Traversing the path of life and death

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Thousand-Year-Old Corpse King

After trekking through mountains and rivers and traversing dense jungles, they finally arrived at this dark cave, led by the snow-white giant wolf. After a period of darkness, they were finally greeted by light, which was undoubtedly exciting for Lin Yu.

But is that really the case?

As Lin Yu stepped out of the darkness, he looked towards the brightly lit area and was immediately astonished by what he saw: a bronze stone coffin standing in the bright light.

Surrounding the grand building are very dilapidated buildings, with traces of carvings scattered on the ground. The surrounding walls are covered with densely packed characters, but most of the characters have become extremely blurred with the passage of time, and are scattered in a few places.

Of course, none of this caught Lin Yu's attention. As soon as he entered, Lin Yu focused his gaze on the bronze stone coffin in the brightest part of the room.

The stone coffin stands in the cave, its massive volume occupying one-third of the space. The coffin's body is covered with dense layers of reddish-brown rust spots, and its four corners are tightly secured to the body, making it exceptionally sturdy.

Lin Yu found it increasingly strange. After all, with such a massive embassy in front of him, no one could resist the urge to be curious. After a moment of contemplation, Lin Yu slowly walked toward the stone coffin.

When they were about three or four zhang away from the stone coffin, the snow-white giant wolf tightly bit Lin Yu's clothes, preventing him from going any further. Lin Yu turned around and looked at the giant wolf biting his clothes, his heart filled with even more confusion. He thought, "It was clearly the wolf that brought me here. Is there some mystery to this?"

Seeing the giant wolf blocking his way, Lin Yu stopped advancing and casually looked around. He came to a wall and looked at the words on it. Although Lin Yu had read many ancient books in the Lin family, he couldn't understand a single word on the wall. This was extremely tempting for Lin Yu's thirst for knowledge.

Lin Yu immediately thought of the old witch in the ring. "My teacher is very knowledgeable, he should know the meaning of these words, right?" Lin Yu thought to himself.

"However, after the teacher appeared in the Lin family's armory, he disappeared like steam. When Lin Yu came to the Wild Beast Forest, the teacher did not appear either. Could it be that the teacher has really disappeared?" Lin Yu continued to think.

Immediately, Lin Yu called out, "Teacher, teacher, are you there?" After calling for a while and seeing that the teacher did not respond, he was about to give up.

The illusory image of Elder Wu appeared in front of Lin Yu. Elder Wu looked at Lin Yu and smiled knowingly. Elder Wu had been monitoring everything Lin Yu did after entering the Wild Beast Forest through the ring, and Lin Yu's performance in the Wild Beast Forest was outstanding.

Among them, Lin Yu's calmness when facing the wolf pack for the first time and the courage of the Tiger King were all seen by Elder Wu. Including after Lin Yu fainted, Elder Wu guarded Lin Yu's side at all times, fearing that something might happen to Lin Yu.

The old shaman witnessed everything that happened in the cave. If the wolf king did anything that would harm Lin Yu, the old shaman would appear immediately and kill the wolf king. If Lin Yu was conscious, the old shaman would not intervene unless Lin Yu was facing a life-or-death situation.

Upon entering this place with Lin Yu, Elder Wu became curious about everything around him. He revealed his form now in order to study the traces around him carefully.

Lin Yu was extremely excited to see Elder Wu appear. After all, Elder Wu had disappeared after obtaining the ancient artifact from the Scripture Pavilion, so he was overjoyed to see him again.

"Teacher, I thought you wouldn't show up, but you did! Here..." Lin Yu said excitedly.

Before Lin Yu could finish speaking, Elder Wu slowly said, "This place is full of suspense, and we need to be careful at all times."

Lin Yu, hearing his teacher's words, naturally dared not be careless and nodded emphatically, "Understood, teacher."

"Come with me," the old shaman continued, and Lin Yu followed closely behind. The giant wolf also followed closely. Clearly, the giant wolf was curious about the suddenly appearing phantom, as if it didn't know where the phantom came from or why it had come here. However, the energy emanating from the phantom still affected the wolf king, who could only obediently follow behind without daring to have any other strange thoughts.

As they spoke, they walked to another wall, pointed to the words on it, and slowly said, "Xiaoyu, how much do you know about the words on this wall?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu's face turned as red as an apple, because he didn't recognize any of the words on it. But he still forced himself to say, "Teacher, I don't recognize the words on it."

When Elder Wu heard Lin Yu's words, he was not surprised at all. After all, these characters were no longer used for communication, so it was normal not to recognize them.

The old shaman said, "It is said that a thousand-year-old corpse king is sealed here. However, with the passage of time, the seal has become very weak and may break at any time. Moreover, the thousand-year-old corpse king inside has also become extremely weak due to the passage of time. Although its strength has been weakened, it is still not something you can defeat."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu immediately looked at the snow-white wolf king. Could it be that it wanted them to save the thousand-year-old corpse king? Then, he looked at the giant wolf in confusion. The wolf king seemed to understand Lin Yu's thoughts and hurriedly shook its massive head to show that it did not have such thoughts. Lin Yu was also very helpless when he saw the wolf king's behavior.

"Teacher, where is the Thousand-Year Corpse King?" Lin Yu asked.

The old shaman then turned his gaze to the location of the stone coffin. "Could there be a thousand-year-old corpse king inside?" Lin Yu exclaimed.

The old shaman did not speak, but simply nodded in acquiescence.

"Then what should we do?" Lin Yu then asked.

“Of course, we’ll open the stone coffin,” Elder Wu said slowly. “What! We’ll open the stone coffin?” Lin Yu asked.

"That's right, we need to open the stone coffin, release the thousand-year-old corpse king, and then capture it. At its peak, it had the strength of the Bone Transformation stage, but now it only has the strength of the Blood Coagulation stage. We should capture it and use it for our own purposes," said the old shaman.

"Capture him?" Lin Yu asked.

"Next, you stay with the giant wolf and watch from the side. I will subdue it myself. While I fight it, you must clearly see the combat techniques I use. These techniques are the ones I will teach you after you reach the sixth level of Body Tempering. So you must watch carefully and pay attention to your own safety. Do you understand?" Elder Wu asked.

"I understand, teacher," Lin Yu nodded.

Then, the phantom figure moved step by step toward the huge stone coffin in the middle. Lin Yu watched intently from the side. He saw the old shaman extend his right palm and slowly push the bronze stone coffin. The stone coffin seemed to explode, and stone dust flew everywhere.

A burly figure appeared clearly in front of Lin Yu. Lin Yu knew that the owner of that figure was the Thousand-Year Corpse King.