Lying in the coffin, Zheng Yang had a faint smile on his face. His body was still warm, as if he had just stopped breathing.
"Senior …"
Dense poison aura seeped out from her pores, and Wei Ruyan's hair fluttered in the wind.
She might be cold on the outside, but warm on the inside. Even though she had said that Zheng Yang was going to die, when she saw the corpse, she felt as if her mind was being torn apart. If she knew who the murderer was, she would have charged forward without hesitation and torn him into pieces.
"Control your emotions!"
Zhang Xuan bellowed.
"Yes!"
Hearing her teacher's words, Wei Ruyan recovered from her shock. She looked at the corpse in the coffin, but her body was still trembling uncontrollably.
"This isn't Zheng Yang …"
Zhang Xuan's voice sounded once more.
At first glance, he was also shocked, thinking that Zheng Yang was dead. However, after looking for a while, he immediately felt that something was wrong.
It was simply too real.
The corpse before him was identical to Zheng Yang when he was alive. In truth, once a person's soul was severed, no matter how strong they were, they wouldn't be identical. Furthermore, Zheng Yang was his disciple, and he was extremely familiar with the other party. Even if he had died, he wouldn't have died so peacefully. No matter how strong a person was, they would have bitten off a piece of bone!
More importantly … he had left his Heaven's Path zhenqi in the other party's body. No one would be able to kill him silently without him noticing.
"If it isn't Senior, then …"
Wei Ruyan was stunned for a moment before bewilderment surfaced in her mind.
Regardless of whether it was her physical body or physical touch, the corpse before her was definitely that of her senior. If it wasn't him, then who could it be?
"It should be an illusion, an illusion that can make people unable to distinguish between reality and illusion. It can even deceive the Heavenly Dao …"
Frowning, Zhang Xuan paced around the stone chamber.
If not for Zheng Yang's corpse, he wouldn't have been able to tell that it was an illusion.
The sight before him was simply too real, so much so that even the Library of Heaven's Path was unable to detect it.
"Illusion?"
Wei Ruyan quickly scanned her surroundings before pinching her cheeks once more … Ouch!
"Dragonbone Divine Spear!"
Zhang Xuan exclaimed.
Hula!
The divine spear flew in from the passageway. With the spear in hand, Zhang Xuan immediately felt a boundless power spread out. He raised the tip of the spear and stabbed at the stone coffin in front of him.
Rumble!
The sarcophagus was pierced through, and the stone room in front of him dissipated like a bubble. The next moment, he saw Zheng Yang lying in a corner, motionless. He had probably fainted.
What was in front of them was not a sarcophagus, but a mirror-like barrier.
The two of them felt as if they had entered a mirror world. They couldn't tell whether it was real or not.
"If it's an illusion, does that mean that Ancient Sage Ran Qiu's corpse is fake as well? The old master isn't dead?"
The Dragonbone Divine Spear's excited voice sounded as it pierced through the illusions.
Seeing the old master's corpse appear in front of him, the impact was too great. Since these were all illusions, could that corpse be fake as well?
"Ancient Sage Ran Qiu's corpse is real. It's precisely due to the overwhelming power of his corpse that he was able to create such an illusion. If it's fake, there's no way it can be hidden from the heavens … "
Zhang Xuan shook his head.
He didn't want to hurt the Dragonbone Divine Spear, but the truth was still the truth.
As soon as he pierced through the illusions, he came to a realization.
A formation that even he couldn't see through and could hide from the heavens required sufficient energy to maintain, and the core of the formation was none other than Ancient Sage Ran Qiu's corpse.
Only the second Sage beneath Kong Shi possessed the ability to pass off the illusions as real, such that even the Dragonbone Divine Spear had failed to notice it.
Nevertheless, the Dragonbone Divine Spear was still a smart person. Since the Library of Heaven's Path was unable to peer into it, it knew that it was hiding something that even the heavens were unable to see through. On top of that, Zheng Yang's corpse had appeared as well.
"Is Ancient Sage Ran Qiu really dead?"
The Dragonbone Divine Spear fell to the ground and fell silent.
If the corpse was real, it meant that Ancient Sage Ran Qiu was really dead.
"It's hard to say whether he's really dead or not. Just because the corpse is real doesn't mean that he's really dead. Take Sovereign Chen Yong for example. Even though his corpse has been buried and his cultivation has been passed on to Liu Yang, his soul has been saved by the gods of the Forsaken Continent. However, that doesn't mean that he can't be revived!"
Zhang Xuan said. "Those who have cultivated to Ancient Sage Ran Qiu's level won't die that easily!"
Even Vicious could be revived after being reduced to mere bones, let alone Ancient Sage Ran Qiu.
Even if the corpse was real, as long as one's soul remained intact, one couldn't really call it death.
"This …"
Hearing Zhang Xuan's explanation, the Dragonbone Divine Spear finally recovered from its dazed state, and it heaved a sigh of relief.
"Let's wake Zheng Yang up first and knock him out. Something must have happened to him …"
With a tap of his finger, Zhang Xuan infused a surge of zhenqi into his student's body. A moment later, Zheng Yang slowly regained consciousness.
His student possessed frightening fighting prowess, and his willpower was frighteningly strong as well. Yet, he still ended up fainting under such circumstances. He must have suffered some kind of trauma, causing his state of mind to fluctuate violently.
"Teacher!"
With a reddened face, Zheng Yang walked up to Zhang Xuan.
"What did you find in the underground chamber that caused you to faint?"
Wei Ruyan couldn't help but ask.
"I …" Rubbing his head, Zheng Yang calmed himself down for a moment before replying with a reddened face, "I saw a coffin similar to the one above, and when I opened it up, I saw Kong Shi's corpse inside …"
"Kong Shi's corpse?" Zhang Xuan frowned.
What they saw was Zheng Yang's corpse, and what Zheng Yang saw was Kong Shi's corpse …
Could there be some kind of connection between the two?
"Regardless of whether there's a connection or not, there's no doubt that it has something to do with the barrier before us!"
Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, but he was still unable to make sense of it. He knew that this place had something to do with Kong Shi, but since he was still some distance away from the other party, it was only natural that he would be unable to make sense of it. Thus, he turned his gaze to the massive barrier before him.
If there was an answer, it would surely lie behind the barrier. What he needed to do now was to figure out how he could enter it.
"Let me give it a try!"
Zhang Xuan's eyebrows shot up as he tightened his grip on the Dragonbone Divine Spear.
Hula!
The Dragonbone Divine Spear tore through space and arrived right before the barrier.
Boom!
However, a powerful might suddenly burst forth, and Zhang Xuan's body stiffened. He was sent flying, and his back crashed heavily into the wall. His face paled, and his aura seemed a little weak.
It was just a single blow, but he had already sustained significant injuries.
"It actually doesn't work?"
Zhang Xuan was astonished.
With the Dragonbone Divine Spear, he was able to put up a fight against the god he had encountered earlier. Yet, he was actually able to pierce through an ordinary barrier without sustaining any damage at all. On the contrary, he was on the verge of spurting blood.
This was way too formidable!
Just what in the world was this barrier for it to be so fearsome?
"Master, let me give it a try!"
Just as Zhang Xuan was perplexed, Vicious' voice sounded in his head.
"Alright!" Zhang Xuan nodded. He flicked his wrist and released Vicious.
Vicious' body was still intact, and he had tamed the straw cape as well. His fighting prowess was already on par with Dimension Shatterer realm primary stage cultivators. Perhaps, he might really be able to break through this barrier.
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