Bedchamber

After leaving this place, the two headed directly towards the location of the inner chamber of the tomb.

The path the two were walking on was no longer a cave filled with mud, but a tomb passage paved with bluestone. The passage was square and smooth, making a clattering sound as they walked on it.

A tomb chamber appeared intermittently on either side of the tomb passage, some with their doors open and others closed. The vast majority of these tomb chambers had already been looted.

Due to time constraints, the two did not enter any other tomb chambers, but instead headed directly to the innermost sleeping chamber.

The tomb passage leading to the sleeping chamber was very complicated, with a crossroads appearing from time to time. If it weren't for the map, he might have really gotten lost.

In this world, many forces possess the ability to move mountains and fill seas, so building a massive ancient tomb is not a difficult task for the people of this world. Furthermore, the ancient tombs in this world are generally much, much larger than those in the previous world.

Just as he had predicted, the various mechanisms in the ancient tomb would also show their progress in his eyes, and he could clearly see the location of all the mechanisms.

However, it was no use. The tomb had been looted several times, and most of the traps had been removed, so there was no need for him to see where they were anymore.

The two of them arrived at the sleeping quarters without any major incident.

Information about the sleeping quarters is currently scarce for any race. They only know that the sleeping quarters are dangerous, but no one knows exactly what the dangers are, because everyone who has entered the sleeping quarters has died without exception.

Including two Gu King.

Neither of them were the type to risk their lives for treasure.

Long Xuan simply wanted to see if his cheat ability could overcome the danger in the bedchamber; he would only observe from a distance and would never go inside.

Long Ziyan's purpose might be to study history, or she might have other motives, perhaps even harboring the same desire to find something of value, but she clearly had no intention of going in.

The two stood in the blue stone tomb passage leading to the sleeping chamber, observing the situation inside from afar.

Both of them had an eye visible between their eyebrows. Whether it was Long Xuan's Eye of Heavenly Secrets or Long Ziyan's Evil Dragon Emperor Eye, they both had the ability to see far, so they could see the situation in the bedroom even if they were far apart.

The sleeping quarters were very large, and inside there were ten statues of Golden Crow, distributed in all directions of the sleeping quarters. They were carved so lifelike that they seemed to be coming to life.

The ground was paved with reflective Bai Shi, which appeared to be made of unusual materials and were quite hard.

Many oil lamps, which had been burning for who knows how long, hung on the walls, making the entire bedchamber appear both dark and bright.

What was carved on the wall was not a mural, but the complete "Sun-Moon Heart Sutra," but without the accompanying spiritual techniques.

This situation is very strange, as if the tomb owner wanted to openly show the "Sun-Moon Heart Sutra" to everyone.

Not only is the Sun-Moon Heart Sutra passed down in the sleeping quarters, but traces of the Sun-Moon Heart Sutra can also be found in many tomb chambers, and Old Daoist Li was able to find paper versions of it.

She intends to spread her Cultivation Method Cultivation Method; she wants more people to learn them?

The person is already dead, so what was her purpose in doing this? Was she trying to find someone who could repair the flaws in her Cultivation Method? Such a baseless thought arose in Long Xuan's mind.

He temporarily set aside this strange thought and focused his gaze on the crystal coffin in the very center of the bedchamber. The crystal coffin was made of some kind of crystal and was semi-transparent, so it was not difficult to see what was inside.

Long Xuan immediately became curious and wanted to see what the powerful Yaoguang Empress looked like, so he peered into the coffin.

Yaoguang Empress was dressed in a golden robe embroidered with many Golden Crow. Her body, fingers, and neck were adorned with numerous jewels that shone brightly, clearly all priceless treasures, making him envious.

He hurriedly looked at the Empress's face, but to his disappointment, there was an incomparably beautiful flower in the coffin, its roots wrapped around the Empress's body, and coincidentally, its leaves just happened to cover her peerless face.

This Demon Flower was very strange. It was clearly full of energy, but it didn't contain spiritual power. Moreover, his ability to see through things couldn't even penetrate its thin leaves, which greatly surprised him.

All he could see was the Empress's bright red lips, but just by looking at them, he could tell that the Empress had an absolutely stunning beauty, and her appearance was sure to be breathtaking.

Suddenly, he frowned. He realized he couldn't see the Empress's progress. Even if someone died, shouldn't the progress be showing up?

After all, her body did not decompose due to special circumstances and remained in a youthful state. Even if the body decomposed, the progress of decomposition would be displayed.

His brow furrowed even deeper, and he immediately looked down at the ground, searching for a corpse to compare it to.

Many people had already entered the sleeping quarters, and many corpses were left on the ground.

