Free Web NovelChapter 669: Chapter 202: None Are Innocent, Invading the Divine Tomb
But the next moment, the Wolf Mother said, "No mortals are allowed inside."
Li Yuan said, "She’s not a mortal, she’s my family."
The Wolf Mother fell silent.
The tent also quieted down.
After a while, the Wolf Mother’s aura began to change in a peculiar way, becoming deeper and more sinister. When she opened her eyes again, they were as profound as the sea.
Li Yuan’s expression did not change; he knew... the Tomb Guardian had arrived.
Sure enough, in the next instant, the Wolf Mother’s voice differed greatly from before, carrying a detached chilliness, "Do something for me, and I’ll grant you a coffin."
"Something?" Li Yuan frowned.
The Tomb Guardian, awakened from the depths of the Wolf Mother’s soul, just looked at him coldly and said, "Zhenyan Yuan, decide quickly."
"May I ask what sort of thing it is, Divine Spirit?" Li Yuan asked.
The Tomb Guardian said, "Prevent the Great Unity of Yin Yang."
"How do I prevent it?" A subtle curiosity flashed in Li Yuan’s eyes.
The Tomb Guardian’s eyes flickered with an obscure and unreadable light, "Evil Ghosts themselves cannot orchestrate the Great Unity of Yin Yang. If you can eradicate all of the Evil Ghosts’ followers, it will be stopped.
If you can truly stop it completely, I’ll grant you three coffins."
Li Yuan said, "Then can you give me the first one to use right now?"
After all, no time was specified to stop it, so if he could take it without any effort, he would. If a conflict arose with the Divine Spirits of the Divine Tomb later, it could be deferred... Only a fool would discuss it now.
The Tomb Guardian said, "Alright."
But she immediately added, "However, you need to enter the Divine Tomb and complete a small task."
"What task?"
"Engrave a contract on your soul, making it your vow and mission.
You will find that this mission benefits everyone who enters the coffin."
"What benefit?" Li Yuan continued to inquire, aiming to extract information.
The Tomb Guardian said, "Resurrection."
Li Yuan was intrigued, "Resurrection?"
The Tomb Guardian glanced at the Barbarian King and said, "Zhenyan Yuan, ask your son to leave first."
Upon hearing this, the Barbarian King remained still until Li Yuan gave him a glance. Then, with a cold snort, he shot a menacing glance at the Wolf Mother, harshly swung open the tent flap, and walked out.
Only then did the Tomb Guardian say, "The Great Unity of Yin Yang will cause Yin Qi and Yang Qi to converge increasingly.
Imagine if things that originally diffused and intertwined re-converged, what would the outcome be?"
Li Yuan shook his head. Such a question... Even if he knew, he wouldn’t act smart by giving the answer.
The Tomb Guardian said, "The cycle of Yin and Yang will shrink, and the speed will increase...
In other words, there will be fewer regions with day and night, and more will be engulfed by darkness and cold, just like this Western Pole Permafrost.
And in the human world, the duration of day and night will shorten, and the temperature difference will become more pronounced.
For us, when the world falls completely into Eternal Night, light will never reach the tombs... And we will not be able to be resurrected."
Li Yuan said, "If the Great Unity of Yin Yang is stopped, will light reach the tombs?"
The Tomb Guardian nodded, "Even the Barbarians of the Nine Flames have realized that all the fires are slowly moving towards the tombs.
This is on the surface, and underground, corresponding Extreme Yin Qi is also moving.
When Yin Qi and Yang Qi meet again at the tombs, the entire Nine Flames Clan will be bathed in sunlight once more, and we can resurrect.
This will take approximately three thousand years...
It’s the world’s self-repair, a natural recovery.
This frozen soil is equivalent to a bandage over a human wound.
But if the Great Unity of Yin Yang occurs, that time may never come.
Because... more and more regions will be consumed by Eternal Night."
Li Yuan suddenly said, "I noticed that the clan’s fire has grown hotter."
The Tomb Guardian said, "That’s because more land has sunk into Eternal Night; the Yang Qi from this land is trapped here, making the fire naturally hotter. This... is not good.
Zhenyan Yuan, you are to enter the tombs as well, and you wouldn’t want yourself or family members entering the tombs to remain unresurrected, would you?"
If it were earlier, Li Yuan might have believed it.
But now, he realized he could trust no one.
Earlier at Hanzhou Path, he had learned from Xie Wei about the conversation between that mysterious figure and Xie Feng, knowing that the mysterious figure deliberately let Xie Feng go and told him, "Only by achieving the Great Unity of Yin Yang can strong individuals be born to face future calamities."
So, what exactly would the Great Unity of Yin Yang bring?
He did not know.
Whether the future calamity truly existed,
he did not know either.
The more he learned, the more he realized his understanding of this world was insufficient.
The true intentions of these people were also a mystery to him.
Seeing him hesitate, the Tomb Guardian urged, "Quickly make your decision."
Li Yuan suddenly asked, "If someone enters the coffin, can it still be opened to move the person out?"
The Tomb Guardian said, "No, it can’t."
In Li Yuan’s mind flashed the sight of the coffin lid he saw opening that day, along with a fleeting "0~1".
Still showing signs of hesitation, he said, "I’m not too assured. Could you take my eyes to take a look, test it out? I prefer to waste a chance to see how the coffin lid opens and closes."
"Zhenyan Yuan, you’ve greatly disappointed me."
The Tomb Guardian’s voice turned icy, "I promised you three Divine Spirit positions, and yet you hesitate."
Li Yuan wasn’t angry, instead smiling apologetically, "Divine Spirit, I’m only concerned, that’s all. Please forgive my small qualms..."
The Tomb Guardian remained silent for a moment, then said, "Alright."
Li Yuan gave a slight bow, then called for the Barbarian King, who was second only to him in power at the entrance of the Divine Tomb, and also called for Xiaozhao.
