22 Obtaining The Treasure

"Big Yellow has a special treasure hunting ability. The more precious a treasure is, the clearer he is able to sense it. Since he sensed it just now, I'm sure the treasure is hidden somewhere within this palace." Jiang Chen's eyes lit up. His purpose when coming here was mainly to find this treasure. Only with the treasure could they possibly defeat the Earth Devil, except if Duo Tian summoned Yun Che or his Great Ancestor.

"Big Yellow, can you sense exactly where the treasure is located?" Jiang Chen looked at Big Yellow and asked.

"The treasure's aura is pretty weak, let me try again." After saying that, Big Yellow closed his eyes. All the men held their breath, and dared not speak a word. After three minutes, Big Yellow suddenly opened his eyes, then he turned around and gazed at the inner part of the palace.

Under Big Yellow's lead, everyone walked in the direction he looked, then they came in front of a wall that seemed ordinary, "There it is."

"This is just a normal wall, there is nothing special about it." Guan Yiyun said.

Big Yellow said, "Little Chen, scrape the outer layer stone."

Jiang Chen drew out the Bloodthirsty Sword, and with a swing he scraped away the surface of the wall, revealing an ancient stone door.

"There is a hidden door behind the wall! How come I never discovered this?" The surprised Xuan Ye stared at the wall with wide eyes.

Jiang Chen squinted his eyes. It was perfectly normal that Xuan Ye didn't discover this. It would be amazing if could discover it. The door was hidden behind a wall, and even he, the once greatest Saint in the world wouldn't pay any attention to a wall. Only Big Yellow who had sensitive senses toward treasure could find it.

Tian Yishan said while pointing at the stone door, "There's a carving on the stone door, it looks like a dragon."

All the men looked at the stone door; there was a blood red dragon statue carved on the door. It was a mighty dragon statue. Although it was unknown when this dragon had been carved, it still gave these men a feeling that it was a live. The blood red dragon's body was leaned forwards, and its mouth was wide open, as if it was letting out a furious roar towards the heavens.

The blood red dragon's posture was overbearing and prideful, as if it was the only supreme existence in the world.

"The legendary True Dragon, they only exist in the higher realms. The dragon is just a legendary creature in the Saint Origin realm." Duo Tian said while looking at Jiang Chen at the same time. None of these men could hold themselves from looking at Jiang Chen. All of them had witnessed Jiang Chen unleash the True Dragon Palm; the dragon claw he unleashed look real and mystical.

"Why is there a carving of a true dragon here?"

Big Yellow was puzzled. He possessed the Dragon Horse bloodline that had been passed down since the ancient era, and he had dragon's essence in his body.

"Let's not focus on that for now. The treasure should be behind this stone door, let's open it up." Wu Jiu said.

Guan Yiyun took a step forward, "Let me do it."

Then he placed both hands on the stone door and pushed with all his strength. But, nothing seemed to happen.

"This stone door is really heavy, I can't push it open with my raw strength. Looks like I have to use my yuan energy." A terrified expression emerged onto Guan Yiyun's face. In an instant, he circulated his yuan energy to his palm, causing the palm to start emitting a bright light. After that, with a tremendous amount of force, he pushed toward the stone door.

Crack crack!

Finally, cracking sound could be heard from the stone door that hadn't been opened for an unknown amount of years. But, with Guan Yiyun's strength, he could only make the door produce some cracking sounds. Just as he was going to continue pushing, beams of blood red light suddenly shot out from behind the stone door.

Bang! Ahh!

Guan Yiyun let out a miserable cry as he was suddenly knocked back. With sharp eyes and quick movement, Jiang Chen immediately pulled Guan Yiyun back.

Puh!

A mouthful of blood left Guan Yiyun's mouth, and his body was trembling.

"What a powerful red light!" Guan Yiyun said in shock.

