After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 910 The Mountain Lord's Tomb at the Bottom of the Lake, the One Who Broken His Veins Back Then!
"So, did you find anything?" Yang Wenguang's complexion had recovered somewhat, and he asked Chen Yang.

Chen Yang shook his head. "Let Elder Wu take a look first. Elder Yang, there's no need to rush."

Yang Wenguang nodded, but then couldn't help but say, "Xiao Yang, this centipede is probably not to be underestimated. Judging from its aura, it's likely a Dao True Realm being. You..."

He wanted to remind Chen Yang to be careful.

Chen Yang just smiled and said, "Don't worry, Elder Yang, Elder Wu is my partner, an absolutely trustworthy partner. He has a very good temperament and won't hurt people easily..."

Upon hearing this, Yang Wenguang was speechless.

He was worried that Chen Yang was unaware of the beast's threat, but now it seems that Chen Yang clearly knows how powerful this centipede is, so he no longer needs to worry about it.

Waited for a while.

The eight-winged centipede broke through the water's surface and flew out, then flew right in front of Chen Yang.

With a thought, something fell out of the storage space of the jade pendant around its waist.

Chen Yang reached out and caught it.

A fragment of black jade.

It's about the size of a washbasin, and it's also inscribed with some fragments of the Vajra Mantra.

"What's going on?" Chen Yang asked.

The eight-winged centipede shook off the water. "Beneath this basalt stone, there's a small water-repelling array that can conceal one's aura and block the detection of a primordial spirit. Inside the array is a small tomb. The entrance was probably sealed with this black jade before, but it's been destroyed. The tomb itself isn't very big, and it's empty; there's nothing there..."

There really is a tomb?

Is the water deep?

Chen Yang asked a question, as he wanted to go down and take a look.

"It's about forty or fifty meters deep. If you're not a good swimmer and aren't afraid of drowning, you can come down with me and take a look..." said the eight-winged centipede.

"With you here, what should I be afraid of?"

Chen Yang shook his head and turned to tell Yang Wenguang about the situation.

Upon hearing that there was a tomb below, Yang Wenguang immediately expressed his desire to go down and take a look, since it might be the tomb of his family's ancestor.

The two immediately took off their outer clothes, held their breath, and jumped into the water one after the other.

"Wow!"

Large splashes of water.

The way the two of them entered the water was rather unseemly.

Chen Yang wasn't a very good swimmer, but he just held his breath and sank down.

Before long, we arrived at the bottom of the lake.

There was a lot of silt at the bottom of the lake, and Chen Yang's doggy-paddle technique came in handy, stirring up the water and making the lakebed turbid.

The eight-winged centipede, like a snake, twists its body and runs incredibly fast.

The two followed behind it, approaching the area below the basalt's neck. The underwater world was pitch black. After swimming for about twenty meters, Chen Yang used his mental power to detect that a stone wall blocked their path.

The eight-winged centipede ignored them and crashed directly into the stone wall.

My body quickly blended in, as if I had passed through a curtain.

Like the maze at the entrance of the Jinjiashan Cave, it's just a smokescreen.

Chen Yang followed suit and passed right through the stone.

Suddenly, the space opened up before Chen Yang, revealing a slightly larger area and a cave entrance more than ten feet high.

On the ground in front of the cave entrance, there were many fragments of black jade scattered around, and there were also remnants of black jade around the edge of the cave entrance.

It's clear that there used to be a large piece of black jade blocking the opening, but for some reason, the jade shattered.

Therefore, this is the source of the black jade fragments.

"Elder Centipede, wasn't it supposed to be a water-avoiding formation? Why is it flooded here?" Chen Yang asked in surprise as he communicated with the eight-winged centipede using his mental power.

In his mind, a water-avoiding formation should be able to isolate water from the outside and form a bubble space at the bottom of the water, just like the land, with air.

The eight-winged centipede said, "This is indeed a water-repelling formation, at least it used to be. In fact, this formation even had a certain protective function. Even if an ordinary person found it, they might not be able to get in. However, this formation lacks energy support. Now, not only has it lost its protective function, but its water-repelling ability is also gone. The energy of the formation can only barely maintain the function of concealing one's presence..."

It turned out to be the case.

Chen Yang suddenly realized something, his gaze falling on the scattered fragments of black jade on the ground. "Could it be that this black jade seal also collapsed due to a lack of energy?"

