Chapter 850: The Tomb of Heavenly Venerate Ling
"Heavenly Venerate Yu!"
Yan Qiling gasped, staring at the newcomer in disbelief before immediately turning her head to look at Qin Mu.
She had met Heavenly Venerate Yu before. He had been by Qin Mu's side, a slightly chubby youth.
She had even fought Qin Mu to take Heavenly Venerate Yu away, nearly killing him, only to be turned around by him in the end and nearly die at his hands.
But shouldn't Heavenly Venerate Yu be with Qin Mu?
Who was this Heavenly Venerate Yu before her?
Xing Han was also puzzled, casting a suspicious glance at Qin Mu. He too had seen the Heavenly Venerate Yu by Qin Mu's side, dismissing him as Qin Mu's lackey without much thought. After all, Heavenly Venerate Yu's cultivation and strength were still low, hardly worthy of his attention.
However, the sudden appearance of Heavenly Venerate Yu from the hanging coffin put him on alert, on guard, giving him a dangerous feeling.
Heavenly Dragon King also looked confused, his gaze shifting back and forth between Heavenly Venerate Yu and Qin Mu. That day, when Qin Mu brought Heavenly Venerate Yu to the palace of Earth Mother Yuan Jun, he had almost pressed his face against theirs to scrutinize them.
Although this Heavenly Venerate Yu differed somewhat in physique from the one by Qin Mu's side, it was only a subtle distinction.
Silence fell within the hanging coffin.
That Heavenly Venerate Yu was all smiles, also looking at Qin Mu, his gaze falling on Qin Mu's hand.
Just now, the teacup in Qin Mu's hand had shattered because he lost control of his emotions. Yan'er took out a silk scarf and gently wiped the water stains from Qin Mu's face.
And on Qin Mu's fingertip, a token was spinning rapidly, its rotation slowing more and more.
His gaze was drawn to this token.
Qin Mu ignored everyone's stares.
This Heavenly Venerate Yu who suddenly appeared in the hanging coffin naturally could not be the real Lan Yutian.
A million years ago, Lan Yutian had perished, body and soul destroyed. Qin Mu had reconstructed Lan Yutian's physical form, repaired the damage to his bodily functions, then forged a coffin and entrusted it to You Tianzun, who hid it in the Nether Realm.
A few years ago, Qin Mu finally resurrected Heavenly Venerate Yu, and since then, Heavenly Venerate Yu had been following him.
Now, Heavenly Venerate Yu was studying at the Lijiang Academy, personally guided by the Butcher.
The Heavenly Venerate Yu who had suddenly appeared in the hanging coffin was thinner than the real one. Originally, after learning alchemy, the real Heavenly Venerate Yu had secretly eaten the Water Qilin's rations, turning into a little fatso. Only after being trained by the Old Farmer for a while did his figure return to normal.
However, with Yan'er, the Azure Sparrow who loved to serve others, around these days, Heavenly Venerate Yu was gradually showing signs of turning plump again.
This Heavenly Venerate Yu before them, however, maintained a perfect physique, a perfect bearing, perfect to the point of not seeming human.
He resembled the dazzling, peerless Heavenly Venerate Yu Qin Mu had first encountered at the Jade Pool Grand Assembly.
There could not be two Heavenly Venerate Yus in this world. This Heavenly Venerate Yu who had suddenly appeared in the hanging coffin should be the one created by the Heavenly Court's Dao Lord, who took the imprint of Heavenly Venerate Yu from the top floor of the Repository Pavilion and used the Heavenly Court's Creation Divine Artifact to create him.
"Perhaps there is another possibility. Someone learned the techniques of the Great Brahma Heavenly King Buddha and transformed into Heavenly Venerate Yu. But the person who cultivated that technique died long ago."
