Chapter 432 Love Confession
“What? He… actually said that?” The young emperor of the Northern Song’s face contorted with anger after hearing Li Mu’s response from Lord Virtuous the Eighth. “How dare he bully me like this! It, it seems he does have the balls… Uncle, what should I do now?”
The young emperor appeared to be vexed, but in fact, he already began to panic.
Lord Virtuous the Eighth said, “Your Majesty, you have to obey him. There is just no alternative. Once Sage Li makes his decision, it’s impossible to change his mind. Further, I reckon that Sage Li’s decision is made for the sake of the people in the city. Considering the frequent earthquakes, something huge might occur in Lin’an.”
The young emperor sighed in frustration.
Life was too hard.
Even an emperor had to be ready to take his cue.
“That being the case, I’ll issue the edict right off.” Despite his depression, the emperor of the Northern Song was still quite decisive and courageous. Since he decided to submit to Li Mu, he would not dawdle over it but immediately asked his assistant to write the order.
Soon, the imperial edict was prepared, and it was quickly distributed to the major administrative departments of the capital, which began to organize the evacuation of the folks in Lin’an overnight.
The empire’s administrative forces were fully employed.
The regime of the Northern Song had been running for ages. Although the regime was rather cumbersome and it rumbled like an old and decaying machine when it was switched on, it worked much more efficiently than any other force.
By the end of the next day, more than half of the residents and officials at all levels in Lin’an, as well as the army stationed there, had migrated to other places. And by the afternoon of the third day, 70% of the residents had left the city.
The remaining 30% did not believe that disaster would befall. Even though there have been dozens of earthquakes in the past two days, large and small, they still refused to leave for various reasons.
Li Mu had nothing to say to those people.
He was not the merciful Buddha after all. He was unable to save everyone. Anyway, even a Buddha only helped the predestined men . Now that those people wanted to stay and get killed, what else could Li Mu do?
The earthquakes in Lin’an grew more and more severe.
On the fifth day, a strong earthquake struck, and the imperial palace protected by star tactical deployments also collapsed into a deep pit, as if devoured by the earth. The entire city of Lin’an had become unrecognizable. Many big rivers altered their routes, mountains crumbled, and lakes dried up…
Most of the people who remained in the city were killed or injured. It was not until then that they evacuated in a haste.
All kinds of theories about the cause of the catastrophe began to spread inside and outside the city.
Meanwhile, Li Mu had kept a close watch on what was happening in Lin’an.
He became more and more certain that the so-called Tomb of the God of Sin should be constructed right under Lin’an. The occurrence of the earthquakes and the huge pits were all caused by the disturbance and the leakage of Earthvein’s power below…
By the 10th day, Li Mu was 100% sure that the Tomb of the God of Sin was under Lin’an.
Because of his Third Eye already perceived that a horrible divine power was breeding from under Lin’an. At the same time, it could be faintly seen that a huge underground building complex, like a rapidly growing tree, was rising from the depths of the ground and directly jacking-up the crust on which Lin’an was lying.
“Yes, the Tomb of the God of Sin is a tomb. So it ought to be like a normal tomb buried deep underground…”
Li Mu kept waiting.
Although he had detected that the Tomb of the God of Sin was built underground, he had no way to enter it before it fully opened up.
Because after several explorations in the cracks of the large crust, Li Mu found that the horrible divine power completely shrouded the place within 100 meters of that underground complex like a protective cover. And he could not penetrate that cover in spite of his peerless strength.
From Black Smoke’s memory, Li Mu had learned that the Tomb of the God of Sin was protected by the divine deployment. It must open on its own accord before anyone could enter it. Otherwise, even those experts who had broken through the ultimate obstacle and passed the Life and Death Bridge could not force their way in.
All Li Mu could do was continue to wait.
Meanwhile, Li Mu also noticed that there were dozens of extremely subtle auras had sneaked into Lin’an and hidden somewhere.
Those were obviously the auras of real superb masters from all parts of the world and some future leaders of the extraterrestrial factions that had landed on that planet. They were also waiting for the opening of the Tomb of the God of Sin, ready to enter the tomb at any time and fight for the treasures.
Li Mu tried to be preemptive. He kicked some experts out of their hideouts and eliminated them to reduce the fierce contention after the Tomb of the God of Sin was really opened.
However, when he killed two future leaders of the extraterrestrial faction named Heavenly Vast Sea at the speed of lightning, he inevitably altered the other competitors. As the other acted more cautiously, Li Mu could not locate them for the time being…
After all, each of the future leaders of extraterrestrial factions had their unique skills.
On the 15th day, another change of event occurred.
Sinister black light erupted from the underground of Lin’an and shot straight to the sky. The sea of light flooded the entire city. An ear-splitting roar like the howl of the evil spirit in hell carried out from the sea of black light, as though the gate of the underworld had opened.
One day, Guo Yuqing, the master of the Wolf Temple in the prairie, came to Lin’an and rejoined Li Mu.
It was Li Mu who invited Guo Yuqing there.
As fighting for the treasures in the Tomb of the God of Sin was of great importance, Li Mu did not dare to go recklessly. Thus, on the day he left Taibai City for Lin’an, he sent the golden ape, Yuan Hou, to invite Guo Yuqing to Lin’an. Guo Yuqing did not agree to go without hesitation. After settling down his wife and children and arranging everything, he came to Lin’an by invitation.
