Chapter 555: Opening a Grand Grave in the Dark of the Moon

Following behind the Captain and Xu Qing, shaking his head while walking, Wu Jianwu did not know that in this world, there finally appeared a person who appreciated him and could understand the meaning of his poetry.

"The withered leaves are lonely and missing half, how can a bird with fewer wings fly high."

Wu Jianwu sighed lightly.

Xiang Ningyan on the side curled his lips, secretly thinking that Wu Jianwu's brain must be different from ordinary people. If one day he could stand at the peak of the world, he would definitely order his head to be opened to see what kind of monsters were making trouble inside.

Vaguely sensing that Xiang Ningyan's gaze was wrong, Wu Jianwu turned his head and snorted coldly.

"The shameless child is three feet long, take a closer look and it's dog shit!"

Xiang Ningyan glared, wanting to get angry, but thinking of the messy fierce beasts around the other party, he held back.

And the Captain's words also came from the front at this moment.

"You two stop making trouble. It's almost time. I'll take you to my home."

"Let you see what is called rich and magnificent, what is called immense wealth! My tomb chamber was built with countless efforts, and even more astonishing wealth was left behind!"

"Big Jianjian, the Ancient Emperor Hand Scroll you want, I have five volumes there!"

"Little Ningning, the bloodline ancestral return item you want, I have seven types there, you can choose whatever you want."

"And Little Junior Brother, I tell you, this is the foundation for us to do big things, and also the source of the future collapse of the Red Moon Divine Temple!"

"Remember to hold your chins in a moment, otherwise it's easy to drop them!"

The Captain's eyes revealed pride. He raised his chin and sped forward.

Seeing the Captain so confident and full of longing, Xu Qing's heart also rose with some curiosity. He had guessed about the Captain's past life, but had no clues.

However, judging from the Captain's performance along the way, the extraordinariness of this past life was inevitable.

Thus, his eyes also revealed expectation.

Even Wu Jianwu stopped reciting poetry, quickened his pace, and Xiang Ningyan's expression also rose with excitement. There was also Ling'er, whose eyes revealed deep curiosity.

Just like that, the five of them entered the Weiyang Mountain Range amidst the falling night.

The Captain was in front. Although he hadn't been here for a long time, after all, this was the place where he lived in his past life, so although he needed to identify the surroundings at first, he soon became familiar with the road.

Two hours later, they had already penetrated deep into the Weiyang Mountain Range, passing one mountain peak after another. Every time they walked, the Captain would speak with reminiscence.

"This was once Su Nu Peak, the sect where a confidante of mine was back then. It's a pity, she has become white bones now and cannot chase me anymore."

"This was originally the Three Tripod Sect, the hometown of a good friend of mine back then. I miss him so much. He was a member of the Tool Clan, much stronger than Little Ningning, and could freely transform into various weapons."

"Time changes, things remain, people change."

The Captain sighed, the sound of emotion echoed. Finally, after the sky was completely pitch black, he led Xu Qing and the others to a bald mountain at the foot of the Weiyang Mountain Range.

Along the way, they stopped in seven places. Every time, the Captain would pinch a seal, as if opening a seal.

"The opening of my past life tomb requires eight steps, and must have my mark and be completed within three hours. The order cannot be wrong. Any one of them having a problem will make it impossible to open. Most importantly, it needs to cooperate with the interval time, not more and not less."

"This is the last place."

The Captain looked at the bald mountain. Everything looked normal here, and the environment in the surroundings had no clues.

He sized it up, calculated the time, raised his right hand to pinch a seal, and pressed it toward the front.

The ground shook slightly, and the mountain rocks seemed to be somewhat misaligned.

After sensing it, the Captain's face revealed a smile. He slapped his chest violently, spat out a large mouthful of blood, and sprinkled it on the ground. The bloodstains merged rapidly, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

And the Captain's operation did not end. He ran rapidly around the small mountain. While running, he bombarded himself. Amidst Xiang Ningyan and Wu Jianwu's shock, the Captain didn't know how many mouthfuls of blood he spat out.

Those bloods all merged into the mud, leaving no traces, seemingly all soaking into the depths.

