Chapter 86: Chapter 70: Demon in the Ruined Temple (Part 2)

"What a pain."

"A whole day’s been wasted."

"If I’d known, I would have brought all seven men on this escort mission."

"When will this wind and rain ever stop?"

From a distance, Su Chen wore an odd expression.

Last night, there were seven of them. Today, only four remained. And from the looks of it, the First-Grade Escort Leader had no memory of the three who had vanished without a trace.

Beside him, Long Xuanjun’s face was grim. He too sensed something was wrong and turned to ask Princess Le of Qii,

"Last night, how many of them were there?"

Princess Le of Qii looked at him strangely.

"Four, of course."

"Aren’t they all right here?"

In that instant, Long Xuanjun fell silent and closed his eyes, his expression growing exceptionally grave.

The wind and rain were still heavy.

「The second night.」

The feeling of drowsiness washed over them again. The ruined temple was plunged into darkness, and the chewing sounds began once more. This time, however, Long Xuanjun took action.

However, it was no use.

The great Long Xuanjun, a Supreme First Grade who had even stepped into the realm of a Grandmaster, was completely ineffective.

「Daybreak.」

The ruined temple was empty.

The First-Grade Escort Leader and the Second and Third Grade men were all gone. Where they had been standing, only an empty coffin remained.

The wind and rain raged on as fiercely as ever.

Inside the ruined temple, only three figures remained: Su Chen, Princess Le of Qii, and a slightly unsteady Long Xuanjun.

"How many people are in this ruined temple?"

Long Xuanjun asked.

"Huh?"

"Isn’t it just the three of us, taking shelter from the rain?"

"Long Xuanjun, what do you mean by that? Oh, you mean the coffin? I remember it was already in this ruined temple when we first came in, wasn’t it?"

In an instant, all hope vanished from Long Xuanjun’s heart. He grabbed Princess Le of Qii and made to leave.

Before leaving, he glanced at Su Chen, who was sitting calmly in the corner.

"Are you coming or not?"

"If you don’t leave now,"

"you might never be able to."

He was just a Little Eunuch, hardly worth mentioning. Long Xuanjun didn’t know why he’d paid him any special attention. Perhaps it was the Black-robed Eunuch Robe.

"No, thanks."

"The storm outside is too strong."

"I’m just an ordinary Eunuch. I’d rather wait out the rain before I go."

"You go on ahead..."

Seeing this, Long Xuanjun hesitated, words on the tip of his tongue.

’Just as I thought. He’s just an ordinary Eunuch. Has he not noticed the danger in this ruined temple at all?’

’Taking one person with me is already my limit.’

’I must find the Late Emperor’s Decree, change this chaotic world, and fulfill the promise I made to him all those years ago.’

"Let’s go."

Long Xuanjun left, taking only one person with him: Princess Le of Qii.

He didn’t even bother with the carriage.

Braving the wind and rain, Long Xuanjun hurried away with Princess Le of Qii.

He had never expected it.

On this trip to the Imperial Mausoleum, he had actually encountered a legendary "Demon Fiend."

There are two types of Demon Fiends.

One is the "Evil Beast," which are like beasts that undergo cultivation. They correspond to the Mortal Cultivation ranks from Fifth Grade to First Grade, followed by Great Demon Fiends and Upper-Rank Great Demon Fiends, which correspond to Innate and Acquired Grandmasters.

The other type...

...is the "Demon Fiend." They start at the First Grade and correspond to... Qi Cultivation Immortals...

Just as there is a world of difference between a Cultiv and a Qi Cultivation Immortal, despite both being human, there is a similar gap between "Evil Beasts" and "Demon Fiends," almost as if they are two different species.

「Several miles from the Mountain God’s Ruined Temple.」

After hearing Long Xuanjun’s explanation, Princess Le of Qii’s face turned deathly pale.

’It was a "Demon Fiend," something that’s only supposed to exist in legends?’

When the world falls into chaos, Demon Fiends emerge. But it was always "Evil Beasts" causing trouble, which Cultivs could destroy. This was the first time a "Demon Fiend" had appeared.

"This world... is really about to change,"

Long Xuanjun whispered.

Princess Le of Qii, meanwhile, looked back in the direction of the Mountain God’s Ruined Temple with a hint of pity.

This fiend, despite only being at the First Grade level, operated on a completely different plane from Mortal Cultivation. Even a Grandmaster like Long Xuanjun was helpless against it.

He had no choice but to flee into the rainy night.

’That Little Eunuch is so unlucky.’

’He didn’t understand the deeper meaning in Long Xuanjun’s words and cut off his only path to survival.’

’He’s a dead man for sure!’

「Mountain God’s Ruined Temple.」

The night grew deeper.

Inside the temple, darkness fell.

Only Su Chen remained. His eyes were bright as he sat in the corner, eagerly waiting for the coffin to make its move on him.

Time ticked by, second by second.

There was no movement at all.

The coffin was as still as death.

’Strange.’

’Why isn’t it reacting?’

Su Chen walked over, rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the coffin lid with both hands, and tried to pry it open to get a good look inside.

