"I think White Fang can find something." Ye Xinghe said. The wolf stopped staring at Liang Yu and started to sniff around. To many scents caused a small issue. Mostly from the foot traffic and when Liang Yu was here previously. 'You can do it, White Fang.'
"That's right! White Fang is a demon beast of the 7th Heavenly Realm, his sensory abilities is higher than a human's!" Xia Yuning was more excitied to get moving before things turned bad. 'I rather White Fang shows merit instead of a problem. That person with Lei Hong might have a strong family backing, the Azure Feather Family does not need more trouble.'
"What do you think Elder?" Lei Hong turned to Liang Yu. "Sure you can find us another decent place." The Lei clan members' eyes shined happily. What the found so far was good, but if there was more to be had, why not.
"Hmm, why not." Liang Yu activated Astral Sense spreading it through the place. The rebels still hadn't attacked yet which was good in its own way. The clans were far enough out that it wouldn't be to bad to take advantage of the traps in the place as they triggered. "This way seems good. Not much foot traffic from the look on the ground."
"Sniff! Sniff!" White Fang took a few steps behind Liang Yu. A brush against his hoodie caused the wolf to become excited. "Grr!" It stepped forward faster leading the way.
"Hmm, well ok." Liang Yu shook his head amused. The wolf seemed to what to challenge him. He was not interested. It could have the win easily. "Guess it picked up something even more than me."
"Let's go!" Zhuo Yan shouted. Even more excited since more people were with them now.
"Quickly, quickly!" Xia Yuning was about as excited as her. She moved a little behind White Fang with Zhuo Yan right behind her. The Gu siblings, Lei members in the rear with Ling Yu. Huyan Zhuo and Han Feng right in front of them with Ye Xinghe.
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Chamber-
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The room that contained the previous statues was just as spacious as before. Liang Yu's eyes radiated malice looking at the Bat statue. He wanted to break it for the last incident he encountered with it.
As if the statue was aware he was thinking that, the statue turned towards him.
"Get down!" Liang Yu shouted. He jumped in front of Zhuo Yan crossing his arms. The Metal Seed puling as he flushed qi into it. 'I better be strong enough to take a hit from it this time!'
*Screech!* A sound blast left the bat and spread in the room. White Fang Took a defensive stance in front of Xia Yuning shielding her. Ling Yu defend himself with the use of the sword he carried.
"Grr!" Ye Xinghe took two steps back from the force then stabilized. Huyan Zhuo and Han Feng Were far enough back with the Lei members to not suffer to bad. The Gu siblings were slightly shaky from the blast.
Liang Yu decided to pull his cover down on the hoodie and keep his eyes diverted down. No sense in tempting fate and looking at the statues that were further down the way or looking at the bat statue again.
"Did we trigger a trap by entering so quickly?" Huyan Zhuo and Han Feng asked at the same time.
"Wel well... looks like it won't be so easy to gain something here." A random cultivator said entering. Behind were a few others that looked ready to pilfer the place dry. "Thanks for testing the place."
"Let them go." Liang Yu used his Astral Sense to keep track of those that he needed to. He moved to check on Zhuo Yan. "Are you ok little one?" Despite everything that happened, the girl did exactly as he said when she heard the shout. She dropped to the floor and covered her head. "You reacted really well just then."
"Hehe, my grandpa always said I was really smart." The little girl stood up dusting herself off. "Thanks for protecting me." Seeing the purple eyes under the hood, she was almost mystified by it. 'His eyes are so deep! Like gems!'
Liang Yu gave just a nod. It was after all his fault the attack happened. "No need to interfere with others wanting to get treasures, we can find some stuff later." The five artifacts were nice and all but the room still did not react well to him at all. 'I wonder how strong I will have to be to obtain the other statutes in the room? The horse defintely should help with my physical body.'
"Based on the power from that attack, it safe to assume something really important is further down the way." Ling Yu moved forward since nothing else was happening to the other people in the room that ran forward. Just a few feet in, he spotted what a few rushed over to. "Five Artifacts! They have to be at least the purple-grade!"
"Above the status of Moon Wheel which belongs to the category of Green Artifacts." Xia Yuning thought about the weapon and how with the help of Liang Yu it changed a little back at the cave. "In the whole Divine Zhou Empire, there are only a hundred artifacts that can be termed as Purple Grade. There are only three Gold Grade and they are considered to be pillars of the country. THe Divine Grade is higher than that and only appeared in the legends of old. The Halberd you have should be purple grade."
"I see. I knew it was amazing but not that amazing." Ye Xinghe grinned like a fool. A blast of heat caught his attention up ahead. "What is happening!?"
*Fwish! Fwish! Fwish!* Several large columns of fire engulfed several cultivators up. Several didn't even care as they jumped forward navigating around the bodies that fell and the fire that still spewed out.
*Schup! Schup! Schup!* Several spears shot out the ground killing cultivators in an instant. Still, the people continued on.
*Twang! Twang! Twang!* Several cross-bolt fired. from the ceiling. Piercing the backs of those that made it pass the fire columns.
"Tch!" Liang Yu clicked his teeth in annoyance. So many kept moving that the traps went off like crazy. It didn't help a large portion of those that entered the tomb were in this area all of a sudden. Most likely due to him having picked the place almost dry previously. 'This will help me more than them. But fewer people to deal with a rebel attack if I am not careful.'
