Star Trace Gate

"boom!"

The storyteller smashed the old man's body with a spear, then chased after the Buddhist woman like a madman.

He had completely lost his mind. Looking at Jiu Han and the others, and sensing the chaotic aura of inheritance emanating from them, it was as if he had seen the damned Japanese devils. He could not suppress the surging killing intent.

In the God's Tomb Mountain.

Ren and his aunt hid in the shadows, carefully sensing the presence of the three people who were going up the mountain, their hearts filled with doubt.

“Just three people? It doesn’t seem like the patrolmen have come looking for us.” Ren Ye frowned and muttered, “Could it be… Zhao Hao Chen has sent new recruits to ambush us? Damn it, the storyteller has lost his mind. We have no help; this is troublesome…!”

“Hmm, that’s not quite right,” Aunt Tianwei replied, shaking her head slightly.

"What's not right?!" Ren Ye was also affected by the aura of the Immortal Palace, so his perception of the three people coming up the mountain was not clear, which is why he asked urgently.

“Those three people’s auras are a bit off, they’re very familiar…!” Aunt Tianwei responded with her brows furrowed.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the three men arrived near the celestial palace, and the leader called out in a clear and melodious voice, "Brother Huang, Brother Huang, are you here?"

"Um?!"

Ren was suddenly stunned, and instantly recognized the other person's voice: "It's her?! What's she doing here?"

"Brother Huang, it's me. If you hear me, please answer me quickly." The leader called out as she ripped off her veil, revealing a disguised woman's face: "Do you remember my voice? Are you there?"

The woman leading the group was none other than Sun Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Sun family who had fought alongside Ren Ye.

Ren recognized the voice but hesitated for a moment: "Could the Sun family be here to help the clan hall fish out? Are they deliberately trying to lure us out?!"

It's not surprising that he had this thought in his mind, because he wasn't very familiar with the Sun family and didn't have much interaction with them, so he would naturally be more cautious.

“They’re definitely not here to fish for the clan hall,” Aunt Tianwei replied confidently. “They’re here to find us…and they must be acting on Sun Michen’s orders. Look, they’re all disguised.”

"Brother Huang, the patrolmen are coming soon! If you're here, show yourself quickly, or it will be too late!" Sun Qingxue called out urgently as she approached the Immortal Palace.

Ren, hiding in the shadows, carefully considered the matter before looking at his aunt and saying, "What she said is pretty much what I was thinking. Jiu Han and the others have suffered a setback at the hands of the storyteller and have not returned for a long time. If Zhao Haochen realizes what's happening, he could indeed bring his patrolling men in at any time."

“Aunt, we still need almost two quarters of an hour to sense our surroundings before we can leave. If the patrolling guards arrive, we will have nowhere to hide.”

He turned to look at the other person: "There's no other way, we have to go out and meet the Sun family."

"Mm." Aunt Tianwei nodded slightly in agreement.

"Little Brother Huang...!" Sun Qingxue kept calling out.

Once Ren Ye had made up his mind, he didn't hesitate any longer and immediately stood up and replied, "Sister Sun, we're here, we're here...!"

Upon hearing the response, Sun Qingxue immediately looked at the side of the stone sculpture and hurried over: "You brat... you must have heard me calling you, but you didn't respond. What, you don't even trust your own sister anymore?"

Ren stood before her, his expression helpless, and replied, "Sister, please don't be offended. So much has happened tonight. I'm already on edge, my heart is filled with fear...!"

When Sun Qingxue saw that her aunt Tianwei had also come out from behind the stone sculpture, she quickly bowed and said, "Qingxue greets Aunt!"

"No need for formalities!" Aunt Tianwei immediately raised her hand, her brows furrowed as she asked, "How did you find this place?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Qingxue responded quickly: "This evening, Zhao Haochen found my father and asked him to convene a clan meeting. During the meeting, he used a drop of Huang Xiaodi's true blood, the testimony of the head of the kitchen, and the reaction of the Heavenly Spirit Rat as evidence to accuse my aunt and Huang Xiaodi of being the mole."

"His evidence was sufficient and his accusations were reasonable, so everyone in the clan hall believed him and agreed to arrest Aunt and Brother Huang."

"But ever since the three major cases occurred, Father has been presiding over the courtroom, personally supervising the progress of the cases. He felt that Zhao Mi, that old fellow, was calling Huang Xiaodi to his home every evening, which was a despicable and shameless act to steal Huang Xiaodi's opportunities. Moreover, his son claimed with certainty that Huang Xiaodi was the mole... This matter was too suspicious. In addition, when Huang Xiaodi was framed by A Yu and the other two, I was also involved and witnessed the whole truth. Father naturally knew that there was a group of forces secretly stirring up trouble, trying to use the three major cases to nail Huang Xiaodi to the spotlight as the mole...!"

"Therefore, my father thought that Huang Xiaodi might have been wronged, so he sent people from the Dharma Hall to my home to deliver a message to me. He also ordered me to secretly contact the elders in the family and rescue you from the Divine Tomb before the patrol arrived."

“At first, Father wasn’t sure where you were either. But while the people from the three main halls were searching, people kept coming back with reports, claiming that they couldn’t find any trace of you in the entire village. So, Father deduced that you probably had nowhere to escape and that’s why you went into the tomb to hide from the disaster…!”

"Thank goodness, thank goodness I found you." Sun Qingxue spoke concisely and clearly, recounting the entire incident.

However, after hearing her words, Ren Ye showed a very embarrassed expression.

Sun Qingxue said that the Sun family believed he was framed by Zhao Haochen, but little did they know... he was indeed the mole, and so was Aunt Tianwei.

