Chapter 558 - Emperor Rocs Harvest (1/2)

Meng Chuan walked over. His Essence Soul World enveloped his surroundings, making his figure blurry. However, the pressure—caused by the difference in Meng Chuan and the alien expert’s order in life—made the alien expert tremble uncontrollably.

“Do you want to live or die?” asked Meng Chuan.

“I naturally want to live.” The alien expert was very respectful.

Meng Chuan nodded. “I can spare you if you tell me everything you know about this cave abode and the cultivators who are exploring the cave abode.”

“As long as Senior spares me and doesn’t take any of my treasures, I will definitely tell you everything,” said the alien expert immediately. The promise spoken by a Tribulation Eminence would form karma. Weak people could spout nonsense and violate their promises. However, Tribulation Eminences wouldn’t violate their promises unless they had a good reason. Otherwise, it would affect their cultivation greatly.

A powerful Tribulation Eminence breaking their promise was akin to destroying their cultivation path. Therefore, powerful Tribulation Eminences did everything they could to fulfill promises.

“As long as you say everything, I won’t touch you,” said Meng Chuan indifferently. This alien expert was only at the Second Tribulation realm. He was weaker than Emperor Roc, so how many treasures could he have? Meng Chuan wanted to know more about this cave abode.

“I’m under Fiend Lord Black Wind, who is from Yufang River System,” said the alien expert immediately. “I don’t know much about this cave abode.”

Meng Chuan continued looking at the alien expert.

“My lord said that he wanted to do something important, so he stored us in his grotto-heaven and came to this cave abode,” said the alien expert. “Before we came, I didn’t know anything about this ancient cave abode. Even now… I still don’t know this cave abode’s origins and location. My lord only released us after entering this cave abode.”

Meng Chuan frowned. “Tell me whatever you know.”

“Yes, yes.” The alien expert nodded immediately. “I know that apart from my lord’s faction, there are two other factions. One faction is Palace Lord Snowjade’s—who is from Three Bay River System. The other is a mysterious Fifth Tribulation Eminence, Ta Gu. I’m not too sure about that person’s origins. My lord didn’t elaborate on him. In short, three factions have entered the cave abode.

“According to my lord, you only need to advance down the cave abode’s tunnels. If you go deep enough, you will have a chance of obtaining treasures,” said the alien expert immediately. “However, once you encounter other cultivators, only one can advance! The other will either have to admit defeat or be killed.”

The alien expert continued, “Although there are many forks, all the forks eventually converge. Therefore, only one person has a chance of reaching the cave abode’s end.”

Meng Chuan listened.

“One has to be fast while traveling through the cave abode because some of the treasures in the cave abode will be taken by the cultivators ahead. Slower cultivators will not receive any treasures,” explained the alien expert. “One can obtain anything by killing the cultivators ahead.

“Also, we can stay in this cave abode for a year at most,” said the alien expert. “Once one year is up, we will be expelled from this cave abode.”

“That’s all?” asked Meng Chuan.

The alien expert nodded immediately. “That’s all. We are mainly competing with Palace Lord Snowjade and Ta Gu.”

Meng Chuan nodded slightly.

A one-year deadline? When two cultivators met, only one could continue advancing?

“When did this one-year deadline begin?” asked Meng Chuan.

“It’s been seven months since the cave abode appeared,” explained the alien expert.

Meng Chuan nodded and immediately continued forward.

Whoosh.

Only after Meng Chuan left did the alien expert heave a sigh of relief.

…

The hunchbacked elder, Old Fiend Black Wind, frowned as he looked at the surrounding columns. Around him were 323 pillars. He had been stuck here for half a month.

“Milord, milord, I encountered a mysterious expert. He’s suspected to be a Fifth Tribulation Eminence.” When Black Wind heard the voice, he looked at the silver bracelet on his wrist. The silver bracelet was a grotto-heaven with many Essence Soul avatars inside.

The weakest second Tribulation Eminence was reporting to him.

“Suspected to be at the Fifth Tribulation realm?” In the grotto-heaven’s sky, Old Fiend Black Wind’s gigantic face appeared. He looked down at the alien expert. “You are relatively weak. You shouldn’t have gone too far. A Fifth Tribulation Eminence has only arrived at your location?”

“I might be mistaken,” said the alien expert respectfully. “However, this mysterious expert does indeed exert terrifying pressure on me because of the difference in our order in life. It’s the same feeling I get whenever I face you, milord. I can vaguely tell that he’s at the Fifth Tribulation realm. Furthermore, he asked me about the cave abode. In order to survive, I told him.”

“Okay.” Old Fiend Black Wind didn’t mind.

What his subordinates knew was the most basic information on the cave abode. One could obtain this information after staying in the cave abode for a long time.

What was truly important, such as the cave abode’s location, origins, and so on, was something none of his subordinates knew.

Could it be that another Fifth Tribulation Eminence has entered? Black Wind became even more cautious.