Next to him, Zhuo Yan grabbed his leg looking away. She made out that his purple eyes were no longer visible. Liang Yu had closed his eyes to keep from triggering any of the statues. He had to use the "Echo" ability of the Metal Seed combined with "Astral Sense" to see like during the time he was momentary blinded.
"With the 5 Purple Grade Artifacts sitting there, of course, there would be traps!" There's no way that they could be obtained so easily!" A random cultivator backed away carefully. A few others moving back with him.
"So what if there are traps!" A desperate cultivator shot forward. "We'll strike it rich if we obtain the artifacts!" He was not to stupid to go by himself. The words were said to egg the others on.
*Twang!* A cross-bolt shot from the ceiling getting ready to take his life.
*Baaam!* Liang Yu punched at the air creating a blast of force using only the strength of his physical body. Several more punches went out towards the other cross-bolt launchers as he backed away with Zhuo Yan.
"Well, that is a no-go for me." Liang Yu sat Zhuo Yan down. "If you want those artifacts, go for it." He turned to the Lei Clan members who unsure as Lei Hong talked with Xia Yuning and the others. "If you can get those who still struggle and cling to life back here, I can make sure to stabilize them. Up to you."
A blue-haired man heard what he said. A member of the White Mirror Family. Not even checking with the elder with him, he shot forward grabbing those of his family caught in the traps that still drew breathe.
A few others doing the same and pulling back their family members and friends that still clung to life. even though they had know idea what was going on. Most thought the fewer people out there would decrease the difficulty with the traps.
A subsidiary member of the Lei Clan by the name Lei Chu took over while Lei Hong was busy. Directing the flow of things and pointing where to line people up at. His face beamed in joy as the people listened quickly.
"Gu Yunlan and Gu Yunyan I need your assistance over here." The two gave Liang Yu strange looks. They turned to Ling Yu who was not even paying attention to them at all. The two caught him gnashing his teeth in frustration staring at Xia Yuning, Ye Xinghe, and Lei Hong talking. Liang Yu pulled out bandages that carried a medicinal scent. As well as some needles that were extremely cold. "Those who are losing blood quickly from the fire burns, wrap this around them. Those who are losing blood from piercings sit them down but sitting up. If you know how to slow down blood flow do so quickly."
"We should just heal them using our star energy." Gu Yunlan said.
"That will make it worse. Using your energy up will make it harder for you later for one. The other thing is that a quick healing will exhaust them with these serious injuries and put a strain on them." Liang Yu answered quickly. Supringsly, Zhuo Yan already grabbed a few wraps helping. "Do not make it to tight but have it firm on them."
"Right!" A few cultivators answered.
Slowly those injured were stabilized and the worse was over. But so many of them needed a blood transfusion to really have a chance. That was something they did not do here. Or know how to. Liang Yu would show that yet. The medicinal wraps were one thing with some acupuncture but that was to close to medical work.
"Will they make it?" The White Mirror member asked. The facial features of the one he saved look close to his own. "Please.. my brother is all I have left in my family."
"Give me a minute to check." Liang Yu finished up with a cultivator that had a spear broken off in his leg. Several splinters had entered the bloodstream and would cause a bad infection of the man's qi did not fight it off. "Your brother... should not be here in the first place. Does he suffer from anything?"
The young man's pulse was erratic. Much more than it should be sense it never kept a rhythm when beating. Considering even under duress, a pattern could always be found this was beyond weird.
"Fainting spells only! We hoped to find some medicine to help him here!" The White Mirror member cursed the very notion of coming to this place but the brothers were running out of options. "Please, I will do anything if you can save him!"
"Calm down. He won't die just yet." Liang Yu's back was towards all the statues as he opened his eyes. The young before him was very pale looking. "This help stabilize him with your help."
*Drip!* Liang Yu dropped some demon beast blood on the young man and drew a rune pattern out of it. It was a method he derived from the Green Skelton that helped keep a person alive for a few days. COuld only be used once on a person and did something to the soul of the other.
"Place your hand on his forehead and over his heart. Hopefully, you two know the same cultivation method yes?" The brother nodded at him. "That is good. Circulate your cultivation method until you run out. Then get a Star Martial Artist to help you recover."
"Right!" The brother focused entirely on the other. Sweat dripping down from nerves more than anything.
Liang Yu closed his eyes and went back to the other people that needed attention. Slowly he checked them over subtly looking for those who were Star Martial Artist and Dragon Martial Artist.
The former was few in between but quite a few Dragon ones. Taking his time running his Dragon qi through them, allowed his Dragon Dantian to grow stronger as well as helping the refining process of the Dragon Martial Artist in the Flame Vortex Core.
While all this went on, Lei Hong convinced Ye XInghe to check the statues. Finding what was hidden inside the traps in the place slowed down before stopping all togethor. A voice announced in the hall about the Tianlong treasure causing the cultivators to become excitied.
A few cultivators that had injured family members stopped paying attention to what was going on and started making for the exit to leave the cursed place. Some stayed leaving their injured friends and family to the chance of faith.
*Shine!* A light lit up as those who were supposed to die did so. Destiny claimed them the moment it was able to. After all, if know one cared for them to help fight what was originally their fate nothing could be done.
But those that left with their members still drew breath. Liang Yu noticed those who died but didn't pay it much attention for now. He had other things to deal with. Han Feng was picking a fight with Ye Xinghe about the place.
Liang Yu's Astral Sense picked up the activity of the rebels inside the place. It was time to deal with more important matters. As well as get the bodies of those Lin Hong killed during this time frame if he could.