Chapter 715: Jiang Chen (1/2)
The tomb of the immortal emperor!
Lu Yun didn’t need the luopan to locate it—it was at the heart of the central world!
On the fringes of the central world were burial mounds of all sizes. Some were as small as a pile of dirt, while others were as large as a mountain range. Within every burial mound lay a primordial immortal.
There were more tombs and burial mounds here than in the ten majors and ten lands combined. These were the true resting places for immortals.
Lu Yun didn’t fight anyone for the opportunities he encountered on his way to the immortal emperor’s tomb. Those primordial legacies were beneath him. The methods he and Qing Yu had theorized together exceeded those of the primordial immortals. Once he established a sacred land and popularized the methods, the world of immortals would reach heights greater than the glories of the Primordial Era.
The primordial immortals had failed. Lu Yun hadn’t.
With the Wandering Step, he made his way through the central world at a tremendous clip, travelling five thousand kilometers with every step. The central world was vast, much more so than any of the majors in the world of immortals. Even with his stunning death art, it would take him a few days and nights to reach its heart.
“Here you are, sir!” Lin Xuan’s voice came through Lu Yun’s transmission talisman after it rang. “The tomb of the primordial immortal emperor is at the heart of the central world, protected by a great formation. Anyone who wishes to enter will have to go in through an altar!”
Lin Yu and Lin Xuan had entered the central world seven days ago as Lu Yun’s vanguard. Once they sensed Lu Yun’s arrival, they hailed him without delay.
“There are twenty-eight altars that are portals to the heart of the central world, but all of them have been occupied over the past seven days. The two of us aren’t their match… So...” Lin Xuan’s voice gained a tinge of shame.
“Where’s Lin Yu?” Lu Yun interjected.
“My older brother’s recovering from a serious injury… Dammit! Someone’s here!” Lin Xuan’s startled shout was the last thing Lu Yun heard. Then there was silence.
With a slight frown, Lu Yun took out his luopan and input the message Lin Xuan had sent him into it. The indicator on the compass spun and stopped toward the northwest. With no hesitation, Lu Yun followed the luopan’s guidance and moved with the Wandering Step.
This was one of the marvelous uses of a luopan. It could not only determine feng shui and locate ancient tombs, but could also trace energy or a voice to their source.
……
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
Great explosions rang out as the defensive formation Lin Xuan had hurriedly set up trembled furiously, cracks snaking through it.
Within its protection, Lin Yu was covered in blood, teetering on the edge of death. If not for the healing medicine Su Xiaoxiao and Yuying had packed for them, Lin Yu would’ve died already.
Lin Xuan quickly put down the transmission talisman and coalesced formation after formation with a flurry of hand gestures.
“Our teacher is very right. Formations without foundation may be the ultimate height of formation dao, but they have a great weakness—they lack reliability.” Face pale, Lin Xuan threw up a mouthful of blood as soon as he opened his mouth.
He wasn’t as badly injured as his brother, but his injury was still serious. Both brothers were great formation masters. Under Lu Yun’s guidance, they were on their paths to becoming the top-tier formation grandmasters in the world of immortals.
However, they were too weak in all other aspects. Their cultivation and combat arts, especially, were mediocre. Once someone was able to get close to them, the brothers basically lost all of their ability to fight back.
They had been ambushed earlier. If the tomb-raiding archives that Lu Yun had gifted Lin Xuan hadn’t been a powerful dao immortal treasure, they would’ve died a long time ago.