Chapter 1261: Alive!

“A sword…”

Gu Qing Shan practically chewed on these two words, his gaze becoming dim.

The child furrowed his eyebrows, asking in surprise: “What happened to you? Is there some sort of issue with this information? Why do I feel like you’ve completely changed?”

Gu Qing Shan regained his senses and answered: “It’s nothing, I just didn’t think there would be a sword that belonged to the Samsara here—– go on”

Seeing his expression return to normal, the child continued:

“This sword is the Divine Artifact that allows the entire tomb to operate as normal. Without it, the Apocalypses of the great tomb would have already poured out——- naturally, no one had ever actually seen this sword, everything we’ve heard are only rumors”

After he finished, the child pointed at Gu Qing Shan with his chin.

——now it’s your turn to talk

However, Gu Qing Shan no longer had any secrets to tell.

Against such an ancient monster, he hadn’t even considered telling fake information.

Because the other party had already reached an unusually high level of power, even the slightest inappropriateness could result in the other party noticing.

It seems I’ll have to tell a real secret after all…

But since the entire Tomb of Myriad Beasts had been under his control and surveillance, every secret there is to be discovered should have already been discovered.

I’ve only just arrived, so anything I know about the Tomb of Myriad Beasts would pale in comparison compared to him.

Then, what exactly should I say next?

Gu Qing Shan pondered for a long while before he continued: “I will inform you the existence of a certain person who had entered the great tomb, if you run into him, you must be careful”

“Who?” the child asked.

“Gu Qing Shan” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The child found that surprising: “You call that a secret? I’ve obtained information about him, I know that he wields the twin swords Heaven and Earth, but as long as I’m not struck by these two swords, there wouldn’t be any issues, the easiest solution is to simply kill him on sight”

“I’m not referring to the twin swords, but rather something else” Gu Qing Shan said mysteriously.

“Does he carry some sort of other secret?” the child doubtfully asked.

“Indeed. In truth, he came from the future” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The child froze, temporarily unable to digest this information.

After a long while of silence, he spoke again: “Although the twin swords Heaven and Earth are the most advanced Soul Artifacts of the Eternal Abyss, they should not hold the power to travel through time…”

“Gu Qing Shan was able to triumph against the Soul Shrieker, Demon Dragon, and Immortal Giant, taking the two swords for himself at the moment of their conception, he surely has his own secrets”

“Combined with the fact that he was able to travel through time and return to this moment from the past, he must have had quite an extraordinary background”

“That isn’t the case” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“It isn’t because of his background?” the child doubtfully asked.

Gu Qing Shan nodded and told him with a serious expression: “He has those three coins”

The child appeared shaken with a shocked expression, replying: “So it was because of the Explorer of Countless Mysteries, Distorter of History, Key of the Past, Fragment of the Traveler’s Proof? It’s quite a wonder that he managed to obtain such a thing”

Apparently recalling something, the child swiftly scoffed and muttered: “However, there are too many counterfeits of those things. I a.s.sume he might have gotten a fake. The Laws of Fate, Time, and s.p.a.ce of the infinite worlds would not easily allow the genuine things to reveal themselves, let alone give it to a mortal”

His expression turned a bit easier.

This time, it was Gu Qing Shan’s turn to be stunned.

This monster from the great tomb seems to know something about the secret of the three coins.

Individuals who knew about the secrets of artifacts at the level of the three coins within the vast infinite worlds were almost as rare as the artifacts themselves.

Now that he finally ran into one of them, how could Gu Qing Shan let go of this chance?

“No, according to the information I obtained, the coins in Gu Qing Shan’s possession are not counterfeits, but rather genuine articles” Gu Qing Shan refuted him.

The child tilted his head a bit: “That’s not possible. Those things are highly valued by the three great Laws inside the Reality Gate, the only fragment of the Traveler’s Proof to appear in reality. Those who own them must all undergo a series of trials, but never had there been anyone who managed to endure or complete all of those trials”

The child continued with a knowing tone: “Because of that, the Coins of Time are not something a mortal like him can touch”

He then nodded to Gu Qing Shan and said: “This secret is highly valuable, and I could tell that you’ve told nothing but the truth from the very beginning up to now”

“Since you’ve been so generous, I can also tell you an even more important secret”

“Relating to what?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The child swiped the void of s.p.a.ce to take out a dark purple scale.

He lightly tossed the scale forward but said nothing.

