The Master of Beasts

Chapter 834 273: The Secret of Jiuyang Land (Part 2)

"Don't rush!"

"Although I can go in, it takes too much energy and it will cause some damage to the Nine Yang Land. Akam, you do it."

"Yes, my lord."

Taking a deep breath, Akam looked at the familiar surroundings. After a long sigh, he finally decided to open it.

"Drip, drip."

The burning hot blood slowly dripped onto a seemingly ordinary patch of grass.

"Buzz, buzz."

The green grass suddenly emitted a golden light, and a passage wide enough for two people to walk side by side appeared on the ground.

"Another tunnel?" Feng Cang was somewhat speechless. The people of this world really like tunnels.

"Who cares, as long as there's a way. Are you afraid of the dark? I remember wild boars also come out at night!" Bai Li raised an eyebrow.

"Get lost, I'm Dang Kang, not a wild boar!"

While the two were bantering, the group had already reached the end of the tunnel. After all, they were not ordinary cultivators, this distance was just a matter of a few breaths.

At the end of the passage was a stone gate engraved with a red lotus.

"This is it; however, this door has a forbidden technique that I can't understand. I forcibly opened it once before, and one of the lotus petals disappeared. I always feel that if they all disappear, something very bad will happen," Shuibing pointed to a small blank spot above.

"My lord, your intuition isn't wrong, but the fact you could forcibly open this forbidden technique is already impressive!"

Akam spoke with some admiration, as this was the forbidden technique his father brought back from that secret place, and it's the reason the Akam Tribe was able to emerge.

Although the forbidden technique was submitted, Akam's father secretly kept a copy for himself. As he put it, "I've been poor and miserable all my life, why shouldn't I be buried in a decent place after I die."

Thus, the Nine Yang Land became his burial site, and the hidden forbidden technique became his tomb gate.

Honestly, he never expected his foolish son to obey so strictly, leaving the forbidden technique in the Nine Yang Land and never even having any plans for it over the years. It was a real surprise.

As for how to unlock the forbidden technique, Akam didn't know either, but fortunately, his father left some mechanisms before he died. The gate would open as long as Akam's blood was used.

"Drip."

The blood fell onto the stone gate, and the red lotus began to flicker continuously. As the red light grew stronger, the lotus directly lept out from the stone gate and imprinted itself on Akam's forehead.

"Is this a matter of bloodline inheritance?" Song Bei wondered aloud.

"Isn't it normal? A father leaves some good things for his child. It's not so rare. Only, Akam seems never to have thought of opening this, really wasting the opportunity!" Bai Li remarked, surprised.

The lotus mark brought not only some enhancement in cultivation but also included his father's final exhortations.

Upon reopening his eyes, there was a glint of tears in Akam's eyes, "Father, so that's how it is!"

"Alright, no need to be sentimental. Since it's something your father left for you, keep it well!" Chen Jiuge comforted. The level of this lotus mark was not particularly high, approximately at the level of a Warrior King. To the group, it was just so-so. More importantly, they were not locals of the Heavenly Gift Realm. Who knew if there would be any unexpected consequences from using such a thing?

"Thank you, my lord!" Akam expressed his gratitude.

Nine Yang Land

Red lava churned in a circular pit about a thousand paces in diameter. At the center of the pit stood a stone platform, on which rested a somewhat rough wooden coffin.

The coffin was crudely made, but the materials used were not simple.

"A hundred thousand years of ironwood; you really went all out!" Chen Jiuge remarked, surprised.

Ironwood was the same material Akam used for his wooden spear when he was first encountered. That spear, only nearing ten thousand years old, already possessed the hardness equivalent to a Seventh Revolutions Immortal Weapon. This hundred thousand-year ironwood was likely even harder than an average Dao Artifact, considered a heavy treasure in the Heavenly Gift Realm.

"This was also something my father brought out. I thought he wanted a dignified burial, so I used it all to make the coffin."

Feeling the uneven surface of the coffin, Chen Jiuge could understand Akam's struggles in making it.