Qin Mu narrowed his eyes, his gaze falling on the token that was slowly stopping its spin. He thought to himself, "If that person had been resurrected, he wouldn't be so cautious. After all, he was also a Heavenly Venerate. So this Heavenly Venerate Yu can only be an experimental subject created by the Heavenly Court using the Creation Divine Artifact to test their techniques! Hmph, the existence who pioneered the Divine Treasure cultivation system and the Heavenly Palace cultivation system has been treated as an experiment..."
Finally, the token stopped spinning, yet it still stood upright on his fingertip. The side with the inscription faced this suddenly appeared Heavenly Venerate Yu.
That Heavenly Venerate Yu's gaze fell on the token, seeing the character "Mu" on it.
After seeing this character clearly, he lifted his gaze, only to find Qin Mu looking back at him with bright eyes, anger flickering within them.
"Heavenly Venerate Yu" smiled slightly and said, "Long time no see."
Qin Mu laughed heartily, the anger in his eyes vanishing. He flicked his finger lightly, and the Heavenly Venerate token disappeared as well. He stood up and said, "Indeed, long time no see! You come from the Outer Realm Heavenly Court. What should I call you? May I ask if you are an old acquaintance of mine?"
"Heavenly Venerate Yu" smiled and said, "You and I can be considered old acquaintances."
But he did not continue.
The hanging coffin was still descending, and the atmosphere inside was somewhat tense.
Everyone sized up this "Heavenly Venerate Yu," each harboring their own guesses. Xing Han's eyes flickered. "This youth is very worth collecting. His physical body seems even more perfect than Qin Mu's Overlord Body..."
Suddenly, the hanging coffin gave a slight jolt, as if falling into water. Then it slowly began to rise, as if floating up from the bottom. With a splash, it surfaced.
They heard the sound of rushing water, flowing very fast, carrying the coffin to an unknown destination.
The atmosphere inside the coffin remained oppressive. No one made a move.
Mu Qiubai suddenly laughed and said, "Junior Sister, look at the people in this coffin now. We come from the Ancient Heavenly Court, Heavenly Dragon King comes from Earth Mother, these few come from Yan'kang, and this fake Heavenly Venerate Yu comes from the puppet court. It's already quite strange. But do you know what's even stranger, Junior Sister?"
Yan Qiling smiled and said, "Please, Senior Brother, enlighten me."
Mu Qiubai's eyes flickered as he said, "The strangest thing is that this coffin has so many living people and no dead people. The coffin is full of living people, no dead people. Don't you find that strange?" He burst into laughter.
Heavenly Dragon King said coldly, "Do you want me to make some dead people in the coffin? I can oblige."
Mu Qiubai smiled faintly, and the maidservants behind him moved in unison, shielding him and confronting Heavenly Dragon King.
Just then, a creaking sound came from the hanging coffin. Everyone was startled, and they saw the lid of the coffin suddenly open a crack, with light shining down from outside.
The interior space of the hanging coffin was very large. Although the crack was not wide, it appeared quite broad to their eyes.
The light shining down from above was not dazzling, but it surprised them, because the source of the light was actually a river of stars!
The star river drifted past above the coffin, its stars like grains of sand.
Heavenly Dragon King immediately leaped up, poked his head out to look, and was stunned.
The others also leaped up, squeezing through the crack and landing on the coffin lid.
Yan'er flew to Qin Mu's shoulder. Qin Mu, Xing Han, and Dragon Qilin also flew out of the coffin. Everyone stood on the coffin, with a brilliant star river above their heads, while the hanging coffin beneath their feet was flowing on another river.
Qin Mu looked down. This great river was actually surging through the starry sky, vast and mighty, heading towards the depths of the boundless starry void.
The river was extremely wide, unimaginably wide, reminding him of the Heavenly River of the Heavenly Court.
After the Yuan Realm was unsealed, the Yong River returned to the Heavenly River. However, in Qin Mu's impression, when the Heavenly River flowed to the Yuan Realm, it flowed in the sky, while the Yong River flowed on the ground. This indicated that the section of the Heavenly River flowing to the Yuan Realm still had seals that were not completely removed.
