Chapter 507: – The Corpse Below Moonseeker Pavilion

The man outside the window turned around, prepared to leave .

“Your Majesty, wait a moment,” Meng Tingyu called out .

“What is it?” the old man asked .

“There’s something I must tell you . ”

“Speak . ”

Sucking in a deep breath, Meng Tingyu said, “The Tomb of the Ancients opened a few months back . The crown prince entered . I just received news that the tomb suddenly vanished and left a gaping hole . The Second Divine Capital nearly fell down . ”

The door creaked open and an old man walked in . He removed his hat and shook off the rainwater on his body . He asked, “Is this information accurate?”

“Yes, Zhao Shenhong brought back the entire garrison from the city . There’s tens of thousands of witnesses, so it can’t be false . ”

“That’s strange . The tomb has existed for ten thousand years . Suddenly vanishing means something huge must’ve happened inside . I’ll take a look,” the old man said .

“Yes . ” Meng Tingyu didn’t dare to lift her head .

“What about Fengchen?” the old man asked .

“According to Zhao Shenhong, the Theocracy’s team was twenty-five in number, but the only one they could find was Jiang Yanwu . According to Jiang Yanwu, Fengchen was likely killed by Li Tianming of the Li Saint Clan . ” Meng Tingyu’s voice was slightly hoarse . She clearly didn’t believe the news .

“Li Tianming? Tianming… . ” The old man shook his head . “Quite the fast improvement . Wasn’t he comparable to a peak earth saint before? He couldn’t kill Fengchen . Go and investigate . Perhaps Fengchen still lives . ”

“Yes!”

“Rise . ”

“Thank you, Your Majesty . ” Meng Tingyu finally stood up .

“Brew some tea for me to quench my thirst . ”

“Yes . ” With deft movements, the aroma of tea quickly filled the air .

The old man took a sip, then put the tea down . “You seem to have something you wish to ask . ”

“Your Majesty, I’m not sure if I should . ”

“Ask . ”

“The two princes are fighting like this because they aren’t aware you’re still alive . The Theocrats have taken so many casualties and are weakened so much . Is it worth it?” Meng Tingyu asked .

“Of course . We’ve almost hooked the big fish, doing what our ancestors failed to do . After this, the Theocracy will last the ages, and forever belong to the Theocrats . No one shall ever shake it . ”

“Almost?”

“What do you think?”

“I feel the losses have been quite severe . ”

“Sometimes a price must be paid . My sons are basically trash . If we don’t deal with this big fish, they’ll surely end the Theocrats one day . ” The old man smiled slightly .

“Yes . ”

“Try your best to find Fengchen . After everything is over, I’ll guide him in succeeding me . ”

“I’ll make the arrangements . ”

“You don’t need kindness when it comes to unifying the world . In this, Fengchen is much better than his father and my ninth son . ” The old man smiled again .

Meng Tingyu felt emboldened when she saw the old man’s mood . “Your Majesty, supposedly the Cyclic Mirror was found, and Li Muyang has appeared . Don’t you find it strange?”

“It’s not strange . Saying the Cyclic Map could track the Cyclic Mirror was the ancestors’ joke . If it weren’t, why would I give it to the Ancient Qilin Clan? It was all to fool people . Li Muyang really helped me there . ”

“That means those fellows in the Ancient Qilin Clan thinking the Cyclic Mirror has appeared is actually just problems with the Cyclic Map?”

“Yes . That map was always strange . Sometimes it would randomly track a position in the sky . ”

“True . We all know where the real Cyclic Mirror is, after all . ” Meng Tingyu smiled, pouring the old man another cup .

“Go and ascertain this Li Tianming’s origins . He can’t possibly be Li Muyang’s son . They just coincidentally share the same arm . Find out who the hell dared to give him the name Li Tianming!”

“Understood!”

“The man’s been dead and buried for over forty years, his corpse under Moonseeker Pavilion . But he can still go have a child somewhere? Ridiculous . ” The old man snorted .

“True . If Li Muyang hadn’t courted death back then, Your Majesty wouldn’t have been able to leisurely fish these past forty years . Everyone believes the Theocrats lost the Cyclic Mirror . Who knows that he died to the mirror long ago and it’s still with Your Majesty? Your Majesty punished the Ancient Qilin Clan and gave them a useless Cyclic Map . Now, we no longer have as many fingers pointing at us as Your Highness fishes . Even the Decimo Dao Palace believes Li Muyang succeeded,” Meng Tingyu said with some admiration .

