Chapter 1124 - The 27th Corpse (1/2)

With everything he had, Zhong Yue squeezed out every last bit of strength he had, pulling the Seven Paths Reincarnation back to him.

Weng—

It slammed back into Zhong Yue’s body and Yuan Shen and along with the Seven Paths Reincarnation was the Wall Painting Flower itself.

“Baby-maker! Don’t let it escape!” shouted the happy Xin Huo.

To which Zhong Yue frowned greatly, “Xin Huo, stop calling me baby-maker! As long as it is in my secret realm, there is no way….”

Before his words could be finished, roots started crawling out from his nose and ears, growing longer and thicker every second. Soon, they burst out of his skin, forming an awful sight.

“This Wall Painting Flower of Yuan Ya Deity King really is something!”

After some effort, Zhong Yue finally suppressed the Wall Painting Flower into a corner inside the Dao Yi Secret Realm and had the Pan Gu Celestial Being sit on it so that the Wall Painting Flower wouldn’t cause any more trouble.

“Xin Huo, what use is this saint herb?” he asked.

“No idea. Once, I only saw it once so I really don’t know what can it do, But, given the fact that this is an innate saint herb, it will not be anywhere far behind the three great spiritual roots, definitely much better than the other saint herbs!”

Zhong Yue nodded in agreement. The three great spiritual roots were innate spiritual roots, Great Si Ming’s Tree of Life symbolized life, Lei Zhe’s Innate Fruit Tree symbolized Daos and Great Sui’s Fusang Divine Tree symbolized secret realms, they all had different powers and were all amazing.

As an innate Deity King, Yuan Ya Deity King may not be as strong as Great Si Ming and Lei Zhe but the symbiotic innate saint herb of his was sure to be more than just astonishing.

“Well, we can find out Wall Painting Flower’s use later. For now, let’s go get the other seven saint herbs, shall we?”

With a smirk, Zhong Yue started advancing deep into the saint palace before sensing the monarch’s presence coming from afar.

That air intensified, his heart beat quicker than usual and without him knowing, his speed slowed down, trying his best to walk without making much noise.

Where is this monarch presence coming from? Could it be that there is a monarch stationed here? Right in the Yuan Ya Deity King’s innate sacred ground?

Zhong Yue’s thought flickered and the ancient ship right outside the palace started lifting into the air as its wings flapped silently, waiting for the signal to ram into the palace just in case things went sour.

Zhong Yue recollected his thoughts and continued moving forward. Some time later, he traced the seven saint herbs’ scent to a side palace, where the monarch presence intensified.

Becoming even more cautious, Zhong Yue reached his head out slowly and he was stunned by what he saw.

“This is….”

Sitting right at the center in this side hall was a massive coffin with the length of a few hundred feet long, looking like it was made from divine gold vein that was cut in half. With chains all over the coffin, it was hung in the air and on the ground were coffin covers everywhere, scattering around, adding even more eerieness to the surroundings, amplifying the ghostly and uneasy feeling in the side hall.

Zhong Yue calmed himself down, his innate Dao turned into a mirror and when he looked around through the light emitted by the mirror, he discovered that the coffin had a total of nine layers.

“A monarch tomb!”

His heart started pumping quickly. He looked towards the nine layered coffin, whose cover was shoved aside, revealing a white skeleton, appearing majestic even when it was just lying down.

It was accepted that the monarchs’ flesh was not something that would dissolve nor disintegrate over time, but right in this nine layered coffin, there was no flesh, no skin, no nothing. All it had left was just a skeleton and the Dao patterns supposedly imprinted on the skeleton were gone!

Generally, existences like the monarchs, their cultivation level was not something to be meddled with, when they became the monarch, the Daos from over the world would surge into their body. When this process occurred, the Dao they cultivated would slowly brand itself onto every corner in their body, which included their bones as well!

And because of this, though their bones were not on the same level as innate Dao bones like Shi Long’s, their bones were still astounding.

The innate Dao bone was only achievable by ancient Deity Kings and they were the only ones who knew the way, hence, not even monarchs could pull it off.

Yet again, the bones of a monarch were impossibly weak as the one lying in this monarch tomb. The spiritual energy of the one right here was mostly gone, what remained to tell the world that it was once a monarch was its monarch presence.

Could it be a disciple of Yuan Ya Deity King became a monarch and later on passed away? But if it’s his disciple, then it makes no sense to have so many chains attached to this coffin just to lock it away. Besides, he wouldn’t be so cruel so as to expose his disciple’s body just like that….

Zhong Yue was confused but decided to walk away, trying not to stir more trouble for himself and the saint herbs were nowhere in sight as well. He located the side palace’s exit and when he got out from this side palace, he arrived at another side palace, also surging with monarch presence.

Right in this second side palace, there was also another monarch coffin, also chained up with its cover open.

He looked through the mirror and found a skeleton with no flesh and devoid of the spiritual element and Dao patterns on it, just like the one he encountered before.

He frowned at what he saw but again, he decided to walk away. But soon enough, he ran into the third side palace, with the exact same arrangement.

And again, he walked away, tracking the saint herbs before finding himself before the fourth side palace, then the fifth, sixth and seventh….

He kept going and after entering a total of 26 side palaces, he horridly discovered nothing but empty skeletons in every coffin located in every side palace.

This is the twenty-seventh side palace… There should also be another monarch tomb here….

After clearing his throat, he walked into the next side palace, finding himself the seven saint herbs, all hiding behind the coffin located right in this side palace, also hanging in the air, only this time, the monarch presence emitting from this coffin was few times stronger.

Is the monarch corpse right here a perfect one?

However, just when he was about to check with the mirror again, a knocking came from the monarch tomb and this terrorized him greatly!

Knock knock—

Knockings came from the tomb again and Zhong Yue started sweating coldly.

Without a second of thought, Zhong Yue backed off without making a noise while the knocks continued to come from the coffin still, making him uneasy.