The Legend of the Great Saint: Start from the Sign-in at Mount Tai

Chapter 456 The Great Tomb of Yaoguang
The village of Tianzhi is filled with birdsong, fragrant flowers, and wisps of smoke rising from chimneys, exuding peace and tranquility.

This scene is something that anyone unaware of would never imagine, even if they racked their brains. It turns out that this place has been home to a group of Heavenly Court assassins who are feared by all the cultivators of the Big Dipper for generations.

"what?"

"What are you doing here, you fatso?"

Upon returning to Tianzhi Village, Lu Zhou and his companions found the unscrupulous Taoist priest playing chess with Qi Luo under the crooked tree at the village entrance.

"Boundless Heavenly Venerable, this humble Taoist has come here, of course, to find you."

What do you want with us?

"Could it be another big deal?"

Black Emperor glanced sideways at the unscrupulous Taoist priest.

"Big deals are definitely possible, we'll see."

At this point, the unscrupulous Taoist priest rubbed his lips at Lu Zhou before continuing.

"Let's see when he lets us dig up that grave!"

"With your discerning eye, I can guarantee that tomb is absolutely extraordinary; it might even be the imperial tomb of some great emperor."

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan, the big black dog, and Longma all immediately brightened up.

Black King didn't expect that its casual remark would actually lead to this fat guy having a big deal.

They all glanced at Lu Zhou, and Long Ma, that arrogant fellow, couldn't wait to ask more questions.

"The Emperor's Tomb?"

"where is it?"

"If that really is the tomb of a great emperor, there must be many treasures inside, and perhaps even the imperial scriptures!"

"Let's go, brothers, grab your gear, let's go pull off another big heist!"

This was entirely a subconscious thought. After rambling on and on, it suddenly remembered that this matter seemed to have something to do with Lu Zhou.

Like Ye Fan and the others, it then looked at Lu Zhou.

"Lu Zi, what's going on? Tell us quickly!"

This time, it was Ye Fan who spoke out out of curiosity.

"Are you talking about the grave buried under the Yao Guang Holy Land?"

"what?"

"Beneath the Yao Guang Holy Land, there's actually an imperial tomb?"

As soon as Lu Zhou spoke, Black Emperor and Dragon Horse exclaimed in surprise.

A look of surprise also appeared on the faces of Ye Fan, Yan Yixi, and the others.

None of them expected that there was an imperial tomb beneath the Yao Guang Holy Land.

Lu Zhou had not told them about this.

He guessed that before this, apart from Duan De, who had recovered some of his fragmented memories, and some people from the Yao Guang Holy Land, few people in the world knew about this matter.

"Yes! That's the grave. It seems you knew there was a grave underneath all along!"

Duan De spoke with a smile, but his gaze toward Lu Zhou was filled with more curiosity and inquiry.

He had never been able to see through Lu Zhou; he felt that Lu Zhou was a mystery.

Lu Zhou nodded, indicating that he had indeed known about this for a long time.

He asked, somewhat curiously.

"Why did you suddenly decide to target that grave?"

He was genuinely surprised that this guy had brought up the matter so soon. He wondered what this fatso was up to this time.
He remembered that in the original novel, it was Duan De who took the initiative to mention to Hei Huang and Ye Fan that there was an imperial tomb under Yao Guang.

Then they secretly plotted to take over that imperial tomb.

Ultimately, it was they who caused the imperial tomb to be revealed ahead of schedule.

According to the timeline, these events should have occurred several years later.

And now, this fatso has actually brought this up several years in advance.

Hearing Lu Zhou ask this question.

The fat man opened his mouth without hesitation.

"It's nothing. I just happened to pass by Yaoguang a few days ago and it reminded me of this."

"Since it's most likely an imperial tomb, it might contain burial objects like the Primordial Life Stone, a key ingredient that can be used to refine evolutionary elixirs."

He spoke fluently, but what he really meant was...

After he used the Evolution Elixir.

They highly praised the efficacy of this evolutionary elixir.

He was thinking of cooperating with Ye Fan and the others again to see if they could find some more main and auxiliary materials for refining the evolution elixir and refine some more of it.

Besides that, the reason he came here to seek cooperation with Ye Fan and the others was...

There is another reason.

"Well, I was thinking that disturbing the grave beneath Yaoguang's tomb would definitely bring some trouble to Yaoguang, more or less."

