90 Chapter 90 Burying in a Dark Place (1/2)

Between the tall and lofty mountains was a small tomb, sitting between the messy rocks of an area.

It was roughly twenty feet square in size, pieced together by rocks all around and then solidified and stabilized with spells. Although the tomb was small, Zong Shou spent an entire night atop it.

This wilderness area was deep into the mountains where there were many carnivorous beasts. Even if one was buried deep into the ground, they could still be dug up.

As such, Zong Shou decided to use the stone as a coffin, using it to help build a cave for this stone tomb.

In the wilderness, there was no place to purchase any items. There was no place where he could buy paper money or incense candles or anything. He also didn't bring any usable items along with him.

As such, Zong Shou could only burn two sandalwood incense and obtain the raw materials around him to craft a Spirit Calling Banner, using water in replacement of wine and pouring it over this stone tomb.

”Gong Xinran, although I knew you for less than a day, I am able to feel your kindness and sincerity. Unfortunately, things in the world are uncertain and unpredictable, we had to say goodbye right after we met. Although this mountain is lonely, it has exceptional scenery and also great spiritual veins and ying energy, the best home for the afterlife…”

As he said that, Zong Shou suddenly realized that something wasn't right. Before this he felt that it was good, not only away from Blood Valley, but it was the only suitable burial place within a hundred miles.

However thinking carefully about it, a deep spiritual vein, strong Yin energy, wasn't it the best place to nourish and grow vengeful spirits?

With the way that Gong Xinran died…

He still had a way to deal with vengeful spirits, but to prevent a zombie from forming, he had to burn her corpse.

That's right, it seems like there were two Yin veins here? Or was it four or five?

He didn't have a compass on him, and was unable to test it out.

Zong Shou was full of cold sweat as he shook his head. Since this woman had already completed her final wishes, she wouldn't come back in spirit form? To bury her in another place was too much effort, and he didn't have time to do so.

His tone changed as he coughed lightly. ”Senior Sister Xinran, be at ease when you are below. I will pass that collection of martial secrets to your Family and in the future they will come over to bring you away. May the ancient Buddhas and Bodhisattvas bless Senior Sister Xinran. Sadly, I don't remember the soul calming chants of the Buddhists and Taoists…”

He bowed deeply, paying respects to her. Zong Shou smiled bitterly to himself, thinking he was really useless. Even the girl that that guy loved he was unable to protect....

If he knew that this would be the case, he would have followed her up the mountain instead. Even if he wasn't a match for Gao Yi, as long as they were able to avoid that Xiantian Master, he would have been able to protect Gong Xinran and escape with their lives.

Sighing, Zong Shou looked at that thick golden book in his hands.

Apart from obtaining that pill bottle after killing Gao Yi and that unknown Xiantian, there were also many pills used by martial cultivators.

This collection of martial secrets was also naturally taken, too.

Zong Shou was filled with many questions at this moment.

This collection of martial secrets was said to be personally written by three martial saints during the Yunhuang Period, recording a total of one hundred and forty types of top secret martial techniques of that era, as well as the basic martial arts comprehensions of the three saints themselves. All martial cultivators saw this as a martial arts classic.

Legend had it that the reason the three saints wrote it was to spread the martial techniques within across the Cloud World, such that all commoners could learn top class and deep techniques.

To this date there were two hundred of these books, and were all taken by the large sects and aristocratic families, going totally against the original intentions of the three saints.

However, in the future, apart from some portions which were kept secret, a large portion of it proliferated.

”That Gao Yi spent two years just for a copy of this collection of martial secrets? Is there something special about this book?”

Zong Shou was filled with doubt, but thinking carefully about it, it made some sense.

Although it was just a copy, to a newly risen aristocratic family it could be a martial arts cultivation treasure.