#388 - Funeral Clan

Jun Wuxie and the others warily approached the village.

The closer they got to the village, the denser the aura of death became.

Upon reaching the village entrance, the thick death aura permeated the air, significantly impacting people's life essence.

Jun Wuxie's physical body was extremely strong, and his life essence was as vigorous as a dragon, so he didn't feel much discomfort.

Shangguan Wan'er had a high cultivation realm, and her life essence was also strong, allowing her to resist this death aura.

However, it was different for Lilia; her life essence was the weakest.

Faced with such a death aura, she clearly felt her life essence being affected and slowly draining away.

"Lilia, step back a bit."

Jun Wuxie said, noticing her pale face.

Lilia didn't insist and retreated a distance until her life essence stopped draining before stopping.

At that moment, at the village entrance, two upright stone coffins were suddenly opened with a loud crash.

Two figures wearing tattered armor, with pale faces and icy eyes, walked out.

They raised the spears in their hands and pointed forward, saying emotionlessly, "Living beings, do not enter!"

"Roar!"

Just as they finished speaking, before Jun Wuxie and Shangguan Wan'er could respond,

a violent roar suddenly echoed from within the village.

It came from dozens of stone coffins placed under a towering ancient tree in the village!

Those stone coffins began to rumble and shake, with black iron chains wrapped around their surfaces, straining and clanging, and glowing with strange runes.

"Leave quickly, or you will surely die!"

The two guards at the village entrance said coldly.

Jun Wuxie's eyelids twitched as he stared intently at the village.

What kind of village was this?

They were about to retreat when,

a gray, deathly aura-filled palm appeared out of nowhere above the ancient tree in the village.

That palm dripped with gray runes, condensed into an array, and pressed down.

With a buzz,

the entire ground trembled a few times.

In an instant, the shaking stone coffins calmed down, and the roars inside gradually ceased.

"Hmm, after countless ages, I didn't expect living beings to come to our Burial Clan's land."

An aged voice came from within the village.

Subsequently, an old man and two middle-aged men walked out from a coffin-like house.

They wore coarse cloth garments, washed until faded, but not torn.

Whether it was the old man or the two middle-aged men, their faces were somewhat pale, the kind of paleness resembling the dead.

The moment they appeared, a dense death aura, like a vast ocean, surged skyward, shrouding the firmament.

However, within this death aura, Jun Wuxie also sensed a trace of rich and pure vitality.

"Seniors, are you the Burial Clan?"

Jun Wuxie asked in shock.

The three individuals who appeared were very strong, unfathomable.

If they wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as flipping their hands.

But he didn't sense any killing intent or hostility from them.

"Little brother, you even know about the Burial Clan?"

The old man and the two middle-aged men flashed and appeared before Jun Wuxie and Shangguan Wan'er.

The dense, suffocating death aura rushed towards them.

However, they instantly restrained it.

The feeling of suffocation on Jun Wuxie and Shangguan Wan'er instantly disappeared, but their expressions were still not good.

These three were too terrifying.

The death aura they naturally emitted was enough to suffocate them.

What realm of powerhouses were they?

"Wasn't it you, senior, who said you were the Burial Clan?" Jun Wuxie shrugged and said, "I didn't know about the Burial Clan before. May I ask, senior, what kind of clan is the Burial Clan?"

"A clan between the living and the dead," the old man casually replied, then added, "Anything in the world, after reaching its extreme, may undergo a reversal. Little brother, have you ever heard that the extreme of life is death, and the extreme of death is life? Our Burial Clan is born towards death."

Just as he finished speaking,

a gray vortex suddenly appeared above the ancient tree in the village.

A bloody corpse fell out of the vortex and crashed to the ground with a bang.

Jun Wuxie and Shangguan Wan'er, witnessing such a scene, both narrowed their pupils.

Immediately afterward, several Burial Clan beings in the village carried a stone coffin to the tree, placed the bloody corpse into the coffin, wrapped the coffin with black iron chains, and finally placed the stone coffin under the tree.

