Chapter 98

The scale of this ancient tomb was much larger than they had imagined. They had walked for so long but they were only at the periphery of the tomb.

Following the female ghost, Gu Bai and the others left the burial pit and soon arrived at a flight of stairs that led downhill. They couldn't see the end of the stairs. It was long and dark. Coupled with the dense cold Yin energy, it gave off a terrifying feeling.

Everyone trembled as they followed behind the female ghost. They kept going down. Along the way, they passed by many caves. There were funerary halls with gold, silver, and treasures. There were also mountain walls with stone carvings of all kinds of monsters. There were all kinds of things.

After walking for some time, the darkness disappeared and a magnificent palace appeared in front of them. The floor was paved with golden bricks and white jade pillars. The construction was exquisite and majestic.

In the center was a jade bed with a dragon head. On top of it was a skeleton dressed in emperor's clothing. Without a doubt, this was the corpse of Emperor Nan Xun.

Everyone looked at everything in front of them and stood there dumbfounded for a long time. Then, they murmured, "So beautiful, so magnificent …"

The Star Web was also boiling. Even the king stood up excitedly. This ancient tomb would be the greatest discovery in the Galaxy!

"What's there to sigh about? No matter how beautiful or magnificent it is, it's just a dead object. It can't be born and can't be taken away after death. It's buried underground and will never see the light of day again …"

The female ghost didn't like everyone. Her tone was full of resentment. No matter how much she was loved in her life, she ended up being buried alive with the emperor. After death, she was trapped underground for tens of thousands of years without reincarnation. Naturally, she was full of resentment.

Hearing her faintly complaining tone, everyone immediately shut their mouths and did not dare to speak. Gu Bai was not afraid of female ghosts, but they were.

"There's no way forward in the palace. Where is the main burial chamber you mentioned?"

Gu Bai ignored the glittering treasures in the hall and went straight to the point. He felt like he was close to something. The flame mark on his forehead suddenly burned.

The female ghost heard this and immediately cast a spell. Instantly, there was a rumbling sound. The wall on the left of the hall slowly moved and finally revealed an abyss.

The abyss was bottomless. There were no mountains around, only a suspension bridge connected to the cliff on the other side. Above the abyss, there were dozens of soldiers in black armor who were sleeping with their eyes closed!

"This, this is unbelievable!

How did they do it?! "

Everyone was amazed. Without the help of any aircraft, these people actually stood motionless in the air. Even their faces were lifelike. It was simply unimaginable. Even the current technology could not achieve this.

Gu Bai was also very surprised, but he was much better than the rest. He was not surprised that these people could stand in the air, nor was he surprised that these people could maintain their appearances for tens of thousands of years.

Therefore, he could tell that these were not humans at all, but puppets without souls. Naturally, they would not age.

What surprised him was that these Guardian Puppets were very powerful. No wonder the female ghost said that she couldn't get close to the main tomb. With these powerful Guardian Puppets, even the immortals from the Upper Realm might not be able to get close, let alone the female ghost.

What was inside the main tomb that required such powerful guards to protect it?

The female ghost was very afraid of the Guardian Puppets. The moment the abyss appeared, she had already retreated to the back. Then, she looked at Gu Bai and said in fear.

"Exalted Immortal, I don't dare to go any further. These guards are the divine soldiers that the expert bestowed upon the King. After the King's death, they have remained here to guard the main burial chamber. No one has been able to get close to it. You have the protection mark that the expert left behind, so I don't think these guards will harm you. If you want to take a look, you can just walk across this drawbridge …"

Gu Bai nodded. He was eager to go over but was stopped by Han Lijun. "I'll go with you …"

"General, you can't!"

The surviving soldiers shouted anxiously. The female ghost said that only Qiao Qi could go over. If the general went with him, there might be an accident.

Although General Han was very powerful, this tomb was too strange. Ghosts were beyond everyone's understanding.

Seeing this, the female ghost hesitated for a moment before speaking again. "Immortal, this young master should be able to go with you. I think this young master is extraordinary …"

He was more than extraordinary. She felt an aura from this man that was even more terrifying than that of a 'Immortal'. It was enough to make people tremble from the bottom of their hearts. There was no doubt that this ordinary-looking man was an extremely terrifying person.

She did not see through Han Lijun's true identity, but she had cultivated for tens of thousands of years. As a cultivator, she still had this intuition.

Han Lijun did not care about the female ghost's words. She just didn't want Gu Bai to leave her side. She grabbed Gu Bai's hand and led him onto the suspension bridge.

The suspension bridge had existed for tens of thousands of years. Even though the tomb was protected by spiritual power, it was still decaying. Although it did not break when they walked on it, it was still wobbly. Gu Bai was inexplicably afraid, but Han Lijun's tight grip gave him an unparalleled sense of security.

The moment the two stepped onto the suspension bridge, the guardian puppets floating in the air opened their eyes and got into a battle stance. However, as the flame mark on Gu Bai's forehead lit up, the guardian puppets retracted their attack stance.

