Chapter 549: Opportunity, Treasure, Tomb-Hidden Realm

In the Divine Moon Hall, Divine General Qiongyu stared at the glaring fourth-place ranking, his expression gloomy.

The surrounding handmaidens and companions did not even dare to breathe loudly, fearing they might trigger Divine General Qiongyu's bad temper at such a moment.

Yet, Divine General Qiongyu opened his folding fan and revealed a smile:

"What a pity, just a little bit short."

"It seems my affinity with Fairy Lianyin was just a little lacking this time."

Once he said this, the atmosphere in the Divine Moon Hall finally became lively again.

"Qiongyu's heartfelt intentions will surely be known to Fairy Lianyin; perhaps she might even take the initiative to come and meet you."

"Third place is truly tactless; fortunately, Brother Qiongyu is magnanimous."

"I wonder which nouveau riche that is. If not for Brother Qiongyu arriving in such a rush this time, who would have emerged victorious is still unknown."

"Enough talk, drink!" Divine General Qiongyu laughed. "There is still the encore of celestial music; everyone, do not miss it."

However, in another room.

Divine General Qiongyu's Primordial Spirit had already found a Vice Tower Master of the Supreme Truth Tower.

"Can you find out his background?"

"Your Highness Qiongyu." The Vice Tower Master's expression changed:

"I have already overstepped by acting as a proxy for the bidding twice. If I dare to investigate a guest,

if the Tower Master finds out, I fear he will not spare me."

"Rest assured," Qiongyu said. "Brother, you are merely watching for me; just tell me in time which passage he takes after he leaves."

"Even if something happens, it will occur outside the Supreme Truth Tower; how could anyone blame you?"

"Your Highness Qiongyu," the Vice Tower Master could not help but advise, "The third-place ranker possesses such vast wealth, they must not be someone to provoke. Why create more karma for a moment of competitive spirit—"

"Do you take me for someone who cannot afford to lose?" Qiongyu said indifferently. "Precisely because he possesses such wealth and has a significant background, I must investigate."

"I was ordered to come to the Yellow Extinction Realm to establish a force; I know almost everyone in the Supreme Truth Tower who has any standing."

"This person deliberately targeted me today, winning by just a little each time; naturally, I must clarify whether they are friend or foe."

"Brother, help me this once, and afterward, I can take you out of the Yellow Great World to see the outside."

"Perhaps you might have a hope of surviving the Great Extinction."

Hearing this, light ignited in the Vice Tower Master's eyes. He was a native lifeform; even if he became a god, there was a blade hanging over his head—the repeated Great Extinctions that occurred in the Extinction Realm.

He knew Divine General Qiongyu had a significant background and that his words held some possibility, so he agreed immediately.

"Fine, I will keep watch for Your Highness."

"Zhao Xing, come with me to see Fairy Lianyin."

"I can go too?"

"Why wouldn't you be able to?" Qing Yuzi said.

"One more person knowing means one more share of karma; won't Divine General Lianyin mind?"

"She is a True God who attained the Dao through Heaven and Earth; she doesn't care about such things at all," Qing Yuzi said.

"True God?" Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised. Divine General Lianyin was actually a Tribulation-less True God, not a Free-Roaming God.

No wonder she could be so high-profile in the Yellow Extinction Realm. Any True God cannot be underestimated, let alone Divine General Lianyin, who also had a great background.

"You going to see her must be to discuss confidential matters; how can I listen in?" Zhao Xing still declined; he still had a good sense of self-awareness.

The treasure and opportunity Old Qing found must have cost a lot of thought and huge investment. He hadn't done anything, so how could he be embarrassed?

"Are you still being so formal with me?" Qing Yuzi laughed. "If not for you, I would only be rotting in the Profound Yellow Realm, let alone becoming a god. I still remember this karma clearly."

"You have already given me the Realm-Opening Divine Stone and arranged for me to enter the Primordial Realm, having the Ancient Luo River teach me on your behalf."

"Hahaha, how could my, Qing Yuzi's, life be so cheap?" Qing Yuzi laughed. "At that time, I was poor, so I could only give you those few things."

