Free Web NovelChapter 2052: Chapter 2052: The Origin of the Bones! Why Wouldn’t He Want You! Let’s Go In and Take a Look!
Mu Jinyu felt that that skeleton was anything but simple.
After all, according to what Ming said, it had King Level strength when it was alive, and even after being dead for so many years, it still possessed power that was close to King Level.
And it could even seize the Earth Emperor Bone Qi from his body.
That meant it should also be of the Human Race!
If that was the case, then it made sense why it hadn’t directly killed him, but instead spared his life.
So, since it was a senior of the Human Race, if he followed behind it, perhaps he really might be able to leave this damned place.
If so, Mu Jinyu could also let go of blaming it for forcibly seizing his Earth Emperor Bone Qi and nearly getting him killed.
Ming heard Mu Jinyu’s question and fell silent for quite a while.
Mu Jinyu found it strange and asked a few more times. In the end, when he thought Ming might really not know the origin of that skeleton and was about to give up—
Ming finally spoke: "That skeleton..."
"It should be..."
"The Earth Emperor’s descendant!!"
Ming spoke slowly, its tone filled with an extremely complex meaning.
Hearing Ming’s answer, Mu Jinyu couldn’t help being stunned, finding it hard to believe.
"You’re saying that’s the Earth Emperor’s descendant?!"
"Mm, it should be him!" Ming’s words weren’t entirely certain, but its tone carried a firm conviction that that skeleton was precisely the Earth Prince’s Descendant’s remains!
Mu Jinyu hadn’t expected things to turn out like this at all.
He had once seen the Earth Emperor’s remains in Cangyan State; he hadn’t expected that on the way by ship to the Central Domain, he would encounter the Earth Prince’s Descendant’s skeleton here in the Underworld Ghost Sea.
This...
The Human Emperor’s whole family was truly wiped out in a tragic way!
What exactly had happened back then to make them die so miserably, leaving behind only one unyielding skeleton after another!
Mu Jinyu knew the Earth Emperor hadn’t been willing to just die like that; in his ruins he had left behind a lot of good stuff, though in the end all of it had dispersed into nothing.
Only the Earth Emperor Bone Qi had remained.
And as for this Earth Prince’s Descendant’s skeleton—from the fact that it could still move and could still draw the Bone Qi out of his body—it was obvious that this person also hadn’t been willing to fall just like that and probably still had some moves to make.
Thinking this way, the resentment and unwillingness Mu Jinyu had felt about that skeleton’s actions instantly disappeared.
After all, the Earth Emperor Bone Qi in his body had belonged to the other party’s father; it was only reasonable for the other party to take it back.
The fact that it hadn’t seen his use of the Earth Emperor Bone Qi as defiling it and directly killed him was already pretty good.
With that in mind, Mu Jinyu suddenly thought of another question and said, "Eh, wait, if you say it might be the Earth Emperor’s descendant, then... you’re the Earth Emperor’s Tome, so why didn’t he try to take you away?"
"Why did he just let you continue staying by my side?"
Mu Jinyu was very curious about this.
Since that Earth Prince’s Descendant’s skeleton would seize the Earth Emperor Bone Qi in his body, there was no reason to specifically spare the Earth Emperor’s Tome, right?
Didn’t that mean that it actually wasn’t the Earth Emperor’s descendant?
Hearing Mu Jinyu’s words, Ming fell silent again.
It was as if his words had stabbed it right in the heart, making it feel extremely upset.
After a long while—
Ming finally sighed and said, "I don’t know why either. Thinking back, that Earth Emperor’s descendant had a very arrogant personality. He disdained relying on a Magic Treasure like me, believing that only one’s own strength counted as true strength and that a Magic Treasure could never truly protect its master!"
"So, maybe because of that, when he saw me, he had no intention of taking me away..."
Hearing this, Mu Jinyu also felt that this Earth Emperor’s descendant was indeed extremely arrogant; the path he walked was probably also the Humanity Path.
Perhaps there was some deviation in the details, but the general direction should be about the same.
"So now he’s left with only a skeleton and still has the same idea—doesn’t need to rely on a Magic Treasure, only needs Bone Qi of the same source as his to raise his own strength, right?"
With a bit of thought, Mu Jinyu also worked out the motive behind this Earth Prince’s Descendant’s behavior just now.
No wonder he was so terrifying yet only took the Earth Emperor Bone Qi from his body and didn’t kill him.
In his eyes, Mu Jinyu probably wasn’t worth mentioning, not worth the bother of killing.
Even if he knew that doing this would let the other party live and harbor resentment against him later, he still didn’t care.
He really did have that kind of confidence!
Hearing Mu Jinyu’s words, Ming felt very dejected; it felt looked down on.
It was already quite depressing for it to be despised like this, and then Mu Jinyu had to tear open its scar again.
Ming then said, "Actually, I remember that this Earth Emperor’s descendant didn’t seem to like forcibly taking other people’s things. The reason he took your Earth Emperor Bone Qi might be because he left something on this ship. You can go and take a look!"
"You’re not lying to me, are you?"
Hearing Ming’s words, Mu Jinyu was a bit worried that this fellow felt upset about having its scar poked at and wanted to mess with him on purpose.
Ming said speechlessly, "Am I really that petty? I don’t care if he didn’t want me. I’m getting along with you just fine now anyway!"
"Mm." Hearing that, Mu Jinyu could hear the mix of shame and anger and flustered frustration in its tone, and he didn’t dare say anything more.
After all, there were still many things he needed to rely on Ming for, so even if there were still places on this Ghost Ship that would make him suffer, he could only go and give it a try.
After that, Mu Jinyu didn’t say anything more. He pulled back his gaze from the sea, turned around, and prepared to walk toward the ruined cabin!
The cabin door had originally been sealed shut.
But when that Earth Prince’s Descendant’s skeleton came out, the door had been opened.
At the time, a wave of rotting stench had poured out.
But after several days, the inside had at least aired out, and there wasn’t so much of that foul, rotten smell anymore.
"Where are you going?"
Hearing Mu Jinyu’s footsteps, Wang Qingxue turned to look at him. When she saw that Mu Jinyu was about to enter the cabin, she was shocked and hurriedly called out.
"Mm..."
Hearing Wang Qingxue shout, Mu Jinyu paused, turned to look at her, and replied, "Mm, I’m going in to have a look. Anyway, we don’t know where else we can go right now!"
Wang Qingxue was startled by his words and hurriedly shook her head. "Don’t go, don’t go. It’s too dangerous in there. What if something like that skeleton comes out again?"
These past few days, she had been devoting herself to taking care of Mu Jinyu, with nothing else on her mind. During that time, she had vaguely heard some strange noises coming from the cabin and had been quite frightened.
If there had been anywhere else to go, she would have taken Mu Jinyu and fled this terrifying Ghost Ship long ago.
Though no other ghostly things had appeared the whole time, letting her breathe a small sigh of relief—
Now that Mu Jinyu suddenly went crazy and wanted to go in, she couldn’t help thinking of all those bad possibilities and really didn’t want him to go.
If he really woke up some ghostly thing inside from its slumber, that would be very bad.
"It’s fine. If you’re worried, we can go in together!" Mu Jinyu thought Wang Qingxue was worried about him and invited her along.
Hearing that, Wang Qingxue’s face instantly went deathly pale. She shook her head again and again. "I...I’m not going. You shouldn’t go either. It’s really too dangerous in there..."