In Sun Michen's old eyes, Aunt Tianwei was viewed through a fairy-like lens, and he always appeared to unconditionally trust her. But at this moment... Ren Ye felt somewhat guilty for betraying the Sun family's trust, because his accomplice, number 79, was still committing murders and crimes, and there was no way to stop him.

This matter cannot be concealed, otherwise it will surely sow the seeds of future trouble for oneself and cause the Sun family to misjudge the current situation, thus making them do something unexpected.

After thinking it over again and again, Ren braced himself and replied, "I have a secret that I need to tell my sister urgently...!"

"What secret?" Sun Qingxue asked with a charmingly innocent expression.

“Actually, Zhao Haochen is right, I am indeed the mole.” Ren Ye revealed a look of having laid his cards on the table, and said bluntly, “That guy in the sky who exudes the aura of the Great Dao is death row inmate number 79, my accomplice… He is still immersed in his work of killing…!”

"...!"

Upon hearing this, the three members of the Sun family were all dumbfounded and remained silent for a long time.

“Sister, I am truly grateful that you brought our family elders to rescue us, but this matter is of great importance, so I dare not hide it,” Ren Ye added, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

After a brief silence, Sun Qingxue replied solemnly with a pretty face, "Do you know? Before I left the court, I asked my father myself, if... Zhao Haochen's evidence and speculation are all correct, and you are the real culprit, then what should we do? Do you know how my father answered me?"

"I don't know." Ren shook his head slightly.

"He said that the Huang family and the Sun family are old friends. Back when the Huang family's ancestors were still alive, my Sun family's ancestor was just a Taoist master who was obeying orders. Without the Huang family's care and the many opportunities bestowed by our former master, my Sun family would never have achieved its current glory. Therefore, even if you are the traitor, my Sun family is willing to help you this once."

“Most importantly, my father… he really couldn’t bear to see Aunt Tianwei become a death row inmate and be sacrificed alive in this sacred tomb. He would rather the sun and moon be dark than let my aunt live.”

She spoke with great emotion and seriousness, her words brimming with feeling.

My goodness, listen to this! What is true love? It's so touching, I almost cried... When Ren heard the second sentence, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Clan Chief Sun Michen is indeed a nearly three-hundred-year-old devoted romantic."

“Before we came, my father specifically instructed me that if we found you in the tomb, we should get you out of there as quickly as possible. The people from the three main halls have already searched the entire village, but there is still no news of you.” Sun Qingxue quickly added, “In that case, Zhao Haochen could report this to the clan hall at any time and then lead people into the tomb… If they come, not only will you be in danger, but my Sun family will also be in big trouble.”

Seeing Sun Qingxue's anxious expression, Ren Ye knew very well that the Sun family's actions tonight were undoubtedly very risky. If they were really cornered here by Zhao Haochen and the onlookers witnessed them helping the blind man, they would certainly be branded as "colluding with the enemy" and subjected to a village-wide crackdown.

"Sister, Number 79 is a sworn brother to me," Ren Ye said frankly. "I must take him with me when we leave!"

"Then hurry up and call him back!" Sun Qingxue replied urgently, "Let's go together."

"I wanted to call him back, but he might have gone mad or possessed by demons...!" Ren Ye's expression was full of helplessness. It was difficult to explain to the other party at this moment, and he was immersed in the role of a storyteller.

Sun Qingxue looked bewildered and said, "Crazy...crazy, crazy?"

"You all first sense the divine beast stone sculpture and activate the secret technique to leave this tomb." Ren Ye gritted his teeth and said, "I'll try to awaken him, quick!"

Seeing that she couldn't stop him, Sun Qingxue solemnly warned, "Brother Huang, this matter concerns the lives and fortunes of many people. Don't act rashly."

"understood."

Ren quickly responded and hurriedly ran down the mountain.

He didn't possess the storyteller's high level of skill, nor did he have the ability to traverse the void of the universe. Therefore, he could only run to the foot of the Divine Tomb Mountain, and then step on the seven-colored transparent stone steps, running out while sensing the storyteller's aura, constantly transmitting his voice to him: "Don't kill! The people from the Three Great Halls are coming soon! Let's go!"

"Oh!"

Above the heavens, the silver-armored corpse shattered the black-robed middle-aged man's magic weapon with a single spear thrust, then swept across the nine heavens with its spear.

"Ong!"

The power of the Great Dao surged, and the divine rainbow spear shone as brightly as the stars, passing by in dazzling splendor.

"Pfft!"

Two bursts of blood mist erupted, and the Buddhist and Taoist woman, as well as the middle-aged man in black robes, were both blown apart by a single spear thrust amidst endless resentment and terror, instantly turning into blood mist that dissipated into the eternal night.

He's still killing, relentlessly pursuing and killing!

After realizing they couldn't defeat the silver-armored corpse, Jiu Han and the other four scattered and fled, attempting to buy time and wait for the people from the three major halls to enter before choosing a secluded spot in the Divine Tomb to hide. With Zhao Hao Chen's covert assistance, they could leave this place silently.

But they couldn't understand why the silver-armored corpse treated them like enemies who had killed their entire clan; it had completely lost its reason. It could have taken this opportunity to escape, but instead, it relentlessly pursued them, as if saying, "I don't care whether I leave or not, but you must die."

However, Jiu Han and the others did not know that this silver-armored corpse had indeed fought a bloody battle against misfortune and chaos with the entire clan before its death, and that almost all of the clan members had died in the battle, and that their glorious homeland had been completely destroyed.

For him, the ominous and chaotic situation could not be summed up by the word "opponent" at all; it was a mortal enemy of the race, a life-or-death relationship.