I long to return home!

The crimson skeleton soldiers had ferocious faces and roared angrily. They were amplified by the blood energy in the blood mist, making them feel like fish in water.

In terms of sheer strength, each skeleton soldier probably possesses a cultivation level of around the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, but they cannot cast spells; however, they can control their blood and qi to a certain extent.

Gu Changgeng gripped the Star-Monitoring Ruler, his gaze sharpening as he analyzed the approaching skeleton soldiers. While the Star-Monitoring Ruler was a rare and valuable artifact, it was still somewhat inadequate for combat.

Gu Changgeng moved swiftly to meet the charging skeleton soldiers. He twisted his wrist, trying to avoid colliding with the blood spear. Wherever he swung, he left behind faint starlight, and he used the power of the stars to unleash strange sword energy.

The dazzling starlight sword energy sliced ​​through the skeleton soldiers as easily as cutting tofu. The shattered skeletons on the ground let out ferocious cries as they tried to reassemble their bodies with the help of blood energy, but were blocked by the unique power of the stars and slowly lost all their life force.

Killing these skeleton soldiers was easy for Gu Changgeng, but he didn't kill them with a single blow. This place was too strange, quite different from the secret realms he had encountered before, and he needed to observe carefully.

In a short while, Gu Changgeng roughly understood the peculiarity of these skeleton soldiers. Some of the soldiers he killed had reached the Golden Core stage, but most of them were only at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages. This was related to the armor they wore, just like the rank of a general.

In addition, these skeleton soldiers have an absolute obedience relationship. Soldiers with Foundation Establishment strength are like centurions, who can mobilize ten soldiers with Qi Refining strength. Those with Golden Core strength are centurions, and so on. However, Gu Changgeng has not yet seen any officers with Nascent Soul cultivation, and the blood-red general that he saw with his divine sense when he arrived earlier has also disappeared.

Gu Changgeng retrieved the Star-Monitoring Ruler, while behind him lay a group of soldiers shattered into pieces, wisps of blood seeping from their bodies confirming their complete death.

He glanced back and walked towards the gate. With one hand behind his back, he made a hand seal. When he arrived in front of the gate, a powerful killing aura that made him feel a little scared rushed towards him, and he couldn't help but take half a step back.

This minuscule half-step distance was unbelievable to the people in the air. In their understanding, Gu Changgeng's cultivation at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage was already considered one of the best in the world, but now there was something that made him take a step back after just one glance, which was too unbelievable.

Gu Changgeng took a deep breath and looked at the blood-red world through the crack in the open door. From inside, extremely resentful howls could be heard from time to time, and soon Gu Changgeng's forehead was covered in sweat.

He took a deep breath, and the magic seal behind him was released, with lines of trigrams spreading across the gate until they covered half of it.

Gu Changgeng chanted the incantation, his fingertips brushing across the Star Monitoring Ruler, and the power of deduction surged into his mind. Instantly, information about this royal tomb began to appear.

In my mind, there was a blood-red world. The sky was dyed blood red, and a scarlet moon hung in the sky. As far as the eye could see, there were mountains of corpses. This was a great battle!

Gu Changgeng was in the center of the battlefield, surrounded by the roars of soldiers. He saw the army that had previously annihilated the skeleton soldiers, and at the forefront of the army was a man in blood-red armor wielding a sharp blood sword, bravely fighting the enemy.

The Blood Sword has some grooves on its blade. When the blade strikes an enemy, it easily cuts through their body, and screams fill the air. The blood of the slain enemy gathers in the grooves and then flows into the sword, providing the wielder with a continuous source of fighting power.

Gu Changgeng was horrified. This was undoubtedly a deadly weapon. "There was actually a deadly weapon in the history of the Yin Yue King..." he muttered to himself. His gaze soon fell on the enemy's attire. They were neither from the Wuji Empire nor from the northern grassland tribes.

Suddenly, a shocking thought flooded his mind. His pupils contracted, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Could this be the war that led to the founding of the Yin Moon Empire ten thousand years ago!"

Gu Changgeng's ethereal figure weaved through the crowd, observing the ancient and unique adornments of the dead. His idea was confirmed by historical records. He picked up an identity token from the sea of ​​corpses; the word "Zhao" was engraved on the back.

"The State of Zhao..." Gu Changgeng pondered to himself, beginning to recall the records in historical books.

Ten thousand years ago, the current Yin Yue Empire was divided into many countries, and wars raged on. About two hundred years later, the founding emperor of the Yin Yue Empire began to wage war, and after more than a hundred years, he recovered the territory and established the complete Yin Yue Empire.

outside world.

Time passed, and one day, something strange happened to the ancient gate. After years of being buried deep underground, the dust was removed, and a hundred grooves were revealed.

At the same time, Gu Changgeng awoke, and the figure formed from the stars returned to his original form. He turned to look at Shen Xin beside him, his lips moving as he said something.

Before long, Shen Xin frowned, gritted his teeth, and with a flick of his golden dragon robe, a surge of majestic dragon energy swept out, and a resounding voice echoed: "A restriction has been set up for ten thousand miles around this place. No sect is allowed to enter the royal mausoleum at will. Anyone who disobeys will be eliminated!"

After saying this, he gave Gu Changgeng a heavy look, then rode the golden dragon and disappeared into the distance as a rainbow.

The people at the royal tomb did not take any action due to the majesty of the royal family, but their greed could not be hidden in the end. They looked at the people on the side and made their own calculations.

In an old, secluded room, Shen Xin and Gu Changgeng appeared, surrounded by rows of ancient scrolls and books, bearing the marks of time that are probably a thousand years old.

Shen Xin arrived in front of a dusty stone wall, pressed his fingertip lightly, and with a dull thud, the stone wall opened up.

The two entered, and inside was a stone chamber about a hundred feet in size, even older than the one outside.

"Does the Imperial Advisor mean that the brat has found a way to avert Ling Jiao's calamity, and that it's right here in this royal tomb?" Shen Xin said, unfolding a bundle of ancient scrolls and spreading them on the stone table in front of him.

Inside the file was a painting, depicting the very person Gu Changgeng remembered—a portrait of a majestic man, his brows furrowed with murderous intent, which, though merely a portrait, still sent chills down one's spine.

The blood-red armor and blood-red sword he wore were exactly the same as the ones Gu Changgeng had seen.

"Your Majesty, the deduction points to the royal mausoleum, which should be the tomb of the former king from ten thousand years ago. I have also received information about opening the mausoleum..." Gu Changgeng paused, then continued, "One hundred top-grade spirit stones are required as a sacrifice. The royal mausoleum is protected by restrictions, and only cultivators at the Golden Core stage or below are allowed to enter."

Listening to Gu Changgeng's description, Shen Xin looked solemnly at the majestic man in the painting and slowly said, "Blood King, son of the former Blood Emperor of the Yin Moon Empire. Ancient records say he possesses unparalleled secret techniques and is said to be the number one Golden Core cultivator in history."

"If the solution to Ling Jiao's tribulation lies within this, what are a hundred top-grade spirit stones?"