Chapter 131. Setting Off, In Search of God...
Xiao Weizhi bent down and picked up the fortune slip. He found that the back of the slip had an ominous character written in a special ancient script. The black and red auspicious cloud pattern below it looked like a painting style used only in the ancient Dragon Kingdom.
But if you look at it from a distance, you'll find that those black and red auspicious clouds, when pieced together, look like an evil spirit with its mouth wide open, trying to devour everything in its sight.
He frowned slightly, turned the front of the ominous fortune slip in his hand towards Lin Xiaoxiao, and handed it over: "A very unlucky fortune slip."
Lin Xiaoxiao stared at the auspicious cloud pattern that resembled a demon for a while, then reached out and took it, before putting it back into the now-changed divination tube: "Good news. The ominous sign means we have a high probability of finding the tomb of the God of Prophecy."
Upon hearing her mention it, Xiao Weizhi remembered that many years ago, the Dragon Fang team relied on her divination stick to specifically target the most ominous directions and always managed to reap good rewards.
In the blink of an eye, a thousand years have passed (Xiao Weizhi has been in the other dimension for nearly a thousand years), and those joyful memories have become the past, becoming vague impressions.
Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Weizhi's lowered eyes, chuckled, put the divination sticks into her spatial storage, then hugged his waist and rested her head against his chest: "After everything is settled, shall we go have dinner with Brother Feng and the others?"
Xiao Weizhi bent down slightly, reached out and pulled her into his arms, his thin lips gently kissing the top of her head. His voice was a little hoarse: "Okay, the old man (Xiao's father) mentioned to me before that Gu Qingqi and the other three had contacted me. We'll make an appointment together in the future."
Lin Xiaoxiao buried her face in his broad chest muscles and answered in a muffled voice, "Mmm."
Quan Zhi floated in the air, glanced at the two people embracing below, and then floated directly into the air, merging with the Milky Way in the sky, achieving a state of "out of sight, out of mind."
Five days later, after discussing and arranging the follow-up matters with Laura, Hoshino, Kagome, and others, Lin Xiaoxiao prepared to set off to find the tomb of the God of Prophecy.
Xingyan sat in her chair, raising her glass to Lin Xiaoxiao with an excited expression: "Xiaoxiao, keep it up! We're waiting for your good news."
Ge Wei and Zhong Sang also raised their glasses and toasted Lin Xiaoxiao, who was sitting two meters away.
They sincerely hoped that Lin Xiaoxiao could successfully find the tomb of the God of Prophecy and retrieve the sacrificial limbs.
After all, if she can find it, then the body parts they sacrificed can also be found, and then there will be hope of becoming gods.
As for Ina and Cangshu, they went to Blackcole City to stabilize the unrest and are not in Mona City for the time being.
The countries like the Great Eagle in Blackcoal City were also clamoring to establish their own cities. The two of them had handled and arranged these matters based on Lau Evan's guidance.
Lin Xiaoxiao raised the glass in her hand and responded from afar: "Okay, wait for my good news. I'll leave things here in your care."
The three exchanged a glance and replied in unison, "No problem."
As Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi were about to leave, they unexpectedly discovered that Lao Aiwen, who had come to see them off, was standing in a corner.
Lau Evan came to see them off, carrying a black cat on his shoulder. He stood in the corner of the newly built city gate, his smile very warm.
Lin Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "I didn't expect you to come and see me off."
Lauevin's smile remained unchanged, his voice gentle: "Of course I came to see you off, and also to remind you not to forget our agreement, and to remember to come back alive."
While Lau Evan and Lin Xiaoxiao were talking, the black cat pounced on them.
Lin Xiaoxiao reached out and caught it, tapping its nose with her index finger to signal it to stop making a fuss. Then she looked up and chuckled, "Of course, I will definitely come back alive, and I will not forget our promise."
Then he lowered his head and whispered to the black cat in his arms, "Terra, the place we're going to is too dangerous, so we can't take you with us. You stay in Mona City with Lau Evan and wait for us to come back."
Unexpectedly, the black cat raised its eyelids aloofly, glanced at her, and then jumped onto Xiao Weizhi's shoulder, showing with its actions that it wanted to go too.
Xiao Weizhi reached out and tried to grab the black cat several times, but failed. He chuckled helplessly, "Never mind, let it take it with it if it wants to go."
The reason why the black cat followed Lin Xiaoxiao was obvious to everyone present: it was because of its sister, Sicily.
