110: Medium to achieve immortality

"They came here for immortality."

Ye Bai spoke slowly.

"Immortality?"

Wu Jing, Yang Mi, and the others couldn't help but be stunned, their faces soon filling with shock.

What immortality?

Can humans actually achieve immortality?

Wasn't that just a load of nonsense?

"Obtaining immortality requires a medium; this treasure is that medium."

Ye Bai's gaze swept indifferently across the scene, noticing that the hands of those corpses bore patterns—patterns that looked abnormal.

It was likely some kind of curse.

"A medium? A medium for immortality? Does such a thing really exist?"

Zhang Dada felt that this world was becoming far too fantastical.

Where would one even find immortality?

"Why wouldn't it? If a person wants to achieve immortality, they would need to rely on something, right?"

Yang Mi looked dismissively at Zhang Dada beside her, clearly disagreeing with his words.

The viewers in the Live Stream Room came to a sudden realization upon hearing Ye Bai's words.

[Holy crap! That makes sense now. Since the reason they all came here was immortality, it's understandable!]

[I'll be damned! This world is too surreal. There are actually people pursuing immortality? Is this for real? I'm not dreaming, am I?]

[Aiya! Which ancient monarch didn't want to live for a hundred years? I'd also want to live forever and unify the world, haha!!]

[Then do you guys think the ruler of the Yelang Kingdom succeeded? Did he finally achieve immortality?]

[Upstairs, are you stupid? Aren't Da Mimi and the others inside the Tomb right now? If he succeeded, would he still be lying here?]

[Damn! Isn't that the truth? Even if there is a medium for immortality, it's not something just anyone can take away.]

The viewers were all discussing it fervently.

However, some people still thought the idea of a medium was nonsense. If there were really a way to gain immortality, wouldn't the ruler of the Yelang Kingdom have achieved it?

Why would he be buried here?

The professors of the Archaeology Academy fell into deep thought after hearing Ye Bai's explanation.

They had explored so many Tombs that they were long accustomed to monarchs seeking immortality.

Eternal life was the ultimate dream of all monarchs—something they would pay any price for.

They weren't shocked by the concept of immortality appearing in this Tomb, but they hadn't expected these Tomb Robbers to be seeking it as well.

Even a Mountain Overseeing Protector was involved... how could that be?

"The Mountain Overseeing Protector was considered an official rank in ancient times. To be colluding with these Tomb Robbers is truly strange..."

"There's one thing I don't understand. Why would a Mountain Overseeing Protector suddenly want to enter this Tomb? They've entered many Tombs before, and this isn't the only Tomb where one might seek immortality. Why choose this one?"

"Exactly! If I remember correctly, the Mountain Overseeing Protector lineage has at least several hundred years of history. If they wanted immortality, they should have found some clues in those hundreds of years. Could the clue be right here?"

The professors felt that something was amiss.

This didn't seem to match the identity they knew of the Mountain Overseeing Protectors.

"Could something have happened in the middle of it all?"

Professor Qian fell silent for a moment, thinking this possibility was very likely.

"The only ones who could know the inside story would be those Tomb Robbers and the descendants of the Mountain Overseeing Protectors."

Professor Guo added from the side.

At that moment, inside the courtyard house, Boss Li's eyes widened as he saw the corpses.

Especially when he saw the jade pendant on one of the bodies... "Grandmaster..."

Boss Li called out in shock upon seeing the jade pendant. How could this be?

Why would his Grandmaster have died there?

While he was still in shock, his phone rang with a call from a conference room.

Seeing the notification, he impatiently pressed the answer button.

"Did you all see it?"

A man's voice spoke first. It was gentle, but upon closer listening, it held a hint of trembling.

"I saw it. I'm certain that is our Grandmaster."

Boss Li spoke up hurriedly.

"What was said back then was true. They really failed."

Another woman's voice said, filled with horror.

Hearing this, Boss Li couldn't help but fall into silence.

Years ago, the Mountain-Moving, Ridge-Settling, Gold-Touching, and Mound-Opening lineages once sought out the Feng Family of the Mountain Overseeing Protectors. They decided to enter the Tomb together to find the medium of immortality... and none of them ever returned.

Those were the elites of the Tomb-robbing world!

In the end, not a single one came back.

And all of this was because of the curse of the Mountain-Moving lineage... While rescuing the Gold-Touching, Mound-Opening, and Ridge-Settling people from danger within the Tomb, the Mountain-Moving lineage unfortunately fell under a curse.

Although they successfully rescued the other three lineages through many perils, the Mountain-Moving lineage encountered a grave problem.

This left the people of the other three lineages filled with self-reproach. If not for them, the Mountain-Moving lineage wouldn't have seen its population wither away overnight due to the curse.

Filled with such guilt, the descendants of the three lineages helped the Mountain-Moving lineage search for a way to break the curse as a way to repay their kindness.

It was at this time that the Mountain-Moving lineage thought of another method—using immortality to break the curse.

They spent their entire lives exploring many Tombs and finally found a clue that pointed to the southern region.

For the sake of safety, they specifically invited the Mountain Overseeing Protector, making it a sort of cooperation between official and civilian.

After all, who wouldn't want immortality?

They never expected that after entering the Tomb together a hundred years ago, there would be no more news... Now, seeing their corpses... they finally knew these people were killed... and died inside this Tomb.

How could this happen?

They were incredibly powerful Tomb Robbers at that time!

To think they would meet their end here... Boss Li and the others found it hard to accept for a moment.

Those were the strongest experts of the era, and they had taken many brothers with them when they left.

Because of this, the four lineages nearly faced extinction, with the Gold-Touching, Mound-Opening, Mountain-Moving, and Ridge-Settling lineages almost losing their succession... Even the Mountain Overseeing Protector lineage fell into decline, leading to the emergence of the signs at Fengmen Village.

Thinking back, the appearance of Fengmen Village was exactly the same year Feng Shigu disappeared... Boss Li didn't dare to think any further.

This place was truly terrifying.

If even the experts of that time had no chance of survival, then how terrifying was this place exactly?

"The name of this tree is 'ghost avoider.' Messages passed down from our ancestors say that as soon as you see the ghost avoider, you must not delay and must leave immediately."

"Otherwise, there is no hope of survival. I thought it was just a legend, but now it seems it wasn't a lie."

As everyone fell silent, the man who had spoken first said with a sigh.

"Then aren't Ye Bai and the others in great danger? Even with our grandmasters from all four lineages gathered, they were no match. Ye Bai is on his own and carrying a group of dead weight—can he survive?"

The woman's voice said, sounding somewhat nervous.