75: Chapter 75 The Mysterious Black Order, A Million-Dollar Secret

The secret chamber wasn't large, roughly a hundred square feet.

The surrounding walls were covered with strange runes that Su Yun couldn't understand, like some kind of sacrificial totem, emitting an ominous aura.

The air was filled with a strange mixture of stale blood and sandalwood, a scent that made one want to vomit.

There were no miraculous Spirit Pills or mountains of rare treasures as he had imagined.

In the center of the secret chamber, there was only a solitary black altar.

Upon the altar, a half-human-tall headless idol was enshrined.

The idol's material was neither gold nor jade, entirely black, with crude carving, yet it exuded a desolate and sinister aura from ancient times.

Merely looking at it made one feel as if their Divine Soul was about to be sucked in.

"What in the world is going on? The Medicine King Valley people don't practice Alchemy; they come here to worship evil gods?"

Su Yun frowned slightly, his heart filled with doubt.

Throughout the entire Southern Region, Medicine King Valley was known for its positive image of saving lives and healing the injured.

How could such a gloomy and eerie place be hidden deep within their Forbidden Ground?

His gaze shifted from the headless idol to another item on the altar.

It was a palm-sized token, entirely crafted from an unknown black-gold material.

On the front of the token, a palace suspended above a sea of blood was carved, while the back bore an ancient character: " burial" (Zàng).

The entire token emitted an aura even more ancient and ominous than that of the headless idol, as if it had been retrieved from the Nine Nether Hell itself.

Su Yun's intuition told him that this thing was very dangerous.

But he couldn't suppress his curiosity and reached out his hand towards the token.

The moment his fingertip touched the token.

"Buzz—!"

An indescribable torrent of terrifying information, mixed with visions of mountains of corpses, seas of blood, and the wailing of myriad spirits, violently rushed into his mind!

Even with Su Yun's current Divine Soul strength at the Nascent Soul Stage, he felt as if his head had been violently struck by a ten-thousand-pound hammer. His vision went black, he let out a muffled groan, and stumbled back several steps.

"Hiss..."

Su Yun shook his throbbing head, his eyes filled with horror.

In that instant, it was as if he had witnessed the destruction of an epoch.

He saw billions of living beings turn into withered bones in despair, and the doomsday scene of all Heavenly Gods bleeding and falling.

That bone-deep despair and silence still sent shivers down his spine.

"What in the world is this thing?"

[Warning! Warning! Detected host has come into contact with an ultra-high-risk item: burial heaven token!]

[This item is tainted with forbidden Karma. Danger Level: Extremely High! It is recommended that the host immediately destroy or distance themselves from this item!]

The System's voice, for the first time, carried such a sharp alarm, ringing frantically in Su Yun's mind.

burial heaven token?

Su Yun was startled when he heard the name, then his pupils suddenly contracted, and an unprecedented look of shock appeared on his face.

He remembered!

In the later stages of the original novel, after the Protagonist Lin Aotian ascended to the Upper Realm, he encountered an extremely terrifying and mysterious hidden power.

This power was called the "Heaven Burial Palace"!

The members of the Heaven Burial Palace acted mysteriously and possessed immense power, each mastering strange killing techniques.

They specialized in hunting the Sons of Destiny from various worlds, plundering their Luck and Origin.

In the original work, Lin Aotian nearly died at the hands of the Heaven Burial Palace multiple times.

They were the most dangerous and troublesome enemies he encountered throughout his entire cultivation career, bar none!

And this "burial heaven token" was the symbol of identity for core members of the Heaven Burial Palace!

But...

How could this thing appear in the Medicine King Valley of the Lower Realm?

In the original work, the Heaven Burial Palace only made its first appearance hundreds of years after Lin Aotian ascended to the Upper Realm!

Could it be that Medicine King Valley was actually a subordinate branch developed by the Heaven Burial Palace in the Lower Realm?

As soon as this thought emerged, even Su Yun himself was startled.

If that were true, the information hidden behind it would be too terrifying!

This completely subverted the original plot!

"System, explain to me, what is the relationship between this Heaven Burial Palace and Medicine King Valley? Why wasn't it mentioned in the original work?"

Su Yun urgently asked in his mind.

[Ding! This part of the information belongs to a hidden secret. Unlocking it requires paying one million Luck points.]

"Damn it! One million?!" Su Yun nearly jumped up. "Why don't you just rob me?!"

How many Luck points had he earned in total after painstakingly destroying two Sects and causing so much trouble?

Now the System was asking for a million, and from its tone, it was only to unlock a "partial" secret!

This unscrupulous merchant!

[The host can choose not to unlock it.]

The System's voice returned to its cold, mechanical tone.

“...”

Su Yun looked at the hundreds of thousands of Luck points he had painstakingly accumulated on his System panel, gritted his teeth, and ultimately resisted the urge to spend.

One million was too expensive.

Now was not the time.

However, even though he couldn't immediately unravel the mystery, Su Yun's mind raced.

An astonishing conjecture formed in his heart.

Perhaps, the world depicted in the original novel was merely the tip of the iceberg.

Behind Lin Aotian's Protagonist Halo, there were more, deeper, and darker secrets hidden.

And he, as a Transmigrator, a villain with a System, had the greatest advantage: mastering this information asymmetry!

"Heaven Burial Palace..."

Su Yun's gaze once again fell upon the black-gold token quietly resting on the altar, his eyes burning with fervor.

This thing, for others, might be a death warrant.

But for him, it might just be a super trump card to use against Lin Aotian in the future!

Lin Aotian, do you think your greatest enemy is me?

No, you're wrong.

The true hunter often appears in the form of prey.

Su Yun suppressed the excitement in his heart, carefully enveloped the burial heaven token with spiritual power, and solemnly placed it into his Storage Ring.

As for the headless idol, after some thought, he decided not to touch it.

This thing was too eerie; it was better to leave it here.

After doing all this, Su Yun turned and walked out of the secret chamber, then casually conjured a true flame, burning the entire valley, along with its entrance, into a sheet of glazed glass.

When he returned to the Medicine King Valley square, the looting operation was nearing its end.

Looking at the mountains of Spirit Stones, Magic Treasures, Medicinal Pills, and various rare medicinal herbs that almost filled the entire square, Su Yun nodded in satisfaction.

This harvest was enough to elevate the overall strength of the Mysterious Maiden Sect to another level in a short period!

A fruitful return!

However, just as Su Yun was returning to the Mysterious Maiden Sect with the massive resources.

In the distant Central Region, at the Heavenly Sovereign Alliance.

Outside the mountain gate, shrouded in immortal mist, a white-robed figure slowly descended from the horizon.

It was Nangong Xue, who had returned alone from the Southern Region border.

She stood before the mountain gate, looking up at the plaque inscribed with the three gilded characters "Heavenly Sovereign Alliance," a hint of purple glow occasionally flashing in her eyes.