TRYMBPIETM 139: When I went in the Past (21)

Karma gradually flowed away from the formation, gathering the yin energy in the tomb, which then spiraled upwards. Following the ghostly energy overflowing from Chi Qingzhou, it rushed into his meridians one after another.

Xing Shuangzhan stood quietly by, watching without intervening.

Most of the yin energy in the Absolute Yin Land was impure and could not be used by his contractor, but this tomb was different.

The resentment, killing intent, and those dreadful things all followed the karma and rushed toward the dragon vein along the formation. The entire tomb now resembled a large purification device, purifying the yin energy completely.

This purified yin energy was nothing but beneficial to Chi Qingzhou.

Xing Shuangzhan chuckled softly.

Before plotting against his little contractor, the ghost deity probably never considered being used in return.

This efficiency far surpassed his usual speed of purifying the yin energy.

Chi Qingzhou heard his laughter, tilted his head and glanced at him, his misty peach blossom eyes also filled with amusement.

The curse that had once hindered the healing of his soul, under the catalysis of the abundant yin energy, turned into a viscous energy. It soon merged with his spiritual power, flowing continuously between his body and his shadow.

The shadow’s blood-red pupils blinked, slowly standing up from the ground, breaking through the karma entangling the formation, step by step, merging into the surrounding darkness of the tomb.

Like a drop of water falling into the ocean, it disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Chi Qingzhou quietly watched the shadow disappear, then casually withdrew his gaze from somewhere, raising his head to look at the coffin suspended in mid-air.

With a clang, the previously quiet coffin suddenly shook, and the metal chains rubbed against the stone ceiling and wooden coffin, making a grating screeching sound.

A bubbling sound, like boiling water, came from within the coffin, and the shaking of the chains grew more intense.

Bang.

Bang.

Bang.

The rhythmic knocking continued, reverberating throughout the tomb room from the coffin.

The chaotic sounds gathered together, forming an irritating noise, almost making 16594 unable to avoid feeling irritable. However, neither Chi Qingzhou nor Xing Shuangzhan’s expressions changed.

They calmly watched the coffin in mid-air, and Chi Qingzhou still had a smile on his lips.

Bang—

Bang.

The knocking sound grew weaker, and the dome above the coffin suddenly lit up with a bright star formation.

The blood-red formation on the ground gradually dimmed, giving off a strong sense of decay, like expired cinnabar.

At the same time, strange blood-colored patterns slowly appeared on Chi Qingzhou’s neck and face.

Xing Shuangzhan’s gaze fixed.

He stared deeply at Chi Qingzhou, his deep pupils seeming to burn with fire.

Chi Qingzhou turned his head, smiled at him, raised his hand, and began to undo his clothing buttons one by one.

The collar tore open, and his shirt was removed, leaving his entire upper body exposed to Xing Shuangzhan’s view.

Chi Qingzhou’s skin was very pale.

It looked like an unhealthy white, with a peculiar glossy sheen, like cold jade—smooth yet with a hint of coldness.

At this moment, blood-red totems covered his pale skin, the red lines twisting and climbing, from his neck and cheeks down to the mermaid line.

Xing Shuangzhan’s gaze deepened.

This gorgeous and intricate totem was identical to the sculpture on his coffin—

The Zhulong.

…

“Luo—Huai—Yu!! Are you done yet? Can you hurry up!”

Outside the deep underground cave, Luo Ting held a Soul-Calming Bell in one hand and a talisman in the other, frowning and urging loudly.

This was an old burial ground of the Danlin clan, with a long cave leading to a tomb. The place was filled with rich death and corpse energy, ideal for zombie cultivation, though humans could not enter easily.

At first, Chi Qingzhou had given Luo Huaiyu the moonlight, but he couldn’t completely absorb it. Left with no choice, Luo Ting used his connections to find this place and spent considerable effort getting Luo Huaiyu in.

The tomb Luo Huaiyu was using was not a famous old tomb of the Danlin clan, but since the Danlin clan’s juniors also needed such places, they had allowed it to be rented out to outsiders.

For Luo Huaiyu to be able to use it was already a great favor to him from Luo Ting.

As the rental time was nearly up, and Chi Qingzhou also needed help, Luo Ting couldn’t stand it any longer and urged again.

After two more calls, Luo Huaiyu finally emerged from within. “I’m coming, I’m coming, I heard you, stop shouting.”

Luo Ting, dissatisfied, said, “Why are you so slow—”

Before he could finish, he looked up and immediately swallowed the rest of his words.

“Luo Huaiyu, why have you suddenly become so strong?!” He exclaimed in surprise, eyes wide. “You, you must be two meters five now, right?!”

“Sigh…” Luo Huaiyu sighed deeply. “I leveled up to a flying zombie the day before yesterday. When I opened my eyes, I found I had become like this. I originally planned to come out directly, but now that I’ve gotten stronger, I tried not to destroy the tunnel when coming out, but it was really hard work.”

With his current strength, breaking through the soil to emerge wasn’t impossible, but since this was the Danlin clan’s burial ground and Luo Ting had used his reputation to rent it, he couldn’t just disregard everything.

Luo Huaiyu muttered, “I spent some time widening the tunnel before finally getting out.”

Lo Ting was left speechless.

After a moment of silence, he awkwardly changed the subject. “Zhou Zhou needs our help, the passage to the underworld has been opened, let’s not keep Lu Yao waiting.”

Luo Huaiyu responded with an “oh,” not saying much more, and followed Lo Ting into the passage, hunched over.

Lu Yao looked up at Luo Huaiyu with a subtle expression.

