NFBE Chapter 137 Flowers in the Coffin
Chapter 137 Flowers in the Coffin
"There's one more thing. We'll be able to leave this secret realm soon, but I can't say exactly when..."
Liu Jun paused for a moment, then smiled mysteriously: "So... I guess I'll just have to trouble you for a bit."
After saying this, Mo Xianghuanmu, who had just woken up, suddenly felt dizzy and fainted again.
Just as his weakened body was about to fall, Liu Jun caught him steadily and then took out a small, square black box from his storage ring.
This box was crafted during the days when Mo Xianghuan was unconscious. It has about ten cubic meters of space inside, but unlike a storage ring, it can hold living creatures.
There was a small snake inside the blue ring on his right hand. Although it could hold living creatures, it was unclear whether it could hold a person.
Besides, she didn't really trust this person that much, so it was safer to put it in this box.
Moreover, she had already tested it and found that she could stay in the box for more than three days. After all, she had only stayed in it for three days and there were no problems during that time.
He put the person inside, but instead of putting the box back into his storage ring, he put it in an ordinary bag and then clipped it to his waist.
Then he took out a puppet from the blue ring that looked exactly like Mo Xianghuan. At this time, the puppet was as wooden as a mannequin and lifeless.
Liu Jun then took one of the two jade slips, dripped a drop of blood from his fingertip onto the puppet's brow, and then inserted the jade slip into the puppet's body.
"Fu Qianxiang Sheng, Shu Mu, Jie Li, Dong!"
Several strands of white silk appeared out of thin air and condensed, then burrowed straight into the puppet's body.
The white silk was completely absorbed, and the puppet, which had been drooping its head just moments before, seemed to come alive instantly. However, its eyes were not very bright as it stared at Liu Jun opposite it. Its breath was also very weak, and it exuded a heavy aura of death, much like Mo Xianghuan, who was still burdened with demonic poison.
Liu Jun looked at it and nodded affirmatively; the skill in making puppets was becoming increasingly proficient.
"Go, find the person in your mind, and pass on your martial arts technique to her. You don't need to go too far; she should be able to find her way around here on her own."
Mo Xianghuan nodded, took the cane he usually used from inside the house, and slowly went out the door.
Liu Jun took a few more glances at the small house, then left and went to other parts of the secret realm.
She wasn't worried that the puppet wouldn't be able to find Lu Xihan; as long as Lu Xihan approached that place, the puppet would sense it.
In this way, it wouldn't be considered as jeopardizing her opportunity.
The other things are easy to deal with, but this Wuxiang Gong is related to the later rescue, so she can't easily move it. This method is the best of both worlds.
The reason for putting Mo Xianghuan into the space box was to prevent her from being unable to leave when everyone else had left, since she herself had said that she had been here for almost a hundred years.
Now that things are done here, and the secret realm isn't over yet, she doesn't need to stay in the same place all the time. This is a secret realm, after all, full of good stuff.
The novel states that they left this secret place after only a few days, without going into much detail.
Even if she had written it down in detail, she couldn't remember it. But she figured there wasn't much time left, so Liu Jun tried to avoid people and search for treasures in the secret realm. She would dig up as much as she could, since there was no danger (for her) anyway.
……
Another day passed, and the feedback from the puppet's disappearance reached Liu Jun's mind. At that time, she was fighting a group of sea monsters at the bottom of a sea, all for the sake of obtaining the treasure in the underwater ruins.
Although these sea monsters that look like Cthulhu are not of high rank, most of them are only third or fourth rank, and the leader is only fifth rank. If it were sixth rank, Liu Jun would consider capturing it as a pet.
However, they were indeed very ugly, and even those who wanted to catch them to sell would refuse them, so I gave up on the idea.
Liu Jun swept her sword across a large area, but she couldn't withstand the sheer number and power of the demons. Each one charged towards her as if it didn't care about its own life, with the leader keeping a safe distance and directing their attack.
Liu Jun initially only intended to play around and didn't intend to wipe them all out in one strike. However, they kept attacking wave after wave, as if there were thousands upon thousands of sea monsters living in the seabed that she couldn't kill off no matter how hard she tried, and they were all coming for her.
After playing for a while, Liu Jun became a little impatient. Her expression turned cold as she held the sword upright in front of her and used both hands to form a magic seal on the sword. This sword was not her natal sword, but it was still a mid-grade immortal sword.
As soon as the sword left his hand, it immediately slashed in all directions at a speed that was almost invisible; only a streak of sword light could be seen spinning around.
