Chapter 711 - 300: Favor Points from Nascent Soul Ghosts

Chapter 711: Chapter 300: Favor Points from Nascent Soul Ghosts

"Immortal King’s Tomb?"

This was the first time Chu Lingguang had ever heard this term.

The two words "Immortal King" were suffocating, while "tomb" simply meant death.

"A dead Immortal King shouldn’t be a threat to the living, right?"

Chu Lingguang said tentatively.

"Shh!"

Li Qiushui quickly shushed him, signaling for Chu Lingguang not to speak nonsense.

At the same time, a flickering, blood-red light appeared from the depths of the black hole.

It was as if something was awakening. Both Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui couldn’t help but release fluctuations of their Spiritual Sense inward, trying to investigate the disturbance. However, they found their Spiritual Sense was like a clay ox sinking into the sea—it vanished into the endless darkness without a trace.

CLANG!

Simultaneously, another sound echoed from within, as if some mysterious creature was reviving.

Even Li Qiushui felt her scalp tingle with fear and instinctively took a step back. But having entered the Immortal King’s Tomb, she also knew how dangerous the Stone Forest was, so she quickly stopped.

She said, "We have no way back. According to the sect’s records, not even Golden Core or Nascent Soul strong persons can escape that Stone Forest. If we try to leave, it’s a dead end."

Jarred back to her senses, she recalled some of the sect’s records.

The Immortal King’s Tomb was a forbidden area for the Profound Celestial Sect, the Cyan Cloud Sect, and all the other major sects. No one dared to enter it lightly, because countless predecessors had lost their lives in the tomb or the Stone Forest while trying to obtain the treasures within.

She and Chu Lingguang had stumbled into the black hole in a daze. It was sheer luck that they hadn’t been devoured by the Array in the Stone Forest. Li Qiushui now understood why the Nine-headed Bird had suddenly vanished. It wasn’t hiding in ambush outside; it had been consumed by the Array in the Stone Forest, annihilated without a trace.

Apparently, the loud noise from before had been the sound of the Nine-headed Bird’s demise.

Even a Great Demon at the Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment, possessing a Primordial Bloodline, was easily cursed to death by the Array in the Stone Forest. Even though she and Chu Lingguang were both at the Foundation Establishment Realm, there was no way they could get out.

At this thought, Li Qiushui instinctively grabbed Chu Lingguang’s hand and headed toward the blood-red light in the depths of the cave.

Chu Lingguang was taken aback but let Li Qiushui pull him forward. He could feel her palm sweating. As the saying goes, the ignorant know no fear. He didn’t understand just how terrifying the Immortal King’s Tomb was, so he was relatively calm.

But Li Qiushui’s current nervousness was something he hadn’t even seen when they were being chased by the Nine-headed Bird, which made Chu Lingguang heighten his guard.

The two proceeded cautiously into the depths of the cave.

「A moment later.」

The two saw that the depths of the cave opened up to a cliff. Below the cliff was a grand plaza filled with many stone sculptures, and surrounding the plaza were magnificent palaces.

It was as if they had arrived at an Immortal King’s underground palace.

The black hole was one of the tunnels leading to this underground plaza.

"Senior Sister, look."

Chu Lingguang then noticed that on the cliff face opposite them, there were six other tunnels. Including the one they were in, there were seven tunnels in total.

It seemed there were seven tunnels in the Stone Forest that led to this place above the plaza, from which one could see the blood-lit square and magnificent palaces below.

"The Qiankun Eight Array Map... I understand now. By a stroke of luck, we entered a tunnel that represents life."

"The sect records say that the Stone Forest is like a giant Heaven-Swallowing Array. Even a Nascent Soul Strong Person who doesn’t understand the Array’s mysterious mechanisms will face certain death."

"We were so focused on escaping the Nine-headed Bird that we absent-mindedly ducked into a tunnel representing life."

"But this Qiankun Eight Array Map can shift freely. Moving forward means life, and moving backward means death."

"Look."

Li Qiushui looked behind them.

Chu Lingguang turned to look, and his expression froze. There was no cave tunnel behind them, only a solid black cliff wall.

The spot where they stood was merely a rock jutting out from the cliff. Looking toward the plaza, they could see a series of other protruding rocks on the cliff face, leading down to the plaza.

Here at this plaza, their Spiritual Power felt suppressed for some unknown reason. They were completely unable to use Sword Flight or kill enemies with Qi manipulation.

"How could this be?"

Chu Lingguang felt dizzy with confusion.

As a complete novice to the world of cultivation who had inexplicably entered an Immortal King’s Tomb, he felt the danger far outweighed any potential fortune.

"Forward means life, backward means death."

Li Qiushui repeated this sentence, grabbing Chu Lingguang’s hand once more. She pulled him toward the plaza below, and the two of them descended step by step along the rocks jutting out from the cliff face.

Behind them, the stones they stepped on would automatically retract into the cliff face after they passed, as if vanishing into thin air.

This left them with no path of retreat.

At the same time, the blood-red light in the plaza grew more intense.

The stone sculptures seemed to come to life, turning to look out beyond the plaza.

The magnificent palaces also dimmed rapidly.

CLANG!

At that moment, the crashing sound from before occurred again.

Chu Lingguang and Li Qiushui had also made their way down from the cliff and arrived behind one of the palaces. As they looked toward the plaza, they happened to see a stone gate open on the opposite side.

A group of people was walking out from inside.

"People from the Cyan Cloud Sect."

Startled, Li Qiushui quickly pulled Chu Lingguang into hiding.

"How did they get in?"

"The Immortal King’s Tomb is a forbidden place! How dare they enter?"

Li Qiushui was completely baffled.

"Senior Sister, didn’t we get in too?"

Chu Lingguang pointed out.

"We got in because..."

Li Qiushui started to correct him, but suddenly realized she had been holding Chu Lingguang’s hand the entire time. A blush crept onto her cheeks, and she quickly pulled her hand back.