There were also several fresh corpses, the blood still wet, clearly indicating they had only recently died. There really are people who aren't afraid of death; even the Gu King died here, yet they still dare to go in.

Upon closer inspection, he was immediately astonished. Two of the fresh corpses were very familiar to him—they were none other than the Feng Clan Ancestor and the Gu Clan Ancestor!

Judging from their injuries, the two appeared to have killed each other in a fight over a treasure, perishing together.

He searched the ground carefully again, but couldn't find their Storage Bag, which surprised him.

He didn't believe anyone could leave the bedchamber alive.

Therefore, there can only be one explanation at this point.

The two Gu King clones entered the tomb for what was undoubtedly the treasure guarding this sleeping chamber.

It's just a mere avatar at the Spirit Gathering Stage stage; I wouldn't care if it died. If I'm lucky enough to bring out the tomb's treasure, then I've hit the jackpot.

The two ancestors' mentality was to send their clones into the tomb at a very low cost to gamble. As for the Spirit-Ascending Grass, it was just a side benefit for them. The Spirit-Ascending Grass would not make them go to great lengths to send their clones.

They knew their chances of survival were slim, so they naturally handed over all the Spirit-Ascending Grass they carried to their Lineage's Gu cultivators to take with them, including some of their own valuables. This explains why they didn't have much wealth on them.

Long Xuan couldn't help but marvel at the cunning of those two ancestors, who had never even considered letting their clones escape alive.

If they don't go out, there's no way to prove anything. If I hadn't recorded the video, they could have really gotten away with it.

What puzzled him, however, was what treasure they had found that led to their mutual slaughter. Had they truly discovered a tomb-protecting treasure?

Where is that treasure? It couldn't possibly have been taken away by someone, yet it's not on the ground. He couldn't figure it out at all; the situation in the bedchamber was just too strange.

As expected, there are progress records on the corpses. The lifespan of people who die of old age will disappear, while the lifespan of people who die violently will not be instantly reset and they will retain their youthful appearance. If the corpse does not decompose, the youthful appearance will remain frozen in time.

Out of curiosity, he looked at Long Ziyan beside him.

"Ziyan, do you know..."

His words suddenly stopped, because he couldn't find any progress even when looking at Long Ziyan's head.

His face stiffened.

"Not good..."

He hurriedly dodged, but was still a step too slow. A sword slashed his right shoulder, drawing blood, which was quickly frozen in place.

Good heavens, she managed to pierce through the second-tier Dragon Silkworm Robe with a single sword strike, it was as if it were made of paper.

Long Xuan felt a chilling aura surge into his body, making his limbs cold, his movements sluggish, and his heart feel as if it were about to freeze.

If the Water Bear Gu weren't so adept at resisting cold, a normal person would have been killed by this attack.

Long Xuan was horrified and quickly distanced himself. When he looked at Long Ziyan again, she had vanished into thin air, and another Long Ziyan had appeared out of thin air in another location.

Long Ziyan was looking at him with a surprised expression, noticing the wound on his right shoulder.

Upon seeing the progress bar above her head, Long Xuan knew that this Long Ziyan was real, so he quickly ran over and grabbed her arm.

"Walk..."

After running for a while, the two entered a tomb chamber. Long Xuan leaned against the wall, panting heavily. The scene just now was truly thrilling.

What would happen if I didn't have the cheat ability to see the progress? I would either be ambushed and killed by that damned illusion, or I would be deceived by the illusion, fight with the real senior sister, and then die together in the end.

Now he finally understood how those two patriarchs had died. He had been wondering why they had suddenly started fighting when there were no treasures on the ground.

Now he finally understood that they had fallen for an illusionary scheme to sow discord, mistakenly believing that the other side was attacking them, which led to infighting.

The two Gu King who raided this tomb before probably died in the same way, falling victim to illusions and fighting each other, ultimately perishing together.

Such a realistic illusion is almost impossible for anyone outside the world to see through. It can be said that those who fall for it will inevitably be alienated and completely deceived.

Moreover, regardless of the difference in strength between the two sides, they will inevitably end up destroying each other.

Because that damned illusion is different from a normal illusion. A normal illusion is a visual deception and does not produce a physical attack.

The illusions in the tomb could not only perfectly conjure a person, but also perfectly simulate a person's abilities, delivering substantial attacks and leaving real injuries. This was simply outrageous; it was the first time he had ever seen such an evil Illusion Technique. Such Illusion Technique was terrifying.

Even if you manage to kill the real opponent by sheer luck, you'll still be killed by the illusion while you're injured. And even if you manage to kill the illusion by sheer luck, so what? Illusions aren't one-time things; they can appear repeatedly.