At the same time, the smart camera following the two of them suddenly malfunctioned and fell into the dark abyss. The netizens on the Star Web could no longer watch closely. They could only watch from afar through the cameras left by the survivors on the other side of the abyss.

"Immortal, you really were chosen by the expert!"

The female ghost was excited. If they were not chosen by the expert, these guardian puppets would have leaped up and killed the intruders.

The others did not know the reason, so they were not as excited. They only watched in shock and nervousness as Gu Bai and Han Lijun walked step by step to the opposite cliff.

Gu Bai and Gu Bai walked across the suspension bridge and reached the cliff. They did not see any magnificent palace, nor any priceless treasures.

The entire cliff was very spacious. There was nothing except for the relief sculptures carved on the mountain wall.

The main tomb, which was densely packed with powerful guardian puppets, only had some ordinary relief sculptures?

This was too illogical.

"These relief sculptures seem to be recording a story. The people inside … are so familiar."

Han Lijun walked to the front of the relief sculptures and stared at the people in them as she muttered.

Gu Bai also walked over. He was too far away to see clearly, but when he got closer and saw the scenes carved on the mountain wall, he suddenly stopped breathing.

The carvings on the mountain wall were none other than portraits of people. The carvings were very exquisite, and the faces and postures of the people were very vivid.

Every carving was of two men. One of them looked like he was about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was as handsome as an orchid in the spring.

After going through so many missions, Gu Bai had seen many good-looking people. Every mission's original owner was almost at the level of Homme Fatale.

However, no one could compare to the youth in this relief sculpture. His facial features were so perfect that it was as if they had been meticulously carved by God. He was simply like an exquisite doll that could make people lose their souls at a glance.

But the youth's eyes were clean and pure, as if he did not understand the ways of the world. They were like transparent crystals, so clear that they could reflect one's heart.

The other man in the relief sculpture looked like an extremely powerful expert. He was wearing armor and war boots. His facial features were sharp and handsome. It was just a relief sculpture, but one could see the aura of a powerful expert on his body.

The content of the relief sculpture was not complicated. From the beginning, the youth and the man drew their swords and faced each other like strangers, to the two of them kissing or hugging each other in an intimate manner. It was not difficult to see that it was telling the truth of two men falling in love.

But this was not the reason why Gu Bai's breathing stopped. What made it difficult for him to breathe was that the man in armor in the relief sculpture was none other than … Ye Cang.

How could it be Ye Cang?

Gu Bai felt his throat dry up. His heart was pounding. He had the illusion that he had seen a great secret. He moved along with the relief sculpture step by step, slowly looking at it.

The content of the relief sculpture was actually not much. After a few extremely intimate scenes, the only content left in the relief sculpture was the handsome youth.

Different from the initial clean and clear look, the youth's eyes began to gradually change. They became filled with sadness and helplessness. There was also an indescribable complexity.

He was lying on the ground, his shoulders trembling as he cried. He looked extremely fragile, as if everything outside had an indescribable malice to him. He looked so scared, lost, and helpless …

For a moment, Gu Bai felt like his soul was being pricked by needles.

Until the last relief, the youth's face was split into two. One half of his face was filled with sadness and tears, his gaze filled with deep loneliness.

The other half of his face was a handsome stranger. There was no expression on his face, and he resisted all coldness.

Beside the last relief sculpture, there were a few deeply carved words. He did not know what those words were, but he inexplicably understood them.

"Do not forget, do not believe, do not panic, do not be anxious, do not remember …"

Gu Bai suddenly took a few steps back. He clutched his chest and gasped for breath. His gaze was fixed on the last relief sculpture. The other half of his face, was actually … his former self!

How could this be … What was going on?

Who was this youth?

Why would his face and his appear on the same person's body?

What was the relationship between them?

Why would these things appear in this tomb?

What were these relief sculptures trying to tell him?

Or were they trying to tell him something …

Gu Bai swallowed hard. His mind was in a mess. He who was always calm could not think anymore. He just stared at the last relief and felt an unusual pain in his heart.

He felt that there should be something in his heart, but it was blank. It was as if a part of his heart had been dug out alive. He was missing something very important.

What was it? What was it that he was missing? Why, why did he suddenly feel so empty in his heart? It was so empty …

He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his flesh. When the blood dripped onto the ground, the mountain wall suddenly began to shake. The ground began to crack.

"General, the cliff is about to collapse!"

On the other side, the survivors who had been watching the two of them suddenly shouted.

Gu Bai heard the sound and came back to his senses. He closed his eyes and took one last look at the relief sculptures on the mountain wall. He quickly memorized the contents in his mind. Only then did he pull Han Lijun, who was also fascinated by the scene, back immediately.

When the two of them returned to the safety of the main hall, there was a huge rumbling sound. The cliff on the opposite side instantly collapsed.

The power of the puppet guards floating in the air dissipated. They turned back into ordinary people and occasionally fell into the abyss with the rocks on the cliff. The protective formation that covered the entire ancient tomb also disappeared overnight …