Chapter 528: Chapter 542: Senior Skeleton

“What exactly is Reincarnation?” This question stumped Wang Cai as well.

Now, in the current Supreme Interface, there might really be no one who can give an accurate answer.

Even the Thief of Heavenly Dao from back then might not have known what kind of existence Reincarnation truly is.

“I don’t know either.” Wang Cai shook his head; he was just a dog following the Thief of Heavenly Dao, and it was already not easy for him to know so much.

“Let’s keep looking.” Mu Can also knew this question was too profound, and even those in the All Things Realm might not have an answer.

…

After the red bridal sedan passed through the Seven-colored Light Gate, it entered a bizarre place, where all the people wearing black masks took off their masks.

To Mu Can’s surprise, he found that those who had taken off the masks all had the same face, and even some of their physical characteristics were exactly identical.

The woman, as if she had already known about this, showed no surprise at all that these people looked exactly alike.

“What on earth is this place? Why are there so many people with the same face?” Mu Can shivered slightly as he watched this eerie scene unfold.

A woman was taken from her home by a group of people wearing black masks, and her relatives tearfully said goodbye, a sentiment that didn’t seem like they were marrying off a daughter, but rather like they would never see her again.

“Could it be that the woman’s family knew that she was going to a place from which she could never return?” Mu Can voiced his speculation, but the mural ended abruptly there.

Mu Can and Wang Cai closely followed to the third wall, and after moving the skull aside, they found that a large part of the mural on this third wall had been violently destroyed, as if it had been wiped away by a gigantic palm.

The first half of the story was no longer visible, meaning the events that happened after the woman reached her destination in the bridal sedan had been violently erased.

“What exactly was recorded in this part and why was it erased?” Mu Can’s intuition told him that this part of the content was likely very important.

“What a pity, it’s very likely that this part of the record was about the origins of these masked people.” Wang Cai also shook his head.

The destruction of the mural was as infuriating as suddenly discovering that a novel’s author had stopped writing mid-story.

“Take a look at the latter half,” Mu Can looked at the latter half of the mural.

The style of the latter half changed dramatically, depicting the woman confronting the masked man and protecting a man behind her, saying something unknown.

The masked man facing the woman was clearly different from those who came for the marriage procession earlier, dressed in luxurious clothes as regal as an Emperor.

“Could it be someone coming to snatch the bride?” Wang Cai speculated as he looked at the scene.

It seemed the part that was erased was probably the introduction to this incident, but now they could only guess.

“Let’s go and see what’s recorded on the fourth wall,” Mu Can led Wang Cai to the front of the fourth wall and quickly cleared all the bones to the side.

The scene depicted in the last mural was somewhat incomprehensible to Mu Can and Wang Cai. In this final scene.

The place where the woman lived was completely ruined, and the masked man lay in the woman’s arms, with the woman showing a tragically sad smile.

The man who had been protected by her was seen leaving with a Longsword in hand.

…

“Do you feel like this whole thing is like a tragic love story?” Mu Can said wordlessly as he looked at the ending.

A young girl sent far away to marry, and certainly not to a good place, probably a power within a no-man’s land. After marrying there, a childhood friend of the woman, having achieved extraordinary Cultivation, crosses Reincarnation to find her, and in the end, causes upheaval where the woman lived. Sadly, the woman did not leave with him in the end.

“A bit,” Wang Cai nodded, though he still didn’t know where this place was.

“Is this story interesting to you?” A voice suddenly rang out, startling Mu Can and Wang Cai into a cold sweat.

A Skull had unexpectedly rolled down from the wall of skulls, and while it rolled, it also pulled out a few thigh bones from the neighboring skeletons.

“Holy shit, what kind of ghost is this.” Mu Can was shocked, in this kind of environment to see a Skull assembling his own body while talking to oneself.

Anyone not incredibly thick-skinned would be scared, right?

“I am indeed a ghost, and I’ve been dead for who knows how many years.” The Skull had finished assembling his upper body while speaking, felt his head was not quite in the right place, and took it off to readjust and reattach it.

“If the senior has been dead for so many years, then please continue with your eternal rest. We will take our leave.” Wang Cai pulled Mu Can and ran towards the exit, deciding to flee when faced with such strange occurrences.

“Wait a moment.” The two hadn’t gotten very far before they crashed into an invisible wall, nearly stumbling over.

The path we came by has been blocked by a barrier without us knowing when.

“What does this mean, senior?” Mu Can turned to look at the skeleton. He didn’t really care; it’s just a Spiritual Power Avatar, a self-destruction wouldn’t matter.

