Chapter 90: The Forgotten Secret of a Hundred Years Ago

A moment later.

Deepest part of the Saint City.

Lu Li's figure appeared.

All around him, apart from the other seven people from the Eight Cities, there were more than ten Martial Monarch powerhouses from the Saint City.

The Secret Land opened!

It was not only people from the Eight Cities who could enter!

In this Saint City, there were many quotas, and these ten-plus people were the owners of those quotas.

Lu Li stood motionless.

He looked at the cyan light gate above the gray space, his expression calm.

That should be the spatial array gate to enter the Secret Land!

Just as he was thinking!

Above the void, that grand and ancient voice appeared again.

"Since everyone is here, let's set off."

This voice fell.

The ten-plus people from the Saint City moved in unison, submerging into the cyan light gate one after another.

Lu Li glanced at Ling Wushuang and also flashed away.

Stepping across the cyan light gate!

Lu Li only felt the world spinning, and he appeared in a dim and gloomy space.

This space was not large!

But it wasn't small either!

It extended boundlessly, and one couldn't see the end at a glance.

Before him, there was a huge tombstone standing, the blue stone was high, and seven big characters were engraved on it:

Tomb of Martial Monarch Yi Linchen!

Lu Li glanced at it and withdrew his gaze.

Before stepping into this Secret Land, Miao Bo had told him all the information about this Secret Land.

This place was built by Yu Sheng himself.

It was not some Secret Land!

But a burial ground for the glory of the Human Race!

Buried here were thousands of Human Race powerhouses since the recovery of spirit energy. Everyone here died resisting Fierce Beasts, and they were all heroes of the Human Race, with cultivation above the Martial Monarch level.

Just like this Martial Monarch named Yi Linchen!

The tombstone recorded his glorious deeds before his death in detail:

In the eighth year of the recovery of spirit energy, he sneaked into the Endless Wilderness alone and killed a Martial Monarch Fierce Beast, deeply striking the arrogant spirit of the Fierce Beasts.

In the twenty-first year of the recovery of spirit energy, he went to support Kan Cheng, lured away a Fierce Beast army alone, and saved hundreds of Kan Cheng remnant troops.

In the fifty-second year of the recovery of spirit energy, he went to support Kun Cheng, was besieged by Fierce Beasts, and died of severe injuries.

The deeds stopped abruptly!

Stopping at the fifty-second year of the recovery of spirit energy, which was when Yi Linchen died.

Lu Li looked around.

Looking out.

A dense mass!

Within the limited space, there were nothing but such tombstones.

This was a place of great glory, and only Martial Monarch powerhouses who had made great contributions to the Human Race could be buried here!

The reason it was also called a Secret Land!

Was because under every tombstone here, the cultivation insights of its owner were hidden. One only needed to activate them with the origin to take them away, and everyone who entered here had three opportunities to choose!

Though dead, their merits remain!

This was the selfless contribution of the predecessors of the Human Race!

And this annual opening of the Secret Land was the entire Human Race's remembrance of them!

Lu Li stepped forward.

Three opportunities!

After the selection was over, they would be naturally teleported away.

Although this Yi Linchen had made great contributions to the Human Race, he only had Martial Monarch cultivation, so naturally, Lu Li would not choose him.

Moving forward!

Lu Li remembered the names on all the tombstones.

These people were predecessors, and whether it was their exploration of Martial Dao or their contributions to the Human Race, they were all worth remembering.

Just like that!

Lu Li soon arrived at the depths of this space.

Just stepping in here.

A tombstone attracted his strong attention.

Tomb of Martial King Lin Ruchen!

The two characters "Martial King" slammed into Lu Li's mind.

As far as he knew!

In the hundred years since Qian Cheng was built, no more than three Martial Kings had died in battle, one of whom was Cang Yuanzi who had passed away not long ago. Even adding the Eight Cities, the number of Martial King powerhouses who had died in battle in this hundred years would not exceed thirty.

Taking this as a boundary!

There were at least a hundred tombstones in this deep area!

"More than a hundred Kings died in battle—how is this possible?"

Lu Li's voice was low.

The Saint realm of the Human Race!

Only Yu Sheng was one!

Martial King powerhouses were already the peak of the Human Race's combat power. Such powerhouses had the power to overturn rivers and seas with a wave of their hands, and even if they were not a match, they could retreat calmly, making it very difficult for them to die in battle.

In the hundred years since the recovery of spirit energy, the entire Human Race might not have given birth to so many Kings!

But here, there were more than a hundred tombstones.

Could it be...

Suddenly!

Lu Li remembered the battle a hundred years ago.

Legend had it that the battle was widespread, and just from the few words left behind, one could feel the tragedy of that war, because Hong Sheng had died of exhaustion in that war.

I fear only in such a cruel war would so many Kings die in battle, right?

But...

"Where did those Kings come from?"

Lu Li revealed a look of suspicion.

When he met Yu Sheng on the twelfth level of the Holy Tower, he was very strange. Yu Sheng said that Qian Wang would be the only Martial Dao practitioner to break through to the Saint realm in this hundred years. Then what about himself?

What about Hong Sheng?

Could it be that their breakthrough was a hundred years ago?

But a hundred years ago, spirit energy had not recovered. How did they cultivate? And how did they break through?

This doubt had been hidden in his heart.

Until this moment, it was rapidly magnified!

Lu Li looked at Lin Ruchen's tombstone again unconsciously.

On it, a paragraph confirmed his guess:

A hundred years ago, in the Fierce Beast war, to preserve the last spark of the Human Race, he was besieged by Fierce Beasts and died!

Sure enough!

This Lin Ruchen was also born a hundred years ago!

"What on earth is going on? Why were so many powerhouses born a hundred years ago when spirit energy had not yet recovered?"

Lu Li was very puzzled.

Just as he was secretly speculating, a voice came over.

"This is my Lin Family predecessor. Did Young Master Lu take a fancy to his inheritance?"

The voice was ancient.

It was Lin Xiaoyun, whom he had met in the Holy Tower.

"Your predecessor?"

Lu Li couldn't help but look over.

This Lin Xiaoyun had reached the Peak Martial Monarch level ten years ago, so naturally, he would not look down on the inheritance of ordinary Martial Monarch powerhouses. It was not surprising that he could come here so quickly.

However, that he said this tombstone was his Lin Family predecessor was a bit unexpected to Lu Li.

"It is indeed my Lin Family predecessor. I once saw in the family records that this ancestor Lin Ruchen followed the Yu and Hong Saints and was besieged and died in the Fierce Beast war a hundred years ago," Lin Xiaoyun said.

"So you know the Martial Dao situation a hundred years ago?" Lu Li asked.

"Young Master Lu saw it too?"

Lin Xiaoyun smiled bitterly.

"As early as decades ago, I discovered it."

"What!"

Lu Li couldn't believe it.

But, Lin Xiaoyun's bitter voice continued to come.

"The batch of powerhouses a hundred years ago almost exceeded the Human Race's Martial Dao accumulation in the hundred years since the recovery of spirit energy. The birth of so many powerhouses, even in the ancient records of the Lin Family, was vague, and one could only understand a little from the traces left behind.

I was very curious and kept looking for the truth. Because of this reason, I finally violated the clan rules and was punished to Dui Cheng for thirty years."

"So, you have found the answer?"

"No!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 91 =====