However, the coffin trembled as if someone inside were holding the lid shut. Despite Su Chen’s strength, which exceeded ten thousand catties, he couldn’t budge it an inch.

It was playing dead.

And it was afraid of Su Chen.

"How strange."

"Last night, I saw you give even Long Xuanjun a hard time. Why are you so afraid of me?"

"Let me see."

The fiend continued to play dead.

After a long while, Su Chen still couldn’t do anything to the coffin.

Clearly, this coffin was an Evil Treasure.

The dirt on it was still fresh, meaning it had been dug up recently. The only place nearby it could have been dug up from was...

"The Imperial Mausoleum."

Seeing that the fiend wouldn’t show itself, Su Chen felt a little disappointed. He braved the storm and ran out of the ruined temple. The raging wind and rain, which would have stopped a First-Grade expert in their tracks, seemed to part for Su Chen, not daring to wet a single thread of his robes.

After a long time,

The coffin in the ruined temple trembled slightly.

CREAK—

The coffin lid opened.

A pale hand pushed against the coffin’s edge, and a figure sat up.

’That guy is finally gone.’

’Of the dozen or so people here, even the Grandmaster was affected by my arts, becoming drowsy. For those below the Grandmaster level, I could rewrite their memories completely, playing them like puppets. But my arts had no effect on him. He watched me for two nights without even blinking... ’

’His aura was completely unremarkable.’

’But I have this inexplicable feeling that if I were to act against him, my soul would be utterly obliterated... ’

’A Qi Cultivation Immortal?’

’He must be. Otherwise, he couldn’t be this terrifying.’

The female ghost—with pitch-black pupils, an illusory figure, and a face obscured by black hair—hoisted the coffin onto her shoulder and prepared to leave to find a new place to cause trouble.

Just then, outside the ruined temple, a youth in a Profound Robe approached, holding an umbrella. His face was as handsome as jade, his beauty almost demonic. He looked like a fleeting marvel of the Human World, a Muddy World Immortal descended from the heavens.

"The rain is too heavy."

"Oh, a ruined temple. A perfect place to take shelter from the rain..."

The youth in the Profound Robe acted as if he had just discovered the place, a perfectly feigned look of pleasant surprise on his face as he hurried inside.

"Hahaha."

’Not bad. He braved the storm to get here, so he must be at least a First Grade.’

’I can have another bloody meal.’

’Wonderful!’

The female ghost fiend’s pitch-black pupils gleamed. A vicious grin spread across her face as she set down the coffin and slid back inside.

Inside the ruined temple, the youth in the Profound Robe seemed wary of the coffin and kept his distance.

The night grew deeper.

CREAK—

The coffin lid opened.

Inside the coffin were the densely packed skeletons of hundreds, even thousands of Cultivs.

"My delicious little meal, where are you?"

The female ghost fiend greedily scanned the ruined temple.

At last, she spotted the youth in the Profound Robe, who had fallen into a deep slumber.

So he was hiding on the roof beams.

The female ghost scrambled up a wooden pillar straight to the rafters and opened her cavernous, bloody maw over the youth in the Profound Robe.

"I... have found you!"

she cackled viciously.

Su Chen awoke. He glanced at the coffin, thick with Yin Qi, then gave the distorted female ghost a smile.

"No,"

"I found *you*."

In that instant, the expression on the female ghost’s face changed dramatically.

She recognized him.

This boy was the one who had terrified her so much she hadn’t dared to come out.

"I’ll eat you!"

Fleeing back to the coffin was no longer an option. She opened her cavernous maw, her ferocity on full display.

Even a Grandmaster was helpless against her.

She refused to believe it.

This youth in the Profound Robe couldn’t really obliterate her soul.

"A First-Grade fiend."

Su Chen was about to strike.

He didn’t dare to be careless.

He was preparing to unleash his strongest attack, the Star-Burying Sword.

However, the blood flame within his body, as if it had found a delectable treat, surged up like a great wave and rolled directly toward the fiend.

The ruined temple fell silent.

The fiend that even a Grandmaster was helpless against had become Nourishment to fuel the blood flame’s growth, turning into a pile of black ash on the ground.

Su Chen realized belatedly.

His First-Grade physique of the Extreme Realm, like a glorious Great Sun, seemed to be a natural counter to this type of fiend.

’Another Immortal Treasure acquired.’

’No,’

’Evil Treasure is more appropriate.’

Sensing the Yin Qi surging within the coffin, and noting it had a space of about three zhang, Su Chen placed the three Peak corpses inside to be nurtured.

Immortal Treasures cannot be placed into a Storage Ring.

Helpless, he could only put the coffin in his carriage and pull it toward the Imperial Mausoleum.

Su Chen departed.

Back in the ruined temple, the broken Mountain God Stone Statue stirred, watching the departing carriage with deep apprehension and fear.

It wasn’t just the Mountain God Stone Statue.

Once the coffin was gone, ghostly figures emerged one after another inside the ruined temple. They were all First-Grade fiends. It was practically a Demon Cave.

They had all been playing dead.

It was just that the female ghost fiend guarding the coffin had been the most conspicuous.

And so, the female ghost died.

’He’s finally gone.’

’But...’

’...he took the Burial Coffin...’

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