159: Chapter 159 Don't go, this must be Old Man Wei's doing.

Following the sound of intense explosions,

clouds of dust instantly billowed across the scene. However, Wang Xianzhi took this opportunity to swiftly slash out a beam of sword qi.

A single strike cleared the smoke and dust.

She then looked at Song Yiqing with pride, her tsundere face seemingly saying one thing:

'I'm amazing!'

"..."

Song Yiqing merely glanced at her before ignoring her once more.

[Challenge Mission: Kill the Black-faced Living Buddha! Completed. Obtained SSR-grade reward: Sword Qi Rolling Dragon Wall!]

As the sound of the system notification light screen appeared, Song Yiqing immediately felt a new skill begin to surface in his mind.

This was a sword technique with extremely powerful killing force,

an existence that could absolutely surpass the Nine Songs Sword Manual.

However, the Qi required to execute it was also incredibly vast. Combined with the Fanpu Qi Absorption ability,

it was just barely enough to perform this one move.

An SSR-grade skill was bound to be terrifyingly powerful,

but... for now, escaping with their lives was the most important thing.

The pressure brought about by the collapse of the Black Sand Great Buddha Temple was definitely not something any single person could produce.

It was a kind of deterrent that could make one directly lose their will to fight.

But just as he was sprinting to escape,

Fatty's voice suddenly rang out.

"Lord Song!! A viewer just said that the reason we can't enter the Third Forbidden Land right now is likely because we haven't found something similar to that heart scepter!"

"heart scepter?"

Song Yiqing was stunned for a moment, and in an instant, he recalled the item obtained previously in the Queen's Palace.

However, after the Taklamakan Desert Forbidden Zone collapsed, the Scepter had also vanished without a trace.

But thanks to Fatty's reminder, he also vaguely sensed a hint of strangeness.

Where was the similar item? Why hadn't they seen it this whole time?

The strange feeling from before seemed to stem from this as well.

In other words,

if they escaped just like this, would they still have a chance to come back in?

Song Yiqing's brow gradually furrowed.

He felt more and more that this matter was very strange, as if someone had intentionally set a trap.

"So..."

After some careful thought, Song Yiqing abruptly stopped his footsteps.

"Lord Song?"

Fatty looked at him in surprise.

"What's wrong? Did you think of something?"

"A little."

Song Yiqing nodded slightly and then looked at everyone else.

"I think we should go back."

"Huh??"

Fatty was stunned, then looked up at the vaulted ceiling where stones were constantly falling.

"Lord Song, what the viewers say isn't necessarily correct!!"

"What's more, even if they are right,"

"it doesn't mean that the thing like the heart scepter is deep inside."

"It's also very possible it's somewhere else!!"

"No!"

Song Yiqing shook his head slightly, then spoke quickly.

"No, it must be hidden deep inside. This is also an open scheme."

"Interesting, truly quite interesting."

As he spoke, he suddenly turned around and looked back at the path they had come from.

"I can't guarantee that my judgment is correct,"

"so, it's up to you guys!"

After saying that, he took a step forward, once again using Dust with Light to race against time!

Lin Tianyi and the others stood frozen in place, falling into hesitation.

...

In the bullet chat section:

[Holy crap? Which idiot is in there tricking Lord Song into going back in??]

[Are you crazy! It's obvious you can't go there! Can people who don't know what they're talking about please stop posting? If you keep this up, you'll get us all killed!]

[Exactly, your behavior is already endangering all of humanity!]

[Damn it! I want to follow the internet cable and beat him to death!]

[I'm getting an increasingly uneasy feeling.]

[Stop talking, person above me. The more I think about it, the more worried I get.]

...

At the Xue Group board of directors:

Xue Heng had been observing Wei Chengjun's reaction the whole time.

He had noticed earlier that this old thing was a very good actor,

a total performative personality.

But sometimes his reactions could reflect his true inner thoughts to a great extent.

Just like right now, as Song Yiqing decided to return,

Wei Chengjun's face turned completely dark.

'As expected!'

Xue Heng instantly became certain in his heart that Song Yiqing's judgment this time was absolutely correct.

And as long as they found that so-called 'heart scepter' object,

then they could enter the Third Forbidden Land.

When that happened, it would significantly delay the time of global forbidden-zone transformation.

But just as he was secretly feeling relieved, he noticed the touch of disdain that surfaced on Wei Chengjun's face.

"Heh, does he really think going back and finding the item will lead to success?"

"Still a bit naive."

"Elder Wei?"

Xue Heng asked tentatively in confusion.

"What do you mean by that..."

"It's simple."

A flash of killing intent crossed Wei Chengjun's eyes.

"This old man has long since left a backup plan!"

"What??"

Xue Heng was stunned. He hadn't expected at all that under these circumstances, the other party would still have a backup plan.

And if one were to analyze it from here,

even on his own side, there were likely many backup plans!!!

As Xue Heng thought about this, his hostility towards Wei Chengjun became even stronger.

Plotting with a tiger was definitely not an option.

He had to find a way, find an opportunity, to kill this old thing!!

Otherwise, after the global forbidden-zone transformation, he would surely die!

Just as he was thinking, Wei Chengjun slowly turned his head to look at him.

"Little Xue, why are your emotions so strange?"

"Huh??"

Xue Heng was startled, but still relied on his years of experience navigating the business world to quickly adjust his emotions, smiling as he said,

"Hehehe, Elder Wei, you're overthinking it."

"Is that so?"

Wei Chengjun didn't pay much attention and immediately turned his gaze back to the livestream screen.

As for Xue Heng, he secretly clenched his fist.

...

On the livestream screen,

once Song Yiqing made his decision,

Lin Tianyi and the others didn't hesitate much and followed one after another.

The group quickly entered the underground corridor of the Mahavira Hall.

The moment they passed through the corridor,

they were met with a relatively open area.

This place looked like a natural limestone cave, somewhat similar to the cave where the Queen of Jingjue's Bottomless Ghost Cave was located.

But there was no ghost cave here,

nor were there any coffins.

There were only Buddha statues on all four sides.

In the center position, there was a Lotus Platform.

Sitting atop it was Lu Ziliang.

He sat cross-legged, his hands folded and resting naturally, his mouth constantly chanting obscure and difficult-to-understand Sanskrit sounds.

Fatty, seeing this display, subconsciously edged closer to Song Yiqing's side.

"Lord Song... is Professor Lu... becoming a Buddha on the spot?"

"..."

Song Yiqing ignored him and instead carefully looked at Lu Ziliang's condition. Just as he was about to walk over,

Queen Zongzi spoke up.

"Don't go, this should be Old Man Wei's doing."