Chapter 48,800,000

Fourty-eight million...?

Sun Miaomiao and the other two couldn't help but look at Xiahou Aotian, who was weeping bitterly, and suddenly understood his sadness.

Although Sun Miaomiao and Zhao Chenghuang were Ling Second Generation (children of powerful spiritual beings), enjoying extremely high resources in the Taiyi Sect, 48 million in materials wasn't much. But when it came to cash, the two of them couldn't readily produce so much money. After all, most extraordinary-stage items didn't exceed ten million.

Forty-eight million could buy two ordinary-quality Saint-level items—although they had a price but no market and might not be available for purchase.

But casually throwing out 48 million, even they couldn't be so extravagant.

"Enough, leave the remaining artillery fire. It will be useful later," Zhang Yuanqing stopped Xiahou Aotian's shooting.

At this time, there were fewer than thirty terracotta soldiers left, with a posture of lonely courage, fearlessly launching a charge towards everyone. Behind them, the ground was covered with soil and sand, a scene of devastation.

Zhang Yuanqing left Yin Yaojunzhu to protect Xiahou Aotian, leading Tianxia Guihuo, Sun Miaomiao, and Zhao Chenghuang to meet the terracotta soldiers. They easily solved this remnant army. "So strong. The strength and speed of these terracotta soldiers are at level 4," Sun Miaomiao, holding a military dagger in one hand and a large-caliber pistol in the other, remarked. This was a standard Star Official equipment combination, using the pistol with the Star Evasion technique and the military dagger with Night Roaming assaults. Tianxia Guihuo and Zhao Chenghuang's eyes fell on the Yuan Shi Tianzun's Thunder Drum Purple Gold Hammer.

“What is this hammer made of? It’s so different. It shatters the terracotta soldiers easily, while we need to use specialized armor-breaking, high-quality items,” Zhang Yuanqing casually explained.

Xiahou Aotian left Yin Yaojunzhu and the large cannon, hurriedly ran over, squatted next to a shattered terracotta soldier, and examined it, saying, "These materials should be from the Earth Ghoul profession, so the terracotta soldiers are incredibly strong. I've been watching for a long time and found that these terracotta soldiers aren't implanted with souls. What is the core that drives them to fight? There must be a central host controlling these terracotta soldiers. If I can learn this technology, I will be able to create terracotta soldiers and dominate the world in the future." However, no one cared about the academic aspect of the problem.

"So, did the First Emperor refine the terracotta soldiers in order to rule the world again after his resurrection?" Zhang Yuanqing, who loved history, asked with great interest. "Obviously not," Tianxia Guihuo said, "Is it possible that the First Emperor relied on these terracotta soldiers to unify the six kingdoms?" Xiahou Aotian nodded repeatedly, "Right, right, right, this is more logical, Yuan Shi Tianzun is a fool." Zhao Chenghuang said coldly, "Don't waste time."

Immediately, everyone left behind the broken terracotta soldiers and went to the white marble platform, stopping in front of the steps.

"Qin Tai, Night Roamer, Earth Ghoul, Controller, close combat, long-range..." Zhang Yuanqing spoke quickly.

The team members nodded with serious expressions, and took out defensive items to wear in an orderly manner. Zhao Chenghuang took out a puppet storage box. The heavy, half-person-high bronze box "clanged" to the ground. The puppet storage box was a sharp weapon against terracotta soldiers.

This item was an imitation of the Leader-level item "Puppet Storage Box". Its material was genuine Saint-level quality, but it didn't have the core Artificer characteristics, so its main function was "storage."

During the arena competition, Zhao Chenghuang used the spirit servant characteristic, imitating the Artificer's puppet control technique to use it skillfully.

But the puppet storage box was, after all, an imitation, and the "storage" ability was limited to the puppets in the box. The terracotta soldiers on the steps were powerful, with their own subconscious, and certainly wouldn't obediently come into the box.

Therefore, they needed to be broken first, and then put inside. "Qin Tai, Night Roamer, Earth Ghoul!" Zhang Yuanqing shouted loudly.

Sun Miaomiao took eight-character steps, raised her pistol, and with two "bang" sounds, the bullets engraved with spirit-breaking runes accurately hit the two nearest terracotta soldiers, blasting out a light golden flame and fine black sand. The splashed black sand had not yet landed when it returned to the terracotta soldiers' foreheads like a magnet.

"It really heals. What material is this?" Xiahou Aotian exclaimed in surprise and excitement. The terracotta soldier on the left slowly turned its head to look at the attacker, conveying a voice that only Night Roamers could hear: "...Those who trespass in the First Emperor's palace shall die!"

After saying this, the two terracotta soldiers on the left and right suddenly jumped up and slashed at Sun Miaomiao.

