Lianxing shook her head and said, "That's how the outside world is; it's full of scheming."
Amidst the women's sighs, inside the cave, as the passage opened, Li Shimin's eyes lit up and he said, "Hurry up, before the others notice, let's enter the treasure vault first and obtain the Evil Emperor's Relic."
Zhu Yuyan, who was standing behind the rocks, suddenly changed her expression when she heard Li Shimin mention the "Evil Emperor's Relic" in his words.
Wanwan also spoke up, "Master, if the Evil Emperor's Relic is here, doesn't that mean the Evil King Shi Zhixuan is also here?"
In response to Wanwan's words, Zhu Yuyan let out a soft sigh and said, "That's possible."
Beside him, Chu Qinghe said with a smile, "Heh, the Evil Emperor's Relic, interesting. I didn't expect there to be such an unexpected surprise."
Then, seeing Li Shimin and the others turn around and enter the new passage, Chu Qinghe gestured and said, "Let's go!"
Upon hearing the voice, the others followed Chu Qinghe and set off.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."
"Ah! Ah! Ah........"
However, just as Chu Qinghe set off, before he could even emerge from behind the rocks, a sharp whooshing sound and screams reached the ears of Chu Qinghe and his group.
Clearly, some unlucky souls triggered the mechanism.
If that's the case, then so be it.
But the key point is that the moment these sounds reached Chu Qinghe and the others' ears, they were able to determine the location from which the sounds came, which was the passage that Li Shimin and the others had just entered.
This sudden turn of events left not only Dongfang Bubai and the others slightly stunned, but even Chu Qinghe was momentarily taken aback.
However, before Chu Qinghe and the others could react, Li Shimin and the other members of the Li Tang dynasty had already retreated from the last passage that had been opened.
Furthermore, several soldiers were pierced by steel arrows.
Li Shimin, who had previously been excited, now had a gloomy expression.
Wang Chong, who was standing to the side, looked at Li Shimin and asked, "Is the construction plan in Your Majesty's hand fake?"
Upon hearing the voice, Li Shimin said in a deep voice, "It shouldn't be."
Then, under the watchful eyes of Wang Chong and Zhao Xuetu, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "According to the map, we are not at the entrance of Yang Gong's Treasure Vault, but in a transit area. The location and structure are the same as the construction map, and even the method of opening the tenth passage is correct. These points are enough to show that Lu Miaozi's construction map is real."
Zhao Xuetu frowned and said, "If it's real, why was there also a trap in that passage just now?"
After taking a deep breath, Li Shimin slowly said, "The construction plan is real, but this tenth passage, like the other nine, is also full of traps."
Zhao Xuetu frowned and said, "Although the construction plan points out the traps in the other nine passages, it does not make any annotations about the traps in this tenth passage. I am worried that if we enter, it will hurt His Majesty."
In response to Zhao Xuetu's words, Li Shimin shook his head and said, "The other nine passages are probably all dead ends. Even if the traps are marked on them, it would be difficult to enter the treasure vault. Knowing this would be useless."
After a pause, Li Shimin said, "Next, we will need to trouble General Zhao and Senior Wang."
Upon hearing Li Shimin's words, both of them nodded in acknowledgment.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured."
After regaining their strength, Li Shimin and his entourage set off again into the passage.
This time, however, Li Shimin did not walk in front as before. Instead, he stayed obediently in the ranks of the Xuanjia Army. Zhao Xuetu and Wang Chong, two experts at the Celestial Realm, walked at the front and the back of the ranks, respectively.
Watching Li Tang and the others re-enter the passage, Qu Feiyan couldn't help but mutter, "This Lu Miaozi is quite cunning. He left a construction plan and marked the tenth passage, but he didn't mention on the plan that the tenth passage was also filled with traps and mechanisms, and that entering it would be just as dangerous. He's clearly up to no good."
Upon hearing what Qu Feiyan said, Lianxing said, "Since Li Shimin and the others are unaware of this, it seems that the construction drawings are of dubious origin. Perhaps Lu Miaozi deliberately omitted this information from the construction drawings to prevent such a situation from occurring."
At this moment, Qu Feiyan spoke up: "Do you think that since Lu Miaozi is so cunning, it's possible that all ten passages actually lead to the final location of Yang Gong's treasure vault? And that the tenth passage has the most traps and mechanisms?"
Hearing Qu Feiyan's words, the women all imagined what was going on, and in the end, they all felt a chill.
From the conversation between Li Shimin and the others, we know that the construction map in Li Shimin's hand clearly shows traps marked on nine passages, but the passage that Li Shimin and the others are now entering does not have traps marked on the map.
If all ten final passages truly lead to the treasure vault, it's entirely possible that Li Shimin would not only be mentally devastated, but would also become depressed and vomit blood on the spot.
Xiao Zhao said weakly, "Senior Lu Miaozi wouldn't have such a perverse sense of humor, would he?"
In response to Xiao Zhao's words, Qu Feiyan tilted her head back and said, "Why not? If it were me, I would definitely do it that way."
Then, Chu Qinghe said, "Alright, they've all gone far away. If we keep talking, they'll disappear without a trace."
Hearing Chu Qinghe's words, the other women quieted down and joined him in entering the passage used by the Li Tang group.
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