Super Invincible Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1463 - 1464: Xuanyuan General’s Tomb

Chapter 1463: Chapter 1464: Xuanyuan General’s Tomb

"What’s wrong?"

Bai Qiu, who had already taken care of the other two ferocious beasts, asked in surprise as he saw Su Chengyu standing there in a daze.

Immediately, Su Chengyu recounted the scene that had just unfolded to Bai Qiu.

"Rescue?"

Hearing Su Chengyu’s speculation, Bai Qiu was also greatly shocked and shook his head without hesitation: "Impossible,

ferocious beasts have long held a deep-seated hatred for the Human Clan. Logically speaking, even in the face of a life-threatening danger, they absolutely should not be asking you for help. Moreover, just now it was in a state of certain death; are you sure it wasn’t just begging for mercy?"

Su Chengyu shook his head and looked toward the spot where Taotie’s body had dissipated, saying: "No, I am certain it was asking for help, and the voice was extremely weak, appearing to be in a very bad state."

Listening to Su Chengyu’s confident words, Bai Qiu reflected thoughtfully: "If that is the case, then this Taotie is not in league with the Demonic Path."

"Like Ao Tian, is he bound to this place by the Demonic Path? A true Taotie?"

After all, Taotie is a top-tier exotic beast on par with the Four Divine Beasts, and an adult Taotie’s power is at least that of an Earth Immortal, and even breaking through to the Ascend to Heaven Realm to reach the level of a Demon Immortal is not beyond possibility.

Bai Qiu couldn’t fathom what methods the Demonic Path could have used to enslave a fully-grown Demon God.

Bai Qiu spoke up: "When humans are at their most triumphant, their attitude toward ferocious beasts is not entirely one of relentless extermination; many are sealed away. If the Demonic Path found a sealed Taotie, it is not impossible for them to enslave and drive it. But still, I can’t figure out what exactly they did to that Taotie, to make it ask for help from you, a member of the Human Clan."

"Just like you can’t comprehend how the Demonic Path knew about your identity with Ao Tian, the God Beast," said Su Chengyu, leaving Bai Qiu at a loss for words.

She understood what Su Chengyu meant.

Su Chengyu was using this issue to tell her that just because she could not understand it, did not mean others couldn’t.

"Indeed, this land has become too different from the world I know. Now, the relations between humans and demons aren’t even as they were before."

Bai Qiu opened her mouth with a cold laugh, and Su Chengyu chose not to comment.

From Bai Qiu’s words, Su Chengyu knew that the status of the Human Clan had undergone significant changes in the past—the moment he learned that the Human Clan was once mere food for the Demon Clan.

He did not know specifically what had happened, but there was no doubt that even in this land, referred to by Bai Qiu as the ancestral land of the Human Clan, humans had climbed step by step to the top of the food chain.

And now, inhabiting the summit, the status of the Human Clan seemed to be showing signs of instability.

"Let’s go. These three exotic beasts were probably just the gatekeepers; the deeper areas are likely where the Demonic Path’s prisons and captives lie."

Bai Qiu nodded and did not continue to ponder. No matter what the Demonic Path intended to do, or what kind of changes would happen between humans and demons in the future, for Bai Qiu the most urgent task was to rescue Ao Tian from this demon den.

Kui Niu and Zhu Huai.

These were the names of the other two ferocious beasts Bai Qiu had slain. It was uncertain if their not dying at the hands of Green Lotus Godfire had anything to do with it.

Their bodies, upon death, left no corpses behind like the Taotie.

Although Bai Qiu had already directly consumed the Demon Cores, she still left quite a few treasures for Su Chengyu.

The hide of Kui Niu, the horn of Zhu Huai... These were excellent materials whether for crafting elixirs or for tool refinement.

After traveling a couple of hundred meters more, the lake behind them completely disappeared, and the two of them arrived on shore along a shallow bank. A stele five meters tall stood in front of them.

Su Chengyu could not recognize the ancient text on it, so he could only look to Bai Qiu at his side.

Having transformed back into human form, Bai Qiu approached the stele, gently caressing it. The characters on it immediately emitted a faint golden light, and Su Chengyu felt an oppressive power from the Remote Ancient Era bearing down upon him.

"General’s Tomb."

Bai Qiu softly said the name inscribed on the stele to Su Chengyu.

"Which general?"

Bai Qiu shook her head: "I don’t know. But judging from the age, the stele is at least tens of thousands of years old, which means it dates back to the Ancient Times. Back then, below the emperors, there were the generals."

Events from the Ancient Times are not entirely unrecorded to this day.

It is said that among the Ancient Clans of today, several are descendants from the Ancient Times, with lineages that have continued to the present.

"Do you know which emperor from the Ancient Times it refers to?"

Bai Qiu looked at the stele carefully once more, then shook her head and said, "I don’t know. There are no specific years recorded. However, based on the introduction on this stele, this small world, directly connected to the Qinling Land Vein, is not only the burial ground of this general but also where he suppressed the ferocious beasts he fought against during his lifetime."

Su Chengyu was startled and then immediately said, "So, this place was originally meant for suppressing ferocious beasts? Then the practitioners of the Demonic Path..."

"There’s a high probability that they have already occupied this place. There are signs that the stele has been activated within the last hundred years. Considering that, your previous guess might be possible."

Su Chengyu’s thoughts quickly shifted, and he immediately said, "Even during the Ancient Times, there weren’t many Taoties, right?"

In the Ancient Times, humankind was already the master of this world, and although ferocious beasts still roamed freely, they were greatly suppressed and no longer as rampant as in the Remote Ancient Era.

Bai Qiu was reminded by that statement and after another glance at the stele, she said softly,

"This general has the surname Xuanyuan."

While Su Chengyu and Bai Qiu were directly searching for the entrance, Chen Mengmeng and Bei Tang Qianxiao, who had come along the water path towards the General’s Tomb, also finally reached their destination.

Chen Mengmeng stopped in front of a passageway that simply did not allow passage and after pondering for a while, she said, "Qianxiao sister, it seems like someone has been here."

"Someone?"

"Someone."

Chen Mengmeng firmly noted then stepped to the side of the passageway and employed a secret technique of the Qingcheng Sect. Immediately a virtual human breath appeared in front of them.

It lingered in front of the narrow passage for a while before suddenly shrinking in size and then directly slipping into it.

"Art of Transformation?"

Bei Tang Qianxiao frowned and exclaimed in surprise.

For the Demon Clan, the Art of Transformation is something they naturally acquire after cultivating to a certain realm; the fundamental form of the Demon Clan’s shape-shifting stems from this kind of transformation art.

For the Human Clan, however, the Art of Transformation is an extremely complex Divine Skill, not only difficult to cultivate, but also often unsatisfactory in terms of effects, hence very few people delve into it.

"The aura is somewhat strange; it doesn’t seem like that of a normal human cultivator but rather resembles those from the Demonic Path."

Chen Mengmeng was employing the Qi Watching Technique, a Dao technique of the Qingcheng Sect.

This Dao technique, commonly used by the Four major Taoist sects, does not solely function as a means to foresee a person’s fate. It can also clearly detect the traces of aura left by cultivators in the world, providing significant assistance in combat.

Chen Mengmeng had studied the Qi Watching Technique more extensively than Su Chengyu. Relying on the residual aura at this place, she too could deduce some information about the individual who had previously been here.

Listening to the information provided by Chen Mengmeng, Bei Tang Qianxiao said with a furrowed brow, "So it’s very likely that those from the Demonic Path have entered the interior of General Ridge from this place. What lies beyond this passage is probably the heartland of their territory."