Chapter 494: Chapter 234: "Jin’an is tough, what about Yinruo?"_4
"So even powerful beings in the Divine Concealing Realm can be killed here." Lu Jin’an continued, "Thirty thousand years ago, this place might not have been the Qinglian Secret Realm of Mount Sumeru yet? So this Golden Dragon Soul Valley was likely relics left behind by the Dragon Clan when they were the Cloud Peak Master."
Xiao Yinruo said nothing more, just held Lu Jin’an’s hand and continued walking forward.
As they gradually ascended, countless bones came into their view, but unlike the bones in the canyon, these remained uncorrupted by the elements, crystalline like jade.
There were humans, as well as demon beasts.
Lu Jin’an pondered, "Are they all the bones of Immortals or Demon Emperors and above?"
Immortal Bodies might decay, but Immortal Bones never—unless deliberately destroyed.
Xiao Yinruo softly remarked, "These are all the bones of the Divinely Concealed or Demon Saints."
Lu Jin’an felt Xiao Yinruo’s grip on his hand tighten slightly. He turned his head to look at Xiao Yinruo without speaking.
Feeling Lu Jin’an’s gaze, Xiao Yinruo slightly relaxed, then smiled faintly, "Some of those bones still have Storage Rings. Why don’t you see if there’s any treasure?"
Lu Jin’an’s eyes lit up, "That sounds good."
Saying this, he pulled Xiao Yinruo toward the nearest skeleton.
Xiao Yinruo watched Lu Jin’an squat down, a softened gaze in his eyes. This child is truly clever, knowing how to ease the tense atmosphere.
"Just now..." Xiao Yinruo spoke softly, "Why did you think of letting me escape first? Just because I used attack instead of defense in the Dead Tide?"
"Not entirely." Lu Jin’an picked up a Storage Ring, glanced inside, then tossed it aside. The space within had already collapsed, and everything inside was gone.
Xiao Yinruo followed his steps, "What other reason?"
Without looking up, Lu Jin’an replied, "You are irreplaceable. If something happened to you, Master, Nanzhi, and the others would be sad, and so would I."
"Did it not cross your mind that if you died, they might also follow you in despair?" Xiao Yinruo sneered.
Lu Jin’an stood up, saying, "I have a trump card."
Xiao Yinruo directly knocked him on the head, "Lying to your aunt?"
"I do have one." Lu Jin’an shook his head. "But I cannot tell you, as a trump card should not be easily disclosed to outsiders."
"Haha." Xiao Yinruo knocked on his head again, "It’s fine if you lie to me. I appreciate your intent to protect me, but instead of trusting in your tough fate, trust in my strength."
Lu Jin’an responded with an "Hmm" and dropped the topic, saying, "The internal spaces of the few Storage Rings I checked have all collapsed, which shouldn’t be the case.
How could a Storage Ring of Immortal Level collapse so easily?"
"There are also formations here," Xiao Yinruo calmly stated. "Formations require energy, drawing it from the Immortal Artifact is normal."
"Formations?" Lu Jin’an, who had always stayed within Xiao Yinruo’s Forget Love Dao Domain, curiously asked, "What kind of formation? A Killing Array?"
"No." Xiao Yinruo extended his right hand, spiritual power forming threads at his fingertips. With a few light flicks, Lu Jin’an saw faint array patterns shimmer in the air around them.
"Spirit Gathering Array." A trace of azure light flickered in Xiao Yinruo’s eyes, "On the same level as Wandao Sect’s Spirit Gathering Array."
Lu Jin’an understood Xiao Yinruo’s meaning.
Even though other sects could also use Wandao Sect’s Spirit Gathering Array, only Wandao Sect could utilize it successfully.
Because maintaining such a high-level Spirit Gathering Array required immense energy annually, only Wandao Sect could support it.
Yet, the presence of such a Spirit Gathering Array within the Buddhist Sect’s Qinglian Secret Realm was logically unsound.
For Mount Sumeru, Lingshan, and Putuo Mountain combined do not have the deep foundation of Wandao Sect.
And constructing such a large Spirit Gathering Array within a Secret Realm... even Wandao Sect wouldn’t be this extravagant.
The purpose of sects in constructing Spirit Gathering Arrays is to utilize purer spiritual power. Why would Buddha Burial Valley construct such an array?
Who is cultivating here?
"Let’s keep going." Xiao Yinruo started forward with a stride, "Let’s see what lies ahead."
Lu Jin’an silently followed, slightly raising his head to gaze into the endless depths of the shadowy path, which gave off a sense similar to that of a demon or devil.
If... really there was a Great Buddha of Divine Concealment from the Buddhist Sect hidden here cultivating, what then?
The dark grey trees were devoid of any leaves, and the scattered bones in the forest grew increasingly sparse, yet Lu Jin’an could distinctly feel that Xiao Yinruo was using more spiritual power to maintain the Forget Love Dao Domain.
Noticing Xiao Yinruo’s increasingly grave expression, Lu Jin’an understood that apart from the peculiar gravitational force, there was another type of energy roaring here.
But sheltered by Xiao Yinruo, he felt nothing.
Lu Jin’an looked down at Xiao Yinruo’s hand, sensing her palm fatally moist with sweat.
He didn’t utter a word to disturb Xiao Yinruo, merely watching her swaying skirt as she walked. Suddenly, after turning a bend, Xiao Yinruo halted.
Lu Jin’an looked up and was stunned.
What lay before them was a massive pit, where an iridescent green glow shone, filled with a chaotic heap of countless skeletons.
This was evidently a colossal cemetery.
More unsettling to Lu Jin’an was that amongst the bones in the pit were human bones, but even more numerous were the skeletal remains of demon beasts.
These demon beast bones stretched thousands of feet long, and since the pit wasn’t as deep as these beasts were large, one could see their bones partly hidden underground.
Yet even so, one could clearly feel their overwhelming might, higher than mountains, as well as the fearful aura still emitted from their bones, even in death.