"You also know that the Realm-Opening Divine Stone is not particularly rare in the Profound Spirit Treasure Pavilion. As for the Primordial Realm and teaching on my behalf, those were just things done in passing; they don't count for much."

"Besides, regarding that matter, if not for you tipping me off, how could I have had such a huge harvest?"

Qing Yuzi sighed. "At that time, the No-Book God King City reacted extremely quickly. The moment I left, they had already sealed all suspicious space-time passages."

"I had almost no other means to transmit the news back to the Desolate Domain's Third Era."

"And every second the news was delayed in being sent back, the effect would be completely different."

"Intelligence has a shelf life. If not for you, I wouldn't have been able to obtain such rich contribution points."

"I have already benefited from this matter."

"Although the human high-level gave you a contribution reward, that was given by the human high-level; I haven't given you anything yet—no, why have you become so concerned with face?" Seeing Zhao Xing pushing back and forth, Qing Yuzi could not help but feel a bit strange.

"Could it be that after becoming a god, your moral standards have also become higher? That shouldn't be."

Zhao Xing: "..."

He didn't expect that because he didn't want to take advantage of Old Qing, he would instead be mocked by him.

Damn it, is this the image I have in Old Qing's eyes?

"One thing is one thing."

"Even if you feel I helped a lot, a small gesture is enough."

"The matter of tipping off was a duty publicly and helping a friend privately," Zhao Xing said sternly. "I do not take advantage of friends."

The treasure still hasn't appeared, and Old Qing has already spent so much money just inquiring about news from Divine General Lianyin.

Although Zhao Xing was interested, he could not just accept Old Qing's benefits like this.

Qing Yuzi pondered, "Since that is the case, how about you join the venture?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll drag you down?"

"Hahaha." Qing Yuzi laughed loudly:

"Zhao Xing, if the Boundless True God dared to let you come to the Extinction Realm, it proves your strength is definitely more than late-stage Divine Soldier. You have the strength foundation to cooperate with me."

"Furthermore, your fortune is far stronger than mine. Treasure hunting is about opportunity; with you following, you can turn bad luck into good, and my chances of winning are higher, so I won't have my investment go down the drain."

"To tell you the truth, I am happy to see you, and it's not just the happiness of seeing a friend or relative in a foreign land."

"Even if you didn't appear, I would still have to find someone to cooperate with."

"Alone, I have no confidence at all."

Qing Yuzi pondered, "As for money, you don't need to pay for now; I still have plenty. You only need to contribute effort. Given our friendship, let's not make the distribution plan so complicated. If there is a harvest, a fifty-fifty split will do."

Zhao Xing had wanted to join the venture anyway; after all, this was the process of a closed loop.

Since Qing Yuzi had put it this way, he had nothing to be coy about.

"Fine, then I will join."

Qing Yuzi revealed a trace of a smile.

That's more like it!

Back then, when he returned from the Profound Yellow Realm to the Profound Spirit Star Domain, the role Zhao Xing played was indispensable, and it also brought him no small shock.

Qing Yuzi absolutely believed that Zhao Xing was his lucky star.

Pulling anyone else into a venture to do things would not be as reliable as Zhao Xing.

Whether in terms of trust or friendship, there was no partner more suitable than Zhao Xing.

Since he had joined, he had to let Zhao Xing know what the matter was.

"There is still some time; I will tell you the ins and outs first."

"Enter my Profound-Colored Ring to talk."

Qing Yuzi took out a profound-colored ring and a mechanical puppet, which was exactly the same as Qing Yuzi.

"Whoosh whoosh~"

The two dived into the ring, while the exterior of the ring was swallowed into the puppet's stomach.

A World Ring, inside which was a huge continent.

On the continent, besides the standard vitality and common supplies, the most eye-catching thing was a black transmission realm.

"Hmm? This is... Tomb-Hidden Realm?"

"Correct," Qing Yuzi nodded. "It is precisely the Tomb-Hidden Realm created by the Real History Party."

"You actually managed to get such a good thing." Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised.

The Tomb-Hidden Realm is a relatively unique existence among transmission realms.

