"You!"
The Corpse Burner in the Corpse Incineration Hall saw Li Ye suddenly appear and jumped in fright, stumbling backward.
Buzz!
Dressed in blue and wearing a mask, Li Ye had appeared out of thin air in the room. Worried the other man might make a noise and alert the Black-Clad Academicians outside, he promptly summoned the Star Bead to conceal the area.
"Don't panic. I'm an immortal, here to help you survive this calamity."
"But once you wake up, you mustn't tell anyone what happened here. Otherwise, you'll drop dead within three days."
Li Ye spoke calmly.
An immortal?
The Corpse Burner stared blankly, then grew excited and fell to his knees with a thump.
"This humble one pays his respects to the immortal."
"Thank you, immortal lord, for saving my life."
"Rest assured, immortal lord. I'd rather die than tell anyone about you."
As he spoke, the Corpse Burner banged his head against the floor again and again.
A fair hand appeared and lightly chopped the back of his neck. The Corpse Incinerator's body shuddered, then he lost consciousness.
After his cultivation had surged and his Baihui Acupoint had opened, Li Ye carried an otherworldly, clear aura about him.
He looked at the unconscious Corpse Burner and smiled faintly, then turned to examine the coffin before him.
The coffin was neither new nor old. It was covered in densely packed Blood Talismans, which emanated a mysterious aura that shrouded the entire coffin.
The Blood Talismans were intricate, obscure, and profound. At a glance, it was clear they weren't ordinary talismans.
Drawing on his previous experience, Li Ye was ready to summon the Corpse Incineration Furnace and dispose of the creature inside the coffin.
Suddenly, he noticed that the runes on this coffin had been severed, too.
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