Some time ago, Sicily was injured in the battle of Nuenro and was forced to return to the summoning space. She was recuperating for a period of time and did not come out.
Since Lin Xiaoxiao, the summoner, did not actively summon Sicily, there was no way for Sicily to come out.
The black cat wanted to see its sister, so it could only stay by Lin Xiaoxiao's side and wait for her to summon Sicily, the divine protector.
Lin Xiaoxiao stared at the black cat for a while, then sighed helplessly: "Alright, Terral, we need to make a deal. You have to follow instructions, not act on your own, and not lose your temper."
When Sicily's body was scattered earlier, the black cat lost its mind in grief and anger.
It indiscriminately slaughtered enemies in the city of Mona. Fortunately, it was during the siege of the Contaminated Beasts, and 99% of the creatures around it were Contaminated Beasts/Contaminated Beings.
The black cat snorted and reluctantly nodded: "Okay."
After greeting Lao Ewen, Lin Xiaoxiao, along with Xiao Weizhi and Black Cat, set off south.
On the first day, we walked over a hundred kilometers and came across a small mountain. We waited for more than three hours and cleared out several waves of low-level polluting beasts, but we didn't see any red objects.
The next day, after traveling several hundred kilometers, we encountered several small, bare mountain peaks pieced together.
Aside from some old, withered trees that had been corroded to the point of being just black trunks, there were hardly any corrupted beasts to be seen on the mountain. The group of two people, a cat, and an elf waited for several hours, but still couldn't find any red objects.
The third day... the fourth day...
On the sixteenth day, Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the mountain of corpses that had shrunk by nearly a hundred times and had a strange expression on her face.
Unexpectedly, after heading south and crossing nearly a hundred mountains of varying heights, I ended up in the territory of the female corpse person, Cheng Yu.
Compared to the continuous mountain of corpses I had seen before, there were only two remaining mountains of corpses, each about a hundred meters high.
Upon closer inspection, most of these piled-up corpses had broken arms and legs, were wrinkled, and did not look as fresh as the previous ones. They also emitted a foul stench, a combination of putridity, salted fish, and other unspeakable odors.
With the shrunken Sicily on his shoulder and a black cat wagging its tail in his arms, Xiao Weizhi turned to look at Lin Xiaoxiao, who was standing still, and asked in a deep voice, "Why did you stop?"
Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled and shook her head: "It's nothing. I've been here before and it reminded me of some things."
Xiao Weizhi stared at the mountain of corpses before him, his brows furrowing slightly into a shallow "川" shape. His voice was soft but tinged with disdain: "Go around it?"
Lin Xiaoxiao naturally knew what he was complaining about, and was about to nod in agreement when she caught a glimpse of a bright red color out of the corner of her eye.
The message in that book suddenly popped into her mind: 'The peaks are desolate, devoid of life; beneath the icicles, I dwell; you once knew me, and where I lie in eternal rest, there still lie old acquaintances.'
The peaks didn't specify what kind of mountains they were, but a mountain of corpses, devoid of any life, certainly fits the description.
Ice, old acquaintances, crimson—these conditions combined make this mountain of corpses fit the bill. She hadn't forgotten her parents, sealed in ice beneath that coffin.
If that's the case, then the seal on her parents was definitely not to escape the so-called curse of the god of greed; it was most likely to seal the location of the tomb of the god of prophecy...
Thinking of this, Lin Xiaoxiao's breathing quickened a little.
Xiao Weizhi noticed her unusual behavior and also noticed Cheng Yu floating over. He subconsciously assumed a fighting stance and stood in front of Lin Xiaoxiao.
After Xiao Weizhi let go, the black cat's size changed from a 30-centimeter kitten to a two-meter-tall black panther with four legs on its feet, and Sicily, who was still in the shape of a kitten, was on its head.
It stood sideways beside Lin Xiaoxiao, its tail silently wrapping around her waist. Once it opened its mouth wide, it would immediately use its tail to pull her onto its body and carry her.
Cheng Yu wobbled over to Lin Xiaoxiao, still bearing the lingering effects of the previous battle. Its smile was exaggerated and eerie: "A rare guest indeed. Didn't you have enough of fighting in Mona City? Come to my territory and fight again?"
Just as Cheng Yu was speaking, the ground began to tremble slightly. The mountain of corpses, which had been completely still, seemed to come alive. Countless corpses awoke, their empty eyes staring in the direction of Lin Xiaoxiao.
It seemed that with just a command from Cheng Yu, they would quickly assemble and attack the invading forces.
Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Cheng Yu, who was standing three meters away, wearing a tattered red dress, talking non-stop but not making a move. A slight smile appeared on her lips and a glint of light flashed in her eyes.
She could tell that Cheng Yu's injuries hadn't fully healed.
In the last battle in Mona City, she cut off Cheng Yu's hand and then slashed her several times. Even though she looks unchanged now, she is probably all bark and no bite.
When Chengyu saw Lin Xiaoxiao raise her hand, her bloodshot eyes watched her warily, her body tense, and her toes pointed. Once the fight started, she would immediately abandon her base and leave.
As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn. It was never a match for Lin Xiaoxiao, who was at the peak of the demigod realm, let alone now that it was still seriously injured.
A faint golden light emanated from Lin Xiaoxiao's hand. Cheng Yu looked terrified and turned to run away. The corpses on the mountain of corpses seemed to be attracted by an invisible magnet and rushed towards the location of Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi.
'Peng—' Before those corpses could get any closer, they were blasted into fragments by the dark energy ball that Xiao Weizhi threw out.
In just five seconds, Cheng Yu had only run more than fifty meters when she was bound into a rice dumpling by golden energy chains that appeared out of nowhere.
When the energy chains came into contact with Cheng Yu's skin, they made a sizzling sound like a branding iron hitting flesh, and also had a burnt smell.
Cheng Yu collapsed to the ground, writhing like a maggot, letting out screams of agony: "Ah! Ah! Ah!!!"
Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi stood still, coldly watching Chengyu's series of actions. Only when its cries subsided did they slowly approach.
Lin Xiaoxiao kicked the chains on Cheng Yu with her toe: "Is he dead? If he's not dead, take me to my parents."
Cheng Yu remained motionless, her face buried in the ground, as if she had been burned into a soulless shell by the chains.
Xiao Weizhi gently clenched his right hand, and a lightsaber formed from the convergence of light elements appeared out of thin air in his hand. He said in a low voice, "Since there is no reaction, then cut it into eighteen pieces and burn it."
Lin Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow slightly, her eyes asking, "Isn't that threat a bit too childish?"
Xiao Wei smiled gently, responding with her eyes: 'Just you wait and see.'
Seeing that Cheng Yu did not react, Xiao Weizhi raised the lightsaber in his hand and swung it quickly at Cheng Yu's waist. The sword energy formed by the light element was particularly dazzling in the darkness.
Just as the sword energy was about to touch Chengyu, it quickly rolled to the side several times, dodging the sword energy.
It looked up, somewhat shaken, at the 2-meter-long, 20-centimeter-deep trench that had been cleaved by a sword. If that sword had landed on it, it would have been split in two.
If you lose a hand or a foot, you can just find a new one to attach it. But if you've been cut in half, it's not an easy task to reattach it.
Its tone was fierce: "If you have the guts, let me go, and we'll have a fair fight."
Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes were playful, her smile somewhat speechless: "A fair fight? I've already caught you, why would I want to cause trouble for myself?"
Does she look like an idiot? She's even resorting to such a low-level provocation tactic.
She snapped her fingers, and the chain carrying Cheng Yu floated into the air: "Stop talking nonsense and take me to my parents right now, or I'll cut you into eighteen pieces and then burn you to ashes with the fire of faith."
Cheng Yu stared with bloodshot eyes at Xiao Weizhi, who was holding a light-element energy sword and looking menacingly at her; then she glanced at the black cat baring its teeth not far away; and then she turned to look at Lin Xiaoxiao, who looked like a smiling tiger with fierce eyes.
He gritted his teeth and lowered his head: "Fine, let go of me, I'll take you there."
Lin Xiaoxiao gathered energy in her right hand and slapped her hard on the head: "Stop talking nonsense and hurry up."
Cheng Yu stared at Lin Xiaoxiao, whose eyes were gleaming with ferocity, and immediately opened her mouth and howled, "Ang—"
The corpses on the two mountains of corpses rolled rapidly to both sides, clearing a path more than three meters wide.
The corpses piled up on both sides, some with only one eye left, some with empty eye sockets, and some with two lifeless eyes like dead fish... stared intently at the group below, looking exceptionally eerie and unsettling.
Lin Xiaoxiao took Xiao Weizhi's hand and started walking inside. The black cat followed with Sicily, while Cheng Yu, bound and floating in mid-air, followed behind.
Soon, Lin Xiaoxiao saw that familiar coffin again.
