Meeting Long Lie Again

Long Xuan was stunned into thought. The tomb contained a terrifying array whose power was thirty times greater during the day. It truly broadened his horizons. Sunlight was also energy. Had the people of this world already learned how to utilize solar energy?

It's amazing that solar energy can be utilized in formations! What a brilliant idea! I never expected someone to have researched such a great concept before me.

I wonder if anyone will try to compete with me for the combination of wind energy, gravitational potential energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, and nuclear energy in this formation.

Just as Long Xuan, a large hand suddenly slapped him hard on the shoulder again.

Long Xuan was startled again, his heart pounding. This time, he was so engrossed in his thoughts that he almost had a serious fright.

Soon, a large face appeared again from behind, glaring at him and saying, "Finally found you, kid! Are you looking for death? You dare to participate in such a dangerous mission? Don't you value your life!"

Long Xuan turned his head to look at the big face, and it turned out to be another familiar face. It was Long Lie, the extremely awful relative he hadn't seen in a long time, who was the person closest to him by blood.

Long Xuan kept patting his frightened heart. "Holy crap, do people in this world like to attack others from behind?"

When he's in the ancient tomb, whatever you do, don't let anyone tap him on the back; someone scaring you like that could really scare you to death.

Long Xuan gave him a disgruntled look and said, "Because I want to do my part for the Lineage, I want to be willing to risk my life for the Lineage, to dedicate myself to the Lineage, is that not allowed?"

Of course, all of his words were fabricated. He spoke with great righteousness, but others probably wouldn't believe him.

Long Lie gave him a deep look, then sniffed his shoulder intensely.

Long Xuan knew exactly what he was sniffing out. Had he already learned his lesson the hard way, would he really make the same mistake twice?

This time, he assured Long Lie that he wouldn't smell the alcohol on him again.

The smell was difficult to completely dissipate, and Long Xuan had no way to get rid of it. Did he have to take a bath ten times every time he went out? Besides, even taking a bath ten times was by no means a safe solution.

So he came up with a silly idea: he would keep his Spirit Armor on the whole time whenever he went out, completely sealing off the smell.

Although having spiritual energy throughout his body would increase his energy consumption, he possessed the Ten Extremity Physique, giving him abundant spiritual energy that he could freely squander.

Moreover, keeping the Spirit Armor on the whole time not only prevents the odor from spreading, but also effectively prevents other dangers.

There are many ways to kill in this world without leaving a trace, and even Long Xuan cannot guarantee that he can see through all the underhanded tricks in this world.

Being careful is definitely not a bad thing for him.

Long Lie sniffed at Long Xuan for a long time but couldn't smell any alcohol. Surprised, he finally realized why.

Long Xuan Long Lie had kept his Spirit Armor active the entire time, even in such a safe place as the Lineage. Did he think his spiritual power was free? How dare he squander it like that?

"Hey kid, is it really necessary? If you shower every day, very, very few people in this world will be able to smell alcohol on you."

"I can guarantee that I'm the only one in the entire Lineage with such a sensitive nose. You don't need to be so careful at all; even the patriarch wouldn't smell the alcohol on you."

Long Lie leaned close to his ear and whispered something in it.

Long Xuan remained unmoved by his words. Even if he didn't refine the Wine Gu, he decided to develop this habit, just to be on the safe side.

"How did you end up here? Someone of your level shouldn't be able to participate in this mission, right?"

Now that he knew Long Lie was his great-uncle, Long Xuan spoke much more casually, addressing him directly with the word "you" instead of calling him "senior."

"I've already broken through to the Spiritual Sea Stage, and I'm the leader of this mission, so of course I'll be here."

"You kid, you don't even know who's leading this mission?"

"You didn't join this tomb raiding operation without knowing anything about the situation, did you?"

Long Lie's eyes widened. Since he didn't even know who was leading this mission, it was clear how inadequate his intelligence gathering was. How could he blindly follow the trend of tomb raiding without knowing anything? He really had a lot of guts.

Long Lie couldn't help but show his worry and doubt about his safety on this trip.

He turned serious, looking intently at Long Xuan, and said, "Time is running out. I'll just remind you of two things: First, you must come out before dawn the next day. You only have half a day to loot the treasures. Don't ask why."

"Secondly, the supreme-grade Gu worm among talented Gu cultivators far from the major clans is extremely small. In the world of Rogue Cultivator, there might not even be a single one, and in the hundreds of Gu cultivator Lineage in the Far West, there might only be a few scattered ones. However, the seven strongest clans in the Far West have a great many supreme-grade Gu worm."

"Among the geniuses from the powerful clans who are going to rob the tomb, there will definitely be someone carrying supreme-grade Gu worm. That's a 100% certainty, and there might even be more than one."

