Ling Tian Sword God

"The imperial aura is coming from the southwest. The recent fluctuations have likely allowed most people to sense the location of the burial chamber."

Ling Chen’s expression turned serious. For those who entered the Great Emperor’s Tomb, the focal point was undoubtedly the tomb chamber of Emperor Qinling. Compared to the secrets of Emperor Qinling, other areas seemed far less important.

Ling Yin said, "Then let’s hurry over. Following the source of this imperial aura should quickly lead us to the burial chamber’s location."

"Let’s go!"

Ling Chen nodded, and his body rushed into the passage on the left, with Ling Yin catching up immediately. Both disappeared into the passage.

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Great Emperor’s Tomb, Third Layer.

The fierce imperial aura erupted like a volcanic explosion, releasing continuously. The dragon’s roar echoed throughout the Great Emperor’s Tomb.

At the moment the imperial aura surged, most of the strong experts who had entered the second layer of the Great Emperor’s Tomb sensed this surge and immediately abandoned their ongoing explorations, rushing towards the source of the surge!

Emperor Qinling’s burial chamber is the key central point of the entire Great Emperor’s Tomb!

This moment, at the center of the Third Layer, golden rays were shooting from the ground, leaving radiant streams in mid-air, with Dragon Qi surging and heavenly flowers descending chaotically.

Under the golden glow, a giant palace emerged slowly from beneath the ground, rising to the surface.

Swish! Swish!

Just then, several figures swiftly arrived from the distant sky, stopping before the golden palace.

Among the newcomers, leading the group was a woman in white, none other than Shen Bingxin.

"This place is the source of the eruption of imperial aura. Could it be that this palace is the Great Emperor’s burial chamber?"

Shen Bingxin examined the giant palace before her, a gleam of clarity suddenly appearing in her eyes. The building before her was likely Emperor Qinling’s main burial chamber.

"The main burial chamber hasn’t fully emerged yet; it’ll take a while longer."

Spiritual Heart Saint frowned slightly, "We’re afraid it’ll soon alarm others."

"If this truly were Emperor Qinling’s main burial chamber, we certainly can’t take it on ourselves."

Shen Bingxin shook her head. She never intended to monopolize the contents of the main burial chamber because she knew it was impossible.

In the first and second layers of the tomb, they had already faced dangers that were difficult to handle, let alone this main burial chamber.

Just as she finished speaking, the sound of rushing wind came again. Evidently, more experts from other forces had arrived.

Shen Bingxin followed the sound and saw the people of the Great Mysterious Heavenly Dao.

This didn’t surprise her. The Great Mysterious Heavenly Dao people almost entered Mechanism City simultaneously with them, and the distance to the main burial chamber wasn’t far, so they could arrive promptly.

"Elder Shen’s actions are quick, indeed."

Within the Great Mysterious Heavenly Dao group, Elder Len’s gaze turned towards Shen Bingxin with a smile, symbolically greeting her.

"We just arrived here ourselves."

Shen Bingxin replied calmly, "But the burial chamber hasn’t fully emerged yet, so we’ll have to wait here for a while before finding a chance to enter."

"No rush."

Elder Len shook her head. Clearly, her thoughts aligned with Shen Bingxin’s; if the current Golden Glow Palace was truly Emperor Qinling’s main burial chamber, rushing in might lead them into danger.

"Where are Brother Ling Chen and his sister?"

Among the Great Mysterious Heavenly Dao group, Xuannv scanned the Lingyue Island crowd, then frowned slightly upon noticing Ling Chen and Ling Yin’s absence.

Could it be that something happened to them?

But then Xuannv shook her head, muttering, "Why am I worried about this? What does it matter to me whether that guy lives or dies?"

She felt a bit speechless towards herself; since when did she start caring about that rascal? Ling Chen dying would be perfect, so no more harassment.

While she pondered silently, outside the Golden Glow Palace, dozens of figures swiftly approached from different directions, all strong experts from various forces, attracted by the imperial aura.

"Sister Shen, why haven’t Ling Chen and the others appeared yet? Could something have happened?"

Spiritual Heart Saint scanned the surroundings, then her gaze fell on Shen Bingxin.

Upon hearing this, Shen Bingxin frowned slightly, "Probably not; Ling Chen and his sister both have the strength of Youth Kings. Few can threaten them."

Her gaze moved across the surroundings, finally resting on the section where the Desolate Fire City people were, locking onto an elder in a crimson robe.

"Saint Qian Yan!"

As her gaze fell upon the elder in crimson robes, Shen Bingxin suddenly shouted with a cold voice, like thunder.

Saint Qian Yan hurriedly looked towards the source of the voice. Shen Bingxin’s eyes shot an astonishing chill as if she wanted to devour him.

Staring at Saint Qian Yan, Shen Bingxin said, "My Lingyue Island disciple Ling Chen is missing—was it your doing?"

"Nonsense! Your Lingyue Island disciple is missing; what does it have to do with me?"

Saint Qian Yan’s face turned somewhat unpleasant.

"If not you, then who else?"

Behind Shen Bingxin, Spiritual Heart Saint stepped forward, her gaze cold as she looked at Saint Qian Yan. "I’ve long heard that you resent the death of your disciple Yuwen Lin, and have wanted to finish off Ling Chen. Now that Ling Chen is lost to us, isn’t that perfect for you?"

"Utter nonsense!"

Saint Qian Yan was furious. He was indeed planning to deal with Ling Chen, but unexpectedly, Ling Chen outsmarted him. If he hadn’t escaped quickly, he might have fallen into Ling Chen’s hands.

Arriving here, Shen Bingxin questioned if he had plotted against the boy. It was utterly unreasonable.

"Saint Qian Yan, if anything happens to Ling Chen, my Lingyue Island will spare no effort to destroy your Desolate Fire City!"

Shen Bingxin spoke coldly.

Upon hearing this, Qian Yan was shocked. Shen Bingxin never bluffed in her words; was it possible that the usually weak Lingyue Island would dare to launch a full-scale attack on Desolate Fire City over this boy?

If luck was unfavorable and the boy actually died in the maze, then would the blame fall on him?

Truly disaster out of nowhere.

"Third Elder, you’d better..."

Elder Xi gave Saint Qian Yan a quiet glance, obviously suggesting that he should truthfully explain what happened in the maze to clear up Shen Bingxin’s misunderstanding.

If Saint Qian Yan had truly killed Ling Chen, then a fight with Lingyue Island could settle the old scores. But it hadn’t happened; if a war broke out with Lingyue Island over this, that would be tragic.

In times like these, losing a bit of face was nothing.

"Shut your mouth!"

Saint Qian Yan couldn’t possibly reveal the events in the maze; that he fought Ling Chen and suffered a loss, then fled like a homeless dog?

He wished everyone would take this incident to their grave and pretend it never happened. How could he reveal it in front of so many people?