Chapter 5035: Entrance
Ming Shi glanced at Goldcrest before winking at the assassin: âIf I pay you, will you cut off his rooster head?â
âMiss, please donât joke around like that.â Goldcrest became startled.
Shadowrider stared at Goldcrest, causing him to shiver with fear. He felt as if the gaze was piercing his heart.
âOkay, okay, stop please.â Goldcrest was actually afraid. Although he was considered a powerful cultivator, he was not a challenge at all.
âYes, I will give you eight percent off.â Shadowrider responded.
âHehehe, did you hear that, Rooster? Eight percent off. Keep this in mind the next time I visit Demon, you better be a better host or I will hire him.â Ming Shi said.
âYes, yes, of course.â Goldcrest nodded his head repeatedly like a chicken eating grain: âItâs no big deal at all as long as it pleases you, Miss. Just donât joke like this again.â
Ming Shi raised her head arrogantly and spared Goldcrest this time around.
The latter was afraid of Shadowrider and decided to keep a distance, not wanting to accidentally offend the assassin.
âCoward.â On the other hand, Ming Shi thought that everything was fine as long as she was near Li Qiye.
âWeâre leaving.â Li Qiye said before glancing at Jian Yunyun: âJust know to keep your expectation low.â
âWhat do you mean, Young Noble?â She had a sense of foreboding after hearing this.
âIf I am not mistaken, we might find the missing cultivators including your ancestor. Unfortunately, if weâre lucky, their corpses will be around.â
Yunyunâs heart trembled after hearing this despite having thought of this possibility before. It was still difficult to listen to the truth.
âI understand.â She took a deep breath.
The atmosphere became solemn. Ming Shi and Goldcrest didnât know how to console Yunyun because they knew very little about the empress dowager and the situation.
With Shadowrider leading the way, they crossed through the perilous terrains of Demon and arrived at a valley.
It was surrounded by towering trees. One wouldnât be able to see it while flying over.
There was nothing here except for a rough and weedy rocky cliff, not looking out of place at all.
âItâs here.â Li Qiye gazed at the cliff and felt the rhythm of the grand dao.
He was the only one capable of doing this among the group. Shadowrider didnât feel anything at all but he already knew this location.
âThere was once a great fortune here.â Li Qiye was slightly surprised.
âA great fortune? What kind?â Ming Shi asked.
To which he responded: âEnough to become untouchable for a lifetime.â
âReally?â Her eyes turned bright as a result: âHehehe, then letâs take a look, maybe thereâs something else here too.â
âForget about it, everything worth taking has been taken.â Li Qiye shook his head and focused on the cliff again.
âThis was where I stood in ambush, I only had to take action twice.â Shadowrider said.
âDid you kill Divine Empress Dowager?â Yunyun suddenly asked.
Shadowrider stared at her, causing her to shudder in fear. This was an understandable reaction. Nonetheless, she tried her best and met his gaze.
âI was hired as the guard, not to kill. I had nothing to do with your empress dowagerâs death.â Shadowrider didnât release any killing intent to intimidate her.
âHeâs not lying.â Li Qiye nodded.
Ming Shi touched the cliff and then knocked on it once before commenting: âThereâs nothing here.â
âIâm sure there is more to this.â Goldcrest took his time and didnât notice anything either.
âIt is a seal.â Shadowrider said.
Ming Shi wasnât afraid of him and smiled: âYou never got curious enough to enter?â
âCuriosity killed the cat.â He coldly uttered, causing her to stick out her tongue due to his scary tone.
âSo this hasnât been open since your last transaction, around ten thousand years or so.â Li Qiye assessed the situation.
âRight, which is why I believed the person is no longer in the lower continents.â Shadowrider said.
âAnd if thatâs not true?â Li Qiye said.
Shadowrider furrowed his brows after hearing this. If this mysterious conqueror was still here, why did the hunt stop? There must be a reason behind this but he didnât notice any clues.
âWho are you talking about?â Ming Shi asked.
Li Qiye and Shadowrider didnât answer.
The former placed his hand on the cliff and activated his dao power.
âBuzz.â Numerous runes appeared on the surface.
âSo it is a seal.â Goldcrest said.
He and the others didnât notice anything before, let alone activate these runes.
âThis isâ¦â Li Qiye was astonished again.
Keep in mind that he was the creator of this epoch. No dao laws and merit laws could elude him; everything was derivable.
However, there were transformations not belonging to this epoch yet could still blend in perfectly. Most importantly, he was familiar with them too.
âSo it is true.â He murmured.
With his interference, the runes and dao laws on the cliffs intertwined together and broke away from the usual positions. A circle was formed and rotated continuously until the seal was broken.
âBuzz.â A door made out of light manifested into reality.
âIt was like this before.â Shadowrider said.
âWeâre going in.â Li Qiye told the group.
âIâll keep an eye out.â Shadowrider said.
This scared the youths again because he was performing his old job. Were they the targets this time? Even if this wasnât true, he could also run away.
âIsnât this bad?â Yunyun whispered to Li Qiye. Goldcrest nodded in agreement as well.
âItâs fine, monks can run but not their temple. He knows what heâs doing.â Li Qiye smiled and glanced at the assassin.