"If you encounter a genius Gu cultivator from a powerful clan, you absolutely must stay far, far away, understand?"

"Forget it! You probably don't even know who the geniuses of the major clans are, what they look like, or who you should be hiding from. Destroy them, you're dead!"

Long Lie couldn't help but slap his forehead, feeling that his grand-nephew was hopeless and might as well start preparing for his funeral.

"Alright, I'll just remind you of one thing: remember, once you enter the tomb, stay firmly behind your senior sister. With her there, you'll be absolutely safe."

In the end Long Lie gave the same advice as Long Qilin, which shows how much the two of them believed in Long Ziyan's personal combat ability.

"Oh, right! Give me some more of that wine from last time. Don't get me wrong! I don't want to drink it. That wine is best used for making Gu poison; drinking it would be a waste."

"Just give me the spicy wine, I want to refine Wine Gu. I'll trade you Supreme-grade Spirit Insect for it."

Long Xuan stared at him blankly.

Didn't they say time was running out? If time is running out, why are you asking yourself for alcohol?

Why did he feel that this was what Long Lie really wanted to say to him, and everything before was just a prelude?

However, he was indeed somewhat interested in the Supreme-grade Spirit Insect that Long Lie had mentioned, but this was not a good place to trade.

So Long Xuan said, "Didn't you say time was running out? If time is running out, why are you still standing here!"

This time, it was Long Lie's turn to be stunned.

"Alright! Time is indeed running out."

Long Lie glanced at the sky, his expression turning serious. He finally left and walked towards the front of the field. As the leader of this mission, he didn't say anything at the beginning. He simply took out a Dragon Boat with a dragon head carved on its prow from his Storage Bag and placed it on the ground.

The Dragon Boat gradually enlarged until it could hold a hundred people, at which point its size stopped growing.

Long Lie waved his hand and shouted "Get on the ship!" He jumped onto the bow first, accompanied by two enforcers at the Marrow Cleansing Stage. Their black clothes were embroidered with three-clawed Divine Dragon, and these two seemed to be there to supervise the tomb raiders on the ship.

The others then climbed onto the boat and sat down with great enthusiasm.

Boat-shaped Spirit Artifact are extremely rare, each one priceless, and very difficult to acquire.

Moreover, this Dragon Boat, which can change its size at will, is of immeasurable value. It was forged by the most famous weapon-forging master craftsman, with the combined efforts of the entire Long Family clan.

This is Supreme-grade Spirit Artifact, the Lineage's most prized possession. It flies at extremely high speeds and, when controlled by a Gu cultivator at the Spiritual Sea Stage, can achieve speeds comparable to Gu King.

Such a Supreme-grade Spirit Artifact is not only rare to ride in, but also difficult to even see. Today, everyone was fortunate enough to be able to travel in Supreme-grade Spirit Artifact, and they all showed excitement.

Even Long Xuan was no exception, touching and looking at the Dragon Boat with great interest.

Shouldn't everything follow the law of conservation of mass? How did this ship inexplicably grow so big? He couldn't figure it out, and his interest only grew stronger.

His hobby is research; he was a research fanatic in his past life, and anything new and interesting arouses his great interest.

He was just getting interested in what kind of energy to use for formations, and now he's even interested in Spirit Artifact. He really has too many interests to handle.

After Long Xuan jumped on, he sat directly at the stern and subconsciously looked behind him. This time, at least no one was patting his shoulder, right? If there was anyone behind the stern, they could only be a ghost.

Just then, a fragrant breeze wafted by, and Long Ziyan sat down beside him.

A person who prefers quiet usually likes to sit in a corner, so it's not exactly a coincidence that she chose to sit here.

After she sat down, she didn't say a word and quietly sat there reading.

Long Xuan glanced at the book she was looking at and found that it was the same book he had read in the Silkworm Chamber that day. The writing was strange and he couldn't understand it at all.

However, Long Xuan knew what kind of script it was from his clone's memories; it was Divine Script, a script belonging to the gods.

Long Xuan was somewhat surprised to learn that this senior sister was also a theology enthusiast and was well-versed in theological texts.

It's important to know that this world has many myths and mythological relics. Unlike the previous world, where the myths were fictional, the myths in this world are very likely based on real events.

Therefore, mastering Divine Script is extremely useful. At this moment, Long Xuan had just become interested in Spirit Artifact, and now he is also very interested in Divine Script.

He decided that when he had time, he would have his clone learn the Divine Script. It's always good to have more skills, and mastering this script would definitely benefit his future. Who knows, it might be of great help to him if some mythical relic appeared in the world someday.

Once everyone was seated, the Dragon Boat finally started moving, slowly rising up under some unknown power source, and finally flying into the distance.

The Dragon Boat was very fast, and it reached its destination in just one day. It was already evening, and the sun was about to set.

