Chapter 95: The Ancestors' Delayed Rebellious Phase (22)

Ling Qiong stepped into the space with Jiang He, only to have a person hurtle straight toward them. Ling Qiong sprang aside to dodge it. Jiang He lifted a hand to block the impact, sending the man crashing into a pile of beast bones nearby.

The bones clattered down, burying him beneath them.

Ling Qiong: ...

Such a grand welcome the moment she arrived?

She looked toward the sound of fighting and saw Lou Xingluo surrounded by several people. He did not seem to be at a disadvantage.

A month had passed, and the cub seemed... even more handsome.

...

Lou Xingluo caught sight of Ling Qiong from the corner of his eye, and for a brief instant, he froze.

How had she appeared here?

In that one moment of distraction, the people opposite seized the opportunity and sent a burst of spiritual power crashing toward him.

Lou Xingluo retreated two steps, but his path behind him had already been sealed off, and another attack came flying in at the same time.

Two balls of light, condensed from spiritual power and wrapped in fierce killing intent, came whistling at him.

Bang.

Crash.

The skeleton was struck apart into fragments.

Several people nearest to him were sent flying without warning.

Lou Xingluo spun around abruptly. In his eyes was the reflection of the young girl across from him, her hand still raised in midair, sleeves fluttering in the wind.

"They're here!"

Voices rang out from the entrance.

Then came a rush of chaotic footsteps.

Lou Xingluo had no time to think further. He quickly finished off the two people beside him and said to Ling Qiong, "Come with me."

...

This place was filled everywhere with beast remains, making it very easy to hide a person.

Lou Xingluo, Ling Qiong, and the others crouched inside a beast skeleton. The bones piled around them were just enough to shield them from view.

Fighting still carried on outside.

Clearly, the group who had come in later had run into the group attacking Lou Xingluo.

Jiang He stared at him warily and asked bluntly, "Young Master Lou, why did you kill our people?"

Lou Xingluo frowned in confusion. "What?"

When Lou Xingluo left, the two disciples were alive and well. He had not killed them at all.

Jiang He said, "Not you?"

Lou Xingluo shook his head, his tone utterly sincere. "Miss Yue saved me. I had no reason to do such a thing."

He was not a good man, but he was not so utterly deranged.

Lou Xingluo looked at Ling Qiong. "I didn't kill your people."

Ling Qiong had already suspected it probably wasn't Lou Xingluo who had done it, so she was not surprised now to hear him say so.

A ripple of light moved through Ling Qiong's eyes. "Then why did you leave without saying goodbye?"

Lou Xingluo lowered his lashes. "I had something to do. It had nothing to do with you, so..."

He had stayed back then because of his condition.

If he had not been poisoned, he would have left long ago.

"Just to do something here?"

Lou Xingluo did not deny it. "Mm."

After a slight pause, he asked, "What brings Miss Yue here?"

Ling Qiong tilted her head to look at him and kicked the question right back. "What brings you here?"

Lou Xingluo met her gaze but showed no intention of answering.

Ling Qiong asked curiously, "Then was it you who stole the Beast Tomb before?"

Lou Xingluo frowned and denied it outright. "No."

"No?"

"I only came in for the first time today."

The location of the Beast Tomb had always been impossible to find. If not for the person who stole from it and exposed this place, he still would not have found it now.

Ling Qiong made a soft "oh" and studied him from head to toe.

"And your snake?"

She had not seen it just now. That snake should have decent fighting ability.

"I found it. The Qilin Diagram is just ahead." Speak of the devil.

The tiny black snake crawled in from outside. The moment it saw so many people, even the tongue it had been flicking forgot to retract.

!!!

What was going on?

Why was this woman here?

"You're looking for the Qilin Diagram?" Jiang He's expression darkened. "What are you planning to do?"

Ling Qiong's little face was full of big question marks. "What's a Qilin Diagram?"

The words on a card often had nothing to do with its actual content, and only after completing it would one know what it meant.

Some were far more blunt and straightforward.

It all depended on the mood of the game designers.

Lou Xingluo glanced outside. "If Miss Yue has nothing else to do, leave here as soon as possible. I'm sorry for leaving without saying goodbye before. If there is a chance in the future, I will repay Miss Yue for saving my life."

He spoke very quickly. As soon as he finished, he grabbed the black snake and headed outside.

Ling Qiong followed him out and quickly caught up.

"Young Ancestor!" Jiang He called in a low voice, but the person in front paid him no mind at all.

With a helpless sigh, Jiang He hurried after them as well.

Noticing that Ling Qiong had followed, Lou Xingluo stopped in the shadows and turned slightly to look at her. "Miss Yue?"

"Hm?"

"Don't follow me."

The girl blinked innocently. "But there are so many people outside. I'm scared."

Her voice was soft and sweet, carrying a touch of grievance.

Lou Xingluo: ...

What are you scared of?

Scared you'll beat them to death?

And you're still dragging so many people behind you!

All the words Lou Xingluo had wanted to say vanished the moment he met Ling Qiong's eyes.

He knew full well she was spouting nonsense, and yet he still felt an urge to protect her.

"What I need to do is very dangerous."

"Mm. Exactly, so you need me." Ling Qiong drew herself up proudly, chest out, and declared with confidence, "Don't worry, I won't hold you back. I'm very professional!"

...

Rumble.

The ground trembled, and in the distance, entire swaths of beast bones collapsed. The entrance could no longer be seen.

After a struggle in his heart, Lou Xingluo finally gave in. "Stay close to me."

The young girl smiled, her eyes curving prettily. "Okay."

...

No one knew how vast this space was. They traveled onward through all kinds of beast bones, yet the end never came into view.

Ling Qiong trailed a few steps behind Lou Xingluo and asked Jiang He about the Qilin Diagram. "What exactly is it?"

"It's said that the Qilin Diagram can open another space, one filled entirely with evil power."

The Qilin Diagram was forged from qilin bones.

It was a movable ancient formation.

Once the formation was activated, it could open the passage to that space and unleash the evil power within.

For thousands of years, no one knew where the Qilin Diagram had gone.

No one had expected it to be in the Beast Tomb.

"Young Ancestor, if Lou Xingluo really means to open that passage, he's probably gone mad."

"!!!"

Was the cub's ambition really that grand?

Pretty impressive.

"Young Ancestor, are you listening to me?"

"Listening, listening." Ling Qiong answered carelessly, lifting her skirt hem and hurrying after Lou Xingluo.

Jiang He: ...

He wanted to swear.

...

Led by the black snake, they finally stopped before a massive beast skeleton.

Ling Qiong stood beneath it and looked up, feeling as small as an ant gazing at an elephant.

Jiang He stared in shock at the bones. "This looks like dragon bones."

There were actually dragon bones in the Beast Tomb.

A dragon.

A divine beast that existed only in legends.

And yet everything linked to dragons on this continent carried tremendous power.

So no one had ever doubted whether dragons were real.

Ling Qiong followed his gaze. The entire skeleton stretched and wound its way into the darkness, and deep within it, a faint thread of golden light could just barely be seen.

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