Zhao Xing had only seen it once since he was born, which was the transmission realm where he obtained the Time Page in the Moon Fall Cemetery.

It is both a tomb and a transmission realm, hiding some unknown history.

The Tomb-Hidden Realm is one of the strongest means of secrecy.

To know a certain secret, one must enter the Tomb-Hidden Realm and complete specific trials or meet certain requirements.

Qing Yuzi couldn't tell Zhao Xing the specific truth because he knew it himself, but he couldn't speak it out.

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How powerful is a Divine General's true spirit? Since even they couldn't speak it out, one can imagine the level of secrecy.

"This Tomb-Hidden Realm was discovered by me by chance while exploring a secret realm in the Yellow Extinction Realm after I exchanged for an opportunity from the Profound Spirit Treasure Pavilion."

"Afterward, I paid a great price to complete the requirements inside the Tomb-Hidden Realm, and then I moved it into the Profound-Colored Ring to carry with me."

"You go in and see, and you will know what it is."

"Don't waste time looking at other things; many things are useless information and not worth your time. You only need to go to the Grand Historian Palace at the very center, find that book, and obtain the 'Right to Know.' You can ask me about anything else when you come out."

"Fine." Qing Yuzi had studied it for a long time, after all. Zhao Xing nodded, then entered the black transmission realm.

Because the flow of time was different, Zhao Xing experienced more than ten years inside, but to Qing Yuzi, he had only been gone for three days before coming out. "Did you see it?" Qing Yuzi asked expectantly. "Yes, I saw it." Zhao Xing was also somewhat excited. "Your luck is truly good enough."

Qing Yuzi came to the Yellow Extinction Realm mainly to hide and escape for his life.

Secondarily, it was to exchange for opportunity intelligence from the Profound Spirit Treasure Pavilion and explore by the way.

Yet he hit the jackpot and discovered this Tomb-Hidden Realm.

"It is our luck that is good!" Qing Yuzi corrected with a smile.

"However, speaking of which, the period around when I broke through to Divine General should be considered the time when my luck was strongest in all my lifetimes."

People's luck has its strengths and weaknesses, and not everyone can grasp it.

Zhao Xing also admired Old Qing somewhat; Qing Yuzi was definitely a genius who was good at seizing opportunities and maximizing them.

"Now that you already know, I can talk to you about the Tomb-Hidden Realm," Qing Yuzi asked.

Zhao Xing listened quietly; he had only entered to obtain the right to know and had seen the book Old Qing mentioned.

As for the rest, he hadn't explored anything, and he didn't even know who the tomb owner was.

"The Tomb-Hidden Realm is a tomb-style transmission realm; the tomb owner is named God King 'Zhang Yue'."

"She was a native lifeform born in the Yellow Extinction Realm."

"She survived many generational tribulations and once served as an official in a certain generation of the God Kingdom in the Extinction Realm. How long she lived specifically, I don't know."

"Because she had no fame in the Yellow Extinction Realm and was very low-key."

"What I exchanged from the Profound Spirit Treasure Pavilion at that time was a 【Suspected Tomb】 regarding her."

God King Zhang Yue—Zhao Xing hadn't even heard of her.

However, the Yellow Extinction Realm is a very special layer; although it is full of destruction and not suitable for survival.

It has given birth to many powerful lifeforms and has also established one God Kingdom after another.

For example, the current Yi God Kingdom was established by a God King.

The Yellow Extinction Realm doesn't just have one Great Extinction; it undergoes collapse and destruction almost every generational period.

Those terrifying natural disasters and earth changes are enough to wipe away all traces, and countless races, and even God Kingdoms, will perish in the destruction.

Of course, there are also some powerful individuals who can survive, such as the Lord of the Yi God Kingdom, who has experienced five 'Great Extinctions.'

Destruction after destruction, and he has rebuilt the God Kingdom time and time again.

However, according to the Boundless True God, this Yi God King will eventually have to die in the final Great Extinction.

That is the moment the world ends; after that, the Yellow Extinction Realm will disappear.

