120: Chapter 120 Your sword is too slow

Fei Erfeng nodded slightly, then signaled his subordinates to stop their research and continue their journey.

However, after a brief moment of comfort, Kang Mo tucked his hand into his sleeve and gently tapped the jade on his wrist a few times.

Although his movements were quite discreet, they were caught by Xue Xingye.

'Hmm? What is this old thing doing? It seems this isn't the first time he's made such a small movement.'

Xue Xingye's brow furrowed slightly, and the confusion in his heart grew stronger.

Just then, the voice of the Blue-faced Buddha Man echoed in his mind once more.

'Kill Kang Mo, kill him, kill him, and you will learn many things.'

'Go quickly! Go kill him!!'

Amidst this nightmare-like voice, Xue Xingye's murderous impulse gradually intensified.

But at that moment, Yi Menglian appeared before him.

"Xingye, eat some compressed biscuits, don't go hungry."

"Okay."

Xue Xingye looked at the compressed biscuits in his hand, then at Yi Menglian's departing back.

In an instant, that violent emotion was gradually suppressed.

When he looked toward Kang Mo again, he noticed the other man was watching him.

Suddenly, a surge of guilt rose within him, making him avert his gaze in slight shame.

...

The revelation of the Archaeological Team members' identities also caused a significant stir on the internet.

#Archaeological Team Members from Thirty Years Ago!#

#What Happened at the Black Sand Great Buddha Temple Thirty Years Ago?#

#Why Did Yu Lin Break with the Authorities?#

One hashtag after another climbed the trending charts, and public discussion grew increasingly heated.

Yet, no one responded, as if the matter wasn't worth paying attention to.

Meanwhile, within the forbidden zone of the Black Sand Great Buddha Temple.

The Mad Wolf Archaeological Official Expedition Team was preparing to enter the Mongoose Gate.

But when this news broke, the lead professor, Lu Ziliang, stopped in his tracks.

"Sigh... I didn't expect that after so much time has passed, this matter would resurface."

As he muttered to himself, a middle-aged man standing nearby asked in confusion,

"Professor, what exactly happened at the Black Sand Great Buddha Temple thirty years ago?

Why did it cause Master Yu Lin to break with our official authorities?

It even directly led the entire Jianghu to start avoiding us.

This... is simply too exaggerated."

"Sigh."

Lu Ziliang shook his head slightly.

"Don't dwell on the past anymore. No matter how much you think about it, it's meaningless."

"Elder Lu..."

The middle-aged man saw the slightly forlorn look on the other's face and knew there was no point in continuing, so he dropped the subject.

Then he brought up something else.

"But Elder Lu, the monsters here, why do I feel they are exceptionally strong?

We're even carrying the latest equipment developed by the Dragon Academy of Sciences, yet it's quite difficult to kill even one!"

"Hehehe,"

Lu Ziliang chuckled and shook his head.

"It's only normal that they're hard to kill. After all, this is a forbidden zone, a place of strange and unpredictable mysteries.

Moreover, this time, we aren't just relying on official personnel."

As he spoke, his gaze shifted to the group of people fighting at the front to clear the path.

They were all experts from the Jianghu, though their composition was quite strange.

One wore a Republican-era Zhongshan suit, another was dressed as a monk, and the last was a foreigner using precision instruments for calculations.

Although their group was odd, there was no denying their extreme strength.

Lu Ziliang secretly compared them to the expedition team in the Taklamakan Desert.

If they truly fought, even Song Yiqing might not be a match for these three.

After all, they had successfully killed beings on the level of the Flood Dragon Python.

"Resolved! Let's go!"

...

Meanwhile, on the livestream screen,

Wang Xianzhi was continuously swinging her sword to release sword qi, slaughtering mermen one after another.

Song Yiqing, on the other hand, was controlling his sword with his fingertips, sitting casually to the side as he easily killed enemies.

From time to time, he would throw out a taunt.

"Your sword is slow."

"Nonsense!!"

Wang Xianzhi shouted angrily, then suddenly released her Sword Intent, slaying all the remaining mermen with a single strike.

"See!! Am I not more impressive?"

"Heh,"

Song Yiqing chuckled softly and didn't bother replying.

This made Wang Xianzhi stomp her feet in frustration.

At the same time, the fat man roared at a half-dead merman he had been battling for several minutes,

"Invincible Heaven and Earth Spiral Slash!!"

Bang!!

With one downward slash, he completely finished it off.

"Wahaha! Lord Pang finally killed one!! I finally took it down! Hahaha!"

He shouted excitedly.

But when he suddenly snapped back to his senses, he saw that all the mermen had long since been killed.

Song Yiqing was leisurely drinking wine, and Wang Xianzhi was stomping her feet to vent her anger.

Only Lin Tianyi reached out and patted his shoulder, comforting him,

"Don't compare yourself to them, you're not Wang Xianzhi."

"!!!"

The fat man huffed and wanted to stomp his feet too, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.

Then they headed toward the Queens Palace.

Before entering the palace, Song Yiqing deliberately checked the positions of Hou Kun and Tan Wei.

They were still maintaining a distance of several hundred meters and hadn't moved much.

'Let's see how long you can hold back.'

Song Yiqing took a sip of wine and stepped into the palace.

...

Seeing them enter the palace, Tan Wei said urgently,

"Brother Kun, let's go! We should go in too."

"Don't rush, don't rush."

Hou Kun shook his head slightly, then spoke after thinking carefully,

"If I remember correctly, the old men mentioned a place where time stops."

"But when I asked them, none of them would say anything."

"Ah?? Why do they have to speak in riddles about this too?"

Tan Wei spoke huffily, while also wondering,

"What exactly is the connection between this forbidden zone and Penglai?"

"I'm not sure,"

Hou Kun shook his head slightly.

"But I only know one thing. When the old men talked about the Time-stopped World, they said if we could get the Scepter, we must take control of it."

"Oh?"

Tan Wei's brow furrowed.

"So, the point is that Scepter? If we get it, can we... unlock the secret of the relationship between this forbidden zone and Penglai?"

"The old men told us not to explore deeply and not to try to solve the mystery."

Hou Kun shook his head.

Tan Wei looked frustrated by his lack of ambition.

"Brother Kun, what time is it? You're still unwilling?

I even want to say, is our Penglai itself just a damn forbidden zone?!"

"..."

Hou Kun fell silent, then looked up toward the palace.

"Let's go!"

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