Master, Your Disciple Wants to Dig Up a Tomb

Hua Yunfei knew what Huang Xuan wanted to ask.

But he couldn't reveal the real reason. Just as he was about to speak, Huang Xuan put aside his doubts and bowed. "Thank you, Master!"

He didn't ask any more questions. He didn't need to.

After spending several months together, Hua Yunfei still seemed profoundly mysterious to him.

But Hua Yunfei had truly treated them well. Dao Origin Peak was practically a fairyland, with sacred medicines growing everywhere.

Hua Yunfei never restricted their use of any resources, as long as they didn't overdo it with the medicines.

Even the Ginseng Fruit Tree, a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root he had only ever seen mentioned in ancient texts in his previous life, was no exception. Hua Yunfei never begrudged them its fruit, telling them to pick one whenever they were thirsty and eat it like any other fruit. He said it would prolong their lives.

With a master this good, no matter where the Xuanhuang Scripture had come from—even if Hua Yunfei had dug it up from his previous life's ancestral tomb—he would still trust him.

"Mm."

Hua Yunfei nodded in satisfaction and smiled with relief.

With a disciple like this, how could he ever worry about having no one to look after him in his old age?

They could focus on getting stronger, while he focused on keeping a low profile.

Hua Yunfei said, "Three months ago, the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum appeared in Cangzhou, in the Eastern Domain."

Huang Xuan shuddered and looked at Hua Yunfei. He knew that the completion of the origin of his Mysterious Yellow Undying Body must have triggered the Daoist arts his previous life had left in the mausoleum, bringing the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum into the open!

That meant he wouldn't have to search for it himself.

Huang Xuan had known there was no hope of completing the origin of his Mysterious Yellow Undying Body, so he'd planned to search for the mausoleum himself once his cultivation grew stronger.

Now, it seemed there was no need.

"Master, your disciple wants to dig up a tomb," Huang Xuan said frankly.

Hua Yunfei nodded. "I'll take you there myself, but not now."

"Imperial Might currently blankets the mausoleum. I should be able to enter, but with the Imperial Might bearing down on me, it would be difficult to avoid detection by the Supreme Dao Holy Land experts lurking in the shadows."

"If they discover us, things will get very troublesome."

"So we'll wait until the Imperial Might around the mausoleum weakens a little. Then I'll take you to dig up your ancestral tomb."

Though Hua Yunfei hadn't gone to inspect the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum, he could guess that it was rife with undercurrents and crawling with experts from the Supreme Dao Holy Lands.

The Supreme Dao Holy Lands had unfathomable foundations and too many methods at their disposal.

Unless he was absolutely certain, Hua Yunfei thought it best to wait.

If he were exposed upon entering the mausoleum, he would have no choice but to reveal his strength and slaughter his way through.

That might drag Kaoshan Sect into the matter, and it wasn't an outcome he wanted.

There was no harm in waiting. He would definitely help Huang Xuan get what he wanted, and the Supreme Dao Holy Lands wouldn't be able to stop him.

"Thank you, Master!"

Huang Xuan nodded firmly, brimming with confidence in Hua Yunfei.

"Master and Junior Brother Huang..."

Ye Bufan looked at the two of them. He seemed to understand, yet at the same time, he didn't.

Seeing Ye Bufan's puzzled gaze, Huang Xuan turned to him and smiled. "Senior Disciple Brother, I'm the reincarnation of a wisp of an Emperor Soul."

He had finally confided in Ye Bufan. Sharing his deepest secret like this made him feel much lighter.

Besides, Hua Yunfei and Ye Bufan were both people he could trust.

From the moment he was reincarnated until now, at twenty-three years old, he had been alone and without support, constantly afraid that his secret would be exposed, living as if he were walking on thin ice.

Now, he finally had two people he could trust completely. He felt more relaxed than ever before.

Ye Bufan's eyes widened at his words. "An Emperor Soul? The remnant soul of a Great Emperor?"

Huang Xuan nodded. "That's right. Great Emperor Xuanhuang was my past life, but I'm no longer him."

"In this life, I'm a new person. But there's one thing that hasn't changed from my past life: I'll ascend the Emperor Throne again and reach the pinnacle of the Dao!"

