The Black-Robed Elder's clouded eyes, sharp as an eagle's, fixed upon Second Master Hui.
The Demon Sect Commander remained silent, but the Evil Dragon's might radiating from his body was enough to make one's heart tremble with terror.
Elder Bear's presence was somewhat weaker, but he was still a late-stage Golden Core Demon Cultivator. His body was thick with brawn and flesh, like a bloodthirsty Bear Demon.
For a time, the atmosphere became incomparably oppressive.
Second Master Hui's scalp tingled. He knew the situation was stronger than any man, and that his life was no longer his to control. With a sigh, he said, "This is an incomparably sinister burial method, known as the Ten Thousand Corpse Sealing Coffin Tomb."
"Ten Thousand Corpses Seal the Coffin?" the Black-Robed Elder asked in a deep voice.
Second Master Hui nodded, a chill rising in his heart. "As the name implies, it means killing ten thousand people, sealing their corpses inside a massive coffin, gathering death qi, resentment, and underground yin qi within the coffin, and using the coffin to nourish corpses."
"Ten thousand living people—that is no small number... Once these people die and are piled together, their resentment becomes terrifyingly strong."
"Thus, this inhumane burial method was long ago forbidden by the cultivation world."
"I had only heard some senior elders mention it while seeking the Dao at Maoshan. I had never seen it myself..."
"Now that the Dao Court has unified the land and purges demons while defending the Dao, even some great demonic sects would find it exceedingly difficult to kill ten thousand people for burial..."
"Much less build such a tomb in Ganxue Prefecture, where sects stand in great numbers and aristocratic families pass down their legacies, right beneath the Dao Court Office's nose..."
"It truly is... beyond