Chapter 504: Chapter 504: Lost on the Prairie
The spoils in the Earth Palace hall were basically all taken by Zhang Yuan.
But the memories from King Zhou of Yin told him that there were nine great vaults in this Underground Palace!
Stored within these vaults were the accumulations of the Great Yin Dynasty over hundreds of years, also one of the results of King Zhou of Yin’s exhausting and plunder, countless treasures of gold and silver, divine weapons, heavenly materials, treasures, secret treasure manuals, and so on.
They were precisely the capital for King Zhou of Yin’s comeback after being reborn through seizing a host!
Knowing this secret, Zhang Yuan naturally wanted to take a look and bring some useful things back.
Packing everything up was unrealistic because even if he emptied his storage space, he could only take a small portion from any vault.
Therefore, he could only be very selective.
Boom~
However, to Zhang Yuan’s utmost surprise, just as the idea of searching for the vault crossed his mind, the ground suddenly started to tremble violently.
The entire hall shook fiercely, countless sand and dust fell, and the dome and walls all started showing dense cracks.
Damn!
Intuition told Zhang Yuan that this Underground Palace was about to collapse.
At this moment, Zhang Yuan had no intention of treasure hunting.
He dashed up the high steps with lightning speed and plopped down onto the throne.
The next moment, Zhang Yuan suddenly raised his right palm and struck the armrest of the throne heavily.
Crack!
Just at this moment, accompanied by an earth-shattering crack, large blocks of stone began to fall.
And at the part of the armrest Zhang Yuan struck, was inlaid a golden beast similar to a Qilin, its towering horn deeply stabbing into his palm.
Scarlet blood immediately gushed out.
In the blink of an eye, it submerged the golden beast.
The throne beneath Zhang Yuan suddenly shone brilliantly, emanating an extremely dazzling golden brilliance.
Enveloping him entirely within it.
Boom!
Another massive stone fell from the sky, aiming directly at the throne below.
Just as this massive stone weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds was about to smash Zhang Yuan, his figure suddenly disappeared.
The last throne representing the former Great Yin seat followed and was shattered into pieces!
And having narrowly escaped death, Zhang Yuan was undergoing a turbulent transformation.
He felt as if he was thrown into a time tunnel, with the scenes in his vision fleeting, changing bizarrely, spinning and jolting at astonishing speeds, the experience incredibly unpleasant.
Luckily, this process did not last long.
Before long, Zhang Yuan was "thrown" out.
Falling heavily to the ground.
He wasn’t harmed, just felt the world spinning and his head dizzied, only slowly recovering after a while.
In fact, Zhang Yuan’s Divine Soul Will was exceptionally strong, had it been someone else experiencing the same ordeal, they would have likely been mentally unhinged, spitting out bile mixed with blood!
Once he cleared his head, Zhang Yuan found himself on a vast grassland.
Beneath him was a carpet-like turf, he could smell the fragrance of grass and soil; the boundless blue sky and white clouds met his eyes, the air even carrying a serene and free aroma.
Zhang Yuan even felt a tinge of doubt.
Was it an illusion?
However, the scene before him was no illusion, he truly had escaped the collapsing Great Yin Underground Palace.
Teleported onto a completely unfamiliar grassland!
Zhang Yuan let out a long breath.
Thanks to the remnants of King Zhou of Yin’s soul, he was able to activate the Underground Palace Array at the most critical moment.
Once again escaping the clutches of death!
Zhang Yuan leapt up from the grass.
He looked around, seeing nothing but vast plains and rolling grass hills, not a trace of human habitation.
Zhang Yuan frowned and then took out the Treasure Map from his storage space.
During his previous adventure in the Underground Palace, he had kept the Treasure Map in his storage space for convenience, unlike keeping it on himself as usual.
Thus, the Treasure Map was completely intact, unlike the Dragon Carp Armor which was destroyed.
Quite fortunate indeed.
However, upon examining the Treasure Map now, Zhang Yuan found nothing displayed on the beast hide.
After studying it for a while to no avail, he had no choice but to attach it to his abdomen.
Luckily, the Treasure Map’s close-fitting function remained, merging with Zhang Yuan’s skin in an instant.
Lacking the Treasure Map as guidance, Zhang Yuan planned to summon the Red-eyed Crow again.
Then he realized that the Red-eyed Crow and the Gray-toothed Lynx had both fallen into slumber.
Through the Divine Nest, Zhang Yuan sensed that these two hosts had suffered significant damage.
Earlier, they had autonomously returned to the Divine Nest, entering slumber to recover.
This process would take a long time.
But as long as enough Source Material was invested, the recovery speed could be greatly accelerated!
The problem was that Zhang Yuan currently had no Source Material.
This meant he couldn’t use the Red-eyed Crow and Gray-toothed Lynx temporarily as navigation and transport tools.
Looking around, Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but smile wryly.
Oh well.
This little setback didn’t affect Zhang Yuan much.
Even if he lost direction, he could still walk out of this vast grassland on his own two feet without worrying about supplies.
It just might take a bit more time.
With his mind set, Zhang Yuan immediately took a step eastward.
Treading through the dense grass, Zhang Yuan marched forward with firm and strong steps, the howling wind brought the cry of eagles, unfolding an unprecedented portrayal of the outlands before his eyes.
The sky vast, the wilderness boundless, the wind blowing the grass low...
No sight of cattle or sheep!
Yet the vast expanse of the grassland quietly dispelled Zhang Yuan’s little bit of frustration.
His steps became brisk and swift, inadvertently executing the ’Carefree Travel’ body technique, his entire being gliding over the long grass like an arrow leaving the bowstring, resembling a phantom skimming the surface.
Screech~
Suddenly, a sharp eagle cry drew Zhang Yuan’s attention.
He halted his steps and looked up towards the direction of the sound.
In the distant sky, several blue eagles were circling back and forth, as if observing something.
At the same time, Zhang Yuan faintly heard the howling of wolves.
And it grew closer each time.
Experience told Zhang Yuan that this was a signal of a wolf pack launching an attack.
The gathered raptors in the sky were not without reason!
He thought for a moment, then once again executed his body technique, darting towards the suspected location of the wolf pack.
Because Zhang Yuan’s body technique was incredibly fast, it didn’t take long for him to find his target.
On the grassland several miles away, a large pack of wolf beasts had completely surrounded a small camp, launching frequent probes from different directions.
This camp seemed to belong to herders, with one large and one small tent inside, surrounded by a wooden fence and housing numerous cattle, sheep, and horses.
Zhang Yuan also saw people inside the camp resisting the wolf pack’s assault.
There were over a dozen, men and women, young and old!
