Chapter 248: The Heavenly Tomb Opens
On the lush green peak, light clouds floated around, making it look like a fairyland. Xiao Tian walked slowly through the mountains, admiring the beautiful scenery. Suddenly, his expression changed as he looked towards the top of the mountain. There, a figure stood with hands behind his back. Xiao Tian noticed that the figure seemed to be nonexistent in his perception, if not for the special ability of the Space Ancestral Symbol, he wouldn't have noticed the figure at all. This figure could only be seen with the naked eye.
The person with such a profound cultivation could only be Gu Yuan, the patriarch of the Gu Clan.
"Swish!" Xiao Tian flashed and appeared at the top of the mountain. He cupped his hands and bowed, "Xiao Tian greets Patriarch Gu Yuan!"
"I never thought that even after the abandonment of the Xiao Clan's Dou Emperor bloodline, a Dou Saint could still emerge," the figure said with some emotion. "Now, you are indeed worthy of my daughter."
As he spoke, the figure slowly turned around. He looked to be around forty years old, just an ordinary middle-aged man, dressed in simple linen clothes, with a faint smile on his face. But Xiao Tian knew that this man had lived for at least a thousand years.
Xiao Tian smiled and asked, "I wonder what business my father-in-law has with his son-in-law?"
Hearing Xiao Tian's address, Gu Yuan was slightly taken aback. But soon, he chuckled and said, "You are quite shameless!"
After a pause, Gu Yuan said, "The reason I came to you is not that serious. You know that Xun'er has a divine-grade bloodline. With such a bloodline, breaking through to Dou Saint is very easy. However, it is crucial to keep the bloodline intact..."
He hesitated for a moment and said, "So, before Xun'er reaches Dou Saint, she must remain pure."
"Rest assured, I will respect that," Xiao Tian nodded.
"Additionally, I want to remind you that now that you have been exposed, the Soul Clan will soon come after you," Gu Yuan said. "I hope you can keep the Tou She Ancient Emperor's Jade well-hidden, otherwise, the Soul Clan will not spare you."
"Father-in-law, rest assured, the Xiao Clan's ancient jade is hidden in a place where no outsider can ever find it," Xiao Tian said with a smile. "Even if the Xiao Clan were to be wiped out, no one would be able to find it."
Currently, the Tou She Ancient Emperor's Jade is in the Tianxuan Continent, which is so far from the Dou Qi Continent that even a Dou Emperor couldn't find it without a local guide.
"Since that's the case..." Gu Yuan was about to say something when the sound of wind breaking came from below the mountain. Seeing his daughter rushing up, Gu Yuan sighed, "Ah, daughters are truly hard to keep at home. Remember your promise!"
With that, he disappeared from the world.
In a few flashes, Xun'er arrived at the peak of the mountain. She looked at Xiao Tian with worry and asked, "Xiao Tian ge-ge, are you alright?"
"Nothing's wrong. Father-in-law is a very kind person!" Xiao Tian replied with a smile.
Hearing Xiao Tian's address, Xun'er's cheeks flushed, and she shyly said, "What father-in-law? I haven't agreed to anything yet!"
"But father-in-law has agreed," Xiao Tian said as he held Xun'er's delicate hand. "From now on, no one can stop us from being together."
"Hehe!" Xun'er smiled and threw herself into Xiao Tian's arms.
"Xiao Xuan, you are indeed superior..." Watching the intimate pair, Gu Yuan couldn't help but sigh.
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Two days later, Xiao Tian and Xun'er arrived at a specific location in the Ancient Holy Mountain Range. Upon arriving, Xiao Tian saw people from the other ancient clans.
Xun'er scanned the area with her beautiful eyes and said, "The Heavenly Tomb is opening, and except for the Spirit Clan, all the other ancient clans are here."
"The Spirit Clan..." Hearing this name, Xiao Tian's eyes narrowed. He knew the Spirit Clan didn't come because the Soul Clan had already acted. From now on, there would be no Spirit Clan in the world.
"Rumble!" Suddenly, the sky trembled violently, and an ancient and primordial aura spread from the void. Watching the darkening sky, Xun'er whispered, "The Heavenly Tomb is about to open!"
"Crack!" As she finished speaking, a deafening sound erupted from the void. A thousand-zhang-long space fissure appeared in the sky. In the center of the fissure, a silver light emerged, transforming into a hundred-zhang-tall space door.
The ancient space door stood between heaven and earth, and its ancient aura made everyone's souls tremble.
Elder Tong Xuan addressed the crowd, "Everyone, you should know the rules of entering the Heavenly Tomb. Each clan has a maximum of two slots." Since only Xiao Tian came from the Xiao Clan and no one from the Spirit Clan, the Gu Clan had five slots this time.
Xun'er told Xiao Tian, "Xiao Tian ge-ge, we need to enter together. If we go separately, we will be randomly teleported."
Hearing this, Xiao Tian immediately held Xun'er's hand. They rose into the air and entered the space door together.
The Heavenly Tomb would open for three years inside but only three days in the outside world. Once everyone had entered, the Heavenly Tomb closed, and the fissure disappeared.
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In the misty, mysterious land, occasional strange lights flickered. "Buzz!" Suddenly, the space twisted, and two figures holding hands emerged.
Xiao Tian sensed the surroundings and said, "As expected of the Heavenly Tomb, the energy here is much richer than outside!"
"Xiao Tian ge-ge, which layer do you want to go to?" Xun'er asked with a smile.
"Of course, the third layer, to see my ancestor!" Xiao Tian said, and with a wave of his hand, they disappeared from their spot and reappeared in the second layer. After stopping, Xiao Tian spread his soul power and eliminated all energy bodies above the seven-star Dou Zun, collecting some energy cores. Then they arrived at the entrance to the third layer.
A huge beam of energy descended from the sky, touching the ground like a wall. Looking at the light screen ahead, Xun'er said, "The energy in this light screen has solidified. No wonder very few people can enter the third layer."
"Let's go, it's actually easy to enter," Xiao Tian smiled, and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol appeared, enveloping both of them. Then they walked towards the light screen. When they touched it, the solidified energy was directly absorbed by the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
"Plop!" As they walked, a white bug fell down.
"That's an Ancient Devouring Bug!" Xun'er explained, "These bugs can devour everything and continuously secrete pure energy. In the outside world, these bugs are long extinct, but they still exist here. It seems the solidified light screen was created by them."
"Let's keep moving," Xiao Tian nodded, holding Xun'er's hand as they continued forward. "Plop! Plop!" As they walked, more and more Ancient Devouring Bugs fell.
As they progressed and without the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's absorption, the light screen behind them began to close slowly under the continuous secretion of the Ancient Devouring Bugs.
(End of Chapter)
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