Chapter 587: Ice Coffin Bodyguard

Ye Liuyun's golden pupils repeatedly scanned Liang Xue; finding her completely normal, he finally put his mind at ease.

"Now you can tell me about your background, right?" Ye Liuyun finally asked Qing Lin.

Qing Lin gestured and began to recount it to him.

This Secret Realm is actually a legacy left by a Venerable; after waiting for many years, no suitable successor had appeared.

When the energy was about to run out, it unexpectedly discovered Liang Xue by chance, and thus drew her in.

Ye Liuyun was brought in because he was holding onto Liang Xue. So after entering the Secret Realm, Liang Xue stayed there to receive the legacy, while Ye Liuyun could only remain outside, searching for cultivation resources on his own.

The Secret Realm originally lies within the Qingxiao Domain. For years, the three major sects of the Qingxiao Domain have been working to open a passage connecting to this Secret Realm.

It was also the day before Ye Liuyun and his companions entered that the Elders of the three sects of the Qingxiao Domain finally opened a passage to the Secret Realm and sent their disciples inside.

Moreover, their purpose was clear: they were heading for the core of the Secret Realm. On one hand to seize its legacy, and on the other to destroy its defensive forces so that the strongest members of the three sects could enter.

Qing Lin himself is actually the guardian beast of this Secret Realm. He had been sleeping for many years, only awakening when the Realm detected a successor.

And once he awoke, he found the Secret Realm had already been invaded and was in great danger.

Liang Xue was receiving the legacy at the time. Her cultivation level was low, so she couldn't help much. Therefore, it could only ask Ye Liuyun for assistance.

"What is the legacy inside this Secret Realm? Who left it?" Ye Liuyun asked Qing Lin.

"The creator of this Secret Realm is the Venerable Qing Fire. What he left behind is a special bloodline inheritance, and only those whose bloodline closely resembles the Venerable Qing Fire can receive it," Qing Lin explained.

Qing Lin explained to Ye Liuyun while pointing the way, guiding him toward a stone gate on the side of a cavern wall.

After passing through the stone gate, Ye Liuyun discovered that inside was a stone chamber lined with rows of stone racks, looking like a treasure vault.

However, the racks were almost empty, with only a few items left.

"Feel free to pick whatever you like from here!" Qing Lin said brightly.

"Heh, you're generous! Can't you see what's left here? Not even a single artifact!"

Ye Liuyun glanced over and saw that the remaining few items were all Venerable Rank treasures.

"There is also a Divine Rank long sword, the weapon left for that woman. The rest were all consumed by my master long ago!" Qing Lin said helplessly.

Ye Liuyun ignored him, waved his hand, and collected those items into his Storage Ring.

Among them was a Venerable Rank Flying Boat and a Venerable Rank long spear; the remaining items, though Ye Liuyun didn't value them, he also gathered. He couldn't use them, but perhaps others might.

"May I use this stone chamber?" Ye Liuyun asked Qing Lin. He wanted to organize his recent gains, then deal with Fang Huatian and Liao Bingyu, and also let Wu Qingcheng and Bai Hu step out for some fresh air.

"Of course, an empty room is useless anyway!" Qing Lin didn't mind.

So Ye Liuyun closed the stone gate, fearing he might disturb Liang Xue, and then cleared the stone racks to a corner.

After cleaning, he first took out the Mourning Bell and retrieved Fang Huatian's corpse from inside.

He then inspected the Storage Ring and discovered the artifact that can locate treasures.

"At least that wasn't a wasted effort!" Ye Liuyun finally found something of value.

At that moment, Qing Lin hopped in front of Ye Liuyun, opened its mouth, and kept spitting out a huge pile of treasures, medicinal herbs, and Spirit Stones. After spitting for a while, it finally stopped.

"Huh? That's Xiao Mingyue's Crescent Moon Staff," Ye Liuyun exclaimed, completely stunned. "Where did you get all these items?"

Qing Lin gestured a few times, and Ye Liuyun, after watching, widened his eyes in disbelief.

It turned out that Qing Lin had deceived Xiao Mingyue, gaining his trust and getting Xiao to store it in his Storage Ring. Qing Lin possessed the ability to evade others' Divine Sense scans.

Thus, before leaving Xiao, it seized the moment when Xiao split his spirit, slipped back into Xiao's Storage Ring, opened its mouth, and instantly devoured everything inside, then returned to Xiao's shoulder to attack the two lagging Martial Cultivators.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense swept over and indeed found that the creature hadn't spared even Xiao Mingyue's clothing and other items. Likely, time was short, so it couldn't filter them.

Seeing the sheer amount of items, Ye Liuyun released Wu Qingcheng and the others, letting them handle the cleanup.

He also gave them a brief explanation of his own experiences, so they wouldn't worry.

Ye Liuyun gave Fang Huatian's Primordial Pill directly to Bai Hu. The Physical Body was burned and absorbed by Qing Lin.

Then he took out the Demon Net, preparing to deal with Liao Bingyu.

Before he could decide how to handle Liao Bingyu, he was startled by what lay before him.

It turned out that Liao Bingyu, trapped in the Demon Net, had protected herself with an Ice Coffin. Clearly she feared Ye Liuyun would harm her.

Ye Liuyun smiled faintly and attempted a Spiritual Soul Attack.

However, contrary to his expectation, the Ice Coffin could block Divine Sense; his Spiritual Soul Attack could not penetrate it.

The faint cold emanating from the Ice Coffin quickly froze the surrounding ground, forming a layer of frost.

This phenomenon immediately caught the attention of Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er.

Both of them have cultivated Ice Cold Power, so they were highly sensitive to the chill and promptly came over to inquire.

At this moment, Qing Lin also tried a Spiritual Soul Attack, which was likewise blocked by the Ice Coffin.

It, unwilling to accept defeat, tried to burn it with Qing Fire. Even though its Qing Fire was powerful, it could not overcome the cold; the flames were quickly extinguished by the Ice Cold Power.

Ye Liuyun was about to try burning it with Golden Crow Holy Fire, but Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er stopped him.

"We can absorb this Ice Cold Power! Let us borrow this energy for cultivation," Wu Qingcheng suggested.

"If it benefits you, of course it's fine! Go ahead and absorb it; I'll guard it here for you."

Ye Liuyun hadn't expected such a favorable turn.

Thus, Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er sat beside the Ice Coffin and began absorbing its Ice Cold Power.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun monitored the Ice Coffin with his Divine Sense while cultivating, fearing that Liao Bingyu inside might notice someone drawing its power and launch an attack.

Ru Yue helped Wu Qingcheng organize the items. Bai Hu was, meanwhile, refining the Primordial Pill of Fang Huatian that he had just swallowed.