Vol 6 Chapter 36: Ancestral Manifestation
"Back then, my cultivation had declined due to the age of magic decline, and my heavenly limit was approaching. Coincidentally, a statue shattered, revealing an expired high-grade immortal pill. Though expired, this pill's effect happened to be just right to extend my life, allowing me to self-seal until now while maintaining a remnant soul. How could such a coincidence occur?"
"It must be that the Emperor's Tomb saw my faint Heavenly Emperor bloodline and that I was about to die miserably in this age of magic decline, thus giving me a thread of hope."
"These are items buried with the Heavenly Emperor - what clan would dare use such fragile statues? It must have been the will of the Emperor's Tomb!"
This was the explanation from the remnant soul of an immortal. Lin Jing could only believe it, since the other party was currently the only living being who had entered the Heavenly Emperor's Tomb.
Therefore, Lin Jing didn't reveal too much information to the Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog.
He only told it that this was an ancestral tomb, and that by piously worshipping and stating one's requests, there was a chance to receive ancestral blessings.
After arriving outside the inner city, the Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog knelt down again and piously called out: "Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit."
The general meaning was...
Ancestors above, your incapable descendant has encountered a woman he likes.This woman has a tragic background, bearing deep blood feuds, with her entire family exterminated by a demon.
Though he greatly wishes to help the woman seek revenge and eliminate the demon, unfortunately, his strength is weak.
No matter how hard he tries, it's difficult to make rapid progress in this age of magic decline.
As a Heavenly Emperor descendant, he feels utterly ashamed.
Thus, he requests ancestral teachings to help his incapable descendant fulfill his wish and demonstrate the might of the Heavenly Emperor's lineage.
Thump thump thump.
Bang bang bang.
The Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog continuously kowtowed with utmost piety, offering mosquito blood and mosquito legs to his ancestors.
These... were all premium items he hadn't been willing to eat himself.
One month... two months...
He didn't know how long he had been kowtowing, yet there was still no change around him.
Although the Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog had entered the Heavenly Emperor's Tomb, because of their contractual connection, Lin Jing could roughly understand the situation inside.
"Why hasn't any statue shattered after all this time?"
Lin Jing scrutinized the remnant soul of an immortal and said, "Didn't you say that back then, you only knelt for a few days before the Emperor's Tomb manifested and bestowed treasures upon you?"
"In terms of sincerity, I think my little frog is much more sincere than you were."
"Wait a bit longer, wait a bit longer... don't jump to conclusions yet." The remnant soul of an immortal wiped sweat, feeling somewhat nervous. If this fierce star didn't get any benefits, he would definitely be done for.
He didn't know what was happening - he truly hadn't lied to Lin Jing and had truthfully recounted his own experience.
But why... was there no reaction to this frog's worship?
Could it be that too much time had passed, causing the Emperor's Tomb's spiritual nature to degrade, making it unable to observe the situation of entrants?
Or perhaps this frog's bloodline was too thin, much thinner than his own, not fully recognized by the Emperor's Tomb.
It was also possible that back then, he was about to die, and the Emperor's Tomb was merely saving a life, while the frog sought too much, being too greedy, causing the Emperor's Tomb to choose to ignore him.
The remnant soul of an immortal considered many possibilities, all seeming plausible, but he still hoped the Emperor's Tomb would bestow at least something, as this concerned his own life.
However.
What neither Lin Jing nor the remnant soul of an immortal expected was.
That expired immortal pill from back then was definitely not some manifestation of the Heavenly Emperor's Tomb, of course, nor was it any accident.
"Sister, wake up, wake up."
In the third heaven of the Emperor's Tomb, a voice sounded from the void as a consciousness entity of an upright frog wearing a purple dress and flower wreath, looking like a middle-aged aunt, slowly awakened.
"It's you." In the dark space, the frog aunt looked at a cat girl's consciousness entity floating above.
"What happened?"
"Seems like a little one has come outside - your descendant." The cat girl spoke.
"Hmm?" The frog aunt paused, then expanded her consciousness outward, immediately discovering the little frog in worship.
"It really is. After so long, I actually still have bloodline continuation. But who taught it to come begging here like this? How useless my descendant has become."
"During the age of magic decline, a nearly dead guy came in - a descendant of Consort Ling's lineage. Some sisters took pity on him and gave him an immortal pill, probably setting a bad precedent from there."
"Don't bother. I can't break the rules." The frog aunt said: "Let it keep kowtowing. I need to continue sleeping..."
"Sister, don't sleep. I feel that for the Heavenly Emperor's sake, breaking some rules isn't a big deal." The cat girl said: "The Emperor's Tomb is now severely damaged. Though spiritual energy has recovered, the tomb's damage is hard to reverse. It's fine now, but when the Immortal Realm recovers to seventy or eighty percent of its former state, it can accommodate immortal realm returns."
"By then, those who went to other immortal realms might remember this place and turn their attention to the severely damaged Emperor's Tomb. At that time, the tomb probably won't have the ability to stop them. Rather than letting unrelated people benefit then, why not give some unimportant things to your own descendants first?"
"Meanwhile, when descendants become powerful, they can in turn protect the tomb's core."
"Moreover, sister, your status is extraordinary. Even if the Heavenly Emperor were still alive, he wouldn't blame your decisions."
The frog aunt fell into deep thought.
She was indeed different.
Most of the Heavenly Emperor's concubines were taken after he achieved his heavenly position.
But she had met him when he was still an unknown minor cultivator, before he had shown any promise.
She was originally the princess of the immortal frog clan... sharing experiences exploring secret realms with the young Heavenly Emperor, helping each other in times of danger... Despite having more choices, she believed in the young Heavenly Emperor's extraordinary potential and assisted him multiple times afterwards. The immortal frog clan also provided much help to the young Heavenly Emperor. This friendship was extraordinary, so while most of the Heavenly Emperor's romantic interests maintained beautiful appearances to compete for favor before him, the well-endowed frog aunt couldn't be bothered, doing whatever felt comfortable, sometimes even too lazy to take human form, yet still maintaining extraordinary status.
Ultimately, at the Immortal King realm, she slumbered in this Emperor's Tomb along with many concubines.
"What you say makes sense, but this descendant outside has no vision at all. Coming to beg ancestors actually for a woman's sake - no ambition whatsoever. Wait no."
Suddenly, the frog aunt frowned, discovering contractual marks on the Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog.
"What's wrong, sister?"
"It seems it didn't find this place on its own. Rather, someone is using it to seek benefits from the Emperor's Tomb!"
"Let me see what kind of person has the audacity to do this!"
The frog aunt coldly snorted. To actually scheme against her descendant - she directly transformed into a green light and entered the Heavenly Emperor Post-Frog's sea of recollections.