Until an incense stick of time, the Captain returned, gasping for breath, looking weak, but his expression was excited, and he spoke proudly.

"The complete method to open the tomb, not one can be wrong. Except for me, no one can do it."

Xu Qing calculated the amount of blood the Captain spat out, which was about the amount of blood of over two hundred people. Thus, his expression also revealed strangeness. This matter was indeed something few people could do except the Captain.

"Now, polish your eyes!"

The Captain laughed loudly, stepped toward the ground, and immediately the mud beneath his feet sank instantly, forming a whirlpool, swallowing his figure within.

Xu Qing did not hesitate, took a step with Ling'er, and Xiang Ningyan and Wu Jianwu followed closely behind. The five of them entered the whirlpool instantly.

The next breath, the whirlpool disappeared, and everything returned to normal.

The restriction here, when laid out, clearly considered fluctuations and concealment, so from beginning to end, it actually did not cause much vibration, and everything was silent.

And the place this whirlpool led to, Xu Qing could not sense. At this moment, as his eyes cleared, the five of them were already in a cave underground.

The range of this place was not small, oval-shaped, with a height of several hundred zhang. Twelve huge statues stood in the surroundings.

There were humans and outsiders, some holding weapons, some glaring, all revealing ancient intent. Compared to them, Xu Qing and the five were like coming to a giant's country.

Directly in front, there was a huge chair, empty, with only a stone-made crown, nothing else.

Although simple, it had a domineering and rough intent, filling this stone cave.

Xiang Ningyan looked at this place, and after seeing the layout clearly, he gasped.

"Twelve Sovereigns are ninety-nine zhang high, worshipping the hundred-zhang high throne. This is the status of a Great Emperor!"

Wu Jianwu didn't understand this, but also had a feeling of not knowing why but feeling it was awesome, looking at the Captain with deep shock.

Xu Qing also stirred huge waves in his heart. The Captain's past life, judging from the layout of this place, was incomparably extraordinary. As for Ling'er, her eyes were also widened, somewhat inconceivable.

Sensing everyone's gaze, the Captain sighed lightly.

This voice carries reminiscence and reveals the vicissitudes of life, echoing within this grotto. As the lingering sound permeates, he lifts his feet and slowly walks forward.

Under everyone's gaze, the Captain walked to the very front step by step. His figure also became larger at this moment, until after reaching a hundred zhang high, he sat on the throne and looked down at the earth.

This height, this gaze, and the momentum from all directions made the Captain look like a Great Emperor returning, swallowing mountains and rivers.

Wu Jianwu shuddered instinctively, lowered his head to worship, and Xiang Ningyan was also somewhat weak in the legs amidst this gasping.

Only Xu Qing suppressed the waves in his heart, his eyes revealing doubt, looking at the surroundings and then at the huge figure transformed by the Captain, suddenly speaking.

"Big Senior Brother, this place is fake."

As soon as Xu Qing's words came out, Xiang Ningyan and Wu Jianwu's eyes widened, and the Captain on the seat, his expression still majestic, continued to gaze at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing turned his head, looked at the void on his right, and spoke expressionlessly.

"Big Senior Brother, stop messing around."

Laughter came from where Xu Qing was looking. The Captain's figure was revealed in the void.

Xiang Ningyan and Wu Jianwu looked over violently, and then looked at the huge figure on the seat, immediately understanding that the one on the seat was just an illusion, and the real Captain had hidden himself after arriving here.

The Captain didn't pay attention to Xiang Ningyan and the two, he looked at Xu Qing with a smile.

"Haha, still you, Little Junior Brother, who understands me. That's right, this place was laid out to prevent tomb robbers. Although the method to open the front is complex and only I know, in order to prevent accidents, I specially built this place."

"In this way, if any tomb robber arrives, they will definitely be fooled by this place and fall into a murderous trap."

The Captain said proudly.

"I've been involved in tomb robbing all my life, I know them too well."

Xu Qing nodded, this was in line with the Captain's style.

"Let's go, I'll take you to continue. There are eight more places like this behind, all prepared by me to prevent tomb robbing."

