Chapter 167: Seeing Kong Ci Again

The four of them selected four fast horses at the market, then each took one; Long Er sat on Duan Fengyun's horse, and they whipped their horses to hurry toward the Imperial Mausoleum.

Ever since Jue Wushen invaded Zhongyuan years ago and the four of them took action to save the Supreme, the Supreme had chosen to ignore Bu Jingyun's act of forcibly occupying the Imperial Mausoleum, which was an act of rebellion.

Therefore, the Imperial Mausoleum no longer had the strictly guarded Imperial Guard it once had.

Naturally, the neglected Imperial Mausoleum also lacked anyone to clean or tidy it up.

The current Imperial Mausoleum was a mess, and there were even quite a few beggars staying there.

Fortunately, however, all of this was only the environment outside the Imperial Mausoleum.

Because of the existence of the Separation Stone, the interior of the Imperial Mausoleum should be quiet and serene.

Duan Fengyun took out a few ingots of silver and gestured to the beggars:

"This is for you; hurry up and take all your things away.

Don't disturb the peace of the people inside."

Duan Fengyun did not want to resort to force for fear of disturbing Kong Ci's peace, which was why he spent money to persuade this group of beggars to leave.

When the beggars first saw the gleaming silver in Duan Fengyun's hand and then looked at the few people who were dressed extraordinarily, they knew at a glance that these people were not short of money.

What they were thinking was not to take the money and leave immediately, but rather to harbor evil intentions and try to extort money from Duan Fengyun and the others.

But when they carefully looked at the weapons of Duan Fengyun and the others, they gave up.

The weapons of the four, Duan Fengyun included, looked more terrifying than the last, especially Qin Shuang's massive Thunder-Shock Axe, which directly dispelled the bad intentions of this group of beggars.

Seeing that it was time to quit while they were ahead, the beggars grinned and stepped forward to take the silver from Duan Fengyun's hand.

"Thank you, sir, we are leaving right now."

The beggars packed up their things and left happily.

As for the bad intentions the beggars had just harbored, how could Duan Fengyun and the others, with their current experience in the Jianghu, not have noticed?

"What a bunch of greedy fellows. If they had made a move just now, I guarantee they wouldn't have lived to see the sun set."

Bu Jingyun said angrily as he watched the group of beggars.

"Yun, don't pay them any mind. They are also pitiful people; if they didn't come to provoke us, then let them go.

Besides, if we were to start a fight, it would be bad if it disturbed Kong Ci's peace."

Qin Shuang advised.

The group arrived before the Separation Stone, and as he gazed at it, Bu Jingyun suddenly looked incomparably world-weary.

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Everything he had today started from this very Separation Stone; in order to open the Separation Stone, he had forcibly taken the Peerless Sword.

And after obtaining the Peerless Sword, he had been drawn into countless Jianghu disputes.

"Yun!"

"Yun!"

The shouts of Duan Fengyun and Qin Shuang brought Bu Jingyun, who had been lost in thought, back to reality.

Bu Jingyun channeled Qi into his palms; one could see mist gathering in them, and then he struck the Separation Stone with a palm strike of Overturning Seas and Mountains, full of momentum.

"Bang!"

The Separation Stone began to crack and fall apart; after experiencing so many battles and years of settling, Bu Jingyun had finally opened the Separation Stone.

After exerting a little more force, the Separation Stone fell to the ground with a thud, and the group strode into the Imperial Mausoleum.

But just as they entered the Imperial Mausoleum, the shattered Separation Stone on the ground actually merged again, then transformed back into a complete, flawless stone wall.

"Father, Uncle Yun, Uncle Feng, Uncle Shuang, look, that stone just blocked the door again."

Seeing this, Long Er pointed at the Separation Stone and shouted in a panic.

Duan Fengyun and the others, having reacted, only felt surprised, but they were not panicked; in any case, how could this Separation Stone stop them now?

"It's fine, Long Er. Since we could get in, we can definitely get out."

Duan Fengyun said dismissively.

What's more, he also knew that there was still a hermit expert within this Imperial Mausoleum.

After entering the Imperial Mausoleum, Bu Jingyun walked in front of everyone; although he had only been here once, he had recalled this divine path in his mind countless times.

Led by the familiar Bu Jingyun, the group finally arrived at the central area of the Imperial Mausoleum.

The central area of the Imperial Mausoleum was a vast secret chamber; this was the main burial chamber.

Because the Imperial Mausoleum was not yet finished at the time, it had been forcibly occupied by Bu Jingyun.

Therefore, the items prepared for burial and decoration had not yet been placed in the main burial chamber, which was why the entire chamber was empty.

The entire main burial chamber had only a lonely stone coffin placed there.

And resting inside the stone coffin was the beautiful woman whom everyone had been longing for in their dreams for so long.

Bu Jingyun slowly walked to the front of the stone coffin; so many years had passed, and he had thought his feelings for Kong Ci had been laid to rest.

But when he arrived at Kong Ci's side, he discovered that he had not let go.

Yes, as the first

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woman he had ever loved, she had long ago left an indelible mark in the depths of his heart; how could he possibly let go?

With wet eyes, he smiled and said:

"Kong Ci, we have come to see you.

Are you lonely here?"

After speaking, Bu Jingyun slowly pushed open the stone coffin, and the figure of Kong Ci inside appeared before everyone's eyes.

The Ice Soul was truly a divine object of the world; so much time had passed, yet Kong Ci's appearance remained exactly the same as in everyone's memories.

Duan Fengyun and the others also hurriedly gathered around; looking at Kong Ci, who lay peacefully in the stone coffin, Duan Fengyun smiled:

"Kong Ci, it has been a long time.

We have missed you so much; are you doing well here?"

Kong Ci was an eternal pain in Duan Fengyun's heart; despite exhausting all his efforts, he still could not prevent the tragedy of Kong Ci from happening, and Duan Fengyun had never been able to let this matter go.

The four of them sat down at the four sides of the stone coffin, speaking one after another to Kong Ci inside the stone coffin.

It was just like back in the World Association, without the strife of the pugilistic world, without love, hate, or enmity, only the deep bond of the few of them depending on each other for survival.

Long Er watched the four of them acting out of character and dared not make a sound to disturb them, so he walked to the side alone and took out his Liangji Sword to practice.

The four of them sat by the stone coffin chatting about everything under the sun for a full hour, telling Kong Ci all of their respective stories.

After finishing what they each wanted to say, the few of them stood up and looked at Kong Ci's face once more.

The lively and active Kong Ci of the past was still vivid in their minds.

Bu Jingyun stepped forward, touched Kong Ci's face, and said:

"Kong Ci, we are leaving now.

But rest assured, we will come to see you every year from now on to tell you our stories; we will not let you stay here alone."

After Bu Jingyun gave Kong Ci's forehead a light kiss, he walked to the front of the stone coffin lid and slowly covered the stone coffin again.

"Let us go, let Kong Ci lie here quietly, and do not let the rights and wrongs of the pugilistic world disturb her slumber."

Bu Jingyun said to the others.

"Long Er, stop practicing, it is time to go; we will come to see your Aunt Kong Ci again next time."

Long Er, who was practicing martial arts with great enthusiasm on the side, hurriedly put away his Liangji Sword upon hearing this.

"You come when you want and leave when you want; what do you think this place is?"

A voice rang out in the ears of the few, and then they all fell down with a thud.

(End of this chapter)

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