"Brother Xuan, they... they're going to kill people!" Lu Ling'er shouted.
Zhou Xuan quickly pulled the two of them up and leaped to the other side.
The two men pulled out their phones to report.
Zhou Xuan's hand was faster than his eyes. Silver needles shot out from his hand like hidden weapons, piercing their hands.
With their means of communication gone, the two screamed, clutching their wrists, and immediately charged forward.
"Damn it! Intruders, there are intruders!"
Li Ming and Li Xuan understood now.
They had wrongly accused the Xu family.
These wicked beasts were indeed hiding here, waiting for the treasure to appear.
Otherwise, with just these mere ruins, they wouldn't be guarding it.
Even Li Ming, the sole heir of the Li family, had only cordoned off the area as motivation for his revenge.
Who knew someone had been targeting this place all along.
Before Zhou Xuan could make a move, the five arriving masters led the two away.
"Go check if there are any guards around!"
Zhou Xuan instructed Bai Li Lie to lead his men to patrol, "If you find any suspicious individuals, detain them all."
"Yes, Master!"
After the two were dealt with, the so-called Elder Li reappeared before everyone.
"While those people haven't reacted yet, Li family girl, come here, I have something to tell you."
Li Ming blocked Li Xuan, "Whether you are an ancestor of the Li family or not, I will not let Xuan'er be in danger. If you continue to be secretive, I won't hand her over to you."
Elder Li looked at Li Ming with a complicated expression, "I am Elder Li."
"Really? Are you kidding me!"
Li Ming was disdainful, but Elder Li smiled, "If I were a liar, I wouldn't have let you follow me here."
"Since you are an ancestor of the Li family, why didn't you appear when the Li family suffered a great calamity? Now that there is news of a treasure, you pop out so eagerly. How ridiculous."
Li Ming had no good feelings towards this so-called elder.
"The reason I..."
Zhou Xuan tugged at Li Ming, signaling him to look at the ground.
The sky was just beginning to lighten, and the sounds of many people were already stirring nearby.
The sounds of cars, horns, and vendors' calls drifted from afar.
Yet, in broad daylight, that Elder Li had no shadow.
"You..."
Li Ming, Li Xuan, and the others were astonished.
"The situation is urgent, and my soul state can only last for a short time. I cannot be close to people yet."
Zhou Xuan looked at Elder Li, thinking how vast the difference was.
His own ancestor had ascended, which was more than ten thousand times stronger than this ancestor of the Li family.
"I only have ten minutes."
In the dawn light, Elder Li meticulously recounted the origin of the Li family's treasure.
"Fortunately, you met a noble person and performed the Qimen Dunjia technique, allowing me to see the light of day again. I was originally enjoying offerings in the ancestral hall, guarding the family treasure, the Qiankun Mirror."
"Does such a thing truly exist?"
"Yes, it is embedded in the wall behind the ancestral tablet in the Ciren Hall."
"That's where you often played hide-and-seek, Xuan'er."
"Why can only Li Xuan trigger this treasure?" Li Ming asked.
"The Qiankun Mirror is an item used by women. The Li family has always passed it down from female to female, not male."
Li Ming was somewhat disappointed.
It wasn't that he coveted the treasure.
Neither he nor Li Xuan were cultivators.
But Li Xuan was naive, too merciful, and even lacked decisiveness.
Could such a girl truly become the master of the treasure?
She would likely be robbed before she even got used to it.
Li Xuan was too shocked by this news to speak, and she couldn't refute it.
But the next sentence from Elder Li stunned her.
Elder Li slowly said, "Actually, I saw Li Xuan in the ancestral hall, but I kept delaying until today to act."
"The Qiankun Mirror contains the secret of a hidden realm. With this treasure, and by gathering the four great divine artifacts of the world, one can command the world!"
Elder Li's words left everyone stunned.
Elder Li continued to explain, "The ancestors of the Li family sacrificed their lives to protect this hidden realm. This is a rule set countless years ago. Every family head's heir for three generations must fulfill it."
"These were told to me by the successive heads of the Li family. I don't think I would lie to you, would I?"
"This..."
Lu Ling'er and Xu Ying exchanged glances, clearly unsure if Elder Li's words were true.
Zhou Xuan's brow furrowed. He had never heard of these matters from Elder Li.
However, from Elder Li's words, it seemed to reveal something: that this hidden realm did indeed conceal astonishing secrets.
"Command the world! What a great temptation!" Zhou Xuan exclaimed.
Did his own ancestor know about these matters?
His ancestor hadn't told him, perhaps because he was also unaware?
"Precisely! Our Li family has always been very low-key. Unfortunately, every generation of heirs has been female. They possess the treasure but cannot wield it, use it, or even know how to use the Qiankun Mirror."
"This item can only be obtained by those destined for it. Today, I have not failed the trust of the Li family ancestors."
"The Qiankun Mirror has already recognized its master!"
Elder Li bowed deeply to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan flinched aside in fright.
"Ah, you, don't bow to me, I... I can't accept it..."
"Li family head, you can!"
Then, Elder Li's figure moved to a particularly inconspicuous spot.
He bowed his body and prostrated himself before Zhou Xuan.
"Sir, you are the noble person of my Li family. This old man has calculated your connection with the Li family. On behalf of all the ancestors of the Li family and the deceased parents of Li Xuan, I thank you."
"This time, the treasure is beneath my feet. I hope you can retrieve the treasure before the culprits arrive and save my Li family from dire straits. Avenge the Li family!"
"I entrust my Li family's heir, Li Xuan, to you and Li Ming."
Before Zhou Xuan could say anything, he turned to Li Ming and said, "Li Ming, after today, only by following the noble person can the Li family possibly return to its peak. Remember! Remember!"
As Li Ming was about to say something, Elder Li's figure slowly dissipated.
Zhou Xuan and the others immediately rushed forward and began digging at that spot.
"Heh heh..."
"Hahaha, it seems providence has provided without any effort! Zhou Xuan, thank you so much!"
Everyone was shocked!
They looked up, but their hands didn't stop.
Countless black-clothed assassins had arrived!
All of them were masked.
"They've come so quickly!"
"Who exactly are you?" Zhou Xuan asked, "I have no enmity with you, why are you doing this?"
"Zhou Xuan, never mind who we are!"
"Today, you must die!"
"You die for me!"
"Aren't you very arrogant? Aren't you very proud? Today, I want to see how you can still be proud!"
"Attack! Tear him to shreds!"
A group of people madly attacked Zhou Xuan.
As a flurry of fists rained down, Zhou Xuan immediately felt the air currents around him changing!
These were all masters of at least the Creation Realm.
Zhou Xuan gritted his teeth and erupted with the power within his body.
Zhou Xuan's strength was immense, and with his current cultivation, his burst power was also very strong. After just one exchange, two people were sent flying by Zhou Xuan.