Chapter 339: Thunder 36 Mausoleums
Yun Tian Immortal Plain, legend has it, fell from the sky beyond the firmament. Surrounded by sheer cliffs thousands of feet high, it is connected to the outside world by only four Heavenly Veins, which serve as the four paths to Lingxiao City.
Xu Shan Heavenly Vein is one of them.
Thousands of years ago, the master of Yun Tian Immortal Plain was the Lei Xiao Sect.
At the peak of the Lei Xiao Sect, everyone called themselves gods, looking down on all living beings. Their strength was such that they could suppress the four Nether Realms.
Within the Xu Shan Heavenly Vein lies the “Thirty-Six Tombs of Lei,” rumored to bury thirty-six Transcendent beings from the history of the Lei Xiao Sect. Each of them cultivated Lightning Law, capable of flying to the heavens and escaping into the earth, omnipotent. The Longevity Realm Giants and Dao Seed Realm Martial Cultivators buried alongside them are countless.
Such a vast collection of tombs, the treasures within have made countless cultivators covetous. Yet, for thousands of years, no one has ever been known to open any of the Transcendent tombs. Instead, people often get lost within, their bones never found.
Various legends exist.
Some say that during its peak, the Lei Xiao Sect’s Martial Dao Son of Heaven laid down a deadly grand formation here. Each Transcendent who cultivated Lightning Law and built a tomb here also set up new killing formations, connected to the main one.
One layer upon another, anyone who dares to rob a tomb will die without a burial place.
Others say that the Lei Xiao Sect’s guardian divine beast, “Yan Keli,” is not dead and is hiding in one of the tombs, intending to reclaim Yun Tian Immortal Plain, exact revenge, and restore the Lei Xiao Sect.
In short, the mountainous area of the Thirty-Six Tombs of Lei is shrouded in fog and fraught with danger. Apart from the Lei Xiao Sect Martial Cultivators who come to pay respects every Jia Zi, few Martial Cultivators dare to trespass.
The Ash Region that Li Weiyi and the other two encountered earlier extended for more than ten li, resembling a black desert filled with the aura of death. One can only imagine how formidable the Ash Spirits within are.
Tuo Ba Bu Tuo, upon learning that Lu Cangsheng had returned, said with emotion, “Lu Cangsheng is known as a once-in-a-millennium prodigy of the Lei Xiao Sect. At the Five Seas Realm, he cultivated thirty-six Lightning Arrays, and now he probably has seventy-two. He is the future Sect Master of the Lei Xiao Sect. If he enters the Thirty-Six Tombs of Lei for worship, he will surely have a Guardian strong practitioner by his side.”
“Could it be that Lu Cangsheng and Luan Sheng Lin You’s Guardian was clashing just now?” Qi Xiao said.
Tuo Ba Bu Tuo replied, “Highly possible! The older generation will not interfere in the disputes of the younger generation, lest they feel they always have a backing and can act with impunity. They need to be honed, and they need to experience trials of life and death. Otherwise, their ability to withstand pressure in the future will be extremely poor, they will act without discretion, and will not know how to make decisions regarding survival. If they become a Sect Master, they will bring ruin to the sect. The existence of a Guardian is to prevent the older generation from making underhanded moves.”
Li Weiyi stopped on a hillside and gazed into the distance.
In the night, ancient and majestic mountains lay before them, grand and layered. Snow on the peaks reflected light, strange rocks littered the mountainsides, and dense, dark forests covered the foothills.
On some mountains, one could see buildings like grand pavilions, fortified cities, tomb walls, and spirit paths… structures typically found only around large tombs.
It was silent, with no birds or beasts, eerily unsettling.
Li Weiyi’s expression was solemn, “We have traveled at least 150 li away from the mountain, yet we still cannot see any sign of Leiling City. But I remember we only entered the mountain less than 100 li… Did we take a wrong turn?”
Qi Xiao said with a dejected face, “There’s no doubt about it, we must have wandered into the Thirty-Six Tombs of Lei. Legend has it that the Ancient Heavenly Emperor of the Lei Xiao Sect laid down a grand formation here, greatly expanding the area and filling it with spatial energy. The Heaven and Earth Magic Energy here is completely different from outside.”
