Catching Monsters

Chapter 444 Map
Tuoba Anyi was dumbfounded. He stared at Jiang Yun and said in a deep voice, "Brother, I can go in by myself..."

“No, that won’t do. If there’s any danger in here, I can go with my brother and maybe he can help me out.”

Tuoba Anyi's expression darkened, and he was about to refuse again when Jiang Yun's magical power gradually emanated from him. The oppressive aura of a third-grade Celestial Master instantly rushed towards Tuoba Anyi.

Jiang Yun put his hand on Tuoba Anyi's shoulder and pulled him inside: "Brother, things are different now. You can't beat me in a fight. It's better to listen to me."

Seeing this, Tuoba Anyi felt somewhat helpless and could only keep comforting himself, thinking to himself that Jiang Yun might just be purely curious.

That's right, as long as he doesn't say what that thing is, Jiang Yun won't know either!
Pushing open the door of the house in the courtyard, behind the spacious room lies a secluded cave.

The cave is about two meters high and is quite dark inside, with no end in sight.

However, lanterns were prepared inside the house. Jiang Yun and Tuoba Anyi lit the lanterns and slowly walked into the strange cave.

Inside the spacious cave, the ground and walls on both sides were quite damp, and a lot of moss had grown on the ground as a result.

Jiang Yun and Tuoba Anyi walked inside one after the other.

After walking about 100 meters, we reached the end of the cave.

At the end, there was a wooden box about half a meter wide, the contents of which were unknown.

Jiang Yun suddenly stopped, while Tuoba Anyi's eyes lit up with excitement when he saw the wooden box, and he instinctively prepared to run forward.

But Jiang Yun grabbed his wrist.

Tuoba Anyi immediately turned to stare at Jiang Yun: "Brother, what are you doing?"

“There’s a barrier.” Jiang Yun said calmly, “If you try to break through now, you’ll be discovered immediately by the person who set up the barrier.”

"Given the strength displayed by that Sect Leader Shan Tiangang, neither of us could leave this place alive."

Upon hearing this, Tuoba Anyi slowly approached, and as Jiang Yun had said, there was a transparent barrier less than a meter away from the wooden box.

"Is there a way to break this barrier?" Tuoba Anyi asked in a deep voice.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yun nodded and said, "Yes, there is, but you have to tell me first what's inside that wooden box."

Upon hearing this, Tuoba Anyi licked his lips and said in a deep voice, "I don't know either..."

"Do you think I believe you?" Jiang Yun said, turning to leave.

Unexpectedly, upon seeing this, Tuoba Anyi grabbed Jiang Yun's hand instead: "Brother, you can't leave now, you have to help your older brother."

Tuoba Anyi's strength was only at the fourth rank, so it was nothing short of a pipe dream for him to pass through this barrier without being discovered by anyone.

Inside the dark cave, Jiang Yun's lips curled into a smile, but he quickly looked troubled: "Since you don't want to tell me what's inside, I won't press you."

"But once we cross the barrier, we'll probably attract the pursuit of that Sect Leader Shan."

"I'm not going to take such a big risk for something that has nothing to do with me, and I don't even know what it is."

Upon seeing this, Tuoba Anyi swallowed hard, his face showing hesitation, but Jiang Yun had already quickly left.

All he could say was, "It's a map of the Holy Tomb!"

"This contains a map of the Holy Tomb!"

Map of the Holy Tomb?

Upon hearing these four words, Jiang Yun frowned slightly. He turned to look at Tuoba Anyi and said, "Are you lying to me?"

"The Demon Spirit Cult supports the rebel army's uprising, one of its purposes being to find the whereabouts of the Holy Tomb."

"If they had a map of the Holy Tomb, would they need to go to such great lengths?"

Tuoba Anyi said in a deep voice, "This is a map of the interior of the Holy Tomb... It is divided into two volumes."

"The Holy Tomb is fraught with danger. Without a map, it would be extremely difficult to survive inside."

