“???”
The atmosphere in the entire venue froze for a moment as everyone watched Li Mo nonchalantly take hold of the other hand of Cold Fairy. The expressions on their faces varied, mostly with a dazed look.
For the sake of safety.
Where did this entrance to the underground palace resemble having a teleportation array?
In the crowd, the disciples of Hengyun Sword City stood expressionlessly, silently moving a little further away.
“Younger Brother, shall we go up and greet Young Hero Li?”
Wei Zhaoliu was taken aback; her hair had grown back to ear-length.
Mm-hmm, since Ying Bing isn’t at Hengyun Sword City, she doesn’t need to cut her hair every day to show her determination.
She turned around and looked at her fellow disciples who had all become mere bystanders, feeling puzzled. After all, she thought Li Mo was quite decent.
“Senior Sister, aren’t you full?”
Wu Chushu bared his teeth, feeling his gums turn sour.
“Why do your gums feel sour?”
“Can’t you smell the stench of that couple’s happiness? You’re still going to eat it?”
“What is ‘couple’s happiness’?”
Wei Zhaoliu looked bewildered.
Bai Jinghong understood his sword-crazy senior sister better. He said seriously,
“Senior Sister, when we see Miss Ying later, you won’t be able to keep your hair.”
“…”
Wei Zhaoliu fell silent for a moment before nodding:
“It would indeed be inappropriate to go up and greet them now.”
Before long, a sinister wind began to blow from the deep entrance of the underground palace, accompanied by eerie roars that didn’t sound human.
“What’s that sound?”
Everyone who heard it felt their hearts quiver.
For a moment, many people swallowed hard, gazing at the deep entrance of the underground palace, feeling as if it could devour people.
“Let us go in.”
Jiang Yu was the first to step into the entrance of the underground palace.
Tan Zhuyin was initially afraid of danger and unwilling to be the one to lead the way, but seeing Jiang Yu enter, he feared being outmaneuvered.
Thus, he gave a sinister glance at Li Mo before leading his people into the underground palace.
“Could that sound… be a zombie?”
Li Mo, holding Ice Chunk’s hand, pondered.
“Zombie? That term isn’t accurate,” Ying Bing gently shook her head.
“Yes, more precisely, it is a special existence among zombies.”
A voice suddenly sounded behind them.
Li Mo raised an eyebrow, feeling annoyed hearing this voice; he was clearly a gentle gentleman, so how could just a voice make him feel irritated?
“Young Hero Li, we meet again.”
Tian Miao revealed a pale smile.
“You… why are you here?”
“I followed the guidance of the heavens and came to be by your side.”
As soon as Tian Miao spoke, she started off with old riddles, the kind that were annoying.
“Young Hero Li, perhaps you think the nickname on the Qianlong List sounds unpleasant, but it is the will of our master. She values cause and effect, and there must be a reason for what she does.”
Li Mo squinted his eyes: “You’d better have a good reason for finding me.”
So, riddle-tellers are really annoying.
What made it even more troublesome was that the riddle-teller wasn’t pretending, but truly had something to say.
“I wish to explore the tomb, so I want to go with you all,” Tian Miao said seriously.
“Then why don’t you follow the Crown Prince instead? Why join us?”
“No, it’s better to follow you.”
“Then give me a reason to let you come along.”
Li Mo feared that halfway through, he might not be able to resist pulling out a forty and giving her a tap on the back of her head.
“I am sufficiently knowledgeable and understand the principles of yin and yang, the five elements, feng shui, and mechanisms. I can also predict fortune and misfortune.”
Tian Miao pointed at the dark entrance:
“For example, those ‘drought demons’ in the tomb.”
“Drought demons?”
Tian Miao opened her mouth calmly, speaking about ancient knowledge.
Those beings were neither monsters, nor ghosts, nor living creatures. They were bodies devoid of consciousness souls, kept from decay by the nourishment of spiritual and demonic energy, driven by unresolved grievances or residual desires.
Ordinary zombies usually absorb solar and lunar essence, but the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths have been extinct for a long time.
Drought demons absorb spiritual and demonic energy, becoming increasingly powerful and generating various supernatural phenomena.
For instance, the appearance of a drought demon can cause severe droughts, making it the most well-known type.
There are also fire demons that ignite raging fires and earth demons that cause earthquakes.
The most troublesome for humans is the hunger demon, which, upon appearing, causes widespread famine…
“Stop! I get it, welcome to the team.”
Li Mo waved his hand, signaling no further words were needed.
The Heavenly Eye of Fate has its limitations; it can only see humans, or at least those with a semblance of humanity, like Senior Apprentice Brother Xiao Bao…
Just now, he hadn’t been idle either. He used the Heavenly Eye of Fate to scan everyone present.
Among those worth remembering were the few from Hengyun Sword City, several blue, some with a hint of purple, and even a few purely purple investment targets.
Of course, there was one who came directly at him.
[Name: Zhu Jiji]
[Age: 56]
[Talent: Yin-Yang Concealed Killing Body.]
[Realm: First Heaven of External Manifestation.]
[Fate: Blue with a hint of purple]
[Evaluation: Due to suffering from eye disease, he was mocked by others, so at ten years old, he killed those who mocked him. At thirteen, he joined bandits and later, due to frequent confusion between friend and foe, he was expelled. Coincidentally, during the trial of Misty Rain Tower, he joined the tower. Later, he attempted to assassinate the eldest son of Thunderbolt Fortress, earning the reputation of ‘indiscriminate killing, leaving no man or beast.’ Hearing that Yin Yang Hall of the Huanmo Sect could cure various difficult ailments, he left Misty Rain Tower to join the sect.]
From bandit to assassin to member of the Huanmo Sect.
Well, life gets more complicated over time.
[Recent Encounter: Accepted two freelance jobs, both assassinations targeting Li Mo and Ying Bing, deciding to k*ll two birds with one stone.]
“First Heaven of External Manifestation…”
Li Mo looked at the figure’s back, his gaze fading as he disappeared from the entrance of the underground palace.
After a while, most of the people left in the venue were hesitant wanderers.
Li Mo also put away his small dagger and went down the underground palace with the three of them.
At first, it was very narrow, barely allowing a person to pass…
Alright, the entrance was actually quite large, but the darkness made the space seem vast and empty. Just moments ago, so many people had entered, yet now, not even the sound of footsteps could be heard.
Only the sound of three pairs of feet echoed, the silence was so profound that one could hear their own heartbeat.
Li Mo took out a pearl of night light, dispelling the thick darkness.
As far as his eyes could see, he couldn’t spot a single person.
“So many people…”
Li Mo couldn’t help but mutter.
Tian Miao pondered for a moment and said, “They are not in the same underground palace.”
“?”
Li Mo turned to look at the entrance of the underground palace, but found that the area behind him had turned pitch black, with no trace of light.
Ying Bing gripped her sword: “This underground palace… is moving.”
A moving maze?
This underground palace, which had been buried deep underground for many years, was still moving?
“We should head for the main burial chamber.”
Little Li recalled the tomb-robbing novels he read in his previous life.
Tian Miao unexpectedly glanced at him and nodded, the ornaments on her head jingling slightly:
“Now, we need to confirm which period this tomb belongs to.”
Tombs from different eras have vastly different structures and layouts. Moreover, this underground palace is moving.
Tian Miao’s eyes lit up with excitement:
“If we can’t find the solution to this place…”
“We might be trapped here forever, never to see the sun again.”
Li Mo: “?”
So, why are you excited?
