Chapter 181: Such a Shame
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
The peak rose above clouds with a height of at least three miles. There was no other high peaks nearby which made this particular one outshine the others as if it were a king standing above his kneeling subjects.
The peak was getting closer, and the giant Golden Coffin floating above the peak was getting clearer. A surge of qi and energy hard to describe spread from the Ancient Golden Coffin which made the hearts of Lu Li and Bai Qiuxue palpitate.
The king that once unified the Northern Desert, the powerful warrior that had reached the peak of the Human Sovereign Realm... Just how powerful were the treasures he left behind? The mighty Xuan Skills, masterpiece Divine Weapons and armors, rare Mystical Materials... Lu Li and Bai Qiuxue quickened their steps on thinking of these.
As they were running, they had been observing the mountain. They found many roads leading to the peak. All of them were stone stairs built with bluestone which led to halfway up the mountain. There were at least nearly 10,000 stairs.
However, the number of roads lessened past the hillside. The more than dozens staircases turned into one spiral mountain road. The road meandered up like a dragon and reached the peak.
Bai Qiuxue didn’t pause for one bit. She walked in the forefront, and as soon as she reached the foot of the mountain, she stepped on the stairs immediately. Right at that moment, though, the bluestone stair glared in white light. Spikes emerged from the bluestone, causing Bai Qiuxue to step back at once out of fear.
"The peak is hard to reach."
Young Lady Li looked pale because of the fright. Lu Li thought, looking at her. There must be many Inhibition Formations on the innumerable stairs. They could even actually die here.
"Li Yu-er, you wait here at the foot of the mountain."
This Young Lady Li was only at the later stage of the Spirit Sea Realm with nearly zero real-life battle experience. Bai Qiuxue ordered her after she saw how pale Young Lady Li looked. She nodded. She didn’t want to take the risk. Sure, the treasures would be wonderful, but one had to keep their life first before thinking about treasure, right?
"Lu Li, will you go?" Bai Qiuxue looked at Lu Li who smiled gently and said, "Little White, come out and explore the way!"
"Squeak, squeak~"
Little White shot itself out of Lu Li’s sleeve. Its nose was twitching. Then it rushed towards the bluestone stairs immediately.
"Squeak, squeak~"
Little White got to the fifth stone staircase directly. Then, it looked back at Lu Li with pride. He praised it with a thumb-up. Looking at Bai Qiuxue, he said, "Follow me."
With that said, Lu Li kicked backwards on the ground and landed directly on the fifth stair. That stair had no reaction, so there was no Inhibition Formation on this one.
"Swish!"
Bai Qiuxue closely followed him. She looked at Little White with curiosity and said, "Lu Li, what is this small beast of yours? How can it detect Inhibition Formations?"
Lu Li gently smiled but didn’t say anything. He just told Little White, "Little White, go on but be careful."
"Squeak, squeak~"
Little White seemed to be quite proud of itself. With another kick, it mounted another four stairs. Lu Li and Bai Qiuxue quickly followed suite.
Little White seemed to have an instinctive ability to sense Inhibition Formations. Sometimes, it would climb to the third stair, sometimes the fourth, sometimes the fifth. However, not on one occasion did it trigger any Inhibition Formation. Following it, Lu Li and Bai Qiuxue climbed up to more than 100 stone stairs easily.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a sound of explosion came out from the left. Lu Li and Bai Qiuxue looked to where the noise came from. They saw a man that was hit by lightning and had smoke coming out of his body as fell from the staircase over there.
"Bai Ying!"
Bai Qiuxue soon recognized him. She was a bit relieved when she saw Bai Ying was taking a healing pellet under the help of a Young Lady which meant he was still alive.
"Li Yu-er, you go and have a look around. If you run into anyone that is on our team, tell them to be careful. Don’t go up the stairs rashly. Tell them to find a way to try out the stairs one by one. Only climb up when they are sure that there is no Inhibition Formation. To be slower is fine, but don’t take any risks. Especially Shuang-er, you tell her to be careful and she can stay down here if it is too hard."
Bai Qiuxue originally wanted to wait for Bai Xiashuang and the others to get here first and then climb up. However, the treasures of Dragon King was right at the peak. Now that she and Lu Li had gained the upper hand, how could they wait here?
