Chapter 494: Chapter 245: Blood God Curse Technique, Underground Palace Access_2

He went over to investigate.

He found a storage bag. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

The space was extremely small and the defenses were quite ordinary, but even so, in the eyes of many cultivators, this was an item worth a fortune.

You should know that even Mo Changlin and Elder Wang didn’t have storage bags on them.

Jiang Feng refined it.

His spiritual sense infiltrated inside.

The result startled him.

The storage bag was packed with all kinds of vials and jars—poisons and toxic powders, many of them were already primed and ready to use.

Obviously, if he hadn’t killed the Barefoot Monk from a distance just now, and had instead been bewitched and lured close, these poisons and powders would have been thrown at him all at once. Even with some protection, he’d have been in a lot of trouble, maybe even pulled down by the Barefoot Monk.

Besides those poisons, there were also over a thousand spirit stones—a huge sum. For reference, even if Li Yang used all his resources, the Demon-Suppressing Martial Arts Hall’s treasure vault only stored just over two thousand spirit stones.

For the Barefoot Monk to store over a thousand by himself was no small feat.

"This string of Buddha Beads—damn, it’s actually a hidden weapon."

Jiang Feng noticed the Buddha Beads around the Barefoot Monk’s neck were suspicious.

On the surface, they appeared to be ordinary magical artifacts, only used for storing spiritual power, but in reality, every single bead was packed with toxic powders or poison inside.

Once the Buddha Beads all exploded—

The resulting attack would be easy to imagine; the spiritual power defenses of the average cultivator might not be enough to withstand it.

This Barefoot Monk, appearing benevolent on the outside, was in truth a thoroughly sinister character.

Fortunately, Jiang Feng was even more devious.

He had intended to kill him from a distance from the very beginning, so he didn’t pay a hefty price for it.

He carefully put away the storage bag, along with the Zen Staff and that string of Buddha Beads.

He then gazed deeper into the alleyway.

Just how large this underground palace was, Jiang Feng couldn’t tell.

He extended his spiritual sense, wanting to cover the underground palace, only to find its depths were bottomless—even his spiritual sense couldn’t reach the end.

He cleaned up the battlefield.

After a moment of hesitation, Jiang Feng levitated the Qinglong Cauldron above his head, held his Dragon Bone Bow in hand, and ventured into the narrow alley.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly—

A surge of firelight shot over from the distance.

Jiang Feng frowned.

He thought of the Three-tailed Wolf King.

Back when he’d first become a cultivator, his strength and spiritual sense weren’t strong enough—he hadn’t even dared to clash with the Three-tailed Wolf King’s spiritual sense. All he could do was hide far away and quietly watch as the Six-armed Divine Emperor and the Three-tailed Wolf King fought bloodily inside the underground palace.

Now, stepping into the underground palace again, it seemed he’d crossed paths with this guy once more.

Thinking about how the Wolf King hadn’t been able to do anything to the Six-armed Divine Emperor in the past, and yet the Six-armed Divine Emperor was taken down by his Dragon Bone Bow, he reckoned that the Three-tailed Wolf King’s strength should be about the same as the Six-armed Divine Emperor’s.

With his current power, dealing with it ought to be quite easy.

So, Jiang Feng merely backed out from the alley between the houses, left the plaza, went to the entrance of the passage, and looked in the direction the firelight was surging from.

After all, this was someone else’s turf.

There was no telling what powerful beings might exist here.

Better to be cautious.

It’s best to stay somewhere with both an advance and retreat route.

"Roar!"

A massive Wolf King with three tails crossed the residential area and entered the plaza.

It bared its fangs, face twisted with savagery. Its body was as large as the palaces in the distance. The fur all over its body was blazing as if engulfed in live fire, sending forth an overwhelming sense of pressure in waves.

"This..."

Jiang Feng sensed danger.

The aura of the Three-tailed Wolf King seemed different from before.

Or perhaps, this was its real power.

The kind that grows fiercer when meeting the strong.

"Human, this is not a place where you belong."

The Three-tailed Wolf King spoke in human language.

It saw Jiang Feng with the Qinglong Cauldron floating above his head, the Dragon Bone Bow in his hand, and a sword obtained from the underground palace slung at his waist. More impressively, Jiang Feng had managed to seamlessly integrate the Five Elements Array with the Qinglong Cauldron, making him almost unimpeded inside the underground palace.

"I mean no offense—just entered by accident due to fate."

Jiang Feng cupped his fists in salute.