Tianxia Guihuo's palm "whooshed" with flames, condensed into a fireball. He pulled his stone arm back, stepped forward with his left foot, and threw the fireball fiercely, hitting the terracotta soldier on the left side in the chest. With a "boom," the terracotta soldier was blown away. In the raging waves of air and the firelight, Tianxia Guihuo's body appeared. Fire Element!

Anger burned in his eyes, his body muscles swelled, and his crimson fist ignited with scorching flames, heavily smashing into the terracotta soldier's chest. For a moment, the firelight flashed, the stone chips flew, and the terracotta soldier staggered back. The black soil cast on its chest turned dark red, emitting high temperatures. Just as Tianxia Guihuo was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, he suddenly saw the terracotta soldier forcibly stabilize its footsteps and swing its bronze sword towards his neck. Before the Fire Demon's combo could begin, it was forcibly interrupted by the opponent's greater strength.

Tianxia Guihuo frowned, which meant that his best close-combat ability couldn't gain a decisive advantage. The bronze sword made a sharp whistling sound as it was wielded.

Tianxia Guihuo dodged, letting the blade brush past his scalp. He was about to flick his knee to hit the opponent's chest when he suddenly saw the terracotta soldier's other hand. He didn't know when it had already taken down a crossbow and aimed it at himself. "...Bang!" The sound of the bowstring was shrill.

The arrow shot out, and a yellow light flashed in front of Tianxia Guihuo, then shattered. The crossbow arrow pierced into his chest. ...He heard a click in his heart.

Yuan Shi Tianzun said that the terracotta soldiers on the steps were well-equipped and that the crossbows were extremely powerful, but he never expected that even a Saint-level defensive item couldn't block an arrow.

At this moment, a hand rested on his shoulder, pulling him back abruptly. The tip of the sword brushed past Tianxia Guihuo's throat.

Tianxia Guihuo staggered and stood firm, turning his head to see that the one who saved him was the beautiful corpse.

Yin Yaojunzhu let go of her hand, strode forward, and with a sharp and beautiful high kick, her heel heavily kicked the terracotta soldier's chin. With a "bang" sound, half of the terracotta soldier's face shattered into black sand, splashing everywhere.

Seizing the opportunity, Tianxia Guihuo roared in a deep voice, every pore leaking and spewing flames. His short hair was bathed in crimson firelight, each strand distinct. Berserker!

This time, he was really angry.

With a flash of firelight, Tianxia Guihuo slammed into the terracotta soldier, and with a "crash" sound, the hard clay body shattered into pieces. As soon as these fragments landed, they began to tremble violently.

Seeing this, Tianxia Guihuo raised his foot and kicked one of the legs to the Yin corpse. He himself picked up half of the body and ran towards Zhao Chenghuang, shouting, "Open the box!"

At this time, Zhao Chenghuang, Sun Miaomiao, and Zhang Yuanqing had just solved the other terracotta soldier and put it into the half-person-high bronze box.

Seeing Tianxia Guihuo and Yin Yaojunzhu running with half of the terracotta soldier's body, followed by a swarm of broken sand and soil, Zhang Yuanqing summoned the Eagle Swift Wind Gloves and pushed his palms forward. "Whoosh whoosh~" A gust of wind rose sharply, blowing away the black sand.

Sun Miaomiao's accurate marksmanship targeted the larger pieces of soil, destroying them all.

Zhao Chenghuang kicked open the bronze box lid, and after Yin Yaojunzhu and Tianxia Guihuo put half of the terracotta soldier's body in, he quickly closed it.

Those black sand and soil seemed to have lost their target, paused blankly for a few seconds, then trembled again, quickly condensing together, becoming a one-armed, one-legged incomplete terracotta soldier. The terracotta soldier's head was tilted and crooked on its remaining left shoulder, emitting an angry spiritual wave: "Return my body, return my body..."

Zhang Yuanqing picked it up and was about to stuff it into the storage box when he heard Xiahou Aotian say, "Wait... leave it with me for a moment, let me study it."

As he spoke, fearing that Yuan Shi Tianzun would not agree, he took out a dagger and chiseled a fingernail-sized piece of black soil from the terracotta soldier's hard body. The small piece of black soil vibrated violently in Xiahou Aotian's fingertips, but couldn't break free.

Xiahou Aotian put away his dagger, took out a monocle and put it on, carefully examining the black soil, and explained, "This monocle can help me analyze its material..." Hearing this, the others, who were a little impatient, waited patiently. After more than ten seconds, Xiahou Aotian gasped. Sun Miaomiao hurriedly asked, "Have you figured out what this is? Why are you gasping?" Sun Miaomiao complained in her heart. Xiahou Aotian let go of his hand, letting the small piece of soil return, and said in a deep voice, "The material characteristics are firmness and magnetism, and it also has strong vitality, so it can nourish the soul. These terracotta soldiers will never be damaged, no matter how many times they are broken..." Unless a refiner smelts them... "Well, I initially suspect that they are the legendary Xirang (breathing earth)."

