Emperor Kong Ming

Within Ye Ziyun's heart existed a deep frustration. Being the little princess of the City Lord Mansion, as well as the Legend rank Demon Spiritualist Ye Mo's granddaughter, she had seen many secret ancient books. Her experience was also much more profound compared to her peers. Within her heart, she still had a little pride. However, comparing herself to a monster like Nie Li, she felt that she was simply too ignorant.

But it was no wonder that Ye Ziyun had this kind of thought. It wasn't possible to appraise Nie Li with an ordinary person's eye.

Through the cracks on the stone walls and the layout of the floor tiles, Nie Li easily distinguished where the traps were.

"This level of traps simply does not pose any difficulty!" Nie Li said, moving forward. He picked up a rock and threw it out five-six meters and *pa* it smashed onto a cyan brick.

Sou sou sou!

Dou dou dou!

Arrows were flying about in the passage in front of them like a storm. The tips of the arrows flashed with green lights.

'All the arrows were smeared with poison,' Ye Ziyun realized, her face turning slightly pale. She could imagine what would've happened if they had continued moving forward, how miserably they would have ended if they were to accidentally activate this trap. From top to bottom, their bodies would've been nailed with arrows.

'How did Nie Li discover where the trap was located from such a long distance?' she asked herself.

"Okay, we can move forward now!" Nie Li said, lightly smiling as he looked towards Ye Ziyun.

Although the traps were all hidden in the darkness, Ye Ziyun had a weird feeling. As long as she followed behind Nie Li, she would be safe. Any problem that arose would not be a problem.

Looking at Nie Li's back, even though Nie Li was slightly thin, he seemed to give people a sense of security.

Ye Ziyun lowered her head and began to think of something.

'Perhaps, being together with Nie Li might not be that bad…'

However, after a moment, she quickly shook her head to expel this kind of thinking.

'What the heck am I thinking! Ning'er seems to have some feelings for Nie Li, and in just a few days, Huyan Lanruo expressed that she wants to chase after Nie Li. How many girls did this skirt-chaser Nie Li mess with?'

She didn't believe that Nie Li loved only her!

Ye Ziyun proudly raised her head, she would not be superficial like the other girls.

The two of them continued forward, moving towards the depth of the passage.

Just as Nie Li and Ye Ziyun were exploring the passage together, outside in the jungle, "You group of wastes! You actually allowed that Giant Blue Armed Ape to run away with heavy injuries!" Deacon Yun Hua cursed his men in displeasure. Spiritual grade demon beasts had spirits within them. Even if it was only a Silver ranked demon beast, it could still be sold for hundreds of thousands of demon spirit coins.

In the end, six people were injured and the Giant Blue Armed Ape had managed to escape.

They felt more angry towards Nie Li. If it hadn't been for Nie Li who had lured the Spiritual grade Giant Blue Armed Ape to them, they wouldn't have been so miserable.

"Forget it, it's just a Giant Blue Armed Ape. Those children of nobility are definitely worth more than that ape! Search the place! If you guys are unable to capture even one of them, don't come back to see me!" Deacon Yun Hua shouted in anger. The group of people immediately split up and began to search the forest.

A vague fire a good distance away attracted their attention.

Fire could be used to deter demon beasts in the night, causing them not to approach. However, it also became a highly visible target in the dark.

"Why did you capture me? Who are you people?"

Hastily, several black robed men captured someone and brought him to Deacon Yun Hua.

Deacon Yun Hua laughed. The person in front of him was dressed luxuriously, his identity definitely wouldn't be simple.

"Tsk tsk, this son, you have probably heard of us Dark Guild. The ones we catch are children of nobility like you. Tsk tsk. Now then, should I exchange you for money… or should I kill you?"

The one who was caught was Shen Yue.

Hearing the name Dark Guild, Shen Yue's face paled. His voice trembled, "Don't kill me! I'm a member of the Sacred Family, my family can give you lots of money!"

"The Sacred Family?" Deacon Yun Hua was slightly stunned. A faint light of disappointment flashed across his eye as he began to talk to himself. "I thought that we could make a killing, but it turns out to be a person of the vice-president. What bad luck!"

Deacon Yun Hua faced his underlings and thundered, "Continue to search!"

Shen Yue had thought that the Dark Guild would make things difficult for him, but he had never expected that they would totally ignore him. They had only one person watching after him. Shen Yue was relieved in his heart. It seemed that the Dark Guild was still a little afraid of the Sacred Family.

He thought that the name of the Sacred Family had scared those Dark Guild's men. His expression, once again, turned proud. He became totally different from the previous person who almost wet his pants.

Meanwhile, Nie Li was bringing Ye Ziyun forward. Roughly five-six hours later, Nie Li and Ye Ziyun could see a magnificent hall from a distance away.

"So the Ancient Orchid City was built on top of this underground palace. Those upper levels of the Ancient Orchid City definitely knew of this palace. Therefore, it's highly possible that they will keep all their valuables here!" Nie Li said. Judging from their current location, they should be below the military grounds.