Her gaze shifted between Lo Ting and Luo Huaiyu, and holding back her laughter, she seriously led them towards Jingming Mountain.

Luo Ting was more anxious and stepped out of the passage first. Luo Huaiyu instinctively followed, but forgot about his sudden increase in height, and his head struck the passage exit.

Lu Yao couldn’t hold back her laugh, cleared her throat, and pretended to be serious. “This passage will only stay open for half an hour, you should return in twenty minutes.”

Luo Ting and Luo Huaiyu, who was rubbing his head, nodded and quickly ran in the direction of the main tomb of the Great Tomb on Jingming Mountain.

As an human, Luo Ting was no match for Luo Huaiyu in terms of speed.

Seeing Luo Ting struggling, Luo Huaiyu effortlessly lifted him onto his shoulder, activated his corpse qi, and flew low through the air.

Xing Shuangzhan’s old subordinate, General Pei, was already waiting at the entrance of the tomb.

Seeing the pair, his eyes brightened, and he immediately waved them over.

“You’re here? Quickly, come with me, I’ll take you to retrieve His Highness’s coffin!”

Luo Huaiyu acknowledged, placing Luo Ting down.

The two of them walked briskly toward the royal tomb, but as soon as they reached the edge, they were bounced back by a restriction.

Their faces changed, and after testing it briefly, they realized that the restriction was too powerful to break in a short time.

They quickly called out to General Pei, asking him to deactivate the defense array in the Great Tomb.

General Pei was stunned. “The royal tomb won’t let you in? That shouldn’t be the case!”

He quickly called for his colleagues to check, and within minutes, they received bad news—since Chi Qingzhou had last visited the Great Tomb, all the defense arrays had been fully activated. Not only could they not let anyone in, but even turning them off was impossible.

Lo Ting glanced at the time, already losing ten minutes, and grew even more anxious. “What should we do now?! Zhou Zhou desperately needs Xing Su’s coffin.”

Luo Huaiyu tried to deactivate the restriction. “Zhou Zhou is human, and I’m not. Our species are different, but this restriction is stopping even me? What kind of unreasonable restriction is this?”

Luo Shuangzhan’s old subordinates scratched their heads, exchanging glances, unsure how to respond.

After another three minutes of trying, Lo Ting and Luo Huaiyu still couldn’t break the restriction, so they had no choice but to abandon the attempt and think of another plan.

Lo Ting said, “General Pei, I saw you were able to come out just now, this restriction doesn’t seem to stop you?”

General Pei froze, then cautiously asked, “What are you suggesting?”

Lo Ting organized his thoughts. “Well, how about you go in, carry the coffin out, and then throw it to us?”

General Pei: “???”

He was taken aback. “That’s His Highness’s coffin! How can you just throw it around?! That’s not possible!”

Lo Ting quickly said, “But isn’t His Highness relying on this to recover his power?”

Luo Huaiyu added, “Zhou Zhou urgently needs the coffin. Given the relationship between His Highness and Zhou Zhou, surely he wouldn’t mind. In fact, he might even praise you for doing well afterward.”

The two of them took turns persuading him, and after much convincing, General Pei, dazed, went into the main tomb and really carried the coffin out.

Standing in front of the restriction, he looked at Luo Huaiyu, then at the coffin on his shoulder, hesitating.

“Really going to throw it?”

Luo Ting urged, “Really! Hurry, we’re running out of time!”

Luo Huaiyu said, “Throw it to me, Lo Ting can’t handle the corpse qi on the coffin.”

General Pei, feeling pressured, could only walk to the edge of the restriction, place the coffin horizontally, and quickly throw it out.

Luo Huaiyu stepped forward without hesitation, caught the coffin with one hand, and grabbed Luo Ting with the other, then turned and ran!

With a loud crash, intense death qi erupted from the center of the Great Tomb, and the invisible wave seemed like a monstrous sea wave, crashing towards Luo Ting and Luo Huaiyu!

The death energy came too fast and too fiercely. Luo Huaiyu barely had time to look back before he was knocked away by the shockwave.

He tried to raise his hand to protect the coffin, but the oncoming death energy made it difficult for him to control his movements. Before he could land, the coffin nearly slipped from his grasp.

Seeing this, Luo Ting panicked and without thinking, reached out to help.

The moment his hand touched the coffin, a burning pain exploded from his palm, causing him to grunt in pain.

The next moment, both he and Luo Huaiyu crashed to the ground, and his hand was shoved away by Luo Huaiyu.

“Don’t touch it! This coffin is made of special materials. Only a flying zombie can withstand the death energy on it.

Luo Ting gasped, glancing at his palm in a panic. “It’s fine, I just touched it, it’s not serious. We’re running out of time, let’s go.”

Luo Huaiyu quickly got up, adjusted the coffin, and hurriedly followed behind Luo Ting, rushing towards where Lu Yao was.

Thanks to the previous explosion of death energy in the Great Tomb, it had flung them from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain. Within two minutes, they arrived at the entrance of the passage.

Lu Yao waved. “Hurry, hurry, the passage will close in ten minutes. Follow me, we’ll take a shortcut!”

The two of them immediately followed. “Coming, coming!”

Time was tight, and the three of them didn’t pay attention to anything else.

They carried the coffin and hurried on, not noticing that as they entered the underworld passage, the carved Zhulong on the coffin suddenly moved its eyes.

The deep red gem flashed with light, and the metal-carved Zhulong seemed to come alive, its scaled body slowly twisting and turning to form a posture identical to the one on the totem on Chi Qingzhou’s body.