Chapter 32: Rising Internal Strife
Yue Qinghai said: "This method Is good. If you hit more, you will be able to hit the secret door. Brother, I will help you!"
He then waved his palm to hit the stone wall. After a few palms, the murals around became dilapidated.
Chai Qi had no choice but to join the wall-beating.
Luo Jin watched from the side and suddenly said, "The palm prints of both of you aren’t as deep as Liu Shu's!"
Liu Shu said, "I'm a professional."
Luo Jin: "Your specialty is Qinggong and wall-breaking? Then you should at least bring a tool when you come in. I think it's more labor-saving to use a hammer."
Liu Shu pondered about it, "That makes sense, but it's a pity that I didn't bring it."
Luo Jin: "..."
The group beat for a long time and finally a door-shaped depression appeared on one of the walls.
Then they waved their palms at the same time and hit the stone door.
With a ‘bang’, stone chips flew all over the ground and the stone door was smashed to pieces, revealing the dark stone corridor inside. The stone road in front of them was long, and the torches outside couldn't illuminate the inside. It seemed endless.
Liu Shu held a torch and waited for everyone to catch up before he going forward with them.
After passing through the stone corridor, there was a three-way intersection in front. The other two roads were long, dark stone corridors. One couldn't see their front at a glance.
Everyone stopped and looked at Liu Shu.
Liu Shu walked to the right without saying a word.
Everyone waited in silence.
Soon, Liu Shu came back again, still without saying a word, and walked to the left.
"..."
There was a faint sound of water in front of him and they saw a stream after walking for a while.
After walking along the stream for a long time, a high staircase appeared in front of them. Going up the steps was a huge platform. In front of the platform, a stone door could finally be seen.
There was a flower-shaped groove on the right side of the stone door. Yue Qinghai took out the key and placed it on the groove.
With a "bang", the stone door opened upwards. From the door, one could see a stone coffin in the stone chamber.
"So this is the tomb." Luo Jin said.
The tomb of Emperor Gaozu didn't have too many traps, but the powerful ones were the corpse-eating Gu. Those tomb raiders have neither the medicine to drive away the Gu nor the key, so it was strange that they could get in.
Liu Shu was about to enter the door when Chai Qi took a step forward, suddenly turned around, stood at the door, and stated coldly: "You stay here. Don't go any further."
Liu Shu looked up and asked: "Why?"
Chai Qi said calmly: "You are here to help. The things inside got nothing to do with you, so you don't need to come in. Or..."
He stared at Liu Shu, "You were originally aiming for the things inside and deliberately disguised yourself as Liu Shu and followed?"
"Disguise?" Luo Jin quickly hid behind Chai Qi, "Isn't he Liu Shu?"
Yue Qinghai was also stunned, "Fake? I was saying... how can there be a tomb raider who doesn't know how to raid a tomb."
Chai Qi said: "We aren’t familiar with him, so it is easy for him to deceive us. But Little Xiaoyu is Liu Shu's apprentice and can tell the real from the fake at a glance. Though disguise can only change appearance and the imitation is only 70% or 80% of the similarity, the voice and way of speaking are unchanged. This trick is only effective for unfamiliar people. That’s why he called Little Xiaoyu out at the beginning. Come to think of it, he wanted to threaten Little Xiaoyu with the life of the real Liu Shu."
Liu Shu leisurely responded: "That Little Xiaoyu is loyal to you. He told you?"
"Yes, he did." Chai Qi said, "So I led you to the tomb, so that Little Xiaoyu would have time to save people. I originally thought that if you didn't know how to raid tombs, you would most likely die in the mechanism if you were told to lead the way... I didn't expect you to actually crack it."
At once, Liu Shu's lips curled up a sneer. His body stretched out in an instant. The little man who was less than 1.6 meters tall suddenly became a big man of nearly 2 meters. "This bone shrinking technique... is quite tiring."
His voice was slightly hoarse: "What? Sure that victory is within grasp, you act so reckless"
Chai Qi said: "There are five ninth-level masters in Jiuyuan Continent. Yue Qinghai is one of them. Although I am not ninth-level, I am an upper eighth-level. Unless you are the Emperor, with mine and Mister Yue’s ability, it’s impossible for us to not deal with you."
‘Liu Shu’ gently lifted his face with his hand. Where his fingers passed, the pale skin under the mask was exposed.
He softly uttered: "What if... I am?"
Yue Qinghai shouted: "Want the Red Emperor Gu? Are you worthy? Anyway, the door is open and it’s pointless even if it’s you. Whoever it likes is whoever’s!"
He abruptly jumped up and swung a palm toward the head of ‘Liu Shu’.
'Liu Shu' didn't even blink an eye, stretched out his arms, and blocked his attack.
Yue Qinghai's eyes widened in an instant and he fiercely swung his second palm. This time, 'Liu Shu' swung his palm to meet it head on.
Yue Qinghai's body flew backwards in an instant and he fell hard on the wall and bounced off. He spit out a large mouthful of blood and said in a hoarse voice: "It's... the Emperor."
Luo Jin couldn't help but step back.
