novelraw Chapter 375 - 297: Yin Spirit, Ancient Tomb! (Double Length)
Chapter 375 - 297: Yin Spirit, Ancient Tomb! (Double Length)
"To join the army as a general..." Song Changping sighed lightly.
It seemed like a memory from a long, long time ago.
Back then, the few of them who left the village were all young men full of passion, serving as soldiers and leaders in the Da Han Dynasty, but in the end, they all died.
Picked up by the Corpse Refining Sect to be made into corpse puppets, which naturally wasn’t a good outcome.
Therefore, they were somewhat worried about Song Changming also joining the army now.
"Don’t worry, I have my plans." Song Changming said with a faint smile.
"Alright." Song Changping nodded, not persuading further on this matter.
Nowadays, Song Changming was no longer the child who used to play around behind them.
Compared to his two elder brothers, Song Changming, having experienced many things, was more prudent and understood the pros and cons, weighing the risks.
After passing the gorge, a vast basin appeared in front of them.
Vegetation growing densely, nestled against mountains and rivers, lush and green.
Though the June heat was intense, this place felt very cool.
"Is this it?" Song Changming stood at the edge of the basin, gazing into the vast area.
"That’s right." Xiaojin extended a thin tendril from the iron box and drew a circle, indicating confirmation.
Then it wrote another line of text.
"Let me go, I can burrow underground and easily retrieve the technique from the ancient tomb for you, what do you think?"
Song Changming chuckled and shook his head, "Impossible."
At this moment, he couldn’t fully trust this Mountain Ginseng Spirit; it was quite cunning.
If he let it go, it would be hard to find again once it burrowed underground.
"This trip, you come with me inside, we live and die together." Song Changming said with a smile, approaching its face closely.
Xiaojin immediately abandoned the idea.
After more than a year of companionship, it knew Song Changming’s temperament well.
Once he became ruthless, he’d truly do anything.
Previously, Hu Yan, who was also captured, was burned away with a fire.
Thus, it dared not act recklessly.
Afterwards, the three abandoned their horses and flew into the basin, Xiaojin acting like a precise radar, quickly leading them to the destination.
Only.
Song Changming looked at the village settled in the mountains ahead.
According to Xiaojin, there had been no human habitation here a hundred years ago.
This Xiaoye Village appeared in the past few decades, standing conspicuously near the ancient tomb.
"It wasn’t here before." Xiaojin replied, naturally pointing to this village.
"In such a desolate place, this wild village appears next to the ancient tomb, it seems quite strange."
Second brother Song Chang’an spoke, slightly raising his head, revealing a pair of eyes glinting with green under the hood, observing everything before him.
Song Changming naturally also understood the oddity of this place, directly releasing perception to cover the entire village.
Soon, the situation in the village was ’seen’ clearly by him.
The village wasn’t deserted, but rather inhabited by human villagers, in considerable numbers.
A rough estimate showed hundreds of households, over a thousand people.
Most were ordinary people, but there were some martial artists, all at the basic level of body refinement, without strong abilities.
This was yet another strange point.
In Yun Province, villages and towns outside are mostly built around large cities, thus avoiding the threat of wild demon beasts and ensuring survival.
But this Xiaoye Village clearly didn’t have any city to rely on, nor strong individuals to guard them, so how did they develop and proliferate here?
In everyday life, any random demon beast could have a feast in the village and kill all the villagers.
"Forget it, this village isn’t related to our purpose here, let’s find that ancient tomb, get inside and find the technique."
Song Changming shook his head, his objectives clear, not planning to enter the village.
The three flew directly over the village, reaching a nearby mountainous area.
"The Yin energy here is intense!" Song Changping commented.
As a corpse puppet, he was especially sensitive to cold energy, especially this kind carrying death energy.
"No mistake!"
"Where to start?" Song Changming then asked Xiaojin.
"This place changed a lot in the past century, I can’t confirm without burrowing to investigate." Xiaojin’s thin tendril swayed, writing a response.
"Don’t play tricks."
"I’m just a poor mountain ginseng, what can I do..."
Watching Song Changming communicate with the Mountain Ginseng Spirit, no matter how many times seen, the family always felt his pet was truly extraordinary.
A moving, writing mountain ginseng!
Who knows where it was found...
After confirming Xiaojin wasn’t lying, Song Changming had to continue releasing spiritual perception, covering this entire mountain area, relying on himself to find the entrance to the ancient tomb.
"Changming!" Song Changping suddenly spoke to remind him.
Song Changming snapped out of it and turned to look.
Only to see a group of villagers coming from afar.
They held hoes and shovels, staring at Song Changming’s group with vigilance, even with some hostility.
"Who are you, why are you near our village’s ancestors’ burial ground!" An energetic young man at the front demanded loudly with a hatchet in hand.
"Ancestors’ burial ground?" Song Changming didn’t expect this development.
"Where is your ancestors’ burial ground?"
The young man snorted, "This whole mountain area is our village’s ancestors’ burial ground, you better leave quickly, or don’t blame us for being unkind!"
Possessing martial Tao strength, he was much stronger than normal people.
"Where exactly is your ancestors’ burial ground, why didn’t I see any grave markers on this mountain area?" Song Changming’s perception saw only lush greenery on the mountain, nothing like cemeteries or tombs.
Not to mention the ancient tomb buried deep underground.
"A Li, no need to waste words with them, I think they have bad intentions, let’s capture them first and interrogate thoroughly!" Another villager suddenly raised an iron hammer and shouted.