“Correct . Only the two of us know . Now, Little Yu, do you see how much I value you?”

“Little Yu will definitely serve Your Majesty to the fullest until her dying breath . ” Meng Tingyu said emotionally .

“No need . I’m almost gone . I haven’t been happy since Jing’er passed . You’re the same age as her, and just as smart . ” The old man’s eyes turned warm as he reminisced .

“The Skyfate Princess was indeed quite smart… . ”

“And in the end, she overthought things too much . How could my daughter I raised for forty years come for my life for someone else’s sake?” The old man teared up, suddenly seeming extremely lonely .

“Your Majesty, I can become your goddaughter and be filial to you forever . ” Meng Tingyu mustered up all her courage .

“You? Forget it, I didn’t raise you since you were young . We don’t have that kind of emotional bond . You just need to chat with me . ” The old man shook his head and sighed .

“Yes… . ” Meng Tingyu was slightly disappointed, but she didn’t dare to show it .

“Let’s go see Jing’er . I haven’t seen her for years . ” The old man stood up . They walked down the stairs and entered into a dark cavern underground .

The old man entered with unsteady steps . Tears flowing, he looked around . “Jing’er, Jing’er, father is here to see you . ”

“Your Majesty, she’s here,” Meng Tingyu said .

“My memory isn’t as good as it used to be . I haven’t been here for so long . ” He walked forward, to a chunk of ice . It was transparent, and inside lay a woman, who looked very alive .

“Jing’er!” The old man caressed the surface of the ice .

“It’d be great if you understood me . Do you know how painful it’s been since I had to kill you?”

Meng Tingyu retreated to the door and shut her eyes .

The old man cried for a long time . Meng Tingyu could tell they were true tears .

After a while, she looked in and saw that the old man had already stood up . He walked to another chunk of ice; inside lay a man with a completely black left arm .

“Li Muyang . ” The old man grinned . His transition was completely natural .

“Ah, sorry you’ve been left here for forty years . Why did you have to act as some kind of saint? Still, even now, I let you stay here without being disturbed, together with Jing’er . Ahhh, you really made me mad then . And I used to look at you with such favor . Yet you nearly ended my Theocrats . You let me down . So, goodbye . ”

His hand pressed against the ice . The ice crumbled apart and the man inside completely disintegrated, including his black arm .

“Little Yu . ”

“Your Majesty . ”

“Come and accompany Jing’er often . She’ll be lonely from now on . ”

“Yes . ”

……

At the Dark Hall in Decimo Dao Palace, Weisheng Yunxi and Jiang Feiling walked out from a building .

“This is a god physique . She can still live a long time even without cultivating . It’d be amazing if she had a cultivation method without needing a lifebound beast,” Weisheng Yunxi said emotionally .

“I never expected the tomb would belong to the legendary tenth god of the continent . You all surviving was a true miracle . ”

“Anyway, only those present here know about that . As for Chen Jinghong and the other two, I’ll handle it,” Bai Mo said .

Chen Jinghong and the other two had seen Demon City enter Feiling, so it couldn’t be hidden . Fortunately, Weisheng Yunxi and the other seniors here, Bai Mo and Ye Yi, were trustworthy .

“Tianming, the Archaion Divine Realm is the place where descendants of the first god gather . It’s very far from us . However, they probably still have legends of the tenth god there, so don’t let anything about Miss Ling’er leak out . It’ll be like you killed the tenth god, and they may find trouble with you,” Weisheng Yunxi warned .

“Understood!” Tianming nodded . Those present didn’t have any connections to the Archaion Divine Realm, so they wouldn’t harm Tianming .

As for Chen Jinghong, he didn’t know the exact details .

“Also, you killed Dongyang Fengchen?” Weisheng Yunxi became slightly emotional .

“Yes . ”

“Well done . ” Weisheng Yunxi gave him a pat on the shoulder . “Ending the Theocrats’ future is a good thing . ”

“Are we going to act?”

“Yes, we just need an opportunity . ”

Tianming’s eyes shone .