Chapter 97 (1/2)

When Gu Bai pushed Han Lijun aside instinctively, he was sure he would survive. Although both of them would return to the starry s.p.a.ce after their death in the world, they could not stay in the starry s.p.a.ce at the same time. Naturally, they had to fight for time in the task world.

Based on the female ghost’s terrified behavior from just now, it was obvious that there was something on him that made the female ghost so terrified.

The original owner was just an ordinary person, and his own soul was not stronger than the female ghost’s. After careful consideration, perhaps her fear was due to the flame marking that the owner of the tomb had given him when he entered the ancient tomb.

At that time, the warning at the entrance of the tomb said that only those with permission could enter the tomb, so the mark should be the protection given by the tomb’s owner.

Everything was just a guess. At most, the result of guessing wrong was just dying and then entering the next world. Therefore, Gu Bai had no fear at all. He just didn’t expect that the previously majestic aura of the female ghost disappeared after she had been burned by the flame.

“Great immortal, spare me, please spare me…”

The female ghost knelt on the ground and kowtowed incessantly, and her beautiful face was full of tears, showing the tear-stained face of a beauty. If they did not know that she was a fierce ghost, they would have pitied her.

But all the fortunate scholars and soldiers who survived shrank away and were afraid to move even the tiniest bit closer. Even if the female ghost looked more harmless, the previous scene of her killing people was still fresh in their memory.

Only Han Lijun was not afraid and stood by Gu Bai’s side, firmly grasping Gu Bai’s hand. As he stared at the female ghost, he stood in a protective stance.

Gu Bai knew his lover’s character, so he turned his hand over to also hold his man’s hand, before he continued to look at the female ghost.

“I see that you’ve been practicing for at least ten million years, and you’re one of the ghost immortals. If you continue to cultivate yourself, you’ll surely ascend to the upper world. But now you came out to harm people, picking up evil karma. When you ascend, you’ll surely suffer a calamity, being on a road to ruin. You killed several of my companions. If I spare you, how will I explain to their families when I go back?”

This sentence he said really made him seem like a Holy Father. Of course, Gu Bai was this kind of compa.s.sionate, good person who got along with everyone.

He had said this so naturally because he had discovered that the smart camera that had been following them this whole time was still recording.

That meant that from entering the tomb to now, their every move had been broadcasted on the entire Interstellar StarNet. He still wanted to live a good life in the Interstellar world after he left the tomb, so naturally, he couldn’t let go of such a good chance to win favor.

When the female ghost heard his seemingly unforgiving words, she cried even harder. She kowtowed a few more times and continued to beg for mercy.

“Great Immortal, please listen to this concubine’s explanation. When I killed them, I was also saving them. Those who enter the tomb do not have a chance to leave again. Even if it was a Da Luo Jinxian who came, they would be trapped here…”

The female ghost’s face showed bitterness as she said this. She timidly looked at Gu Bai and looked around at the dark and empty surroundings, then continued speaking.

“Great Immortal, you may not know, but since the day the tomb was shut, it has been blocked by an array. Whether they’re people, ghosts, immortals, demons, or spirits, they can only enter but not leave…”

“But fortunately, because of the array, there was abundant spiritual energy in this tomb. This concubine’s burial companions thought that we could cultivate by using the power of the array. Even if we couldn’t ascend to the upper world in the future, we could at least open the pa.s.sageway to the ghost world in the underworld and enter the reincarnation cycle. But we don’t know what happened. After we became ghosts, the channel to the underworld couldn’t be opened…”

“We couldn’t leave or reincarnate, and my companions dissipated one by one. Only this concubine was lucky and had a particularly long life stem, so I was lucky to live until now. This concubine has been trapped for tens of thousands of years and was truly delighted to see you come in today. This concubine just wanted you guys to stay and accompany me. This concubine killing them was just turning them into this concubine’s ghost slaves, saving them from the fate of becoming scattered ashes.this concubine is begging Great Immortal to spare me… ”

The female ghost cried bitterly, and her faint voice made the people in the protection circle tremble.

They completely didn’t understand what the ghost was talking about. They had never heard of the underworld, ghost world, or cultivation, but they could still somewhat guess the meaning. This female ghost wanted them to stay in the tomb to accompany her forever!

Gu Bai was silent. He had discovered that the pa.s.sage of reincarnation in this world had disappeared when he first arrived in this mission world. It was because of this that the Interstellar people had a hard time conceiving.

However, he was more concerned about the other matter mentioned by the female ghost, specifically, the array that was protecting the ancient tomb.

A female ghost with tens of thousands of years of cultivation was still trapped here, so what was the ident.i.ty of the person who set this array? Why did the other party set up such a powerful array for this ordinary mortal tomb?

“What’s the origin of this ancient tomb?” Gu Bai muttered.

Although Gu Bai’s cultivation was currently not high, he had the protective mark on his body. The female ghost was terrified and could only obediently answer him.

“Answering Great Immortal’s question, I know that this ancient tomb is the mausoleum of Emperor Nanxun of the Shangzhou dynasty, and this one was one of the imperial concubines of Emperor Nanxun…”

According to the female ghost, this ancient tomb indeed belonged to an emperor. Gu Bai had never heard of the Shangzhou dynasty, but it was not surprising that a lot of history had been lost over the course of time for various reasons.