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Chapter 72: Headless Bodhisattva If one day I become the leader of the Five Masters, the very first rule I'd hammer into the handbook for their descendants, right on the first page, bolded and centered with an exclamation mark, would be: "Speak clearly and finish your damn sentences!" From what I've seen of the Five Masters' descendants so far, not a single one can properly explain anything. I honestly start to wonder if they all flunked language class as kids. Is it really that hard to say a…- 540.0 K • Completed
- Chapter 73: The False Miracle The space inside the stone gate was vast, easily the size of two or three football fields. I couldn’t say for certain whether this was a side chamber or the main tomb chamber, but judging by its sheer scale, I decided to call it the tomb chamber for now. Beneath my feet lay a sea of golden artifacts and translucent jewels. Five bronze pillars serving as supports were set in five directions, their bases buried beneath golden sand. These pillars were crafted from the…
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- Chapter 74: Breaking Free No one knows when this iron chain bridge was built. Every step made it tremble violently. I gripped the chains on either side, moving with extreme caution, afraid that even the slightest extra movement might snap the fragile links and send the whole thing collapsing. As I held onto the chains and walked forward, I called out Fourth Brother's name loudly. But my shouts vanished into silence. The more silence I got, the slower I moved. Ten minutes later, I found myself…
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- Chapter 75: Xiao Wu's Account When I woke up, all I could hear was the noisy chatter of old men and women talking nearby. They were speaking in a local dialect, and I couldn't understand a single word. The bed beneath me was soft, and I wanted to laze around a bit longer, but the sunlight outside the window stung my eyes so badly I could barely open them. I struggled to squint, only to see Xiao Wu cheerfully pulling open the curtains, then dragging a metal stool over to sit by my bed. Still groggy…
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- Chapter 63: The Ghost Copper Pillar The term "counterfeit" didn't quite sit right with me at first. I pressed Yu Jingzi about it a few more times, eventually realizing that what she called a "counterfeit" was more akin to what we would call a model home, a replica built for display. We continued climbing the stone steps, making our way to the end of the small waterfall. The rushing underground river had worn the stone smooth and slick, so I had to watch every step with extreme caution. Yu Jingzi…
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- Chapter 64: A Wall Full of Corpses "Holy shit! What the hell is that?!" I screamed, scared out of my wits. My body instinctively leaned back, and if Yu Jingzi hadn't anticipated it and caught me from behind, I would've gone tumbling headfirst. A bloodshot eyeball jutted out from the stone wall, having stared out from behind the rock for who knows how long. I wanted nothing more than to get as far away from that thing as possible. Right then, I didn't care about any sense of propriety between men and…
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- Chapter 65: Sudden Change After I finished speaking, Yu Jingzi didn’t respond right away. She straightened up, thought for a moment, then gauged the distance between us and the owl-faced relief sculpture. Finally, she nodded. “Seems like this is our only option now.” Then she turned and shouted to the team behind us, “Old Yang! Bring the gear! We’ll slide across on ropes!” Yu Jingzi clearly held a commanding position within her clan. No one questioned or opposed her decision. Later, I…
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- Chapter 66: An Unexpected Reunion This time, I was unconscious for much longer than before. I had a long, drawn-out nightmare. In the dream, I didn’t even know when I had climbed down from the bronze pillar, but I suddenly saw Lai Qi emerging from the water in an eerie, unnatural posture. He was holding a knife and chasing me around the base of the pillar, shouting that I had to pay with my life. We ran around the massive pillar three full times. In the end, I couldn’t run anymore, so I turned…
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