Chapter 537 – The Strange Hand in the Blood Pool (2/2)

“What’re you thinking about?” Li Qingshan patted Hua Chengzan on the shoulder. Hua Chengzan raised his head and met his eyes that had contrasting whites and dark irises. He shivered inside and shook his head. “Nothing.”

The two of them returned to the Hawkwolf Guard together and saw Yu Shukuang. Listening to what he went through, Li Qingshan nodded. “It is a little strange. Let’s go and take a loo-”

He paused because he suddenly sensed an omen of warning. He could not help but become confused. With his current cultivation, he could escape without losing his composure even if he ran into Golden Core cultivators and Daemon Commanders. Just what would he be running into during this trip that would actually be so dangerous?

However, he was an old acquaintance of Yu Shukuang and he also cared about Zijian’s mother. He was also the Scarlet Hawk commander and someone had just tried to kill a Hawkwolf guard. Whether it was from an emotional or a logical sense, he could not turn a blind eye to this.

Of course, the omen of warning was not very strong. He only had to be a little more careful. If this was a warning where it was basically certain death, he would not simply walk to his death either. It was a pity that Xiao An was currently refining that old man Wen’s remains and soul, or he would be even safer.

Li Qingshan, Hua Chengzan, and Yu Shukuang arrived at the outskirts of Burial Mound mountain together. They gazed at the gloomy mountain from afar.

Yu Shukuang roughly indicated the location and Li Qingshan said, “Old Yu, you should just stay here!”

“Yes, commander!”

Hua Chengzan said, “What, you think it’ll be dangerous?”

“It never hurts to be on the safe side. Let’s just be a little more careful!” Li Qingshan smiled and drew the Heavy Water sword, placing it on his shoulder. “Let’s hope we see the sect master of Burial Mound mountain bringing his traitorous disciple Ma Chaoqun to us in chains and apologising to us as soon as we enter!”

The warning from the spirit turtle had completely eliminated this possibility already.

The two of them arrived before the entrance of the sect with a single leap and Hua Chengzan suddenly asked, “Qingshan, are you very familiar with Yu Shukuang?”

He struggled to disguise this feeling of familiarity. Especially when Zijian’s mother was mentioned, Li Qingshan did not become curious about the details involved, and Yu Shukuang had not given a detailed explanation either. He felt like Li Qingshan knew exactly what had happened, but the two of them should not have had a lot of contact.

“We happened to meet a few times in the past. Let’s announce our presence!” Li Qingshan changed the topic, but he remembered a saying, You can fool everyone for a moment, you can fool one person for eternity, but you can never fool everyone for eternity.

Particularly with fooling a person with sharp senses and accustomed to thinking deeply. That would be even more difficult.

Hua Chengzan called out and announced the reason for their arrival. The haze on Burial Mound mountain weighed heavily as there was no reply at all.

The two of them exchanged glances and walked over. They passed through the formation with ease and entered Burial Mound mountain.

There were no sneak attacks or ambushes that they had imagined. All was silent.

The chilly winds whistled as the sky was without any moon or stars. There was not a single shadow to be seen on the mountain. Even the zombies that roamed everywhere had vanished. They could not sense any auras either.

This situation was even stranger than a hundred thousand Corpse Soldiers encircling them. Where did all of the Burial Mound mountain’s disciples go?

Hua Chengzan joked, “Commander, I want to go home.”

Li Qingshan patted Hua Chengzan’s shoulder with a smile. “Don’t be afraid. We’ll leave as soon as we get a glance.”

Following the direction that Yu Shukuang had indicated, the two of them arrived before the entrance of the underground palace. Wind whistled through the passageway like howls of ghosts.

Even without any warning from the spirit turtle, Li Qingshan knew this place was anything but good. He said to Hua Chengzan, “Wait here. I’ll go in and take a look!”

Hua Chengzan said, “I’ll become scared if I’m alone!”

Li Qingshan grinned. “Then follow along behind me!”

With one at the front and one at the back, the two of them passed through the passageway and arrived in the underground palace.

“Oi, Ma Chaoqun, get out here and die!”

Li Qingshan frowned. The smell from the blood pool was truly unpleasant, and it made the warning intensify. He spotted the crystal coffin above the blood pool with a single glance, as well as the woman who resembled Yu Zijian.

Meanwhile, Ma Chaoqun who resembled almost nothing of his past self stood behind the crystal coffin. He stared at the person in the coffin with great affection. He raised his head and looked at them coldly.

“Another two!”

Creak! Crack! Crick! Thump! A series of mechanisms were activated and among the sounds of rubbing against rock, stone doors fell one by one, sealing off the passageway. Inscriptions appeared on the doors. Clearly, they could not be destroyed so easily.

“There’s something wrong with the pool of blood.” Hua Chengzan studied the inscriptions engraved around the blood pool and found them extremely familiar as if he had read about them in a book somewhere before. He tried sending his soul sense into the pool, and his expression changed drastically.

“Oh no! Qingshan, destroy the pool of blood!”

As Hua Chengzan said that, three scarlet talismans flew out of his hand.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The scarlet talismans exploded into three scarlet-red fireballs that rapidly swelled in the air. Li Qingshan could sense the great power hiding inside. Let alone the tiny pool of blood, they were even enough to flatten an entire city.

Talismans that powerful were extremely rare. Often, they would be reserved for life-threatening moments, yet Hua Chengzan used three right off the bat. When they exploded in the underground palace, they could even threaten his own life, but in that moment, he could no longer care so much.

Li Qingshan did not know what Hua Chengzan was worrying about, but he did trust his judgement. With a swing of his sword, the Heavy Water sword that had already been huge suddenly swelled to ten times its size. He cleaved down as if he was trying to destroy everything.

Ma Chaoqun, the crystal coffin, and even the pool of blood were all included in the sword’s trajectory.