"Thud, thud, thud."

"What the hell?"

Chen Jiuge looked at the coffin that suddenly made a noise, a trace of shock on his face. Did Akam's father come back to life?

"Crash."

The coffin lid made from hundred thousand-year ironwood shattered, breaking down into fragments no larger than a fingernail — crushed to smithereens!

Clear, translucent human bones appeared before everyone's eyes. The hollow eyes of the skeleton scanned the crowd before finally fixing on Akam.

"My dim-witted child, you've finally made it!"

With an air of resignation, the skeleton lamented, "I was clever all my life, how did I end up with such a foolish child."

"Outsiders, as you can see, I am Akam's father. As for my name, it's unnecessary to mention, since I am already deceased."

"Your abilities far exceed Akam's, and since he is surviving well, it seems he has taken refuge with you all. That's for the best; otherwise, if my secret were leaked, this foolish son of mine would soon be dead!"

"Wait."

The skeleton ignored Shuibing's words and continued, "I once had the fortune to enter a secret place."

"Boom."

A heavy fist with great power slammed onto the skeleton's face, but it had no effect. It didn't leave a scratch, let alone severely damage the skeleton. The stone platform beneath remained unchanged.

The surging lava at least gamely splashed in response.

"Don't waste your energy. Unless your power reaches the Heavenly King Level, you won't destroy me. At least not before my time is up, there's nothing you can do to me!"

"Moreover, don't you outsiders want to know some hidden truths?"

Seeing Chen Jiuge and the others finally quiet down, the skeleton nodded with satisfaction and continued, "That secret place was actually just ruins; I searched for a very long time and only found a forbidden technique that hadn't yet dissipated!"

"Along with hundred thousand-year ironwood and the red blood lotus on the stone gate in the Nine Yang Land."

"As it wasn't dangerous, I wandered around for a long time and found some murals and a few historical records about certain periods!"

"The content was severely incomplete, so I could only record what was still relatively intact!"

"First, the Yellow Springs World's arrival in the Heavenly Gift Realm wasn't a sudden occurrence; it was a destined result. No matter how long, they would eventually arrive. However, someone advanced the arrival of the Yellow Springs World!"

"And delayed the encounter between the True Realm and the Heavenly Gift Realm, leading to the latter's current undeveloped state."

"Don't ask me, I don't know, it was just what was written in the book!"

"Second, don't randomly consume Yellow Springs People's blood and flesh. If it hasn't been purified by the purification method, do not ingest Demon God Flesh, or else it will follow some mysterious signal and open more Eyes of the Yellow Spring!"

"The more Eyes of the Yellow Spring, the more the Yellow Springs World erodes the Heavenly Gift Realm. When it reaches a certain extent, the Heavenly Dao of the Heavenly Gift Realm will no longer be able to stop it, and the major forces of the Yellow Springs World will truly act!"

"At that point, the Heavenly Gift Realm won't have the ability to resist!"

"Third, don't indiscriminately kill fierce beasts with spiritual wisdom; they are benefactors. Don't trust those large tribes; they have already sold out the Heavenly Gift Realm!"

"That's all. Based on my guess, the person who wrote this book may predate the existing recorded history of the Heavenly Gift Realm, so I am puzzled why our world's history has been altered."

"Or rather, is the remaining history correct, or is the person who wrote this book correct!"

"Akam, my child, remember, don't act recklessly. Just survive. If conditions allow, leave more descendants. I don't want to be scolded by the ancestors after I die!"

Before Chen Jiuge and others could question, the glow on the skeleton began to fade, then shattered into debris.

"Buzz, buzz."

Nine large golden-red Spiritual Pearls rose from the coffin, and the once turbulent lava slowly calmed down. When the red lava turned golden, a strong aura enveloped everyone.

"This is the true Nine Yang Land!"

The skeleton had been able to maintain its consciousness for so many years due to the nourishment of the Nine Yang Spirit Pearls. Otherwise, with the pitifully weak soul of a Heavenly Gift Realm native, it would have long perished.