If the seals were completely removed, the Heavenly River would surely rise into the sky.
What surprised them was that the ancient well was actually connected to the Heavenly River. This coffin had fallen into the Heavenly River and was carried out of the Yuan Realm by the current.
On the coffin, everyone looked around but could not see the Yuan Realm.
They were now an unknown distance from the Yuan Realm, and no one knew where this hanging coffin would take them.
The Heavenly River flowed, traveling to the side of a huge blue sun, circling half a revolution around it.
Qin Mu gazed into the distance and saw grand-scale palace complexes within the sun, but they were already dilapidated and ruined, probably uninhabited by any deities.
Soon after, they saw the resplendent Heavenly Court.
The ancient Heavenly Court was very far away, shrouded in golden light. As the hanging coffin traveled along the Heavenly River, the Heavenly Court drew closer and closer. It was only then that everyone noticed that, although the Heavenly Court looked resplendent from afar, its center was filled with a heavy, dying atmosphere.
It was the aura of death.
The Heavenly River passed by this Heavenly Court. Suddenly, the river took a turn and flowed into the Heavenly Court, and the aura of death grew heavier.
A broken Southern Heavenly Gate appeared in their sight. Hanging on the gate was the huge corpse of a divine demon, its waist broken, dangling there. A long spear was nailed into its head, covered in rust.
This spear had pierced through the head of this divine demon and driven it into the Southern Heavenly Gate.
"Which Heavenly Court is this?" Heavenly Dragon King asked, his voice hoarse.
Yan Qiling and the others looked dazedly behind the Southern Heavenly Gate. There were countless bones there, the bones of gods and demons.
The hanging coffin sailed into the Heavenly Court. On both banks, countless bones were piled up like mountains, sending chills down their spines.
Dragon Qilin crawled behind Qin Mu, lying on the ground with his paws covering his face, afraid to look at the scene outside, but he peeked through the gaps between his claws, only to be scared into trembling again.
Beside him, the box was strangely excited, pacing back and forth, wanting to jump ashore to collect those bones.
Xing Han also felt his scalp tingle. He had speculated that the Fallen God Valley was just a gateway, a gateway to a great treasure. But he never imagined that behind this gateway lay such a terrifying sight.
Suddenly, Yan Qiling said, "Heavenly Venerate Yu from the Heavenly Court, how much do you know about this Fallen God Valley?"
Everyone's gaze fell on "Heavenly Venerate Yu." "Heavenly Venerate Yu" smiled and said, "I don't know much either. Just now, you said this was the burial ground of a Heavenly Venerate. Logically, you should know more."
"You never speak a single truthful word!"
Mu Qiubai sneered and said, "You are not the real Heavenly Venerate Yu! Who are you? If you don't tell us, can't we capture you and force you to reveal the secrets of this place?"
Heavenly Dragon King lowered his brows and said in a deep voice, "Young friend from the Heavenly Court, you had better tell us what you know."
"Heavenly Venerate Yu" smiled and said, "All I know is that Fallen God Valley indeed buried a Heavenly Venerate. The Heavenly River is the birthplace of the Northern Emperor Xuanwu, but this Heavenly River was cut off. A group of people used immense divine power to intercept a portion of the Heavenly River and used it as a base for rebellion. And the ones who committed this treasonous act were the Heavenly Alliance."
Qin Mu's heart trembled slightly. Could the one buried here be a Heavenly Venerate from the Heavenly Alliance?
Then who was this Heavenly Venerate?
Suddenly, the hanging coffin gave a slight jolt and came to a stop.
The place where the coffin stopped was a small dock.
Everyone stepped onto the dock and walked up the stairs. In front of the stairs stood a stone tablet, inscribed with the words: "The Tomb of Heavenly Venerate Ling."