The Captain had a cunning look, walked forward, led Xu Qing and the others to beneath the seat figure, spat out a large mouthful of blood, melted out a whirlpool, and jumped in.

Just like this, they traveled forward, passing six places mentioned by the Captain, each built to be incomparably realistic and more vast than the last. Especially the sixth one, which gave people a sense of being shrouded in clouds and mist; the scenes vaguely revealed within made Xiang Ningyan, who knew it was fake, feel horrified once again.

That was clearly the status of an Ancient Emperor.

Not continuing, within this sixth fake place, the Captain picked a wisp of cloud and mist, spat out blood and merged it with it, finally transforming into a huge fog door.

"Generally speaking, people who walk in here, after continuously breaking through the fakes, will instinctively think there are more behind. So I did the opposite, hiding the truth here."

"Opening this door is the first layer of my past life residence."

The Captain stood in front of the door, speaking, looking like a proud peacock.

Wu Jianwu had been completely shocked along the way. He felt that in order to prevent tomb robbers, he actually spent the effort to lay out so many fake tombs, so the real tomb must be even more exaggerated.

And Xiang Ningyan's focus of thought was not here, he couldn't help but speak.

"There are two more fake tombs behind, what is the layout?"

The Captain smiled without speaking, raised his right hand and waved. The sun of the Solitary Sun Clan appeared in front of him, flashing violently toward the fog door in front.

A total of nine flashes.

After nine times, the fog door roared, slowly opened, and opened toward Xu Qing and the others.

"Home, sigh, haven't been back for a long time, miss it very much."

The Captain could already imagine Xu Qing and the others being dumbfounded by his collection next. So he pretended to be indifferent, raised his hand, and made an invitation gesture.

Xu Qing was indeed expectant, took a step forward, Xiang Ningyan and Wu Jianwu also followed quickly, stepping in one after another. The Captain smiled proudly and stepped in as well.

When they appeared, a huge cave dwelling entered everyone's eyes.

"This place is... hmm?"

The Captain's voice paused. He looked at the surroundings and was stunned for a moment.

This cave dwelling was empty, with nothing.

Even the chair didn't exist, incomparably clean, as if it had been cleaned from inside to outside, even the corners were not spared.

Xu Qing's expression was strange, Xiang Ningyan blinked, Wu Jianwu raised his eyebrows.

Ling'er beside Xu Qing spoke secretly.

"It's so clean here."

The Captain turned his head rapidly and scanned the surroundings. The more he looked, the more panicked he felt in his heart. He felt something was not right, but on the surface, he was still holding on, still looking indifferent.

"This first layer originally didn't have much. It's been so long, weathering is normal."

"My good things are all in the second layer. I specially laid it out back then."

Saying this, the Captain walked a few steps quickly, arrived at the wall in front of this cave dwelling, and flicked his sleeves. Immediately, the wall roared, manifesting a stone door.

Seeing the stone door intact, the Captain breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, so he raised his hand and placed it beside his mouth to lick, coating it with saliva, and didn't forget to introduce it to Xu Qing.

"Opening this door requires my saliva and palm. Without this, no one can open it."

Saying this, the Captain pressed his hand on the big door.

"Open!"

The big door roared, shook a few times, and then didn't move.

Xu Qing blinked and looked at the Captain with Ling'er.

Wu Jianwu and Xiang Ningyan also looked over.

The Captain was surprised. After withdrawing his hand, he simply switched to his left hand, licked it more comprehensively, and pressed it again.

The stone door shook even more violently, but still didn't open.

The Captain's forehead was sweating a bit. Seeing everyone's gaze was on him, he coughed.

"Time is too long, it is estimated that a small problem has appeared. It's okay, it's okay, I have a backup method."

Saying this, the Captain raised both hands and pressed with all his might. The shaking of the big door was even more intense than before, but it still didn't show signs of opening. The Captain's eyes widened, and he directly bit his tongue and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

His blood made the big door shake wildly, but it still didn't open.

Xu Qing's eyes revealed sharp light. He stepped forward and blasted with a fist. The fluctuation of the big door became even more intense.

The Captain gasped, completely anxious.