In no time, the surrounding sea monsters were all killed. As soon as the sword flew back to his hand, Liu Jun flashed to the leader of the sea monsters and swiftly killed it with a single sword strike.
The seabed here instantly turned into a huge tomb. Some of the sea monster corpses sank to the bottom, while others floated to the surface, their blood staining the ground and the stench filling the air.
However, Liu Jun had set up a protective shield before entering the water, so he didn't get any beast blood on him, nor did he get a single drop of seawater on him.
Seeing such a tragic scene, Liu Jun was not moved in the slightest. He even raised his hand with a thought and collected all the demon cores and demon hearts that flew over.
After collecting the valuable items, all that remained were the things in the ruins. Liu Jun sheathed his sword and dived deep into the ruins.
The ruins aren't very large; they probably only take up about four or five acres of land.
Liu Jun covered the area with his divine sense. All the "good stuff" was piled up in the western part of the area. Only a few other places gave any feedback, so he went to the place with more stuff first.
The ruins are relatively well preserved, just like the secret chambers built on land, and have not been excessively eroded by seawater.
The seabed was dark, and even if you lit a light talisman or took out something that could provide light, it wouldn't make a difference. However, Liu Jun, with his five senses fully activated, still managed to reach the place where the treasure was hidden without any trouble.
This area is quite spacious, somewhat like a main chamber, with a main seat and a few simple furnishings.
In the corner was a pile of useless gold and silver, with two or three scrolls and a few spirit stones of unknown grade scattered on top of it, along with some other miscellaneous items.
In the very center of the main room stood a coffin made of ice, emitting a faint, yet undeniable, glow in the dimly lit room.
Besides the eerie light, the ice also emitted a visible chill; upon approaching, one felt the biting cold.
The coffin was surrounded by a waterproof protective cover, but it was only within half a meter around the coffin, and it looked like it could only accommodate one person standing inside.
"This chill..."
Even she could feel the chill, so the ice used to make the coffin must not be an ordinary material.
She remembered that there was a kind of thousand-year-old ice in the deep sea of southern Anhui where the shepherd lived, but its production was extremely limited and it was very precious. It would be impossible to have it without the shepherd's gift.
These millennia-old ice crystals are usually only the size of spirit stones, with the largest being no more than half a meter in size.
I've never seen such a large piece of material carved into a coffin before.
The identity of the person lying inside is quite evident.
It feels like we've unearthed the tomb of some extraordinary person.
Suddenly, Liu Jun thought of the dream he had fallen into when he first entered the secret realm, the bride who was stabbed on her wedding night, and the man's heart-wrenching cries.
"No way……"
Liu Jun placed one hand on the ice coffin, remained silent for a moment, then lifted his hand into the air, causing the coffin lid to be lifted and remain suspended in mid-air.
Inside lay a woman of exceptional beauty, with a serene expression. Her clothing was not extravagant, nor was it a wedding gown as Liu Jun had imagined.
She wore no jewelry, only a flower pinned to her hair. The flower was quite vibrant, but its species was unclear.
The flowers in her hair, like the woman herself, were well preserved in the ice coffin, showing no signs of decay or rot.
That's all there is.
The only strange thing was that she wasn't wearing shoes, but only a white braided thread tied around her ankle with a few small orchid ornaments.
That orchid-shaped item... why does it look so familiar?
"Hmm... a Cymbidium goeringii?!"
The four petals, their appearance, patterns, and colors are exactly the same; it is indeed a Cymbidium goeringii!
It's actually related to that person?
“Mo Shao…”
If this woman is related to Mo Shao, and Mo Shao is from the Upper Realm, and Liu Ye Xing Lan is connected to that person, and this woman uses Liu Ye Xing Lan as an ornament...
Could he also be from the upper realm?
Back then, when I accidentally stumbled into that place in Yunhai Bitian, I met a white-haired man who called me "Xing'er" right away. That guy didn't say anything, but he recognized me.
She never believed in coincidences. The "she" in the dream wasn't wearing that ornament, and that sword... it really did pierce her heart again. Mo Shao also held "her" and cried bitterly...
Mo Shao has become an immortal, and this woman lies here in eternal rest. But where did this anklet come from? And what of this ice coffin made of millennia-old ice…?
Either she was wrong, or the immortal would often come down to visit this woman.
Then half of her guesses are correct.
She, Liu Jun, was originally from the Upper Realm!