#2731 - The Land of Concentrated Yin
Jun Wuxie and Mo Qingli stepped onto the stone bridge.
The scene before them instantly changed drastically.
The stone bridge beneath their feet disappeared, and everything behind them was different.
They found themselves standing on a boat, with winding streams in front and behind them, stretching endlessly.
The banks of the streams were pitch black, like a bottomless abyss.
The stream meandered, carrying them forward, winding through many coves, yet still without end.
Such an environment was extremely oppressive and eerie.
Besides the boat beneath their feet and the flowing water, nothing could be seen, as if they had suddenly entered an unknown world.
“The illusion here is difficult to dispel.
I have never come here at night before, and only today do I realize that even I cannot find a single flaw…”
Mo Qingli was very surprised.
Although her current realm is not high, her soul realm far surpasses her cultivation.
“The people buried in the Great Tomb Fortress are likely far beyond your imagination, at least stronger than you at your peak.
The methods they themselves laid down, or the methods laid down by those who buried them, are naturally extraordinary.
Although this is not the power they left behind, but a field of heaven and earth condensed with Dao.
In this Hunyuan Great World, in past eras, there might not have been many who could unravel it.
Perhaps this era will be different.
However, those people have not shown their faces, obviously they are afraid of the Great Tomb Fortress and dare not enter it easily.”
“Yes, but I don’t understand.
Since the tomb owner or the person who buried them set up an illusion here, they shouldn’t want people to approach the Great Tomb Fortress at night.
Those who enter the Great Tomb Fortress during the day often suffer misfortune and lose their lives.
Why didn’t they directly set up a killing array, or a field that could take lives?
Although the field of Qiao’er Bay is difficult to break, it is still an illusionary field and has no lethality.”
“They weren’t trying to kill people in the first place.”
As Jun Wuxie spoke, Primordial Runes lit up beneath his feet.
He pulled Mo Qingli and stepped onto the water from the boat.
The moment his foot landed on the water, Primordial Runes bloomed with golden light on the surface, transforming into runes that spread out.
He pulled Mo Qingli away from the wooden boat in a few steps.
At the same time, the void ahead began to ripple and distort slightly.
The closer they got to the rippling area of the void, the more distorted it became.
When they approached that area, and the rune array beneath their feet spread to cover it.
The distorted void suddenly cracked open, and moonlight like water shone in, revealing the outline of a mountain range.
Jun Wuxie led Mo Qingli through the crack and returned to the real world.
The previous illusionary scene suddenly disappeared.
Looking back, the stone bridge was only a few meters away, the stream gurgling, as if nothing had happened.
“Continuing what we were saying, the people who left behind the methods back then did not intend to kill people.
They just didn’t want people to approach the Great Tomb Fortress at night.
The Great Tomb Fortress at night is far more dangerous than during the day.”
Jun Wuxie looked at the mountain range ahead, which was the Great Tomb Fortress.
The moonlight converged, making the Great Tomb Fortress even more mysterious, with a chilling feeling.
The moonlight was like silvery light smoke, swirling around the Great Tomb Fortress, like clouds.
“It seems that Lord Jun has noticed something unusual.
I am short-sighted and haven’t seen any difference between the Great Tomb Fortress at night and during the day.”
“You are not a Primordial Rune Master, and your understanding of certain things is insufficient, so you naturally cannot see anything from a distance.
Let’s get closer, and by then, you should have a different feeling.”
Jun Wuxie released Mo Qingli’s arm and stepped forward, heading towards the Great Tomb Fortress.
For some reason, Mo Qingli, who never felt fear towards these things, felt a chill in her heart at this moment and hurried to catch up.
Before long, they finally arrived at the foot of the Great Tomb Fortress.
They were now in the lowest area of the Great Tomb Fortress mountain.
If the Great Tomb Fortress was seen as a large grave, then they were standing near the tail of the grave.
Here, the converging moonlight enveloped them, as if draping them in a layer of silver gauze.
Mo Qingli suddenly felt a chill.
This chill wasn't very cold, but it had an indescribable coolness that could penetrate the skin and drill into the body, making the whole body feel like cold air was flowing through it.
The entire Great Tomb Fortress was silent, without the slightest sound.
This stillness inexplicably made people feel eerie and fearful, giving them goosebumps.
“The Great Tomb Fortress at night is so eerie and terrifying…”
Mo Qingli felt a little uncomfortable.
This was extremely abnormal.
As a cultivator like her, with a powerful primordial spirit, and once a figure in the Origin Realm, her mind and body should not have reacted like this.
“This place is a gathering of yin energy, and the yin energy is most intense at night.
Often, in such places, if they become burial grounds, they will breed various terrifying things.
These things sleep during the day and awaken at night, especially on the night of the full moon.
Perhaps this is the original intention of the illusionary field of Qiao’er Bay.
The person who set up the illusionary field back then only wanted to prevent future generations from coming here to die.
They had good intentions.”
“But… who would choose a place of gathering yin energy as a burial ground?
Such a person must have some purpose.
Would those who choose a place of gathering yin energy as a tomb care about the lives of future generations?”
Mo Qingli felt shocked when she heard the words “gathering yin energy”.
Such a forbidden place is usually used to raise corpses, a place where evil people practice evil methods.
How could evil people care about the lives of future generations?
“Choosing a place of gathering yin energy as a tomb is not always for evil purposes.
As a cultivator, you should know the principle that things will turn in the opposite direction when they reach the extreme.
Although a place of gathering yin energy is terrible, sounds terrifying, and is often used by people to do evil things, in fact, it has other uses.
A forbidden place can give birth to life, as long as the layout is reasonable and there are no flaws, a forbidden place can become a place of hope.”
