by Gu Changge. His whereabouts, from start to finish, had never escaped Gu Changge’s eyes.
Gu Changge’s gaze fixed on Ye Liuli, carrying a faint smile. “It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. Don’t bother trying to stall me. That little mind of yours—don’t bother showing it off in front of me.”
Boom!
As he spoke, the many Mighty-Transcendent realm attendants beside him all sprang into action, blasting away the ferocious beasts that lunged at Gu Changge one after another.
A clear path was even opened up before Gu Changge.
Completely unobstructed!
In terms of numbers alone, the people he brought far outnumbered Ye Liuli’s divine servants, not to mention he also had a powerhouse like Ming Lao.
Even with his cultivation suppressed to the peak of the Mighty-Transcendent realm by this place, he was not something ordinary Cultivators could compare to.
“Gu Changge...” Ye Liuli’s face was somewhat pale.
Although Xue Yi was protecting her at her side, she still couldn’t advance toward the depths as casually as Gu Changge.
After all, the number of ferocious beasts and mutated corpses was simply too great—they flooded the surroundings like a tidal wave.
And for some reason she couldn’t explain, she felt that the aura of many of the ferocious beasts approaching Gu Changge weakened the instant they drew near.
Wisps of demonic qi rapidly dissipated, vanishing to who-knows-where.
With a casual slap from Gu Changge, every ferocious beast turned to ash.
Such methods made her heart palpitate with unease!
She couldn’t help but worry about Ye Chen. Facing an enemy like Gu Changge, how could he possibly be a match?
“Ming Lao, guard this entrance. No one is to be let through.”
Gu Changge said indifferently, then his figure departed in the direction where Ye Chen was.
Hearing this, Ming Lao said solemnly, “Rest assured, Young Master. With this old servant here, no one will disturb you today!”
Boom!
His vast and terrifying aura unfurled, and at the same time a weapon appeared in his hand, crimson, resplendent runes surfacing upon it, radiating supreme might.
......
“I need to hurry into this palace. Once I take control of its core, I can deal with this beast tide. Liuli, wait for me.”
“I’ll be right back to help you all.”
Ye Chen gritted his teeth. He left alone, pushing his speed to the limit, transforming into a divine rainbow as he headed by himself toward the depths of the ancient city.
At this moment, the secret key he had obtained by chance was glowing.
This secret key could open the gates of the Ancient Sky Domain’s inheritance palace!
“I’m here!”
“My inheritance is right inside!”
Finally, after flying for nearly a quarter of an hour, drenched in sweat and gasping for breath, Ye Chen arrived before a dilapidated bronze gate.
His expression was excited and exhilarated. He felt that all his efforts had not been in vain. He stopped in his tracks and did not continue forward.
Ahead was a palace hidden within grey mist. The air was extremely frigid, demonic qi drifted about, and an eerie, uncanny aura permeated it.
There were quite a few ghastly white bones scattered underground, giving the place a sinister, creepy look.
Array Patterns were strewn across the ground, engraved upon slabs of bluish-white stone, bearing the heavy sense of age and years.
He saw many fragments of divine weapons.
They were covered in rust, looking like clumps of greyish-red mud.
Within the rust, exquisite white light peeked through, seemingly carved with ancient markings one after another—relics left behind who knew how many tens of thousands of years ago.
Mixed among them was blood that had long since dried, its divinity dissipated.
“Many people must have died here back then. The palace may not be as safe as you think. Before you open it, you’d best think it through and prepare yourself.”
At this moment, Yan Ji, who had remained silent all this time, spoke to Ye Chen. She had noticed the eerie aura of this place and felt a faint unease.
So she couldn’t help but want to warn Ye Chen.
“The demonic qi here is indeed astonishing. Good thing I prepared plenty of pills in advance, otherwise I’d be corroded by the demonic qi...”
“Shifu, you don’t need to say all this. I made my preparations long ago.”
Hearing this, Ye Chen didn’t pay it much mind. He took out the secret key, preparing to open the palace gates.
Having come this far, how could a word or two from Yan Ji possibly make him stop?
Besides, Ye Liuli and the others were still besieged by the ferocious beasts, the situation dire. There was no way he could afford to consider so much.
Hearing this, Yan Ji sighed and said no more.
With that,
Ye Chen took out the secret key.