What was more, Little White belonged to Lu Li, not her. What if Lu Li went up the mountain all by himself without waiting for her?
Lu Li nodded since he appreciated Bai Qiuxue’s resolution. He said nothing more but rushed forward while following Little White. Bai Qiuxue was right behind him. In the time for just one incense stick to burn, they had mounted more than 1000 stone stairs.
"Bang!"
A sound of explosion came from the right. They two looked back with some worry. They saw it was Du Ziling who was hit by lightning and falling.
"Sister~"
A delicate shout reached their ears. It was Bai Xiashuang’s voice. Lu Li asked Little White to stop first. Bai Qiuxue at once turned her gaze to the left. Bai Xiashuang was waving excitedly with two people alongside her, "Sister, wait for me. I will go to you now."
"Halt!"
Bai Qiuxue was frightened. She scolded her, "Shuang-er, there are horrible Inhibition Formations on the stone stairs. Don’t come up now. Wait for me down at the foot of the mountain."
"Ah~"
A miserable cry came from one of the roads. They could faintly see a man covered in blood falling from the road. Bai Xiashuang and the others saw that the man was on the team of the Heaven Martial Kingdom. They were scared pale when they realized the man even broke one leg.
Bai Qiuxue put on an even sterner look. She shouted to Young Master Rong who was running towards them from the distance, "Bai Rong, keep an eye on Shuang-er. Don’t let her climb up. If you want to go up, you must be careful. You must deliberately check every step you are going to take. Don’t be reckless."
Bai Rong accepted the order. Bai Xiashuang dared not to be impulsive this time. She just looked at Lu Li and Bai Qiuxue with excitement filling her big eyes.
At least her sister and Lu Li had climbed up so many stairs. It would seem that all the treasures at the peak would be Lu Li's and her sister’s.
"How can they be so fast?"
Du Ziling and Zi Lian were confused. Ye Yuhan also took someone with her to try out the road on the left. Several men were injured after a couple of attempts. When she heard people talking, she brought her team over.
"Du Rui, you go and try one at a time!"
A ruthless look showed up in Du Ziling’s amorous eyes. He clenched his teeth and got an armor from his ring. The armor was brand-new with boots and helmet. The suit of armor was Heaven Grade, very powerful in defense.
He handed the armor to a warrior at the middle stage of the Soul Pond Realm standing next to him. The warrior put it on and walked up step by step, trying to find a secure path.
"Clank, clank, clank~"
When he got to the third stone stair, spikes came out. Luckily, Du Rui had boots on. The spikes could not pierce through. He leveraged some strength and ran upward.
"Remember that one has Inhibition Formation."
Du Ziling ordered another man who took out a paper and a brush pen from his chest pocket to take notes.
"Yu Fu, you put on an armor and go!"
Yu Lingxu followed suit. He took out a set of powerful armor. Before they entered the Tomb of Dragon King, they all prepared themselves. They all brought powerful armors just in case.
"Ye Longyu, you go!"
Ye Yuhan was getting impatient. Lu Li and Bai Qiuxue had mounted more than 1000 stone stairs. If they were not to speed up now, there might be nothing left for them after they got to the peak.
"Such a shame. He is so talented but he was forced away by the Yu family…"
Zi Lian sighed, looking at Lu Li who was rushing forward under the lead of Little White. Little White would look back and make some strange noises at Lu Li. Needless to say, it belonged to him.
Bai Qiuxue was at his back. The fact that she could climb up the bluestone stairs so easily must be attributable to Lu Li or Little White. What was more, Lu Li killed Patriarch Qing who was at the later stage of the Spirit Sea Realm during the fight at Wu Ling County. That, the Fire Phoenix Birth of Lu Ling, and Lu Li’s incredible cultivation speed all indicated there was something remarkable about him.
Such a shame, this talented man was forced to leave the Heaven Martial Kingdom. Judging by Bai Xiashuang's and Bai Qiuxue’s attitude to him, there was a good chance that he might never return to the Heaven Martial Kingdom again.
Of course, with the existence of the Yu family, it would be hard for him to go back even if he wanted to…