Chapter 2037 – There’s Ghosts Here
Denizens of the Three Thousand viewed outsiders as maggots and demons. At the same time, those from the outside thought of them as primitive bumbling fools.
Although there were numerous locals on the scene, they were all disguised as outsiders. They didn’t dare blatantly appear in the open. It would be quite the stroke of misfortune if an outsider casually disposed of them on their way to demonic business.
That was why the first local cultivator that Lu Yun had come across after arriving at the Three Thousand imitated the ripples of immortal dao. He’d been so successful that Lu Yun nearly took him at face value for being a real immortal.
Thus, the unvarnished appearance of a local boy and girl raised quite a bit of interest.
“Yun Tian? I thought you were dead.” An outsider in the guise of a young man brightened and approached Lu Yun to offer a cupped fist salute. “An eye of great dao destroyed Divine Yun Valley, but Brother Yun luckily made it out alright!”
Lu Yun understood this stranger must be acquainted with his identity, so he operated formula dao to determine their exact relationship. His adept usage of formula dao was now unparalleled—he could track something back to its source from a simple greeting or exchange of thought. Everything about the stranger was laid out in front of him.
Lu Yun ran calculations regarding Yun Tian’s matters before assuming his identity, so he knew the deceased’s background and experiences like the back of his hand. With that in mind, he identified the nature of Yun Tian’s relationship with the young man in front of him.
Yun Tian was the young lord of Divine Yun Valley. A gallant personality with a carefree air, he loved to befriend heroes from all over. He even counted demons of the outside world among his friends!
It was because of this that Divine Yun Valley had been destroyed.
The young man in front of them was one of his friends, but Yun Tian hadn’t known that he was an outsider.
“Hmph,” Lu Yun snorted. “Demon.”
“What’s happened to you, Brother Yun?” responded the young man with mock astonishment. “Don’t you befriend people without caring about where they are from?”
“Speak some sense!” The Disordered Empyrean Supreme couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “See if you look at things the same way after your entire family’s been killed.”
“Although it was the eye of great dao from the Cardinal Sacred Palace that destroyed the valley, it had everything to do with you demons,” Lu Yun forced out through clenched teeth. “They say that this tomb contains the demonic combat arts of the outsiders. I’m here today to claim them and enact vengeance on the Cardinal Sacred Palace!”
The young man fell silent; the others had nothing to say.
Internal strife between the locals? That would be lovely! In fact, those of them not native to this world would eagerly fan the flames from the shadows, add a bit of spice here and there, and cook the pot until it boiled over and fractured the world.
The only thing they didn’t dare do was to outright incite war. If war broke out, that would affect the great daos and propel the long stagnant combat arts of this world into progressing again.
Perhaps there’d been wars in the Three Thousand sometime in its past, but now the five sacred palaces jointly put a stop to any wars that took place. Whoever raised the flag of war first would further be crushed for their impertinence; cultivators were only allowed their personal scuffles and clashes.
Many were the outsiders that once tried to alter the great daos of this world, but they’d all failed.
Thus, Yun Tian’s appearance gave them a glimmer of hope. The outsiders didn’t need to take action themselves anymore—all they needed to do was to goad this Yun Tian into causing trouble throughout the world.
Many had formed strong hunches on why the dao methods of the Three Thousand had stagnated at this stage. It wasn’t for the pursuit of eternal life, but that certain people wished to become great dao. If the outsiders could alter the great dao in this world, they would be able to defeat the one who sought to assimilate into it. That would pave the way for open hunting in this world.
It turned out that the Disordered Empyrean Supreme was correct in saying there was an overseer in the so-called sanctuary of this world, and that the three hundred and sixty-five eyes of great dao were under its control.
That existence had noticed Lu Yun’s Tome of Life and Death, which is why the young man was subject to such relentless pursuit.
However, the five sacred cities were critically important to the sanctuary. The destruction of one could be salvaged, but the destruction of the rest of them would render the Tome of Life and Death pointless even if the overseer laid hands on it.
……
Lu Yun bristled with so much hatred and resentment that it was as if he was a porcupine. Just as he said, he was here to locate the combat arts within the tomb and enact vengeance on the sacred palace.
He was here with a death wish.
“Yun Tian” and “Ling Qu” were just grand supremes, but two uncontrollable grand supremes was sufficient to cause everyone’s death in the uncanny Ancestor’s tomb.
Three empyrean supremes had jointly destroyed the layouts outside the tomb. They’d done so to locate the way to enter the tomb, but they’d died after destroying the tomb acupoint.
Completely without warning and in a very eerie fashion.
No one knew how they’d died. They’d just suddenly fallen to the ground with blood streaming out of their orifices. Their bodies dissolved into bloody water that vanished without a trace.
“How do we get inside?” The Disordered Empyrean Supreme didn’t find any passages leading inside the tomb after a round of observation.
“There should be a door to go inside, but something’s sealed it shut.” Lu Yun managed to find a few clues despite the layouts being completely ruined.
“Hey, little bro Yun Tian, do you have a way to get inside?” Numerous outsiders jeered at him when they saw Lu Yun poke around the surroundings, looking as if he actually knew what he was doing. Their grins were deeply tinged with malicious amusement.
“Hmph,” he snorted and ignored them. “Let’s dig our way in!” he suddenly snapped. “This young master will dig a tunnel if there’s no path!”
He rolled up his sleeves and took out a flying sword, stabbing the sword into the dirt and using it as a shovel. The ground outside the tomb was inordinately durable. It was very hard for Lu Yun to dig a thief’s tunnel himself, but he had no other choice but to put on a desperate act.
No, he really was putting his back into it.
“What is it?” The Disordered Empyrean Supreme noted something off about his mood.
“There’s a ghost here,” he transmitted back. “A very strong ghost. Hurry and dig in this spot! We need to dig deep and destroy the layout before we do anything else!”
Horror pricked at the back of his neck. The three empyrean supremes had destroyed the layouts outside the tomb, but created another one—one for breeding ghosts.
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