"Hmm, it should be fine."

The eight-winged centipede said, "Those iron stakes severed the Xuanwu's neck and cut off the energy supply from the water and earth veins. This formation relied on the accumulated energy from the earth and water veins for many years, but finally collapsed due to insufficient energy. This black jade should have originally been integrated with the formation..."

Chen Yang nodded slightly, then immediately passed through the opening and entered the tomb.

The tomb is indeed not large, only a few dozen square meters, and is divided into two burial chambers, front and back, but now they are both flooded and empty.

The main burial chamber is about 60 to 70 square meters in size. In the middle is a stone coffin with some skeletal remains inside. On the ceiling of the burial chamber, there are some fragments of clothing and other miscellaneous items floating around.

There are several wall lamps on the surrounding walls, which shows that this place was definitely not in a state of being submerged in water before.

Chen Yang had seen several tombs of mountain lords, and this was not the most shabby. The most shabby was Chen Tianyang's tomb, but this was definitely the most tragic one, as it had been completely submerged in water.

Using his primordial spirit, Chen Yang searched the entire tomb chamber thoroughly, but found nothing useful, so he withdrew.

Although he is currently in the Creation Realm and has Creation True Qi in his body, which supports his physique and consumes oxygen in the absence of oxygen, holding his breath underwater for a long time is not very comfortable, and he cannot yet completely switch to internal breathing like someone in the Dao True Realm.

The entire tomb was empty, with nothing to see. Chen Yang and Yang Wenguang quickly withdrew from the water-avoiding formation.

"Wow!"

The two jumped out of the water and got back to shore.

He shook off the water from his body, used his inner energy to evaporate it, and put on his outer clothes.

"I never imagined that the legend was true; there really is a tomb in the lake."

Yang Wenguang's expression was rather unpleasant. There really was a tomb in Xuanwu Lake, right under the Xuanwu Stone.

Although the place was concealed by a magic array, it wasn't actually that hard to find. Over the past six hundred years, so many elders of the clan had searched for it, yet none of them had discovered it.

Chen Yang said, "The Xuanwu has been decapitated, the energy supply from the earth's veins and water veins has been cut off, and the energy of the array in the lake has been weakened. It can only maintain the basic function of concealing its aura. Otherwise, we wouldn't have found it so easily..."

Yang Wenguang said, "But that stone tablet has been standing here for almost thirty years, how come it's only now that a problem has arisen?"

"There's still some residual energy in the formation, which is probably keeping it alive until now," Chen Yang said casually.

In reality, the method of severing the veins was unprofessional. The Xuanwu's head was not completely severed, and the stone spirit of this Xuanwu stone was not dead. This is why the formation has been maintained for nearly thirty years, and only now has a problem.

Chen Yang said, "Old Yang, do you remember who the people who erected this monument were? And why do you think they were government officials?"

Yang Wenguang thought for a moment and said, "It should be the summer of 1996. There were five people in total. One of them should be at the Creation Realm, and the other four are at the Spirit Realm. One of the Spirit Realm experts is named Xiao Sanhuai, whom I have met a few times..."

"Xiao Sanhuai?"

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow. No wonder.

Xiao Sanhuai did indeed have an official position, and it is reasonable for Yang Wenguang to assume that it was done by the government because of Xiao Sanhuai.

What's more, when they left, they even erected a proper monument.

Yang Wenguang said, "So, Xiao Yang, do you think that the beheading of Xuanwu was not an official act?"

By this time, he would probably realize that he hadn't taken this matter seriously at all before. Even when it was revealed that Xiao Sanhuai had died and made a mistake, Yang Wenguang didn't think about it and only felt sorry for the man.

When he first met Xiao Sanhuai, Xiao Sanhuai was only at the late stage of the Spirit Realm, just like him. In fact, he was even a bit older than Xiao Sanhuai. But Xiao Sanhuai had already broken through to the Creation Realm, and his strength had increased rapidly. After breaking through to the Creation Realm, he was far ahead of everyone else. He was already at the late stage of the Creation Realm, while he was still at the late stage of the Spirit Realm. He could hardly catch up with him at all.

This person was exceptionally talented, had a bright future, and held a high position. Why did he have to be so foolish as to collude with the Gu God Cult? In the end, he met a tragic end, dying and disappearing from the world.

