Chapter 741: Laying It All Bare

Hearing Gu Jiu Ling say there was still a way to get them out, Xiao Yin and Ling Feng and the others all raised their heads to look at Gu Jiu Ling.

Looking at Gu Jiu Ling's lovely yet somewhat exhausted face, Xiao Yin's heart suddenly surged with a great unease.

Xiao Yin already knew how dangerous this tomb was; to think of bringing out those who were not of the Murong bloodline—how easy could that be? It would surely exact a heavy price.

Without even thinking, he looked at Gu Jiu Ling and said, "Don't worry about me; you just get out yourself."

"At worst we can find more people, reopen the entrance from that cliff, and let us out—that's another way; you don't need to trouble yourself."

Gu Jiu Ling knew Xiao Yin said that to avoid burdening her, but both she and Xiao Yin understood clearly.

When they arrived, the stone gate erected halfway up the mountain, once collapsed, could fill in the entrance.

To completely chisel open that stone gate and reopen the entrance would be impossible without a year and a half.

Moreover, the tomb's designer originally used bloodline to design its entrance; it is absolutely impossible for external forces to open this passage.

Once opened, the entire tomb would be destroyed in an instant.

By then Xiao Yin and the others would likewise die here; besides, besides the jewels, the tomb also contains those long‑weathered corpses.

Xiao Yin and the others couldn't even last a week without water or food; they aren't gold‑eating beasts that could survive on jewels and precious metals alone.

The urgent priority is to get Xiao Yin and the others out quickly; Gu Jiu Ling actually already has an idea.

She lowered her head to look at her right palm, where a red light leapt forth.

Gu Jiu Ling had long discovered she could not normally control space; if she forced Xiao Yin and the others into it to bring them out, even she did not know what the consequences would be.

Each time she activated space, her arm would faintly ache, even turning translucent; to say she wasn't afraid at that moment would be false.

Earlier, when Xiao Yin was fighting those people to the death, Gu Jiu Ling wanted to let him enter her space, but the space remained unresponsive.

At that moment things changed so rapidly that Gu Jiu Ling couldn't spare the thought to investigate the cause.

Now that she has come this far, there is another way to activate space: to sacrifice herself entirely to it, which means her relationship with the space has changed.

Before, she commanded the space; but if she now forces it, the space will command her instead—and as for the final outcome, Gu Jiu Ling cannot imagine what will happen.

The fact that she brought a space with her to this era is already like something out of the Arabian Nights.

But Gu Jiu Ling feels that if there is even a one‑in‑ten‑thousand chance, she must try, even if it means being smashed to pieces.

Even if she ends up gone, dead, maimed, as long as Xiao Yin is with her, it can still count as lovers finally united.

Of course, Gu Jiu Ling never dared to say such harsh words to Xiao Yin.

Gu Jiu Ling then took some pills from her space and placed them in the hands of Xiao Yin, Ling Feng, and the others.

If she only took Xiao Yin alone, the backlash on her from the space might be smaller—for the more people stored inside, the greater the energy consumption, and the greater the harm to her.

Yet Gu Jiu Ling is a fine young person of modern society; even in this era, where slaves die for their masters, she cannot ignore Ling Feng.

She even cannot bring herself to abandon the few guards Xiao Yin brought who have been protecting them to this day.

Those guards are absolutely loyal to her and Xiao Yin; if she explained the situation clearly, they would rather die than enter her space.

Gu Jiu Ling still used her old method: make them take the pills, then after they lose consciousness, stuff them into her space.

Ling Feng and the others believed Gu Jiu Ling's words without doubt; even if she fed them poison, they would take it gladly.

These people each took the pills Gu Jiu Ling gave them, raised their heads, and swallowed.

Afterwards their expressions froze slightly, and they actually couldn't withstand it and fainted.

Ling Feng held on a bit longer, incredulously watching Gu Jiu Ling slowly close her eyes.

Xiao Yin, however, crushed the pill in his hand and stared fixedly at Gu Jiu Ling.

Gu Jiu Ling sighed, sat beside Xiao Yin, and said, "Why aren't you taking it? Are you afraid I'll poison you?"

Xiao Yin smiled gently: "I know you hide many secrets; I also want to know everything about you—good or bad, I don't want to spend a period of time missing you and feeling estranged in a daze."

"Gu Jiu Ling, since you've agreed to follow me, I must know everything about you."

Gu Jiu Ling sighed slowly: "Forget it, I knew I couldn't hide anything from you."

Gu Jiu Ling rose, and the heat in her right palm grew somewhat scorching, painful enough to make her furrow her brows.

Still in front of Xiao Yin, she aimed the red light from her palm at the few people lying on the ground; not long after, even Ling Feng, who had been slumped there, vanished instantly.

Earlier Xiao Yin had seen Gu Jiu Ling use this move against Tuo Ba Yu, but seeing it again at such close range was still astonishing.

Several large living persons disappeared before his eyes; Xiao Yin hurriedly rose, took a few steps to where Ling Feng had lain, and stared in utter disbelief.

Xiao Yin crouched, touched the ground, and even the stone slab retained the warmth of Ling Feng and the others—yet now not a trace of a person remained.

Xiao Yin sucked in a breath, lifted his head, and stared in disbelief at Gu Jiu Ling standing before him.

Gu Jiu Ling gave a bitter smile: "I've always had a secret I don't know how to tell you—or even where to begin."

"Some things can only be understood, not spoken; how about this—why don't you experience it yourself?"

Even though stunned speechless by Gu Jiu Ling's actions, Xiao Yin still subconsciously nodded at her words.

Gu Jiu Ling slowly raised her hand, aligning her palm with Xiao Yin's face.

She also felt awkward; using space to contain people was something she had done many times on others, but this was the first time on Xiao Yin, and her body trembled slightly.

"Are you ready? What you will see, hear, and encounter shortly may overturn your life of over twenty years."

Xiao Yin regained a bit of composure, looking at Gu Jiu Ling: "This life of mine is also yours; even if you were a fairy fallen from heaven who snatched my soul, I'd have nothing to say—that my life, Xiao Yin's, could be held in your hand is my honor."

Gu Jiu Ling's heart stirred unusually, a hint of bitterness rising in her eyes; she inhaled and said, "What fairy fallen from heaven? I'm afraid I'll disappoint you—I'm merely a lonely soul from another world, nothing more."

"I am not really Gu Jiu Ling; the true eldest daughter of the Gu family died years ago, and I am merely a wandering spirit occupying her body."

Hearing Gu Jiu Ling say this herself, even though Xiao Yin had suspected it before, he was still greatly shocked.

Gu Jiu Ling's palm-red light grew ever stronger; Xiao Yin, merely bathed in that light for a moment, felt waves of dizziness, then as if falling from a ten‑thousand‑foot abyss, accompanied by a slight vertigo and nausea.

Immediately afterward a sheet of white light flashed before him, and he felt his body torn apart into countless fragments.