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Chapter 127 Night Exploration of the Imperial Tomb

The outskirts of Beijing, outside the imperial mausoleum.

The trees here grow in an unusually twisted way, like countless ghostly hands reaching towards the sky.

The wind rustling through the treetops didn't produce a rustling sound, but rather a low murmur, like a sob.

"stop."

The man at the front suddenly raised his hand and gestured for people to stop.

He was tall and carried a giant sword on his back; he was like a moving iron tower.

This is Qin Mo, the eldest disciple of the Criminal Law Hall of Tingtao Pavilion.

He was also the captain of this operation.

Three people followed behind him.

One was Old Zhou, an old detective from the Xuanzheng Division, with white hair and beard and holding a compass in his hand.

One was Wu Qian, a scout from Tingtao Pavilion, who was small and thin, almost blending into the shadows.

The last young man, dressed in a drab gray Taoist robe and seemingly unremarkable, was none other than Gu Shenyan.

"The ruins of the observatory are just ahead."

Wu Qian's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing the spirits of the dead here.

Gu Shenyan looked up.

On a solitary, low hill, several broken stone pillars lean towards the sky.

The ground was covered with rubble and overgrown with weeds.

It looked like an ordinary set of ruins.

But Gu Shenyan narrowed his eyes.

[Warning! High concentration of Yin energy detected!]

[Warning! The spiritual energy flow ahead is abnormal, exhibiting a vortex-like structure!]

In his view, the ruins were shrouded in a layer of black mist invisible to the naked eye.

The black mist was slowly rotating, like a giant funnel, continuously devouring the surrounding earth's spiritual energy.

There's a problem.

Gu Shenyan said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Old Zhou frantically spun the compass in his hand, and the pointer finally pointed firmly to the center of the ruins.

"Such a heavy yin energy!"

Old Zhou's expression changed.

"Not only is this place concealed by an array, but—it's a living array!"

"Someone is disturbing the earth's ley lines here!"

Qin Mo drew the giant sword from behind him, its blade shimmering with runes.

"Be careful, go in and take a look."

The four held their breath and slowly approached the ruins.

The further you go in, the more chilling the atmosphere becomes.

It felt like countless ice needles were drilling into the gaps in my bones.

"Over here."

Gu Shenyan suddenly stopped and pointed to a seemingly ordinary pile of rocks.

"The earth's energy here is cut off."

Wu Qian immediately stepped forward, pulled out a strange shovel, and carefully cleared away the rubble.

really.

Beneath the jumbled rocks, a dark cave entrance was revealed.

Around the cave entrance, there were still some fresh traces of soil being turned over. Although they had been deliberately covered up, they could not escape the eyes of professionals.

"It's the secondary entrance to that teleportation array."

Old Zhou took a closer look, and his expression became even more grim.

"This rune—has been altered."

"The Imperial Talisman, which was originally used to suppress the earth's energy, has now been changed into the Yin Gathering Talisman."

"What exactly are these lunatics trying to do?"

Qin Mo snorted coldly: "We'll find out when we go down and take a look."

"Wu Qian leads the way, Elder Zhou is in the middle, and Junior Brother Gu brings up the rear."

"Down!"

The passageway was narrow and damp, and the walls were covered with slippery moss.

The four moved silently, like raccoons.

As they went deeper, a nauseating stench assaulted their nostrils.

That wasn't just ordinary corpse odor.

It was a mixture of medicinal, bloody, and stale, decaying smells.

They descended about a hundred feet.

Suddenly, everything became clear.

This is a huge underground natural cave.

In the center of the cave stands an ancient stone altar.

The altar is octagonal and covered with densely packed star maps.

But at this moment, these star charts are emitting an eerie, blood-red light.

"That is—"

Around the altar, there were seven or eight shriveled corpses scattered about.

The corpses were wearing armor that had long since rotted, but it was still possible to vaguely discern that it was the uniform of the imperial guards of the previous dynasty.

But their deaths were extremely gruesome.