Looking back now, it seems that my lack of talent isn't so bad. What good is talent if you're still dead? On the contrary, I'm still alive and well.

Chen Yang said, "I can't say for sure yet. I'll check with Elder Wang from the association later and come back tonight to take another look."

Are you coming again tonight?

Yang Wenguang was puzzled. Hadn't they already looked inside and found the tomb empty? What were they doing coming back at night?
However, he didn't ask any further questions; he could just come back that evening, it wasn't far anyway.

The two then left.

Yang Wenhui waited with his grandson by the woods on the slope. He had witnessed what had just happened below.

We know they went into the water, but we don't know what they found.

When Yang Wenhui saw the eight-winged centipede, he was also quite frightened and could hardly move. Yang Tao, on the other hand, was not afraid at all and was very curious. If Yang Wenhui hadn't stopped him, the little guy probably would have insisted on touching it.

On the way back, Chen Yang briefly explained what he had discovered to Yang Wenhui.

After listening, Yang Wenhui's face also turned grim. "Can we tell what came out of the tomb from the marks in it?"

Recalling the ancient legends of the clan, the tomb in Xuanwu Lake is probably the tomb of Yang Ye, the ancestor of the Yang family. Now that the tomb has been opened, what kind of existence is sealed by the Vajra Divine Mantra?
They're having a hard time sleeping and eating until this matter is clarified.

Chen Yang shook his head. "The tomb has been flooded. Apart from a few skeletons in the coffin, there's nothing else. There's no trace left. However, you don't need to worry too much. The seal of the Vajra Mantra being broken doesn't necessarily mean that there are evil spirits inside. It's possible that there's nothing at all..."

Yang Wenhui and Yang Wenguang exchanged a glance. What Chen Yang said was only a possibility, an ideal situation. Who could say for sure what the actual situation would be?
In any case, we should always prepare for the worst and find out exactly what the situation is.

Yang Wenguang said, "Third brother, come with me to check the clan's records again later to see if there are any more detailed records. Also, Xiao Yang, I'll ask you to communicate with the association."

They had never paid any attention to the matter of the authorities sending people to disrupt the feng shui of Xuanwu Lake back then, but now that this has happened, it is very necessary to find out what happened back then.

Chen Yang nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Back in the village, Chen Yang called Wang Yuanchao, explained the situation, and then inquired about the severing of the Xuanwu Lake vein at Longtai Mountain years ago, asking him to help check the records to see if there were any.

If it's an official operation, then there will definitely be records.

After listening, Wang Yuanchao didn't mince words, only telling Chen Yang to wait and that he would get back to him later.

Searching for information will definitely take time, especially for something like this, which often requires verification from higher authorities. Chen Yang wasn't in a hurry and just waited.

If this was done by the authorities, Chen Yang wouldn't meddle. He would just let the authorities handle the aftermath. He had no reason to do something so thankless and exhausting, as there was no benefit in it for him.

But if it wasn't done by the authorities, we'll probably have to go back again. We still need to find out what exactly happened in Xuanwu Lake. Although there weren't any other useful clues left at the scene besides some broken fragments of the black jade seal, the fact that the spirit of the Xuanwu stone hadn't perished was the biggest clue.

During the day, Shi Ling tried to communicate with it, but the other party was too weak to communicate. This might be due to the strong yang energy caused by the direct sunlight during the day. Perhaps the situation would be better if they went again at night.

If we can communicate with the basalt stone, then we will know exactly what happened before.

……

Time flew by, and it was already evening.

Before dinner, Wang Yuanchao called Chen Yang. As expected, the association could not find any record of the incident.

In other words, what happened back then was Xiao Sanhuai's unauthorized action.

Yang Wenguang and Yang Wenhui spent the entire afternoon poring over clan records, but they still couldn't find detailed information about the cemetery in Xuanwu Lake.

The existence of a cemetery in Xuanwu Lake has been passed down orally among the Yang clan for many years, and its authenticity remains to be investigated. Naturally, not much written information has been left behind.

All my afternoon's work was wasted.

Chen Yang was not surprised by this result.

At dinner table.

"Old Yang, do you remember who came with Xiao Sanhuai back then?" Chen Yang asked.

