"Let's go!"
Chu Chen's eyes twinkled as he turned around, ready to head back to the State Mansion.
Roar!
The Two-headed Fire Dragon stood up too, emitting a dragon's roar.
"Little brother, where are you guys going?" Chu Xin called out to him.
"To the Imperial City, no, to the State Mansion to dig for treasures," Chu Chen replied, turning his head and looking at his sister with a puzzled expression. The Two-headed Fire Dragon also turned its twin pig heads, a hint of doubt showing in its tiny pig eyes.
Smack!
Chu Xin stretched out her fair little hand and gently smacked the back of Chu Chen's head, saying with a frustrated tone, "Little brother, are you silly? They're capturing us everywhere now. Running back like this will surely get us caught. We have to dig our way back."
"Dig our way back from here?" Chu Chen looked down at the cave beneath his feet and then at the distant direction of the State Mansion, a look of surprise appearing on his face.
"Yes, and we have to dig deep and use talismans to mask our presence so we won't be discovered," Chu Xin nodded.
"Alright, then let's start digging."
Without a second word, Chu Chen took out his Treasure Digging Shovel and began digging.
"Don't rush, let the puppet rats find the direction of the treasure first."
Chu Xin took out a bunch of puppet rats and threw them on the ground. Accompanied by a series of squeaks, all the puppet rats burrowed into the ground, dispersing in all directions.
Chu Chen asked with so doubt, "Sister, we're so far from the Cangzhou Prefecture, can the puppet rats find their way back?"
"Let's try." Chu Xin was also sowhat uncertain. Their father had ntioned the sensing range of the puppet rats before, but she couldn't rember what it was; even if she did, she didn't know the distance from here to the State Mansion.
"Then I'll also give it a try."
Chu Chen also threw out a bunch of puppet rats. Then, the siblings seated themselves cross-legged in the cave, sensing the information transmitted back by the puppet rats.
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After about an hour, Chu Xin opened her eyes, joyfully saying, "Found it, little brother, start digging."
"Alright!"
Chu Chen nodded. The siblings took out their Treasure Digging Shovels, stuck out their backsides, and began to dig.
The Two-headed Fire Dragon also shrank into a miniature version and waved its two front dragon claws to dig through the dirt.
An hour later, a Magic Array Barrier appeared in front of the siblings, and with their combined strength, they were unable to break through it.
"Sister, I feel like this isn't the Treasure Room of the State Mansion," Chu Chen said, gazing at the barrier, a look of confusion on his face.
"It isn't?"
Chu Xin was puzzled, wondering if there could be another Treasure Room here.
"Yes."
Chu Chen nodded, saying sowhat uncertainly, "Back at the State Mansion, the Treasure Room sensed by my puppet rats didn't seem to have such a strong Magic Array Barrier."
"In that case, this must be another Treasure Room," Chu Xin's eyes suddenly lit up, and she took out a Magic Array Compass attempting to detect a weak point in the Magic Array Barrier that she could use a talisman to pass through. Unfortunately, like the barrier at the Ancient Divine Pool in the secret realm, it had no weak spots. Or perhaps, the grade of the Magic Array Compass she held wasn't high enough to detect any weak points in this Magic Array Barrier.
"Let's leave it. We'll go find the Treasure Room of the State Mansion first, and we can co back here later,"
Chu Xin put away her Magic Array Compass and together with Chu Chen, they retraced their steps, following the direction of the State Mansion as they rembered, digging tunnels and periodically releasing a bunch of puppet rats to sense the way.
Little did they know, their earlier attempt to break through the Magic Array Barrier had caused the entire mountain range to shake, and a powerful column of energy shot straight into the sky.
In no ti, powerful beings from various forces across Cangzhou all turned their eyes in this direction.
Cangzhou Prefecture.
"Damned kids, they have replaced all the Array Base Treasures of my State Mansion's Guardian Formation,"
In her hand, the Dragon Mother held a piece of shattered stone, her expression imnsely grim.
The Array Base Treasures used to set up this Guardian Formation were extrely hard to find, and the Guardian Formation itself was very powerful. Never had she expected that one day soone would silently dig up and take away the Array Base Treasures.
With the Array Base Treasures gone, the State Mansion was demolished, and Jin Hong was also taken away, making this a disastrous loss.