Tuo Ba Bu Tuo tugged at his hair, “After leaving the city, I deliberately avoided the Thirty-Six Tombs of Lei when leading the way. I shouldn’t have made a mistake. Could it be… I heard on the post ship that the strange power from underground in Fu Prefecture has already enveloped the entire Liang Prefecture. Leiling City is adjacent to Fu Prefecture, how could it not be covered?”
“Could the Yin Corpse Planting Rice power of the Rice Cult have awakened the corpses in the Thirty-Six Tombs of Lei? Causing this region to change?”
As this remark was made, accompanied by the cold wind on the hillside and the swaying tree shadows around them, the three felt a chilling sensation as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
Li Weiyi said calmly, “Even if the Thirty-Six Tombs of Lei have truly undergone a strange change, it’s for the Lei Xiao Sect and the Imperial Court to worry about. Our priority is to find a way to leave this cursed place. Conceal your aura, there’s movement!”
Accompanied by muffled thunder.
Four figures, enveloped in lightning, fled from a snow mountain pass more than ten li away. They moved swiftly, each using their movement technique, rushing towards the wilderness between several mountains below.
Upon closer inspection, one could see that they were wearing Lei Xiao Sect robes.
Immediately after, a loud cry echoed through the heavens and earth.
The sound waves caused the eardrums of Li Weiyi and the other two to ache, indicating the profoundness of their cultivation.
A silver-feathered giant eagle, tens of meters long when its wings were spread, flew past above the mountain pass, creating a powerful gale, and pursued into the wilderness. Its body rapidly shrunk, transforming into a human figure, and it seized the slowest of the figures enveloped in lightning.
“Puchi!”
Amidst gloomy laughter, the Lei Xiao Sect Core Disciple screamed, was torn in half at the waist by the claw, and their internal organs spilled onto the ground, a scene of extreme brutality.
Tuo Ba Bu Tuo stood in the shadow of a tree, his eyes wide, transmitting via magic energy, “That guy is the Silver Winged Great Sage from Yin Mountain, a descendant of the Silver Feather Eagle King. He is extremely bloodthirsty and feared by all in the Northern Territory. He is of the same generation as my father. The one being pursued looks like a Core Disciple of the Lei Xiao Sect.”
The Silver Feather Eagle King is one of the four Transcendent Demon Races of the Lingxiao Life Realm, and once the master of the Yin Mountain Range, which spanned eight thousand li.
“A demonic creature at the Dao Seed Realm dares to call himself Great Sage, that’s too arrogant. Even the Silver Feather Eagle King perished outside Qiu Zhou Prefecture City, what does he think he is?” Qi Xiao snorted coldly.
When demonic creatures kill humans, any human feels a sense of “rabbit dies, fox grieves” and becomes very angry.
Li Weiyi observed the other three from the Lei Xiao Sect; they were all at the Dao Seed Realm.
One was a middle-aged man with a full beard, and behind him were a young male and female Core Disciple, both with Pure Immortal Bodies.
The woman was tall and slender. Li Weiyi surprisingly recognized her.
It was Qin Qian, who owed him five hundred thousand Spring Coins.
The Silver Winged Great Sage’s mouth widened, emitting silver light from its throat, and it swallowed the Lei Xiao Sect disciple torn in half, patting its belly. Then, its huge silver wings unfurled from its back, and it pursued the remaining three, laughing ferociously, “Don’t run, none of you can escape. Pure Immortal Bodies at the Dao Seed Realm are definitely more delicious.”
Li Weiyi shifted his gaze and saw two figures of Demon Race masters on the peaks of the snow mountains in two other directions. Their auras were both formidable, and they had transformed into human form, blocking the escape routes of the three Lei Xiao Sect disciples.
He had no particular friendship with the Lei Xiao Sect, but if it meant weakening Luan Sheng Lin You’s strength, Li Weiyi was happy to do so.
Moreover, the people from the Lei Xiao Sect would surely know how to get out of the Thirty-Six Tombs of Lei.