"Xirang?!" Zhao Chenghuang exclaimed, "The supreme material in the Earth Ghoul profession legend?" Xiahou Aotian nodded, "I speculate that a small amount of Xirang should have been mixed in when making the terracotta soldiers. Well, a very, very small amount. Using Xirang to refine soldiers is simply a waste of heavenly resources. The First Emperor must be a prodigal."

Everyone had the same thought in their minds, and looked at the many terracotta soldiers on the steps with fiery eyes and greed.

Zhang Yuanqing immediately took out the Mountain God Scepter and pressed the green gem at the top against his chest. A burst of gentle green light flashed, and Tianxia Guihuo's arrow wound on his left chest stopped bleeding and then recovered. "Thank you!" He nodded to Zhang Yuanqing.

Zhang Yuanqing was about to respond when he suddenly heard Sun Miaomiao next to him say in a strange tone, "Yuan Shi Tianzun, you, you are such a pervert, eww~"

Everyone first looked at Sun Miaomiao, then followed Sun Miaomiao's gaze to Yuan Shi Tianzun's lower body. The tent was surprisingly high.

"This is just the price of the item. I don't have feelings for Tianxia Guihuo, don't wrong me." Zhang Yuanqing put away the Mountain God Scepter and said, "Oh, you seem to be particularly concerned about me. Did you see the prophecy in the Magic Mirror and want to give birth to my child?"

Next, the five people and one corpse repeated the previous tactics, one by one putting the terracotta soldiers into the bronze box.

When the group reached the archway, Zhao Chenghuang's face was already flushed with excitement because Yuan Shi Tianzun and the others had promised that all the terracotta soldiers in the bronze box would belong to him. ...Equivalent to dividing the spoils in advance.

If the harvest in the Longevity Palace wasn't much, then Zhao Chenghuang would compensate everyone. If the harvest was enough, then he would share a little less of the items.

Instead of selling them for money, it was better to do a favor.

Zhang Yuanqing calculated the time, and thirteen minutes had passed since entering the underground palace.

"Having teammates is really smooth. If it were just me alone, it would be impossible to pass so easily..." He looked up at the bronze mirror hanging on the archway, "This mirror is also an item. Its function is very special. It can reveal the intentions of Night Roamers. I suggest not touching it for now. Wait until we solve the dangers here before collecting it, so as to avoid accidents." In unknown, high-difficulty copies, doing less is less wrong.

Their suggestion was unanimously approved by everyone. This was one of the benefits of having teammates. There wouldn't be infighting over money, and there wouldn't be disagreements when opinions differed. Everyone stepped onto the white marble platform and saw the majestic palace.

This was a detached sleeping palace, about two meters high above the ground, with the main hall six meters high, covered with golden tiles. The building was mainly made of bronze and wood. Two three-meter-high bronze terracotta soldiers stood at the entrance of the sleeping palace, wearing single-piece armor, one holding a bronze sword and the other holding a long spear. Xiahou Aotian lectured the team members on the architectural features of the Qin Dynasty, reciting phrases like "upturned eaves and interlocking brackets". But no one paid attention to him. Everyone's attention was focused on the two "guardian gods". Xiahou Aotian had to end his popular science and said, "If we defeat these two terracotta soldiers, we should be able to clear the hidden copy. The sleeping palace is where the First Emperor lived. Qin Dynasty laws were strict and would not allow guards to guard the palace."

He immediately opened his Star Eyes to assess the team members' faces.

Sun Miaomiao, Yin Yaojunzhu, and Tianxia Guihuo had dark clouds overhead, containing blood. This meant that injuries were inevitable, and there might even be life-threatening dangers. Xiahou Aotian had dark clouds overhead, but no blood. Of course, he was a weak chicken alchemist who didn't need to be in the front line.

Zhang Yuanqing then looked at Zhao Chenghuang and his pupils shrank. Zhao Chenghuang's face had a bloody disaster!

At this moment, the two giant terracotta soldiers standing outside the hall stiffly turned their heads. The terracotta soldier on the left, holding a bronze sword, transmitted a spiritual wave.

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Deterrence? Swordsman Deterrence... After a few seconds, Zhang Yuanqing, who practiced Pure Yang Body Cleansing Record, was the first to regain his senses. In his vision, the tall figure of the giant terracotta soldier appeared. He saw that it had already rushed to Zhao Chenghuang's side and slashed down fiercely. Zhao Chenghuang's body was cut in half, and his warm organs rolled all over the ground.