Chapter 121: Tomb Realm (1/2)

“Because, because....” Qing Han’s heartbeat grew erratic.

Lu Yun looked intensely at him, searching his face for an answer. Suddenly, he reached out to grope Qing Han’s chest.

“It’s flat.” Lu Yun scratched his head. “Ah, I’m thinking too much again.”

Qing Han stared at his friend, aggrieved. He’d almost turned into his true form and shown his hand just now, but Lu Yun interrupted him and felt up his chest!

“You were talking to the air!” the disguised girl fumed, tender feelings and guilt vanishing from his heart.

Lu Yun was already so touchy-feely when he saw Qing Han as a man. If he saw her true form, who knew what would happen! Though Qing Yu wouldn’t deny him, there was a poison in her system that even a starstone manifested by the Imperial Star couldn’t cleanse.

If they really did… that, perhaps the poison would travel to Lu Yun as well.

The thought made Qing Han blush.

“Why are you blushing?” Lu Yun looked askance at his friend.

“All thanks to you!” retorted Qing Han. His skin darkened and an ugly scar crawled on his cheek again.

“You—” Lu Yun gaped. “Why do you look like this again?”

“Can’t have you falling in love with me, what will I do then?” Qing Han rolled his eyes. “You keep groping my chest. Makes me wonder if you like men.”

Lu Yun stared dumbly. What was he supposed to say in response to that?

“By the way, where are we?” Qing Han changed the subject to keep the governor distracted. They were in the branches of a gargantuan tree and the thick canopy of leaves around them prevented them from seeing the sky or the ground.

“Didn’t you bring me here?” Lu Yun’s eyes widened. “Why are you asking me?”

Qing Han scratched his head. “I think we’re out of the Skandha Extinction Tomb? I followed your instructions and made my way east, which led us out of the eastern tomb.”

Lu Yun paused. “My instructions?”

“Yeah.” Qing Han sorted through his thoughts. “You said ‘the five tombs are arranged according to east, west, south, north, and center, respectively. Most ancient tombs are built by a mountain. Since the eastern tomb is a mountainous tomb, the Skandha Extinction Tomb must be facing the west. Going east from the eastern tomb will take us out of the Extinction Tomb altogether’.”

“Near the mountain, sitting east and facing west… the influence of mountains and rivers!” Realization dawned on Lu Yun. “That’s it! That explains it! You’re so smart, Qing Han!”

“Eh?” Qing Han was confused in turn.

“I got it!” The governor slapped his forehead. “I was wrong from the very beginning. I’ve been following the records left by my grandmaster, but this tomb is completely different from the one he explored!

“What I called the eastern tomb is indeed that, but it’s not a side tomb, it’s the main one! Built by the mountain, sitting in the east, and facing west…

“The eastern cardinal direction is the position of utmost nobility, and there happens to be an emperor buried there. It all makes sense! The eastern tomb is the main tomb and the most dangerous of the five. If we’d entered the central tomb and unravelled it first, we wouldn’t have ended up like this.”

Lu Yun could barely contain his excitement, which made quite Qing Han nervous.