Chapter 1065: Three Sacred Palaces (2/2)

Though Jin Gushen was extremely baffled, he wasn’t fool enough to question Lu Yun in front of everyone.

“It is indeed thanks to you all this time, or I might’ve been in true danger.” He smiled at the others.

“Senior brother Jin, would you like to join the Creation Palace?” Ying Luo immediately asked when Jin Gushen thanked them.

“My Burgeon Palace is not bad as well,” Wang Shu grumbled, then looked at Lu Yun. “What, are you not inviting senior brother Jin to join Inception Palace? Or have you two already reached an agreement?” His gaze turned suspicious.

“I would rather senior brother Jin never join a sacred palace,” Lu Yun snorted back. “He’s about our age, but already infinitely close to sovereign realm. If he joined a sacred palace, some old freak inside would want to dissect him and study him in detail.”

“Dissect him?” Ying Luo blinked her large eyes, not understanding.

“To slice senior brother Jin’s body and true spirit into pieces so they can observe what makes him tick,” Lu Yun explained.

Wang Shu and Ying Luo shuddered in unison.

“That is indeed the case.” Lie Shan nodded. “Senior brother Jin avoids the sacred palaces likely because of this reason.”

Jin Gushen nodded.

“Let us go. The big mountain ahead of us is the main tomb of the Tomb of Heaven and Earth, and where that massive pit holding everyone is,” murmured Lu Yun as he looked at the enormous mountain ahead of them. “This pit doesn’t just hold mundane beings, but everything that existed in the mythological realm—including masters that’d ascended beyond the chaos.

“This mountain that soars into the clouds is propped up by their endless resentment.”

Jin Gushen and the others remained silent. There weren’t creatures of the realms that were wholly ignorant in the dao of burial. They naturally understood what Lu Yun was saying.

“We might be separated after we head inside, so I won’t be able to protect you any further. You must be careful.” Jin Gushen glanced at Lu Yun.

He didn’t care about the others, but he did care about Lu Yun’s safety. In all his years and throughout his journey from mortal soul to eternal overlord, this was likely the first person to befriend him.

Thus, he didn’t care who Lu Yun was. This only friend had risked his life to save him in the zombie sea and lured away two murderous beasts for him. This brotherhood was more precious than anything else.

“Mmhmm.”

Like many of those around them, the five of them head toward the enormous mountain. The moment they touched the actual mountain, they vanished into thin air.

……

A putrid rotting smell burrowed into Lu Yun’s nostrils. He almost fainted, even with his mental fortitude.

“The corpse qi outside comes out from here.” Slightly dizzy, he pinched his nose and used Shapeshifting to turn himself into a zombie before feeling a little better.

“I wonder how the little fox and the others are doing?” He was thinking of Miao, Qiu Luoyu, and the two chaos creatures that’d sworn loyalty to him.