"Looks like the treasure is hidden behind this stone door, let me give it a try." Xuan Ye took a step forward and arrived in front of the stone door. Everyone back off and cleared the area for him. A serious expression emerged on their faces; this stone door was really mystical, it could attack by itself, and even a Divine Core warrior couldn't open it.

Ha!

Xuan Ye let out a loud shout, then he pushed his bright golden palm onto the stone door.

Bang…

Xuan Ye's strength kept coming from his body in a spectacular manner. It was not something Guan Yiyun could compare with. But, in the next second, more blood red lights shot out from the stone door.

Bang!

Just like Guan Yiyun, the powerful Xuan Ye was knocked back by the blood red light as well. His body was slammed into the opposite wall, and blood could be seen dripping down from his lips.

Xuan Ye showed a frightened expression, "Terrifying! If I had reacted a little bit slower, perhaps I would have suffered from a deadly injury just now!"

The blood red lights were like the most ferocious wild beasts; they attacked with mighty momentum, and even a Combat Soul warrior couldn't withstand the attack.

"This is quite odd." Duo Tian furrowed his brows.

"Even a Combat Soul warrior can't open this stone door. This means there is no way we can get hold of the treasure behind it." Tian Yishan was extremely shocked.

"This is terrible! What's actually hidden behind the door? Even a Combat Soul warrior can't touch, no wonder why no monsters dare come close to Inferno City."

"What should we do now?"

All of them had ghastly expressions. Jiang Chen was also furrowing his brows. He didn't think this was the situation they were going to face.

Duo Tian pondered for a while, "Hmm, a true dragon? Jiang Chen main arts is came from a true dragon too. Maybe..."

"Guys, I think I had an idea. Brother Jiang, your arts has an aura akin to a true dragon. Maybe you can open it?" Duo Tian given his suggestion.

Hearing that, Jiang Chen nodded, "Let me give a try."

Buzz buzz!

Right at this moment, buzzing sounds could be heard from the stone door. After that, beams of blood red light shot out from the blood red dragon statue. The scene frightened everyone, and they all fell back quickly. However, Jiang Chen wasn't moving.

The blood red light's target wasn't them, it was Jiang Chen. When the blood red lights came out, they directly covered Jiang Chen, but they didn't show any sign of attacking him.

"Look, those blood red lights didn't hurt chief Jiang!" Wang Heng exclaimed.

"Those blood red lights are really powerful, but why didn't they hurt brother Jiang? This is unbelievable!" Xuan Ye was astounded with eyes wide open.

Duo Tian explained, "As expected, all the treasure that have sentience can only be obtained by those who were born with great destiny and their compability to each other. Brother Jiang is a man with a great destiny and have an aura akin to a dragon, so I guess only brother Jiang can open this stone door." The blood red lights didn't hurt Jiang Chen, and that was the best proof for his explanation.

Wu Jiu, Xuan Ye and all the other people were stunned. They kept staring at Jiang Chen who was covered by the blood red lights. They couldn't believe what they were looking at, especially Xuan Ye and Guan Yiyun. Both of them were assaulted by these blood red lights, and they knew how terrifying it was. But, Jiang Chen seemed like he was unharmed, even though he was completely covered by them.

Big Yellow's eyes lit up, "The blood red light has accepted Little Chen!"

Right at this moment, Jiang Chen was completely covered by the blood red lights. Not only did he feel no fear or threat, he felt like he was showering in the warmest sunlight; it was extremely comfortable. The blood red lights were gently rubbing themselves on his body, expressing their intimacy with Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen was surprised, he never thought that this could happen, "It looks like these blood red lights have sentience, but why do they show their intimacy to me? I've never seen anything like this before, and it's also the first time I've seen that blood red dragon carving on the stone door." After seeing how Xuan Ye and Guan Yiyun were injured by these blood red lights, he thought he wouldn't be able to get the treasure anymore. He had never thought that these blood red lights would come to him by themselves. He looks at Duo Tian full of gratitude.

