The Playboy Bodyguard of the Beautiful CEO

Chapter 696 - 598: Madam Chen's Information (Second Update)

"Ying, don't you think so?"

Wu Yue looked at Ling Ying.

Ling Ying nodded: "That's right, God made us so beautiful so that Yang Tian, this shameless womanizer, would fall in love with us. At the same time, God made us so foolish so that we would fall for Yang Tian, the unfaithful carrot!"

"President Wu, you've got some nerve!"

Yang Tian glared at Wu Yue, quickly activated a Spirit Talisman, applying it to the Mercedes-Benz.

The Mercedes-Benz roared to life, speeding rapidly forward.

Following the markers on the map, Yang Tian and the others soon arrived at the outskirts of East Mountain District, an undeveloped wasteland.

Ruins of abandoned buildings could be seen everywhere.

"Yang Tian, give me the map."

Wu Yue took the map and compared it with the surrounding terrain, suddenly pointing to the valley ahead: "It should be here."

Yang Tian used Divine Sense to probe forward.

Soon, beside the valley, Yang Tian found a cave and nodded: "That's right, below this valley should be the repository that Chen Shangliang mentioned. There's a cave over there, let's go check it out."

The four of them arrived at a hill opposite the valley.

They discovered there was indeed an entrance, shallow but as they were all cultivators, they used Divine Sense to penetrate inside and found a stone stairway leading to a basement within the cave walls.

"Let's go in."

Yang Tian activated Spiritual Breath, breaking through the wall, and along with Wu Zetian and the two women, descended the stone steps.

The stone steps were not long.

After five minutes, the four reached the end, facing an iron door.

"There should be a key or something..."

Wu Yue said and began to examine the wall beside the iron door, soon discovering an empty brick.

"Let me handle this..."

Yang Tian approached, activating Spiritual Breath to lightly press on the empty brick.

Bang!

The sound of a shot rang out, and a bullet shot out from the empty brick, aimed fiercely at Yang Tian.

Yang Tian snatched out with his hand, catching the oncoming bullet.

"Oh my gosh!" Wu Yue was startled and relieved: "If I had pressed on the empty brick just now, this bullet would have hit my face..."

"Good to know..."

Yang Tian removed the empty brick and twisted the opening latch above it.

Rumble!

The iron door slowly opened.

A bright light shone in, and Yang Tian saw that the basement was not large. However, crystal balls embedded in the walls emitted a pure white glow.

To Yang Tian, he could clearly see everything inside the stone chamber.

It was clean, with numerous small iron boxes scattered everywhere, likely containing records of the Capital City's aristocrats.

Just at that moment, the sound of rattling chains echoed.

A shadow in the corner lunged towards them.

It moved quickly.

The shadow emitted a foul odor, wearing tattered clothes, hair unkempt, draped over the shoulders like a wild man.

But the shadow moved with great agility, clearly someone with training from an outsider's perspective.

To Yang Tian, however, the man's speed was as slow as an ant.

Yang Tian noticed he held a military knife, a flash of doubt in his eyes: This person is a soldier, trapped here likely to guard the basement for Chen Shangliang.

But out of a sense of camaraderie towards soldiers.

Yang Tian kicked the military knife from his hand and then used Spiritual Breath to form a palm, striking the man back.

Whoosh!

Yang Tian flicked his hand, sending out a Spirit Talisman.

The man was struck by the Spirit Talisman and could no longer move.

"Start searching for evidence of Wu Geng's crimes, and any other useful data, collect them too." Yang Tian walked into the stone chamber: "These contain the Capital City aristocracy's data, the culmination of Chen Shangliang's lifetime efforts. Some documents here are bound to be valuable."

"Correct, these documents pertain to the Capital City aristocracy, potentially their weaknesses and criminal evidence. We can collect them to bolster the Chen Clan's power when we become its leader!"

Wu Yue nodded as well.

"At a time like this, you're still thinking about the Chen Clan's empire."

Yang Tian shrugged, walking deeper into the stone chamber.

The chamber was small, filled with small iron boxes, each labeled with many names.

Yang Tian used Divine Sense to probe, quickly finding "Wu Geng's" name. He opened the box and pulled out Wu Geng's files, setting them ablaze with a whoosh.

Besides the files, inside the box, there was a USB drive and a camera.

Yang Tian destroyed them all.

"Yang Tian, come over here, I found grandma's files!"

At that moment, Wu Yue exclaimed.

Yang Tian walked over and saw the name "Madam Chen" on the iron box. He frowned: "Chen Shangliang collected information on even his own mother, ready to stab her in the back anytime?"

"Yang Tian, stop talking, Madam Chen is still your grandmother!"

Wu Yue glared at Yang Tian, intending to open the iron box.

Just as she touched the button on the box, the iron door behind them slammed shut. From the walls, a potent, acrid fluid began to pour out. Yang Tian quickly warned: "These are acidic fluids, be cautious, once Spiritual Breath touches acid, it will ignite!"

"That's troublesome!" Wu Yue's expression turned anxious: "We must have triggered a mechanism, the iron door closed. If we use Spiritual Breath, it will be engulfed by acid, leading to self-immolation!"

"Chen Shangliang was indeed ruthless, fearing the Chen Clan might discover these documents. Madam Chen's files are the most crucial, triggering this trap when we attempted to open them, showing their importance over all other files here!"

Wu Zetian commented.

"Let's first find a way out!"

Yang Tian noticed the acidic fluid spreading on the ground. He launched a Spirit Talisman towards it.

Whoosh!

The Spirit Talisman hadn't yet flown out before it was tainted by the acidic air, quickly igniting.

"Now we're in trouble, without using Spiritual Breath, we're just ordinary people here!"

Wu Yue said anxiously.

"Let me try something."

Yang Tian concentrated Spiritual Breath into his palm.

He remained vigilant, noticing that as soon as Spiritual Breath gathered in his palm, the acidic air clung to it.

Within seconds, the Spiritual Breath in Yang Tian's palm ignited.

"It really is troublesome!"

Upon seeing this, Wu Zetian's face turned grave.

The acidic fluid in the basement grew more abundant, soon reaching Yang Tian and the others' feet.

Yang Tian pondered intensely for a solution.

Meanwhile, Wu Zetian, Wu Yue, and Ling Ying all looked pale, extremely tense.

At that moment, the man in the corner suddenly crawled out, staring intently at Yang Tian: "I can help you leave here, and there's a second stone chamber I can guide you to... But you mentioned Madam Chen as grandma? Are you the grandson of my benefactor, Chen Ming?"