Several days later, Green Cauldron Province was already ten thousand miles behind Lu Xiaotian. Lu Xiaotian sat cross-legged atop a solitary peak barely ten zhang tall, gazing at the clear, still waters of the pool before him.
An ancient tomb? Lu Xiaotian recalled that when he had once pursued news of Yuchi Yu, he had passed through Azure Cauldron Province and attended the prefectural city's auction. When he obtained the Black Heaven Extreme Saint Prayer Bead, he had learned from that person that the bead had come from an ancient tomb. The Profound Corpse Gleaming Gold seemed to have come from an unnamed ancient tomb as well. This time, the prayer bead with an aura identical to that of the Radiant Venerable Pagoda was likely to have appeared in an ancient tomb too. The only difference was that the three ancient tombs Lu Xiaotian knew of were not in the same direction. There was a slight discrepancy.
"Could these ancient tombs be connected to one another?" Lu Xiaotian wondered, resting his chin on his hand.
After a long while, he still could not come to any conclusion. Perhaps he would only discover something after making the trip himself. Since it was related to the advancement of his Demon-Suppressing Tower, it was something he could not afford to miss. By comparison, even if he encountered the Profound Corpse, which was comparable to a great cultivator, Lu Xiaotian did not think it could compare with his seventh-level pagoda. External objects were ultimately just external objects, whereas the Demon-Suppressing Tower was a spirit-linked magic artifact that could accompany him farther along his path.
Lu Xiaotian reached out and stroked the Spirit Beast Bag. Inside, a completely black head was buried tightly in a pair of wings, its feet tucked up. Coupled with its