"What are you still standing there for? Come and help me! This damn thing is not right, someone changed the way my door opens!!"

Wu Jianwu muttered a sentence in his heart, but still chose to summon his descendants.

Soon, the giant bear appeared, the parrot appeared, and fierce beasts of various appearances landed one after another, blasting toward the big door.

Xiang Ningyan had a bad premonition and was about to retreat, but the Captain grabbed him from the air. The vine on his belly danced, and he was grabbed by the Captain and swung fiercely. Xiang Ningyan wailed, his body hitting the big door.

A roar echoed.

He was thick-skinned and nothing happened, and the big door, under their combined efforts, finally barely opened a crack.

The Captain was anxious. After this crack appeared, he tried his best to spit blood, spraying the blood mouthful after mouthful into the crack. And his blood now, in the layout of his past life, was omnipotent...

Therefore, at this moment, with the infusion of fresh blood, this gap grew larger and larger. Finally, with a majestic boom, the stone gate opened completely, and a huge cave came into the view of Xu Qing and the others.

This place... was a mess.

It clearly looked like it had been robbed. Everything was turned over, the surroundings were a mess, countless elixir bottles were shattered, shelves were overturned, and even a decaying smell permeated.

The Captain was dumbfounded.

Xu Qing's eyes revealed sharp light. He walked forward in this stone cave, observing the traces in the chaos.

Wu Jianwu on the side sighed. This scene made him couldn't help but recite poetry.

"The ox happily walks the return path, the house is empty and truly desolate..."

"Big Jianjian's meaning is, Big Brother Erniu, your house has been robbed." Xiang Ningyan spoke in a low voice.

The Captain turned his head and looked at the two of them. That gaze was as if he wanted to eat people, scaring the two to shut up immediately.

However, at this moment, the Captain was also in no mood to pay attention to these two idiots. He looked at the mess here, feeling angry in his heart, and his brain recalled rapidly whether he had put anything valuable here in his past life.

After a long while, the Captain breathed a sigh of relief, pretending to be relaxed, raised his head, and spoke faintly.

"I had expected this long ago. After all, it's been so many years, accidents are normal. So I put all the good things in the coffin on the last layer."

"This second layer, lose it if you lose it. But my coffin's third layer is absolutely fine. Except for me, no one in this world can open it, not even a god!"

The Captain said proudly, walked to the center of the stone cave, pinched a seal, and the stone cave earth roared, sinking in the center, appearing a circular ground door.

The Captain's words in the first part Xu Qing believed, as for even gods couldn't open it, Xu Qing didn't believe it.

But he didn't say it, his gaze swept across the ground, and then looked up at the ground door in the center, lost in thought, just about to speak.

But the Captain there had already moved to open the door. With a roaring sound echoing, the Captain spat out blood, his body rolled backward, his eyes revealing ferocity, his expression revealing madness.

"Interesting, they even modified this restriction for me!"

Xu Qing was just about to step forward, but the Captain waved his hand in mid-air.

"This time I don't need you, I don't believe it!"

Thinking of his words along the way, now being slapped in the face so rawly, the Captain's self-esteem had exploded strongly. His eyes were blood-red, and strange faces appeared in his pupils. The faces opened their eyes, and there were faces in their eyes.

Layer upon layer, it seemed infinite, and his whole body rose with blue light. The coldness in the surroundings erupted instantly. He approached the ground door in an instant, raised his right hand, and pressed it toward the ground door violently.

His chest even tore open, and a blue arm filled with bone spurs stretched out.

It was not just one. Seven or eight arms stretched out from his body, and even more terrifying fluctuations erupted in his body.

All of Wu Jianwu's descendant fierce beasts trembled together, Xiang Ningyan was even more horrified, and then those seven or eight blue ferocious hands pressed toward the ground door together.

The earth roared. The restriction here was originally laid out by the Captain. Although it was modified, his move was still different from others.

So in the blink of an eye, the ground door shook, and cracks shone within, forming a rune.

This rune flashed a few times, and finally, with a crack, it pierced downward. The ground door collapsed directly, shattering into pieces, revealing a hole ten zhang in size.

