Chapter 465 - 302: Outwitting Four Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm Experts, Ingeniously Acquiring a Precious Treasure (Part 2)

"Earlier those three people, did they give you anything or instruct you to do something?"

"What... three people..." The Manor Master’s face suddenly changed, yet he still stubbornly denied.

Crack!

Before he finished speaking, a bone cracked.

"Ah—" The scream had just begun when another slap landed on his face, abruptly cutting it off.

"The last time, what did those three people give you, or what did they instruct you to do?"

Chu Ming’s voice was icy cold.

When the two people with the last name Yien and Pei Yan stayed here, this person delivered food to them, clearly obeying their orders.

"Yes... cough cough... Spare me, Knight."

"Speak."

"General Yien instructed me... to go to the north side of the east suburb hunting ground tomorrow to activate... activate... the artifact."

"How to activate it?"

"With this item... with Qi Blood activation." The Manor Master took out a jade pendant from his inner clothing.

Qi Blood activation?

Chu Ming’s eyes slightly narrowed as he stared at the jade pendant, his five fingers suddenly tightening.

"Knight... cough cough..." The Manor Master’s face instantly turned ashen, "It’s... true... I didn’t... I didn’t..."

Chu Ming took the jade pendant and looked at it closely. It appeared to be an ordinary jade pendant with no special features.

"Knight... Use Qi Blood to communicate with this item... it will activate..."

The Manor Master was afraid the black-clad man who entered suddenly would directly use Qi Blood to activate the jade pendant.

Chu Ming was indeed planning to communicate with Qi Blood while holding the jade pendant.

But after careful consideration, he dismissed the idea.

If he was not mistaken, once this jade pendant was activated, the Mountain-shaking Beads, Torrential Wave Beads, and the four stone pieces buried in the east suburb hunting ground would all be activated.

He wanted to retrieve them, not activate them.

Therefore...

Crack!

His five fingers exerted force abruptly, and the sound of bones breaking echoed.

The Manor Master’s head tilted, and he died instantly.

Chu Ming took the jade pendant and swept around the manor, taking any valuable treasures before rushing toward the east suburb hunting ground.

Inside the hunting ground, the two Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm experts from the Astronomical Bureau, Tang Guang and Hoong Xiao, were still patrolling.

Chu Ming concealed himself in the gray expanse of the high sky, holding the jade pendant.

Although he obtained the jade pendant, he still couldn’t directly retrieve the beads and stone pieces.

The Sword Gourd Spirit locked onto the Astronomical Bureau’s Tang Guang and Hoong Xiao, and Chu Ming made up his mind.

"I have to use the clumsy method."

His figure moved like light, passing through the heavy snow, landing about five miles in front of Tang Guang.

This place was a high grove, within which three Mountain-shaking Beads were hidden.

Chu Ming arrived at the concealed spot, deliberately leaving shallow, nearly undetectable marks on the surface that ordinary people couldn’t find, but those with Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm techniques definitely could.

Then, he jumped into the air, hiding in the heights above.

His clumsy method was to let the two Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm experts from the Astronomical Bureau walk into the trap first.

Before long, Tang Guang arrived at this place during his patrol.

"Hmm?"

Tang Guang immediately noticed the faint, uncovered marks in the snow, definitely not left by an exotic beast.

His figure flickered, arriving at the marked spot.

First, he observed silently, then he squatted to examine the area.

The snow was deep, and he gradually probed into it.

Until he opened the thick snow, revealing the frozen soil.

"The soil has traces of being turned over!"

Tang Guang’s expression slightly changed, and he flipped his hand to take out a small disk, communicating with his Heart Spirit to send out information.

After waiting for a moment, Hoong Xiao hurried over.

"Look at this place." Tang Guang pointed at the frozen soil.

"The soil has been disturbed!" Hoong Xiao observed with a similar change in expression. "There’s definitely something buried underneath."

"The work of King of North Snow?"

"It’s very likely!"

"Then..."

"Dig it open and see."

"Let me investigate first."

Hoong Xiao extended his hand, a red flame appeared in his palm.

"Red Flame Roasting Flame?" Tang Guang was somewhat surprised, seemingly not expecting Hoong Xiao to carry such a treasure with him.

Hoong Xiao nodded, "The Red Flame Roasting Flame is extremely sensitive to treasures, if there’s something hidden below, it can’t escape the sensing of the Red Flame Roasting Flame."

The roasting flame hung above the frozen soil.

Whirr!

Just by approaching, the roasting flame shook violently.

"What do you think?" Tang Guang asked.

"The thing beneath is not simple!" Hoong Xiao frowned slightly, "Sensing with the Red Flame Roasting Flame, it’s likely something of great power, I might even get hurt."

"Powerful?" Tang Guang’s eyes gleamed with Condensing Light, "Could it be..."

Hoong Xiao’s expression was grave as he said, "The North Snow Army, Mountain-shaking Bead!"

Treasures capable of threatening the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm are few, and the Mountain-shaking Bead of the North Snow Army was notoriously famous; they thought of this item almost simultaneously.

"If it’s the Mountain-shaking Bead, then His Majesty’s concern..." Tang Guang’s face was solemn.

"Let’s first dig it up to have a look. If it’s indeed the North Snow Army’s Mountain-shaking Bead, we need to notify His Majesty immediately."

Hoong Xiao controlled the roasting flame, slowly approaching the frozen soil.

Crackle...

The roasting flame seemed capable of incinerating everything, and in an instant, a deep pit was burned into the frozen soil.

When it was about half a meter deep, Hoong Xiao retracted the roasting flame.

Any further burning would destroy the treasure below.

Tang Guang understood, took out his weapon, and uncovered the last layer of frozen soil.

Underneath the frozen soil, three egg-sized round beads lay there.

"It truly is the Mountain-shaking Beads!"

"Let me cut off the Qi Blood Sensing!"

Hoong Xiao’s brow furrowed tightly, the flame in his palm coiling out like a fiery serpent.

Crackle...

Wisps of black smoke rose, seemingly severing something.

Looking again at the three round beads, their luster had dimmed.

Meanwhile, outside the Qin Capital, the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm expert Yien Chong, rushing northward, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Big brother?" Yien Tai looked over with surprise and doubt.

"The Mountain-shaking Beads have been discovered."

"How many?" Pei Yan asked.

"Currently only three, but with these three exposed, the Astronomical Bureau will definitely conduct a thorough search..." Yien Chong’s face was serious.

"Quick, report to King Shuo."

"Understood."

"..."

Back at the east suburb hunting ground.

The Astronomical Bureau’s Hoong Xiao had already taken the three Mountain-shaking Beads into his hand.

"Brother Tang Guang, there must be more Mountain-shaking Beads buried in the hunting ground than just this!" he said in a deep voice.

"We need to conduct an immediate search!" Hoong Xiao raised the roasting flame high, separating a strand, forcing out a drop of crimson from his palm, merging it into the flame.