She used her hand as a blade to slash Cheng Yu's face from a distance, took a drop of black blood, and flicked it onto the stone slab, watching as the slab moved aside to reveal the black tunnel below.
Then, together with Xiao Weizhi, Black Cat, and Sicily, they jumped down on their own initiative.
Before long, those familiar figures came into view.
Quan Zhi looked around through Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes and said telepathically, "This place is filled with the aura of the God of Greed. We must be under surveillance."
Lin Xiaoxiao walked calmly to the ice crystal, pretending to look at her parents, and asked in her mind, "How do we cut off the surveillance?"
Without a second thought, Quan Zhi said, "Set up a barrier, and then use the energy within your body combined with the power of faith to purify the black mist in this space."
Following Quan Zhi's instructions, Lin Xiaoxiao created a barrier to purify the black mist used for surveillance in this space. Then, she took out a dagger and made a light cut on her right index finger.
Using his own blood, he drew a one-meter-sized magic circle filled with complex characters to break the seal.
Just as she was about to finish the last stroke, Cheng Yu lay on the ground, her bloodshot eyes staring blankly at the stone ceiling: "This magic circle was built with the lives of your parents and several other wish-granters."
"They will die immediately once the debunking is done. Even so, do you still want to undo it?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao's fingers hovered in mid-air, her throat felt dry, and she subconsciously swallowed, trying to moisten her dry and itchy throat.
Xiao Weizhi looked at Lin Xiaoxiao with some concern, who seemed frozen in place.
Cheng Yu continued, lying on her back, "Your parents' souls will also melt away in this world along with these icicles, without even the chance to be reincarnated."
In fact, Cheng Yu did not deceive Lin Xiaoxiao about her relationship with Lin's parents.
They were indeed teammates, a team that tried to save the world, but after finding the tomb of the god of prophecy, they were discovered by the god of greed who followed closely behind.
In order to preserve the tomb, the team members chose to sacrifice their own lives to forge a special seal that even the God of Greed could not penetrate.
Cheng Yu, fearing death, made up an excuse, saying she wanted to guide the descendants of the team members, and did not join the special seal.
The other older members of the group noticed Chengyu's fear, pretended not to know, and happily agreed to its suggestion.
It did indeed use a secret method to transform itself into this inhuman and ghostly form.
In the beginning, its original intention remained unchanged: to actively seek out the younger generation of the team's senior members in an attempt to defeat greed and save the world.
However, as the younger generations of the elder brothers and sisters died one by one, Cheng Yu saw no hope. Under the repeated enticements and temptations of the god of greed, she eventually defected.
It became the most special henchman of the god of greed, solely to guard this sealed divine tomb.
Lin Xiaoxiao's fingers trembled as she finished the last stroke, her eyes filled with sadness, yet she stubbornly smiled: "My parents have never been cowards. I believe they would have made the same choice in the same situation."
Her heart was throbbing with pain, and her eyes were fixed on Lin's parents inside the ice, as if she wanted to etch their faces into the depths of her mind.
As the final stroke was completed, the unsealing magic circle drawn with red and gold blood was activated, emitting bursts of seven-colored light.
The icicles exposed to the light began to melt at a rapid pace, and soon they melted to the location of the person sealed inside.
Just as Cheng Yu had said, the people inside, along with the ice crystals, melted into wisps of smoke.
"Ah!! No!! I don't want to die, I don't want to die!" Orange Yu, lying on the ground, began to scream in agony, and it began to gradually dissipate along with the ice crystals.
This was a backup plan left by Lin's parents. If Cheng Yu really did not have any interaction with the God of Greed, as it said, then it would be able to survive when the seal was broken.
If Cheng Yu interacts with the God of Greed, the most hidden spell in the magic circle will be activated, and when the seal is broken, Cheng Yu will also disappear from this world.
Ignoring the shrill screams behind her, Lin Xiaoxiao pressed her lips into a tight line, her eyes were red and filled with tears, staring unblinkingly at her parents.
Suddenly, Lin's parents opened their eyes, gave Lin Xiaoxiao a gentle and loving smile, and silently said, "My dear, you're great! Keep it up!"
Then, along with the ice crystals, it turned into wisps of smoke and vanished from the world.
Tears welled up in Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes and flowed uncontrollably down her cheeks to her chin before dripping onto the ground, forming a unique ripple.
A soft, milky-white energy appeared out of thin air and enveloped her body; a notification popped up:
[Blood of a God's Agent detected; Key to the Divine Tomb detected. Open the Divine Tomb?]
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