Chapter 498: Chapter 235 Aunt Ruo’s Teasing_2
As their strength grew, they still couldn’t find a way out. So they began to panic, to fear, and ultimately in eternal despair, they grew anguished, insane, either committing suicide or killing each other...
More likely, they became nourishment for the Dragon Clan Altar.
"Opportunities move the heart." Xiao Yinruo slowly said, "Probably died here fighting for an opportunity."
Lu Jin’an remained silent, not pointing out any flaws in Aunt Ruo’s words.
The probability of total annihilation due to fighting over an opportunity is very low: it’s either someone gaining the opportunity and slaughtering others, or the opportunity itself is a trap.
But even the potential opportunity here is enough to tempt those in the Divine Concealing Realm.
Admittedly, Divine Concealing Realm experts were rare and weaker than now tens of thousands of years ago, but there were very few who could kill them.
Moreover, at that time, though the Human Clan was established, it was weak. There might have been grudges between those of great power, but it wasn’t easy to kill each other like today.
Because in the Human Clan’s environment then, the death of one Divine Concealing Great Power meant more pressure for the others.
Under such circumstances, even if opportunities moved the heart, the likelihood of rampant slaughter after gaining the opportunity was low.
Lu Jin’an thought about the Corpse Bone Storage Rings he had investigated earlier, and those rings were all Immortal Level Storage Rings, yet their owners were buried here.
Were they all killed by someone who got a certain opportunity?
There are no records of so many Immortals dying at once in Wandao Sect, and back then, the Human Clan couldn’t afford to lose so many Immortals.
So probably those Immortals didn’t come in at the same time, yet they all died here...
Did fighting over opportunity lead to mutual slaughter?
Or it’s better to say this place’s danger made Immortals buried here.
’Aunt Ruo is fooling me.’
Lu Jin’an thought of the human bones in the cemetery but hesitated and didn’t voice his thoughts.
Because so far, he only saw bones, not the rumored altar.
If there’s no altar, it indicates this isn’t a Dragon Clan Altar. If not... then the danger here might not be as great as imagined.
With a sliver of hope, Lu Jin’an looked up at the mountaintop.
Surrounded by the dark trees, emanating yin energy, although there’s no foliage to block the view, being on the mountainside now, it’s impossible to see the previously glimpsed dim Golden Bodies of the Buddhas.
"Aunt Ruo." Lu Jin’an softly spoke, "Would the Buddhist Sect bury parinirvana high monks here? If there’s really a Dragon Clan Altar, are they trying to turn the parinirvana high monks into Fallen Monks?"
He hoped this was the possibility because the strength of a Fallen Monk would decrease, and after decreasing, Xiao Yinruo certainly wouldn’t fear them.
After all, an Immortal who could contend with a Divine Concealing Great Power with Late Divine Presence strength isn’t many in the entire Human Clan.
Even though this isn’t the Qingmiao Domain, can a Late Divine Presence who walks the path of guarding a domain contend with Divine Concealment like Aunt Ruo on her own turf?
This in itself demonstrated Xiao Yinruo’s strength.
Xiao Yinruo didn’t immediately respond to Lu Jin’an, but inwardly she hoped what Lu Jin’an said was true.
Because the parinirvana high monks’ Golden Bodies on the mountaintop at best had Early Stage Divine Concealment strength, most were just Mid Divine Presence strength.
If they really became Fallen Monks, their strength would decrease, and she had nothing to fear.
But...is it really so?
Xiao Yinruo halted, and Lu Jin’an stopped with her, but he saw nothing.
"Dead Tide."
Xiao Yinruo pulled Lu Jin’an to hastily move in one direction: "Stronger than outside."
Hurriedly dragged along, Lu Jin’an couldn’t discern the images in the forest on either side, so he closed his eyes and rushed under Xiao Yinruo’s guidance, not daring to speak out at this time.
"Those few Buddhas are the source of the Dead Tide. I currently don’t know why we haven’t encountered it after entering here, but it certainly exists."
As she spoke, Xiao Yinruo already summoned an Immortal Sword, while simultaneously forming a hand seal with one hand as she threw it forward.
Lu Jin’an squinted curiously, watching the aquatic blue Sword Qi weave into a brilliant sword curtain, the curtain moving with the Buddha Beads’ Barrier, seemingly tearing open a gap.
Under Xiao Yinruo’s protection, he didn’t see the Dead Tide but could sense the enhancement of Xiao Yinruo’s Forget Love Dao Domain.
The Immortal Sword was shattering, and just a second before it shattered, Xiao Yinruo had already thrown other Immortal Artifacts to clear the way.
This was a method to minimize spiritual power consumption, but it would evidently deplete Qingmiao Palace’s foundation.
Although there were many Immortal Artifacts in the world, there weren’t enough to be squandered at will.
But at the moment, there was no other way.
Xiao Yinruo’s speed accelerated, Forget Love Dao Domain gradually reaching its peak, her expression grew increasingly solemn, but there was not much panic.
Lu Jin’an again closed his eyes, protecting his body under the Immortal’s speed with Vigorous Force. Opening all five Dao Palaces once more, he did his utmost to enable Xiao Yinruo to continue accelerating without being hindered by him.
Xiao Yinruo tightened her grip on his hand, her gaze swept around, taking in the remnants of bones scattered about.
She observed where the bones were dense and where they were sparse, judging relatively safe areas based on the extent of the bones’ weathering.
During this process, Xiao Yinruo changed direction several times, having already sacrificed five Immortal Artifacts, a rough outline formed in her mind.
Under her protection, Lu Jin’an couldn’t feel it, but she could clearly see and sense the Dead Tide, like a gray mist brewing at the mountain’s peak, then rolling down like a tsunami to engulf all directions.