On the other side, Lin Tian crawled in through what looked like a dog hole.
He was filthy and disheveled, his breath shallow, appearing on the verge of death.
"Master, this back door you left is absolute trash!"
"And since the Emperor's Tomb entrance is already open, why didn't we just blend in with the crowd?"
"Why go through all this trouble?"
Lin Tian couldn't help but complain.
Han Feng had told him to take the back door, but while crawling through it, he'd encountered a group of demonic beasts and had nearly lost his life.
It had taken immense effort to finally enter the Emperor's Tomb.
Yet, those who entered through the main gate had faced no danger and had arrived here with ease.
This stark contrast filled Lin Tian with resentment.
"What do you know!"
"Entering through the main gate might avoid immediate danger, but you'd be suppressed by the Emperor's Tomb's rules, your strength reduced to a tenth."
"Even my residual soul would be suppressed."
"At that point, would you even have the strength to obtain what I need?"
Han Feng said unceremoniously.
However, this was merely an excuse.
His primary concern was the suppression of his own divine soul.
Only then could he successfully possess Lin Tian's body and relive his life.
"Is that so?"
Lin Tian was somewhat bewildered. He hadn't considered this.
He sensed it, and indeed, his cultivation, having just broken through to the eighth level of Body Tempering, could be easily circulated.
Looking at the martial artists nearby, who were frantically searching the Emperor's Tomb without using any Yuan energy,
Lin Tian believed Han Feng's words.
"It seems this old bastard wasn't lying to me."
"Soon, very soon, I will ascend to become an unparalleled powerhouse!"
"Just you wait, Xu Chuan, I will make you die!"
"And I will make your Taiyi Holy Land pay for my Lin family's demise!"
Lin Tian's thoughts churned.
Finally, recalling the destruction of the Lin family, a surge of nameless rage erupted within him.
He roared internally.
Yes, during his escape, he had learned of his family's annihilation.
He also knew who was responsible.
Unsurprisingly, he hated Xu Chuan.
As for what the Lin family had done, he saw absolutely no problem with it.
Instead, Xu Chuan's destruction of the Lin family had eliminated a significant support on his cultivation path.
This made him long to kill Xu Chuan to vent his hatred.
In fact.
During this time, he had constantly contemplated killing Han Feng after obtaining the fortune within the Emperor's Tomb.
Then would come Xu Chuan, followed by the Taiyi Holy Land.
Han Feng, sensing Lin Tian's emotions from within the jade pendant, shook his head.
"This kid is good in all aspects."
"Except his disposition, utterly useless!"
"It is fitting that I possess him!"
Though he thought this, he said aloud, "Disciple, do you see that palace? The opportunity lies within."
"Enter there, and I guarantee you will obtain the fortune!"
Hearing this, Lin Tian's spirits immediately lifted.
"Excellent!"
"The fortune that belongs to me, here I come!"
No matter how deep his scheming, he was still just a youth.
In such a situation, he couldn't hide his overwhelming joy.
...
Meanwhile, Xu Chuan was not paying much attention to that.
His focus was entirely on the passage.
Once almost everyone had entered the passage and disappeared, he began his own actions.
Both his divine abilities and fate were telling him that this passage was no ordinary one.
There was a high probability that the Spirit Sea Stone was hidden within.
Entering the passage, Xu Chuan activated his divine ability to perceive all things, examining the extraordinary nature of the passage.
Thanks to the array inheritance he had previously obtained, he quickly identified the array that had appeared in the passage.
"It's the Blood Refinement Soul Devouring Great Array!"
A flicker of shock crossed Xu Chuan's eyes.
This array was no simple matter.
Once activated, everyone within the array would be refined into the purest blood energy, with no one able to escape.
The sole purpose of this array was to refine martial artists entirely to nourish the core of the array.
It was, without a doubt, an evil array!
However, this array had been lost for a long time, and Xu Chuan had only seen it in his inheritance.
He hadn't expected to see a physical manifestation today!
However, the array before him seemed incomplete.
It couldn't continuously harvest energy; it had to stop and consume all the harvested energy before it could continue.
Knowing what kind of array this was, the subsequent task became much simpler.
Xu Chuan searched back and forth within the passage and finally found a trace of blood mist energy.
Extending his hand, Xu Chuan struck the ground.
Instantly, the entire passage collapsed, revealing a cave dwelling.
Inside the cave dwelling, there was another world.
A long, winding tunnel appeared before him, seemingly untrodden for countless years.
Following the traces of the array, Xu Chuan arrived at the end of the cave dwelling.
The traces of the array disappeared here.
At this moment, before Xu Chuan, besides stone, stood a bronze gate.
The exterior of the gate looked mottled and weathered.
But it exuded a heavy aura, appearing incredibly ancient.
Various inscriptions were etched onto the bronze gate, emitting a faint glow.
"It seems the opportunity I seek is within here!"
Xu Chuan studied the bronze gate and said in a deep voice.
However, before Xu Chuan could push open the bronze gate, an anomaly occurred.
The bronze gate opened on its own.
And from within the bronze gate, emerged over a dozen gaunt figures in black robes.
Each black-robed figure was cold and dead, devoid of any vitality.
What drove them was precisely the blood mist energy refined by the previous array.
They appeared silently, and upon appearing, they attacked Xu Chuan without hesitation.
Though they wielded no weapons, their bodies, supported by the blood mist energy, were incredibly tough.
Moreover, their strength was comparable to martial artists at the fifth level of the Heavenly King realm.
For anyone else facing this situation, it would likely spell certain death.
Due to the suppression of their strength, they would be no match for these black-robed figures solely based on physical prowess.
Let alone facing over a dozen of them at once.
"Puppets?"
Xu Chuan murmured as he looked at the black-robed figures.
He immediately recognized their origin.
They were identical to the puppets that Liu Zhenliang had produced before.
Even more so, the methods used to refine these puppets were more advanced.
And with the support of the energy refined by the great array, they were exceptionally formidable.
These dozen or so puppets extended their chilling claws, aiming for Xu Chuan's vital points.
Their intention was to kill him in one blow.
However, Xu Chuan felt no fear, even a hint of excitement.
Something guarded by so many puppets, even if not the Spirit Sea Stone, must be something else of great value!
"Come on, let me see just how strong these puppets are!"
Xu Chuan shouted, a fighting spirit on his face, as he charged towards the puppets.