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Ji Tribe.
Yu The Great was currently organizing a map. This map depicted the Northern Primordial, and she had already dispatched people to list each of the eight array eyes of the Primordial Chaos Flood Formation. If Qi Lin truly was able to obtain the Divine Cauldron, perhaps this could be of some use.
“You honestly exhaust yourself for that man.” Lü Dongbin derisively watched her earnest efforts. “Your Yu The Great Divine Name is also considered a leader of the Northern Primordial. Is a single cultivator worth your efforts?”
Yu The Great ignored her and continued to gaze at the map.
Lü Dongbin was a bit bored.
“Lord Qingxuan, why did you not go with Qi Lin to search for the Divine Cauldron’s secret?” Hou Ji asked. She thought that if Lü Qingxuan had done so, Qi Lin would be even safer.
Lü Dongbin smiled: “Do you think I am his bodyguard?”
Hou Ji, having been seen through, blushed and immediately shook her head.
“Qingxuan is still injured right now and cannot bear to. Besides, as for Emperor Yao’s so-called Divine Cauldron…Qingxuan feels it will not be so easy to obtain. Qingxuan is still very respectful of the late Emperor Yao. Whatever secrets she has left behind, I do not want to disturb them.” Qingxuan answered.
Hou Ji grunted. The Divine Names of the Northern Primordial’s tribes more or less had similar thoughts; they had no desire to set foot in the holy grounds of Mount Tu.
“Lü Dongbin, may I ask you a question?” Yu The Great suddenly raised her head.
“Does your question pertain to the flood?” Lü Dongbin smiled.
Yu The Great nodded: “These floods are unprecedented in the Northern Primordial, and the mastermind behind the scenes possesses powerful Realm and background. She must have a reason for bringing this disaster upon the Northern Primordial. Can it be that the sage has not pondered upon the variables within.”
Lü Dongbin laughed: “The sage has deduced the mystery and long already calculated everything. Why should deities like us go analyze the sage. Master has no desire to speak a single word, and Qingxuan will not say another word either.”
“However…” Lü Dongbin changed the topic: “It is indeed very strange. Qingxuan met the deity using the formation. Although I do not know her identity, her Realm ranks among the Ten Patriarchs, and she even has a holy treasure, the ‘Primal Chaos Bell.'”
“Primal Chaos Bell?!”
Having heard this information for the first time, Yu The Great was left stupefied.
“Did that man not tell you?” Lü Dongbin ruminated: “He honestly cares about you and was afraid you would worry. No wonder, for the Primal Chaos Bell is one of the Seven Great Holy Treasures. If you had known that the deity who manufactured these floods possessed such a treasure, perhaps you would not have continued to control the floods.”
“The Primal Chaos Bell…Oh, heavens.” Hou JI did not dare consider the significance that such a bell had appeared.
“Do you still want to control the floods?” Lü Dongin asked.
Yu The Great hesitated. The Primal Chaos Bell was one of the Donghuang Taiyi’s magic treasures, and the Donghuang Taiyi was also the leader of the Immemorial Royal Family. Back when she began the Primal Chaos Heavenly Court, her proclamation that everyone could become emperor pushed the Immemorial Royal Family up to the peak, and she was the idol of the Immemorial Royal Family. If it could be said that the figure of Donghuang Taiyi was behind the Primal Chaos Bell, then every deity in the Northern Primordial needed to consider this carefully.
“The floods are endless. Even if the Donghuang Taiyi has been reborn, Yu will control the floods.” Yu The Great bit her lip.
“Yu The Great, you truly have been corrupted by that man…That you would actually dare to turn your back on the Donghuang Taiyi.” Lü Dongbin felt this was too inconceivable. “Then just hope that Qi Lin can retrieve the Divine Cauldron. Your Northern Primordial is considered a remote location among the Four Primordials and Four Continents. Even with Heaven-overflowing floods, the Central Plains will not care.”
The Pure Yang True Immortal very bluntly stated the position of the Central Plains Divine Kingdom. The Northern Primordial could be said to be the last bastion of the past Immemorial Royal Family; the Central Plains were even eager for all the deities in the Northern Primordial to drown.
