Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

Chapter 458: Chapter 400: Offending Them Indirectly Again

After stepping into the exit, Han Yu regretted coming to take a look.

”What did I say? What did I say?”

The Artifact Spirit grumbled irritably in the Sea of Consciousness, feeling a bad premonition.

Entering through the broken exit of the passageway, there’s still a plaza inside, surprisingly large. Even if it hasn’t hollowed out the entire mountain belly, it’s probably not far from it.

However, that’s not the main point; the key is the densely packed pillars all over the plaza!

Han Yu is all too familiar with this stuff.

Corpse Refining Lineage’s handiwork!

Han Yu felt like swearing. Why could he always stumble upon Corpse Refining Lineage’s stuff wherever he went?

If Impermanence Mansion were still around, with only the weak ones like Ox Head and Horse Face, Han Yu could have just dealt with it without concern.

But ever since his confrontation with the divided soul, he truly doesn’t want to have any more dealings with this bizarre organization anytime soon.

Unfortunately, fate doesn’t go his way. He doesn’t seek trouble; trouble finds him.

Immediately, he eyes Qiu Luobai with surprise; what kind of luck is this, finding a secret base of the Corpse Refining Lineage by squeezing through a mountain cleft? This kid must be poisonous, right?

But Qiu Luobai, seeming somewhat lost, hugs the little tiger and strides down the plaza paved with dense pillars, heading toward the center. Han Yu and Ye Zhiqiu’s faces simultaneously change.

The center of the plaza has no altar, but it’s even more chilling than having one.

A massive corpse lies in the central area, dozens of chains extending from the unique Dragon Capturing Pillars surrounding it, tightly binding it.

”What is this...”

Ye Zhiqiu was too shocked to speak; he’d never seen a skeleton this enormous. Needless to say, when alive, the owner of this skeleton must have been terrifying.

”This should be the corpse of a white tiger, right?”

Han Yu wasn’t very sure; mainly due to the massive skeleton. Even lying down, its height approached two zhang, and its total length almost reached five or six zhang.

”It’s a white tiger; look at the abdomen area of the skeleton.”

The Artifact Spirit reminded him.

Following the hint, Han Yu scanned over and finally found another pile of small skeletons beneath the heap of giant bones.

”It should have died in the womb during pregnancy.”

The Artifact Spirit shook its head.

”Roar!”

The little tiger, who had been quietly nestled in Qiu Luobai’s arms, suddenly jumped down, heading towards the massive skeleton. With a few leaps, it was already on the skull of the bones, clutching it and wailing loudly.

The sense of bloodline connection stirred a deep sadness within it towards these remains, even causing its spirit body to gradually fade while crying.

”If it cries any more, this spirit body might collapse.”

The Artifact Spirit sighed heavily.

Suddenly, the skeleton inexplicably emitted a glow, with strands of light spilling out from beneath the white bones, enveloping the little tiger’s spirit body and lifting it up.

Whoosh!

Amidst the flickering light, the spirit body shot into Qiu Luobai’s forehead like an arrow, followed by an inscription weaving and condensing within.

”What is this?”

Han Yu asked in surprise.

”It should be some kind of ancient recognition ceremony.”

The Artifact Spirit speculated.

Is this lucky guy about to take this spirit beast as his own? Even in spirit form, the benefits would certainly be substantial.

So, the white tiger’s favor manifests here.

The Artifact Spirit rolled its eyes and sneered, ”Dare to dream, one of the four spirits, who can be its master? I’m saying Qiu Luobai recognizes the young cub as his master.”

Han Yu looked at him with pity; isn’t this forced recognition? This guy will be bound to revolve around the little tiger for his entire life.

”Lin Fei is luckier; if he puts in a bit more effort, he may eventually ride the female Qilin, should she restore her corporeal form someday.”

”This guy is a bit more unfortunate; he has to hope and pray that the little tiger won’t want to ride him in this lifetime.”

