Stone Coffin
Gui Ji rushed to guard the coffin. The individual in yellow blasted Gui Ji away with a hand. The desert eagle fiend king state thundered, “St-“
“Quiet!” The individual in yellow merely turned his head in the statue’s direction, yet it ended up in shambles in that split second.
Everyone flinched for it was their first time seeing such a skill.
The coffin jolted again, freaking them out again. An overwhelming energy escaped from the split in the centre of the coffin. It was hard to describe the sensation, but describing it as being ripped apart was the closest description for how the energy made them feel. They, therefore, held their breath and tried to control their emotions, with Tian Budai shielding everyone inside Celestial Star Shield so that they could maintain their ability to move. It was tough, but nobody wanted to take their eyes off the coffin.
The four sides of the coffin blew apart, revealing a heavy stone coffin. There was nothing eye catching about the crude exterior of the stone coffin, yet its energy suffocated them. Only Mu Yu and the individual in yellow were unaffected for a bewildering reason. That being said, Mu Yu could sense the pressure.
“What’s inside?” Mu Yu uttered.
“Go check it out,” suggested Xiaoshuai.
Mu Yu jumped up to the stone platform closest to the stone coffin. Indeed, the stone coffin was just a crude stone block.
The individual in yellow standing on the coffin stole a gander Mu Yu’s way. “Leave.”
Mu Yu was burning to go and stick his sword in Tian Budai. Nevertheless, aware that he’d end up dead instead, he flew toward the top of the cave.
“Hold it! Give me Desert Eagle Brilliance!” Long Xingyun tried to fly with all his might. Alas, the pressure dragged him back down after wobbling merely metres.
Mu Yu discovered he was at Desert Eagle Imperial City once he escaped the cave. There was nothing appearance-wise about the dead city that deviated from human cities. In saying that, its former prosperity was in tatters. He was at the city’s plaza, which was located at the heat of the city. The quaint fiend text on the platform there gave it the vibe of a sacrificial altar. A statue of Gui Ji in a stance for take-off was placed next to the altar, and Hai Dongqing was on his back.
A damaged formerly resplendent palace wall was visible not too far from the plaza. Judging from the investment dedicated to the palace, it was safe to bet that Hai Dongqing resided in the palace and not the underground palace.
The individual in yellow propelled himself and the stone coffin through the exit in the ceiling. He fired a stream of yellow spiritual energy to the sacrificial altar’s crack, shifting a stone block underneath the altar sideways to seal off the underground palace’s exit.
“If you don’t want the fiends or Celestial Star Sect to heckle you, leave Desert Eagle Imperial City now. They’ll soon find their way out of the palace,” suggested the individual in yellow.
Deeming it strange for the individual to be so focused on the coffin when Tian Budai and Long Xingyun overlooked it, Mu Yu questioned, “What’s inside the coffin?”
The individual in yellow flew off to the city doors without responding to the question.
Mu Yu admired the individual’s speed until a thought hit him. He cried, “Hey, why didn’t you apprehend that Gui Ji?! It has to be value if Celestial Star Sect and the fiends want it!”
Mu Yu would’ve rather the individual take Gui Ji than risk Celestial Star Sect taking it.
“Nobody can capture Gui Ji without Desert Eagle Brilliance.”
“Is he talking about the pagoda I snagged?”
Mu Yu checked the index-finger size pagoda. What he found was a miniature Gui Ji lying on the ground next to the small window.
“When did he get into the pagoda?” questioned Xiaoshuai.
“Was that a question for me?”
Mu Yu held the pagoda up close. Gui Ji scoffed, but the window blocked his smug face. Desert Eagle Brilliance was Gui Ji’s home; no wonder why everyone was so hostile toward him when they heard Desert Eagle Brilliance was on him.
The good news was, Mu Yu scored Desert Eagle Brilliance by a stroke of luck. The bad news was that he didn’t know anything about Gui Ji to tame him or locate the fiend king’s sealing spot.
“You not interested in Gui Ji at all?” Mu Yu shouted. Unfortunately, the individual in yellow was already gone. “Well, okay. Let’s get moving before Tian Budai and his cronies catch up.”
Mu Yu slipped through the ajar city doors. The yin corpses were still standing in place as per when he left. He switched back to Feng Mu’s appearance and started utilising his yin corpse army again. He moved aside the yin corpses crowding around the hole Greater Heaven Caster Lu was in.
Greater Heaven Caster Lu was so startled that he jumped to his feet. “Feng Mu? You’re all right? I saw the yin corpses swarm you. I th-, wait. You’re not a yin corpse, are you?”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu checked Mu Yu from head to toe for missing skin. Thankfully, Mu Yu was in one piece and just covered in filth.
“Greater Heaven Caster Lu, I am fine. They dragged me underground and tried to kill me; however, a mysterious man in yellow stopped them and spared me for some reason. I configured a mechanism as per his instructions, and then he let me go.”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu analysed the story. Since it explained how Mu Yu escaped with his life, he took the story with a grain of salt. Mu Yu helped him out of the hole and pointed to the city. “Celestial Star Sect and the fiends will be coming from there soon. The individual in yellow told us to leave as soon as possible because he is going to end the yin corpses after them.”
Since the doors were slightly open and the desert eagle statue was gone, Greater Heaven Caster Lu bought the story. He instructed, “Let’s get going, then. Tell me everything that took place after we get back. Everything.”
Mu Yu nodded while furtively commanding the yin corpses to move. Scared for dear life, Greater Heaven Caster Lu pulled Mu Yu along as fast as his legs could go.
“Yin Corpses, I’ll come back to teach you some morning exercises if I get the chance to. I’ll teach you, ‘The Era Calls for Me’. For now, I want you to lie in ambush at the city doors. Whoever comes through those doors, I want you to rip into him,” Xiaoshuai directed after leaving Yin Corpse Formation.
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