Chapter 398 - Former Mayor?
The disciples of the Tri cauldron peony sect heard the peak master Yi Deng and supreme elders’ words but didn’t understand what they meant. But Lin Mu on the other hand had an idea of what they were talking about.
"Seems like the Empire missed this one..." The supreme elder spoke.
"Indeed... looks like it will be the time to inform the sects and the empire after this." The peak master said in a cold tone.
Wu Hei and Lin Mu were now getting a bit anxious about their statements and had a bad feeling.
"What are you talking about elder?" Quan Hong questioned.
"Yes elder, what are these runes?" Fa Lao questioned.
"They are of an olden time, long before I was even born. It was a time of great strife, it was the time when the northern tribes invaded the empire." Peak master Yi Deng answered.
Fa Lao and Quan Hong had not expected to hear something like this. Even Wu Teng was a bit surprised, but not as much as them. He was once part of the vermilion legion and had thus worked at the pear’s belt. Because of this, he knew the history of the Continent and what had happened back then.
"They are even older than I am... perhaps older than the entire Tri cauldron peony sect." The supreme elder added.
Hearing this, Yi Deng raised his brows in question. "Supreme elder, you mean... this is one of the original ruins of the Grand northern alliance?"
"I’m afraid, yes. I do not know how this one stayed hidden for so long though..." The supreme elder replied.
Hearing the words Grand northern alliance finally enlightened the two disciples, Quan Hong and Fa Lao. Even Qing Yuan Tiu showed an interested expression.
"It would not have been able to stay hidden for so long unless..." Yi Deng muttered.
~Shing~
"It cannot be..." Wu Teng muttered in shock.
"There is nothing we could have done. Grandfather and grandmother passed away soon after mother was born and she was raised by the servants of the clan. Even I only found out about these ruins after finding some old documents during my travels in earlier years." Wu Hei explained.
Seeing that the situation could get bad, Lin Mu decided to interrupt.
"I think we should complete what we have come here for, first. The other things can be discussed later." Lin Mu said in a calm tone.
"The boy is correct, we should follow the goal we came here for." The supreme elder agreed.
Fa Lao and Quan Hong nodded their heads to show their agreement as well, and all of them continued onward.
It didn’t take them long to reach the tunnels, and they encountered the split there. They didn’t have to guess which tunnel to choose as peak master Yi Deng easily scanned the area ahead with his spirit sense and chose the path.
"Supreme elder... it is as they said... there is a blood pool..." Yi Deng confirmed as his hands trembled slightly.
A stern look appeared on the supreme elder’s face as he spoke, "I want to take a look with my own two eyes."
They thus chose the second fork in the tunnel and reached the location of the blood pool.
"Careful! There is inflammable gas here that is also toxic." Lin Mu warned.
"Humph!" Peak master Yi Deng harrumphed and waved his hand.
~Weng~
A pale white shield appeared in front of them and blocked the path that was in front of them. Yi Deng then flicked his finger and a small fireball shot forward.
~Zoom~
~BOOM~
The fireball traveled for a short distance before exploding and igniting all of the gas that was spread in the tunnel and in the chamber where the blood pool was located in.