Chapter 630: Disrespect
At home, Chen Wan looked at the eight-character paper on the compass that had burned to ashes, frowning, "Only when life is cut off can we no longer trace the breath of the living."
But on second thought, since she and Li Hanting were bound by a twin contract, if he really died, then she would not be able to survive.
The fact that she is still alive and kicking now just proves that Li Hanting is just trapped in a place he cannot leave.
Chen Wan made a prompt decision and dripped a drop of blood onto the compass, and injected a trace of soul power into it.
The compass then slowly began to turn, pointing to a certain direction. At the same time, a wisp of light blood energy emanated from the compass and floated outside.
Shen Wan got on the ghost sedan and followed the blood until it stopped.
When she came out of the ghost sedan, she saw Jiang Linyuan with his hands on his hips, cursing loudly.
Chen Wan's eyes darkened, "Senior Jiang?"
Jiang Linyuan turned around and saw her, and was also stunned for a moment, "How did you find this place?"
Chen Wan looked around and saw that this was a mountain full of death. Under the towering ancient trees in the mountain, hanging coffins could be seen everywhere. Some of the coffins were already rotten, half hanging in the air, and about to fall, revealing the corpses inside that had long been rotten.
This scene looks a bit eerie.
"Senior Jiang, this should be the question I ask you, right? Were you the one who hid Li Hanting here?" Shen Wan's eyes were sharp.
Jiang Linyuan smiled bitterly and said, "How could it be me? I didn't! I also sent people to investigate immediately after I found out that the Li family kid was missing. After all, I promised you that I would protect the Li family kid. This time he disappeared suddenly, and I only found this place after a careful investigation."
Shen Wan asked, "What is this place?"
"This is the tomb of the dead. It's where all the descendants of Jiuli are buried after their death. It's equivalent to the ancestral tomb of the Jiuli people." Jiang Linyuan explained.
Shen Wan glanced at the coffins. Without exception, they were all hanging under the trees.
When the cold wind blows, it swings back and forth.
"Hanging the coffin under the tree conforms to the five elements and can prevent the evil spirit from offending the coffin. You Jiuli Academy really has many masters."
Jiang Linyuan smiled and said, "The trunk of the tree reaches up to the sky, and the coffin is hung on the tree. In our belief, after death, the soul can be closer to the sky and rest in peace."
Chen Wan looked at the people he had just scolded. They were wearing Jiuli costumes and had pale faces. They must be guards who had been stationed here all year round and never saw the sun.
"Elder Jiang, you know the rules of the Jiuli tribe. You can go up the mountain if you want, but you have to wait until the day you die. Then we will naturally carry you up the mountain." The captain of the guard said expressionlessly.
Jiang Linyuan was so angry that his lungs ached. He pointed at them and yelled, "You are rebelling! Don't think that you don't take me seriously just because you have been guarding the ancestral tomb for a few days. When I was carrying the coffin up the mountain, you were still queuing at the Naihe Bridge!"
The captain of the guard had a cold face and remained unmoved.
Chen Wan directly took out the talisman paper and said, "Why waste time talking to them? Just do it!"
The moment the talisman was thrown out, I thought it would freeze these people.
Unexpectedly, the talisman paper turned out to be ineffective.
Several guards looked at her as if she were an idiot, and seemed speechless.
Chen Wan: “…”
Jiang Linyuan then explained: "You don't know that this ancestral tomb is very evil. Any magic will be ineffective here. It's useless."
"Since Elder Jiang knows it's useless, then leave as soon as possible. This is not a place for living people...ah!" Before the captain of the guards finished his words, he saw a pink fist coming towards him.
Shen Wan's moves were as fast as lightning, and he knocked down several guards in just a few moves.
She turned her wrist and said with a smile, "Magic is useless, but fists are useful."
"Senior Jiang, let's go up the mountain!"
"Okay!" Jiang Linyuan smiled with a gloating look on his face and followed Chen Wan happily. His happy look was quite similar to that of his youth.
This mountain is so densely wooded that even the scorching sun cannot penetrate.
Walking on the mountain path in the middle of the day, I felt cold all over.
There were half-hanging coffins all around, many of which had rotted away, exposing the corpses inside.
Jiang Linyuan looked around and said, "I haven't been here for many years. I didn't expect that the yin energy here is even stronger."
"After my master passed away, I was one of the coffin bearers who came here."
Jiang Linyuan kept talking about the past, and as he spoke he started to cry as he was reminded of the past.
"When I die in the future, Mr. Shen, will you carry me up the mountain? I hope you can."
Chen Wan frowned, turned around, and looked at him intriguingly, "If I have to die, it can only be me who dies before you. What's the matter? I have become a ghost, and I still have to carry your coffin?"
Jiang Linyuan smiled: "You won't die. I believe that good people like you will definitely be rewarded."
"Everyone will die one day." Chen Wan looked into the distance with a firm gaze: "The key is how you die. It's better to die gloriously than to die in a cowardly way."
Jiang Linyuan was stunned for a moment, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Chen Wan smiled and comforted him: "Senior Jiang, I know what you want to say. In order to fight against the Living Sacrifice Formation, Xuanmen suffered heavy losses this time, and everyone was injured, but I believe that there is always a way out, so look forward."
Jiang Linyuan smiled bitterly: "You are really optimistic. This is good. I believe that Master Taixuan's words will come true."
The two men hiked up the mountain for about two hours, until the blood energy in the compass stopped in front of a towering ancient tree and disappeared.
The tree is ridiculously huge, and its crown is like a giant umbrella that blocks out the sky.
Countless coffins hung on the branches, as terrifying as the strange fruits bred by the giant trees.
In Jiang Linyuan's words, this tree is the king of trees and has lived for tens of thousands of years.
Since ancient times, only the Jiuli tribe’s highly respected, prestigious and powerful members can be buried here after their death.
"My master is buried here." Jiang Linyuan said, pointing to a coffin on the tree.
Seeing the coffin rotten and covered with moss and vines, his eyes couldn't help but become moist.
"Master and I both admire peace and prosperity. He hates the bloodshed and slaughter brought about by war. At that time, there were wandering ghosts everywhere. Master helped me to liberate many wandering ghosts..."
"Ha, I've gone off topic." Jiang Linyuan straightened his expression and looked at the countless coffins on the tree with some distress, "Could the Li family kid be lying in one of the coffins?"
Shen Wan glanced at the compass thoughtfully.
The compass needle has lost its direction since she came in, and only that wisp of blood is leading her to find the direction.
Now that the blood energy has disappeared here at the Tree King's place, it means that Li Hanting is nearby.
Jiang Linyuan rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight. "Go find me! I'm going all out today!"
Digging up the coffins of ancestors is disrespectful...
But for the sake of saving people, our ancestors should be able to understand!
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