Supernatural shackles?
Jiang Qiao grew interested. "What supernatural shackles?"
"Uh—"
Shi Fei froze again, unsure how to explain something so "basic." But clearly, he had little time to think. He quickly forced himself to put an explanation into words:
"Well."
"We borrow supernatural power, but it also slowly consumes us, stripping away everything that makes us living people."
"Eventually, we become walking vicious ghosts."
"And that powerful figure... supposedly managed to solve this problem."
"He gained complete control over the supernatural power inside him and rose to an unimaginable level."
"He was invincible throughout an entire era."
"If he was invincible throughout an entire era, how did he die in the end?" Jiang Qiao asked.
"Uh—"
"Nobody knows."
Shi Fei looked a little sheepish. "Anyway, that's what everyone says."
"People throughout the ages have come looking for his corpse, hoping to find some way to break free of the supernatural shackles."
"Supposedly, some people in the past did find it."
"And benefited greatly."
"Of course."
"Most of the people who came looking for the corpse failed, and quite a few died."
"A lot of the supernatural entities in this great tomb were left behind by treasure hunters. They died, and the vicious ghosts inside them came to life, staying here to get the next batch killed."
"Like that Jar Man..."
"He actually came from one of our predecessors... I happened to read an account of him before..."
"If it's so dangerous."
"Why did you still risk coming here?" Jiang Qiao asked.
"I... I had no choice... My supernatural erosion is pretty severe. If I don't find a solution, things will go wrong within a few years." Shi Fei gave a bitter smile.
"We also put a tremendous amount of effort into locating this tomb."
"And in the end..." He looked