"etc."

Lu Zhou interrupted him.

He immediately launched into a confrontation.

"If the tomb below is disturbed, the entire Yao Guang Holy Land will crack open!"

"In your eyes, this is just a bit of trouble?"

"How dare you use the word 'some trouble' to describe it?"

"Ha ha."

The fat man rubbed his hands together, then chuckled awkwardly.

When Ye Fan and the others heard Lu Zhou say that, they also began to condemn him.

Although Ye Fan and his group were also very interested in the Emperor's Tomb, they were definitely unwilling to disturb it if it would cause such great damage to the Yao Guang Holy Land, or even result in some deaths and injuries.

This is not the Yao Guang from the original story, who had no connection with them and even had some grudges and entanglements with them.

The current Yao Guang is their staunch ally, and Lu Zhou's private territory.

Not to mention, even in the original story, when Ye Fan and the others realized that something was wrong, they still planned to notify the people of Yao Guang as soon as possible.

"Fatty, you're really despicable, even betraying your own people."

Qi Meng was speechless and then retorted.

At this point, it's hard to imagine how speechless Duan De was.

He could tolerate Lu Zhou, Qi Meng, and others criticizing him and calling him immoral.

But it is absolutely intolerable that Black Emperor and Ryoma, two equally despicable individuals who occasionally even betray their own people, also joined in to attack him.

Everyone knows what kind of bastards you are.

Before long, he brought up old grievances and started arguing with Black Emperor, Dragon Horse, and even Ye Fan.

"Damn you, Heavenly Venerable! I, Daoist, also know that this matter is of great importance, so I came here first to discuss it with you!"

"What do you know about the Taoist priest's lack of morality?"

"The Taoist priest has been watching that tomb for many years. A few days ago, he carefully examined Yaoguang again and concluded that the tomb will definitely explode on its own within five or six years, or at the latest ten years." "Since it's going to explode sooner or later, we might as well open it now to avoid it suddenly exploding one day and potentially bringing even greater trouble to Yaoguang."

During their banter, Lu Zhou and the others gleaned some insights from Duan De's words.

He has now come to find Ye Fan and the others, bringing up the grave beneath Yao Guang.

They were also worried that this matter might ruin the area where the Yao Guang Holy Land was located.

If they really wanted to touch that grave, they would definitely consult with Lu Zhou and Yao Xi first, without a doubt.

He first tried to get Ye Fan and the others involved, thinking that Ye Fan had the closest relationship with Lu Zhou. He figured if he could persuade Ye Fan, they could then go together to find Lu Zhou.
This would greatly increase Lu Zhou's chances of persuading them to open the grave ahead of schedule.
In short, regarding this matter, in Duan De's words...

It's all because of the Evolution Elixir.

He suspected that the imperial tomb might contain the main and auxiliary ingredients for refining the evolution elixir, so he decided to detonate the imperial tomb in advance.

His answer seemed reasonable, but Lu Zhou had a feeling that it wasn't that simple.

But for a moment, he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Lu knew this guy's situation all too well.

The most deeply hidden guy in the entire world of Shrouding the Heavens is this fat guy.

Until the very last moment, you never know whether what he says is a joke or a statement of a seemingly absurd fact.

He has too many forgotten pasts; life after life, he is searching for his former self.

Lu Zhou pondered to himself, carefully recalling the original work.

He remembered that in the original story, after Ye Fan and the others detonated the Emperor's Tomb in advance, Ye Fan took away a large amount of Xuanhuang Mother Qi, making his cauldron even more perfect.

Duan De didn't seem to gain any real benefits from that imperial tomb.

It was not explicitly mentioned in the original work, at least.

Looking at Duan De and the others who were still arguing with each other, Lu Zhou thought to himself.

'Although it wasn't explicitly mentioned, it doesn't mean that Duan De didn't gain any benefits at the time.'

Over the years, Lu Zhou has encountered more than one event that was not explicitly mentioned in the original work, but which did indeed happen.

For example, the matter concerning the immortal queen.

For example, the matter concerning Delis, etc.

"Ultimately, that was the grave where Duan De once lay. Aside from the Empress, he's probably the person in the world who knows the most about that grave!"

'Who knows, some of the fragmented memories this guy has recovered might contain a safe secret path that leads him directly to the depths of that tomb.'