“Do you want to make money?” he asked.
Tuo Ba Bu Tuo chuckled, “Seizing two Dao Lotuses and selling them would be enough to exchange for a large amount of cultivation resources.”
“The meat of Dao Seed Realm demonic creatures is a top delicacy on the dining table, and Heaven Pavilion and Immortal Forest have always bought it,” Qi Xiao said with great interest.
Li Weiyi said, “Killing people, how can it earn as much as saving them?”
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Luan Sheng Lin You gazed into the distance, observing Lu Cangsheng and Long Ting locked in combat beneath a magnificent mausoleum.
Lightning intertwined, an Azure Dragon soared, and figures moved like phantoms.
After listening to Long Xiangcen’s account.
Luan Sheng Lin You smiled faintly, “The Fifth Divine Son, Sikong Jingyuan? You have been deceived by him!”
Misunderstanding flickered in Long Xiangcen’s eyes, “That can’t be, the Divine Son’s Life Token would never be fake.”
“The Rice Sect’s Divine Son is real! But why would he wear a special Magic Tool Mask, obscuring his aura of power?”
Luan Sheng Lin You added, “According to your description, this person has cultivated the Disguise Art to a point where truth and falsehood are indistinguishable. His Mind Power Attainment and Martial Way both rank among the top of the younger generation. Such a figure can only be one person. On my recent trip to the Rice Sect Headquarters, someone happened to leak his information to me. Unfortunately, time was short, and I didn’t get to meet him.”
“Damn it, he dared to trick me! I’ll go retrieve him right now. Whether he’s the Rice Sect Divine Son or not, I’ll cut out his lying tongue first,” Long Xiangcen declared.
“If it truly is him, then I must make a trip myself. You stay here; Lu Cangsheng is your responsibility.”
Luan Sheng Lin You looked towards the distant battlefield, “Du’e Temple is truly not simple. Lu Cangsheng can completely suppress Long Ting without even using the Thunder Strike Formation. Long Ting inherited the Long Dian’s Dragon Soul and Azure Dragon Mind, he shouldn’t be losing to him in the same Realm.”
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Across a wilderness spanning over ten miles, melting snow from the mountains converged into rivers and lakes.
The Silver Winged Great Sage released his Dao Heart External Manifestation, his silver Magic Energy like threads, entangling Qin Qian and another Lei Xiao Sect Core Disciple, pulling them towards him like puppets on strings.
That middle-aged man with a full beard was an Outer Sect Elder of the Lei Xiao Sect, wielding Lightning Daoist Arts.
“Rumble!”
Electric arcs, crisscrossing horizontally and vertically, continuously struck the Silver Winged Great Sage.
The Silver Winged Great Sage protected himself with the pair of silver feathers on his back, laughed heartily, and employed a wind-controlling Movement Technique, like a silver streak of light, impacting the Outer Sect Elder and sending him flying.
His bones cracked and popped within his body, blood flowed from all seven orifices, and he fell to the ground.
Qin Qian and the other Lei Xiao Sect Core Disciple broke free from the silver Magic Energy and lunged forward to rescue him from either side, but were swatted away by the Silver Winged Great Sage’s hand. One fell into the bone-chilling lake, and the other smashed against the cliff face.
The gap in Cultivation was too vast; the three of them combined were no match for the Silver Winged Great Sage.
Qin Qian surfaced from the frigid water, her long hair hanging wetly, her face pale. Her entire body ached to the point of numbness, and her Magic Energy was difficult to mobilize.
Seeing the Silver Winged Great Sage holding the Outer Sect Elder, preparing to tear him in half as before, she gritted her teeth in hatred but was powerless to stop him. With a voice filled with sorrow, she shouted, “Senior Disciple Brother has already returned; when he arrives, all of you will die.”
The Silver Winged Great Sage glanced at her and chuckled, “Lu Cangsheng? If he could have gotten here, he would have already come to save you. Clearly, he is bothered by what Long Ting said earlier and is waiting for me to kill you all. But this Saint will spare your life; the woman he doesn’t want, I want! Hahaha… Who is it?”
