Chapter 4911: Trapping the Remnants of the Murong Family

Murong Changchen, an early-stage Golden Immortal, went by the alias Liu Chen. Murong Changxing, also an early-stage Golden Immortal, went by the alias Chen Xing. To conceal their identities, they had established a small sect and recruited some disciples to gather information.

A secluded small courtyard with blue tiles contained a three-story blue pavilion and a blue stone pavilion. Inside the stone pavilion, a tall, slender man in a blue robe and a corpulent man in a red robe were conversing.

By chance, they discovered that a family named Xu possessed a rare treasure. The Xu family's patriarch, Xu Tianlei, was a late-stage Golden Immortal with exceptional power.

"Should we inform Patriarch Tianyan? With just the two of us, we might not be able to get our hands on that treasure."

The red-robed man analyzed, "If we inform Patriarch Tianyan, even if we succeed, the treasure won't end up with us. Besides, Patriarch Tianyan can't leave the market right now anyway, so informing her would be useless. If we do this ourselves, the treasure will be ours once we succeed."

"That's true, but Patriarch Xu is a late-stage Golden Immortal with extraordinary power, and he has that treasure. We probably can't defeat him!" Murong Changxing looked troubled.

Murong Changchen frowned and said, "We often walk by the river; how can our shoes not get wet? Our last elimination of a Golden Immortal cultivator was out of necessity. If we do it a few more times, we'll easily hit a brick wall."

"If we don't do this, how will we acquire a large sum of wealth in a short time?" Murong Changxing said with some displeasure. "Kill a few more Golden Immortal cultivators, and we'll have everything."

"Don't forget what the Palace of Yama does. We can place an order for the Palace of Yama to send a Golden Immortal master of curses to curse Patriarch Xu to death. The problem is, we don't have enough money to place the order," Murong Changchen instructed.

"Yes, Master," the green-robed man said with some concern.

Murong Changchen took out a gleaming golden spiritual disk and cast an incantation into it. A man's voice, filled with both surprise and excitement, rang out: "Master, your disciple has discovered an ancient cultivator's cave! However, the restrictions are too strong; Junior Sister Xu and the others were killed by them."

"An ancient cultivator's cave? Report to my residence immediately," Murong Changchen commanded.

Murong Changchen put away his golden spiritual disk, a look of delight on his face. "Someone delivers a pillow just when you're sleepy," he said. "It seems our opportunity has arrived."

"It can't be that coincidental! We just ran low on funds, and then one of our disciples discovers an ancient cultivator's cave?" Murong Changxing said skeptically.

"We'll know when Li Hao gets here," Murong Changchen dismissed. "We haven't told anyone else that we're low on funds, so how would others know?" Murong Changchen was unconcerned.

Not long after, a burly young man in a blue robe entered, bowing respectfully. "Disciple Li Hao greets Master and Senior Uncle Chen."

"Tell us exactly what happened with this ancient cultivator's cave," Murong Changchen instructed.

Li Hao dared not delay and recounted the entire incident in detail. While on an errand, he encountered a powerful enemy. After a fierce battle, he narrowly escaped and unexpectedly discovered an ancient cultivator's cave. The restrictions were too strong for him to break. Li Hao spent a hundred years but couldn't break the formation. He then returned to find fellow disciples to help him. After they broke the outer restrictions, two of his fellow disciples were killed by the core restrictions. Given their fate, he finally reported the discovery.

Murong Changchen suddenly realized that his disciple had discovered the ancient cultivator's cave much earlier, but had wanted to keep the treasures for himself, which was why he hadn't reported it.

"I originally intended to retrieve the treasures and then offer them to Master, but I didn't expect to implicate Junior Sister Xu and Junior Brother Liu," Li Hao said cautiously. He had indeed wanted to claim all the treasures for himself.

Liu Chen was nominally Li Hao's master, but he rarely guided Li Hao's cultivation and provided few cultivation resources. Naturally, Li Hao didn't feel much respect for this master. If he hadn't been absolutely unable to break the restrictions, he wouldn't have reported it.

"It's rare for you to show such filial piety. Lead the way! Once we retrieve the treasures, we won't treat you unfairly," Murong Changchen instructed.

"Yes, Master," Li Hao readily agreed, overjoyed.

The Seven Stars Sea Region, Seven Stars Market, was a place where the streets bustled with people and clamoring carriages.

After leaving the market, Murong Changchen summoned a gleaming golden flying boat, a low-grade flying immortal artifact. He stepped aboard, followed by Murong Changxing and Li Hao. Murong Changchen performed an incantation, and the golden flying boat glowed with a golden light, soaring into the distance.

Meanwhile, in a secret room at Qingli Pavilion, Li Canghai sat cross-legged on a blue futon, holding a gleaming golden immortal transmission mirror. Wang Chuanming's face was visible on its surface.

"The targets have departed. Liu Chen and Chen Xing are both there, along with Li Hao," Li Canghai reported.

The so-called ancient cultivator's cave was a trap they had set. They had expected Li Hao to be unable to break the restrictions and report it immediately. However, the young man spent a hundred years trying and still couldn't break them, even bringing two True Immortal cultivators to assist. Wang Chuanming simply activated the restrictions, killing the two True Immortals and letting Li Hao escape.

"Understood. Keep a close watch on the cultivators who are close to them. We hope to discover other remnants of the Murong family," Wang Chuanming instructed. So far, they had only found two Murong family remnants.

"Understood. Be careful. They are Murong family elites, after all. Even if their cultivation is lower, they might have hidden trump cards," Li Canghai cautioned.

"Don't worry! This formation I've set up is a simplified version researched by Patriarch Yuqi from an ancient grand formation. Its power is less than a tenth of the original, but it's more than enough to kill Golden Immortal cultivators," Wang Chuanming said confidently. He possessed the Three Fingers of Qiankun, along with immortal puppets and bean soldiers. Combined with the formation and his soul-based divine abilities, eliminating two Golden Immortals would be no problem.

"That's good then. That's all for now," Li Canghai felt relieved and put away the immortal transmission mirror.

An endless expanse of azure sea stretched out, with gentle sea breezes and a clear, boundless sky.

A golden light appeared in the distant sky. With a flicker, it stopped above a desolate island a thousand *li* in circumference, revealing a gleaming golden flying boat.

Murong Changchen and Murong Changxing stood on the golden flying boat. As for Li Hao, Murong Changchen had already killed him. They suspected Li Hao of conspiring with outsiders to set a trap for them. They killed Li Hao and performed a soul search, confirming that his story was indeed true before coming to the ancient cultivator's cave.

"The spiritual energy here is thin; no wonder no one discovered it," Murong Changxing said with a smile.

Murong Changchen nodded. Performing an incantation, the golden flying boat slowly descended, landing in a small valley surrounded by mountains on three sides. He flicked his sleeve, and a yellow-glowing command flag shot out, disappearing into an uneven stone wall. The stone wall glowed yellow, revealing an opening about a *zhang* wide. Their divine senses fully extended, they found no issues. They used a treasure to probe, also finding no problems, and then walked inside.

Not long after, a loud boom echoed from inside the cave, and a large expanse of yellow mist surged from the ground, covering a good portion of the desolate island.