"That is..."

Jun Wuxie pointed to the vortex above the ancient tree in the village.

"What that is, you will naturally understand in the future if you can grow to that level," the old man patted Jun Wuxie's shoulder and said, "I have high hopes for you. Someone who can survive the Great Sun Fire Calamity is no ordinary person."

Upon hearing this, both Jun Wuxie and Shangguan Wan'er revealed shocked expressions.

Jun Wuxie was shocked that this Burial Clan elder knew he had survived the Great Sun Fire Calamity?

Shangguan Wan'er was shocked that this little man could actually survive the Great Sun Fire Calamity!

How terrifying was the Great Sun Fire Calamity?

The Emotion Tribulation had already left her and Mu Xue'lan helpless, let alone the Three Calamities.

The Great Sun Fire Calamity could be said to be the most terrifying among the Three Calamities!

Mu Xue'lan, who was being held in Jun Wuxie's arms, also found it hard to believe at this moment.

This shameless thief was truly worthy of a new look.

"Little brother, it is fate that you have come here," the old man looked at Mu Xue'lan, who he was holding, and said, "Your female companion's soul origin has been damaged. If it is not repaired in time, she may be reduced to ashes during the Great Saint Sect Tribulation in the future."

"Please guide me, senior!"

Hearing the old man say this, Jun Wuxie's first reaction was that this old man was unfathomable and might have a way to help Mu Xue'lan!

"Go west, and you will see a city called Corpse Burial City, which was once an abandoned place of our Burial Clan. Pass through that city and continue west, and you will see a black mountain."

"Senior, are you saying that there is something on that black mountain that can save my female companion?"

"Not bad," the old man nodded and said, "That mountain is called Soul Refining Mountain. It can gather souls and refine them into [Spirit Marrow Liquid], which can nourish and repair your female companion's soul."

"Thank you, senior!"

Jun Wuxie was both surprised and delighted. The guidance given by this Burial Clan elder was too useful.

Before this, he had no idea where to find [Spirit Marrow Liquid]. Now that he had a precise location, all that remained was how to obtain it.

"Here is a Soul Protection Talisman. Take it," the old man handed over a yellowed ancient talisman and said, "The peak of Soul Refining Mountain is filled with Soul Refining Power, and that [Spirit Marrow Liquid] is at the very top of the mountain. The closer you get to the peak, the more your soul will endure the pain of soul refining. Few in the world can endure that torment. This talisman can protect your soul and reduce the pain of soul refining."

"Senior's great kindness, this junior will remember it in my heart. If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely repay it with a spring!"

"What is there to repay? As I said, little brother, you have a connection with our clan. You will understand in the future."

Jun Wuxie didn't think much about it, said goodbye, and prepared to leave.

After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and said, "This junior has one more thing to ask for senior's guidance. How can we leave this secret realm world and return to the outside world?"

"West, when you reach Soul Refining Mountain, continue forward, and you will eventually see a huge ancient city called Nether Passage City. In that city, you will find a way to leave."

"Senior, then this junior will take his leave!"

Jun Wuxie and Shangguan Wan'er left.

Lilia was waiting for them ahead. The four of them returned the way they came and soon disappeared from sight.

"Great Elder, why did you let him go to Nether Passage Ancient City?"

The old man glanced at the two middle-aged men and said meaningfully, "Although they will naturally be driven out of this world after staying for a certain period of time, leaving from Nether Passage Ancient City is the path he should take. He needs to be stained with the power of the World Grinding Disc."

"Isn't it too early? His current realm is too low, I'm afraid he can't bear it."

"Not early. He is about to step into the Grandmaster Realm, condensing the Wheel of Life. His life origin has already been infiltrated with a lot of Dark Force. Eliminating it as soon as possible is the right choice."

"Alas, is he really the person chosen by the Lord?"

"Whether he is or not, believe that the Lord must have made arrangements."

"I really hope that we will have the day to kill our way back and end that endless nightmare..."

"Yes, there will definitely be that day!"