It was as if all the blood and essence in his body had been drained in an instant, and his skin clung tightly to his bones, giving it an eerie grayish-black color.

And in the forehead of each of these corpses, there was a black bone nail inserted!

"It's the 'Soul-Eating Nail' from the 'Shadow Banyan'!"

Wu Qian gasped.

"They're exploiting the dead!"

Old Zhou's hand holding the jade slip containing the photograph was trembling slightly.

"Not just the dead."

He pointed to several broken pottery jars on the edge of the altar.

That's the "Blood-Activating Fiend."

"They performed human sacrifices here!"

"Using the blood of the living to irrigate the corpses of these former dynasties, and then utilizing the earth's ley lines here, to cultivate an extremely terrifying..."

The terrifying "corpse-like aura".

"They're charging that ancient teleportation array!"

Gu Shenyan felt a chill run down his spine.

This is hardly a smuggling ring.

This is clearly a cult!

Using the deathly aura of the imperial tomb, combined with the resentment of the living, they forcibly broke through the ancient formation's seal.

This method is absolutely outrageous!

"Quick, write it down!"

Qin Mo let out a low shout and gripped the greatsword in his hand even tighter.

"We shouldn't stay here any longer. Let's gather the evidence and leave!"

Just as Gu Shenyan raised the specially made talisman in his hand, preparing to conduct a full-scale scan of the altar.

"Click."

A crisp cracking sound suddenly rang out in the silent cave.

Gu Shenyan's heart pounded wildly.

[WARNING! Extremely dangerous!]

[Three o'clock position! Five o'clock position! Twelve o'clock position!]

"Get down!"

Before Gu Shenyan could even think, he roared and instinctively lunged to the side.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Just as he fell, dozens of jet-black bone spikes shot down from the shadows at the top of the cave with a piercing whistling sound!

"Jingle bells!"

Qin Mo reacted extremely quickly, instantly wielding his greatsword to create a screen of light, blocking all the bone spikes that were aimed at the group.

Even so, the enormous impact still forced him to take two steps back.

"Who goes there?!"

Qin Mo roared, his voice like thunder.

"Hehehehe————"

A chilling laugh echoed through the cave.

"I just wanted to catch a few rats."

"I never expected to catch several big fish."

The shadows in the cave twisted slightly.

Three figures dressed in black robes and wearing pale white masks slowly emerged.

The leader had a gloomy aura, and his body was surrounded by visible black energy.

Within that black mist, one could vaguely hear the wailing of wronged souls.

"Forging the Realm of Law —"

Old Zhou's face turned deathly pale instantly.

The intelligence is incorrect!

There's actually a heretical cultivator at the Forging Law Realm here!

Moreover, judging from this aura, it is several times stronger than Zhao Yuanlang's back then!

"Two at the peak of Spiritual Essence, one at the half-step Forging Technique, and one more—"

The leader of the evil cultivators swept his gaze across the crowd, finally settling on Gu Shenyan, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.

"A little baby in the late stage of Spirit Gathering?"

"Is Tingtao Pavilion deserted? They're sending out trash like this to their deaths?"

Gu Shenyan slowly got up and patted the dirt off his body.

His face showed no fear, only calmness.

Extreme calmness.

"Senior brother, you're in charge of that one."

Gu Shenyan's voice was soft, yet it reached everyone's ears clearly.

"Give the skinny guy on the left to Old Zhou and Wu Qian."

"The one on the right—"

His gaze locked onto a heretical cultivator wielding a bone blade.

"Leave it to me."

Qin Mo gave him a deep look.

Hang in there.

"kill!"

No unnecessary words.

Qin Mo roared, his whole body blazing with golden light, like a war god descending to earth, and rushed straight towards the evil cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

The battle erupted instantly!

The entire cave was thrown into chaos.

The evil cultivator wielding the bone blade grinned maliciously as he saw Gu Shenyan charging towards him.

"You ignorant fool!"

"Remember, the one who killed you is Shadow Banyan Blood Fiend!"

He blurred into a blur, his bone blade carrying a foul stench, aiming straight for Gu Shenyan's throat.

fast!

too fast!