Without any hesitation, the Captain swayed and rushed into the hole, soon a wail came from below.

This sound was tragic. Xu Qing's expression changed, he rushed over instantly, entered the hole, and stepped onto the third layer.

And everything here made him gasp as well.

The degree of chaos exceeded the second layer.

If the second layer was compared to being robbed by a thief, then this third layer was visited by a group of thieves.

The surroundings were messy, and there were even some dry feces, filled with foul air, shocking to the eye.

Especially the coffin that should have been placed on the center high platform, it was no longer there, shattered into pieces, with a small half still lying in the corner.

It was empty inside.

No corpse.

As for the Captain, he was sitting blankly on a coffin fragment at this moment, looking at the surroundings, his expression unprecedentedly dazed.

Xu Qing saw this and sighed, walked to the Captain's side, and patted his shoulder.

"Little Junior Brother, my past life body... has been stolen." The Captain raised his head and looked at Xu Qing, his expression filled with indignation.

Wu Jianwu and Xiang Ningyan also came down, looking at the surroundings, each shocked.

"Big Senior Brother, calm down. Are you sure your past life body is really dead?" Xu Qing spoke softly.

He didn't know what it felt like to have a past life body stolen. After all, this kind of experience was not something anyone could possess, but he could understand the Captain's mood now.

Hearing this, the Captain's eyes instantly narrowed. He was originally an incomparably shrewd person. Before, it was because the stimulation of the loss of the past life body was too great, so he was dazed. Even if Xu Qing hadn't reminded him, he would have soon noticed the clues, so his expression turned cold.

"You mean, this was done by my past life body after waking up?"

"But my past life doesn't die, it's impossible for me to have a next life, so this possibility doesn't exist, unless..."

"Something unclean possessed your past life body." Xu Qing spoke calmly.

"That's right. I've always been the one to trick others. This is the first time in my life I've been tricked by someone else!" The Captain stood up, radiating terrifying fluctuations. 【555-17

"That's right, in the past, I was always the one plotting against others; this is the first time in my life I've been plotted against by someone else!" The Captain stood up, a terrifying fluctuation radiating from his body.

"The chaos on the second floor proceeded from one direction, so there is a high probability it was one person."

"And this third floor..." Xu Qing looked at the Captain.

The Captain's eyes revealed madness as he spoke slowly.

"This third floor uses the center as the source. Judging from the signs of shattering on some items, the coffin exploded on its own first, forming an impact, and only then did the rummaging and looting occur."

"And this unclean thing can open the earth gate and modify it, and even altered the gate on the second floor, which shows it knows me very well..."

"In this way, the scope can be reduced significantly. The possibility of an outsider entering is very small; on the contrary, it is more likely an unclean spirit born right here."

"I had quite a few funerary objects back then. After so many years, perhaps one of them gave birth to an artifact spirit by chance!"

The Captain spoke slowly, his thoughts becoming clearer as he spoke, and finally, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

"However, this unclean thing shouldn't have done one thing above all else: it possessed my past life's body. That past life body of mine was refined by me from the moment of birth and is even more connected to this place. If not resolved by me, once it leaves the range of the Weiyang Mountain Range, it will turn into fly ash."

"Therefore, as long as it is still alive, it must be not far from here!"

The Captain's voice was icy, and killing intent permeated the air.

Xu Qing nodded and looked at the surrounding walls; there was no need to speak, the Captain already understood.

"We need to confirm whether the other party has noticed our arrival this time."

The Captain formed seals with both hands, and the light shining around the graveyard responded to the restrictions existing here. After a long while, the Captain let out a cold snort.

"There are no signs of fluctuations being transmitted outward. Although this unclean thing has also made arrangements for this place, this is my graveyard after all!"

After the Captain finished speaking, he spat out a large mouthful of blood. As he raised his right hand and pinched, that blood transformed into a compass on his fingers, its needle spinning and beginning to guide them.

"As long as there is any connection to my bloodline, this bloodline guidance of mine can find it!"

The next instant, the needle locked onto a direction—it was exactly Xiang Ningyan.

Xiang Ningyan's expression changed.