Nationwide Development: Spend Billions in Advance to Bind the Empress

Chapter 175 Sword Dao Secret Realm?! Hongxi's luck is truly outrageous.

The镖主 (bodyguard/escort) Liu Hong's heart skipped a beat, and he forced himself to bow respectfully to the void:

"May I ask if there is anything we can do to help you, senior?"

"There is indeed something." With a light, airy voice, a young master lifted the carriage curtain, stood atop the carriage, and looked down at the crowd:

"A mysterious cave has appeared outside Mount Lixuan. You will all come with me there."

"You still want us to go to this place of opportunity?" Liu Hong pondered for a moment, then his expression changed drastically.

'Could it be... that we're to perform a ritual to appease the formation?!'

They naturally have no right to explore cave dwellings that would attract the attention of ancient aristocratic families.

Their only purpose is to risk their lives to test the strength of the formation!

"Shall we go?" The young master of the Sun family glanced sideways at Liu Hong from inside the carriage, then turned and entered the carriage.

"Those who survived will receive a generous reward."

After staring intently at the caravan for a moment, the four dragons turned and left, showing no concern that they would run away.

Liu Hong really didn't dare.

He staggered as he landed on the flying boat, waving to signal the guards to follow him into the carriage.

"Father!!" Young Master Liu Fei, supporting him, transmitted his voice anxiously: 'This journey is fraught with peril!'

The younger sister, Liu Cuiya, standing to the side, had bloodshot eyes and was trembling slightly with fear.

There's no limit to how far you can go with a sacrificial array.

Who knows, even if everyone sacrifices themselves, they might not be able to open the cave!

'If we don't go, we'll die now...' Liu Hong came to the crowd with a guilty expression, bowed deeply and remained standing.

Everyone fell silent; this was not his fault.

At this point, no one was in the mood for idle chatter anymore; they could only quietly await their fate.

This is the tragedy of ordinary people.

In the face of the strong, there is no power to choose.

In the crowd, Luo Hongxi silently leaned against the railing of the flying boat, watching the three distraught members of the Liu family not far away:

'No wonder the young master asked me to come; he must have deduced that the descendants of the Liu family are in trouble…'

Shen Yun was truly unaware of the Liu family's impending calamity. Even considering the timeline of the massacre in his previous life, it shouldn't have happened at this time.

'Could it be that Hongxi's arrival has already caused a butterfly effect?' Looking at the game screen, he clicked on the character's daily information:

[Luo Hongxi's Daily Intelligence: Head to Lixuan Mountain in the Eastern Region to observe the opening of the mysterious cave. Afterwards, continue escorting goods with the escort agency.]

'Can we still escort goods? It seems like nothing will happen...' Shen Yun turned off the notification and put his arm around Bai Xian'er's smooth shoulder.

The girl looked very tired and was sleeping soundly in his arms with a slightly pale face.

Eighth-tier demonic beasts are extremely powerful!

She became like this simply because, under Shen Yun's influence, she automatically sealed her cultivation.

The results are obvious.

Not to mention that people can't take it anymore, their souls are about to fly away.

Shen Yun was overjoyed, as if he had discovered a new continent, and considered it a small punishment for the girl's close-up attack.

Pulling himself back to reality, he continued to stare at Luo Hongxi's image, just in case anything went wrong on this trip...

……

The group from the escort agency was quickly taken to Lixuan Mountain.

Because this place is relatively remote and there are no towns, there are not many cultivators present.

Judging from their conversation, they seemed to have been attracted by the strange phenomena in the cave.

Everyone was staring at the landslide and the exposed stone gate ahead.

Apart from scratches left by an unknown weapon, there was nothing unusual about the stone gate, except for a sharp light barrier blocking its way.

The arrival of the escort agency went unnoticed by others.

Seeing that the young master of the Sun family was talking with several cultivators skilled in formations in front of the stone gate, Liu Hong looked around, trying to find a way to break the formation.

'If we don't come up with a solution soon, we'll die here today...'

Nobody wants to die.

