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“Ever since the day that I, Vermilion Bird Divine General Wang Jian Wang Jue, bore my Star Name, I read the Three Strategies, comprehended the Six Secret Strategic Teachings, and then I forged my Divine Weapon Ling Guang. Who knows how many times I have crossed the bridge of life and death, the dangers I have fought and killed in the Great Primordial Western Province. I stepped into True Ancient Divine Realm within a century, was conferred one of the ‘Four Great Divine Generals’ by the First Emperor, and am revered by all in the Ancient Qin Kingdom. Beginning the moment I was an Invested Deity, I vowed to make the name Wang Jian deified throughout the Primordial, but to lose my life here and in such an embarrassing manner is the shame of my life…”
Wang Jian closed her eyes and was already skimming through her memories. Her voice was in despair and sorrow, as if she was eulogizing.
“Wang Jian, we’re not dead yet. You’re a Divine General, can’t you pull yourself together?” Qi Lin was speechless.
Wang Jian did not want to look at the face of the man pinning her down from above. The ice-cold touch of their skin already made her forget about death.
“I may have a way to escape.” Qi Lin gently sighed.
Wang Jue shivered. She opened her eyes, which were even filled with dejection: “The Taowu is one of the Primordial Four Perils, don’t delude yourself into thinking you can escape.” Pausing, she continued to expressionlessly say: “Although you are an Invested Deity Emissary, given your Realm, you couldn’t possibly handle the Taowu.” Only when those who had reached Ancient Realm could perhaps have a chance at survival.
Having been trapped inside the coffin by the Taowu, and in the process of being melted by the black water, they could not escape from the Taowu’s clutches even with the most miraculous of abilities.
“And if I actually can escape?” Qi Lin asked.
Wang Jian stared at him, apparently to see if he was bluffing, but the Vermilion Bird Divine General was grateful to discover that this young man was quite thorough in his planning, not baseless at all.
“Speak.” Wang Jian listened with rapt attention. She was very interested to know what amazing discovery this young man had made.
“Back then, Gun constructed a mausoleum at the inauspicious grounds where ten thousand beasts devoured corpses in order to raise the ‘Taowu’ of the Four Perils. According to what you said, this should have been at least a hundred thousand years ago?” Qi Lin was calm.
“A hundred thousand years is enough time to make the Taowu reach a Realm of unimaginable power. If it was raised for only a few decades, then we might have a chance to survive, but…” Wang Jian pursed her lips. Her eyes were already devoid of hope.
“Since she was raising it, Gun must have had some way to restrain the Taowu, otherwise, it would be very difficult for her to control it. And after a hundred thousand years, this Peril was unknown to all among the Ten Thousand Beasts Barbarians. This shows that Gun has used a forbiddance to restrict the Taowu in this tomb, so it is unable to leave and can only stay inside this cave.”
Wang Jian thought for a moment. This was seemingly somewhat logical, but what was the point in knowing these. They were already stuffed into the bronze coffin by the Taowu, and all the power in their bodies were suppressed. There was no way at all to break out of the Taowu’s forbiddance.
“The Ten Thousand Beasts Banner you mentioned just now reminded me…” Qi Lin said. “The Marquis Of Ten Thousand Beasts created the twelve Ten Thousand Beasts Banners during her punitive expedition against the Ten Thousand Beasts Barbarians, then she may have also used a similar method to create something to trap the Taowu.”
Seeing that Wang Jian was a bit perplexed, Qi Lin powerlessly said: “Don’t tell me you were never paying attention to the details in this mausoleum?”
Wang Jian’s face flushed red, and she rebuked: “This burial palace has a hundred guardian tomb beasts and a coffin hung by chains, what detail could…Does this mean…” The woman paused, “Chains?”
“En, this burial palace coffin might be an item to trap the Taowu, and the twelve chains are the forbiddance.”
Wang Jian was stupefied by Qi Lin’s mind. Heavens, just how strong were his observation abilities and his imagination to even devise such a conclusion. “But what do we do even if we know this?”
“To be able to trap the Taowu, it should use the Immemorial Royal Family’s geomancy. If we can dispel it, perhaps we can break out of the coffin.”
Wang Jian’s mind was in a bit of turmoil. She was somewhat unable to keep up with Qi Lin’s tempo.
Qi LIn did not care if the woman under him was able to understand or not. In short, the only solution was to exploit the coffin’s forbiddance to break out. Qi Lin closed his eyes and immediately entered his imagination. Very quickly, the entire tomb’s structure seemed to appear in his mind as a 3-D model. His Senior Sister called this skill of his “dimensional structure.” When he was an archaeologist, it was difficult to avoid stepping deeply into complicated tombs. Because some tombs had special mechanisms or structures, they were more complex than labyrinth.
