Chapter 1723: Chapter 573: The Chess Player

Bai Xiaozhao exchanged fierce glances with Little Flat Head for a moment, then scratched her chin with a claw, her eyes filled with confusion.

What did her brother and Lu Luanti say just now? She was too focused on her intense fight with Little Flat Head and didn’t hear clearly what they were talking about.

After Chu Xisheng suppressed the two beasts, he flickered and moved to the bow of the Bathing Sun Divine Ship.

And just as he was navigating this magic artifact flying boat, slowly exiting the Chaos Hall.

He saw four people standing at the entrance of the great hall.

Their bodies were tall and strong, clad in armor woven from golden leaves, and they wore golden crowns, shining gloriously with radiant light.

However, their faces were a pale blue, like the water in a deep pool, devoid of any blood color.

What was astonishing was the intense and visible killing power emanating from them.

This not only caused Chu Xisheng’s eyes to narrow slightly, but even Lu Luanti opened his eyes with a stern expression.

These were not living people, but belonged to the type of dead spirits zombie!

And they were at least Second Grade tier Corpse Kings! They might even have reached the First Grade!

Lu Luanti pondered, could these be the so-called ’Xu Clan’ from within the Returning Ruins?

The four Corpse Kings then concentrated and glanced at the two people on the flying boat, then bowed respectfully: "Ladies and gentlemen! Our master invites you, they wish to meet with you both."

Chu Xisheng raised his eyebrows, a hint of a smile in his eyes: "Is your master the Drought and Hou Qing?"

He thought he wouldn’t see these two during this trip to the Returning Ruins.

He had been in the Returning Ruins for a month, yet these two Ancestor Corpses had remained silent until today.

Emperor Jianyuan and the Heavenly Emperor of Buzhou Mountain were both replicating the initial Heavenly Gaze, clearly with sinister and unreadable motives, likely plotting against the Four Ancestor Corpses.

He thought that the Drought and Hou Qing didn’t care or weren’t anxious at all.

"Indeed!"

One of the four Corpse Kings lifted his eyes to meet Chu Xisheng’s gaze: "The two of them are unwell and inconvenient to greet you personally, they can only wait respectfully at the Ruins Heart."

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To the north of the Divine Continent, on the southern side of the Iron Wall Mountain Range in Liang State, there is a ’Ten Thousand Cave Mountain.’

This mountain is entirely made of Fire Cloud Rock, whose sturdiness rivals that of Secret Pattern Cloud Stone, yet its interior is filled with countless caves.

These caves are all interconnected, meandering, and unfathomably deep, with no known destination.

However, upon entering the caves about two hundred feet in depth, there are massive red insects embedded in the surrounding stone walls.

These insects are nearly human-sized and resemble ants in shape.

They seem to be dead, silent. Yet, if you look closely, you will notice that the surface of these giant ants’ shells is shimmering with a flowing light.

This ’Ten Thousand Cave Mountain’ is renowned as a dangerous place in Liang State; not only is there no human habitation within a thousand miles, but no life or beast dares to approach.

Yet, within the Returning Ruins, as Chu Xisheng was about to meet the two great Corpse Ancestors, a crimson tunneling light landed in front of the largest cave entrance within the ’Ten Thousand Cave Mountain.’

If Fang Bu Yuan was present, he would surely be surprised to recognize that it was none other than Consort Zhuang, currently favored in the six palaces of the Daning Dynasty.

After revealing herself, she first glanced around.

At several mountain peaks about two hundred miles from here, there were tall stone platforms.

These were signal towers garrisoned by the Magic Cultivators of Guiyuan Sword Sect, Dutian Divine Palace, and God-controlling Sect, built specifically to supervise and suppress the seal of the Daluo Ant Clan.

Since the ’Divine Illusion Temple’ incident, each of these First Grade Divine Sect has increased the personnel at the signal towers, with three First Grade Martial Cultivators stationed to oversee the happenings of ’Ten Thousand Cave Mountain’ continuously.

However, the Divine Sects’ surveillance methods failed to track her presence.

Consort Zhuang glanced around momentarily, then let out a light hum and stepped into the cave.

Her figure flickered continuously, and in no time, she reached the deepest part of the cave.

It was a massive underground cavity at least nine hundred feet deep at the base of ’Ten Thousand Cave Mountain.’

Here, it spanned ten miles in circumference, with the space taking on an elliptical shape, suffused with a reddish light.

——This was the light emitted from the shells of the numerous Daluo Divine Ants on the stone walls, saturating the entire cavern with an eerie and bloody aura.

With a solemn expression, Consort Zhuang walked to the center of the cavern, in front of a giant red crystal stone, and knelt down.

"Mother!"

This red crystal stone was not ordinary red crystal at all.

If you reached out to touch it, you would find it to be a texture akin to flesh and blood.

Inside the red crystal stone was a Daluo Divine Ant, but ten times larger than the average Daluo Divine Ant.

It had a small head, no antennae, and an exceptionally large abdomen.

——It was the Ant Queen of the entire Daluo Ant Clan, the most revered existence in the entire clan.

And just as Consort Zhuang paid her respects, the Daluo Ant Queen’s fist-sized compound eyes flashed with a faint glow.

"You’ve returned, my daughter!"

She actually protruded her head from within the red crystal stone, looking at Consort Zhuang: "I can sense your joy; it seems you have returned with good news for us this time?"

"Yes!"

Consort Zhuang took a deep breath, then took something from her sleeve: "The emperor of the Human Clan has entrusted this to me."

It was a small blood-colored seal, only the size of a fingertip. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

At that moment, countless compound eyes suddenly appeared from every direction of the cavern, staring at Consort Zhuang’s palm.