The man's hair was disheveled, his clothes were rumpled, and he looked somewhat dejected and haggard. His pale, sickly-red face, despite his closed eyes, conveyed a sense of languor and nonchalance, giving off a complex feeling.

Less than ten feet in front of the man was a golden candlestick.

However, what was placed on the candlestick was not a candle, but a yellow crystal ball about three inches in diameter, oval in shape. However, the yellow crystal ball was covered with bloodstains, and its crystal was somewhat mottled.

This yellow crystal sphere seemed to have a light-focusing effect, attracting the light from the luminous pearls on the surrounding walls. The pearls would flicker with the light emanating from the sphere, echoing each other.

Almost as soon as his gaze fell on the yellow crystal ball in front of the ice sculpture, the words "Evil Emperor's Relic" came to mind.

In an instant, Li Shimin's breathing became heavier.

Although the gold, silver, and military equipment in the stone chamber were dazzling, they were all external possessions to Li Shimin, the head of the Li Tang family. Given enough time, the Li family could certainly amass wealth and military equipment comparable to that in Yang Gong's treasury.

But the Evil Emperor's Relic is different.

With the Evil Emperor's Relic and the He Shi Bi jade that Li Shimin had previously obtained, the mediocre Li Shimin was expected to reach the Celestial Realm or even higher.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin naturally understood the importance of his own strong power.

Moreover, the increased lifespan after entering the Celestial Realm or even the Divine Throne Realm is an attraction that can drive someone like Li Shimin crazy.

After taking a deep breath, Li Shimin lifted his foot and was about to move towards the place where the Evil Emperor's relic was placed.

However, at that moment, behind Li Shimin, the unruly commander, who was disguised as a soldier of the Xuanjia Army and was hiding among them, suddenly turned around as if he had sensed something.

As the Bad Guy turned around, the large movement caused his heavy armor to rattle slightly.

Hearing the sound coming from the armor, Li Shimin, Zhao Xuetu, and the others turned around and saw Chu Qinghe and the others slowly entering the stone chamber through the hidden door behind them.

"Zhu Yuyan?"

When their gazes fell on Chu Qinghe and his group, Zhao Xuetu and Wang Chong's eyes narrowed slightly, as if they were surprised that they hadn't noticed Chu Qinghe and his group following behind them.

Compared to Zhao Xuetu and Wang Chong, the most shocked person at this moment was none other than the Bad Commander among them.

During his previous seclusion, the Bad Commander successfully entered the Divine Illumination Realm.

In the eyes of the Bad Commander, even Li Chunfeng from the Great Qin Dynasty would find it impossible to follow him silently, let alone Chu Qinghe and Zhu Yuyan, who were only at the Celestial Realm level.

"Have you mastered a special method of concealing your breath?"

In an instant, such a thought popped into the Bad Marshal's mind.

However, this conjecture was immediately rejected by the Bad Commander.

The Bad Commander believed that although there were ways in the world to conceal one's cultivation, more than two hours had already passed since they entered Yang Gong's Treasure Vault.

Even if Chu Qinghe and the dozen or so others knew these special breathing concealment techniques, it would be impossible for them to maintain this for so long, and the whole process would inevitably produce sounds such as footsteps or heartbeats.

"Could they have entered through another passage into the secret room we just passed through?"

After a moment's thought, the Bad Commander suddenly realized something.

Feeling that he had guessed the reason, the Bad Commander relaxed again, and his eyes narrowed slightly after sweeping his gaze over Chu Qinghe and the others.

"Didn't Li Chunfeng come along?"

After a moment's thought, the Bad Commander turned his attention back to his ordinary Xuanjia Army soldier.

"boom!"

But at that moment, inside the stone chamber, a stone wall suddenly moved aside, revealing a passage entrance.

Immediately afterwards, Fan Qinghui, whose face was slightly pale, and Shi Feixuan carefully entered the stone chamber.

Behind the two were some disciples of Cihang Jingzhai.

However, at this moment, there were only three disciples of Cihang Jingzhai behind Fan Qinghui and Shi Feixuan.

Moreover, all three of them were injured and their faces were ashen.

Clearly, Cihang Jingzhai, like the people of Li Tang, lost a large number of disciples within the passage of Yang Gong's Treasure Vault.

"Um?"

Upon seeing Fan Qinghui, Shi Feixuan, and the others who had also entered the stone chamber, Li Shimin's expression suddenly froze.

"They actually came in too?"

While he was stunned, Li Shimin couldn't help but have a bold guess.

However, at that moment, a hidden door appeared in another stone wall next to the stone chamber, and two of the four holy monks, Daoxin and Dixin, entered the stone chamber with haggard faces through the hidden door.

Almost immediately after the two entered the stone chamber, another hidden door was opened, and the other two of the Four Great Monks also entered the stone chamber.

Li Shimin's gaze swept over the group of people in the stone chamber, and his hand trembled involuntarily.

The parchment scroll in his hand, which depicted the construction plan of Yang Gong's treasure vault, also began to shake.

A few moments later, Li Shimin looked down at the parchment scroll in his hand, and couldn't help but throw it on the ground and stomp on it.

Throughout the process, Li Shimin was also inwardly roaring.

"Lu—Miao—Zi, you really deserve to die!"

By now, Li Shimin was still unaware that all ten passages within the Yang Gong Treasure Vault eventually led to the stone chamber where the treasure was hidden.

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