Alchemy Master

Chapter 78, Palace

Translator: Silavin

What appeared at the end of Qin Yichen and Miss Lu’s vision was a massive palace. It was magnificent, but what was more eye-catching was the statue standing on top of the palace.

Observing its form, Qin Yichen found that it bore some resemblance to the statue in the shrine within that cave. If that was the case, along with the Spirit Devouring Array underground, Qin Yichen felt that this race was not sealed here, but rather, they had sealed themselves in here.

[What would cause a whole race to choose to seal themselves off?] Qin Yichen naturally did not know.

Still, the more important thing was the vast energy accumulated by the Spirit Devouring Array over millions of years beneath that palace.

[The Divine Inheritance Bead of this race must be within that palace.] What made Qin Yichen frown was that in front of this palace, there was a vast number of Evil Spirits, at least numbering in the thousands. [How can we get across?]

Miss Lu also sensed this, her gaze falling on the palace. If there was not something in that palace attracting the Evil Spirits, they would not have gathered here.

However, these thousands of Evil Spirits were definitely not something the two of them could handle.

“How can we get across…” Seeing so many Evil Spirits, Miss Lu’s eyebrows furrowed, and her gaze unconsciously turned to Qin Yichen, who was beside her.

“Don’t look at me. I have no way either. With so many Evil Spirits, my small body would not be enough for them to eat.” Qin Yichen immediately spread his hands, speaking somewhat helplessly.

“You…” Hearing Qin Yichen say this, Miss Lu was speechless. She had not asked him to go to his death. It was just that throughout their journey, this young man always seemed to know the path. He had directly led her here, so she was just tentatively asking to see if he had any ideas.

[Damn it. Just when we’ve finally shook off those guys. Looks like we’ll have to wait for them to arrive.] Qin Yichen cursed, also having no way out. Clearly, just the two of them had no way to clear out these Evil Spirits.

“Let’s rest first and recover our strength. There have been a few small rats following us from behind. I believe those two guys will arrive here soon enough.” Qin Yichen sat down cross-legged, speaking with an indifferent expression. Miss Lu naturally knew who he meant by ‘those two guys’.

Luo Qingyu and Wang Hailin had recruited several hundred experts on Black Wood Cliff. Now, it was only after they arrived that they would have hope of breaking through this crowd of Evil Spirits.

Miss Lu did not think too much about it. Since she had also consumed quite a bit of energy, she quietly sat down to rest.

After they had rested for about half an hour, a series of hurried footsteps sounded from the corridor not far away.

Hearing these footsteps, Qin Yichen opened his eyes, patted his clothes, and stood up.

“Haha, Miss Lu, you’re still the fastest.” Just as Qin Yichen stood up, Luo Qingyu’s voice came over.

Looking up, they saw Luo Qingyu leading nearly two hundred experts.

However, at this time, these people looked somewhat dishevelled. It seems like they had taken many wrong turns, encountered no small amount of troubles, and lost quite a lot of people. In fact, of those here, many were injured.

Judging from Luo Qingyu’s expression, he clearly had not obtained any treasure.

This was within Qin Yichen’s expectations. When he learned this was an Ancient Divine Temple, he knew that the only thing that could be taken away from here was the Divine Inheritance Bead. Otherwise, he would have searched the ruin himself.

Not long after Luo Qingyu arrived, Wang Hailin also came over with a similar number of experts.

The five people who had previously followed behind Miss Lu were now standing behind Wang Hailin, looking at Qin Yichen with resentful faces.

Miss Lu’s actions had undoubtedly kicked them out of the game. It meant that they had absolutely no chance of winning her heart. They could not only forcibly direct their hatred towards Qin Yichen.

Faced with their gazes, Qin Yichen shrugged his shoulders, directly choosing to ignore them.

After greeting Miss Lu, Luo Qingyu and Wang Hailin walked over. When they saw the dense crowd of Evil Spirits in front of the palace not far away, even with their composure, they could not help but draw in a cold breath.

However, since so many Evil Spirits had gathered here, there must certainly be extraordinary treasures within that palace!

The greater the danger, the greater the opportunity.

Thinking of the terrifying heavenly phenomenon earlier, strong desire flashed in Luo Qingyu and Wang Hailin’s eyes. Although they were the Young Masters of two Major Families of the Royal City, and were called the Three Outstanding Prodigies of the Royal City, they knew very well in their hearts that despite all of that, there was a huge gap between them and Du Junxiong.

The latter had originally not been much different from them. However, he had an opportunity that allowed him to far surpass them in just a few short years.

Now, perhaps there was a great opportunity within that palace!

“Everyone, follow me to fight our way in. After we succeed, each person will be rewarded with an additional two thousand silver coins!” Luo Qingyu suppressed the excitement in his heart and shouted to the many experts behind him, although his slightly trembling voice betrayed him.

The crowd, who had been thinking of retreating upon seeing so many Evil Spirits, all had their eyes light up when they heard about the two thousand silver coins.

Adding to the previously promised one thousand silver coins, it was now three thousand silver coins! This was a huge sum that many people could never earn in their entire lives!

This was enough to make them risk their lives.

Perhaps because of Miss Lu’s presence, Luo Qingyu and Wang Hailin only glanced lightly at Qin Yichen, not paying much attention to his presence. They directly walked towards the palace where numerous Evil Spirits had gathered.

*Roar!…* With a large group of Humans rushing in, those Evil Spirits immediately sensed it. At once, a series of howls rang out, and then those Evil Spirits, as if mad, pounced towards the crowd with little regard for anything else.

“Go!” Seeing them charge into the crowd of Evil Spirits, Qin Yichen and Miss Lu exchanged a glance and followed behind them, fishing in troubled waters.

Although they were behind the crowd, there were still quite a few Evil Spirits pouncing towards them. For these stragglers, Qin Yichen showed no mercy, directly shattering their heads, turning them into wisps of black smoke.

Just as Qin Yichen was leisurely slaying some stragglers, suddenly, two figures darted towards him from the front, one from the left and one from the right. Along with them came more than ten Evil Spirits.

“Brat, you dared to offend us! Today, you’ll stay here for eternity!” These two figures were very familiar to Qin Yichen. They were the two Martial Grandmasters who had been following Miss Lu.

They were obviously trying to use the Evil Spirits to eliminate Qin Yichen.