"The map from the first volume can be found within the Demon Spirit Cult."

"That's why I came here too." Tuoba Anyi said earnestly, "We're sworn brothers, so if you help me get this item, I'll make a copy for you, how about it?"

Jiang Yun shook her head: "Not interested."

As he was about to leave, he reminded Tuoba Anyi, "Don't touch this barrier carelessly. After I leave this cave, you can do whatever you want with it."

Tuoba Anyi took a deep breath and asked loudly, "Brother, you are only in your early twenties and you have already become a third-grade Celestial Master. Given time, you may be able to reach the first grade, or even transcend the mortal realm and become a saint."

"Don't you want to cross the other shore and reach the legendary Holy Land?" Jiang Yun turned around: "Does whether or not I become a Holy Land have anything to do with this Holy Tomb map?"

Seeing this, Tuoba Anyi nodded: "What do you think?"

"Don't be a riddle-maker, just get straight to the point."

After hearing Jiang Yun's words, Tuoba Anyi scratched his head and said, "I don't know the specific relationship between these things, I've only vaguely heard the experts in the clan mention them."

"There is a strange rule in the cultivation world."

"The closer a master's strength is to the Saint Realm, the more likely they are to die suddenly at a certain stage."

Tuoba Anyi paused at this point, then said, "No one knows the specific reason."

"This is also why no sage has appeared for many years."

"Think about it, although there are very few experts at the first-grade level, there are still experts in your Great Zhou Kingdom, as well as us Hu people, including the Buddhist Kingdom in the west."

"There must be quite a few experts at the first-grade level."

"You couldn't count them all even with two hands, could you?"

“Experts who can reach the first rank are all geniuses. It would be unreasonable to say that none of them have the ability to break through to the saint realm.”

Tuoba Anyi said, "But of the original three sacred tombs, two have been discovered."

"And two people subsequently became saints."

"In everyone's eyes, finding the sacred tomb is the opportunity to become a saint."

Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly said, "No, brother, you're only at the fourth rank. What does becoming a saint have to do with you?"

Upon hearing this, Tuoba Anyi remained silent for a long while before refusing to speak, only uttering the words: "This matter has nothing to do with you."

Jiang Yun paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, pondering how to safely pass through the barrier.

No, the person who set up this barrier is probably Shan Tiangang.

It's impossible to pass through the barrier undetected and take what's inside.

Unless something can hold back Shan Tiangang.

But Dan Tiangang's strength...

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun said, "I'm going out for a bit. Remember that it will take about an incense stick's time. Once you get the item through the barrier, find a way to get down the mountain."

"I will find a way to distract Shan Tiangang."

After saying that, Jiang Yun quickly walked out of the cave.

Watching Jiang Yun's retreating figure, Tuoba Anyi wanted to ask, "What if Jiang Yun can't hold him off..."

But Jiang Yun had already gone far away.

Of course, the problem is quite simple: if he can't hold out, Tuoba Anyi can just wait to die.

……

boom.

In the courtyard of the Buddhist temple's side rooms, the Xingxing had already completely destroyed all the side rooms.

In particular, when the Xingxing lifted the roof of the room where Jiang Yun had previously lived and saw the array inside the house and the tiny figure in the center of the array that looked exactly like itself, it went berserk and completely destroyed the entire house.

At this moment, Shan Tiangang also made his move. Although the Xingxing was quite strong, Shan Tiangang's abilities were even better.

At this moment, the Xingxing was struck down by Shan Tiangang and fell to the ground, unable to get up.

Holding the large sword in his hand, Shan Tiangang watched as the wounds he had inflicted on the Xingxing were slowly healing, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

This evil thing is quite extraordinary.

"Beast, if you can understand me, kneel down and become my demonic pet, and I might spare your life!"

Upon hearing its words, the Xingxing became even more ferocious, opening its blood-red maw and attacking Shan Tiangang once again.

The two sides were once again locked in fierce combat.

(End of this chapter)