"God King Zhang Yue, if she had established a God Kingdom, it would be easier to check intelligence, but she was low-key, so there really is no way to check," Qing Yuzi said.

"Even for a suspected tomb of hers, I spent quite a bit of money to exchange for it."

"I didn't expect to really find this transmission realm."

"Are there any other treasures inside the transmission realm?" Zhao Xing asked.

"No," Qing Yuzi shook his head. "The entire transmission realm contains relatively ordinary things. The most precious thing is the book left by God King Zhang Yue, the material of which reached the level of a mid-tier divine object."

Zhao Xing: "Having this book is enough. If we can find the things in the book, then there will definitely be a great harvest."

God King Zhang Yue's entire transmission realm only described her experience of interacting with a God King named 'Yu Heng'.

"God King Yu Heng was an outsider, not a lifeform of the Yellow Great World."

"When God King Yu Heng came to the Yellow World to travel, he met Zhang Yue and spent a long time together, even experiencing the extinction tribulation together. From God King Zhang Yue's records, one can see her admiration for God King Yu Heng."

"After experiencing three tribulations together, the two had extremely deep feelings, but God King Zhang Yue and God King Yu Heng did not become Dao companions."

"There are no spells or secrets in the book at all; it is all about the bits and pieces of God King Zhang Yue and God King Yu Heng getting to know each other."

"It can even be said that it is a 'Memoir' of God King Zhang Yue, only it was made into a preaching book."

"The reason this book is called a treasure is mainly because God King Yu Heng died, and through this book, one can find God King Yu Heng's corpse!"

Zhao Xing asked suspiciously: "How can you be sure that God King Yu Heng still has a corpse? Could it be that he dissipated into origin?"

Qing Yuzi shook his head: "Because the memoir mentioned that the power artifact God King Yu Heng left for God King Zhang Yue still maintained its great power."

"Sensing God King Yu Heng's passing, God King Zhang Yue made these relics of his into a cenotaph."

Zhao Xing: "Two questions."

Qing Yuzi: "Go ahead."

"One, through the relics, how to find the place where God King Yu Heng died?"

"Two, where is the cenotaph."

Qing Yuzi pondered: "Let me answer your first question first."

"God King Zhang Yue's book records that in order to help her survive the Great Extinction, God King Yu Heng was already in a state of near-absolute divine concealment."

"Only God King Zhang Yue knew of his existence; of course, now we know too."

"Due to the deep-level divine concealment, it also means we won't take the wrong path at all. As long as we find God King Yu Heng's power artifact, we can follow it straight to God King Yu Heng."

Zhao Xing nodded: "Then where is the cenotaph God King Zhang Yue set up for him?"

Qing Yuzi laughed: "This is the reason I came to Storm City to throw money around."

"God King Zhang Yue set up many suspected tombs. You have dug graves in the Moon Fall Cemetery, so you should know that many tombs are very hidden, and there are even tombs that move while alive."

"If not for the many corroborating pieces of evidence in the Tomb-Hidden Realm, I wouldn't have wanted to find a cenotaph hidden by a God King."

"I inferred from the book that this cenotaph is very likely within the territory of the Yi God Kingdom."

"However, I cannot infer the coordinates, nor do I know how long has passed since God King Zhang Yue died."

"Many place names and locations mentioned in her book have become unrecognizable after multiple extinctions."

"I sought Fairy Lianyin mainly to obtain some intelligence related to God King Zhang Yue from her."

"I need additional clues to help me find that cenotaph."

Hearing Qing Yuzi finish, Zhao Xing could not help but be speechless.

Judging from the situation with the Space-Time Incense Art, Qing Yuzi and he eventually found the cenotaph and obtained the 【Key of Inheritance】 from it.

But at the beginning, Qing Yuzi obtained this Tomb-Hidden Realm, and what God King treasure it was, was completely ethereal.

There were too many problems to solve!

Even now, objectively speaking, one might not necessarily get any clues from Divine General Lianyin.

Yet Qing Yuzi dared to throw money around and dared to gamble on this ethereal hope.

"Old Qing eventually succeeded, but he was also trapped inside God King Yu Heng's body. From his description, there were others who obtained the Key of Inheritance."

