Chapter 379 - The Secluded Hall in the Deep (2/2)
“Well, it should be bright in a while, you go back first.”
“Okay kiddo, be careful by yourself.” Zhiluan looked at him finally, spread its wings and muttered something. Then it went to the place where Yu Yifeng and others camped.
As he watched the Leopard Cat Spirit disappeared into the night, Xiao Chen sighed deeply again. This time, he felt that something big would happen in the near future. He hoped that he would be alone this time and would not drag down the people around him…
The night was desolate and the cold wind was blowing. Xiao Chen felt a little messy now, he had not found his master yet, and the mystery of his resurrection had yet to be solved. Now there came another Corpse Refinery Sect. If the 31 people who had disappeared was the act of the Corpse Refinery Sect, as well as for those who had disappeared previously, then it had to be unusual. Wei Yang also happened to be born on July 7…
In the midst of it, there seemed to be a pair of invisible hands that led him to a certain place, and that place would have to be the meeting point of all mysteries.
And now, there was nothing he could do. He sat down and took a deep breath. Maybe reaching the Nirvana Realm could make him mighty and powerful in the Human Realm Violet Manor. But if he wanted to find out all the mysteries of thousands of years ago, it would not be enough, and he would need to be at least the level of a true immortal to be able to investigate those puzzles.
Xiao Chen looked at the looming mountains in the distance. What was needed now was to level up his cultivation as soon as possible, otherwise he would not be able to intervene in those major events. Although this was how he thought, he always got confused when he encountered something about Master Ling Yin or the mystery of his resurrection.
The night seemed to be getting deeper and deeper, and was gradually surrounded by a layer of light mist. The moonlight had also become hazy, like a veil, and deep in the mountains, those that were visible and invisible were hidden in an unknown corner.
At this moment, in an unknown corner deep in the mountains, there was a secluded hall. The hall was covered with thorns and vines, as if it had been deserted for a long time. The middle of the hall was cold and chill to the bones, the top of the hall was open. Just nice for the moonlight to shine in, somehow, a sarcophagus placed in the center of the hall could be seen.
The sarcophagus was very ordinary, and there was nothing strange about it, but it was slightly quaint. It should have been a long time. At this moment, there were “clicking” footsteps outside. From the sound of it, it was two people walking.
A moment later, two men in black walked in from outside the hall. When they were about fifty or sixty feet away from the sarcophagus, they dared not go any nearer. The two looked at each other, and the man on the left said in a quavering voice, “Hong… Lord Hong Xiu.”
The hall was silent for a while, and then a woman’s thrilling voice sounded in the sarcophagus, “How are the 31 people now…”
“Report, report Lord Hong Xiu, the 31 people, they are all…” His voice was getting lower and lower, and the man swallowed, continuing, “They are all dead…”
“What did you say!” The sarcophagus in the middle shook violently as if the whole hall shook with it. The two people fifty feet away were so scared that they became pale, then they knelt in a hurry and said, “Lord Hong Xiu please don’t be angry!”
“Rubbish! All useless rubbish! You all have to die!” An angry voice came from the sarcophagus.
As soon as they heard it, they were so frightened that they could not stop kowtowing, said, “Spare us Lord Hong Xiu! Spare our lives! Lord Hong Xiu, spare our lives…” Finally they lay on the ground and did not dare move.
For a long time, the hall was silent, and the man on the right finally dared to raise his head and bravely said, “Lord Hong Xiu, ordinary people can’t stand the cold prison. Of the 31 people, 9 died when they just entered, 18 made it through 30 minutes, and the remaining 4 Nascent Soul Realm failed to survive for more than an hour and died as well…” In the end, the voice gradually lowered and did not dare to continue.
“For half a year, I have raised them for more than half a year! And they still can’t make it through… Rubbish! All of you are rubbish!” The sarcophagus shook again, and the two people outside trembled in fear. They tried to stop trembling, but no matter what they could not stop this fear that rose from the soul.
The man on the left trembled and said, “Lord Hong Xiu please don’t be angry. I’ll immediately go look for it, and will definitely find the person Lord Hong Xiu needs…”
After a while, the sarcophagus finally stopped shaking, the thrilling voice of the woman in it said, “Go and find it for me! Even if it’s just a mortal, as long as it’s a woman born on July 7th, you have to bring her over for me!”
The two shuddered, thinking that even the cultivators could not tolerate the torture of that cold prison, mortals would most probably die as soon as they entered. When the time came, Hong Xiu would be angry, and they would really be dead to the bones. The man on the right said in a quavering voice, “Lord Hong Xiu, even cultivators can’t make it through the cold prison, the mortals will probably…”
“Mortal… I was a mortal too back then! How did I get past it!” An angry voice shouted from the sarcophagus, and the two outside could not help but kowtow. “Subordinates obey! We’ll go and look! We will!”
“Bugger off!”
“Yes, yes!” The two did not dare to lift their heads and ran away in a scramble.
After a long time, the forlorn and bitter voice of the woman came out of the sarcophagus, “I must find the coldest body that was born on July 7!” Her voice echoed in the secluded hall, sad and shrill and full of resentment—the endless resentment that could send chills down one’s spine.
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“Wei Yang!” Xiao Chen in the cave woke up suddenly, his face was pale and cold sweat was all over his forehead. He had a terrible nightmare.