Chapter 771: Sword, River, Fire, Tree (1/2)
“Only one of the four great treasures remains free from contamination... and it’s the sword I saw just now?” Lu Yun asked reflexively.
“That’s right!” Ashu nodded. “If my guess is right, the corpsefire we saw earlier should belong to the great one buried in the ancient tomb of Crimson Province. It’s on the same level as the Dusk River, but it’s turned into corpsefire after its corruption.”
Lu Yun shuddered and heaved a mental sigh of relief.
The corpsefire outside the Heaven Locus Marsh wasn’t the main body of the corpsefire—it was just a bit of energy that’d leaked out. Though Lu Yun’s hellfire could counter dead things, he wasn’t strong enough to fight off the main entity of fire given his current strength.
More importantly, someone else was controlling the fire.
“The sword beneath us is being corrupted by the extreme yin in the Dusk River. Once it’s fully tainted, we’ll be dead without a doubt!” Large beads of cold sweat dotted Ashu’s forehead and he looked a little pale.
“How do you know all this?” suddenly asked the Venerated Sacrosanct Demon Sovereign. “You were a holy lord of the underworld, yes, but you weren’t a holy king. At your age, you shouldn’t know these secrets.”
Ashu swept a glance at the demon sovereign and continued in a whisper, “What I know has to do with the secrets of the underworld, but since Lu Yun’s replica is the fourth holy king, he has the right to know these things.
“Holy King Atrophy wanted to bring me back because he was also afraid that I would tell others about these secrets…”
“Wait, this has to do with your underworld. I’m willing to follow Lu Yun, but I don’t want to become one of the underworld’s!” The demon sovereign quickly sealed off his senses and consciousness when he saw that Ashu was about to spill the beans.
Though Lu Yun’s replica was a holy king of the underworld, Lu Yun himself was the headmaster of the Dao Academy. These were two entirely different concepts! The demon sovereign was willing to follow Lu Yun, but he sure as heck wasn’t willing to follow Holy King Xing Chen!
Ashu shrugged and continued, “There’s a large mountain in the underworld that’s been our holy mountain since time immemorial. Anyone who stands upon it can peer into the river of time and see what’s happened in the past.”
Lu Yun blinked. “Interesting… Can you see what happened in the world of immortals a hundred thousand years ago?”
“Yes.” Ashu nodded. “There was once a holy lord who almost became a holy king. He stood on the mountain and observed the events of a hundred thousand years ago. He was taken away by akasha ghosts not long after that.”
“Then did he see the truth of what happened?” Lu Yun pressed.
“I don’t know.” Ashu shook his head. “He became reticent and refused to say a word after his experience, and then the akasha ghosts took him away in front of everyone.”
“Did the holy kings not do anything about that?”
“No. Many of them died in the great war a hundred thousand years ago, leaving only three to protect the underworld. Therefore, the great war became a taboo topic for them.” Ashu seemed to see through Lu Yun’s thoughts. “The holy kings have never set foot on the holy mountain, neither have they looked into the river of time from it. Only bored holy lords like us will stand there and look into the past to kill some time.”
He seemed to be just chit chatting randomly, but it was a clear message to Lu Yun that no holy king had ever climbed the mountain. It was restricted grounds for them.
Lu Yun didn’t respond until he suddenly shouted, “Venerated Sacrosanct Demon Sovereign, use the Skyturning Seal to destroy that vortex!”
He brought out the Sugato Sword at the same time and summoned curtains of blue light to protect his body. When Xuanxi saw this, she quickly put away her divine decree and landed beside her master.
The demon sovereign was still in an insensate state, but Lu Yun used the power of the Tome of Life and Death to punch through his seals. Upon hearing the instruction, he swiftly threw the seal at the enormous vortex.
Booooooom!