It was something resembling a compass, looking ancient and damaged.
He had bought it on a whim at a roadside stall back then, spending no more than a few Spiritual Stones.
Ye Chen had never imagined that this compass-like object would actually conceal information about the Ancient Sky Domain’s inheritance.
Weng!
At this moment, the compass glowed. As Ye Chen activated it, bursts of brilliant divine light erupted, like stars revolving one after another.
The bronze gate before him began to change.
Runes interwove, Dao patterns gathered like clouds.
Streaks of five-colored divine light blasted forth from the compass, shooting straight at the bronze gate before him, then splitting apart to land in eight different corners.
Very quickly,
a tremendous sound rang out from this place.
The bronze palace’s gates opened, and an ancient, vast aura emanated from within, like the gaping maw of a primordial demon.
Wisps of spiritual qi from all across the secret domain surged toward it, sinking like stones into the sea, vanishing without a trace.
From within the palace came the heavenly sounds of the Great Dao—divine, obscure, and mesmerizing.
It was as if a Sacred Emperor truly sat within, preaching and chanting scriptures, seeking to deliver all under heaven.
At the same time, waves of whimpering sounds came from the void, accompanied by low, hoarse weeping.
“I hate!”
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
Sky-blotting demonic qi came surging forth, vast and boundless!
Ye Chen’s face turned somewhat pale, and he nearly lost his footing.
He saw the scene inside the palace, and at that moment he felt his head roar, his blood vessels threatening to flow in reverse.
It was as if he were facing an ancient deity, unable to resist the urge to prostrate himself on the ground!
A black long halberd, incomparably terrifying, demonic qi raging, had impaled a grand figure upon the throne in the great hall, its body split apart.
“Where’s the inheritance?”
Soon, Ye Chen came back to his senses, his gaze searching through the great hall. He found it difficult to take a step, feeling the strain, even his skin on the verge of cracking.
Was this the might left behind by the master of the secret domain all those years ago?
His heart trembled.
This was far too powerful—it was as if a mere lift of the hand could destroy the stars.
“The inheritance is inside the corpse.”
Suddenly, Ye Chen heard a young man’s voice carrying a faint smile come from behind him.
In an instant, his hair stood on end, and his entire body seemed to go dumb.
This voice!?
How could it be?
Ye Chen’s eyes widened. He froze, his whole body as if plunged into an ice cellar, cold to the bone.
What was going on?
How had Gu Changge suddenly arrived here too? He hadn’t noticed a thing.
The faint unease Ye Chen had felt before had now been confirmed, and it made him feel that things had exceeded all imagination.
“Gu Changge, why are you here...”
Ye Chen turned around, looking at Gu Changge as he demanded.
He forced himself to calm down, knowing that at a time like this, he couldn’t act rashly.
“Looks like you really are stupid. I’ve been behind you for quite a while. But seeing as you were opening the door for me, I simply didn’t make a sound to disturb you.” Gu Changge said with a faint smile, his expression carrying the amusement of a cat toying with a mouse.
“As for why I’m here—that’s a question for yourself, isn’t it?”
“After all, you were the one who found the way for me.”
He said with amusement, his gaze sweeping past Ye Chen and landing on that terrifying pitch-black long halberd within the great hall, somewhat satisfied.
This was the Eight Barren Demon Halberd!
The ultimate goal of his descent to the Overworld.
Judging by this aura alone, Gu Changge was immensely satisfied—it gave the feeling that a single strike of the halberd could annihilate all the heavens.
At this moment, Ye Chen’s expression was unsightly to the extreme. The first thought that came to his mind was that Gu Changge had followed behind him the whole way and walked in.
He just couldn’t figure out how Gu Changge had managed all of it.
How to explain it?
“Someone by my side must have leaked my whereabouts to him...”
“Who by my side knows my whereabouts like the back of their hand? The most likely one is actually... Shifu?”
The moment he thought of this, his expression turned ugly to the extreme. His fists clenched tight, his body trembling.
And at that moment, Gu Changge’s expression remained unchanged, still smiling faintly. “Yan Ji qianbei, it’s been a long time. Are you really so reluctant to show yourself and meet me now?”
“Shifu, so it really was you?”
Hearing these words, Ye Chen exploded on the spot. Overcome with fury, he tore the ring off his finger.