283: I will overcome all obstacles with my strength!

"Who said that?"

Chen Heng's brows furrowed; how could he not know what Chang Yutian wanted to do?

Mortals, in his eyes, were nothing more than fodder and sacrifices, just as Chen Heng viewed the Noble and powerful clans.

They were all just a bunch of self-regenerating leeks.

As for what Chang Yutian wanted to achieve by sacrificing the entire Jade Fan Kingdom, it was naturally related to the Hundred Corpse Tomb.

However, there was no need to tell Gou Longxun and the others about such a high-level matter.

It would only add to their worries and serve no other purpose.

"Old Qi, who else?" Xu Lieying rolled his eyes and said irritably.

"That old fellow came back and blurted it out, now we can't even properly enjoy New Years Day."

"Lieying, Old Qi said there's no problem with this matter; it's good for everyone to be prepared," Wu Tianba kicked Xu Lieying.

"Exactly, it doesn't have much to do with us, just enjoy New Years Day and be done with it," Chen Heng also nodded in agreement.

As for Chang Yutian's affairs, let him and the Emperor of Daliang fight like dogs.

As long as Qiyang City and his family and friends weren't threatened, it was basically irrelevant.

Besides, his growth rate was much faster than Chang Yutian's now, so even if he came knocking, it wouldn't matter.

If it came to it, he would just beat him to death; what trouble could a dead person cause?

After this topic passed, Chen Heng and Xu Lieying resumed their drinking party, completely pushing the matter to the back of their minds...

That night, Chen Heng returned home, thoroughly drunk.

He didn't rely on his powerful body to dispel the intoxication; instead, he quite enjoyed the feeling.

What's the point of drinking if you don't get drunk?

But as he lay on the bed, wanting to enjoy this moment of relaxation, the table beside him suddenly jumped.

"" Chen Heng sat up groggily, looking suspiciously at the table that seemed to have moved.

"What's going on?"

Activating the Internal Qi within his body to clear his drunkenness, Chen Heng walked to the table and opened the drawer.

Inside the drawer were originally a corpse quelling gong, a soul hook hairpin, a soul suppressing bell, and that map.

Now, the three keys to the Hundred Corpse Tomb were tangled together, seemingly in the process of Fusion?

Chen Heng picked up the jumbled mess, trying to separate them.

After fiddling with them for a while, Chen Heng still put down the three keys, which were tangled into a ball.

It wasn't that he couldn't separate them, but he was afraid of tearing them apart if he used too much force.

"What exactly is going on?"

Chen Heng scratched his head.

[A pass has been detected. Do you wish to consume an Optimization attempt to activate it?]

[Yes / No]

"" Chen Heng quickly opened the System panel, looking at the glowing Optimization option on the tangled object.

"Pass? Activate?"

Chen Heng was a bit confused; weren't these the keys to the Hundred Corpse Tomb?

"Forget it, trying it definitely won't be a loss."

Chen Heng knew the System's nature well; things that underwent Optimization were definitely better to use than before.

He clicked 'Yes,' and after one Optimization attempt was deducted, the three previously tangled keys gradually merged.

Finally, a thin, brass-colored card fell onto the table.

[Hundred Corpse Tomb Pass: The holder can freely enter and exit the Hundred Corpse Tomb. The pass can fully activate the map within the tomb.]

"This thing... the art style doesn't seem right, does it?"

Chen Heng looked at the card in his hand, feeling as if it was similar to an ID card from his previous life.

"Map within the tomb..." Taking out the map, Chen Heng placed the card on it.

Sure enough, after a distortion on the map, the previously chaotic and blurry areas became clear.

But Chen Heng's expression was not one of joy; instead, it became serious.

"How is this possible?"

Looking at the characters on the map, which had changed from a jumble of codes to words he recognized, Chen Heng's heart felt as if it was clutched by a large hand.

That's right, the original garbled text, activated by the pass, had turned into the Chinese characters familiar to Chen Heng.

This made him feel a chill.

There were no Chinese characters in this world; they used their own invented writing System.

But now, with the appearance of these familiar and intimate characters, Chen Heng didn't feel happy; instead, he felt even more confused.

"How could they be Chinese characters? Could I be under an illusion?"

His Self-Transformation Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Body activated, and dense Devilish Qi enveloped Chen Heng.

However, even with the Demon Body that was immune to all spell techniques, the Chinese characters on the map in front of him still did not disappear.

[**Divine Tomb***Heart]

Unfortunately, even after activation, only three characters were clearly visible; the rest seemed to have been deliberately erased.

Originally, the Hundred Corpse Tomb was not very important in Chen Heng's mind, but now it was different.

The importance of the Hundred Corpse Tomb suddenly surpassed that of the Noble and powerful clans, rising to the top in terms of importance.

"It seems I'll have to go and see when I have time..." Chen Heng frowned, stuffing the pass and the map into his dragon skin pouch.

These things could no longer be placed casually; they might be related to Chen Heng's origins.

Shaking his head, Chen Heng lay back down on the bed.

Nothing was urgent; he would get through the New Year first.

Chen Heng tried to empty his mind, to stop thinking about the Hundred Corpse Tomb.

But no matter how hard he tried, even hitting his forehead with a brick, he couldn't fall asleep.

"So annoying!"

Chen Heng sat up with a carp-like flip, pacing to the pavilion in the courtyard, letting the cold wind blow, trying to calm down.

"Why did this have to happen now, of all times, right during the New Year?"

Chen Heng let out a long breath and still opened the optimization system.

He knew the reason for his anxiety wasn't seeing the Chinese characters, but rather worrying about insufficient strength once he entered the Hundred Corpse Tomb.

"Optimize, optimize, optimize, optimize for me!"

Chen Heng optimized everything he could, like someone having an attack, until the System prompted that there were insufficient Optimization attempts.

Looking at the remaining one hundred and three Optimization attempts, Chen Heng's anxiety finally lessened somewhat.

Opening his personal panel, Chen Heng looked at the various data with satisfaction.

Name: Chen Heng

Qi and Blood: 1371200

Cultivation: 10032 years (Martial Extreme Realm)

External Skills: Heaven and Earth Martial Scripture (D-grade), Dragon Tiger Strength (up to 372 times), Hegemon Spear Technique (Major Achievement)... Internal Skills: Nine Revolutions Longevity Art (Nine Revolutions Perfection), Five Elements Five Organs Diagram (Five Elements Perfection)

Bloodline: Asura Bloodline (100%), Hanba Bloodline (100%), Kui Niu Bloodline (100%)

Secret Art: Self-Transformation Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Body (Trāyastriṃśa)

"That should be enough..." Chen Heng rubbed his chin; his mood was much better now, and his mindset had completely leveled out.

Even if Chinese characters appeared, what of it? As long as he was strong enough, all confusion was illusory!

All obstacles, I shall break with force!

Having thought it through, Chen Heng no longer dwelled on the matter of the Hundred Corpse Tomb; he would deal with it whenever it emerged.

Anyway, there were others to worry about it for him, such as Chang Yutian and the Emperor of Daliang.