Two three-thousand-year-old blood corpses.
Beings of such caliber.
Naturally, they have bodies as hard as bronze and iron, and are as swift as lightning, but to think they were hung here.
No one would believe you if you told them this story.
But it happened, and it happened right before his eyes.
“The two blood corpses attacking those tomb raiders should have been primarily focused on developing blood corpses.”
“All the corpses along the way were brutally slaughtered and torn apart.”
“If the corpses were truly hungry, eating one or two would be understandable, but so many people… it seemed more like they were killing for their own amusement.”
“Now, the two blood corpses are both hung here, dead.”
“It seems there’s something else behind this.”
“But who could have done this? Was it the Iron-Faced One under the Nine-Headed Snake Tree, or the kid from earlier?”
Lin Chuan guessed, his brows furrowing even more.
His mind began recalling every detail of the King Lu’s Palace, there must be some clue he missed, one he couldn’t remember for the moment.
Ling!
Lin Chuan remembered the red writing on the little thing’s forehead.
Suddenly, a thought popped into his head.
“That kid, could he be your Zhang family’s Holy Infant?”
“He’s not dead?”
In the pitch-black tomb chamber, Lin Chuan spoke his guess without reservation.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qi Ling’s body stiffened noticeably. He turned around, his face showing displeasure as he looked at Lin Chuan.
“Who exactly are you?”
Even though Zhang Qi Ling knew Lin Chuan was extraordinary.
He didn’t expect.
That even the Holy Infant, a secret unknown to many of the Zhang family.
This man before him could just blurt it out.
“Don’t look at me like that.”
“I told you, I’m just a regular newsmonger. I know a little too much, that’s all.”
Lin Chuan shrugged, his face innocently said.
Zhang Qi Ling’s displeasure subsided, returning to his usual expressionless face.
“It has to die, or the consequences will be far worse than just a massacre.”
As expected!
Zhang Qi Ling already knew the true culprit behind the massacre.
Not Zhou Tianzi, not King Lu Shang.
It was the kid he saw earlier!
Lin Chuan curiously asked, “What’s its strength.”
Zhang Qi Ling shook his head.
Then, he explained, “The Holy Infant back then was part of our family’s plan, a plan to ensure the Zhang family’s disintegration today.”
“Back then, to nurture the Holy Infant, we spent a great price to bring it into the world.”
“Their plan was to have the Holy Infant achieve the state of Xiaoyao upon birth and enter the Shenyou realm within a year.”
Hearing this, Lin Chuan finally understood why it was called the Holy Infant.
The Zhang family wanted to use their entire family’s strength.
To personally cultivate a genius.
Achieving Xiaoyao upon birth, entering Shenyou within a year.
He knew of top geniuses who reached Xiaoyao at eight or nine years old, but they all entered Shenyou by the age of twenty.
The Zhang family, they really were a bunch of lunatics!
Lin Chuan wasn’t sure about the specifics of Xiaoyao.
But he could definitely say that little thing, the two blood corpses in the Self-Sovereign Realm, were effortlessly handled.
It was definitely at the peak of the Self-Sovereign Realm.
But he still had questions, so he asked, “You seem to be leaving something out.”
With no one else around, Zhang Qi Ling no longer held back.
“Back then, the clan leader brought out the family’s elite to bring it into the world.”
“But only one elder returned.”
“The answer he gave was that the Holy Infant had become a demon, and the Zhang family used the hexagonal copper bell to create a formation and trap it in the deepest part of King Lu’s Palace.”
Lin Chuan finally understood the cause and effect.
The whole story was connected.
“So you became the Holy Infant and were heavily cultivated by the family.”
“......Yes.”
“The female corpse in the Accumulated Corpse Cave, was that the Zhang family, due to your Kirin bloodline, that’s why they kneel before you?”
“......Yes.”
“Your formation, it only traps the physical body? What about the soul?”
Zhang Qi Ling shook his head, guessing, “The soul should have escaped these past two days.”
“One reason I came here is to reinforce the formation.”
If there’s one reason, there’s another.
Lin Chuan knew the second reason without Zhang Qi Ling saying it: for the King Lu Shang’s Ghost Seal.
It’s needed as a medium to enter the Bronze Gate in Changbai Mountain.
“In my impression.”
“You’re not a talkative person, why are you telling me so much?”
Lin Chuan questioned.
“The Zhang family really didn’t want to involve others.”
“But seeing them.”
“I know today’s events are beyond my capabilities.”
“I need your help.”
Zhang Qi Ling pointed to the two lifeless corpses hanging above, worriedly saying, “Their corpse pills were dug out. If they’re refined, I’m afraid the formation won’t be able to contain that thing.”
Lin Chuan finally noticed.
The dantian of the two blood corpses had a piercing hole.
Liquid was continuously dripping from it.
He remained silent for a while, because this was indeed a tricky situation.
But soon, he smiled and readily agreed.
“Alright, but.”
“What can you offer me? I can’t work for you for free.”
The more difficult the situation, the more he could ask for!
Why not?
“What do you want?”
Zhang Qi Ling’s brow furrowed slightly. He originally thought that after saying so many secrets, the other party would readily agree.
“Money? Or something else?”
Lin Chuan knew that this guy had accumulated quite a bit from his years of work.
He also had a black card with a lot of money in it.
But the person he was going to fleece.
He was the clan leader of the Eastern Mysterious Family.
“Talking about money is too vulgar.”
“Your Zhang family has existed for thousands of years, you, as the head of the Zhang family, you must know about the family’s accumulated wealth.”
“I want old medicinal herbs.”
“The older, the better.”
Lin Chuan stated his price.
He wasn’t sure if the power provided by the thousand-year Kirin Blood would be enough to help him enter the Self-Sovereign Realm.
Plus, he needed even more medicinal herbs for cultivation later on.
Therefore, he had to start thinking about it now.
Zhang Qi Ling closed his eyes and thought for a while, then shook his head helplessly.
“The Zhang family has already fallen apart.”
“The family’s various resources have been divided and their whereabouts are now unknown.”
“Your request, I can’t fulfill it.”
“But I can provide many clues about the whereabouts of rare medicinal herbs.”
Sure enough.
Things weren’t going as smoothly as he thought.
But knowing the whereabouts.
It would just take a little more effort, it wasn’t impossible.
Even though he thought this way.
Lin Chuan still poked his forehead with his finger, pretending to be troubled and said, “Fine, I’ll do as you say, tell me the whereabouts of those medicinal herbs.”
“Plus, after the matter is settled, give me two million.”
“You, should be able to afford it, right?”
Zhang Qi Ling looked at Lin Chuan with disdain and calmly said, “Didn’t you say, talking about money, is too vulgar?”