Rise Of The Worm Sovereign Chapter 185
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On the screen, Lin Wu saw a group of seven people dressed in different colored robes. They were obviously cultivators and were looking around, anxious expressions on their face.
"Is there a sound feature on this?" Lin Wu asked.
~Ding~
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AUDIO: Activate
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"Ah, thanks." Lin Wu said before listening to what they were saying.
There were five men and two women in the group talking currently.
"Are you sure this is the right place?" A man dressed in a blue robe questioned.
"Can't you see the freaking hill? Do you think those skeletons are for show?" A man dressed in a black robe scolded.
"I can see that of course, but the record mentioned nothing about the inheritance grounds being like this." The blue robed man replied, not offended by the black robed man.
"Su Wen is right, we really need to be careful. The records we found in the sect library are very old, things could have changed. Perhaps the inheritance ground has already been claimed too…" A woman dressed in a light pink skirt said.
"Hmm… we have no choice but to take a chance. Otherwise, we all would have wasted the credits we used for this." A man who looked the oldest among them spoke.
"I don't care if I die here. I'm not bending before that core disciple if I have to go back to the sect, so I may as well die here." The second woman who was dressed in a dark green dress spoke.
She had red eyes, and it seemed like she had been crying. Lin Wu noticed the reactions of the two other men in the group and saw that they particularly paid attention to the woman.
'So they fancy her, huh…' Lin Wu thought.
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"Enough, we are going in. This is decided, besides we have the key, don't we?" A man who was bald and wearing tight fitting robes spoke.
His muscles could be seen through the outline of the clothes and he was holding a large Guan Dao in his hand.
"Yes, Senior brother!" Everyone replied.
The Senior brother nodded and took the lead, walking towards the tomb first.
"Pass me the key," He ordered.
The grey robed man took out a tattered piece of cloth that was the size of a handkerchief. There were some characters and calligraphy written on it that was mostly faded.
"Is that a talisman?" Lin Wu wondered.
The Senior brother took the talisman from the grey robed man and held it out in front of him.
~Shua~
Suddenly wind started blowing, and the grey border that surrounded the tomb started flickering. The Senior brother stepped forward and the border split apart to create an opening for him.
"Come on now!" The Senior brother spoke.
The rest of the group ran in quickly and the bordered closed behind them. The talisman that the senior brother was holding also crumbled into dust after they all entered.
"Looks like there's no turning back anymore…" Su Wen muttered.
"Have some courage! If even one of us is able to get the inheritance, we will be rich! We may even become core disciples directly!" The Senior brother said out loud.
The people nodded hesitatingly and followed behind the senior brother.
~Ding~
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DETECTED INTRUDERS: Verifying access
ACCESS VERIFIED: Tomb key activated
ACCESS LEVEL: Basic
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"Oh? So that really was a legitimate key. That means the reason why the beasts all died was because of the absence of key… but then how was I able to enter through the opening and why did the sparrow beast not try to claim it himself?" Lin Wu wondered.
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He decided to directly ask the sparrow beast about it through their connection.
"Hey, why did you not try to check the tomb when you were able to enter previously?" Lin Wu questioned.
"Master? Oh, it really is you! Your fine, this means." The sparrow beast said feeling surprised.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Now answer my question." Lin Wu replied.
"Didn't you see it? It's so terrifying, that barrier injured me when I tried to get close to the entrance and denied me. A voice said that I am ineligible to give the trial." The sparrow beast answered.
"Huh? What barrier? There was no barrier, and neither was there a trial." Lin Wu replied.
"There are terrifying formations all over the area, master. Did you not see any of them?" The sparrow beast questioned.
Now Lin Wu was getting really confused about the entire thing. He had not seen any barriers nor a trial in the tomb. He had been directly granted the discipleship and given hate inheritance.
"System, can you verify if there really are barriers and trials?" Lin Wu asked.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: There are multiple barriers set up all around the tomb, and each floor of the tomb has a trial that one must pass before proceeding to the next one. They are all illusionary trials and happen inside the contender's mind.
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"Illusory trials? Barrier? Why did I not see any of them?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The system has reached the conclusion that the formations of the tomb target the contender according to their soul and body. Because the host has the soul of a human and the body of a beast, the formation malfunctioned and did not recognize host as an intruder.
Similarly, the trials never activated because the host was not detected by it. But the formations that granted the inheritance runs on a different set of formation arrays and thus the host was granted it directly due to being considered passed by default.
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"So I pretty much got this because of shitty programming?" Lin Wu said feeling a bit dumbfounded.
"Affirmative" The system replied.
"Dang! Never expected someone a powerful cultivator like the Taiji Celestial to make a mistake like this…" Lin Wu said.
~Ding~
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CORRECTION: This tomb was not set by the Taiji Immortal himself, but by one of his followers.
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"Oh… so it's due to negligence and incompetence…" Lin Wu muttered.
"Well anyway. It benefited me, so it doesn't matter."
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