But the Big Cauldron in Wang Cai’s hands must not be lost.

“Ah, a Spiritual Power Avatar, that’s indeed quite rare nowadays. Haven’t seen such a rough one in many years.” The Skull had assembled its own body and even mysteriously obtained a beast hide apron to wrap around its waist.

“Senior is jesting.” Mu Can looked at the skeleton and spoke indifferently.

“Then bring your real body here for a chat.” As soon as the voice fell, the skeleton lightly drew aside, and a vast deep blue rift appeared next to it.

The next moment, a hand reached directly in to pull Mu Can’s physical body, who was standing on the Transmission Array outside, into the rift.

Then the hand reached out and also pulled in a wild boar that was watching the excitement.

“Damn it.” Mu Can cursed, as he had just thought of fleeing through the Transmission Array when things looked bad, but got directly caught and brought here.

What kind of technique was this? At least, to Mu Can’s knowledge, not even those from the All Things Realm could pull off such a feat. It was utterly heaven-defying.

“Who are you, senior, after all?” Mu Can signaled to Wang Cai. Since his real body had been brought here, it seemed the matter could not be resolved amicably.

Nothing left to do but take out the Big Cauldron and directly activate the Explosive Pill. The two of them would see if they could flee in the ensuing chaos.

“It’s because I sensed a familiar presence on you, so I pulled you over to have a chat.” Despite facing a skeleton, Mu Can felt like the skeleton was smiling somehow.

“An old acquaintance? Who are you referring to, senior?” Mu Can asked, looking at the figure.

“Have you been to the underworld ‘Huang Quan’?” The skeleton scrutinized Mu Can and Wang Cai, a trace of puzzlement on its face.

“The junior indeed has traveled to ‘Huang Quan’.” Mu Can exchanged looks with Wang Cai, and both saw the shock in each other’s eyes.

Who exactly was this formidable-looking individual who had been dead for countless years without truly dying?

“That’s right, is that old fellow Wu Ming still ferrying people across ‘Huang Quan’?” So, it turned out this skeleton knew Daoist Wu Ming.

If that was the case, then the years of the skeleton’s existence must be, at least, from the same era as Wu Ming.

“Yes, Senior Wu Ming did help me cross ‘Huang Quan’. May I ask how you are acquainted with Senior Wu Ming?” Mu Can inquired cautiously.

Facing such an existence, there was no way to run. Where could you possibly flee? The moment you reached the door, you’d be caught and pulled right back.

“Never expected that after so many years, Wu Ming would still be on ‘Huang Quan’.” The skeleton seemed to be reminiscing about the past, falling into a deep reverie.

“What should we do? This old fellow does not seem easy to deal with.” Mu Can communicated with Wang Cai within their Sea of Consciousness.

After a long while, no satisfactory plan came to mind. Facing such an entity, even someone from the All Things Realm would need to resort to underhanded tactics twice as hard.

“Master, is there anything tasty here? I am hungry.” The wild boar had also been casually captured and brought in. It sniffed around but didn’t smell anything appetizing, then it approached Mu Can to inquire.

“All you ever think about is tasty food. I don’t even know if I’ll live to escape this place!” Mu Can thought to himself; this wild boar was really hopeless.

“Would you like some roasted wild boar meat?” Wang Cai looked at the boar and said, sending chills down the creature’s spine.

“Interesting.” The Skeleton observed Mu Can, its hand reaching out to rest upon Mu Can’s shoulder.

Mu Can’s body stiffened. He had wanted to dodge, but he realized he couldn’t move at all and had to stay put.

He could even see Spiritual Power gathering in the snowy white bony palm resting on his shoulder.

Was this how it was going to end for him? If he had known, he would have hidden in the Reincarnation Pearl.

But after watching for a while, a stream of black vapor appeared on the skeletal hand, which seemed to be drawn out from his body.

“Don’t be nervous. If I wanted to kill you, I would have done so already.” The skeleton’s palm left Mu Can’s shoulder, then brought its hand up close to examine it.

“You’re still unaware, aren’t you, that you’ve been marked by someone?” The black vapor on the snow-white skeletal palm eerily formed a skull pattern.

“What exactly is this, senior?” Mu Can asked. He was not fearful anymore; after all, his life and death were in the hands of the skeleton, but it seemed that the skeleton had no real malice toward him.

“It is a mark. Once activated, no matter where you are, he will be able to find you directly,” the skeleton playfully said, manipulating the black vapor in its hand.

Who could have placed such a curse on Mu Can?