Chapter 907
Xixi felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity with the scene before her. The Indra Tomb she had once visited with Young Yuanzi bore a startling resemblance to this place — or rather, that place, which used the Divine Dragon Jade as an artificial sun, had been modeled after this very lunar core space now before her eyes!
"Just how much knowledge had Indra ultimately mastered? If he truly possessed Kaguya's power — even just a part of it — how could he possibly have lost to Asura?" As her altitude gradually decreased, the inner core world of the moon began to reveal more of its scenery to Xixi's eyes.
"Tsk, tsk. It seems this Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, relying on Kaguya's power, established a place of survival at the moon's center." Compared to the abandoned building complex on the moon's surface, where no life could possibly exist, this interior space of the moon was clearly the true place of residence.
Xixi was a little nervous. Hagoromo, who had been sealed along with their mother, was different from Ōtsutsuki Hamura, who had remained on the surface. Such a massive building complex meant that Hagoromo's descendants were by no means few.
Think about it — they were all kin who had inherited the bloodline of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. After so many years of propagation and proliferation, would these people, who possessed such powerful innate talent and abilities, yearn to leave the moon?
As a member of the Azure Dragon Clan, Xixi very easily adjusted her landing posture mid-air and steadily touched down right in front of the settlement. She then discovered that things didn't seem as simple as she had previously thought. When she walked in through the front gate of Congzheng Sect brazenly without any concealment, the degree of damage to the surrounding buildings made it completely impossible that anyone still lived here — all sorts of items were scattered everywhere.
But whether on the streets or inside the houses, Xixi hadn't found a single corpse. Even though she had already seen many weapons discarded due to damage in the surrounding area, she didn't believe that a disturbance of this magnitude could have left no dead.
Despite her doubts, Xixi continued forward along the main road. It was certain that this city was already an empty city, so she set her next destination behind the city.
With her eyesight, she could clearly see a winding, twisting mountain road leading from the building complex at the foot of the mountain. Xixi's intuition told her that in that palace, she could obtain the answers she sought.
Unsure of what she might encounter, Xixi chose to walk up the mountain on foot. As it turned out, her worries were unfounded — just like the city below, she still encountered no one along the way to the palace. Pushing open the half-closed palace doors, the damage here wasn't as severe. Xixi's attention was immediately drawn to a large circle on the hall floor.
This pattern carved into the stone slab was certainly not just for show. Xixi examined it briefly and immediately recognized that it was also covered in densely packed inscriptions. She knew these characters, and with a little decoding, she understood that its sole function was for teleportation.
"As expected… Indra actually learned a great deal of the truth, and it's even possible he had already met Kaguya…" Xixi continued to check the integrity of this teleportation array. Without needing to think, she also understood where it was meant to teleport to — the artificial sun overhead, except this time its core was no longer just half a Divine Dragon Jade.
After a slight adjustment, she activated this ancient Chuansong Sect. As a stream of flowing light swirled before her eyes and her body steadied once more, Xixi was already on the second floor of the palace. The vast second floor of the palace, embedded within the mountain, had been completely transformed into a tomb chamber. Using the emblems on the murals and the single passage on the ground as boundaries, it clearly divided the tombstones into two regions on the left and right — the mural on the left depicted a white moon, while the one on the right showed a pure black crescent.
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"How surprising it has been after all these years — to actually see a descendant of the Azure Dragon Clan appear in this place that should never be visited by living beings." A voice suddenly echoed through the dead silent hall, ancient and hoarse.
Xixi stared toward the far end of the passage. The dim candlelight, though unable to provide sufficient illumination, still sketched out a staggering silhouette. Before her Azure Dragon Clan's night vision had even activated, that figure slowly walked toward her.
"Judging by what you just said… it seems you've met the Azure Dragon?" Xixi was certain that no other member of the Azure Dragon Clan could have set foot here, which meant the person speaking before her was Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo?
When the other party had walked to about ten steps in front of her, Xixi finally got a clear look at their appearance. Unlike the ancient, hoarse voice, standing there was a woman who looked roughly thirty years old, with silver hair that showed no sign of aging, the signature Byakugan, and the white attire characteristic of Kaguya's era of rule.
If Xixi hadn't known clearly that the person before her bore an eight-part resemblance to her, and if it weren't for the weak, hollow chakra response emanating from the other's body, she would have thought this was Kaguya herself. Perish.
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