Chapter 126: The Hunt For Treasure!

"I plan to kill Kun Lao but not now. It would be shameful if I went after him at the stage he's at now." Wan Qing said.

"Isn't that the guy who would've killed you if it wasn't for Jing?" Hu Tao asked.

"Yes..." Wan painfully admitted. She might have accepted her arrogance was the reason for her defeat but it was still an experience she didn't want to be reminded of.

"How embarrassing. To lose to someone like 10 stages below you." He mocked.

"Didn't you lose to Bleep when she was at the 1st stage of the Qi Gathering stage?" Ying brought up.

"Don't fucking play with me Fire Crotch. You and me both know that Bleep's a fucking freak." This comment earned him a slap upside the head with Jing's whip.

"And the only woman I love in this world." That slap really fucking hurt.

"Have you guys heard about the rumor of spirit stones being buried somewhere across the sect?" Bing suddenly brought up.

"I haven't." Lei Zhi responded.

"Who cares about some spirit stones anyway? They're probably low-ranked ones anyway." Hu Tao scoffed.

"No. I heard there are 3 separate spots for the treasures. The first spot is for the Outer Court disciples filled with low-rank and middle-rank stones. The second spot is for the Inner Court disciples with middle-rank and high-rank stones. And the third spot is for the strongest disciples and maybe even elders. It's said that it's filled with high-rank and peak-rank stones." Bing explained.

"If that was true then the entire sect would be in chaos right now." Ying figured.

"How do you know it isn't? We're in here while they're out there." Bing retorted.

"Well, none of that has to do with us. With the abundant qi inside this place, we don't really need to rely on spirit stones." Wan Qing said.

"I guess that's true. I just thought you guys should know."

"Wait a fucking minute..." Hu Tao suddenly realized what he was missing out on. "Let me the fuck out of here! Those bastards are having a party without me!" He shouted at Ying.

"I also have things I need to do." Jing spoke up, realizing that she was missing out on some nice chaos and mayhem even though she was the one to bury those spirit stones. She buried those stones quite a while ago so, she didn't know when someone would eventually find her 'hint.'

"Okay. Just message me on the talisman when you need to come back." She said specifically to Jing only.

  The space around Jing and Hu Tao became warped before swallowing them whole and spitting them out into the real world.

"Don't die mutt." Jing said before disappearing.

"I'm too young to die baby! Let's fucking party!" He leapt far into the sky to get a better look at the current situation inside the sect.

  Before remembering that Ying teleported them all from inside the Immortal Forest, so the only thing he was seeing right now was an ocean of trees. Hu Tao summoned his cloud from his storage ring and flew towards the Golden Serpent Sect. He fueled his cloud with his qi to go as fast as possible. The fighting could be over by the time he arrived at the speed he was previously going. Now he was zooming through the air as a blur.

  There were quite a few bastards he needed to visit after his experience in the Treasured Plains and with Ying's little Void World, he's gotten much stronger than he was before. All of those fuckers that tried to seal him inside the Great Tower, he pay them all back for the shit they pulled. And if he's lucky, he'll find some new interesting kids to play with this time around. Weren't there some disciples in the Inner Court called the Great Geniuses or some shit like that? With his new power, he should be able to play with them a little even if they are a couple stages above him.

  Hell, even if he was sealed again somehow, with the freaky old bastard he'll be able to escape any trapping formation. If he planned ahead anyway. Hu Tao needed to place a portal exit somewhere outside the formation if he wished to teleport out of it. Just trying to teleport to his portal dimension wasn't good enough if the entrance to the portal dimension was inside the fucking trapping array. His current teleporter exit was inside Ying's Void World. That bitch planned on keeping him out of that sweet ass place to get strong without him.

"Not on my watch!" He yelled to himself.

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"Come on already. With how much time you're wasting who knows if the stones are gone by now." Tang Wuying glared.

"Now now little Tang. Even if we make it there first who's to say we'll be able to keep it all for ourselves. I think we should save our strength before politely asking those who did all the grunt work for us for a share of their loot." Gong Jun smiled.

"Always the schemer, aren't you? How annoying..." Tang didn't like Gong's way of dealing with things.

"I don't hear you suggesting anything different." Gong grinned.

"Whatever. I'm sure those idiots will make a lot of noise when they find it anyway. A decent sensor should've be able to find the stones no problem. What the hell is taking so long?" Tang complained.

"I'm just as confused as you are to be honest. A rumor on this level should've been easily confirmed true or false by now with a good qi sensor. The elders wouldn't have disciples killing each other over nothing." Gong reasoned.

"What if the elders couldn't prove if the rumors were true or false?" Tang asked.

"If that was true then who buried the stones?"

  Tang couldn't answer that. It wasn't like a mysterious cultivator would be able to sneak into the Golden Serpent Sect without the elders finding out and then on top of that bury massive deposits of spirit stones in specific spots in the sect. Unless it was someone far above their Sect Leader in cultivation but then that brings the question of what would they gain from having a bunch of disciples kill each other over spirit stones? The Nine Swords Sect and Blossoming Water Palace leaders are nearly on par with their sect leader so it couldn't be them. But besides them, there wasn't anyone else on this continent who could pull off something like this. As far as Tang and Gong knew, the sect leaders of the Three Great Sects were the strongest around with a few known cultivators being able to stand on the same level as them in the Evergreen Continent.

"Die!" Tang blocked a sudden attack aimed at the back of his head with his giant boomerang.

"Who the hell are you?" He asked.

"Your maker." He grinned as his fist took on a golden hue and knocked Tang forward.

"Need any help?" Gong politely offered.

"Like hell I'd accept help from you. I'd rather die." Tang spat.

"I can arrange that." His attacker smiled.

"Do you know who you're even messing with? I don't have the time to play with trash like you." Tang spoke.

"The latest prodigy of Elder Mo. The handsome genius with unknown future potential. The arrogant commoner that believes he's the best under the heavens." He listed off a few of Tang's titles.

"Commoner?" Tang gritted his teeth.

"Oh yeah. Commoner. You're just the son of some mayor, aren't you? How arrogant can you be to come here and act like you're anything more than just a filthy commoner? There are people of actual royalty and nobility here. Any one of them are worth more than 10 copies of you based on blood alone!"

"I hoped you are satisfied with those being your final words. This filthy commoner is going to make sure you never speak again." And with those words, he vanished.

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"Don't worry Prince Jun. Your opponent will be me." Another disciple silently appeared.

"And who might you be? Oh, and I'm not a prince just yet." Gong kindly smiled.

"One of Princess Lan's many suitors." He answered.

"You must have some skill if you're willing to take me on for her."

"I have been training a bit. You are a scary competitor Gong. Not many would be willing to try and compete with a genius of your level."

"I assume you are the champion of one of those tournaments that fight for her affection by proving you are the strongest male in the nearby area?"

"Not just talented but brilliant as well. How could anyone compete with a man such as yourself?" He sighed.

"Fake flattery won't earn you any favors." Gong kept his friendly smile plastered on.

"Then I suppose I should tell you that I utterly despise you. I came to kill you today and ask for Princess Lan's hand in marriage afterwards." He revealed.

"Trust me. I wish it was that easy..." His false façade broke momentarily. Liu Lan was not an easy woman to woo even though they were already engaged.

"Maybe you aren't as perfect as I thought you were."

"Let's just begin already. If little Tang finishes his fight before me, I won't be able to show my face as his senior brother." Gong sighed, keeping up with Tang's growth rate with that weapon of his was an eternal struggle. He's never worked so hard in his life.

"Very well." He dashed towards Gong.