The Blade-Wielding Legend
Chapter 413 - 251 Earth Immortal Tomb

Chapter 413: Chapter 251 Earth Immortal Tomb

"Among the caves of Purple Peak Mountain, the most famous is undoubtedly Ge Xianweng’s ’Reversed Well,’" the Immortal Chronicles are also his work, a fact known to all."

Guan Peide looked around at everyone and said solemnly, "Inside the Purple Peak Mountain Taoist Academy, there resides a Divine Statue of Ge Xianweng, with four others accompanying him."

"Among them, two are the Qu sisters from Dangyang. It is said that Ge Xianweng, while practicing alchemy and cultivating on Purple Peak Mountain, often walked barefoot on thorns and gravel."

"Seeing Ge Xianweng’s feet bleeding, the Qu sisters from the village below could not bear it, so they spun colorful silk threads and made him colorful silk shoes as a gift."

"Touched by their pure and kind hearts, Ge Xianweng later took the sisters with him when he ascended to heaven."

"The other two are Mrs. Fan and Liu Gang."

"These two are characters from the Immortal Chronicles written by Ge Xianweng; Liu Gang was the County Magistrate of Shangyu County during the Eastern Han and Mrs. Fan was his wife, both cultivated the Tao, and it is rumored that they ascended to heaven from Purple Peak Mountain."

Li Yan and Wang Daoxuan listened and were filled with confusion.

Without a doubt, Ge Xianweng had successfully ascended. Those who were accompanying him were either his disciples or deeply connected to him.

All were figures from ancient times.

What exactly had the old monk discovered to bring about his violent death?

People were unclear about the reason, and compounded by the cries of the two young monks, they all started by first taking care of the late Master Miao Shan’s body.

Li Yan, seeing the corpse, felt a warning in his heart.

The old monk had been killed with a single palm strike; the assailant must be at the peak of Hidden Energy and used Martial Arts, shattering the Divine Soul completely.

The attack was ruthless in the extreme.

Boom boom boom!

Just then, as lightning flashed and thunder roared, a torrential downpour began.

The rain fell heavier, as if even the heavens were enraged. Trees in the tomb area squealed and swayed as if about to break.

The heavy rain poured down, pattering loudly on the roof like popping beans. Water followed eaves downward, cascading off like waterfalls.

With constant flashes of lightning and thunder, the candlelight within the room flickered dimly.

Several young monks cried incessantly, adding to the oppressive atmosphere.

Everyone looked at each other, originally intending to go to the county government, especially since a life had been lost, but under these circumstances, they could only seek temporary shelter.

Wang Daoxuan sighed, "Brother Yan, since we can’t leave for now, why don’t we go offer incense to Emperor Guan?"

"That’s a good idea."

Li Yan’s expression was grave as he nodded.

He knew Wang Daoxuan wanted him to see if he could communicate with God.

The situation in Dangyang County was amiss, shrouded in mystery. Some things might be hidden from people, but not from the Ghost Gods.

"Gentlemen, allow me to accompany you."

Seeing this, Guan Peide quickly led the way ahead.

In this weather, a paper umbrella would be torn to shreds by the wind, and since the main hall wasn’t far, the three of them ran through the rain and arrived outside the main hall.

Hanging above the front eaves of the hall was a large golden placard with the characters "Power That Shocks China."

Inside the hall, rows of Lotus Lamps flickered unstably in the wind, redolent of incense, honoring the Divine Statues of Emperor Guan, his sons, and Zhou Cang.

Li Yan shook his head slightly at Wang Daoxuan.

At last, he understood why the assailant had risked coming here to commit murder.

This "Power That Shocks China" placard was an extremely powerful warding artifact; upon entering the hall, Deus Ex Machina was suppressed, unable to be deployed.

If anyone was audacious enough to employ Magic or perform exorcism to murder, they’d likely be rebounded and die before even getting close, thus they had to sneak in to act personally.

Yet even so, Li Yan could vaguely sense a terrifying aura emitting from the Divine Statues within the main hall, divine might oppressing like a prison, making his breathing somewhat labored.

Several of them offered incense respectfully and bowed one by one.

To them, Emperor Guan, now a totem of Divine State symbolizing "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith," was beyond comparison to ordinary immortals and earth deities.

After paying their respects, Li Yan shook his head helplessly at Wang Daoxuan.

To be honest, he truly wanted to meet this Martial Saint, but the Hook Paper showed no response.

The presence of Emperor Guan’s temples throughout the Divine State, with incense so thick, the accumulated Divine Astral might have reached unbelievable levels.

A lightning strike at a tomb might seem significant to them, but perhaps for Emperor Guan, it was as trivial as a mere itch.

Though he was a living Yin messenger, facing such a presence, he wasn’t someone to be seen at will.

Wang Daoxuan shook his head, "Let’s go check out the back."

Realizing their intention to investigate the cause of the lightning strike, Guan Peide quickly led them past the sleeping quarters to the front of the tomb.

Emperor Guan’s tomb was a massive mound of earth, densely shaded with thickly planted trees, resembling a small hill.

In front of the tomb stood a pavilion and a tombstone, the latter bearing the powerful and forceful inscription, "Marquis of Han’s Long Life."

Wang Daoxuan first bowed respectfully towards the tombstone, then took out the Compass, looking around before he couldn’t help but praise, "Excellent Fengshui!"

"This place faces east, rests against the Daba Mountain Range like a dragon coursing through the earth, majestic, serving as the dragon throne for Guan Ling."

"With the Ju River in front like a jade belt encircling the waist and confronting Jing Mountain in the distance."

"The previous view of Jing Mountain spread out like a pen rack perfectly harmonizes Emperor’s martial spirit with the literary aura. This is what they call ’front-lighted, back-supported.’..."

Crack!

Just as he was speaking, suddenly, the world turned blindingly bright, thunder shook the air deafeningly, and a massive bolt of lightning struck from the sky, hitting directly atop the mound.

The three of them were startled and hurriedly looked up.

They saw the treetop of a tall tree atop the mound directly split by the strike, flames sparking off before being extinguished by the heavy rain.

"Again... It happened again!"

Guan Peide’s face turned pale, his voice trembling.

While Wang Daoxuan furrowed his brows deeply, scrutinizing the mound, he said as if thinking of something, "Sir Guan, don’t hurry, let’s wait a bit more and watch that tree."