Back then, Xiao Sanhuai was only at the late stage of the Spirit Realm, and his cultivation level was not among the top in that group.

Although Xiao Sanhuai is not officially a member of the Gu God Cult, he is the incarnation of Ding Huanchun's true self and has secret dealings with the Gu God Cult. Therefore, it is highly likely that the Gu God Cult was behind this.

If it was the Gu God Cult that did it, now that the Gu God Cult has been destroyed, there's no point in investigating further.

However, it's hard to say what other forces might be at play, and we still need to find out.

Yang Wenguang said, "Of those people, I only recognize Xiao Sanhuai. The others are all strangers. It's been almost thirty years, and I don't remember them much. I've been focused on cultivation these past few years. Back then, it was the third brother who received those people..."

At this point, Yang Wenguang looked at Yang Wenhui and asked, "Third brother, do you still remember those people from back then?"

Yang Wenhui thought carefully for a moment and said, "I don't have much of an impression of the others, but I do have a vague memory of that Creation Realm cultivator. Xiao Sanhuai called him Brother Youzhi, which is a somewhat feminine name that I remember quite well. As for his surname, I don't know..."

"Youzhi?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang felt a slight ripple in his heart.

Could it be Wang Youzhi? Is this related to Kunlun?

Chen Yang's brows furrowed immediately.

Seeing the strange look on his face, Yang Wenhui asked, "Have you heard of this person?"

“I don’t know which branch you’re referring to, but I do know someone named Wang Youzhi, but he’s already at the Dao True Realm…” Chen Yang said.

"Oh?" Yang Wenhui was slightly taken aback.

Yang Wenguang said, "Thirty years has passed. It's not impossible for someone who was at the Creation Realm back then to be at the Dao True Realm now. What is this person's background?"

"Eat first, then come to my room. I have something to show you."

Chen Yang had a general idea of ​​what was going on, so he didn't say anything more and just ate his meal in peace.

……

After dinner.

Yang Wenguang and Yang Wenhui arrived at Chen Yang's room. The two old men were quite curious, as Chen Yang was acting mysteriously and had something he wanted to show them.

Chen Yang reached into his backpack, pretending to take something out. He pulled something out of the system's inventory, and the two old men were so shocked when they saw it that they almost had a stroke.

A human head.

This kid, just like that, brazenly put human heads in his backpack?

Is that really so bold?
Fortunately, they were experienced people, unlike those inexperienced young people, and the two old men quickly calmed down.

"Why did you put this in your backpack?" Yang Wenhui couldn't understand it at all.

"Picked it up on the road."

Chen Yang said it casually.

Picked it up?

The two elders were both amused and exasperated upon hearing this. Could such a thing really be picked up on the road?
"Take a look, is this the person?" Without further ado, Chen Yang asked directly.

The two elders were slightly taken aback, but they kept their questions to themselves and began to carefully examine the head that Chen Yang had taken out.

It was still very fresh, and although it was covered in some dirt, it did not obscure its appearance.

"That's right, it's him!"

In just a moment, the two elders recognized him, completely certain of it.

Having confirmed his identity, Chen Yang understood and asked no further questions, then simply put Wang Youzhi's head away.

Yang Wenguang said, "Isn't this person at the Dao True Realm? How could he..."

How could he be dead? A Dao True Realm cultivator, such a powerful being, how could he be dead, and with his head still in your hands?

They won't believe any story about finding something they found.

"He was probably in a fight and lost, and I just happened to run into him..." Chen Yang shook his head, just giving a perfunctory answer.

This explanation is completely unconvincing.

Chen Yang didn't intend to tell them what happened at Jinjia Mountain. The matter had already involved Kunlun, and there was no need to involve the Yang family. With the Yang family's strength, they were nothing more than ants in front of an existence like Kunlun.

Furthermore, if they knew that there was an ancient cultivator's cave in Jinjia Mountain, they might even go there to explore, which is not a place they are allowed to go.

Chen Yang took a deep breath.

The matter is complicated by the involvement of the Pingtian Sect of Kunlun Jishi Mountain. Thirty years ago, they went to great lengths, impersonating officials, to sever the meridians at Xuanwu Lake, which was most likely related to the tomb in Xuanwu Lake.

What secrets did that cemetery hold?
It seems I have to find a way to communicate with that basalt.

(End of this chapter)