“Does Lord Jun mean that the person who chose this place as a tomb wanted to be reborn through this place?”
“That’s possible, analyzing from the currently understood situation, the possibility is not small.
It doesn’t necessarily have to be rebirth, perhaps it’s also possible that they wanted to preserve a trace of life.
It is unclear how many years the Great Tomb Fortress has existed.
If the timeline is long enough, and the years of precipitation and evolution are long enough, perhaps its purpose has already been achieved.”
“This… what kind of person would have such methods?
It is known that when reaching a certain realm, as long as a trace of soul light is not extinguished, one can be reborn.
To need such methods to revive or maintain a trace of life, it means that their soul light has been completely annihilated.
Can they really be reborn like this?”
“Yes, but the process is difficult and the conditions are harsh.
This method is to borrow a trace of origin power from the heavens to achieve it, which can collect any trace of them left in any place in the past, and be born from it.
Those who can use this method must be an Emperor Realm expert, without a doubt.
Only Emperor Realm experts have the ability to erase traces, after all.
However, even Emperor Realm experts cannot guarantee that they can absolutely erase all traces left by their opponents in different times and spaces.
After all, Emperor Realm experts will guard against this and prepare long ago to preserve some traces of their existence.
If the truth is as I guessed, the Emperor Realm expert buried in the main tomb chamber of the Great Tomb Fortress, the traces of his existence have basically been erased, leaving only extremely small traces.
Otherwise, he would not need to use this method to be reborn.
From this, it can be inferred that his opponent back then was not much better.
So they failed to complete the final step.
Otherwise, even using such a method would not be able to revive.”
Mo Qingli listened blankly, pondering with furrowed brows.
Then, she turned to look at Moon Village, “In that case, Moon Village may be related to an Emperor?
Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why Moon Village has a special connection with the Great Tomb Fortress.
Furthermore, the people of Moon Village can enter and exit the Great Tomb Fortress unharmed.”
“According to my speculation, if I am not mistaken, the ancestors of Moon Village may indeed have a connection with the Emperor Realm expert buried in the Great Tomb Fortress.
Back then, when the people of Moon Village moved here, the Emperor buried in the Great Tomb Fortress had already gathered some of the traces left behind, affecting the Great Tomb Fortress.
The Great Tomb Fortress was affected by his thoughts, which is why it responded to the words 'Moon Village'.
However, there is still one point.
That is, the area of Moon Village may also have had some connection with the buried Emperor Realm expert.”
“This… I’m getting more and more confused…”
Mo Qingli shook her head.
“It doesn’t matter, we will know the secrets and connections here in the future.
Follow me to explore the Great Tomb Fortress first.”
After Jun Wuxie finished speaking, he walked directly towards the Great Tomb Fortress.
Mo Qingli hurriedly followed.
The moment they stepped into the Great Tomb Fortress mountain range, a gloomy aura rushed towards them, making it difficult to resist the feeling of icy coldness.
“Stay close, don’t stray too far from me, in case I can’t protect you in time in the event of a sudden situation.”
Hearing this, Mo Qingli hurriedly moved closer to him.
Inside, there were jagged rocks everywhere, and various small peaks looked very strange.
Especially at night, under the moonlight, hazy, mysterious, and the taiyin energy was particularly heavy.
Mo Qingli only felt that her steps had become much heavier unknowingly, her skin was cool, and she always felt that her neck was very cold.
For some reason, she inexplicably felt that someone was following her behind, and that there were pairs of terrifying eyes peering coldly from somewhere.
Jun Wuxie observed the landform inside.
Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to see clearly at a slight distance. The moonlight rippled, distorting the scenery even a short way off.
This was the result of the terrain's unique field, but it naturally couldn't trouble him.
He activated his runic eyes, piercing through all illusions to perceive the essence directly.
Mo Qingli followed beside him, her steps faltering.
Although she was closely following him, Mo Qingli felt extremely uncomfortable at this moment.
She felt her skin growing painfully cold, and a mysterious, terrifying power was attacking her mental defenses. Even her heart felt as if it were being pierced by icy spikes.
Her heart contracted violently, and a bone-chilling cold spread from her heart to every part of her body, gradually stiffening her limbs.
She circulated her Taiqing power, attempting to resist and dispel that terrifying force, but it was completely useless.
Her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
As they walked, a blurry shadow came into view between the rocks ahead.
Mo Qingli's body shuddered violently, suddenly as if she had been frozen in place.
Her pupils flickered with momentary confusion, then revealed a look of struggle.
She heard all kinds of evil voices echoing in her mind.
These voices could not be dispelled or blocked out.
Immediately afterward, she realized that her body was beyond her control, involuntarily moving toward the blurry figure between the rocks.
Despite her desperate struggles, she couldn't change her situation; her body felt as if it no longer belonged to her.
She was terrified, realizing how frightening this place truly was.
No wonder so many experts who entered in the past had all perished inside.
Just then, a strong hand grasped her wrist.
The warmth from that hand was like the thawing of spring, instantly melting the cold and stiffness in her body.
At the same time, her body, which had been out of control, returned to normal.
Mo Qingli stumbled back several steps, nearly colliding with Jun Wuxie, who reached out and steadied her by the shoulders.
"That thing is so strange!"
Mo Qingli regained her senses and pointed to the rocks under the hazy moonlight ahead.
"Are you sure there's something there?"
Jun Wuxie looked in the direction she was pointing.
Between the rocks, there was nothing at all.
"Yes, Jun Shen, can't you see it?"
Mo Qingli was stunned, pointing between the rocks.
In the middle of those two rocks, a humanoid shadow was floating, still moving.
It was just impossible to see clearly; it was too blurry.