“Ai.” It was a pity the Blessing could only be performed once. Without a choice, Yu The Great pondered other measures.
…
After the light receded, the scene had changed.
A wide palace gate appeared before him. The surrounding statues were so enormous, standing in excess of ten zhang, towering high and lofty. The divine path that stretched to the end was basically similar to the aurora tomb from before, just even more substantive and wide.
“I never imagined Emperor Yao would hide a palace inside a void realm.”
Void realms were void worlds of Primordial World. A void realm did not exist in essence. Only by using powerful Divine Energy to split apart space could one be created. Tombs were created through mundane means. No matter how well concealed they were, they could not hide from the eyes of time, but a void realm’s mystery was very wondrous. Even if known, if one was unable to control the power of a void realm, it was incapable of opening.
Emperor Yao’s space had used the “Sword-spine Dragon” as a guide. Only when the fengshui was broken could it lead to the void realm’s gate.
Activity stirred in the space behind Qi Lin. Nüba, Fenghou, Gongyang Tu and the others entered this mysterious space in succession.
“Emperor Yao truly went through a lot of trouble to actually have devised such a plan to hide her secrets.” Gongyang Tu looked around. The void realm did not split heaven and earth or the scenery of mountains and rivers. It was like an empty world, making the entire gargantuan palace float in the darkness.
“Does this not mean that Yao indeed had the Divine Cauldron?”
Nüba gracefully strode before that wide palace gate. Qi Lin was too late to stop her, but fortunately, there were no mechanisms at all.
“I already said first thing that Emperor Yao’s Divine Cauldron is to be used to control the floods. So long as the floods are repelled, care of the Divine Cauldron can be left to either Xuanyuan and Chiyou afterwards. But the floods concern all life in the Northern Primordial. I think that since they want to become queen of the Northern primordial, Xuanyuanshi and Chiyou will not sit by and watch?” Qi Lin said to them.
The red-haired girl faintly smiled. It was difficult to say whether or not her grin was one of mockery or admiration.
Fenghou answered in her stead: “Hmph, if you truly control the floods with it, Her Majesty will naturally not stand and watch, but the Divine Cauldron that Emperor Yao left behind symbolizes the greatest authority and absolutely cannot be given to foreigners.” The woman glanced at Gongyang Tu, jabbing at Chiyou.
Gongyang Tu was very calm: “Let us find out first whether or not a Divine Cauldron is even here. Back then, there was no information that Emperor Yao had even casted it. Fenghou, are you so certain the Divine Cauldron was left behind?”
“That is an entirely different matter.”
“Be at ease, my lord has her own considerations.” Gongyang Tu was noncommittal.
Qi Lin wrinkled his brow. Their responses were all equivocal, and they each had their own plans. However, there was no time right now to continue negotiations. This palace contained unknown dangers, and right now, any additional piece of power was an additional piece of hope. Even if in the end they were to all fall out with one another in a contest over the Divine Cauldron, Qi Lin did not fear them.
He had the help of Qi Qi, Nezha, and Changxi, and with the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, Immortal-slaying Flying Dagger, Ten Thousand Beasts Unbounded Banners and other powerful magic treasures, there was basically no reason for him to fear them.
The only things Qi Lin needed to be a bit more wary of were the four armored and black-clothed people around Gongyang Tu. Their features were obscured, but they faintly exuded a very domineering aura. There was also Nüba, the daughter of the Yellow Emperor. That she was able to receive Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan’s recognition meant that this girl was perhaps not so smile.
Thinking of this, Qi Lin took the initiative to push open the gate.
The moment Qi Lin entered the palace, a heavy pressure suddenly pushed down on his shoulders. He was astonished to find that the magical energy in his body was surprisingly suppressed, his Realm surprisingly incapable of rising.
Not only him, even Qi Qi, Nüba and the other deities also felt the same.
Everyone suffered similar Divine Energy suppression without exception.
