The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Chapter 99: Long Xuans Slander

Hearing this, Long Xuan's thoughts grew heavy. At this point, he no longer had any intention of returning to the palace to pick up the buried treasure. All the tomb treasures had already been taken by the Empress, so where could he find any more?

But, that's not quite right—she seemed to have intentionally left behind a certain demonic flower. This flower, with its slow progress, seemed to be an extraordinary treasure against the heavens and could indeed be considered a tomb guarding treasure.

However, the abilities of this demonic flower seemed useless to him. Any illusions it created would be immediately dispelled by him, posing no threat whatsoever.

Long Xuan stroked his chin, realizing that his golden finger could indeed help him pick up tomb guarding treasure.

His eyes grew increasingly bright.

But he decided to plan this carefully and didn't intend to go back and pick that demonic flower for now.

On one hand, the Empress might have been resurrected, and it was too dangerous to stay in the tomb any longer.

On the other hand, everything he acquired in the tomb needed to be turned over to the Clan, with 70% handed over.

He originally wanted to outsmart the Clan's higher-ups, but they didn't even mention how they would inspect their storage bags.

It was impossible to directly search storage bags, as everyone has their privacy, and the clan wouldn't dare to do this, as it would cause public outrage.

If they didn’t search the storage bags, how would the clan distinguish between the treasures taken from the tomb and those that belonged to the person?

Long Xuan knew nothing about the clan's methods. Since he didn’t know, he couldn’t show off his intelligence. How could he dare to act rashly?

The smartest approach was simply not to take the treasures out, wait until everyone had left, and then sneak back in later.

The ancient tomb wouldn't move—what's the harm in returning another day?

He thought about the rabbit in his insect breeding bag, which might also be a treasure of immense value, so he dared not take it out.

Therefore, he planned to stealthily hide it in a concealed corner of the tomb and retrieve it later when he had the time.

As for the treasures he confiscated from the rabbit and the spiritual soil, he wouldn't take them out either. He planned to hide everything in a corner and only take the Spirit Surge Grass out of the tomb.

"Let’s go! If the Empress comes out of the tomb resurrected, the world may be turned upside down. We must inform the clan as soon as possible."

Long Ziyan's face changed as she grabbed the still-pensive Long Xuan and ran towards the tunnel...

Although it seemed there was still some time before dawn, all the tomb raiders were running madly as if unknown changes had occurred at various places within the ancient tomb.

Long Xuan had only taken a few steps when he heard the sound of dense footsteps coming from one of the corridors.

Looking over, he saw Long Bao and Long Yan running for their lives with a group of dried corpses chasing them, looking terrifying.

"Zombies?" Long Xuan was startled.

"They're not zombies; they're a type of corpse-controlling Gu."

"These corpses all come from the sacrificial pit and are part of its dangers."

"Logically, these things only come out during the day, so why are they out now? There should still be some time before dawn," Long Ziyan frowned.

Hearing this, Long Xuan's heart sank. Could it be that the dangers that only appear during the day were now emerging early?

Long Ziyan released a Earth Master Gu from her insect breeding bag. The Earth Master held a giant earth ball in its hands and, after Long Yan and Long Bao exited the corridor, it threw the earth ball into the corridor.

The corridor was narrow, and with such a large earth ball rolling through, there was no room to avoid it.

The earth ball rolled forward like a massive bowling ball, crushing the dried corpses in its path before becoming lodged in a section, blocking the corpse horde from advancing further.

Long Xuan was startled. Even a genius like Long Ziyan was cultivating such a low-grade Gu?

"We can't stay in the tomb any longer, let's go!"

After the four met up, there was no time for greetings—they immediately ran towards the tunnel.

Along the way, the air was filled with screams, and it seemed the dangers that only appeared during the day were now emerging early. All the tomb raiders from various clans who had entered were running for their lives, throwing the ancient tomb into chaos.

When Long Xuan saw someone inexplicably lose their head, his heart sank.

The Dream Butterfly Gu from the herb garden area had also left its activity range—this was a big problem. Once that thing got out, almost no one in the tomb would survive.

"Not good! The Dream Butterfly Gu has also come out! Run!" Long Xuan shouted in alarm, but in reality, he was deliberately warning the other three.

Long Ziyan's pupils shrank instantly. It was clear she was also deeply afraid of this thing, with no way to handle it.

"This is a big problem! Hurry!"

The group sped towards the tunnel. By now, everyone in the tomb was running towards the corridors, and Long Xuan encountered more and more people.

But the Dream Butterfly Gu was indiscriminately slaughtering those who had entered the tomb. Those running behind him were dropping like flies, their heads falling off as if they were chickens being slaughtered. No one could resist the Dream Butterfly Gu.

Facing this bizarre, unsolvable threat, everyone's faces turned pale, and they ran desperately forward as if they had grown four legs.

Just as everyone entered the tunnel and began to smile in relief, believing they had narrowly escaped, a scene that shattered their hopes unfolded.

