Chapter 64: A Tomb For the Living

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Mo Yi didn’t respond to Qing Han’s mumbling . The august immortals seemed powerful, but she was leagues above and could deal with them herself . What gave her pause was the strange formation in the area . The three august immortals possessed something that allowed them to navigate the formation freely, which was something she couldn’t do . . . .

“This governor is pleased to serve His Highness the Crown Prince . ” Lu Yun grinned . “I know a thing or two about formations, perhaps I can be of help . ”

His reaction bizarrely rea.s.sured Qing Han . There had been countless terrible monsters in the burial mound under Myriad Formation Summit . The undead hag and the nine bloodcorpses they’d encountered at the end of their excavation were particularly powerful .

But Lu Yun had still managed to get them out of there alive .

“You’re the governor?” Qi Shenghui paused to give Lu Yun a once-over, his feminine eyebrows quirking slightly . “Isn’t the Dusk governor a mortal who can’t cultivate? You’re in the qi transformation realm . ”

“The Lu Clan from the capital gifted me an Aurum Openia Pill and many others,” Lu Yun said without missing a beat . “I became a qi transformation cultivator after taking them . ”

Qi Shenghui’s question had informed Lu Yun that the man lacked knowledge of Dusk Province’s recent events, so he used the clan as his cover .

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The man and his companions fell silent .

“I have heard that House Lu in Dusk Province is a branch of the Lu Clan, Master Qi,” the armored man whispered . “They snuck into the province a thousand years ago and planted their bloodline here . ”

A conspiratory smile tugged at Qi Shenghui’s lips .

“How wonderful it is that you’ve become a cultivator,” he said . “It’ll be a great contribution if you acquire the Formation Orb for His Highness . Perhaps he’ll even help you keep your t.i.tle in a fit of good mood . ” He narrowed his eyes slightly, killing intent thickening .

“Don’t do anything reckless,” Qing Han silently transmitted to Lu Yun and Mo Yi . “Qi Shenghui is a eunuch and a valued official of the crown prince . The crown prince must’ve given him powerful treasure before sending him to locate the Formation Orb . We should play his game, for now, and see where that leads us . ”

Mo Yi nodded slightly and withdrew her readied power .

“Trust Lu Yun,” Qing Han piped up . “This place isn’t going to stump him . ”

That being said, he had his own plan . The longer they dragged this out, the more his strength would recover . He’d soon be able to use the two most powerful items in his possession: the starstone and the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals .

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Using the starstone had serious ramifications for him, but it would be more than enough to deal with three august immortals . The Scroll of Shepherding Immortals had helped him recover half of his strength . Even better, it was gradually eating away at the thing in his body that terrified even the Qing Clan .

“His Highness can help me keep my position?” Lu Yun followed up with self-righteous zeal in his bright eyes, “Then I am his to command . This governor will do all I can to acquire the Formation Orb . ” He said all that without batting an eye, an easy task given his degree of thick skin .

Qi Shenghui’s face twitched . He hadn’t concealed his intent to kill the trio when he demanded their cooperation . The threat couldn’t be more obvious without putting a knife to their throats, yet the governor had still announced his allegiance to the crown prince?

“That would be ideal!” The armored man broke into loud laughter . “The Lu Clan has spent a lot of resources on you . Soon, they’ll have you form a golden core and help them get what they want . With you serving His Highness, he’ll be able to interfere and steal the treasure right under your clan’s nose . ”

Qing Han and Mo Yi exchanged a look and snorted at the same time . Lu Yun had said something similar to Qing Hongchen before . Then, he’d almost gotten Qing Hongchen killed . In fact, the young man was still missing, if not dead .

“Enough chit chat,” snapped the old man in red . “Demonstrate your loyalty with action . Past noon, the Formation Orb, and this formation, will sink back into the river . Who knows when they’ll resurface again . ”

Once the island returned beneath the waters, not even a dao immortal would be able to gain access . The water of the river was deadly poisonous . Nothing could stay afloat on it, and nothing could survive within it .

With a nod, Qi Shenghui waved his hand, casting a beam of white light from his body and carving a path to the Dusk River through the terrifying layout of two principles . The path of light dimmed and faded once it entered the water; it seemed there was something in the river that blocked it .

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Immortals, Lu Yun sighed inwardly . A tomb raider and feng shui master like him could never break through a layout in such a way . This was something only the immortals of this world were capable of . Even if they couldn’t identify a layout, they could destroy it with raw power, or use a treasure .

The six of them walked along the white path and reached the riverbank .  

“You, follow the path onto the island and see what’s there,” Qi Shenghui ordered Mo Yi in a chilling tone .

The layout of two principles restricted anyone from soaring into the air . No one could take flight here, with or without a sword . They would have to rely on their feet to reach the island .

“Don’t . ” Lu Yun grabbed Mo Yi and shook his head before she could say anything .

“What? Do you want to take her place?” Qing Shenghui’s eyes shone murderously . He’d only allowed the three of them to live so they could be cannon fodder . He wasn’t going to allow the governor to latch onto the crown prince’s thigh .

“Take a good look at the river . She’ll be dead if she walks into the water,” Lu Yun scoffed . “Didn’t expect His Highness to take a simpleton under his wing . ”

“What did you say?!” Qi Shenghui flew into rage, his fair face flus.h.i.+ng beet red . How dare a qi transformation ant insult an august immortal?!

“Bodies! So many of them!” The old man in red looked down at the river reflexively, his expression changing drastically as a result . Qi Shenghui and the armored man followed suit .

Countless pale bodies floated in the river and moved with the waves, their eyes wide as the final moments of life slipped past them . Their empty gazes seemed to be fixed on the six of them .

Though the three of them were august immortals, they couldn’t help but shudder from the cold that worked up from the bottom of their hearts . Corpses themselves weren’t terrifying, but even immortals would be creeped out when countless bodies were staring at them .

“129,600 bodies . ” Two dark shadows flashed through his eyes as Lu Yun activated his Spectral Eye . “That’s the number of the one principle in Taiji philosophy . This is when one principle is used in chronology . One era is 129,600 years, and the layout in the river is a layout of one potential . ”

He abruptly lifted his head up to the sky and saw the sun hanging behind layers of mist, lifeless and dim . Lu Yun’s expression turned exceptionally dark .

“What’s wrong?” Qing Han asked, the first to notice Lu Yun’s change of expression .

“There’s a tomb for the living here,” Lu Yun looked at the island at the center of the river, “And we’ve stepped right into it . ”

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