He sensed that the Three-tailed Wolf King was showing goodwill. Whether it was because his own strength had intimidated it, preventing it from attacking rashly, or for some other reason, either way, as long as unnecessary, Jiang Feng didn’t want to have a life-and-death fight with the Wolf King.

The Wolf King paced around the plaza, never taking its eyes off Jiang Feng. "I know very well the way you humans think. Not many who enter this place leave in one piece—but you seem different from the others."

How could the Three-tailed Wolf King believe Jiang Feng’s nonsense?

"I’m just a little curious—what exactly is this underground palace? Why are so many people rushing in, falling over each other to get here?"

Jiang Feng feigned puzzlement.

"I’ll allow you to move about only in the outer ring. If you dare step into the inner ring, even if you have ten innate magical treasures, I’ll still take your life with ease."

The Three-tailed Wolf King didn’t answer Jiang Feng’s question. Instead, it issued a warning.

Jiang Feng froze, a little incredulous. "You allow me free movement in the underground palace?"

"Only the outer ring."

The Wolf King snorted coldly.

It then bounded back deeper into the houses, a blaze of fire sweeping across the sky, quickly vanishing beyond Jiang Feng’s sight.

"Could it be that the Cyan Snake King really didn’t lie? Integrating the Qinglong Cauldron and the Five Elements Array means I can freely enter and exit the underground palace?"

"But why is that?"

Jiang Feng brought the Qinglong Cauldron into his palm.

The cauldron looked just like before.

Shadowy dragon shapes circled around it.

A faint layer of golden light spread out from its surface.

Just now, this thing could barely withstand Mo Changlin’s Blood God Curse, yet in the Three-tailed Wolf King’s eyes, it granted him the right to enter and leave the underground palace freely.

Even wandering just the outer ring was better by far than waiting uselessly outside the restriction array.

"Thank you, Lord Wolf King!"

No matter if it was because of the Qinglong Cauldron and the Five Elements Array, having the Wolf King’s permission, Jiang Feng was elated. He stepped out of the passage, ready to go back and check the day’s harvest.

After all, he could already come and go freely inside the underground palace.

He was in no hurry to deal with all the demons in the outer ring.

"Hmm? The key?"

Arriving at the exit.

Jiang Feng saw the opening in the array was still there—it hadn’t healed up.

But the key from the Three-tailed Wolf King’s mouth was nowhere to be seen, nor could he make out a keyhole inside its mouth.

Feeling puzzled, he injected his spiritual sense, trying to investigate further.

But he found the Wolf King’s statue was utterly ordinary, as if there were no mysteries to it at all.

The key didn’t seem to have been taken by anyone.

If the Cyan Snake King had taken it when entering, Mo Changlin wouldn’t have been able to follow in, nor could he have gotten his hands on the key. Otherwise, how would the Little Cyan Snake have gotten out just now?

The Little Cyan Snake couldn’t have taken the key either, or else the restriction array at the entrance should have healed already.

"Huh?"

Just as Jiang Feng was feeling confused—

The opening in the restriction array began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Buzz—

The restriction array once again sealed the underground palace up tightly.

"Hey, the keyhole reappeared."

Jiang Feng saw that now, in the mouth of the Wolf King’s statue, a keyhole had appeared once again.

"Strange, can each key only be used once?"

Jiang Feng found this baffling.

Looking at the tightly-shut array, he couldn’t resist summoning the Qinglong Cauldron and activating the Five Elements Array, using the cauldron to touch the restriction array.

He saw the Qinglong Cauldron force open a gap in the restriction array.

Once again he saw that corridor, inlaid with luminous gemstones on both sides.

Jiang Feng finally felt sure of himself.

As long as he could use the Qinglong Cauldron and the Five Elements Array to enter the underground palace, the key didn’t matter at all. Even if a single key could only be used once, it would actually be a good thing—fewer people would be able to steal the opportunities and treasures within.

"It’s been a rewarding day. Not only did I eliminate the Cyan Snake King, but I also took out Mo Changlin along the way, and I got the Blood God Curse Technique. I wonder how much my Fortune Point total has increased."

"Can my strength make another breakthrough?"

Jiang Feng’s thoughts drifted far and wide.

He only left the underground palace, not the underground passage. Instead, he headed for the tunnel Little Cyan Snake had previously helped him find.

Once inside, Jiang Feng stayed alert, carefully checking for anyone approaching or probing with spiritual sense. Only after confirming it was safe did he bring up his status panel.