Chapter 66: Yang Tomb and Yin Grave (2/2)
“The ruins is so big, dense forest and mountains everywhere, I’ve long lost my sense of direction and forgotten where I’ve been to.”
“No! You must remember!” The face of the unscrupulous cultivator was fearsome, both his eyes were red as he grabbed onto Ye Fan tightly.
“Isn’t it just a piece of useless aurichalcite? You tossed and turned it for a full fifteen minutes before throwing it to the ground, why are you looking for it now. Could that useless piece of aurichalcite actually have some background?”
“Even if I say it you won’t understand, now hurry and find it for me!” The unscrupulous cultivator did not smile and had a stern face as he dragged Ye Fan along.
Ye Fan immediately understood that the mysterious aurichalcite was certainly extraordinary and seemed to be very important.
“God dammit, this humble Daoist actually threw away something that I had already obtained…..” The fat cultivators face was pale as he was filled with frustration and regret, totally different from his earlier expression of mirth and happiness.
Ye Fan was apprehensive, he could feel that the unscrupulous cultivator seemed to be willing to kill and he did not want to bang himself onto the knife’s edge as he earnestly walked forward.
“Young friend, you must carefully think, if we are able to find that piece of aurichalcite, whatever you want I will hand it over to you!” The fat cultivators face was stern as he emphasised: “You must carefully recall!”
“What exactly is that thing?”
“Stop asking questions, if you ask anymore questions, this humble Daoist will become angry!” The fat cultivator viciously slapped his right hand as he said: “How could I be so muddle headed, a lifetime of looking for treasures but in the end still failed to see it when it was right in front of me.” It could be seen that he was very regretful and blamed himself to the point where he wanted to cut off that hand of his.
“Our paths diverged from here, thereafter I saw you running towards the distance……” The fat cultivator had brought Ye Fan to the mountain where they had split paths.
“That’s right, it’s here. Let me think which direction did I take off in……” Ye Fan walked at a normal pace towards the bottom of the mountain, the unscrupulous cultivator followed close, not rushing him as he wanted him to slowly recall.
Ye Fan walked very slowly as he thought about how to get rid of the fat cultivator. Unknowingly, the two had already walked past three mountains and when climbing the fourth one, Ye Fan had an expression of glee as he said: “It’s here.”
Seeing where his finger was pointed, the fat cultivator’s face became ugly, atop this mountain ridge was a dark and deep naturally occurring pool, silent like a rock without any waves, emitting a cold air that made one’s heart shiver.
“Don’t tell me that you threw it into this deep pool!” A demonic light seemed to be flashing from the fat cultivator’s eyes which immediately made Ye Fan panic, he could faintly feel that something was amiss, as though the fat cultivator could see through his intentions.
At this moment, Ye Fan was extremely nervous as he hurriedly gathered his wits about him as he worked hard to reenact a scene of him standing by the dark deep pool and throwing the piece of useless aurichalcite in.
The fat cultivator’s eyes returned to normal as he grit his teeth and said: “You wastrel! I…… I am of a mind to throw you in as well!”
“Isn’t it just a piece of useless metal?” Ye Fan’s face seemed to be indifferent.
“Splash”
The fat cultivator abruptly leapt into the deep pool, initially a divine glow could be seen flashing beneath the surface of the water however after a while it became dull, without light as the dark waters of the deep pool regained calm.
Ye Fan waited for a full two minutes but the unscrupulous cultivator had not come back as he muttered: “This fatty who is so lacking in morals couldn’t have gotten his just desserts inside right?”
Another minute passed and the surface of the water broke as the fat cultivator rushed out, his entire body covered in a thick layer of black ice.
“Bang!”
Within the back mystical ice, lights continually flashed and ten breaths worth of time passed before the divine lights from the unscrupulous cultivator finally broke through the ice, causing the ground to be littered with pieces of ice. His face was currently very pale as his lips were even shivering.
“God dammit, almost freezed this humble Daoist to death.” His entire body was trembling, quivering and shaking uncontrollably as his body continually released a divine glow expel the cold air, black wisps could be seen emitting from his body as the surrounding vegetation was immediately frozen by the black mist, thereafter turning into dust.
In the distance, Ye Fan took a sharp intake of cold air, he had chosen this dark pool as he felt that it was deep enough. He never expected it to be this frightening. Those sturdy ice pieces that fell to the ground caused the area of over ten metres around it to be frozen as many boulders shattered, even Ye Fan who was far away could feel the bone piercing cold.
“Daoist have you managed to find it?”
“I actually went down several thousand metres and saw a broken plaque along the way, there were two words ‘Deep Pool’ carved on it, unfathomably deep, I have no idea how deep this dark pool is!”
“Daoist why did you toss it away initially, you’re regretting it now right……”
“Don’t talk about it anymore!”
Seeing the flustered and exasperated expression on the fat cultivator’s face, Ye Fan almost laughed, he was feeling tremendously good but an expression of nervousness was on his face as he said: “Could it really have been a treasure?”
The fat cultivator’s face was pale as he angrily walked to and fro: “I don’t have a common language with you!”
Ye Fan tactfully walked to the side as he plucked two wild fruits and began to feast.
Seeing his indifference as he even had the mood to eat wild fruits, the fat cultivator had a gloomy expression as he said: “You damned wastrel! You actually tossed it into the deep pool, I…… I really want to kill you!”
“Old Daoist, you were the one who threw it away, why are you blaming me now? Didn’t you also treat it like garbage initially……”
“I…… I hate myself!” The unscrupulous cultivator really wanted to slap himself as he once again jumped into the deep pool.
This time, he went for over two hours before finally breaking the surface, he was already a big block of ice as black lights flashed with a piercing cold that chilled the bone.
Ye Fan hid far away, the unscrupulous cultivator took a full minute before finally breaking through the ice, his entire body was black and purple, all the pores on his body were releasing a black mist as the entire region atop the mountain became covered with black ice, vegetation withered and many boulders were frozen and shattered.
After a long period of time, the unscrupulous cultivator finally recovered as he disappointedly walked out of the icy region, sitting on the ground with his buttocks he muttered: “I really hate myself……”
By the side, Ye Fan was secretly feeling schadenfreude, seeing the crestfallen expression on the fatty who was lacking in morals made him feel an indescribable sense of pleasure.
Suddenly, the unscrupulous cultivator seemed to think of something as he suddenly jumped up and looked to the distant volcano before gazing back at the black deep pool as he exclaimed: “I understand! The demon emperor has two burial mounds, one is a Yang tomb while the other is a Ying grave!”
Ye Fan was shocked by his actions as he questioned: “Daoist what are you saying?”
The fat cultivator ignored him as he earnestly began carving on the ground. The active volcano and the dark deep pool was marked out on the ground. Afterwards, he continued to mark down the topography of the surrounding area in scale.
“God dammit, it’s really like that! One Yang and one Ying, forming a Tai Chi symbol, the heart which is the source of the divine spring of energy is buried in the Yang tomb while the real icy cold corpse is buried in the Ying grave.” The fat cultivator’s face seemed to glow in comprehension.