But this is only from the perspective of ordinary people.

In Gu Shenyan's eyes, which had activated "accelerated thinking," the other party's movements, though fast, were not without clues.

"Power up with your left foot, shift your weight forward, and create an opening on your right side."

Gu Shenyan silently recited in his heart.

Just as the bone blade was about to touch his skin...

"puff!"

Gu Shenyan's figure suddenly dispersed.

It's not about avoiding.

Instead, it turned into a cloud of white mist!

Mist Transformation Technique!

The evil cultivator's slash missed its mark, causing him to pause in surprise.

"What kind of trick is this?!"

In the instant he was stunned...

"Splash!"

Suddenly, a clear spring gushed forth from within that cloud of white mist.

The clear spring water instantly transformed in mid-air into three sharp ice spikes, shooting towards the evil cultivator's face in a triangular formation.

"A trivial skill!"

The evil cultivator snorted coldly and swung his knife to parry.

"Ding ding ding!"

The ice pick was easily shattered.

But what Gu Shenyan wanted was never to kill enemies with these few ice spikes.

Just as the ice pick shattered.

"rise!"

Gu Shenyan's figure appeared behind the evil cultivator.

He formed a hand seal, his eyes flashing with a sharp light.

The broken ice shards did not fall to the ground, but instead turned into countless tiny water droplets.

next second.

All those water droplets actually sprouted!

Countless dark green vines, like wildly growing weeds, instantly wrapped tightly around the evil cultivator's legs!

"Water nourishes wood, thus binding it!"

The heretical practitioners were terrified.

What kind of bizarre magic is this?!

How could water instantly turn into wood?!

He struggled desperately, trying to cut the vines with his knife.

But those vines are extremely resilient; if you cut one off, two more will immediately grow back.

This is the terrifying aspect of "Five Elements Overlapping Waves".

Live endlessly!

"die!"

Gu Shenyan gave him no chance to breathe.

He threw out a stack of "Explosive Flame Talismans" that he had already folded in his hand without any hesitation.

Although he has not yet fully mastered the technique of "wood generating fire".

But he can use money to buy it!

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The loud explosion echoed through the narrow cavern.

The flames engulfed the figure of the evil cultivator.

Gu Shenyan did not lower his guard; instead, he retreated rapidly.

He knew that this level of attack wouldn't be enough to kill a demonic cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Gathering stage.

But he succeeded.

He held off his opponent and even gained the upper hand!

however.

The battlefield is ever-changing.

Just as Gu Shenyan was about to deliver the finishing blow.

The evil cultivator at the Forging Realm who was engaged in a fierce battle with Qin Mo suddenly let out an impatient snort.

"A bunch of useless people, they can't even handle a little kid."

"Get out of here!"

He suddenly struck out with his palm.

A terrifying, pitch-black palm print sent Qin Mo flying.

Qin Mo coughed up blood and slammed heavily against the rock wall.

Followed by.

The evil cultivator in the Forging Realm suddenly turned his head.

Those eyes, like those of a venomous snake, were fixed on Gu Shenyan.

To be precise.

It was locked onto the recording talisman in Gu Shenyan's arms, which was constantly flashing with light.

"Leave the evidence."

"Life, too, shall be spared."

Before he could finish speaking...

A gigantic black ghost claw, formed entirely from Yin energy, appeared out of thin air above Gu Shenyan's head.

With an oppressive force that made it suffocate, it grabbed down hard!

That was a full-force attack from a master of the Forging Realm!

It's simply not something Gu Shenyan can withstand in his current state.

"Move!"

Gu Shenyan tried desperately to move his body.

But under that terrifying aura of control, he could hardly move a single finger.

The shadow of death instantly enveloped his entire being.

Could it be that...?

Am I going to die here?

Do not!

A hint of madness flashed in Gu Shenyan's eyes.

Since there's no way to avoid it.

Then—blow it up!

His hand reached towards the deepest part of the storage bag—a life-saving card he'd swiped from Lu Banxian.