How did a bastard like him become an immortal?

The gate to the mansion was already dilapidated. The two gently pushed open the decaying gate and entered the abandoned royal mansion.

Although they had already anticipated this, seeing this scene still shocked them greatly.

The ruined palace was littered with corpses, each with a different appearance. Many of the bodies had rotted away, leaving only broken bones. The entire land was stained a purplish-black, the color of blood that had soaked the earth and dried. A stench wafted from the broken bones and blood, and the whole palace was permeated with a faint crimson hue.

Compared to the outside world, this place is like a living hell.

"Phew, this is truly an eye-opening experience," Yang Tian exhaled, looking at the dilapidated state of the Prince's mansion.

Li Muyun's expression was solemn. "Big brother, be careful."

"Giggle, giggle..."

Suddenly, the eerie laughter emanating from that leaky, broken throat reappeared, and at the same time, a skeleton slowly rose from the ground, each bone cracking and popping.

Immediately, all the withered bones on the ground began to come back to life. A strange scarlet light appeared on their bodies, and they rose up from the ground in an eerie manner. Their broken jawbones trembled constantly as if they were emitting a hissing laugh, and they pounced on the two of them with a gurgling sound!

A flash of lightning appeared in Li Muyun's hand as he wielded the Wine Immortal Sword, followed by a lightning-fast sword beam that blasted the withered skeleton in front of him into fragments.

Then the longsword swept horizontally, the sword light transforming into a long river, crackling with electric arcs, surging forth.

"A single sword strike, and the finest wine intoxicates the great river!"

The sword's lightning instantly shattered more than a dozen resurrected skeletons, even turning the purplish-black ground into charcoal.

However, the number of skeletons far exceeded their expectations. After Li Muyun dealt with more than a dozen, another terrifyingly dense mass of skeletons emerged from the depths of the palace.

Li Muyun frowned and said, "What the hell are these things? There are just too many of them."

"The evil and despicable ways of controlling the dead are nothing but sorcery. Today, we will liberate these dead people."

Yang Tian stepped forward, took out a handful of beans from his pocket, and scattered them in front of him, chanting: "By imperial decree, command the grass and beans. Transform into divine soldiers to form my camp. Summon them swiftly, do not linger. Listen to my divine incantation, each to reveal their true form. A sprinkling of divine water, grass turns into beans. So be it!"

After speaking, he spat out a burst of true essence, and the beans suddenly flashed with light, transforming into Yang Tian's likeness. There were dozens of them, and they attacked the skeletons in front of him.

Although the Yang Tian figures formed from these beans were not very strong, they were enough to deal with these skeletons. The two sides fought like two small armies, and tactically surrounded the skeletons together.

Li Muyun looked at it with awe and praised the technique highly, "Brother, you even have such magical arts! It's wonderful!"

Yang Tian patted his chest. "Of course! Who am I? Once we gather these skeletons together, we'll use a wide-range spell to take them all out at once."

After surrounding the skeletons in the center of the front yard, the two exchanged a glance and began to activate their spells.

Li Muyun scattered a handful of talismans and chanted, "The Five Elements revolve, the Great Dao is Yang, the Fire of Li flows, and flames blaze in all directions!"

Yang Tian also chanted: "Broken Fire - Crimson Flame!"

In an instant, two tongues of fire spewed out, instantly igniting the withered bones, and countless flames burned wildly like a raging inferno.

The skeletons struggled painfully, but had nowhere to escape from the bean soldiers' encirclement.

It burned for a full quarter of an hour before all the bones turned to ashes, and the crimson light transformed into starlight, drifting towards the center of the mansion.

Li Muyun tossed out a talisman, which stuck to the scarlet light spot. The two followed the talisman toward the inner courtyard.

"It's really weird!"

Inside the inner courtyard, a corpse resembling a skeleton sat cross-legged. Almost all of his flesh and blood had disappeared, leaving only a skin clinging to his bones. His face was crisscrossed with deep lines, and his white hair was like withered grass. The scarlet light spots were constantly drilling into his body.

A series of piercing, shrill cries echoed through the inner courtyard, sending chills down their spines. The entire courtyard shook violently, and the gate the two had entered slammed shut with a bang.

"Why do brothers kill each other without any reason?"

"Without cause, why is the blood of your entire family stained with blood?"

"Without cause, why will one be eternally condemned to hell?"

As he spoke, the desiccated human skin and bones suddenly opened its scarlet eyes and roared hoarsely, "No reason! No reason!"

Then, as if in a daze, he looked around blankly, and when he saw Li Muyun and the other man, his expression turned ferocious again, and he repeated, "I am the Prince of Zhao! Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Prince's Palace and slaughter my family! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

He immediately opened his mouth wide, swallowing countless scarlet light spots. Blood light surged from his eyes, and a crack appeared between his brows, revealing a blood-red demonic eye!

Then his originally withered body instantly swelled up, growing to more than ten feet in size, with purplish-black patterns covering his entire body. Only his head remained the same withered size, looking extremely disproportionate.

"It's actually the remnant soul of the King of Zhao! Logically speaking, he's been dead for decades, his soul should have long since dissipated. How could this be!"

Li Muyun was puzzled. Even if he had died unjustly, harboring deep resentment and barely becoming a wronged spirit, it was impossible for him to have survived until now. If he were the Tang Emperor, he would never allow this to happen; once the weeds are cut, the roots must be eradicated. Moreover, the rumors about the abandoned prince's mansion could not have escaped the Emperor's ears. How could he allow this lingering soul to remain here for so many years?

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The remnant soul roared, its body radiating a crimson light, and pounced towards the two of them.

"Who cares what it is? Since he's already dead, let him die in peace. What good can this inhuman, ghostly form do but harm others!"

Yang Tian shouted coldly and waved his hand, "Bing Fire - Dragon Breath!"

A flame resembling a dragon's mouth formed, followed by a torrent of blazing flames that surged forth like dragon's breath.

The remnant soul, having absorbed the power of a group of withered bones, now possessed strength roughly equivalent to the third level of the Golden Core realm. In front of Yang Tian, ​​it was utterly vulnerable.

He was instantly blasted backward by the dragon's breath, his whole body covered in flames, screaming repeatedly, "No! No! No! Royal brother, I have no intention of rebelling! Don't kill me! Don't kill me! Killing me alone is enough!"

Hearing the roars of the remnant soul, Li Muyun couldn't help but sigh. The truth of what happened back then was no longer known, but all he could hear from the remnant soul were its mournful cries.

One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand; how many more will die for one emperor's success?

Li Muyun sighed softly and shook his head. "Since you are in so much pain, why force yourself to stay in this world? I will send you to rest in peace!"

A flash of crimson lightning appeared in his eyes, and the sky was already filled with dark clouds, within which crimson light flickered. With his hand clenched, Li Muyun said calmly, "Thunder Technique—Crimson Heaven Thunder!"

A bolt of crimson lightning, one meter in diameter, descended from the sky with a deafening roar...