Covering the Sky: I, Wang Teng, truly lack the bearing of an emperor.

Chapter 185 Each with their own reasonable guesses

Duan De was unsure of what to do.

But his intuition told him that something was very wrong.

Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, as I came to my senses, the "old scholar's" calmness and professionalism immediately took over my mind.

“Something’s not right. That figure does seem familiar…” Duan De pondered the information he had gleaned from that brief glimpse.

"Familiar? Big brother, don't scare me!" Wu Liang spoke up at the right moment.

He never expected that Duan De would actually take him with him when they encountered danger.

To be fair, this performance was not bad.

So he decided to fool Duan De one more time.

Duan De was stunned for a moment, not realizing what Wu Liang was afraid of.

“We walk underground, and all we see and come into contact with are corpses. If you think they look familiar…” Wu Liang began, his voice trembling slightly.

Duan De also came to his senses.

"Stop talking! I'm starting to get scared too!" Duan De quickly waved his hand, stopping Wu Liang from continuing.

They spent years walking through the great tomb, and what they came into contact with most were the corpses of powerful figures. Wu Liang's meaning was already very clear.

Duan De also started to back down.

He wouldn't be so afraid if there was only a black dog, or even just a familiar-looking figure.

The key point is that these two things appeared together!

Black dogs are traditionally believed to ward off evil spirits, but many things can backfire when taken to extremes!

The terror of seeing a black dog alongside a creature that is likely dead is far greater than simply seeing a dead creature!

In particular, that damn black dog even stood up like a person!
"The gods?" Duan De muttered to himself.

Such things have always been born only among the strong, and generally only appear at the level of ancient sages.

Coincidentally, Duan De had actually participated in the "archaeological work" of the tombs of ancient sages. He had even visited the tomb of the Green Emperor. What else wouldn't he dare to do?
That's why Duan De was afraid.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Of course, the main reason is that their current environment is different.

If this had happened elsewhere, Duan De wouldn't have been so worried.

But now they are at the former site of the Yaochi Holy Land!

This place has been abandoned for hundreds of thousands of years.

Even ancient books cannot provide any useful information.

There are only two possibilities for how the other party was able to find this place: either they are disciples of Yaochi who have returned to pay their respects, but the figure just now did not seem to be a woman, so this possibility can be ruled out directly.

Another possibility is that the other party is an ancient monster from hundreds of thousands of years ago, who knows some information from the past, which is why it was able to find its way back!
Suddenly, Duan De understood, and felt even more frightened...

On the other hand, the more Black Emperor thought about it, the more something seemed off.

"Kid, why don't we run? Something's not right here at Yaochi!" Black Emperor said, urging Ye Fan to run away quickly.

"But I haven't fully obtained the Western Emperor Scripture yet." Ye Fan hesitated.

On one hand, there was the Western Emperor Scripture, hailed as the strongest in the Dao Palace Secret Realm; on the other hand, there was a creature of unknown origin. He was somewhat shaken.

Most importantly, before arriving at the old site of Yaochi, the Black Emperor grinned and said all the way that only he could bring people to the old site of Yaochi.

Then, they encountered other "creatures" here.

It would be a lie to say you are not worried.

"Stop looking for the Western Emperor Scripture! I'm really worried that guy is the reason the Jade Pool Holy Land was relocated back then! If we stay, we might face a crisis!" Black Emperor grinned, revealing sharp teeth, his dog-like face full of worry. Ye Fan was also worried about this.

"How about you write down any other ancient scriptures you know for me? Then we can run away together?" Ye Fan glanced at Black Emperor and asked.

"You really don't want to suffer even the slightest loss!" Black Emperor glanced at Ye Fan, thinking that this kid was no pushover.

In the end, they did not leave.

Since Ye Fan had already obtained a portion of the Western Emperor Scripture Dao Palace Scroll, another attempt would likely allow him to obtain the complete Dao Palace Scroll, so he was unwilling to give up easily.

Although Black Emperor was not very willing, it did not dare to leave on its own, fearing that the figure was hiding somewhere watching it. So it could only reluctantly huff and puff as it followed Ye Fan.

On the other hand, Duan De was also unwilling to give up easily.

"Everyone is here!"

"This is the old site of Yaochi! Although the books have been taken away, the fact that dog demons and ghosts are rushing here suggests that there are likely other treasures!"

"We can't possibly go back empty-handed!"

Duan De spoke, seemingly to comfort Wu Liang, but in reality, he was trying to convince himself.

Having finally made it to the old site of Yaochi, how could he possibly be willing to leave empty-handed?

Being afraid doesn't mean you have to back down!
If he were really just running away out of fear, then he wouldn't have attacked the Holy Land families time and time again in the Southern Region of the Eastern Wilderness!

Therefore, Duan De hypnotized himself and decisively stayed.

Wu Liang nodded almost without hesitation, agreeing to accompany Duan De to explore the area.

He knew from the beginning that Duan De would not give up so easily.

Over the next few days, they proceeded cautiously, continuing to explore the old site of Yaochi while also avoiding another person and dog!
The same applies to Ye Fan and the Black Emperor.

Black Emperor carefully protected Ye Fan, practically hiding him under his belly, and led him back to that cliff.

Ye Fan was completely numb.

"You call yourself the Black Emperor, yet you act so cowardly. What kind of behavior is this?" Ye Fan said with a dark face.

At this moment, the dead dog Black Emperor was trembling on Ye Fan's back, standing upright, with its entire body almost completely hidden behind him.

"Guess why I was able to outlive my contemporaries and be called Emperor?" the Black Emperor said matter-of-factly.

Ye Fan was speechless for a moment. What this dead dog said made a lot of sense!

"I'm warning you, don't pee on my back!" Ye Fan said, reminding Black Emperor.

Black King was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening, bared his teeth, opened his blood-red maw, and bit down directly at Ye Fan's shoulder.

Ye Fan's expression changed, and he tightly pursed his lips, preventing himself from making a sound.

Then, the man and the dog almost got into a fight.

The reason they didn't fight was because they were worried about another unidentified creature. If they attracted that guy, no one knew what would happen.

"I'm warning you, don't treat me like one of those ordinary dogs!" Black King cursed.

At the same time, it also thought to itself, "This guy's body is really tough!"

Ye Fan returned to the precipice to continue his study of the remaining scrolls of the Western Emperor's Scripture Palace.

Black Emperor cautiously looked around, not to protect Ye Fan, but simply to make it easier for himself to escape.

With Black King carefully surveying the surroundings, it would detect any movement immediately!

Meanwhile, three zhang underground, Duan De and Wu Liang were diligently carrying out archaeological work...

(End of this chapter)