Gu Yu silently turned his head and drew the Long Sword he had not unsheathed in a long time.
Fourth Senior Brother Fifth Senior Brother immediately shut their mouths.
Not a word was spoken along the way.
Black Horse pulled the carriage all the way to the foot of a mountain. An open expanse without a soul in sight came into view, and he slowly stopped.
Everyone got out of the carriage and surveyed the utterly flat, barren stretch of land.
"Are you sure you haven't got the wrong place?" Holding the little girl's hand, Su Mo looked at Fourth Senior Brother Fifth Senior Brother and asked doubtfully.
Azure light flickered in their eyes before Fourth Senior Brother Fifth Senior Brother nodded with certainty.
"Barring any surprises, it's right beneath our feet!"
Su Mo looked around, his face full of skepticism. "But no matter how I look at it, this place doesn't look like it has some Great Tomb."
Fourth Senior Brother Fifth Senior Brother looked at the others, only to find them all nodding.
"You don't understand. Mountains surround this place on three sides, forming an embracing landscape. And it's open to the west, giving it the aspect of a setting sun!" Fourth Senior Brother Fifth Senior Brother explained.
"Wait..." Su Mo suddenly interrupted, seeming to have noticed something wrong!
"What is it?" Fourth Senior Brother Fifth Senior Brother asked.
"What makes you so sure this Great Tomb is the Setting Sun Sect's Ancestral Grounds?" Su Mo asked.
"Because this place has the aspect of a setting sun!" Fourth Senior Brother replied.
"I see. Let's sort out the logic here..." Su Mo analyzed.
"Do you think it's possible... that the Setting Sun Sect wasn't named that because they buried their Ancestor somewhere with a setting-sun landscape?"
"Could it be...