Not to mention his two children and a group of old friends were right beside him; even if struggling was futile, he had to think of a way.

Just then!

He noticed a group of Yaochi cultivators standing silently outside the crowd, and overjoyed, he quickly stepped forward, clasped his hands in greeting, and said:

"This is Senior Yaochi!"

He quickly transmitted his voice to the woman at the head of the group, whose face was veiled:

"I am Liu Hong, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) of the Tianxing Escort Agency. I was on my way to deliver goods to the disciples of the Liuli Sect when, by chance, I was... brought here by the young master of the Huanggu Sun family."

The Liuli Sect is a sect under the jurisdiction of Yaochi and a force under Yaochi's command.

Upon hearing this, the veiled woman nodded slightly:

"In that case, have your men stand behind us."

"Holy Maiden," a disciple of Yaochi whispered a reminder.

'Sun He, relying on his brother Sun Batian, acts arrogantly and domineeringly. This action may provoke his displeasure,'

Sun Batian, the divine son of the Sun family in the Eastern Region.

It is said that this person encountered a celestial corpse and drank the blood of a true immortal since childhood, and his cultivation is extremely amazing!

'Sun Batian is no match for Junior Sister Qingxue.' Su Wan didn't take it seriously at all.

Only she truly knew just how powerful her junior sister, Ling Qingxue, was!

"Besides, with so many people watching, are we going to let Sun He bully Yaochi's people? Don't worry."

'Yes. '

'Yaochi is indeed righteous!' Liu Hong was delighted, but fearing retaliation from the young master of the Sun family, he hesitated and dared not speak.

This awkward posture made the disciples of Yaochi frown.

"Since my Holy Maiden has spoken, you can all rest assured."

'Hiss!! She's the Holy Maiden of Yaochi?!' Liu Hong subconsciously looked up, wanting to take a closer look, but quickly bowed his head and clasped his hands in greeting:

"Thank you, Holy Maiden!!"

Soon, the people from Tianxing Escort Agency arrived behind the Yaochi disciples.

Sun He, the young master of the Sun family, naturally saw this scene, but he showed no displeasure or displeasure. Instead, he nodded slightly to the Holy Maiden of Yaochi to show goodwill.

This made Liu Hong and the others secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, a high-level array master arrived and deduced that the array needed to be broken with great force, without the need for a living person to sacrifice for it.

After some discussion, the various factions decided to quickly break the barrier to prevent more people from getting a share of the spoils.

Not long after.

Boom~! !

Various attacks landed on the cave's barrier, causing cracks to appear on the barrier.

Click click click~!

Amidst the cracking sound of teeth grinding, the barrier was blasted apart on the spot, and the stone door behind it was also reduced to ashes.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp aura emanated from the cave, making everyone's skin tingle.

"Such a powerful aura!" A mage frowned as he looked at the dark cave.

"The aura of this barrier is even stronger than before! There might be danger inside."

"Let's go in and check after the lingering smell has dissipated..."

However, what no one noticed was that Luo Hongxi, standing behind the crowd at Yaochi, had a bright and sparkling look in her eyes:

'This is... the aura of swordsmanship?!'

That's right, she sensed a strong sword aura within the cave!

It is even more powerful than the sword aura of the ancestral sword saint!

Besides her, Su Wan, who possessed the Dao Embryo, also sensed the sword aura within the cave.

Of course, there's also Lin Sheng, who's lurking in the shadows, protecting Luo Hongxi:

'How could she encounter such a perfect match! Hongxi's luck is always so amazing...'

She looked at Luo Hongxi, who was swaying and twisting her body in the crowd, with a strange expression.

She knew that this girl wanted to explore the cave, which was why she was behaving this way.

With the trump cards in Luo Hongxi's hand, entering the cave should not be a problem.

Ke Hongxi's current identity is that of a rogue cultivator, and she was told not to reveal her identity in front of the escort agency, as it would affect her luck. She was very serious!

'Then if she wants to go in, she can only ask the Holy Maiden of Yaochi to help her in...'