“When brothers are of the same mind, they have the power to cut through a piece of gold.”
When each of their fists gently colliding with each other, bright smiles appeared on the faces of the two men.
At that time, Lin’an had completely transformed into a demonic domain.
The black light was surging, engulfing the earth. The roars of the evil spirits could be heard all the time.
The earth shattered.
Giant black stone statues in hideous forms broke from the ground. They were all in various shapes, either as warriors holding a sword, or long-fanged beasts, or ghosts and spirits, or faceless knights…
The invisible protective zones were expanding.
The alien aura was whirling.
The last moment was finally coming.
“Yu, let me escort you out of Lin’an.” Li Mu offered. Those days, Li Mu had been suppressing the black light around the residence of Lord Virtuous the Eighth with his tactical deployment, for Wang Shiyu was still in the city.
Wang Shiyu hesitated for a moment and said, “Brother Mu, I also want to go into the Tomb of the God of Sin and perhaps find the treasures.”
Li Mu considered that for a few minutes, then shook his head and said, “But it’s too dangerous.”
The competition for the treasures in the Tomb of the God of Sin was not like any contest in the past. The entrants were basically all from the top forces in the Divine Land and the extraterrestrial factions hidden behind them. Li Mu was not completely sure that he could win. That was why he had invited Guo Yuqing to help him. It was not that he did not want to bring Wang Shiyu in. It was just because he had no absolute assurance to keep her safe when they all entered the tomb.
“That’s fine,” Wang Shiyu broke into a smile and said, “I’m also afraid that even if I go in, I will become your burden.”
Li Mu vowed, “Don’t worry. Even if I have to go through hell, I will find the treasures for you.”
Wang Shiyu then took out a yellow amulet from her pocket, stepped over, and hung it around Li Mu’s neck. “This is an ancestral amulet I’ve stolen from my adopted father. It’s very powerful. Do wear it all the time… I’ll wait outside for you to come back safe and sound.”
Then, she stood on her toes and gently hugged Li Mu before placing a soft and gentle kiss on Li Mu’s cheek. After that, she suddenly backed away with a smile, her hands clasped behind her back, and shouted, “Li Mu!”
Li Mu was dazed. Without thinking, he uttered, “Ah?”
“I like you!” Wang Shiyu looked up at him and said with a smile.
“Ah?” Li Mu was still too overwhelmed to understand what she meant.
“I’ve had feelings for you since the first grade in junior high.” Wang Shiyu said, beaming, as though she had just put a load off her mind.
Li Mu’s heart trembled abruptly.
In the first grade of junior high, Wang Shiyu was the girl of many students’ dreams.
“Well, I’m done here.” Wang Shiyu said, still smiling. “You don’t need to answer me if you like me or not. Well, I don’t want to know that right now.”
In the end, Li Mu, who was still sort of dazed, escorted Wang Shiyu to Lord Virtuous the Eighth, who was waiting outside the city.
Rumble!
Heaven and earth shuddered simultaneously.
Scores of dark light soared to the cloud, pierced the blue sky, and shot into the boundless universe as if connecting the stars in the distance to that world. It looked very spectacular.
Shortly, the sea of black light in Lin’an city raged. A human-formed shadow that was ten thousand meters high struggled out of the sea of black light like a drowning man who wanted to swim to the surface of the water. The face of the shadowy figure was blurred. And he looked up and let out a roar, as if he was cursing, snarling. At the same time, dreadful energy fluctuations swirled, which felt like the god of the underworld had descended on that world.
Soon, dozens of black iron chains darted out from the sea of black light like evil dragons, and bound the shadow up before forcefully dragging him back to the sea of black light!
The Tomb of the God of Sin was completely opened.
Under the city of Lin’an, the divine power that had been covering the maze of the underground tomb gradually dispersed. Large dark holes were revealed, which looked like bottomless pits. Those holes were tunnels that stretched several hundred meters underground.
Li Mu and Guo Yuqing’s good eyesight enabled them to see what was lying several hundred meters underground through the holes. Black smoke was rising from the spooky entrances of the black tomb. There are about several hundred entrances, large and small, which all led to the heart of the black tomb.
“Go!”
Without hesitation, Li Mu and Guo Yuqing jumped straight into one of the big holes.
At the same time, the forces that had been lurking in Lin’an finally started moving.
Saint of Blood Sea and Bloody-moon Evil Master appeared in the west of Lin’an. They picked a deep hole and stepped in. Then, they crossed through a triangular entrance and were immediately engulfed by black smoke…
“My chance is here! When I get that treasure, I will be able to vanquish all the other experts at the same level…” Yue Guoxiang, from the Tianyi Palace, appeared near the tomb, too. Compared with the time when he just landed on that planet, his cultivation had increased considerably and he was now full of energy. Soon, he also picked an entrance and went in.
“Hey, Li Mu, wait until I’m done in the Tomb of the God of Sin. I’ll make you see that the factions in outer space are not to be messed with by a dreg like you!” Yue Guoxiang spat resentfully as he marched down the tunnel.
The thing that he was forced into a hasty escape when being chased by Li Mu in Tianyi Palace that day still made him mortified.
“Is this the Tomb of the God of Sin that all the major factions in the universe have scrambled for?” A pair of sisters emerged from a large pit in the south.
