Just as Yaohua was about to speak, she was interrupted by Handan, who said, "Your Excellency, you were almost eroded by demonic qi just now and your consciousness was on the verge of collapsing. Fortunately, you have finally woken up!"
Chongming rubbed his temples. As the stabbing pain shot through his head, his memories returned.
He looked at Yaohua and asked, "What else do you know about the former God Lord?"
After Yaohua had told him everything she had found out, she saw that his expression grew increasingly solemn and desolate. She promptly cast away all her earlier amorous thoughts and asked, "What does Master intend to do now?"
Chongming did not reply and walked towards the tomb of the former God Lord. Fearing for his safety, Yaohua followed closely behind him.
The tomb of the former God Lord had been damaged in many places because of the earlier commotion, and the black stele was deeply cracked.
Chongming caressed the dull and listless runes on the stele. After thinking for a while, he said, "This stele is the place where the soul rests. After the remaining souls of the former God Lord and the others left the stele, they had nowhere to stay. By now, they have probably dissipated."
Souls were hard to preserve, and ancient gods were no exception. If the former God Lord had not erected this stele before he died, the souls of he and the other ancient gods would have long dissipated between heaven and earth.
It was because Yaohua knew this that she chose to destroy the tomb. The facts also proved that her actions were very successful.
Chongming said regretfully, "Do you know that they were all the people who had once fought side by side with me against the Heavenly Demon and protected this world from being invaded?"
If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have expected that the gods who had protected the common people together would actually want to plot against him!
At this thought, the baleful qi around him surged. Yaohua quickly said, "Master, don't be angry. They have only themselves to blame for their soul's dissipation."
Chongming shook his head and the two of them left the tomb together.
Although he did not really lose control this time, he had suffered a great loss of vitality. For the next few days, he grew increasingly silent.
Unexpectedly, after the Handan sisters found out what had happened, they did not urge them to continue searching for a way out. Instead, they expressed their concern for him and their speech and actions were filled with admiration. They did not seem like spies.
Yaohua thus removed the restraints on them.
However...
The baleful qi on Chongming's body grew increasingly thick, and Yaoyao seemed to be doing something behind her back from time to time. She wanted to ask several times but could not find an opportunity.
This day, Yaoyao returned furtively in the middle of the night. She blocked it in front of her and asked in a bad mood, "Where did you go?"
Yaoyao was shocked and avoided her gaze. She stammered, "N-no, I didn't go anywhere..."
Just as she was about to ask further, she heard a painful voice from the side.
It was actually the Handan sisters who woke up from their dreams and cried out in pain.
"What's wrong with you guys?" Yaoyao quickly ran over to express her concern for the two of them to avoid being further questioned.
Other than Chongming, Handan did not have a good attitude towards anyone. When she heard this, she said coldly, "It's none of your business."
Sulian's eyes were filled with tears as she shook her head. "It's nothing. It's just a small matter. The two of you should rest quickly."
The two of them sat on the ground. Although their expressions were different, they had a common characteristic, which was that they were both covering their arms.
Yaohua walked over and directly removed Sulian's hand.
Handan said angrily, "Let go of my sister! What do you want to do?"
"What happened to this wound?" Yaohua pointed at the ulcerated part on Sulian's arm and asked curiously.
Handan turned her head away and did not want to see her. "What does it matter to you?"
However, Sulian said timidly, "Actually, there is a time limit for us to enter the God Lord's Tomb. If we do not leave after exceeding the time limit, we will fester into two pools of pus."
Yaoyao was shocked. "Why didn't you guys say something earlier? If we had known earlier, we would definitely have done our best to search for the exit of the God Lord's Tomb."
Sulian said with a bitter smile, "What's the difference between saying it and not saying it? My sister and I were originally suspected, and our lives were insignificant. Now, we don't want to cause any trouble for the few of you. Even if we were to die here, we would only be considered as buried with the God Lord. It doesn't matter."
"Master is not dead yet. There's no need for you guys to be buried with him." Yaohua used her magic to try and cure this wound, but found that she was unable to do anything.
Chongming, who was sitting in meditation, slowly opened his eyes. "How long do you guys have before your bodies fester?"
Before his voice fell, the ulceration on Sulian's arm gradually expanded.
Chongming immediately got up. "I'll send the two of you out now."
The door to the God Lord's Tomb was tightly shut. Without the key, there was no way to open it.
The few of them stood in front of the door with frowns on their faces.
After thinking about it, Chongming drew out his long sword. The sword light struck directly at the door and landed on the door's restriction.
As long as he could split the restriction, he could go out.
After several days of rest, the spiritual energy in Yaohua's body had also recovered a lot. When she saw this, she also used her phoenix true fire.
The true fire burned brightly as the sword light struck down.
A crack slowly appeared in the restriction.
"This is the time!" Chongming shouted.
The few of them rushed through the crack together and pushed open the door.
The passageway suddenly opened as demonic qi rushed in from all directions. This demonic qi was extraordinary and was accompanied by bell sounds. Yaohua was caught off guard as the Heavenly Demon Seed in her body violently trembled. She could not help but bend over in pain and did not have any strength to resist.
"Kill!!"
The sinister laughter of Heavenly Demons came from outside. Chongming quickly formed a hand seal and sealed the passageway. This blocked the Heavenly Demon qi.
At this moment, Yaohua heard the sound of the door slowly closing behind her. She turned around and was shocked. She did not know when the Handan sisters had fallen behind, and Sulian was closing the door.
If the door was closed, how would they be able to resist so many Heavenly Demons outside the God Lord's Tomb?!
At this critical moment, Handan suddenly grabbed Sulian's arm and cursed, "You fool. If you close the door now, do you think the Heavenly Demon's soldiers will show mercy to us? Hurry up and open the door."
Sulian looked at her in a daze as if she had not expected her to do this.
At this moment, Yaoyao rushed out and carried Yaohua in.
Chongming fought and retreated as he returned to the God Lord's Tomb. The few of them worked together to close the door and reinforce the restriction again.
Listening to the unwilling roars outside, the few of them could not help but break out in cold sweat.
Handan looked at the strange looks on the few of them and rolled her eyes speechlessly. "I'll tell you guys the truth. I'm actually a spy sent by the God Lord. He told us to come in and see if you guys were dead. If you guys were alive, we were to think of a way to kill you guys or lead you guys into the encirclement of the Demon Army."
In just this short period of time, her hand had ulcerated a lot.
Yaohua threw a bottle of ointment at her. "Regardless of what, thank you for not taking advantage of the situation just now."
Handan applied the ointment with a lukewarm attitude. "It's nothing. After I opened the door, I realized that there was no one to pick us up. Only then did I realize that the God Lord wanted to silence the two of us. So I just happened to save you guys."
When Yaoyao saw her annoying attitude, she could not help but scold, "We've taken such good care of you guys, but you guys only want to kill us!"
Half of Sulian's arm had already ulcerated as she said with tears in her eyes, "I'm sorry..."