"I don't know if he can be saved," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

He also didn't know why he didn't go in at the last moment but left instead.

In any case, looking at the current situation, Qing Yuzi's final outcome was still unpredictable.

Entering might be easy, but getting out is hard!

What if Old Qing's situation is similar to Divine General Penglai on the Universe Boat? Then he would never be able to escape!

"Time is almost up," Qing Yuzi suddenly felt a movement in his brow. "There is already a handmaiden knocking on the door outside; we should go see Divine General Lianyin."

"Hmm." Zhao Xing followed Qing Yuzi out of the Profound-Colored Ring.

On the way to see Divine General Lianyin, Zhao Xing was somewhat absent-minded.

If Old Qing eventually faces the situation of Divine General Penglai, this treasure-hunting journey is a mistake.

Then can he change his destiny?

"Elder, Elder!"

Zhao Xing divided his mind to touch the realm core and entered the inner world.

On the Boundless Continent, Bowei was still staying in the transmission realm in the courtyard and not coming out.

"Elder, there is a matter of life and death!"

At this time, they were no longer in the God Machine City; Zhao Xing felt Bowei should respond to him.

Sure enough, after calling several times, Bowei finally walked out of the transmission realm.

"Elder, you finally came out."

Bowei was dressed as a Fate Master at this time, but his expression was somewhat ugly:

"I already know what you want to ask. I told you long ago not to contact Qing Yuzi; why didn't you listen?"

"The two of you troublemakers got together; this karma is so messy, it's simply fatal!"

Zhao Xing was stunned. Bowei knew what he wanted to ask?

"Then the answer is."

"The answer is no," Bowei shook his head. "It is a fact that Qing Yuzi is trapped; the ending of him sending you the Space-Time Incense Art is predetermined."

"I don't close the loop, I'd rather suffer the backlash, can't I change it?"

Bowei laughed: "I told you to read more space-time books; it seems you haven't made any progress at all."

"Do you know what a closed loop is?"

"What you are conducting is not a closed loop in time, but a closed loop in destiny!"

"Its ending is unique and predetermined."

Zhao Xing was stunned. A closed loop in destiny?

"Although I don't know what the treasure is, or where he is trapped," Bowei said with sarcasm, "but your subsequent treasure hunting will be exceptionally smooth."

"Extremely quickly leading you to that ending."

"Of course, you pulling out will only suffer some backlash; after all, you are not trapped."

"The loop of destiny belongs to Qing Yuzi; in the closed-loop event, you only have a part of your destiny line entangled in his loop of fortune."

"If I break away, what will happen to Qing Yuzi?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Qing Yuzi will still enter that place, only the backlash will be heavier," Bowei said indifferently.

"What will happen if it gets heavier?"

"Do you remember the situation where you were kicked out by the Transmission Realm Tower?" Bowei said coldly. "That was the space-time backlash simulated by the Transmission Realm Tower, merely the theoretically simulated most minor consequence."

"Just like that, it consumed a lot of my Realm Spirit Value."

"The real situation is far more complex and more dangerous."

"Assuming you don't complete the closed loop, Qing Yuzi will definitely die."

"So, don't say any more childish words about changing his destiny," Bowei snorted. "Now we can only see what the situation of the closed-loop point is. If we can save him, that's best; if we can't, we can only blame his destiny for being like this."

Zhao Xing communicated with Bowei in the inner world with his mind, while his body followed Qing Yuzi and the handmaiden's guidance to a secluded garden.

In the center of the garden was a pavilion, which was the Lianyin Tower.

"Two Highnesses, Fairy Lianyin is waiting inside."

After the handmaiden finished speaking, she quietly exited the courtyard.

Zhao Xing and Qing Yuzi crossed the threshold and entered the interior of the pavilion.

Inside the pavilion, there was a different world.

Crossing one step, they arrived at a spacious banquet hall.

Inside were jade screens emitting faint divine light, with light and shadow intertwining into figures, demonstrating some ancient dances.

Beside the jade screens were treasure display cabinets, with ranks from low to high; they were not necessarily weapons, but all were ingenious objects. Zhao Xing had broadened his horizons in the God Machine City, but he hadn't seen more than half of the things here.

