Imperial Treasure

Chapter 602 - 392: The Final Slayer

Chapter 392

"The descendant of that very famous Lady Nie Yin from ancient history?" Yhan Qingwu exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, Lady Nie Yin was a heroine in the Martial Arts World, always highly reputed and considered a clean, prestigious lineage. It’s just that her descendants were few and kept a low profile, so not many recognized them... Those people who bullied their way in probably just took advantage of Third Lady Yin’s timing, but Third Lady Yin was too stubborn and didn’t even seek help from the Jiangnan Eighteen Clans, and just let those foreigners bully her..."

Mount Mover spoke carelessly while Gong Jiu and the others exchanged glances, wondering about the old man’s background.

"I didn’t know senior was so well-informed, and also..."

"Ah, I’m so hungry, this old man is going out to eat... Are you coming or not? Don’t wait here; since he mentioned it, this place must still be dangerous. Don’t let Miss Sui have to come rescue you again..."

No sooner had he spoken than Gong Jiu and the others were packing up to leave...

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Three days later, Sui Yi woke up to see a fire still burning in front of her, as if it had never gone out, now serving as the only source of light in the night.

She was still wearing an overcoat.

The temperature was very low in this dense, mountainous forest, especially near the lake with its heavy moisture. The fire not only helped with the cold but also kept the mosquitoes and insects away.

A person was sitting in front of her, stirring the firewood with a branch...

Sensing something, Ye Zixu turned his head to look at her, said nothing, as if he was waiting for something...

Sui Yi watched him too, pulled off the overcoat, and stood up.

"She’s already gone."

Ye Zixu nodded, "Have you recovered?"

"Mostly..." she handed him the gloves, "Thanks."

The young man didn’t respond but merely took out Misty the Pearl, repeating the words instilled in him by his other persona.

Sui Yi’s brows furrowed slightly, and she reached out to take it. "Yi..." So her intuition had been correct; that person was indeed tangled up with her – but it seemed the other one understood more clearly.

Sui Yi felt somewhat helpless about the memories she had lost over the years; perhaps something important had indeed slipped through.

Sometimes she would remember something one moment and forget the next...

Such as the things she hadn’t expected in the Ancient Tomb, now faintly trying to emerge from the soil...

Watching her lost in thought, Ye Zixu stayed silent, the fire crackling between them. After a while, Sui Yi asked, "How long has it been?"

"Three days."

Three days... Sui Yi felt her body had changed again, faintly recalling what she had done before.

She must have fused with another of the Cangwu Fragments.

Sui Yi, holding Misty the Pearl, looked towards the pitch-dark Pashi Lake.

Suddenly, she turned to look at the surrounding dense forest, her eyebrows tightening further.

"Someone there?" Ye Zixu slowly clutched his long blade...

"No," Sui Yi shook her head, sitting by the fire. After watching Misty the Pearl for a while, she said, "Misty the Pearl suppresses evil spirits, you don’t mind, why don’t you take away your Thousand Buddha Hands’ Soul-Suppressing Disk?"

Ye Zixu added a stick to the fire, revealing, "The first generation of Thousand Buddha Hands had a personal connection with Gou Heng and was invited to participate in constructing the Ancient Tomb, and to add the Soul-Suppressing Disk. He didn’t suspect Gou Heng’s intentions then, only feeling that the tomb was exceptionally sinister, but couldn’t persuade Gou Heng. Besides, since Gou Heng had a decree from the Monarch, he had no choice but to help suppress it. Later, the more he thought, the more something seemed off, and he started investigating, only to realise that Gou Heng was secretly capturing and slaughtering innocent people for witchcraft practices. His Soul-Suppressing Disk became a crucial part in sustaining this sinister ancient tomb, effectively implicating him in the death of those people... Enraged, he confronted and fought Gou Heng, but was no match for Gou Heng joined by the magicians. He had to retreat, but before doing so, he used all his power to seal the Ancient Tomb, blocking the sinister feng shui, trying to stop Gou Heng. After returning to The Gate, he passed away shortly, leaving an instruction for each generation of Thousand Buddha Hands to remember this disgrace and karma, to prevent the yin filth from harming others from this tomb..."

"Are you this generation?"

"The thirty-third generation."

Every generation inserts a ’Xu’ in their names, a tradition of the Thousand Buddha Hands.

"At that time you were..."

"The sound from your phone came from Ao Yin, but Ao Yin was also one of those creatures nurtured by Gou Heng and his men back then, naturally related to this tomb, so I came... The Soul-Suppressing Disk is a legacy from the first generation, he said, as long as the Soul-Suppressing Disk is present, those Yin Spirits cannot leave and escape its shackles."

Sui Yi understood, no wonder she had arrived here only shortly before this man did, and he didn’t take the Soul-Suppressing Disk.

Though it was a coincidence, there was also a cause-and-effect relation.

Like...

Ye Zixu was already picking up a box, handing it to Sui Yi.

Sui Yi looked at him.

"This box was carefully hidden by Gou Heng’s lineage... The first generation had said that Gou Heng practiced witchcraft, which was an unorthodox surface skill, following a sinister path, yet it was very powerful, probably because of this box"

It was somewhat like Zhou Zhiruo learning the Nine Yin White Bone Claw, taking the unorthodox path, and thus walking the opposite path to the Orthodox Sect.

