Ancestral Wealth Inheritance System-Chapter 297 - : Maze
Chapter 297 -297: Maze
Around ten in the morning, Fang Jueyu arrived at the foot of Langya Mountain with thirty superpower users and Er Gouzi. He looked up towards the summit; this was a mountain of considerable height, with its main peak estimated to be over two thousand meters.
“Advisor, this here is Langya Mountain. The Ancient Martial Arts Association is at the top!” one of the superpower users said.
“Have any of you been here before?” Fang Jueyu asked.
Everyone shook their heads. It had been more than ten years since the last Chairman of Yanhuang came here. Most of them hadn’t even joined Yanhuang back then, let alone awakened their powers. How could they possibly have visited?
“But, Advisor, I’ve heard there are many illusion arrays and mechanisms on Langya Mountain. If outsiders rush in, they might not even make it halfway up the mountain before getting lost or attacked by traps.”
“That powerful?” Fang Jueyu thought of the bare plaza outside his Super God Academy and wondered if the academy’s place was a bit shabby.
“No worries, let’s go up. Can a few broken arrays really trap us?”
“Hahaha! The Advisor is right, I almost forgot that I’m no longer an SSS-level superpower user!”
After two months of intense training, the average level of these thirty superpower users was at the second-tier superpower level. Even against ancient martial artists in the Heavenly Realm, they could fight!
And how many experts of the Heavenly Human Realm did the entire Ancient Martial Arts Association have? Although they hid well, Fang Jueyu knew they didn’t even have twenty. The combat power of these thirty people, if not facing anyone in the Divinity Transformation Realm, was enough to flatten Langya Mountain.
“But, Advisor Fang, may I ask you a question?”
“Go ahead!”
“We’re here to complete the task given by the top commander. Why did you bring a dog? Aren’t you afraid it’ll get hurt if a fight breaks out?”
“Oh, you mean it?” Fang Jueyu nudged Er Gouzi, who was rubbing against his foot. “My Er Gouzi has been bored at home. I brought him out today to see the world and get some air. Don’t worry, he’s pretty clever!”
Er Gouzi was now over six months old and had grown to the size typical of a large breed. Its black fur was shiny, and most surprisingly, its eyes’ pupils had turned purple. Upon closer inspection, it was clear it wasn’t just an ordinary black dog.
Fang Jueyu was now close to the mid-stage of the Hidden Elementers, but every time he played around with Er Gouzi, he found that he still couldn’t catch up to it in speed. Even he wasn’t sure how powerful Er Gouzi had become!
“Er Gouzi, go scout ahead!” Fang Jueyu said to it.
“Woof!” Er Gouzi lazily gave Fang Jueyu a look as if to say, “Why don’t you go yourself?”
“Look at you, getting so fat! Keep being so lazy, and you’ll turn into a pig!” Fang Jueyu kicked him again. “Go on, I’ll give you a sausage later!”
Upon hearing the word “sausage,” Er Gouzi immediately got up from the ground. Pills were tasty and effective, but in Er Gouzi’s mind, sausages were the most delicious.
“Ah, the dignity of the Soul-devouring Beast, trampled by a human…” Xiao Yi muttered quietly.
Moments later, Er Gouzi wagged its tail and returned.
“So, is there any danger ahead?” Fang Jueyu asked.
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“Woof woof!” Er Gouzi shook its head, then stuck out its tongue, begging for a reward from Fang Jueyu.
“Alright, here you go!” Fang Jueyu took a sausage out of his pocket and tossed it.
As the sausage flipped through the air, Er Gouzi casually raised a paw, and without anyone seeing how, the wrapper was peeled off as it swallowed it in one bite.
“Has this dog become a spirit?” The superpower users present looked at the black dog with astonishment. The Advisor wasn’t simple, and even his dog was extraordinary. Could an ordinary dog do that?
“Alright, don’t stare. He may look smart, but he’s quite a rascal, causing trouble with the neighborhood’s female dogs all day! He’s caused me no end of problems!” Fang Jueyu said through gritted teeth.
Were it not for reproductive isolation, the whole neighborhood might have been filled with Er Gouzi’s offspring by now.
“Let’s go. We’ll try to get this done during the day, and in the evening I’ll treat you all to some skewers!” Fang Jueyu led the way ahead.
The path was indeed smooth, and they didn’t encounter any traps or mechanisms. At a spot with an elevation of about three hundred meters, the mountain path suddenly led to a peach grove.
“Advisor, this Langya Mountain is really interesting. It’s already August and yet the peach blossoms here are still in bloom.” A few superpower users casually reached for a peach blossom.
But as soon as their fingertips touched the peach blossom, the flower violently exploded, and the petals shot out in all directions like deadly blades. At the same time, a dense smoke began to seep from the broken branches of the peach tree.
“Be careful, it’s a trap!” Fang Jueyu shouted. “Retreat!”
Thankfully, they had only just stepped into the peach grove and could retreat in time.
Those were extremely sharp blades, and despite the superpower users’ strong bodies, they were left with shallow cuts. Those cuts could heal in moments thanks to their regenerative abilities, but the mechanism seemed to have poison, and the wounds oozed a revolting odor.
“Here are Detoxification Pills, take them.” Fang Jueyu tossed a small bottle over. This trivial poison was nothing to him.
He then turned his gaze to Er Gouzi lying on the ground, “Treacherous dog, didn’t you say it was safe ahead? What’s this mess?”
“Woof woof!” Er Gouzi whined in grievance. It lifted its front paw to point at a stone nearby with a still-wet urine stain on it.
Er Gouzi had scouted up to here before returning, leaving behind evidence. It only guaranteed the safety of the spots it checked; anything beyond wasn’t its concern!
“Lazy dog! Refuses to take a few more steps!” Fang Jueyu remarked with disdain.
“Should have learned some Qimen Dunjia techniques from Huang Yaoshi earlier!” Fang Jueyu regretted, as he was almost clueless about arrays and mechanisms.
“Advisor, what should we do?” The superpower users had already gotten rid of the poison, but the path ahead was still covered in smoke. Besides these explosive, venomous peach blossoms, who knew what other traps lay ahead.
“We should have just asked headquarters to fly us up!” one superpower user suggested.
“Useless, the airspace around this mountain has strong electromagnetic interference. If a plane comes up, all its instruments will go haywire.” Fang Jueyu replied. He had considered this, but modifying a plane to install a Solar Furnace in just a few days was too difficult.
As for high-altitude airdrops, they’d probably be used as live targets by those ancient martial artists before landing.
“What do we do then?”
“Easy!” Fang Jueyu laughed. “In this world, I usually don’t bother with problems that can be solved with money!”
Fang Jueyu reached out towards the jungle…
