Chapter 988 The Truth of the Past

"No…" Hei Ye Xiao raised his hand and said, "You're right."

"Why didn't we think of that back then?"

Zero and I exchanged a look. Old Liu also said, "Although Master joked, it seems he's getting close to the truth of that year."

Zero's eyes lit up: "I understand!"

"No wonder the three of us, as calculators, couldn't keep Zhu Zining."

"So, the real reason wasn't us, but because Yan Yu Lou was Zhu Zining's territory from the start."

"Back then, Arena and Hei Ye Xiao turned against each other, and the Feng family was cursed. Someone was fueling the flames from behind."

"Although this person isn't Zhu Zining, they must be related to her."

I narrowed my eyes and said, "It's the Samsara Holy Lord!"

Zero nodded: "It can only be him!"

"The Samsara Holy Lord is extremely mysterious. Tian Ji She has only been able to gather a few scraps of information about him. Moreover, no more than three people in the Samsara Division have seen the Samsara Holy Lord's true face."

"Probably only Zhu Zining, Zhu Ziyan, and Chief He Lingbo."

"I suspect the Samsara Holy Lord isn't in the Yang Jian (human realm)."

I turned my head and said, "Old Liu, notify Old Shang and have him check if the Samsara Holy Lord is in the Yin Jian (underworld)?"

Old Liu quickly got the information from Shang Xingyan: "Old Shang said there's no news of the Samsara Holy Lord in the underworld either. He suspects the Samsara Holy Lord is hiding in the Yin-Yang Inn."

"The Old Master and Qu Mo went deep into the Yin-Yang Inn, most likely to track down the Samsara Holy Lord."

"So that's how it is!" I suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

After Zhu Zining escaped, although Old Liu and Zero didn't say anything, I could feel that they both had a thorn in their side.

The elite of Liangjie Tang were all dispatched, and the three great calculators joined forces, but they still only fought Zhu Zining to a draw.

They even doubted their own abilities at one point.

Now it seems it's not that we're inferior to Zhu Zining, but that she had too many advantages.

The main reason Zhu Zining was able to deceive us was because she had established her own territory in Miao Jiang.

Who would have thought that Zhu Zining was actually the real master of Yan Yu Lou?

The person who allowed Zhu Zining to control Yan Yu Lou was Bu Ting, the ancestor of the Bu family who built Yan Yu Lou.

No wonder the three Di Xians (Earth Immortals) suddenly retreated at the critical moment. It turned out they wanted to save some face for the Bu family.

If we had entered the lower level of the tomb and seen Bu Ting's arrangements back then, Bu Youming would have been very embarrassed.

After all, the person who betrayed the Emperor was his ancestor.

Everything makes sense now, but I have a headache.

Since Zhu Zining had made arrangements long ago, the Nine-Tailed Soul is likely a trap.

When I finally reached the bottom of the tomb, the first thing I saw was Hou Qing's corpse lying flat on the circular stone platform.

It seems that when Yan Yu Lou collapsed, the coffin containing Hou Qing's corpse fell directly from the top of the building into the middle of the stone platform that imprisoned the Nine-Tails.

Further away, there was a pile of scattered corpses and a stone wall engraved with words.

Zero walked up to the stone wall: "This was left behind by Bu Ting."

Most of the writing on the wall was blurred, except for the last line, which was written with more than a dozen "regret" characters.

Zero said, "Bu Ting was probably deceived back then and betrayed the Emperor. He was filled with remorse before his death. Here…"

I looked down in the direction Zero was pointing, and there was a line of words written there: "Beware of the Nine-Headed Serpent Jade. No one can resist the charm of the Nine-Headed Serpent. If you want to resist the Nine-Headed Serpent Jade, go to Da Meng Xiang (Land of Great Dreams) first."

I pondered, "What exactly does the Nine-Headed Serpent represent?"

I had searched for information about the Nine-Headed Serpent before.

The Nine-Headed Serpent is not unique to Chinese mythology. There are records of the Nine-Headed Serpent in Greek mythology, the Bible, Persian mythology, and Indian mythology.

Those myths all record the power and terror of the Nine-Headed Serpent, but they don't record that the Nine-Headed Serpent also has the ability to charm people.

I forcibly suppressed the doubts in my heart and said, "Zhu Zining didn't destroy Hou Qing's corpse; she's probably leaving us a trap!"

Even as I was speaking, Hei Ye Xiao had already merged with Hou Qing's corpse.

As Hei Ye Xiao's eyes burst open, a terrifying aura soared into the sky. The stone platform suppressed by Hou Qing's corpse instantly shattered, and the exploding stones flew in all directions.

The pressure of a ghost-god also broke through the layers of obstacles and went straight into the sky.

Countless wizards with awe, also with trembling voices, came from the outside world at the same time: "Welcome the return of the Witch King!"

This Hei Ye Xiao is the real king of the witch clan!

A hegemon who holds life and death in his hands and subdues people with force.

Hei Ye Xiao ignored the kneeling of the witch clan and slowly walked into the accumulated water in the tomb, reaching out to grab the coffin.

"Stop!"

"Don't touch that coffin!"

Zero and I spoke to stop him at the same time, but Hei Ye Xiao's palm still grabbed the coffin lid.

Although Hei Ye Xiao retracted his strength in time, his fingertips still left five scratch marks on the coffin.

Hei Ye Xiao retracted his hand in time, and Old Liu breathed a sigh of relief: "Seal the Nine-Tails here first. This is another trap Zhu Zining left for us."

"Her purpose is to eliminate the three Di Xians (Earth Immortals)."

I said coldly, "Could this trap not be left for us by the Di Xians (Earth Immortals)?"

Old Liu was immediately stunned: "Master, you must not think that way. We can't have infighting!"