"Why give it to me?"

"You are also a wizard... at least that one inside you is, perhaps even a very powerful wizard, maybe this item in the box has something to do with her, and naturally also with you..."

The young man set the box next to Sui Yi, saying indifferently, "Something from the wizard lineage isn’t suitable to be kept by our Thousand Buddha Hands generation."

The lineage of the Thousand Buddha Hands is, in itself, a low-key and secretive existence, whereas wizards... differ from many other heritages.

It is undoubtedly a hot potato.

Sui Yi was silent for a moment then still picked up the box, opened it, and there was a scroll inside.

Jade Bone Spindle, Silver White Silk.

She unrolled it and frowned, her expression similar to that of the other personality before her, but she probably wouldn’t discard it...

For a moment, she closed the scroll, her brows and eyes filled with sorrow. How could she describe it? She felt like she had stepped into a bizarre cycle.

This scroll... was authored personally by the High Priest, a secret manuscript of witchcraft.

The High Priest, oh...

How terrifying it must be, a manuscript of witchcraft written by such a figure. She had only glanced through a few parts and found it extremely troublesome, not to mention if it fell into the hands of an ordinary person... If into the hands of someone with nefarious intents, I fear they would end up like this Gou Heng...

"Gou Heng," Sui Yi suddenly mentioned a term. Ye Zixu gazed into the dim night sky, pointing in the direction of the ancient tomb: "I hadn’t found it before; it seemed not to be in the tomb."

"Did it escape?" If it had escaped, that would be troublesome.

"It shouldn’t have, with the Soul-Suppressing Disk present, it couldn’t..."

Ye Zixu was just speaking when he suddenly saw Sui Yi spring to her feet, drawing the Demon Que with a trembling sword cry...

"Someone was just here!"

Ye Zixu rose to his feet, also on high alert...

But after searching around, they found only a corpse.

A ghastly, withered corpse.

Gou Heng, carelessly thrown on the ground, his body desiccated, his pupils still showing fear...

The two were silent for a moment, then Ye Zixu burnt Gou Heng’s corpse.

"Let’s go check out the ancient tomb,"

The two quickly headed towards the ancient tomb.

What they saw was... desolate ruins.

"The Soul-Suppressing Disk has been taken!" Ye Zixu frowned, "But those things..."

"Were all killed," Sui Yi stood on a rock, the place was originally gloomy and filled with resentful spirits, but now none remained.

"In my memory, there’s only one person who could do all this"

Ye Zixu looked at her.

"Wu Jue... if one thinks about it, she must be the true Witch"

The true Witch, this statement made Ye Zixu grip the Long Dagger tighter, for the first generation had encountered those Magicians, and generations of Thousand Buddha Hands have been immensely wary of Wizards.

However, it seemed Sui Yi differentiated between a Witch and a Magician...

"A Witch, what exactly is that?"

"Not human"

What a concise, clear, and powerfully brutal explanation...

"..."

The two nevertheless left, although Sui Yi wasn’t clear on why Wu Jue had come here, nor why she had killed Gou Heng and those Resentful Spirits, but she knew she wasn’t a match for her now, and with the other party hiding in the darkness, further entanglement would just be passive.

So they left.

In the darkness, a figure standing amidst the ruins of the ancient tomb merged into the dark...

"I’m not human... what do you think you are~ heh!"

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The next day before dawn, the first light broke through, mist rising, and that small town outside the Miao ethnic tribe’s area seemed to suddenly host a lot more people. Gong Jiu and her companions looked gloomy as they stared at people sitting in a restaurant opposite them and others inside a few more places...

"They really don’t give up... each has left behind their own men,"

"Indeed, and there’s even an additional group..."

"They are waiting for that young man... not Sui Yi."

"Definitely also intent on scouting Sui Yi..."

Gong Jiu and her group discussed while having breakfast, yet their gaze often settled on the restaurant opposite.

Those people were relatively unfamiliar, few in number, but each of them looked extraordinary, particularly one woman who stood out.

"Those are people from the Jiangnan Eighteen Clans, see Nie Wanqing is there too... Third Lady Yin is not present, seems she has already come forward to negotiate... since Nie Wanqing didn’t go, it’s almost certain they’ve reached an agreement, no need for her to take action," Yhan Qingwu analyzed.

"This just shows how powerful the Jiangnan Eighteen Clans indeed are, but it’s unclear which clan they are dealing with, what do you think, elder..." Flower Demon looked teasingly at Mount Mover who was enjoying his meal.

"Girl, don’t provoke me... how would I know so much... but seeing the girl in red should be Zhong Li from the Zhong Family, it’s probably the Zhong Family’s relation. The Zhong Family ranks quite high among the eighteen clans, negotiating a trivial matter with a child, the Northern Ice Wolf Clan would naturally be willing to show face..."

So much for not knowing much!

The crowd rolled their eyes, but they also knew this old man revealed a lot, yet he never mentioned anything about himself...

Just then, Gong Jiu’s phone suddenly rang, "Definitely another nag from my grandfather... Hey"

Her expression changed swiftly, from impatience to joy and anxiety in a split second, and soon she answered the call.

After a moment, she put it down, and stood up: "Alright, we’ve waited long enough, we can leave now."

Leave?

That call was... (to be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qidian.com to vote for it. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)