In some cases, many archaeological personnel could even lose their sense of direction once inside. Later, Qi Lin trained this ability, relying on his “imagination” skill. He was able to draw a map in his mind based on places he had been to before. Relying on this ability, it was like a mental map of any tomb he had visited appeared in his mind.
Even in this burial hall, guardian tomb beasts, the bronze coffin, and the decorative designs of the twelve chains had all entered deep into his mind and were reproduced.
The twelve chains let out a faint rattle.
This sound was faint, so soft it was nearly inaudible.
Qi Lin sensed something was different.
While he was still trying to solve the mystery of the twelve shackles and the coffin, the black qi-turned-water gradually submerged them, the two of them apparently stuck naked together, Wang Jue’s body even being blasphemed. Wang Jue wanted to resentfully glare at Qi Lin, to make him refrain from perverse thoughts, only to suddenly find that the young man was not enjoying the taste of her soft jade body and her warm fragrance at all. He was thinking…he was pondering, searching for a way out.
Wang Jian also fell quiet.
“So it turned out to be the Twelve Earthly Branches.” Qi Lin suddenly had an epiphany.
“Twelve Earthly Branches?”
“En. The twelve chains represent the Earthly Branches, and their different sounds represent Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao…” Qi Lin was a bit excited: “Zi, Chou, Yin, and Mao also represent the forms of twelve animals. If this is the case, then we just need to find the corresponding the burial palace’s guardian tomb beast statues to be able to release the forbiddance.”
“There is already no point in realizing this now.” Wang Jian closed her eyes. The black water rose past her cheeks. She could feel her skin lose her sense of touch.
“There’s still a chance. The twelve chains lock the coffin, and we are inside of it. As long as we imbue Divine Energy into the twelve chains, we can open the coffin.” Qi Lin already noticed on the inside of the coffin that there were traces the twelve chains had pierced right through. He wanted to use Star Energy, but he was already without any strength to muster.
The Taowu’s evil wind and qi wrapped around the pair like a cocoon. There was basically no way th break through at all.
Qi Lin, who had been elated a moment ago, immediately had a slightly unsightly expression.
“Ai, to have seen a man like you before I die, Wang Jian is very impressed. May we be able to become friends in our next lives.” Wang Jian had never admired a person like this. Qi Lin’s composure, confidence, and optimism had somehow influenced her.
“I have no interest in dying here.”
Qi Lin grit his teeth and shut his eyes. He opened his mind, and the Huaxia Ancient Diagram slowly manifested.
…
“What a bright young man, to surprisingly be able to see through the mechanism of the ‘Taowu Coffin’ at a glance.”
Outside the burial hall, the lid of the coffin was engraved with strange patterns. Careful inspection would reveal it was none other than the likeness of the Taowu. A pair of scarlet eyes glowed, lifelike. It was in the middle of savoring the hopeless struggle of the man and woman inside. Very quickly, it noticed that Qi Lin unexpectedly had already seen through this forbiddance’s mystery.
Indeed, these twelve “Earthly Branch Chains” were combined with the burial palace’s “Heavenly Stem Beast” to form a powerful barrier that trapped the Taowu in this place.
The Taowu needed to absorb several tens of thousands of years of inauspicious qi to be able to break free.
Perhaps by devouring this man, it could recover even quicker, no need to wait for Gun to come master its name.
The blood-red eyes on the coffin slowly faded. It was sincerely satisfied with this offering of despair.
…
The black water and evil qi grew deeper and deeper, practically filling the coffin. Qi Lin’s consciousness was growing increasingly hazy. Before long, he and Wang Jian would become a puddle of blood. They would melt from their flesh, bones, organs, down to their very souls inside this coffin and become a part of its grudge.
Power.
Qi Lin had an incomparable thirst for power. The Heaven-shaking Bow and Cloud-piercing Arrow of the Huaxia Ancient Diagram manifested, but because he lacked the power to control it, he was basically unable to use them.
All of a sudden, Qi Lin recalled something.
“Wang Jian!!”
Qi Lin used all of his strength to yell.
The woman’s eyes were hazy, wandering the boundary between life and death. Wang Jian’s heart was already without humiliation or resentment, and her anger was practically gone already.
“In order to live, what price would you be willing to pay!” Qi Lin bit her earlobe, each word resonating and forceful, powerful and earsplitting.
Price?
If there truly was a way to live through this Peril, then what else could she ask for.
“Very well, your life is now mine.” Qi Lin was resolute. He lowered his head and kissed the woman’s lips.
Thereupon.
Hope broke out from the cocoon.
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