Chapter 510: Tomb of the Celestial Master (1/2)

Although Xiangliu Ting was here to meet him, the monster court wasn’t brave enough to invite Lu Yun into their midst.

The East Sea and Dusk Province were allies, but the former would lose any possibility of peace if Lu Yun were to step foot into their court. The fallen Path of Ingress at the end of the East Sea was attractive in and of itself; if Lu Yun were to speak with the court privately, they would definitely be turned upside down.

Xiangliu Ting and Lu Yun spoke under the watchful eyes of the public.

Lu Yun mentioned his willingness to draw formations of heaven and earth for the East Sea’s immortals, but Xiangliu Ting refused. Instead, the general had a different request: he wanted the young man to head to the end of the East Sea to save Xiangliu Hongzhen.

The Deaf Prince had been lost for a very long time with no news at all. According to the East Sea emperor’s speculations, he and the other five profligates had gone into the celestial master tomb at the end of the East Sea.

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“Celestial master tomb?” Lu Yun blinked. Back in the North Sea, the Deaf Prince and his five buddies had left in quite a hurry. After that, they were nowhere to be found.

“Yes, the celestial master tomb.” Xiangliu Ting chuckled drily. “Several years ago, they adventured into the tomb and returned with mountains of immortal crystals. The very same ones you’re familiar with, I’m sure. When they came back from the North Sea… they went in there a second time.”

The celestial master tomb was the foundation of the xiangliu bloodline. Every heritage of the East Sea court came from there—from the Monster Celestial Master.

“The crystal mountains came from the celestial master tomb… I understand!” That revelation warmed the cockles of Lu Yun’s heart.

In the North Sea, he’d shown a great need for immortal crystals. That was why he’d taken all of them from the North Sea monster palace. The Deaf Prince and his friends had seen and remembered it, hence their hasty return and entry into the celestial master tomb. They’d gone in to look for crystal mountains for him!

Some accident must have happened in the interim, though. Even today, the prince and the others were stuck in there still.

The celestial master tomb was a complicated place that even the current East Sea emperor could lose himself in. More than a dozen dao immortals had already been lost to it, and the emperor’s own attempt had ended in severe injury.

When Xiangliu Ting had gone to Dusk Province to reinforce it, he’d wanted to ask Lu Yun for this favor. However, Lu Yun had been too occupied by the province’s affairs, not to mention being ostracized by the rest of the world, for him to be able to mention it.

The young man’s appearance in the East Sea was the perfect opportunity, and Xiangliu Ting was the ideal ambassador for voicing their urgent appeal.

“Don’t worry, senior. They went in there because of me. I’ll see them safely out.” Lu Yun sounded rather more serious than usual.

“This is the map for the ghost realm at the end of the East Sea.” Taking out a jade slip, Xiangliu Ting handed it gravely to the human youth.

The desolation at the end of the East Sea was a zone of death and a ghost realm. It was positively huge in size—bigger than nearly the entirety of the sea. The East Sea monster court hadn’t seen its other side in eighty thousand years of exploration.

What they had seen, however, was a detailed topography of the place. Xiangliu Ting knew that Lu Yun had come for the Path of Ingress; that was why he’d given the map to the human youth in the first place.

“Is the kunpeng nest also here in the East Sea?” Lu Yun asked suddenly.

“Yes!” Xiangliu Ting blinked and nodded. “The celestial master tomb swallowed up both the kunpeng nest and the spirit turtle nest—qilin tomb combination.”

“Hmm?” Lu Yun widened his eyes. “The celestial master tomb swallowed them up, you say?”