There’s something wrong with this forest.
David stopped, his purple eyes scanning his surroundings. “The atmosphere inside is too chaotic. There are demonic beasts, poisonous insects, and space traps. If we enter rashly, it could be dangerous.”
Wu Yuan took out a piece of jade from his sleeve, examined it with his divine sense, and after a moment raised his head with a somewhat serious expression.
“This forest is not listed on the jade stele. The information collected by the Chamber of Commerce does not contain any information about this forest.”
No information.
This means that everything here is unknown.
Uncertainty means danger.
“Just skip the detour,” David decided immediately. “Pass from the edge of the forest.”
The group passed through the forest and continued along the dry river bed on the north side.
After walking for about an hour, the scenery ahead changed again.
The dry riverbed disappeared, replaced by a vast swamp.
The swamp was filled with black mud, from which bubbles rose, releasing a pungent poisonous gas when they burst.
White bone fragments and rotting plant remains floated on the surface of the swamp. Occasionally, some skeletons could be seen half buried in the mud. The skeletons were of different colors, some white, some golden, and some black, representing powerful individuals of different races and cultivation levels.
A thick layer of gray mist enveloped the swamp, which was filled with strong poisonous gas and spatial cracks.
Anything that flew over the swamp would be eroded by the poisonous gas and shattered into pieces by the spatial cracks.
“Just skip it.” David made that decision again.
The group circled the edge of the swamp and walked for around two hours before finally reaching their destination.
It was a huge stone tomb.
The stone tomb was about several tens of feet high and about a hundred feet wide. The entire surface was ash-black and covered with dense engravings of ancient runes.
The runes shimmered faintly under the gray sky, as if they were breathing.
The entrance to the stone tomb was a large, tightly closed gate, with the characters “Dao” carved majestically on it.
Wu Yuan stared at the character “Dao,” fiery light radiating from his golden-red eyes.
“Here he is.” His voice sounded full of excitement. “The tomb of an influential figure. His storage ring is inside.”
David walked to the stone gate and placed his hand on it.
Chaotic power gushed from his palm, and the purple light collided with the runes on the stone gate, producing a buzzing sound.
The stone gate slowly opened.
A pungent stench wafted out from behind the door, carrying a strong aura of death that made people want to vomit.
David was the first to pass through the stone gate.
Wu Yuan followed behind him, and around a dozen cultivators from the Void Merchant Guild entered.
The inside of the stone tomb looked wider than the outside.
A wide hallway leads to the interior, with murals carved into the walls on both sides.
The frescoes depict the life of the tomb’s occupant, including his farming, battles, and death.
The wall painting shows that the occupant of the tomb was an influential figure in the Taoist sect.
He was seriously injured in the ancient battle between the Daoist sect and the gods, fled here, and later died.
The items he brought to the funeral were numerous, including crystals, elixirs, magical artifacts, and jade tablets containing cultivation techniques—everything imaginable.
However, David’s attention was not focused on the burial objects.
His attention was focused on the deepest part of the tomb.
There is a stone coffin there.
The stone death coffin was pure white and made from ten thousand year old spiritual jade, with its surface covered in densely arranged sealing runes.
The runes shimmered faintly in the darkness, as if sealing something.
Beside the stone coffin was a storage ring.
The storage ring was entirely silvery white, with faint spatial energy flowing on its surface; it was clear that it was not an ordinary object.
When Wu Yuan saw the storage ring, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately walked over.
But he had only taken two steps when David stopped him.
“Wait a minute,” David said in a low voice, “There is something in the stone coffin.”
Wu Yuan’s body suddenly stiffened.
He turned to look at the stone death coffin, a glimmer of fear flashed through his golden red eyes.
“What is that?”
David didn’t answer.
His divine sense penetrated the stone coffin and felt the aura inside.
It was an extremely powerful aura, so powerful that his divine sense was immediately sent flying as soon as it came into contact with it.
The aura was not the aura of a dead person, but the aura of a living person.
The person in the stone coffin was still alive.
Or more precisely, the creature inside the stone coffin had never died.
FAQ Novel
Q: What significant event occurs involving the gods?
A: The gods are forced into a desperate retreat after suffering heavy losses from the remnant souls.
Q: What is David’s immediate plan after the gods’ retreat?
A: David plans to head southwest to a mighty figure’s tomb to retrieve treasure before the gods return.
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