This is clearly a monster!

As Li Tan delved deeper, he quickly reached the end of the graveyard.

If the outer graveyard was filled with tranquility and mystery, then this place was simply like Hell!

"A mass grave!"

Around it, trees withered, weeds grew rampant, and a chilling Aura surged like a tide, as if every breeze carried the wails of departed souls.

"Crack!"

A withered branch, aged by time, was inadvertently crushed by Li Tan's foot. The crows circling above, perhaps hearing the sound, wailed incessantly.

Their mournful cries pierced the silence, adding a touch of life to the place, yet also revealing loneliness and detachment, as if warning passersby:

"Do not approach, living beings!"

A bone-chilling cold wind blew across his face, making him feel as if he were in a slaughterhouse in Hell, and he, himself, was a small lamb that had accidentally escaped.

Mustering his courage, he walked a short distance forward. Muffled whispers, a baby's cries, a woman's sharp screams, a furious man's low grunts—all mingled in his ears.

"There's such a massive coffin here!"

Li Tan exclaimed in surprise. The coffin before him was truly full of suspicious points; it was stored here alone.

The coffin was as black as ink, with a faint sheen. Several crows perched on its lid, their sharp claws ceaselessly scratching the wood. Their beaks seemed to be eating something.

It was a long, sticky, soft tissue, covered in blood and grease, mixed with a bit of dirt, causing severe physiological discomfort at just a glance.

As the crows pecked, that unknown object broke open, and thick blood mixed with granular fat flowed out, along with some unknown white liquid.

From a distance, one could even see milky-white larvae squirming frantically, vying for food.

"This might be a section of an intestine, but it's been reanimated for a long time."

The disgusting sight made Li Tan frown, and he hesitated to move forward. His thoughts raced, constantly speculating about what was inside the coffin.

"Should I open it?"

"Perhaps there will be an unexpected delight, or it could be a sudden misfortune."

......

After a moment of thought, Li Tan no longer hesitated. He urged his Spiritual Qi and resolutely opened the coffin!

An elder, dressed in a wide black robe, appeared before his eyes!

A layer of white mist subtly enveloped the elder, exuding an indescribable eeriness and strangeness. His fingers were even more unusual!

They had the skin color of a chimpanzee, the slimy liquid of a snake, and the hooked claws of a fox!

Observing closely, Li Tan also saw the elder's face: an aquiline nose that reached his mouth, and lips fixed in a faint smile! His forehead was very prominent, subtly covered in scales!

His face was devoid of flesh, seemingly just a layer of skin!

His forehead was bruised, his eye sockets were sunken and dark, and below them were many engorged, purple veins, twisted! Intertwined! Coiled!

How could this be called a human! It was clearly a monster wearing human skin!

This smiling mouth was covered in sticky liquid, and four fangs glinted with a cold light. It was hard to believe that a corpse, dead for an unknown period, was actually smiling!

In this environment, its smile was so sinister, so chilling, like a smiling wolf—no! A wolf was far cuter in its presence.

Beneath the elder's black robe, it was unknown whether it was human or demon, or perhaps a furry body like a fox, or even like a python, covered in liquid-soaked scales....

Li Tan extended his right hand, intending to tear open its black clothing to see its true face!

"Fifty feet!"

"Thirty feet!"

As the distance grew shorter, Li Tan became increasingly agitated. The hair standing on end on his body constantly reminded him of the severe discomfort in his heart.

"Ten feet!"

As his fingers touched the black clothing, a biting wind blew across his face, accompanied by a bone-chilling cold.

This cold intensified. Li Tan felt his entire body's muscles tense, and the cold made his face ache.

"Why does my face hurt! I am clearly a Cultivator."

Confusion instantly filled his mind! Li Tan abruptly looked forward!

"Eyes...eyes!"

"It's smiling and watching!"

This strange creature, it had come alive!

At such a close distance, Li Tan could smell the decay and stench from its mouth, like rotting flesh, utterly disgusting.

Li Tan's pupils contracted sharply! Instinctively, he wanted to distance himself!

But the next moment! That beast claw suddenly clamped down on his throat!

"Hehehehe...."

"It seems this face frightens you greatly, then I shall put on my original face."

This monster pulled out a stack of faces from its clothes! And from the middle...chose one to put on its face!

"Li Nianhua!"

Li Tan's mind instantly went blank, his eyes filled with disbelief!

Li Nianhua, however, let out two excited, strange laughs.

The laughter was extremely harsh and desolate! His body trembled uncontrollably with the laughter!

"Li Tan, don't you know you still have a grandfather?"

For a moment, Li Tan felt as if his heart was about to explode! His secret had been discovered! And this monster even called him his grandson!

Li Nianhua, with one hand gripping Li Tan's throat, spoke with a strange expression:

"Are young people nowadays all so unafraid of death? To treat this old man as if he were air, truly amusing!"

"Never mind, then I shall tell you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Nianhua looked at Li Tan with a loving expression, and his other beast claw stroked Li Tan's head.

"Your mother, Mu JinxI, that slut! To give birth to you, this little bastard! It truly is the will of heaven to play tricks on people!"

Li Nianhua was very angry, the layer of skin on his face trembled incessantly. Li Tan could clearly feel that the force of the beast claw on his throat had deepened by several points!

"Mu JinxI was a dog under Li Feiyan!"

"The current Li Family Old Ancestor is that beast Li Feiyan!"

"And your mother, Mu JinxI, was a dog he trained! She first contacted my son Li Zhi, gaining the qualification to meet me!"

"Then she meticulously planned for several years, utterly charming my son, and to gain my trust, she even bore you, this bastard!"

Before these words even finished, Li Nianhua's Aura instantly pressed down on the entire graveyard! Crows instantly became headless corpses, their feathers and shredded flesh turning into fertilizer....

"The three of us were originally all at Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, just a step away from Peak, needing only an Opportunity to Breakthrough!"

"And I was the first to encounter this Opportunity! A second-tier top-grade Spiritual material!"

"Spirit Moon Bamboo!"

"But at the crucial moment, that slut Mu JinxI reported me!"

This sentence was completely roared out by Li Nianhua, vast and furious, a veritable beast's voice!

"Li Tan, you don't know the taste of being betrayed by your best brother and daughter-in-law."

"That Li Feiyan damaged my liver. If Li Yong hadn't come to my rescue in time, I'm afraid I would have already entered the Yellow Springs Hell."

Looking at Li Tan, whose face had turned black, Li Nianhua's grip loosened a bit, fearing he would accidentally crush him to death.

"I was still wondering at the time what benefits Li Feiyan had promised that slut, that she would abandon her future, abandon her family, and even abandon her life!"

"When I realized she had Foundation Establishment cultivation! I understood everything!"

"However, Li Feiyan broke his promise and did not protect her!"

"Her end was miserable. Everything edible was eaten by me, but I left her one breath, wanting to see where she would go in her last moments...."