The Living in the Tomb

"You're saying there are living people inside the tomb?" Ma Feifei asked in surprise.

Yun Qingyang nodded and then shook his head, saying, "There is life in it, but it is not a living person."

Upon Yun Qingyang's words, Ma Feifei was stunned. Something about what he said sounded rather odd.

Yun Qingyang continued to explain, "It's about people who are already dead, but who are Sheer Force given a chance to live through some kind of power."

"Is this what they call defying fate?" Ma Feifei exclaimed.

"But that's not right! Defying fate can't bring the dead back to life!" Ma Feifei shook his head.

A person who can die and then come back to life isn't human; that's a ghost!

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei was startled and quickly ran towards Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo.

"Wait a moment."

Fortunately, the two walked slowly, and in such a short time they hadn't even covered a hundred meters, so Ma Feifei quickly caught up with them.

"Shopkeeper!" Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo were delighted to see Ma Feifei catching up.

"Let's go, I'll go in with you," Ma Feifei said.

He had no other choice. If Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo died inside, the mission would basically be over; then the Main Quest given by the system would also be impossible to complete, which was absolutely unacceptable to Ma Feifei.

When Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo heard that Ma Feifei was going in with them, their joy deepened.

With Ma Feifei coming along, their safety was at least guaranteed; after all, the person beside Ma Feifei was Spirit Saint level figure.

With Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang joining them, the four of them quickened their pace and headed towards the nine-square grid.

This is a wasteland that stretches as far as the eye can see, and the nine-square grid stands out conspicuously in this wasteland.

After walking for about ten minutes, the group finally arrived at the outermost edge of the nine-square grid.

A river blocked their way.

To be precise, a river divided this imperial tomb into nine parts.

Moreover, the river is dark red in color.

A true bloodbath!

"Well, now we've seen real bloodshed!" Ma Feifei covered his nose and took a few steps back.

The smell of blood was so strong that it made him feel nauseous.

The other three, however, did not react and remained standing still.

"This river of blood is the entrance to the tomb. We're trapped outside by it and can't get in," Lin Wuchi said.

"Is there anything different about this river?" Ma Feifei asked.

The Blood River is only five meters wide; under normal circumstances, one can jump across it without using Spiritual Power.

Upon hearing this, Li Beiguo picked up a pebble from the ground and threw it across the river.

"Whoosh~"

"Thump~"

The pebble stopped abruptly as it flew over the Blood River, then plummeted straight down into the river.

"This river of blood seems to have a powerful gravitational pull; nothing can cross it," Li Beiguo explained.

"The array master who designed this tomb must have been to the Luo River. Only the Luo River, one of the nine great ruins, possesses this kind of magical power. This Blood River must have been filled with water from the Luo River, which is why it has this magical power," Lin Wuchi said.

"So, according to what you're saying, there's no way to get in?" Ma Feifei said.

As one of the nine ancient sites, the Luo River has remained unexplored for 30,000 years, Luo River secrets undiscovered simply because no one could fly across the 3,000-mile-long outer river of the Luo River. Now that this Blood River has been imbued with the waters of the Luo River and possesses the same effects, doesn't that mean that no one in the world can cross this Blood River?

"There should be a way," Lin Wuchi replied, taking out a fifth-tier spirit sword from his robes, infusing it with Spiritual Power, and thrusting it towards the opponent.

"Whoosh~"

The spirit sword flew at incredible speed, reaching the sky above the blood river, and like the previous pebble, it fell into the blood river.

They look almost identical.

"It seems even farther?" Ma Feifei said uncertainly.

Lin Wuchi nodded and said, "The shopkeeper is right. Although a fifth-tier spirit sword can't fly across this blood river, it can fly to a point two meters wide, while a pebble can only fly to a point one meter wide."

"Therefore, we can conclude that although this River of Blood possesses the same effects as the Luo River, its power is not particularly strong. Those with cultivation levels above the Spirit Venerable realm should be able to cross this river."

Ultimately, only those with high cultivation levels can cross this river; people like Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo, who are at the Spirit Ancestor Sect realm, shouldn't even think about it.

"Last time, we thought this Blood River would have an entrance that people could pass through, but after going around in circles, we couldn't find one. Finally, we realized that the only way to cross this Blood River is through cultivation." At this point, Lin Wuchi glanced at Yun Qingyang. The Blood River was the most important reason why he had dragged Ma Feifei down into the tomb in the first place.

"Can you help me?" Ma Feifei asked Yun Qingyang.

Yun Qingyang walked to the side of the Blood River, looked at the churning blood, and frowned slightly.

"Whoosh~"

In the blink of an eye, Yun Qingyang had already reached the other side.

Clearly, this river of blood could not stop a Spirit Saint.

"Swish~ swish~"

After two round trips, the four of them successfully crossed the River of Blood.

"We're finally here." Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo were somewhat excited.

Touching the gray walls, I felt the atmosphere of an imperial tomb.

"Based on our speculation, apart from the central compartment which contains the coffin of Emperor Chu the Conqueror, the other eight compartments should contain Emperor Chu the Conqueror burial goods." Lin Wuchi excitedly patted the wall, saying, "For example, this one might even contain Saint artifact!"

In the Azure Dragon Continent, spiritual artifacts are ranked in nine grades and above as Saints, and above that are Divine Artifacts.

However, divine artifacts are relatively rare; no more than ten divine artifacts have appeared on the Azure Dragon Continent in the past 30,000 years.

Five thousand years ago, even the Emperor Chu the Conqueror the entire Azure Dragon Continent, failed to obtain a single divine artifact; the best one he possessed was Saint artifact.

However, Lin Wuchi did not choose to enter the tomb. Instead, he pointed to the central compartment and said, "But compared to these material possessions, I would rather admire the heroic figure of Xiang Yu, the Emperor Chu the Conqueror."

Lin Wuchi's words improved Ma Feifei's impression of the two of them somewhat.

"This must be their dream," Ma Feifei thought.

With Yun Qingyang's help, the group continued to leap across the river of blood and finally arrived at the very center of the nine-square grid, the true tomb of the Emperor Chu the Conqueror.

This is a tomb that is about 99 feet tall. The entire tomb is shaped like a dragon, and the entrance to the tomb is at the dragon's head.

The stone door at the entrance to the tomb was sealed, and densely packed characters were carved on it. Faintly, one could sense the powerful force contained within those characters.

"This is called the Emperor Stele. The inscriptions on it are all about the deeds of Emperor Chu the Conqueror, during his lifetime. Each inscription was carved by a different person," Lin Wuchi explained.

Ma Feifei looked at the characters on the Emperor Stele, which were smaller than ants and filled the entire stone gate.

The stone gate is enormous, standing 9.9 meters high and 3.9 meters wide, with at least hundreds of thousands of characters carved on it!

"Doesn't that mean everyone knows that King Chu Ba is dead?" Ma Feifei asked doubtfully.

If hundreds of thousands of people carved Emperor Stele, then the news of Emperor Chu the Conqueror's death could not possibly be kept secret.

Lin Wuchi shook his head and said, "This Emperor Stele was carved five thousand years ago."

Five thousand years ago?

"Indeed, five thousand years ago, Emperor Chu the Conqueror, gathered 990,000 virgins and used their blood to inscribe this Emperor Stele."