Immortal Tomb Chapter 18

XuanHuan

"Sacrifice Ceremony on the Xuan River?"

Lu Yun looked at Ge Long with quite bewilderment in his eyes. He turned his head to Yu Ying who was completely blank as well.

"Windy, how much do you know about the Sacrifice Ceremony on the Xuan River?"

"None, young master."

Windy shook her head.

"Monsignor, the Sacrifice Ceremony dates back to thousand years ago. Every another century, the head of each town of Xuanzhou will go to the riverbank of Xuan River offer sacrifice to the God of River."

Ge Long began his explanation, "A month later will mark the current centennial when you are supposed to go to the riverbank of the Xuanshui County to offer sacrifice to the God of River."

Lu Yun's eyebrows frowned first and then relaxed.

"It explains why they remain quiet and away from me. Guess that's what they're up to."

Lu Yun knew the trick immediately.

Inside Xuanzhou, even immortals would be taken advantage of by Lu Yun with his Nine-Dragon Guardianship. But outside Xuanzhou, Lu Yun would be reduced into crisis without the protection of the tactical deployment.

"There was no such thing as the Sacrifice Ceremony on the Xuan River one thousand and two hundred years ago."

Yu Ying began frowning, "Xuan River originates from the ancient tomb in Xuanzhou and flows into the North Sea. I've never head of anything about the God of River."

"Since it is a sacrifice ceremony, what do you have to offer as a sacrifice?"

Yu Ying raised the question to Ge Long.

"The sacrifice is a living human."

Ge Long was now giving a sigh, "One thousand years ago, there was a riot in the ancient tomb. Massive ghosts flooded out of the ancient tomb and into the Xuan River, and flew downstream to the North Sea, only taking a toll on the Zhenhai Pass. The Xuanwu Army stationed at the Zhenhai Pass were almost wiped out."

"The demons of the sea joined hands with the ghosts from the ancient tomb to incur catastrophe to the land of Xuanzhou."

"With the Heavenly Court of Langya sitting and watching?"

Lu Yun frowned his eyebrows.

Ge Long shook his head, "Word had it that the Heavenly Court of Langya sent thirty-six golden immortals to put down the riot. As a result, a ferocious creature rushed out of the ancient tomb to eat up all the thirty-six golden immortals. Later on, the God of Xuan River appeared, sealed the ancient tomb with his almighty power and defeated the demons of the North Sea, thus preserving Xuanzhou."

Yu Ying was now silent.

So was Lu Yun.

It was odd...The golden immortals sent by the Heavenly Court of Langya were eaten up by the ferocious creature and a River God came out of nowhere and put down the riot.

"After sealing the ancient tomb and defeating the demons of the North Sea, the God of Xuan River died of exhaustion. Before he died, he left one method, to reinforce the enchantment with sacrifice of living things. From then on, the sacrifice rite passed down from Xuanzhou and was held every another one hundred years."

Ge Long continued.

"The God of River is not that good, though."

Lu Yun curled his lips.

"So the ancient tomb above the monarchic level got sealed?"

Frowned Yu Ying.

"Nope. Only the gap to the Xuan River has been sealed. But every some time, there will be riots in the ancient tomb."

Ge Long shook his head.

"No wonder that the Xuanwu Army is so weak now. It turns out that the Xuanwu Army a thousand years ago got wiped out by the ghosts and demons of the North Sea."

Yu Ying murmured.

"Ge Long, you are here not only to tell me this, right?"

Lu Yun opened a new topic.

"Well."

Ge Long gave a cough, and said, "Monsignor, the real family master of the Ge's is now mind controlled. No one could see it, but as a servant of years, I see the abnormality of the family master. "

"Mind controlled?"

Lu Yun and Yu Ying made eye contacts.

"No wonder that he did not show up even if his son died."

"Monsignor, actually I am here with an order to assassinate you. I've been fed with a poisonous pill by the family master. If I don't have come to kill you, I will die from the poison."

Ge Long put on a forced smile.

It was clearly an act to have Ge Long try his luck with the devils. Successful or not, Ge Long would be dead for sure. Still, Lu Yun did not know what it would come next after Ge Long died.