“Impossible… he was being held back by Long Ting…”
Qin Qian’s eyes reddened, her body uncomfortable, but her heart ached terribly, unable to accept what the Silver Winged Great Sage had just said.
The silver Magic Energy the Silver Winged Great Sage had infused into her body was difficult to Refine; she didn’t even have the strength to leap from the water.
Li Weiyi, clad in a loose black robe, wearing a Golden Mask, and wielding the Myriad Staff Spear, walked step by step to the edge of the lake-like mountain lake.
The spear tip pointed downwards, with an Earth Spirit Cub on top.
From the Earth Spirit Cub’s mouth came a child-like, eerie laugh that echoed through the mountains.
Li Weiyi absorbed all the light around his body, turning the surrounding few zhang into a dark area, making him appear extremely sinister.
Not only was the Silver Winged Great Sage wary, secretly circulating his Magic Energy, but the Lei Xiao Sect Core Disciple and Qin Qian also felt a chill in their hearts. The person before them did not seem like someone benevolent.
Li Weiyi glanced at Qin Qian in the water, his voice hoarse, chuckling sinisterly, “It seems your Lei Xiao Sect is beyond salvation today. The lives of three Dao Seed Realm cultivators should be worth about 1.5 million Spring Coins. Who is willing to pay this price?”
Li Weiyi’s pricing was always fair; he disliked taking advantage of people in distress.
The Lei Xiao Sect Core Disciple, with blood at the corner of his mouth, asked uncertainly, “Senior, are you here to save us?”
“I’m here for business,” Li Weiyi corrected.
The Lei Xiao Sect Core Disciple beamed with joy. He had thought today was doomed, but unexpectedly, there was a turn of events.
As long as he could survive, any amount of money would be worth it. He asked eagerly, “As long as Senior can save us, let alone 1.5 million Spring Coins, what about 2 million?”
“Very well, 2 million it is.”
Li Weiyi agreed, “However, can you make that decision? Can you afford that much?”
“I…”
Two million Spring Coins was wealth that he couldn’t afford even by emptying his entire fortune. Therefore, he looked towards Qin Qian.
Although Qin Qian found Zhao Qianfeng incredibly foolish for raising the price from 1.5 million to 2 million, the matter at hand was urgent. Agreeing now to save their lives was the top priority.
As for repaying the money?
With no proof, who would dare go to the Lei Xiao Sect to collect a debt?
She said, “As long as Senior can save Elder Lin and escort the three of us back to Leiling City. We acknowledge this debt!”
“It’s good that you acknowledge it.”
Li Weiyi nodded slightly.
Qin Qian and Zhao Qianfeng rejoiced internally, not expecting this person to be so easily deceived, not even forcing them to swear by the name of the Thunder god.
Li Weiyi looked towards the Silver Winged Great Sage across the lake, “This old man is here to make money, not to fight and kill. Give me the people, and leave on your own!”
“Cluck cluck!”
The Silver Winged Great Sage’s laughter was strange, like the call of some poultry, his eyes were cold: “Old Guy, do you even know who you’ve provoked? We are under the command of Lord Qilin Zhuang. If you don’t want to die, scram quickly.”
Two figures from the Demon Race, masters in the distance, moved quickly, encircling from behind.
Li Weiyi stood straight, releasing his Mind Power, infusing it into the Myriad Staff Spear.
“Chihwah!”
The Earth Spirit Cub on the tail of the spear cried out loudly, its abdomen glowing intensely.
Instantly, the Yin Energy from underground converged madly towards the Myriad Staff Spear, transforming into a dark grey storm vortex that enveloped Li Weiyi.
This is the Earth Spirit Cub’s ability!
It was born from absorbing Earth Yin Energy, and has lived for several thousand years.
Sensing the increasingly potent and bone-chilling aura emanating from Li Weiyi, the Silver Winged Great Sage’s eyes changed drastically. His wings spread from his back, intending to flee far away.
“Where do you think you’re escaping to, stay here for this old man!”
Li Weiyi locked onto him with his Mind Power, and the Staff in his hand struck out from afar.