The piece of scale hovered in the air, slowly moving towards Gu Qing Shan.

——probing?

Gu Qing Shan’s heart started beating faster.

He caught the piece of scale, then took a careful look at it in his hand.

After a few moments, lines of glowing text appeared on the War G.o.d UI:

[Mermaid scale from the River of Calamity]

[This is a type of apocalyptic monster from outside the Reality Gate, at the moment of its death, its scales will peel off into individual pieces]

[The scale of this monster is filled with an apocalyptic aura. If someone holds this monster’s scale in their mouths, they would be able to escape detection from any Apocalypse for one full day]

[Precious item]

Gu Qing Shan quickly skimmed through the text and asked: “This scale seems to have the ability to avoid the Apocalypse, where did you find it?”

While saying so, he put the scale away.

The child opened his mouth wide, wanting to ask for that piece of scale back, but Gu Qing Shan’s next words stopped him.

“If you sincerely wish to cooperate with me, then giving me a piece of scale to let me travel with you into the great tomb would be natural, don’t you think?” Gu Qing Shan smirked and asked.

The child froze, opening and closing his mouth several times without being able to say anything.

Don’t be ridiculous, with the Shaman’s personality, you’d be daydreaming if you think you can take back something he already took.

The child said with an irritated expression: “This was a beneficial item I found at the bottom of the Tomb River, as long as one holds this scale in their mouth, they’d be able to avoid the pursuit of any Apocalypse, allowing them to safely enter and return from the great tomb”

“Beneficial indeed” Gu Qing Shan nodded.

The two of them simply stared at one another.

The child appeared regretful of taking it out.

While Gu Qing Shan appeared triumphant for being able to take advantage of him.

In truth, Gu Qing Shan was highly vigilant.

——the other party did not mention one very crucial detail.

This thing was actually a consumable item, which would expire after one day of use.

Tch.

No wonder he didn’t try to cause a commotion and insist on retrieving the piece of scale, so he wanted to lay down a trap for me.

If I was still relying on this thing after one day, my outcome would needless to be said.

However…

No matter how well this guy’s preparations were, I’m not the actual War Shaman.

Gu Qing Shan turned his thought and stood up: “I don’t have anything else I can tell you. Now that the Wraith’s corpse has shown changes, I feel that we shouldn’t delay things any longer. We need to get over there and confirm the situation”

The child appeared surprised, but also stood up: “That’s true, then we shall form a temporarily alliance”

“Very well”

“When do we leave?”

“Right now”

…

15 minutes later.

An underground pa.s.sage that led into the great tomb.

Over half of this place was covered in lava, with only a few molten rocks floating above the lava to serve as footstools.

Several dozen figures were quickly moving along, then stopped on top of the molten rocks.

Gu Qing Shan and the child seemed like a pair of suns being orbited by numerous planets.

Gu Qing Shan looked down at the lava and asked: “Where’s the Wraith’s corpse?”

“I already told you. It moves consistently on a determined path, most likely floated into the great tomb again already. Most likely it will need some time to reappear” the child replied.

When Gu Qing Shan was about to continue, the void of s.p.a.ce in front of him first wavered before a jade tablet suddenly appeared.

Gu Qing Shan caught it.

——-the Nine Serenity Yin Incantation Jade Tablet!

I didn’t think the jade tablet would be able to sense me while standing outside the great tomb!

“What is that?” the child asked in surprise.

“Reports from my subordinates” Gu Qing Shan curtly answered, then scanned the jade tablet with his inner sight.

The voice of another ‘him’ resounded in his mind:

[We discovered something strange]

The voice of another ‘him’ also appeared: [That’s right. The two of us are currently in the vicinity of the Asura burial grounds. Due to there being too many Apocalypses around us, we’ve met up and used our strongest concealment techniques to hide in the most una.s.suming location on the banks of the Tomb River. We then saw——-]

The ‘him’ from before cut in: [We saw the Wraith’s corpse that you mentioned previously. It was swimming along the water of the river, fighting against the remains of those void monsters for a long while before playing dead again and floated outside the Tomb Rover]

[Do you understand? It is alive, I repeat, it is alive!]

Gu Qing Shan felt gooseb.u.mps over his entire body.

Alive?

Then, what exactly is its goal, acting as a corpse?

At this point, the child said: “Look, the Wraith’s corpse has arrived”

Gu Qing Shan looked up.

A jet-black body was floating along the incandescent lava.

It slowly approached them.