Just as Nie Li had predicted. The City Lord and the upper levels definitely had hidden all their valuables below the military grounds.

Walking into the hall, the scene before them caused the both of them to feel deeply shocked. Bones were everywhere around this hall. There were bones of adults as well as bones of children. They were densely stacked together. It seemed like they had a painful struggle before they died.

"What happened, how could this be?" Ye Ziyun questioned as her eyes began to redden and tears began to fall down from her cheeks. She could see a lot of children huddling in a corner. These children that should have been very lovable when they were alive, were all dead.

Nie Li sighed and said, "This should be the temporary refuge of the Ancient Orchid City. They moved the elderly, women and children here. They were, probably, going to get them out after the war. However, Ancient Orchid City was destroyed, therefore, these people could only be trapped here, and ended up starving to death."

Ye Ziyun opened her mouth, revealing a painful expression.

Nie Li took a deep breath. At this moment, his heart fluttered, making it hard to calm down. Hadn't Glory City been like this too, in his previous life? Before the battle began, they had moved a lot of people into the refuge area. Later, when Glory City was destroyed, they were forced to shift their location. He never found out what had happened to those elderly, women, and children, but they probably died in the refuge from hunger as well.

The tragic scene of Glory City being destroyed was still so clear. Nie Li clenched his fist tightly, 'I will not let the same thing happen again!'

"I think, we should go," Ye Ziyun said, she couldn't bear to stay here any longer.

"No, we can't go. We need to take all of the treasure here!" Nie Li firmly said. "The treasures here can enhance our strength. Once our strength is enhanced, only then can we guard Glory City. Otherwise, Glory City will become the second Ancient Orchid City!"

Hearing Nie Li's words, Ye Ziyun was stunned. A thought flashed across her mind, 'Glory City will become the second Ancient Orchid City? Although Glory City is still rather safe, there are still demon beasts that often lurk around and even break the walls sometimes.' Ye Ziyun's expression firmed. They had to enhance their strength at all costs. Only then could they protect Glory City. Although it was shameful to be a looter, how could it be compared to the countless lives in Glory City?

Nie Li and Ye Ziyun began to search the whole hall.

"There's a Bronze rank armour here!"

"There are several bottles of elixirs here! It's a pity that they have all spoilt!"

"Heavens! This is a piece of soul stone!" Ye Ziyun exclaimed, her hands coming together, and praying for a moment. After that, she removed the soul stone from the little girl's neck. This soul stone was very delicate, tied onto a silver chain. The identity of this little girl, when she was still alive, was definitely that of a noble.

However, she was already dead. If this soul stone was to be given to a Gold rank expert, it might be able to assist that Gold rank expert to go even higher in their cultivation.

Nie Li also, more or less, had some harvest. In terms of Bronze rank armour and weapons alone he had collected a lot. There was also a Silver rank dagger that was very well preserved and undamaged. Other than that, there were also demon crystals and many other valuable things. However, Nie Li had yet to find the Spiritual Lamp that he had been searching for.

Nie Li's gaze fell to the center of the hall. At the center of the hall lied a huge stone coffin that was three meters long and about one meter in height. The surface of the coffin was covered with mysterious inscriptions. Those inscriptions felt quite familiar, but he was unable to recognize them.

'What are these inscriptions?' he asked himself.

Moving closer to Emperor Kong Ming's stone coffin, Nie Li felt a mysterious force rushing towards him. As he stood beside the stone coffin, it felt like he was standing in the middle of the roaring ocean and could fly out any time. It was no wonder that those who had died around here had not gotten close to the stone coffin.

"Nie Li, what's wrong with that stone coffin?" Ye Ziyun asked.

Just when Ye Ziyun was coming over, about three meters away from the coffin, her face suddenly turned pale and she had to step back.

"What's wrong?" Nie Li asked, puzzled by Ye Ziyun's actions.

"When I got closer, I felt a splitting headache!" Ye Ziyun replied.

Hearing Ye Ziyun's words, Nie Li's eyebrow twitched. This kind of force was very familiar. It was as though some unknown expert had laid a powerful restriction on the center of the stone coffin. Therefore, Ye Ziyun was unable to get close to it. However, why was it that when he had gotten closer to the stone coffin, nothing had happened to him?

Could it be that this restriction only targeted females and not males? Or was it that the restriction was invalid towards Nie Li?

Nie Li guessed within his heart. He turned his head and said to Ye Ziyun, "Go explore the other areas, leave this one to me!"

"En," Ye Ziyun nodded and walked towards the other side.

Nie Li checked the stone coffin. The stone coffin was completely sealed with all kinds of mysterious inscription patterns on the top. Even though Nie Li's knowledge was vast, he had never seen these inscription patterns before.

'Is this stone coffin the coffin of Emperor Kong Ming? Why does the inscription on top of it look as though it isn't from the Sacred Empire Era?'