Divine Brilliance

Between the tall and lofty mountains was a small tomb, sitting between the messy rocks of an area.

It was roughly twenty feet square in size, pieced together by rocks all around and then solidified and stabilized with spells. Although the tomb was small, Zong Shou spent an entire night atop it.

This wilderness area was deep into the mountains where there were many carnivorous beasts. Even if one was buried deep into the ground, they could still be dug up.

As such, Zong Shou decided to use the stone as a coffin, using it to help build a cave for this stone tomb.

In the wilderness, there was no place to purchase any items. There was no place where he could buy paper money or incense candles or anything. He also didn’t bring any usable items along with him.

As such, Zong Shou could only burn two sandalwood incense and obtain the raw materials around him to craft a Spirit Calling Banner, using water in replacement of wine and pouring it over this stone tomb.

“Gong Xinran, although I knew you for less than a day, I am able to feel your kindness and sincerity. Unfortunately, things in the world are uncertain and unpredictable, we had to say goodbye right after we met. Although this mountain is lonely, it has exceptional scenery and also great spiritual veins and ying energy, the best home for the afterlife…”

As he said that, Zong Shou suddenly realized that something wasn’t right. Before this he felt that it was good, not only away from Blood Valley, but it was the only suitable burial place within a hundred miles.

However thinking carefully about it, a deep spiritual vein, strong Yin energy, wasn’t it the best place to nourish and grow vengeful spirits?

With the way that Gong Xinran died…

He still had a way to deal with vengeful spirits, but to prevent a zombie from forming, he had to burn her corpse.

That’s right, it seems like there were two Yin veins here? Or was it four or five?

He didn’t have a compass on him, and was unable to test it out.

Zong Shou was full of cold sweat as he shook his head. Since this woman had already completed her final wishes, she wouldn’t come back in spirit form? To bury her in another place was too much effort, and he didn’t have time to do so.

His tone changed as he coughed lightly. “Senior Sister Xinran, be at ease when you are below. I will pass that collection of martial secrets to your Family and in the future they will come over to bring you away. May the ancient Buddhas and Bodhisattvas bless Senior Sister Xinran. Sadly, I don’t remember the soul calming chants of the Buddhists and Taoists…”

He bowed deeply, paying respects to her. Zong Shou smiled bitterly to himself, thinking he was really useless. Even the girl that that guy loved he was unable to protect….

If he knew that this would be the case, he would have followed her up the mountain instead. Even if he wasn’t a match for Gao Yi, as long as they were able to avoid that Xiantian Master, he would have been able to protect Gong Xinran and escape with their lives.

Sighing, Zong Shou looked at that thick golden book in his hands.

Apart from obtaining that pill bottle after killing Gao Yi and that unknown Xiantian, there were also many pills used by martial cultivators.

This collection of martial secrets was also naturally taken, too.

Zong Shou was filled with many questions at this moment.

This collection of martial secrets was said to be personally written by three martial saints during the Yunhuang Period, recording a total of one hundred and forty types of top secret martial techniques of that era, as well as the basic martial arts comprehensions of the three saints themselves. All martial cultivators saw this as a martial arts classic.

Legend had it that the reason the three saints wrote it was to spread the martial techniques within across the Cloud World, such that all commoners could learn top class and deep techniques.

To this date there were two hundred of these books, and were all taken by the large sects and aristocratic families, going totally against the original intentions of the three saints.

However, in the future, apart from some portions which were kept secret, a large portion of it proliferated.

“That Gao Yi spent two years just for a copy of this collection of martial secrets? Is there something special about this book?”

Zong Shou was filled with doubt, but thinking carefully about it, it made some sense.

Although it was just a copy, to a newly risen aristocratic family it could be a martial arts cultivation treasure.

He had already seen this book in his last life. Within Gantian Mountain was also a more complete version of this book.

Zong Shou didn’t bother to think about what was happening within, directly storing it. However, he felt that the burden on him was a lot heavier.

“Without the void rings in the future, it is so inconvinient…”

Thinking about it, he felt a little inappropriate, taking out his sword to draw a formation around the stone tomb.

They were all talisman patterns that would clean and purify evil. In his last life Zong Shou learned very little about runes, only doing so to learn about spiritual energy laws and the path of Heaven and Earth. They were really helpful for his martial cultivation and sword techniques, and he had even specifically created a sword art just for that.

But suppressing vengeful spirits and clearing out evil energy, such talismans were things he hadn’t come into contact with.

Barely completing the runes, Zong Shou’s brows were still tightly furrowed. He had occasionally seen such a talisman in his last life and it was said to be really useful in suppressing vengeful corpses. Right now, he was just following his rough memory to copy it stroke by stroke.

“Something doesn’t feel right, but the Yin energy here has already dropped. It shouldn’t be enough to make this into an evil Yin land?” Using his hand to stroke his chin, he groaned uncertainly before irresponsibly shaking his head and not caring anymore.

Anyways, to form up and accumulate into a vengeful corpse would need at least a century. In two years at most the Gong Family would bring her away.

In just a short while she saw a small and thin person standing on the head of a giant lion quickly charging over.

There was still two hundred feet between them, but she leapt up and landed beside Zong Shou.

“Young Master, I have dealt with those corpses as you had instructed. I have burnt them into ash and threw them into Demon Corpse Mountain. Also, that Gao Yi is most likely in the stomach of those beasts…”

As she said that, Chuxue looked on at the tombstone, her eyes dimming slightly, “This sister Xinran is so pitiful. Down below she will definitely regret for meeting such a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

Zong Shou didn’t agree with what she said. As people say, holding a treasure is a sin. With this collection of martial secrets, even if she didn’t meet Gao Yi, she would most probably have lost her life.

Shaking his head, Zong Shou looked at that Rising Moon Lion, only to see that its eyes were filled with a begging expression. He couldn’t help but frown, “Why did you bring it over?”

When Chuxue heard that, her face was depressed, “This lion keeps following me and I can’t ditch it. Why not have Young Master chase it away?”

Thinking about before when Chuxue was riding on this lion, she couldn’t help but feel fed up. Although the Rising Moon Lion wasn’t the strongest Protector Spirit Beast, but to be able to obtain another Xiantian beast would be more help.

“Forget it! Those bodies have been dealt with, let’s just go back. Oh yes, open up! Ah…”

Chuxue didn’t understand, just following and making an ‘ah’ sound, and a red pill entered her mouth.

“Young Master!”

Chuxue was just about to grumble and spit out that thing in her mouth. However she felt a sweet taste spread out from the tip of her tongue. She chewed at it, only to feel a fragrance and icy sweetness, following which she swallowed it down.

“How sweet! Young Master what is this, it’s so fragrant….”

Zong Shou smiled, leaping on the back of the lion. “What else can it be, naturally it is a Human Pinnacle Pill!”

Chuxue’s body froze up as she stood rooted to the spot. After a long while, she saw Zong Shou and the Rising Moon Lion getting further and further away, and hurriedly chased after.

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Not long after the two of them left, , a giant lightning suddenly struck down from the sky above the stone tomb, and dark clouds gathered.

Nine wide cracks appeared on the ground and spread outwards, gathering where the tomb was at.

Moreover, blood dripped down from the words Gong, Xin, and Ran on the tombstone…