books44 Chapter 119 Ancient Relics
Chapter 119 Ancient Relics
After what happened just now, both Zhang Liang and Bei Mingzi became more cautious and excited. They continued to dig, and although the progress was obviously slowed down, they never stopped. After an unknown amount of time, the tunnel they dug together was more than ten miles long.
Suddenly, Zhang Liang touched the hole again, lifted the covering, and was instantly shocked.
"There really are ancient ruins!" he shouted.
At this moment, Bei Mingzi and Zhang Liang stood side by side at the entrance of the newly dug cave, overlooking the area below. They had never expected that there was a huge space hidden deep in the hinterland of this mountain range. The area just under their feet was a hundred feet high.
Below are densely distributed palaces, but these palaces are old and dilapidated, and some items scattered outside the palaces have long been eroded by time and have become as fragile as rotten wood.
"Go down and take a look, but be careful. Any ancient relic is bound to be full of dangers. Even someone with my level of cultivation may lose his life there." Bei Mingzi warned cautiously.
"Okay!" Zhang Liang suppressed his inner excitement and responded seriously.
Bei Mingzi grabbed Zhang Liang's shoulders, and the two of them gently descended from a height of a hundred feet. In a moment, their feet were firmly on the ground. Brushing off the dust, Zhang Liang discovered that the ground here was actually paved with huge stones.
The two did not stop for long and walked straight towards the palace complex. Zhang Liang also picked up some small objects along the way, although they were not precious, but there were many of them.
Not long after, the two arrived in front of the nearest palace, and Bei Mingzi was about to step in.
"Be careful!" Zhang Liang immediately warned with a serious expression.
Bei Mingzi was also being cautious at this moment. He stopped immediately upon hearing Zhang Liang's words.
"What's wrong?" Bei Mingzi asked puzzledly.
"There is a formation here!" Zhang Liang said excitedly.
The existence of the formation means that the treasures inside the ruins can be better preserved, and perhaps some rare treasures are still intact.
"So that's how it is. No wonder I felt something was wrong." Bei Mingzi sighed.
"Wait a moment, I'll see if there is any secret that I can figure out from this formation!" Zhang Liang said with a smile.
The palace complex in front of him was not small in scale, with dozens of palaces of different sizes connected together. When looking down from the air, Zhang Liang noticed that these palaces were simple and desolate, exuding a primitive and wild atmosphere. They did not look like the headquarters of a sect, but more like the residence of an ancient tribe.
But it was obvious that there had been a great war here, and many palaces were in ruins, with only a few remaining intact.
Zhang Liang studied the formation carefully, and after a long while he spoke: "This formation seems to be badly damaged, and its remaining power is unclear, but judging from its nature, it should be a protective formation, not offensive. Brother, try to attack and see if you can break this remaining formation."
Bei Mingzi didn't ask any more questions, and immediately raised his vigilance, casually waving a stream of energy, attacking a complete palace. In an instant, a shield like a water wave appeared in the palace complex, resisting Bei Mingzi's attack.
"Let's attack with all our strength and see if we can break this remaining formation!" Zhang Liang suggested decisively.
“Okay!” Bei Mingzi responded, and took a stance. His arms circled like a ball, madly devouring the surrounding spiritual energy. A force that swallowed the sky and the earth spread around him...
Zhang Liang looked at the energy ball in Bei Mingzi's arms and was shocked. He could see that the move that Bei Mingzi had not yet used was extremely powerful, and even if he tried his best, he might not be able to resist it.
Suddenly, Bei Mingzi waved his hand violently, and the energy ball containing the vast power of heaven and earth shot out in his hand, heading straight for the protective shield formed by the formation. At the same time, Zhang Liang tightly grasped the long sword in his hand, staring at the formation in front of him intently.
"boom!"
There was a loud bang, and the shield that looked like a water wave shook violently, as if it would break in the next second. However, at the critical moment, it held on tenaciously and did not break.
"Go!" Zhang Liang was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He immediately pointed the sword in his hand forward. The sword flew out of his hand in an instant and shot straight to a key node in the formation rules like a sharp arrow.
"Boom!"
The formation was declared ineffective, and the shield that originally covered everything completely collapsed and disintegrated.
However, before Zhang Liang had time to rejoice, he found that after the formation was broken, a dozen palaces around it instantly disappeared like sand, leaving only the last palace intact.
Bei Mingzi glared at Zhang Liang fiercely.
"You can't blame me for this. Those palaces were already dilapidated. This formation draws spiritual energy from the palace buildings to maintain its own operation. I don't know how many years it has been since it was replenished with spiritual energy. Once the formation is broken, these palaces will naturally collapse." Zhang Liang explained with a sly smile.
"Let's clean it up first and see if we can find anything valuable." Bei Mingzi proposed directly, obviously wanting to save the last intact palace until last.
Zhang Liang nodded. He knew that in this palace complex, anything that had not yet decayed could be considered a treasure.
Unfortunately, no matter how carefully Zhang Liang searched, it seemed that all the items in the palace had already turned to dust along with the palace, probably because the formation had absorbed all the spiritual energy.
Zhang Liang couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he had known this earlier, he shouldn't have forced the formation to break. So, his eyes naturally turned to the last surviving palace - that was the core of the entire palace complex.