Chapter 89: Chapter 71: The Immortals of the Tomb

The tomb chambers formed a sprawling labyrinth. Su Chen had been walking for a long time and was starting to lose his way. He sent the Peak Corpse Refining ahead to scout and finally found a main chamber.

Normally.

This should be the burial site of an Emperor, but...

’The Great Liang Imperial Mausoleum has no buried Emperors. There aren’t even the remains of any Princes or Princesses. So, what are these coffins for?’

Su Chen didn’t move.

He hadn’t touched a single coffin on his way here.

Even though he had long heard that many Immortal Technique Manuals were hidden within the coffins of the Great Liang Imperial Mausoleum, he still hadn’t touched them.

HUM!

The ground trembled slightly.

Someone was coming from behind.

Su Chen found a corner and immediately hid.

The black-robed Corpse Refining was large enough to hide him completely. Plus, no one would think twice about seeing a desiccated corpse here.

Soon.

A First-Grade aura approached at high speed. The figure, dressed in a white robe and holding a longsword, was none other than Sect Leader Shen of the Returning Ruins Sword Sect.

"I found it."

"I’ve long heard that there are Immortal Dao Secret Techniques in the Imperial Mausoleum. I’ve finally found a coffin..."

Without hesitation, Sect Leader Shen pushed the coffin open.

The next instant.

A grayish-white wind kicked up inside the tomb chamber.

In an instant.

Sect Leader Shen, a Peak First Grade expert, stared at the contents of the coffin, his eyes revealing an expression of utter, disbelieving horror.

"Inside this coffin is..."

He wanted to flee, but it was too late.

In a flash.

His once dark hair instantly turned snow-white, and his flesh and Essence Qi withered away...

On the spot, he turned into a desiccated corpse, unable to even make a move to defend himself.

’It’s not an evil spirit, so it must be a Qi Cultivation Immortal.’

’That Grand Ancestor of Liang... he hid something like *this* in a coffin in the tomb chamber?’

Su Chen saw it clearly.

Sect Leader Shen’s Longevity Fire was plundered in an instant. He was fifty-seven, with thirty-three years of life left to him, and in that moment, it was all stolen and drawn into the coffin...

The thing inside the coffin was about to come to life.

No, that’s not right.

Thirty-three years of lifespan wasn’t enough for it to revive.

It needed more lifespan!

’Time to run.’

Su Chen had no intention of fighting this thing, so he beat a hasty retreat.

This time, with others scouting the way, Su Chen finally found the passage leading to the Great Yu Imperial Mausoleum.

This was another main chamber. At its very center was a small lake, its surface as clear as a mirror!

At this very moment.

Several National Guardian First Grade experts were diving into the lake.

Su Chen watched from the shadows, hidden behind the tall figure of the Peak Corpse Refining. He had a bad feeling about this.

Sure enough.

The next moment.

The National Guardian First Grade experts had dived into the lake with ecstasy; now, they scrambled out with equal measures of terror.

"No!"

One National Guardian First Grade was too slow to escape.

His entire body instantly withered, his hair turned white, and he died of old age on the spot.

In a single moment.

Not a single First-Grade Expert managed to escape.

SPLASH!

The lake churned violently.

A figure in shattered armor, his body wreathed in dragons of thunder and flame, fought his way out, dragging an unconscious woman with him.

"They’re all dead."

"All the First-Grades who went down into the Great Yu Tomb are dead!"

Long Xuanjun wailed in grief.

Even though he was a powerful Grandmaster, a grayish-white Qi now swirled around him, plundering his lifespan bit by bit.

In an instant.

Long Xuanjun’s Longevity Fire flickered, and he lost ten years of his life.

If he hadn’t escaped so quickly...

...the first Grandmaster to emerge in this world might have simply died of old age right here.

’Everyone who went down into the Great Yu Tomb is dead?’

Recalling the desiccated corpses, even Su Chen felt his heart pound in fear.

In that case...

...wouldn’t that mean the new generation’s Saint and Sect Leader, along with the two Treasure Pearls, were all lost in there?

And Xuan... he was done for, too.

’I told you long ago, we’re just ordinary Eunuchs...’

Su Chen sighed.

’Even a Grandmaster had only barely escaped with his life.’

’What could I have done?’

There was no way to give him a proper burial now.

Su Chen turned to leave, only to find his path blocked by a coffin. It wasn’t his Burial Coffin, but *that* coffin from the Great Liang Imperial Mausoleum—the one that had consumed Sect Leader Shen.

Just then.

The coffin was open a crack, and through it, one could vaguely see a White-haired Immortal inside, looking like a withered husk.

Grayish-white Qi flowed from the coffin, as if demanding lifespan from Su Chen.

’Trying to extort me?’

Su Chen had the Corpse Refining pick up the massive coffin and hurl it down toward the Great Yu Tomb beneath the lake.

BOOM!

Countless streams of grayish-white Qi swirled around the Corpse Refining, yet how could they possibly acquire lifespan from it?

At that moment, the White-haired Immortal inside the coffin seemed to grow angry. It opened its eyes slightly, as if trying to memorize the face of the one who was sending it back to its prison.

"I’m a man of my word and never hide my name!"

"Remember your grandpa, Wun Sandao!"

Su Chen shouted coldly.

The White-haired Immortal shot him a quick, furious glance. Its ancient eyes were filled with rage; without a doubt, it had memorized that name, and that face...

In the Imperial City, a figure in black armor driving an ox-cart through the wind and rain couldn’t help but shiver.

"Is it really this cold?"

He raised his eyes. It was, in fact, the real Wun Sandao.

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