Han Yu looked a bit dumbfounded, he could understand the words but somehow the feeling seemed off.

The Artifact Spirit grinned naughtily, without speaking.

Qiu Luobai had already snapped out of his stupor, astonishingly patting his head, the wailing inside making his mind turn like turbulent tides.

”Patting like that won’t help, you need to calm yourself and communicate coolly.”

Out of pity, Han Yu offered him advice.

Then he saw Qiu Luobai crouch down with his hands clutching his head; he’ll have to deal with this on his own. If he manages to console the spirit body, the pain might be alleviated; otherwise, he must endure it.

Meanwhile, Ye Zhiqiu had been circling the remains, and, perhaps impulsively, reached out and touched it.

Well, that touch was no good; the entire white skeleton directly shattered like foam, dissipating into powder in an instant.

Which made Qiu Luobai miserable; seeing the remains being destroyed, the little tiger’s spirit body caused even more turmoil within his Sea of Consciousness.

Qiu Luobai gritted his teeth, barely hanging on, his eyes bloodshot. At times like these, losing consciousness wouldn’t be considered unfortunate. Unfortunately, with his cultivation higher now, fainting isn’t as easy.

”I... I didn’t mean to...”

Ye Zhiqiu too realized he caused trouble and quickly jumped aside, no longer daring to move freely.

”It’s not your fault; this place is too ancient.”

Han Yu sighed, shaking his head. Just after that bit of energy released by the white bones, the cracks had spread all over.

Not to mention Ye Zhiqiu touching it, even the slightest disturbance might have completely obliterated it.

That previous Earth Palace had already seen several hundred years.

And what about this Earth Palace within the mountain?

A spirit beast skeleton eroded to this extent; time must have indeed been extremely long.

What the heck are these people plotting?

Trapping one of the four spirits, the white tiger, here.

”This is the second beast spirit we’ve encountered.”

The Artifact Spirit’s tone was serious. Previously there was the auspicious beast Qilin spirit body, now the white tiger spirit body; these beings favored by heaven met calamity in succession, whether there’s any connection remains unknown.

Han Yu pondered the conduct of the Corpse Refining Lineage, becoming increasingly baffled by their motives.

Capable of creating divine technique monsters, and capable of transplanting divine techniques.

Capable of capturing the five spirits, and able to trap a spirit beast to death.

This formidable force, whatever they’re plotting surely isn’t ordinary.

That Daoist from the other day surely knew a lot, but unfortunately, refused to say anything.

”Since there are people dealing with them, let’s focus on refining pills!”

The Artifact Spirit truly feared Han Yu encountering the divided soul again. The disparity is overwhelmingly unfavorable, unable to fight, unable to flee.

”You indirectly disrupted their arrangements this time by refining pills.”

Though the exact intentions of the Corpse Refining Lineage are unknown, Han Yu’s pills indirectly caused Qiu Luobai to take away the white tiger spirit body, potentially adding a new vendetta.

”My suggestion is to scram; if the divided soul comes, you’re certainly doomed first, followed then by that both lucky and unlucky cultivator.”

Who knows which will arrive first, accidents or the divided soul.

But Han Yu is definitely a prime target for them, his capture by the divided soul intended the last time wasn’t successful; next time Han Yu can’t guarantee survival till the Daoist arrives.

Furthermore, Han Yu wouldn’t dare gamble his life on someone else’s shoulders!

Qiu Luobai is still rolling around in the corner, unable to communicate with the little tiger at all; he just feels his entire Sea of Consciousness is stormy.

”It’s not life-threatening; he’s just unaccustomed to the Sea of Consciousness turmoil, like you; it’ll become normal.”

The Artifact Spirit turned its nose up in disdain.

Claiming life and death over such, compared to the storm Han Yu experienced in the Sea of Consciousness recently, which could have killed.

”No, I’m thinking about what to do with this guy.”

Han Yu shook his head.