Chapter 343: The Star Demon Sect (1/2)

“Don’t!”

Sensing Qing Han’s intention to sneak up on Qing Quan, Lu Yun hurriedly yanked him back from flying into motion.

“Qing Quan’s actually dead. His body is just being used as bait by a mysterious monster to lure other immortals here,” Lu Yun carefully transmitted. “There’s a powerful layout in the room that would kill even Bing Ling and Bing Xuan if they were to enter.”

Bing Ling was the rimesnake king that had become a three-fruit arcane dao immortal after consuming Bing Xuan’s power. Although her power came from the former North Sea subject, she was more powerful than him, as she was the snake king.

Other than the emperor corpse puppet in Violetgrave, the two of them were Lu Yun’s greatest assets.

However, in Lu Yun’s eyes, this room was the gaping maw of a vicious beast. Even arcane dao immortals would be devoured and picked clean upon entrance.

“Dead?” Disappointment creased Qing Han’s face.

There was no love lost between him and the Qing Clan. What little attachment he had for the clan came from his father’s branch of the family, but they’d long become the clan’s puppets. Qing Taxian, the Qing patriarch, was the scapegoat for every atrocity they committed, while the benefits were divvied up by everyone else.

Qing Han didn’t want Qing Quan to die so easily. It was one of his dearest wishes to kill the Qing dao immortal with his own hands.

“He’s dead.” Through the Spectral Eye, Lu Yun could see how lifeless Qing Quan’s body was. A cold consciousness had entered the corpse and become its careful puppetmaster.

Whatever it was, it’d noticed Lu Yun and Qing Han, and was observing the two particles they’d turned into in its own strange way. However, it wasn’t interested in two mere cultivators. It thus remained within Qing Quan’s body and ignored the two humans.

Not long after the humans left, a faint shadow stepped into the room and walked up to ‘Qing Quan’, who looked at the newcomer with surprise and delight.

“Your, Your Royal Highness....” Eyes wide, he shot to his feet and grabbed Ghost Dragon.

“The crown prince of the North Sea dragons is dead. I am Ghost Dragon.” Ghost Dragon’s voice was calm as still water. “Will you follow me… for revenge, Wuming?”

“This subordinate is at your service!” Wuming said without hesitation. “I will destroy the cretin of the Untroubled Sea!”

“Untroubled Sea?” Ghost Dragon shook his head. “A mere Qi Clan of the Untroubled Sea wasn’t powerful enough to go against our imperial clan.”

He tipped his head back, allowing two beams of black light to burst from his eyes and penetrate the firmament to reach a sky beyond the sky.

“Was it... them?” Wuming shuddered. “But... they’re dead as well.”

……

There was no water on the outskirts of the tomb, but as Lu Yun and Qing Han continued deeper inside, the air grew increasingly humid. They started to run into other immortals who’d entered to explore the tomb.