whonovel Chapter 591 - 185: Cultivation and Daily Life at Chenxi Manor, Encountering the Emperor Before the Mass Grave
Chapter 591 - 185: Cultivation and Daily Life at Chenxi Manor, Encountering the Emperor Before the Mass Grave
Li Yuan suddenly felt a chill of fear.
This was only the Eighth Grade "Illusion Technique," yet once cultivated to Great Perfection, even Fifth Grade powerhouses would not notice it.
If the Fifth Grade is already this formidable, then what about the Fourth and Third Grades?
Fortunately, he wielded the power of fire, otherwise he wouldn’t even know if someone invaded.
After a simple test of the "Illusion Technique," he went on to practice the "Beast King Skill."
Compared to before, he only gained the ability to control "three Fifth Grade Demon Beasts," "increased affinity with demon beasts," and the power of "domination."
At this moment, there were many flying birds, quite a few perching near the manor, about over a hundred.
As Li Yuan approached, the hundred or more birds showed no awareness.
With a slight application of his technique, all the birds suddenly stood up straight.
Li Yuan raised his hand slightly, and the birds all took flight.
He pressed his fingers again, and the birds settled back on the branches.
He clapped his hands, and the birds dispersed entirely.
Watching the departing birds, he estimated the distance and tried to dominate them once more, but failed.
Li Yuan used his body skill to arrive at a new assembly of birds, testing repeatedly.
Soon he realized he could only "dominate" within a distance of about a hundred zhang, and animals wouldn’t be "dominated" again shortly after breaking free.
...
Having tested these, Li Yuan immediately retrieved the Fourth Grade Beast Taming Skill — "Bloody Garden."
Places he previously couldn’t comprehend were now all clear.
Li Yuan quickly flipped through, roughly understanding what "Bloody Garden" was.
However, he also realized he couldn’t practice this beast taming skill.
Because the prerequisite for "Bloody Garden," besides the "Fifth Grade Grandmaster Beast Taming Skill," is also the "Fifth Grade Grandmaster Spiritual Plant Skill," which means planting trees.
The effect of cultivating is to personally grow a "Fifth Grade Demon Tree," then make it "grow rapidly" and "be obedient."
This directly reminded Li Yuan of the tree at the "White Bamboo Bell Tower."
But that tree is said to be planted by ancestors of the Divine Wood Hall, not by Qing Hancheng.
So he couldn’t help but think, "Maybe Qing Hancheng didn’t master the ’Bloody Garden,’ the garden conjured by Qing Hancheng’s mind surpasses Fourth Grade’s power and has nothing to do with beast taming skill."
He found it somewhat unclear, so he set "Bloody Garden" aside for now, planning to check for any Ninth to Fifth Grade spiritual plant skills next time he returned to the Divine Wood Hall.
...
Days passed by.
In a blink, it was June.
Li Yuan enjoyed life with his family while quietly monitoring the situation around Shanbao County and the Mass Grave.
The destruction of the Carpenter’s Shop caused quite a stir locally, but slowly it subsided.
The rankings of "Ghost Servants" coming out of the Mass Grave remained at Fifth Grade, not breaking through.
Thinking about it, Li Yuan decided to wipe out the Mass Grave as practice, then try the flower shop.
He cracked his fingers, easily made his way to Shanbao County, then quickly arrived at Qiutang County.
Arriving at Qiutang County, he looked at the rows of small houses along the stream in the distance, then stepped directly into the area.
Upon entering, the door creaked open at the seam, and a snow-white hand reached out from inside.
The wrist turned lightly, opening the door; a beauty peeked her head out, saying, "From whence does the gentleman come?"
However, after asking that, "she" felt something was wrong.
Because the entire area where "she" was started to tremble.
A cold black membrane collided with a scorching red membrane.
The red fire, like a spear, viciously pierced into the black membrane.
The Ghost Realm was invaded...
Everything began to burn.
Li Yuan stepped forward, casually tore the door off.
The fire around him erupted wantonly, burning the door to ashes and revealing the true scene of the illusion realm.
He was not standing at some door but before a massive foul-smelling corpse pit.
Before him was not a beauty, but a rotting corpse oozing pus.
Pa!
Pa pa pa!!
Numerous hands instantly grabbed at Li Yuan’s ankles.
Li Yuan’s Ancestral Talisman entered his heart, fire burst forth.
The old corpses were instantly bathed in blazing fire, making strange noises.
Li Yuan stepped back a few paces, patiently watching the deep pit.
In front of him, countless data flashed by...
Eighth Grade, Ninth Grade, Unranked, Seventh Grade, Eighth Grade, Sixth Grade, Seventh Grade...
The ghost servants burned swiftly.
And more terrifying ghost servants were climbing out.
The data before Li Yuan’s eyes changed...
Sixth Grade, Seventh Grade, Sixth Grade, Fifth Grade, Fifth Grade, Sixth Grade, Seventh Grade, Sixth Grade...
Li Yuan squinted, continuing to burn.
The old corpses in the Mass Grave had turned into wisps of black smoke and dispersed, but the foul odor inside became even stronger.
Then came the heavy "thumping" footsteps, as if an armored monster was walking in the empty corridor.
Li Yuan suddenly thought of the so-called great hero of the previous dynasty.
That great hero was executed by the previous dynasty and buried here.
’Should be Fourth Grade?’
Li Yuan had some anticipation.
And at this moment, his pupils suddenly contracted.
It wasn’t because ghost servants deep in the Mass Grave walked out, but because a bird farthest from the Mass Grave "exploded."
That bird saw nothing and just exploded.
Li Yuan instantly became vigilant.
He glanced at the Mass Grave, reluctant to fight, and quickly withdrew.
As soon as he retreated, the disturbances in the pit ceased.
Li Yuan continued to focus his gaze on the distant birds.
At that moment, a second bird also exploded.
This confirmed to Li Yuan that the opponent killed his birds from at least several dozen li away.
The newcomer... must be Fourth Grade.
Soon, the third bird, in a quick glance, finally noticed a scene in the distance: a golden dragon winding, flags like clouds...
On either side of a richly adorned palace carriage stood unimaginably powerful individuals.
On the left, a majestic man wearing a three-pronged hair crown and clad in a beast-faced, head-swallowing dark gold armor.
On the right, a delicate man with fair skin and a faintly smiling face, in blood-red funeral robes.
Next to them, a youth with silver hair like a galaxy, so beautiful that he looked more like a peerless beauty than a man.
Li Yuan had already learned the traits of some notable figures from Qing Hancheng and various sources.
At that moment, he directly identified the four...
’Emperor, Lü Xuanxian, Zhao Guyue, Peng Mingyi...’
’What are they doing here?’