"Regardless of why this is happening, I'll have to go behind the stone door and get the treasure, then I'll use it to deal with the Earth Devil." Jiang Chen had the ability to remain calm under any emergency. And since the blood red lights didn't harm him, it was actually good news.

"Brother Jiang try and push the stone door and see if you can open it. Those blood red lights have accepted you; that means only you can open the stone door. If you fail, we'll never be able to get the treasure behind the door." Duo Tian said.

Jiang Chen nodded his head, "Alright." Walking with big steps, he arrived in front of the stone door. He slowly extended both hands and place them on the door, then he started pushing with tremendous force. However, the door was still not moving, and there were more blood red lights shooting out from. Although the lights didn't attacked him, and showed the same intimacy as before, they still showed no sign of moving aside and letting the door open.

"Since these blood red lights have accepted me, why can I still not open the door? I'll try with my yuan energy." Jiang Chen pondering for a bit. After that, he began circulating the Dragon Transformation skill. Just as he began to circulate it in order to open the door, clicking sounds immediately from the stone door. It had opened up by itself. At the same time, the blood red lights were wildly bouncing around, as if they were filled with joy and excitement.

"Look, the stone door is slowly opening, chief Jiang isn't being attacked by those blood red lights!" Wang Heng said in a surprised manner.

Creak!

The stone door was completely opened, and a deep popping sound could be heard after. Then, countless dazzling blood red lights shot out from behind the door. They were so bright that everyone were forced to close their eyes.

Finally, everyone opened their eyes when the lights started dimming down. They immediately looked at the scene behind the stone door. It was a completely sealed secret chamber, and there was nothing there except for a blood red talisman hovering in the center. Aside from the talisman, nothing else could be found. All those blood red lights were actually unleashed by this blood red talisman.

"Look, it's a blood talisman!" Guan Yiyun shouted.

Buzz…

The mysterious blood talisman was hovering in middle of the air, and it kept producing buzzing sounds. At the same time, a divine and ancient aura was constantly leaking out from it. It was so dazzling that it was difficult to stare right at it. On the surface of this blood talisman, mysterious carved patterns could be seen, and even Jiang Chen couldn't understand the meaning of these patterns.

"What is this blood talisman? I can actually feel that it have a sentient!" Xuan Ye was really astonished by it.

"A supreme aura! It looks like this talisman represented something mighty, an existence even I can't tell what is." Wu Jiu was shocked as well. It was just a talisman, but it had given them a rare feeling, as if they were looking at a supreme lord standing in front of them, and causing them to want to worship it from the bottom of their hearts.

"I don't know why, but when looking at this blood talisman, my bloodline began fluctuating. I'm sure this blood talisman is the reason why those demons and devils haven't dared attack Inferno City." Big Yellow kept staring at the blood talisman with bright eyes. He had a rarely seen serious expression on his face.

Jiang Chen took two steps forward and entered the secret chamber. He looked up at the blood talisman, then a puzzled look emerged in his eyes. For an unknown reason, he actually felt a brief kinship toward the blood talisman.

Duo Tian can only guessed that Jiang Chen and this blood talisman has a connection. But he didn't know what exactly their connection was.

This was an absurd feeling. Past life and current life, Jiang Chen was pretty sure he had never seen this blood talisman before, and he had no relation with this blood talisman. However, the feeling of kinship came from his soul, it was an uncertain feeling that really existed.

Jiang Chen extended his hand, then, as if the blood talisman could sense Jiang Chen's movement, it jumped into his palm by itself. The palm-sized blood talisman was violently pulsating as it fell into Jiang Chen's palm. Jiang Chen could clearly feel the blood talisman's excitement. This was just a talisman, not a living creature, but it actually had its own mind.

When Jiang Chen stroked the blood talisman, his Dragon Transformation skill began circulating without his control. Jiang Chen was startled by this change. Ever since he had begun cultivating this skill, this was the first time something like this had happened. It was just a skill, but why was it circulating itself without its master's control? This was bizarre!

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*Author note, please tell me what do you think about this story and if I miss anything to the novel.