Lu Zhou remembered that in the original story, it was when Ye Fan and the others gathered outside Yao Guang to scout out the Emperor's Tomb.

Duan De, that guy, once acted like a charlatan, spouting a bunch of impressive-sounding words that left two passing cultivators completely bewildered.

In the end, he actually knelt down before this fat guy and became his disciple.

Ye Fan and Hei Huang, although they eventually realized that Duan De was the one causing trouble and pretending to be a charlatan, they only thought that what Duan De said at the time was just Duan De bragging.

If Lu Zhou weren't taking a God's-eye view, he might also think that way.

Who would have thought that this guy was actually one of the Nine Heavenly Venerables, the Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Venerable, and had even been the Emperor's master.

And he really did sleep in that great tomb under the Yao Guang for countless years, until the Empress dug him up more than 200,000 years ago.

Few in the world knew that the Empress had uncovered Duan De's secrets.

It was revealed by some of the Supreme Beings who had already awakened in the Primordial Ancient Mine when the old monkey entered the Primordial Ancient Mine to demand the Primordial Life Stone.

'Eh'

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou's heart stirred.

He seemed to have grasped something, but it vanished in an instant.

When he reviewed the situation again, that flash of inspiration had long since disappeared.

He thought for a while, and seeing that he really couldn't bring out that fleeting inspiration again, he stopped thinking about it.

He glanced at the group of guys who were still arguing with each other.

He shook his head with a somewhat speechless laugh, and then spoke to them.

"Alright, you lot, stop arguing!"

Upon hearing him speak, Ye Fan and the others all looked at him.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Zhou continued speaking.

"I and some people from Yaoguang have always known about that grave, and we knew that it would eventually be revealed."

"Therefore, Yaoguang has been preparing to relocate the holy land all along, so that it can move the entire holy land to another place at any time."

"Duan De is right. Since it will appear sooner or later, we might as well take the initiative to open it. Who knows, there might really be something good inside!"

Lu Zhou wasn't sure if there were any good things that weren't mentioned in the original work, but he thought that no matter what, he should still be able to sign in there.

At the same time, Ye Fan had just said that he was preparing to embark on the ancient starry road, and it was time for him to obtain the vast expanse of Xuanhuang Mother Qi that enveloped the Bronze Immortal Palace.

So that his cauldron of all things might become more perfect.

Thinking this, Lu Zhou continued.

"Fortunately, we don't have anything else to do for the time being, and the Big Dipper is calm. I think we should go and check on that grave now!"

Since Lu Zhou had already said so, the others naturally had no objections.

Without hesitation, they set off, including Qi Luo, opening a domain gate and heading towards Yao Guang.

They went straight into Yao Guang and stepped onto the Emperor's Tomb.

Unlike in the original story, he did not simply linger outside Yao Guang.

"Huh? What brings you all here?"

"they are?"

Yao Xi, Weiwei, and other members of Yaoguang naturally discovered them immediately.

Seeing that they had all come to Yaoguang, Yao Xi and Weiwei were both a little confused.

After all, they had met at the Demon Court just a few days ago, and Lu Zhou had never mentioned that they were coming to Yao Guang.

How come they've all come together now?

Meanwhile, Yao Xi, Weiwei, and others also noticed the Ziyan siblings in the crowd.

Since Zi Yan is regarded by many cultivators in the Eternal Realm as one of the three great goddesses on par with Qi Meng and Fan Xian, there must be a reason for it.

Even in a crowd, she stood out.

Yao Xi and Weiwei noticed her immediately, their eyes unconsciously scanning her and Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou noticed the meaning in their eyes and shook his head, slightly speechless.

What's gotten into it? These days, no matter who it is, if they see a beautiful, unfamiliar woman among their companions, it's as if she definitely has some kind of ambiguous, intimate relationship with him, Lu.
Qi Meng smiled and introduced the identities of Zi Yan and her brother to Yao Xi and the others.

After that, Lu Zhou told Yao Xi and Weiwei the purpose of their trip.

"Sigh, has this day finally come?"

Yao Wentian's expression was somewhat complicated.

His tone conveyed both reluctance to leave this sacred land beneath his feet and relief at the realization that something weighing on his mind had finally come to a clear conclusion.

He was not the only one in this situation; Yao Xi and Yao Guang, who both knew of the significant influence of this matter, were also in the same boat.

(End of this chapter)