Unless you can see through this illusion, the illusion will automatically disappear. Just like when Long Xuan suddenly suspected that Long Ziyan, who hadn't made any progress, might be an illusion, the illusion disappeared as soon as he had this thought. Otherwise, the illusion would keep chasing him.

This is a common problem with most Illusion Technique; as long as you can see through Illusion Technique, the Illusion Technique will automatically disappear.

"What just happened? How did you get injured all of a sudden?"

Long Ziyan looked at his injured shoulder and saw that the wound had been frozen, emitting an aura that was very familiar to her. She frowned, her beautiful brows furrowing. Why did this wound look so much like one she had inflicted?

Junior brother, are you sure you haven't misunderstood?

Long Xuan didn't answer her question, but instead stared intently into her eyes. "Tell me quickly, did you see that flower or not!"

After a brief period of speculation, he finally determined that it was definitely that Demon Flower that was behind it all.

Everyone died in the sleeping quarters, so he naturally assumed that the danger was confined to that area. That's why he dared to observe from afar in the tomb passage, believing that there would be no danger unless he went inside. Long Ziyan thought the same way.

But now, even though he hadn't entered the bedchamber, he had inexplicably fallen victim to the attack. The only reason he could find the difference between himself and the group of corpses was because he possessed farsightedness and could see that strange flower in advance.

Others lacked farsightedness and could only see the flower when they got very close, so they all died in the bedchamber.

As for why he only suspected the flower and not the rest of the contents of the coffin...

It's entirely because, apart from that flower, everything else in the coffin was an illusion.

The empress's corpse that showed no progress was definitely an illusion; the crystal coffin was completely empty, containing nothing but a Demon Flower.

He broke out in a cold sweat, feeling a chill creep into his bones, and goosebumps instantly rose on his back.

Where did the Empress's body go?

With that Demon Flower, even the Gu King would be doomed; there's no way it could be taken away.

There's only one answer: she walked out on her own and took all the tomb-guarding treasures from the coffin with her.

His fear intensified.

When did this happen? When exactly did the Empress's corpse emerge?

It shouldn't have happened before the tomb raiding.

Because many people brought out a large number of priceless treasures from the tomb, Long Family even brought out the precious Golden Crow Blood.

If she left before the tomb was robbed, she shouldn't have left behind those treasures.

He didn't even consider the possibility of zombies. This wasn't a horror story; people in this world don't naturally turn into zombies after death unless they are created through special methods.

Therefore, she must have been conscious, and was awakened during the tomb raiding process, then took all the treasures from the coffin.

Has a powerful being with off-the-charts combat strength been resurrected?

Did this happen just now, or did it happen a long time ago? Did the empress escape long ago, or is she still inside this ancient tomb?

Long Xuan felt a chill run down his spine.

So his first question was whether Long Ziyan had seen the Demon Flower.

If she saw it too, then we're in big trouble.

If she were ambushed by the illusionary fake Long Xuan, and then the real Long Xuan attacked her in anger, that would be a truly fatal situation.

Therefore, once he knows that Long Ziyan has seen that flower, he must stay far away, as Long Ziyan will be in great danger at that moment.

Fortunately, Long Ziyan looked puzzled and asked in surprise, "What flower? I was just looking at the Divine Ability section of the ' Sun-Moon Heart Sutra ' on the wall. Its contents can improve my clone, so I didn't see the rest of the tomb very carefully."

"That's good. It's good that you didn't look carefully." Hearing this, Long Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and patted his heart.

He quickly recounted his speculations to Long Ziyan, and then asked, "You are knowledgeable and experienced; do you know the origin of that Demon Flower?"

He showed deep apprehension towards the Demon Flower. He had only glanced at it hastily and hadn't looked closely enough. The progress of that Demon Flower was far too long; it seemed to be more than five decimal places, but seven. It was absolutely terrifying.

Furthermore, the energy contained in that Demon Flower was not spiritual power; its form was Flame Clone. Even after searching through all the encyclopedias, I had never seen it before, didn't know its species, didn't know its function—I knew absolutely nothing.

Long Ziyan frowned slightly. The fact that the Empress's clone had likely escaped had startled her greatly. In that case, this ancient tomb was far too dangerous, and she had to leave as soon as possible.

"I don't know the origin of that flower either. If it's spirit medicine even I can't recognize, then there's only one possibility."

Long Ziyan's eyes flickered slightly, and she said with great confidence, "That means this flower doesn't belong to this world at all. It might come from another world, such as the Demon Realm."

"The kind of energy you're talking about that isn't spiritual power might be demonic power. The Demon Realm is a superior plane, so the energy level of demonic power must be higher than that of spiritual power. A demonic flower with demonic power will be extremely troublesome, and its abilities are definitely not so easy to break." Long Ziyan's expression turned solemn.