Capítulo 686: Chapter 685: Hidden Motives

Fang Zhou plunged into the entrance, feeling as if he were traversing into the Black Soul World.

All around him was a gray fog, with no edges visible in any direction.

Fang Zhou flew straight forward, and after a long time, he finally saw the ground, a gravel-laden terrain, while the surrounding was still enveloped in gray fog.

This fog was liquefied Yin Cold Spiritual Energy, dense to an alarming degree.

The fog was laced with intense cold poison, and only because of his glazed golden body, Fang Zhou was unaffected. A lower-level cultivator would be poisoned after just a short while here.

It seemed Yun Zheyue would have to remain inside the gourd, unable to come out.

Fang Zhou’s divine sense was completely disrupted by the surrounding fog, unable to gather any effective information.

He could only retrieve that mysterious key from the gourd.

The key slightly rotated in Fang Zhou’s palm, pointing in a certain direction.

Whether this key could truly lead to Zhao Lingbo’s tomb was merely a speculation of the True Mother God Sect.

However, Fang Zhou had already used the Northern Star to pinpoint Wild Tomb Ridge before he entered, so he wasn’t worried about not being able to return.

The issue was that Bisha Heavenly King and Di Ao had already been inside for over a month. If they had a way to find Zhao Lingbo’s tomb, over a month should have been enough time.

But Fang Zhou’s aim was to kill Bisha Heavenly King to avenge Yun Zheyue, not Zhao Lingbo’s tomb, so he didn’t feel any urgency.

He used the key to determine the direction and swiftly flew forward.

…

In the dense fog, two figures were flying ahead at an unhurried pace.

The one flying in front was a woman with a cold and dazzling appearance, around thirty years old, carrying an aura that deterred strangers.

The other was wearing a mask.

These two were Bisha Heavenly King and Di Ao, who was wearing the Blood God Mask.

They had been in the Boundless Land for over a month, and during this time, the two continued to travel slowly.

They didn’t communicate and just flew forward in silence.

Suddenly, Di Ao stopped, and Bisha Heavenly King stopped as well, turning back to look at her.

Di Ao descended to the ground, sat cross-legged, simultaneously restoring True Qi, and focused her spirit to capture the elusive sensing.

Di Ao was not the descendant of True Master Blood God Zhao Lingbo, but she took over Qiao Sen’s mother’s body, equating to having Zhao Lingbo’s bloodline.

With Zhao Lingbo’s bloodline and the Blood God Mask, once transformed into a Blood God Soldier and having awakened the perfect substitute, she could sense Zhao Lingbo’s whereabouts through the bloodline and substitute.

Di Ao fulfilled all four conditions perfectly. After escaping from the Chu Kingdom, she occasionally sensed that bloodline call from Zhao Lingbo in her dreams.

Di Ao suspected some secret must be hidden in it, but the sensing was too weak for her to determine Zhao Lingbo’s exact location.

Within a few years, the people from the True Mother God Sect discovered Di Ao.

Relying on the perfect substitute and undying body, she evaded the True Mother God Sect’s captures multiple times, her strength growing rapidly.

However, a month ago, she encountered a frightening opponent, right before her—Bisha Heavenly King.

Di Ao had no power to resist and was subdued by Bisha Heavenly King, then taken to this place.

Once in the Boundless Land, the elusive sensing became clearer, indicating that Zhao Lingbo’s remains were indeed within the Boundless Land.

Bisha Heavenly King intended to use Di Ao to find Zhao Lingbo’s tomb.

However, the sensing wasn’t constant, coming and going intermittently, requiring Di Ao to stop and concentrate to capture it.

This was why it had been a month, and they still hadn’t found the tomb.

Bisha Heavenly King watched the meditating Di Ao, speaking with a hard tone, “The sensing cut off again? Are you deliberately stalling for time?”

Di Ao slowly opened her eyes and replied, “Ultimately, I am not a true descendant of Zhao Lingbo, so naturally, I can’t sense precisely, and besides, I don’t wish to linger in a place like this any longer.”

Bisha Heavenly King stared at her, “Good that you understand.”

Di Ao closed her eyes again, but inwardly she breathed a sigh of relief.

Indeed, she was stalling for time, doing it more frequently lately, enough for Bisha Heavenly King to notice.

Di Ao was also determined to reach Zhao Lingbo’s tomb, but she didn’t want to do it alongside Bisha Heavenly King, otherwise, any valuable findings wouldn’t fall to her.

Once they found the place, Bisha Heavenly King wouldn’t spare her a life.

Therefore, Di Ao had been delaying for an opportunity to escape. After becoming a Blood God Soldier, she gained an undying body, unaffected by the cold poison of the Boundless Land; escaping Bisha Heavenly King was all she needed to worry about.

Unfortunately, Bisha Heavenly King’s strength was overwhelming, and she didn’t give Di Ao any chance.

Bisha Heavenly King probably realized Di Ao’s little ploys, but didn’t care; before absolute power, such tricks were meaningless.

After meditating for more than an hour, Di Ao finally stood up from the ground, identified the direction, and flew ahead with Bisha Heavenly King.

After several hours of flying, Di Ao planned to reattempt her tactic, but this time, Bisha Heavenly King stopped her.

“No need, we should be there.”

For the first time, a hint of delight appeared in her usual stern tone.

Di Ao quickly looked forward, noticing two tiny black dots appearing in the gray fog.

Bisha Heavenly King, with eyesight far exceeding Di Ao’s, seemed to recognize what those black dots were.

She left Di Ao behind and flew ahead.

Di Ao’s heart skipped a beat as she watched Bisha Heavenly King’s receding figure; this seemed like an excellent opportunity to escape.

After struggling mentally for a few seconds, Di Ao ultimately suppressed the urge to flee and gritted her teeth to follow her forward.

This might be a crack Bisha Heavenly King showed on purpose, and besides, her speed was much slower than Bisha Heavenly King’s; turning back to run would quickly lead to capture.

Moreover, she wanted to witness firsthand what Zhao Lingbo’s tomb contained.

The two black dots in the distance quickly became clear; they were two towering statues.

Between the two statues lay a road paved with stone slabs.

Bisha Heavenly King had already flown along the road, and Di Ao hurried to catch up.

Alongside the road, occasional statues and spires appeared, indicating that this was a sizable cemetery.

Soon, the two arrived at the road’s end, where they found a huge tombstone.

The tombstone bore the words “Tomb of Zhao Lingbo” in elegant script.

Behind the tombstone was a mound-like tomb.

Bisha Heavenly King seemed quite excited; the True Mother God Sect had spent years searching, and finally found Zhao Lingbo’s tomb.

Di Ao was somewhat stunned, marveling at Zhao Lingbo’s ability to construct such a massive tomb and cemetery in a place like this.

Standing in front of the tombstone, her sensing immediately became unprecedentedly clear.

Zhao Lingbo was surely in this burial site, as if a voice within her was calling her to hurry inside.

“Find the entrance.”

Bisha Heavenly King left these words before flying toward the tomb.

Di Ao thought for a moment, then chose not to escape but followed, beginning to search for the tomb entrance.