“Seems there really is an Earlier Heaven magic treasure in this place.” Gongyang Tu showed an astonished expression. Such heavy pressure indicated that the palace contained a valuable treasure. Otherwise, such a restriction would not be needed.
This palace and the ordinary palace hall hardly had any significant differences, but there was a very wide open space without a single column in sight.
Qi Lin first observed the surrounding environment, as usual, particularly the reliefs inside the hall. Generally speaking, whether tomb or palace, murals represented scenes that had occurred at that time, and from these, he could gain very clear clues.
But he noticed that while the walls indeed had murals, they were a mess of chaos, like graffiti. There was no useful information at all, as if it had been sculpted haphazardly amidst the Longevity Lamps that illuminated the space.
The more Qi Lin looked, the more he felt this was strange.
“What is there to see here, just head straight to the end.” Gongyang Tu did not have the patience for Qi Lin’s dawdling.
“Just go by yourself, or are you saying you are afraid of any geomancy mechanisms that Yao left behind.” Nüba mockingly laughed.
“Then Your Servant shall go on first.” Gongyang Tu had this exact idea. Calling out, he led his vast troupe into the palace interior. However, he was quite careful, making warriors walk in the front.
Nüba saw that Qi Lin was still unmoved and was instead focused on this wall. She said: “If Your Distinguished Self does not go, Gongyang Tu will be one step ahead.”
“It is rare to see something that Emperor Yao left behind. I’ll keep looking.” Qi Lin smiled.
Nüba was a bit unable to fathom this man and said nothing else; she had Gongyang Tu to clear the way already, anyway.
After they left, Qi Lin’s gaze lingered on the graffiti still.
“Qi Lin, what’s there to see on this wall.” Nezha urged: “They’ve all left. If they actually seize the Divine Cauldron’s secret first, we will have come here in vain.”
“There’s no need to worry.” Qi Lin said with great certainty: “Emperor Yao was able to use fengshui to create this layout. This secret will definitely not be so easy to obtain, and this place must have more mechanisms. If we overlook some details and are unable to solve mechanisms, then we’ll have come here in vain.”
Nezha was astounded. This chaotic wall had a mechanism, too?
This was Qi Lin’s professional instinct. When he entered a tomb, he would always first take a moment to pay attention. He remembered something his senior sister once told him – in their quests for immortality even after death, emperors always constructed their tombs with particular diligence in the tomb’s layout, position, terrain, and mechanisms. In order to completely understand a tomb, then it was necessary to commit every detail of this mausoleum to his brain, to place himself in that emperor’s shoes.
Archaeology’s highest level was not to excavate history but to place oneself within history.
“These seem to be made by swords.” Qi Lin ran his hand over the scrawls on the wall, only to discover there was some very deep cuts, but under the dim lamplight, it resembled a mural from a distance.
“Could it be that a battle happened here in the past? That others came before?” Changxi covered her mouth.
“Possibly.”
Qi Lin felt this was a distinct possibility. These cuts were clearly man-made.
“Maybe someone entered the tomb of Emperor Yao before, but they weren’t able to find anything. So they deliberately destroyed stuff?” Qi Qi asked, bored. She punched the wall, only to discover this wall was very solid. Her fist was unable to leave a dent.
How powerful was the one to leave behind these sword marks.
“You couldn’t leave a mark?” QI Lin was astonished.
Qi Qi nodded, her fist still aching a bit.
Qi Lin also tried, using the Nine Fingers Of Hell, but was unable to pierce the wall. He originally wanted to use the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, but he thought better of causing destruction and gave up on this.
In the end, he carefully scanned the surroundings. Confirming that this hall did not have any thing he overlooked, he then moved towards the next objective.
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I wonder how th8s three-way standoff will go d9wn… WHO WILL THROW THE FIRST PUNCH?
Author’s pretty much set up Gongyang Tu as the aggressor. Nüba seems pretty chill so far, but Gongyang Tu has both personal and professional reasons to get rid of Qi Lin. Obviously, he’ll wait for Qi Lin to solve the puzzles first.