They arrived at the perfect time; the best time to enter this haunted tomb is after sunset. If they had arrived earlier, it would have been useless; they would have just been sitting there waiting.

At this time, a large number of Gu cultivators had gathered here. This was a tomb raiding operation jointly carried out by the seven major clans. Even if each clan only sent about a hundred people, the total number would be as high as seven hundred, which can be described as a huge number.

The Long Family was the last to arrive; the other six families had all arrived long ago, and the Long Family was the only one missing.

The sudden appearance of the Dragon Boat in the sky attracted the attention of everyone present.

The Dragon Boat slowly descended, and several people immediately came forward to greet it.

"You Long Family are so slow! Everyone's been waiting for you. So you're the leader. No wonder! Did you drink again and mess things up? Were you the one who slept for three days straight at Qian Clan Tavern last time?!"

As soon as the Long Family members disembarked, someone nearby said in a sarcastic tone.

Long Xuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the speaker was dressed in red with a phoenix embroidered on his robes, exuding the aura of a Gu cultivator at the Spiritual Sea Stage. He suddenly realized that he had long heard that the Long Family and the Feng Clan were sworn enemies and fought each other almost everywhere they went. Now it seemed that this was indeed true.

Hearing someone mock him like that, Long Lie flew into a rage and roared, "You're talking nonsense! Which eye of yours saw me drinking? The Long Family is clearly the farthest from here! I've already flown here, how much faster do you expect me to be!"

"Besides, did I make you wait for me? You can go down into the tomb now! Don't wait for me! I have no objections!"

Feng Yu glanced at the direction of the sun and realized that it hadn't completely set yet. She dared not go down now; doing so would be suicide.

"Alright, calm down. The time to go down into the tomb must be after sunset; it doesn't matter if we arrive early or late."

At this moment, a Gu cultivator from the Stone Clan at the first Spiritual Sea Stage stepped forward to smooth things over.

Long Xuan looked and recognized him immediately. Wasn't he Shi Jian, the one who had forced the Rogue Cultivator to fight against the Beast Tide Beast Tide time?

The last time I saw him, he was only at the peak of the Marrow Cleansing Stage. I never expected that in just a few years, he would transform into a Gu cultivator at the Spiritual Sea Stage.

As expected of a powerful clan's Gu cultivator, their cultivation speed is indeed fast.

"I didn't expect that after several years, you've reached the Spiritual Sea Stage. Congratulations! You've just broken through to the Spiritual Sea Stage and you've already been assigned this mission?" Shi Jian walked towards Long Lie and laughed loudly.

"There's nothing I can do. I'm a newbie, after all. They call it training newcomers, otherwise I wouldn't bother doing this errand-running work," Long Lie said with a wry smile.

He suddenly looked at Feng Yu and said loudly, "Last time we bet on who would break through to the Spiritual Sea Stage first, you cheated and won one of my High-Grade Gu Insect. How about we bet again this time? Let's bet on who will get the biggest loot this time. Do you dare to accept my bet?"

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan's eyelids twitched. This Long Lie was truly cunning; he was clearly setting a trap for Feng Yu.

Because previous tomb raiding attempts resulted in too many casualties, this time all the clans jointly decided that each clan could only send Gu Spirit Gathering Stage to the tomb.

However, the Long Family resorted to underhanded tactics, infiltrating a clone of a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage. In this kind of bet, who could possibly outmaneuver the Long Family?

Although what entered was merely a clone of a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage, the clone's true cultivation level was indeed the Spirit Gathering Stage.

However, such loophole-exploiting behavior will certainly not be allowed; otherwise, what if another Lineage sends a clone of their Gu King in?

Even though this Gu King clone's cultivation level is only at the Peak Spirit-Gathering Stage, its combat power is worlds apart from that of an ordinary Spirit Gathering Stage Gu cultivator. Once the Gu King clone enters, it's like a tiger entering a sheepfold; no one can restrain it.

Now, whoever dares to take this bet is doomed. It all depends on whether Feng Yu will fall for it. Long Xuan looked at Feng Yu and felt that there was a high probability that he would take the bet.

This is a provocation tactic. If you don't accept the bet, people will think you're afraid of them, which is a matter of face, and even the face of your clan. If you dare to back down at this moment, wouldn't you be ridiculed by everyone and called a coward?

If it were Long Xuan, he'd be thick-skinned enough to tolerate it, but if it were someone else, that might not be the case.

If the other Lineage ' Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators also can't resist the urge to join the betting, wouldn't Long Lie be rolling in money?

Wait a minute, Long Xuan was suddenly startled. If the Long Family could get a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage, why couldn't the other Lineage? What if the other Lineage were thinking the same thing?

This bet is risky.

He quickly covered his brow with his hand and looked towards the other Lineage factions...