The ceiling was a starry sky, with dots of starlight falling on the two rockeries in the living room; the waterfall and starlight merged into one, like a silver river.

After the silver river passed through several karst caves, it collided with the mountain wall, actually forming a unique tune.

When Zhao Xing and the others approached, the flow of the river slowed down, and small bamboo rafts carrying food boxes flowed, presenting themselves before the guests. There were small flowers and grasses around, emitting fragrance, but it was not strong.

Everything here was very expensive, yet it didn't make one feel extravagant, and the details were also very particular.

Zhao Xing and Qing Yuzi, these two agricultural officials, could both taste some principles of the harmonious coexistence of man and the natural Dao.

However, both of them had seen the world, so they quickly moved their gaze away. At this time, Divine General Lianyin also walked out from behind the screen at just the right moment.

"Greetings to the two brothers, please take your seats."

"Greetings, Fairy Lianyin."

Zhao Xing and Qing Yuzi returned the greeting and then sat down.

Divine General Lianyin: "The layout in the tower could not attract the interest of the two brothers. If you don't mind, I would like to get straight to the point and ask the two of you to state your purpose."

The aliases of Qing Yuzi and Zhao Xing had long been reported, but at this time, Divine General Lianyin did not come to ask polite greetings again.

Because she saw that Han Bing (Zhao Xing) and Tian Fan (Qing Yuzi) both just wanted to achieve their goal quickly.

Qing Yuzi arched his hands: "Fairy is straightforward, so I will speak directly."

"I am very interested in the suspected tomb of God King Zhang Yue in the Yellow World."

"However, I am not very familiar with this intelligence, so I want to ask Fairy for guidance."

"If you were only interested in a suspected tomb, I suppose Brother Tian Fan would not go to such lengths," Divine General Lianyin smiled.

"But it is truly a coincidence; I happened to receive some clues recently, and it just happens to be related to her."

"And it is somewhat special; I suppose it can satisfy the curiosity of the two brothers."

This was clearly a pretext. Divine General Lianyin must have a large force behind her, and she probably had been holding this intelligence for a long time!

Qing Yuzi and Zhao Xing were energized: "Oh, I wonder what level it is, and what is special about it?"

Zhang Yue's suspected tombs were also graded by people.

The highest level, of course, is the place where God King Zhang Yue's bones are buried, which is the true tomb.

The second level is graded into seven star levels according to the difficulty of opening.

Divine General Lianyin spread her hands, and an eight-sided hexagram plate appeared.

"The probability of it being a seven-star level is over eighty percent."

"The special thing is that it is located within a transmission realm."

Hearing this, Zhao Xing was somewhat shocked in his heart.

Seven-star level, and located within a transmission realm.

Could it be another Tomb-Hidden tomb?

Could it be that they found God King Yu Heng's cenotaph all at once?

Qing Yuzi waited calmly for Divine General Lianyin's next words.

Because he saw that what Divine General Lianyin gave was a fate box, which is usually used by Fate Masters to preserve the results of deductions.

Suspected tombs are usually not worth using a Fate Master to deduce, because they are meant to tempt tomb robbers, and there are only some mechanisms inside, with no treasures at all.

Since a Fate Master was used, why didn't Divine General Lianyin and the people behind her go explore it themselves?

Sure enough, Divine General Lianyin said again: "Another special thing about it is that the location is relatively complex."

"The biggest difficulty is that it is hard to locate, and coordinates cannot be confirmed, making it very easy to get lost."

"And once you get lost, it is easy to encounter all kinds of disasters."

"Its exploration difficulty is too great."

"Even a Divine General cannot necessarily ensure safety."

"The two brothers can carefully consider whether to look at the remaining content of the fate plate."

Zhao Xing heard this, and he didn't know what to say in his heart.

Getting lost? Unable to confirm coordinates?

To others, this might be a difficult matter, but he has a panel for positioning, so it doesn't count as anything at all!

Zhao Xing and Qing Yuzi looked at each other, then said: "We'll take it."