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After listening to He Honggang’s account, everyone finally had some understanding of the situation. This matter dates back several decades. Although He Honggang established the Dark Pavilion, once it got on track, he himself was often traveling. During that time, He Honggang befriended a member of the Qiu Nanshan Guardians. This person was a woman named Du Yunzhi, the daughter of the guardian tribe’s leader, delegated to a big city for advanced studies.

By chance, He Honggang met Du Yunzhi. At that time, Du Yunzhi was already in her thirties and a Ph.D. student at a university. Although He Honggang didn’t have much formal education, he had lived for so many years and seen a lot; his rich experiences were beyond what ordinary people could dream of. After a brief interaction, Du Yunzhi became deeply interested in He Honggang. It’s hardly surprising—although He Honggang appeared to be in his thirties, his demeanor was mature, he was good-looking, and, more importantly, had extensive experiences. Any man tempered by time possesses a unique charm.

It was indeed this charm that attracted Du Yunzhi. After several encounters, the two gradually became close. As for Du Yunzhi’s identity, He Honggang had inquired into it; although Du Yunzhi claimed to come from a very ordinary family, He Honggang didn’t believe her. As a master beyond the Heavenly List, he had keen eyes; from his first meeting with Du Yunzhi, he could see that she possessed exceptional skills, just deeply hidden.

Moreover, knowing that Du Yunzhi deliberately concealed her origins, He Honggang became even more intrigued by her, so he privately investigated her identity. Through his investigation, he was shocked to discover that all of Du Yunzhi’s identification records were falsified.

With strong curiosity, He Honggang began secretly following Du Yunzhi. At the end of each year, Du Yunzhi would return home. He Honggang followed her all the way to Qiu Nanshan. Unfortunately, he wasn’t familiar with the terrain there and lost track of Du Yunzhi. Later, waiting for her to return to school, He Honggang used the excuse of asking her out for tea, secretly drugged the tea, and gained control over Du Yunzhi’s mind.

Using this method, he learned many secrets from Du Yunzhi’s mouth, including the existence of a tomb cluster with hundreds to thousands of years of history.

Since discovering the secrets of Qiu Nanshan, He Honggang made several trips there, trying to explore the hidden mysteries. However, due to the presence of those Guardians, he returned empty-handed every time.

Not until recently, upon learning about Ling Gengqiu and Chen Younian, did he gather everyone together, preparing to venture into the tomb cluster to uncover its secrets.

"What about Du Yunzhi?" Chen Younian asked, "Does she know about everything you did?"

He Honggang shook his head and said, "She returned to Qiu Nanshan later and never left again. I also lost contact with her. Considering the time, if she is still alive, she should be sixty or seventy years old now." Pausing for a moment, he glanced at everyone present and said, "I’ve told you everything you wanted to know; shouldn’t we be moving on?"

"Wait!" Ling Gengqiu interjected, "You took such a big risk to invite us to help; do you know what’s inside?"

"Would you believe me if I said I didn’t know?" He Honggang countered with a question.

Seeing that no one replied, he gently said, "Although I learned quite a bit from Du Yunzhi, she knew absolutely nothing about the tomb cluster. She only knew of its existence but was unaware of its contents; all secrets were known to only a few, including her father, the leader of the Guardian tribe. At that time, she didn’t have the authority to know too much. However, in my view, this tomb cluster should be hiding many secrets. As Ling Chen mentioned earlier, everyone here, like us, has lived for hundreds of years. But still, they died. Why? Why can some people live for two to three hundred years, while others for five to six hundred? With so many questions, don’t you all want to know the answers?"

Chen Younian nodded and said, "I admit I’m very curious. Since we’ve laid everything out, we might as well cooperate honestly. How about you?" He turned his gaze to Ling Gengqiu, who said nonchalantly, "I don’t care."

"Then let’s continue." After saying this, He Honggang turned and walked deeper into the passage.

Just as Ling Chen was about to catch up with the team, he suddenly felt someone pulling his arm. He turned his head, only to see Chen Junfeng standing next to him, looking at him with a puzzled expression. "Sir Chen, what’s the matter?"

"Ling Chen, what were you talking about earlier? I feel I can’t understand; what do you mean by living for hundreds of years? Did I mishear, or did you misspeak?"

Uh... Ling Chen rubbed his nose and said with a bitter smile, "Sir Chen, this is a long story; I’ll explain it to you slowly after we get out." He almost forgot that among everyone present, only Chen Junfeng didn’t know these people’s secrets.

The passage in the tomb cluster wasn’t very long; after walking for more than thirty meters, they finally reached the end. At the end, it connected to a huge and empty stone chamber. Looking around, the hundreds-square-meter stone chamber was completely empty, with nothing inside.

Strange!

This is the core area of the tomb cluster; shouldn’t there be coffins? Even if there aren’t any coffins, there should be something else. Just as Ling Chen was feeling perplexed, He Honggang’s voice suddenly came through: "Come and have a look, what’s this."

Upon hearing his call, everyone hurried over. Upon reaching the center of the stone room, Ling Chen focused his gaze; unexpectedly, there was something peculiar on the ground, as if something had been drawn. However, due to the large size of the pattern, it couldn’t be discerned from the ground.

"Go take a look from above," Ling Gengqiu reminded.

Ling Chen acknowledged, then quickly walked to the stone wall of the stone chamber, clambering up. Reaching a height of five to six meters, he drew the Wave-cutting Sword and forcefully stabbed it into the stone wall. After steadying himself, he looked down from above, only to see a huge circle drawn on the ground with many interconnected lines—a truly complex depiction.

Although he was well-versed, he had never seen anything like this. Those waiting below saw Ling Chen unable to make sense of it, so they climbed to the top themselves. After examining for a few moments, Chen Younian squinted and said in a deep voice, "This seems to be an altar."

An altar?

Ling Chen was slightly taken aback; he certainly knew what an altar was. In ancient times, it was common for people to offer prayers for blessings through rituals. However, in contemporary society, so-called rituals are merely a form of superstition and aren’t reliable.

Building an altar deep within this tomb cluster might just be a tradition and custom of this tribe.

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