He was actually the Emperor, Shui Yingchen of Jiyuan!
There was no other person in the entire Jiuyuan Continent who could defeat the ninth-level master Yue Qinghai with two moves!
His skills were in the upper ninth level! As a fellow ninth-level master, he was a top-notch expert who crushes everyone else!
Chai Qi's pupils shrank. He couldn't help but step back two steps, "Emperor... Emperor? How could it be..."
He silently took something out of his arms.
Shui Yingchen said coldly: "Even if you use Thousand Tribulation, it's two moves at most. But if you dare to fight me, I will definitely kill you. Rather than dying here in vain, it's better to go back to your Dongyuan and be your crown prince."
Chai Qi tightly grasped the secret medicine in his hand.
The opponent was Shui Yingchen, an opponent he couldn't defeat even if he sacrificed his life. It was giving away one more life in vain. He wasn't afraid of death, but he was the Crown Prince. He had a responsibility to Dongyuan.
He couldn't go up and die like a reckless man.
But if Shui Yingchen takes the Red Emperor Gu, what about Chai Jing?
This unprecedented feeling of powerlessness made him feel suffocated.
Shui Yingchen walked into the tomb. As he walked to the entrance, he felt a gust of wind flashing by his side. A person had already taken a step ahead of him and flew into the tomb.
"You..." Shui Yingchen jumped in and saw that the person was Luo Jin.
But the feeling Luo Jin gave him at this time was completely different from before, as if she had changed into a different person.
"Get out." Luo Jin's eyes flashed with coldness, "Otherwise I'll kill you."
Shui Yingchen smiled instead, "This is the first time I've heard someone... dare to talk to me like this!"
Chai Qi saw Luo Jin enter the tomb chamber at some point and hurriedly chased after her. As he reached the door of the tomb, he heard Luo Jin's internal voice inside coldly saying, "Don't come in to die!"
The tone of this voice was completely different from her previous one. Hearing this voice gave him a sense of majesty that made people have to obey.
In an instant, Luo Jin's figure passed by Shui Yingchen as fast as lightning. Shui Yingchen reacted quickly, dodged lightly, and reached back to grab her shoulder.
Luo Jin didn’t dodge, but instead grabbed Shui Yingchen's eyes with a faster move. If he didn’t stop, he could hurt Luo Jin, but his eyes wouldn’t be saved. Shui Yingchen could only stop and try his best to dodge.
He suddenly felt a stinging pain on his face. He touched it and saw a trace of blood in his palm.
Chai Qi instantly remembered the mysterious person who saved Chai Jing that day. At that time, he couldn't figure out who it was no matter what.
But now he understood everything.
"Sorry, I dug out the dodge button." Luo Jin walked to the stone tomb, "The captain told me that offense is the best defense. As long as you kill the opponent before being hit, you will not be injured."
She pushed open the lid of the stone tomb and looked into the coffin.
A skeleton was lying in the stone tomb, wearing the emperor's clothes. It seemed that it was the owner of the tomb, Emperor Gaozu.
A faint blood-red light slowly flew out of the stone tomb. Shui Yingchen's eyes tightened and he flew to grab the red light.
"Don't kill it!" Luo Jin was annoyed and waved her palm to block Shui Yingchen's hand, "I still have to rely on it to save Elder Sister!"
At this moment, the red light suddenly flew to Luo Jin's forehead, flashed on her forehead, and disappeared.
"You actually..." Shui Yingchen's eyes were murderous, "Die!"
"Hehe, you try!" Luo Jin pushed the lid of the stone tomb and closed it.
Another round of fist exchange. Both of them used all their strength. The whole tomb was full of stone chips, which fell to the ground like snowflakes.
The tomb was only ten feet square and there was limited space to dodge. Luo Jin glimpsed at the stone tomb that was moved during the fight, revealing a black gap underneath. She curled her lips lightly, jumped onto the stone tomb, and attacked Shui Yingchen from high position.
Shui Yingchen took on the move and also jumped onto the stone tomb, flying to avoid Luo Jin's attack.
At this moment, Luo Jin jumped up from the stone tomb and kicked it.
The stone tomb suddenly retracted into the wall, revealing a huge black hole underneath. Shui Yingchen's feet were empty. With nowhere to gain leverage, he fell into the black hole. Luo Jin sneered and waved her palm, hitting Shui Yingchen's head.
At this moment, the strength in her hand disappeared and her eyes became blank at this moment.
Something swept her feet. She stood unsteadily and fell into the black hole.
The stone tomb automatically popped out at this time, returned to its original position, and covered the black hole.
……
Luo Jin opened her eyes and felt that she was pressing on something soft. It was dark all around. She rubbed her head and got up from the ground.
Suddenly she remembered that she seemed to have met Shui Yingchen and couldn't help but shudder. Was she beaten to death?
The thing under her suddenly moved. Startled, Luo Jin jumped away at once, "What...what thing?"
There was silence for a while. A bright light ignited and the fire reflected a pale face.
"You...you you you..." Luo Jin turned around and ran, but was pulled back by an invisible force the next moment.
"I...will kill you." A hoarse voice uttered in the darkness.
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