Category: Nine Rings

Chapter
Nine Rings C75
by MarineTL — 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
Nine Rings C74
by MarineTL — 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
Nine Rings C73
by MarineTL — 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
Nine Rings C72
by MarineTL — 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…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C71
by MarineTL — Chapter 71: Lu Ayao's Warning Of course I wasn't willing to agree to that. The man wasn't even dead yet, and even if he were, I'd still have to bring him back to give him a proper burial. But Fourth Brother wasn't joking. He was discussing it with me completely seriously, or maybe he never intended to get my consent in the first place. After all, these people all listened to him. If he told them to leave someone behind, wouldn't everyone have to obey him blindly? Seeing that I didn't say anything,…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C70
by MarineTL — Chapter 70: The Ones We Can't Take With Us I waved frantically in Fourth Brother’s direction. He saw me too, his eyes full of worry. Strangely, there was no surprise in them. He and a few of his men grabbed hold of the iron chain extending to the cave entrance, and it took them a full half hour to haul us up. The moment I climbed out, Fourth Brother yanked me aside. I stumbled, my ear aching from his grip, and he immediately started scolding me. “Are you trying to get yourself killed? What the…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C69
by MarineTL — Chapter 69: Reinforcements When I shone my flashlight down, I saw those birds landing one after another on the rotting hanging coffins around us. That was when I finally understood how those coffins had gotten so many holes. The birds were piercing the coffin boards with their talons, then thrusting their sharp beaks inside to peck at the corpses. Seeing me lying at the edge of the ledge and peering down, Lu Ayao suddenly crouched down and started unbuckling his backpack. Watching him, I asked, "What…
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Chapter
Nine Rings C68
by MarineTL — Chapter 68: Trapped Again No one in their right mind would willingly crawl into a coffin to keep company with the dead. So when it came to climbing up, we were all in perfect agreement. The pillar was covered in intricate carvings and decorative protrusions. The only upside to such a design was that it gave us plenty of footholds. We picked a spot with the most cutouts and started climbing. Lu A'yao led the way as usual, but this time, we had to make sure Hou Jinshan didn’t try to slip away…
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