His voice brimmed with confidence. One who would become an emperor had to possess the ambition to rule the world undefeated!

Not a single Great Emperor had ever suffered defeat in his lifetime. That was one of the most basic requirements for ascending the Emperor Road!

An invincible heart!

An invincible Dao!

Only then could one become an invincible Human Great Emperor!

Ye Bufan smiled, his expression just as confident. Looking at Huang Xuan, he said, "Junior Brother Huang, if one day you ascend the Emperor Throne and I achieve the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, we'll have to settle who's stronger!"

"Rarely do a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and a Great Emperor exist in the same era, and there aren't many chances for them to fight. So I want to see for myself whether a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body can really battle a Great Emperor!"

Huang Xuan was brimming with confidence in himself. "Then let's make a pact before Master."

"One day, I'll become a Great Emperor, and you'll achieve the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body. We'll settle who's stronger!"

Ye Bufan nodded firmly and smiled happily. "Agreed!"

Hua Yunfei's lips curled up. He liked the personalities of these two brothers.

One day, the two of them would surely give him a surprise—and give Kaoshan Sect a surprise, too.

Perhaps, in several thousand or even ten thousand years, they would both become Kaoshan Sect's ultimate foundation, guarding the Ancestral Tomb!

After that, Hua Yunfei sent Ye Bufan and Huang Xuan off to consolidate their realms.

Their cultivation had leaped across too many levels. They had to strengthen and solidify their foundations once more before they could truly be invincible among their peers.

However, Immortal River Water was no ordinary substance. Their foundations were already extremely solid. Though the leap in their cultivation had been considerable, it wouldn't cause any major problems.

That was because Hua Yunfei's standards were exceptionally high. He hoped they would go even further.

They couldn't follow in the footsteps of those who came before. They had to surpass their predecessors at the same cultivation level!

By a wide margin!

They couldn't afford even the slightest chance of losing.

After the two left, Hua Yunfei filled a large vat with Immortal River Water, activated the restrictions on his Cave Mansion to keep anyone from barging in, then took off his clothes and jumped inside.

His disciples had enjoyed it, so now it was his turn as their master.

What he yearned for was eternal life—to keep living forever—and becoming an immortal was the only path.

Immortal River Water came from the Immortal Realm and was infused with immortal aura. Even for someone at his level, it could be of great use.

In fact, it was far more effective for him than it had been for Ye Bufan and Huang Xuan, whose cultivation was lower.

He had only cultivated for a short while when the immortal aura contained in the Immortal River Water loosened the bottleneck in his cultivation!

He was about to step into a brand-new realm!

Three days later, a figure plummeted like a meteor through the sky above the Sun Moon Divine Cult, smashing the void to pieces. Golden light blazed around him, but no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't steady himself!

"Damn it! Who did this?!"

The figure belonged to a gaunt old man with a crescent-moon mark between his brows. Nearly every bone in his body was broken. He spat blood in great mouthfuls, his face ashen.

He was an Ancestor Grade figure from the Sun Moon Divine Cult, one who had lived thousands of years ago.

When the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum appeared, the Sun Moon Cult Master had ordered him to leave the Sun Moon Divine Cult and go to the mausoleum three months ago.

Everything had been going well.

He had hidden in the shadows, keeping watch for other Supreme Dao Holy Land experts while also cultivating with the Imperial Dao Law and Xuanhuang Qi inside the mausoleum.

His cultivation, which hadn't budged in a thousand years, had begun to loosen. In a daze, he'd seemed to feel the Sage Tier threshold beckoning.

But just as he reached the most crucial moment of his cultivation—

A mysterious Masked Man had suddenly appeared and slapped him to the ground. The Sage Tier threshold he had just glimpsed had been slapped right out of existence.

Enraged, he had wanted to fight back. But to his horror, his opponent hadn't been intimidated in the least. Two slaps had left him gravely injured, and he'd been dragged back to the Sun Moon Divine Cult like a dead dog.

"I'm furious!"

"What wretch did this?!"

He regretted it deeply. If only he'd listened to the Sun Moon Cult Master and brought the Sun Moon Star Seal with him!