Chapter 64: A Tomb For the Living (1/2)

Mo Yi didn’t respond to Qing Han’s mumbling. The august immortals seemed powerful, but she was leagues above and could deal with them herself. What gave her pause was the strange formation in the area. The three august immortals possessed something that allowed them to navigate the formation freely, which was something she couldn’t do....

“This governor is pleased to serve His Highness the Crown Prince.” Lu Yun grinned. “I know a thing or two about formations, perhaps I can be of help.”

His reaction bizarrely reassured Qing Han. There had been countless terrible monsters in the burial mound under Myriad Formation Summit. The undead hag and the nine bloodcorpses they’d encountered at the end of their excavation were particularly powerful.

But Lu Yun had still managed to get them out of there alive.

“You’re the governor?” Qi Shenghui paused to give Lu Yun a once-over, his feminine eyebrows quirking slightly. “Isn’t the Dusk governor a mortal who can’t cultivate? You’re in the qi transformation realm.”

“The Lu Clan from the capital gifted me an Aurum Openia Pill and many others,” Lu Yun said without missing a beat. “I became a qi transformation cultivator after taking them.”

Qi Shenghui’s question had informed Lu Yun that the man lacked knowledge of Dusk Province’s recent events, so he used the clan as his cover.

The man and his companions fell silent.

“I have heard that House Lu in Dusk Province is a branch of the Lu Clan, Master Qi,” the armored man whispered. “They snuck into the province a thousand years ago and planted their bloodline here.”

A conspiratory smile tugged at Qi Shenghui’s lips.

“How wonderful it is that you’ve become a cultivator,” he said. “It’ll be a great contribution if you acquire the Formation Orb for His Highness. Perhaps he’ll even help you keep your title in a fit of good mood.” He narrowed his eyes slightly, killing intent thickening.

“Don’t do anything reckless,” Qing Han silently transmitted to Lu Yun and Mo Yi. “Qi Shenghui is a eunuch and a valued official of the crown prince. The crown prince must’ve given him powerful treasure before sending him to locate the Formation Orb. We should play his game, for now, and see where that leads us.”

Mo Yi nodded slightly and withdrew her readied power.

“Trust Lu Yun,” Qing Han piped up. “This place isn’t going to stump him.”

That being said, he had his own plan. The longer they dragged this out, the more his strength would recover. He’d soon be able to use the two most powerful items in his possession: the starstone and the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals.

Using the starstone had serious ramifications for him, but it would be more than enough to deal with three august immortals. The Scroll of Shepherding Immortals had helped him recover half of his strength. Even better, it was gradually eating away at the thing in his body that terrified even the Qing Clan.

“His Highness can help me keep my position?” Lu Yun followed up with self-righteous zeal in his bright eyes, “Then I am his to command. This governor will do all I can to acquire the Formation Orb.” He said all that without batting an eye, an easy task given his degree of thick skin.

Qi Shenghui’s face twitched. He hadn’t concealed his intent to kill the trio when he demanded their cooperation. The threat couldn’t be more obvious without putting a knife to their throats, yet the governor had still announced his allegiance to the crown prince?

“That would be ideal!” The armored man broke into loud laughter. “The Lu Clan has spent a lot of resources on you. Soon, they’ll have you form a golden core and help them get what they want. With you serving His Highness, he’ll be able to interfere and steal the treasure right under your clan’s nose.”