Chapter 82: Chapter 69: Rushing to the Imperial Mausoleum

The Flame Bird chased the Qi Cultivation Immortal, who was wreathed in black mist, all the way south. Everywhere it passed, vegetation withered and great fires spread across the land.

This was power beyond the First Grade!

That night.

No one in the Imperial City could sleep.

Countless figures watched in terror, as if they had returned to the day the Immortal Whale appeared and the Great Liang was annihilated.

"What in the world has been unleashed?"

"The unification of the lands and the birth of a Grandmaster was already troublesome enough. Now, even a Qi Cultivation Immortal from the ancient texts of Great Yu has appeared?"

Su Chen watched for a while, clearly seeing the various factions near the Imperial City spring into action upon hearing the news, all rushing toward the Imperial Mausoleum.

There were nobles from Old Liang, the great Noble Families, as well as the Great Zhou’s Seven Religions and the private armies of the Noble Clans...

Even the mysterious Grandmaster from the Heaven-Ascension Tower, their Longevity Fire flickering, hid within the crowd and followed them to the Imperial Mausoleum.

First Grade, Second Grade—they were countless.

An Immortal Footprint was right before their eyes.

No one was willing to let this opportunity slip away.

The Immortal Path was above that of Mortal Cultivation.

Of course, this had little to do with Su Chen. He had only come here to retrieve the other two Treasure Pearls.

He had a feeling.

The four Treasure Pearls!

Perhaps.

They were related to his path to becoming a Grandmaster.

And even if they weren’t, they were definitely some kind of powerful Immortal Treasure.

The Secret Treasure Pearls were keys to the ancestor’s Seal. They wouldn’t be at the stronghold; they could only be on the persons of the Sect Leader and the Saint.

Su Chen waited and waited, but no one returned.

Instead.

The rain only grew heavier.

But no amount of rain could extinguish the flames left by the Firebird, just as the ice that froze the world from the Immortal Whale was impossible to melt.

’I’m done waiting.’

Su Chen began to plunder the place.

He took the white-haired Sect Leader’s corpse, along with the three refined corpses, and stored them all in his Storage Ring.

After that.

He packed up all the Immortal Technique Manuals in the entire secret chamber and took them with him.

’Hm?’

’It won’t go in.’

Su Chen looked at the Corpse Refining Token in his hand.

This was the first time he had ever encountered something his Storage Ring could not hold.

Su Chen hung it from his waist.

"If those two new Saints and the new Sect Leader return, tell them to bring the Secret Treasure Pearls and contact me. I have the third Secret Treasure Pearl..."

After speaking.

Ignoring the horrified cultists, Su Chen’s figure flitted away, disappearing into the vast night and curtains of rain within a few breaths.

"All three Keys have been gathered."

"The Ancestor is about to emerge!"

"The Black Abyss will rise!"

Countless cultists cheered and erupted with excitement.

They had no idea.

Su Chen had no intention of releasing the Evil Immortal of the Black Abyss; he was just after the other two Treasure Pearls.

In the crowd.

One of the Black-robed Envoys wore a grave expression.

’This matter must be reported to the Crown Prince Regent immediately...’

He was one of the Great Zhou Profound Clothes Guard.

The Black Abyss had a thousand-year history, tracing back to before the Great Yu. Throughout the dynasties, it had never lacked for First-Grade Experts and even had legends of Immortals. Not even Great Zhou dared to underestimate it.

Returning to the Library Pavilion, Su Chen changed back into his Xu Ge appearance. Holding a bamboo umbrella, he took a leisurely stroll through the curtain of rain.

’This rain is truly strange.’

’In years past.’

’The two years of harsh winter and three years of frozen earth were because of the Immortal Whale ascending to the heavens. What is the reason for this year of rain?’

’Could it be that beneath the Imperial City, besides the Immortal Whale, there’s some other terrifying Great Immortal?’

Su Chen pushed open the door.

Everything was as he had left it.

In the water tank, the little turtle poked its head out and scurried over to him, rubbing against the hem of his clothes as if seeking praise for a job well done.

The turtle had guarded the house well.

It was time for some praise.

"Good job."

Su Chen patted the little turtle’s head.

Also.

Cyan Sparrow had woken up and had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time.

"Master Xu, I think I had a dream."

"In the dream."

"A Prince paid a visit..."

Su Chen also ruffled Cyan Sparrow’s hair.

"Since it was a dream, it’s best to forget it."

With that said.

Su Chen went up to the roof.

"Sigh."

Cyan Sparrow opened her mouth, but couldn’t bring herself to say what came next.

In her dream.

She had another dream, where a white-robed Female Immortal whose face she couldn’t see clearly asked her if she wanted a Cultivation Technique.

She had agreed.

In Cyan Sparrow’s mind, an Immortal Technique must be very powerful. Then, she would be able to better protect Master Xu.

’Protect Master Xu.’

Cyan Sparrow clenched her small fists.

On the roof.

Su Chen returned to his true appearance. Tree Whiskers surged as he burned a drop of the white-haired Sect Leader’s fresh blood, casting Soul Fusion Remembrance.

...

A young man, holding a great bow and carrying a sword, chased a vicious tiger deep into the mountains.

He lost the tiger.

The young man also lost his way in the deep mountains.

As night deepened.

He stumbled upon a bustling Workshop, shrouded in clouds and mist. Figures in white and black robes, their faces indistinct, came and went...

By the time he walked out of the Workshop, a Token hung from his waist.

He could faintly hear a chant.

"Ten years of Innate Lifespan for one Corpse Refining Order. All sales final, no returns or exchanges."

...

’This is the Cloud Concealment Mountain Immortal Pavilion?’

Su Chen’s expression was complicated.

At the same time.

He felt a little relieved.

’Thank goodness I didn’t go to the Immortal Pavilion. It seems the currency they trade with there is... Innate Lifespan?’

What Innate Lifespan did he have to speak of?

If he had gone to Cloud Concealment Mountain seeking an opportunity to reach the First Grade, he was afraid he would have been swallowed whole by an Immortal on the spot.

After all, his lifespan was limitless, close to true Longevity.

’A mortal’s lifespan, even that of a legendary Innate Grandmaster, is limited to a hundred years at most. It seems these Immortals are also short on lifespan?’

Regarding the world of Immortals, Su Chen didn’t even have a half-baked understanding; he knew less about it than he did about the Black Abyss.

Soon.

Relying on the Corpse Refining Technique figured out by the white-haired Sect Leader, Su Chen re-refined the three Peak refined corpses.

Billowing black mist poured out from the Token, enveloping the refined corpses. The wounds Su Chen had inflicted on them healed in an instant.

The three Peak refined corpses were restored to their Peak condition.

’This is the same black mist that was on the Qi Cultivation Immortal that escaped from the Imperial Mausoleum.’

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