"So you are afraid of death?"

Lu Yun slapped Ge Long in the face.

Purr.

His head fell from his shoulder.

"You are not dead even when your head falls off. And you tell me you are afraid of a poisonous pill?"

Lu Yun curled his lips.

Ge Long picked up his head and put it over his shoulder. He stood there, daring not to say a world, for a poisonous pill really meant nothing to him.

"Fine, I know what you mean. You can stay with me."

Lu Yun said, "However, if you want to put a hand on Windy, I'll claim your life."

"Absolutely not."

Ge Long shook his head as he shivered from the fear.

Purr.

Shaking with much of his strength, his head fell off again.

Windy had been numb.

"So my master, what about the Sacrifice Ceremony on the Xuan River?"

Yu Ying frowned her eyebrows.

"Worry not. Just roll with the punches."

Lu Yun smiled, "It's okay. And I could bring a troop out of the city with me."

His hand now grasped the Nine-Openings Golden Pill sent by the Lu's clan.

This Golden Pill had been inspected by Yu Ying and there was a puppet spell cast on it. If Lu Yun administered the pill, he would be controlled and at the disposal of the one who cast the puppet spell.

As for the pills, Yu Ying had a lot of them, even elixirs.

The properties of Yu Ying was sealed in the Mountain River Spirit Pill Recipe which was a very powerful weapon for immortals. The pills would remain intact despite of thousand years.

"Oh, right. Yu Ying, you can call me young master or anything, just like Windy does. Don't refer to me as your master."

Although Lu Yun quite enjoyed being called master by a fairy, he felt somewhat awkward over time.

"Aye. Young master."

There was vigor in Yu Ying's eyes.

...

Now that the Lu's clan sent the Nine-Openings Pill, Lu Yun could pursue higher cultivation in full swing or in a high profile.

There were all the different and inexhaustible pills of Yu Ying, which made Lu Yun's cultivation soar.

The following half a month witnessed the shift from the early stage of Qi practice to the summit of the post period of Qi practice.

And it was now inches away from the level of Condensed Qi.

Although it attributed a lot to the pills, it was not considered as inappropriate for Lu Yun.

The Heavenly Book of Life and Death within his body turned the strength of pills into the True Qi which was no different from that cultivated by himself.

The Nine-Openings Golden Pill refined by Yu Ying made possible the transformation of Lu Yun's body. The originally fine veins and vessels were expanded. With the help of the powerful pills, Lu Yun's body that was stricken with the cold and killing Qi began to recover, little by little.

At least, he was no longer sexually impotent.

...

"Take the pill and I shall enter the realm of Condensed Qi."

"The entrance of a new level will mean regaining a magic skill that concerns life and death, and enlisting an envoy of samsara."

And enlisting an envoy of samsara, Lu Yun would be able to obtain all his experience and knowledge.

As Yu Ying was a supreme alchemist, Lu Yun was the same in the theoretical sense. Only that Lu Yun held few interests in alchemy.

The next goal of Lu Yun was to enlist a supreme mage of tactical deployment. With the whole lot of experience and knowledge of a mage of tactical deployment, he would better testify the relationship between Fengshui and the tactical deployment.

Soon the faint golden pill became a blast of air and integrated with Lu Yun's body.

Boom.

With a shiver of his body, Lu Yun's cultivation saw the fundamental breakthrough.

The realm of Condensed Qi.

"And the magic skill that concerns with the matter of life and death was turning beans into soldiers, is that so?"

Lu Yun opened his eyes suddenly, seeming to be stunned.

"Isn't this the trick among the frauds on earth? So there really is the magic to turn beans into soldiers?"

Magic skill of life and death, turning beans into soldiers.

Specifically, the spirits of the heavens were summoned to the beans and turned themselves into heavenly soldiers in their entities.

And the heavenly soldiers thus summoned were also as powerful as the summoner. Each solider could stay for two hours and there could be thirty-six of them at most.

"Well..."

Lu Yun murmured out of amazement, "Should I become the legendary Heavenly God, I would be able to summon thirty-six other heavenly gods."

Turning beans into soldiers, it was way too cooler than the other shore.

Chapter end