Chapter 593 (1/2)

593 The Fifth Portrait of Beauty, The Exceptionally Beautiful Face Within The Crystal Coffin

Qing Shui looked around and realized that there was nothing else in here. The Treasure Map in his hand had already vanished the moment he entered this palace. This was a clear indication that the location on the Treasure Map was here.

He then shifted his gaze towards the palace wall of the east side. It turned out that his view had been obstructed by the crystal pillars of this palace earlier. This wall was different than the wall on the west side. The drawings were directly painted on the west wall, but on the east wall, a painting drawn on Beast Parchment was suspended on the wall.

There was not only a beast in the painting but also a person. Qing Shui was surprised earlier to see a familiar painting on the wall, it was similar to the Portraits of Beauty that were suspended in his Realm of Violet Jade Immortal.

The fifth Portrait of Beauty!

Qing Shui looked at this painting. The lady in this painting had a beauty that could topple kingdoms. She had beautiful dark eyebrows, a pair of gorgeous deep eyes and an imposing beauty that could subdue someone. The lady in the painting also looked as if she was in midair.

Canghai Mingyue!

Qing Shui only came back to his senses after a long time. Although he had always suspected that Canghai Mingyue was one of the ladies from the Portraits of Beauty, he still got pretty excited and emotional when he confirmed it with his own eyes.

……….

Qing Shui shifted his gaze onto the other painting. It was an old man who looked like a sage. His white clothes were whiter than snow. On top of that, his hair was snow white and he had a long snowy white beard. His appearance was surprisingly tidy.

There was neither a description nor an introduction. The old man in the painting appeared to be in a deep thought. After gazing for awhile and not making any discoveries, Qing Shui shifted his gaze to the other painting beside it.

This time, it was a painting of a strong-looking middle aged man who was fully dressed in battle armor. He had a pair of thick eyebrows, large eyes, and a straight nose. His lips formed a tight straight line, showing his unyielding determination. His dark armor brought out his grim aura.

……….

Qing Shui gradually looked upwards. The more he looked, the more all this collection of paintings appeared to be like a family tree……

The series of paintings clearly conveyed the family’s dismal decline over the ages. The Portrait of Beauty that was suspended at the most bottom part stood out.

Qing Shui didn’t take that Portrait of Beauty but he instead slowly made his way towards the crystal coffin. He felt that the gorgeous crystal coffin was a little strange in this extremely spacious and empty great hall.

He suddenly recalled the question he had asked the old turtle. He had asked it if it needed any help and the old turtle had actually nodded its head.

The crystal coffin was about three meters long, two meters wide and one meter high. Colors were reflected on it, but it wasn’t transparent. Most importantly, the crystal coffin was not covered.

He approached the crystal coffin curiously. Qing Shui had killed quite a number of people so he wasn’t afraid that there would be a dead person in the crystal coffin. Besides, a dead body lying in a coffin was nothing out of the ordinary. However, he had a lot of questions in his head. For example, what was this place? Who were the people in the paintings? What did the old turtle need help with……?

Qing Shui was flabbergasted when he saw what was inside the crystal coffin. It wasn’t the sinister-looking skeleton nor the horribly mangled dead body he imagined, although it was a person as expected.

It was a divine-looking woman!

Her eyes were shut, her hair was worn in a high bun. She had a pair of gentle looking and beautiful eyebrows. Although she didn’t wear any cosmetics on her delicate face, she was still a beautiful woman that looked like a slumbering goddess.

Not even her snow white simple clothes could conceal the fine curves of her unusually beautiful body. Her shoulders were chiseled, the curves in front of her chest were extremely gorgeous, her soft waist was like flowing white silk. Her slender and exquisite figure was like a jade sculpture sculpted by God. Her delicate exposed bare feet glowed with radiance…

Even when she was laid there with her eyes shut, she still exuded an aura so holy to the point of causing one to feel blasphemous when staring at her. This was the most distant woman that Qing Shui had ever seen. It wasn’t because of her coldness, but because of the pride and aloofness that came from her very soul.

Her expression was very tranquil, but Qing Shui didn’t believe that she was a dead person. He reached out and put his hand on the wrist of this exceptionally beautiful woman. Her wrist was smooth and silky but also a little cold.

A wave of bone-chilling icy cold qi entered Qing Shui’s body through his arm. But he quickly expelled it with Ancient Strengthening Technique and Nature Energy.

He then placed his gaze on the woman’s chest. There was a silver chain around her slender and fair neck that reached in between those fine breasts, concealed underneath her clothes. Qing Shui was pretty sure that it was something precious because he could feel the strong soul-cleansing qi that it exuded.

He hesitated for a while before reaching out to touch her breasts that were soft and perky. Then he felt something about the size of a pigeon egg wedged in between those wonderful breasts. The numbing pleasure he could feel in his hands caused him to very quickly retract his arms as he realized that his heart was beating very fast…..

In the end, Qing Shui had confirmed that the woman was not dead. She had only been sealed with the help of this crystal coffin and the ‘divine stone’ around her neck. The woman had been poisoned by a type of strong yin poison, which was also a cold poison.

Qing Shui hesitated for a moment but didn’t take any action because he knew that it was unlikely he could do anything about it right now. Any minor slip up could cost him his life. It wasn’t a risk that he would take on.