Long Shaoyu bowed his head and did not dare say a word. He had already cursed the two naughty boys to high heaven in his mind.
Boom!
Just then, the ground shook and a terrifying noise erupted.
Turning her head, Long's mother gazed at the pillar of light shooting into the sky and exclaid in astonishnt, "Is that the direction of Cang Mountain Demon Valley?"
"Such massive energy fluctuations, it's likely that an Ancient Treasure has appeared."
Next to her, an old man with the face of a child but white hair said in a deep voice.
"Ancient Treasure?"
Long's mother's eyes sharpened, and after a mont, she said, "Second Supre Elder, I must trouble you to go there. Such a treasure cannot fall into the hands of other powers."
"Those two naughty boys..."
The old man was hesitant. Though he had just erged from seclusion and had not t those two naughty boys, from all the tricks they had left behind, it seed that no one but a Martial Emperor could be their match.
Other powers obtaining the Ancient Treasure might at most pose a threat to the State Mansion. However, if Jin Hong were rescued, the entire State Mansion could beco an enemy of Jiuzhou and suffer a catastrophic disaster. Even the whole of Cangzhou would be greatly affected.
ntioning those two naughty boys unstoppable rage surged in Long's mother, she spoke in a deep voice, "I have no idea where those two are hiding; they have ways to conceal their presence, and we can't find them just yet. But as long as the transmission array isn't activated and the passages to the Endless Sea are blocked, they won't be able to escape. We will take our ti with the people, but we can't lose the Ancient Treasure. Once I have news of those naughty boys, I will notify you imdiately."
"That will be best."
The old man nodded his head, took a step forward, and disappeared.
Long's mother turned her head towards Long Shaoyu, who didn't dare utter a word, and thinking about how her son, whom she had raised for so many years, couldn't even outwit two naughty boys, felt so dizzy from anger she said coldly, "Go to the solitary confinent room until your father returns."
"Solitary confinent?"
Long Shaoyu's face turned pale upon hearing this, and he begged, "Mother, please don't send to solitary confinent, it's simply no place for humans. How about I go to either the Hidden Skill Pavilion or the Treasure Pavilion and serve as a guardian?"
The solitary confinent room is a tiny space just wide enough for one person to sit crossed-legged, completely dark, where one can't see their own hand, hear any sound, including their own. Most crucially, everything, from one's body, True Qi, and Power of Laws, to one's mind and Holy Thought, would be sealed.
You can't see, can't hear, can't move; spending too much ti there would truly drive one insane.
Guardians in the Hidden Skill Pavilion and Treasure Pavilion must constantly stay there, morizing all the grades, effects, and functionalities of every Cultivation thod and treasure, explaining them to disciples who co to select. Though tedious, it's far better than being in solitary confinent.
Long's mother, also not having the heart to lock her own son in solitary confinent, had spoken in a fury; on hearing his plea, she said sternly, "Then guard the Treasure Pavilion, and clean every treasure there thoroughly for ."
"Yes, mother."
Feeling relieved, Long Shaoyu bowed and left.
"Damn naughty boys, if I see you again, I swear I'll cut you into pieces."
Upon arriving at the Treasure Pavilion and sending away the original Treasure Guardian, he cleaned the treasures while furiously cursing in his heart.
He had calculated everything, even guessed that those two naughty boys weren't simply going to the Imperial City for fun, but never did he imagine they would sche against the Imperial City itself.
Is this even sothing a human should do?
Such a crazy act, even a Peak Martial Emperor wouldn't dare think about it.
Thud, thud!
Just then, a faint noise ca from behind him underground.
"What's that noise?"
With a puzzled face, Long Shaoyu squatted down and probed around with his Holy Thought, but detected nothing unusual.
Thud, thud!
The noise grew louder, and he brought out his Holy Artifact, ready for any threat.
Pffft!
The ground collapsed, and a small, mud-covered head erged from the hole, locking eyes with Long Shaoyu. For a mont, both were stunned.
After a long pause, the small head grinned, revealing neat little white teeth, and said in a milky voice, "Sorry to disturb."
Having said that, the muddy little head withdrew back into the hole.
From the hole faintly ca the childish voice, "Sister, there's soone up there, it's that big liar."
"Big liar? Beat him up."
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