There was a row of explosive talismans left in the tunnel by some bastard, and with a deafening explosion, the front of the tunnel collapsed, trapping everyone inside.

Those blocked by the collapse were stunned, staring at the completely sealed tunnel entrance with their minds utterly shattered.

"Who the hell did this? Damn them to hell!"

"This is too wicked! Who did this? This scumbag!"

"Who? Who did this? Which bastard did this!"

"This is too vile! Don’t let me find out which son of a bitch did this!"

Everyone was enraged, swearing viciously, their curses growing nastier.

Long Xuan was also furious. He wasn’t at the front and had been focused on the Dream Butterfly Gu, so he really hadn’t noticed who did this.

Even though he didn’t know who was trying to kill everyone with such a despicable move, it didn’t stop him from blaming someone else.

Long Xuan suddenly cursed, "Damn! That old ancestor from the Lei clan is truly inhuman! He possessed a family genius and violated the rules to enter, and now, fearing exposure, he’s trying to kill everyone in the tomb. What a ruthless heart!"

Long Xuan took the opportunity to expose this, hoping these people would report it to their clan’s Spiritual Sea-stage Gu cultivators.

If this led to chaos, even better, as it would allow Long Lie, a rookie at the Spiritual Sea stage, to escape safely.

Even though he made it all up, so what?

The Lei family ancestor did possess a family genius, and that was an undeniable fact that couldn’t withstand scrutiny.

Once investigated, this situation would inevitably become a disaster.

Everyone would naturally assume he was trying to hide his entry into the tomb by killing everyone, and he wouldn’t be able to clear his name, no matter what.

However, what Long Xuan didn’t expect was that his fabricated slander turned out to be true. He had stumbled upon the truth by accident.

It was indeed the Lei family ancestor who had caused the tunnel collapse.

He had failed to kill Long Xuan in the tomb and was afraid that his actions would be exposed, so he had no choice but to silence everyone by collapsing the tunnel.

It was a coincidence, but Long Xuan’s guess hit the mark.

Once Long Xuan spoke, as expected, all eyes turned to the Lei family Gu cultivators, and a few with weaker psychological resilience began to look guilty.

This only confirmed the suspicions, and the accusations grew stronger.

"Damn it! It really was you scumbags who did this! Go to hell!"

A member of the Shi clan, consumed with rage, launched an attack and, without warning, stabbed a Lei clan Gu cultivator through the back.

At this moment, the remaining Gu cultivators from various clans were already on the verge of collapse. They were close to death themselves, and there was no rationality left. They vented their anger on the Lei clan Gu cultivators.

The cave instantly descended into chaos, filled with screams and the sound of battle. Blood covered the ground. Meanwhile, the Dream Butterfly Gu continued its indiscriminate slaughter, with headless bodies occasionally collapsing to the floor, turning the tunnel into a river of blood.

However, the entrance was already blocked, and retreat was a dead end. They had no choice but to go berserk and attack the Lei clan Gu cultivators, determined to take at least one of them down with them, even in death.

As for who would be killed by the Dream Butterfly Gu, that was up to fate—there was simply no way to defend against it.

It was Long Ziyan who first came up with a solution. She released her Earth Master Gu once again.

As soon as the Earth Master Gu appeared, it began to devour the earth in large mouthfuls. The blocked passage ahead quickly had a small pit dug out by it.

At this moment, Long Yan and Long Bao's eyes lit up. Yes, the Earth Master Gu feeds on earth, and its mouth has a huge cavity that can store a large amount of soil.

The Earth Master Gu could dig out a tunnel in a very short time.

So, they also released their own Earth Master Gu, standing side by side with Long Ziyan's Gu, quickly devouring the soil ahead.

The appearance of these three giant dung beetles drew the attention of many people. Seeing how fast they were digging, knowing that a long tunnel would soon be completed, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, their eyes once again filled with hope.

With these creatures around, they would be saved.

Many people smiled, feeling as though they had narrowly escaped death, thankful that the Long clan possessed such Gu insect.

However, the appearance of these Gu worms also caught the attention of the Feng clan Gu cultivators. When did the Long clan develop such terrifying, unique Gu insects? The surviving Feng clan Gu cultivators exchanged glances, their expressions growing serious.

Finally, with the path cleared by the three Earth Master Gu, the blocked passage ahead was quickly dug through.

Fresh air rushed in through the tunnel, and everyone's expressions turned to wild joy as they frantically charged forward.

Long Xuan's group of four, responsible for clearing the path, naturally ran at the front, making them the safest.

Meanwhile, the Dream Butterfly Gu continued its relentless pursuit, causing heads to roll and the Gu cultivators from various clans to die in droves.

By this time, there were only a few surviving Gu cultivators left. Long Xuan didn't have time to count them, but a rough estimate suggested that there were no more than thirty left.

This tomb raiding operation had been a devastating loss for the various clans—over seven hundred people went in, and less than thirty came out alive. The casualty rate was higher than in any previous tomb raiding operation.

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