Chapter 70: Gone? Then It’s Time to Send You on Your Way

“Great Immortal, this is the place.”

Dong Shen said respectfully, after eating something that restored his Health Points to 50%.

Chen Xiyi noticed that Dong Shen had really harmed himself badly. Normally, Health Points would be 100%, but this fellow’s Health Points stopped rising at 50%, cutting his own Health Points in half.

But compared to when he was only at 9%, Dong Shen felt like he had already recovered.

So Dong Shen stopped doubting whether Chen Xiyi had other intentions. In his eyes, even his lost vitality was replenished, clearly showing that the other party must have recognized him as a descendant of an old acquaintance… perhaps.

“Mountains and rivers shift, time flies like a shuttle, never thought… never mind, let’s go in together.” Chen Xiyi looked at the tomb entrance that Dong Shen had previously covered and stepped inside.

Dong Shen acknowledged and followed Chen Xiyi inside.

“Did you bring ‘Ascension of the Sovereign Emperor’ with you?” Chen Xiyi suddenly asked after entering.

Dong Shen didn’t overthink it and replied directly, “Great Immortal, I did not bring it with me. The defeat came too suddenly. ‘Ascension of the Sovereign Emperor’ was left in the camp tent and should have been seized by now.”

“I see, it must have been hard for you.” Chen Xiyi’s words were vague; it was best to let the other person fill in the blanks rather than explain too much himself.

After all, he didn’t even know what ‘Ascension of the Sovereign Emperor’ was. Saying too much would likely give him away.

The tomb chamber wasn’t very long, likely built temporarily using some kind of spell, just well-hidden.

They reached the end after walking less than three minutes. Inside the tomb chamber was a collapsed skeleton wearing tattered clothes. The clothes had rotted away over the years, making it impossible to tell what they originally looked like.

Chen Xiyi looked at the skeleton and felt a bit helpless; he couldn’t figure anything out from it.

It was probably due to a Module issue.

He suspected that if the Module from the Shanhe Sect’s inheritance site had been complete, and if he had the corresponding Module now, he would have been able to notice some clues.

Not having the corresponding Module was like not having that function in the Home Game, which was why he couldn’t see anything.

Even the fact that such things didn’t show up on the map was probably for the same reason. For example, after he added the ‘Spirit of History’ Module, blue dots appeared on the map, representing items with ‘Historical Connotation’ and complete ‘Spirituality’ that could be awakened into top-tier Fairies.

Dong Shen stood behind Chen Xiyi, unsure of what to say. Nothing seemed appropriate at the moment, so he could only watch silently.

“Besides ‘Ascension of the Sovereign Emperor’, did you take anything else? This is very important; it concerns the inheritance.” Chen Xiyi suddenly said.

Hearing this, Dong Shen fell silent for a moment before saying, “No, only one scroll of ‘Ascension of the Sovereign Emperor’.”

Though he found it odd that Chen Xiyi would ask this, he answered truthfully.

“Really nothing else?” Chen Xiyi pressed again.

“Great Immortal, please understand, I only obtained one scroll of ‘Ascension of the Sovereign Emperor’.” Dong Shen didn’t know why Chen Xiyi was asking, but he stated it firmly.

“If that’s the case, then so be it.” Chen Xiyi sighed.

Before Dong Shen could grasp what Chen Xiyi meant, a loud ‘bang’ echoed in his ears, and his consciousness sank into darkness.

[You used the Alloy Firearm on the prisoner Dong Shen, dealing 50% Health Points damage. You killed the prisoner Dong Shen.]

[You harvested the corpse of the prisoner Dong Shen, killed by the Alloy Firearm. You obtained: Outfit (Prisoner), Spiritual Root, Human Skin…]

“Since there’s nothing, then it’s time to send you on your way.” Chen Xiyi put away the Alloy Firearm, looking at Dong Shen’s name in the enemy list, now darkened.

Expecting Chen Xiyi to spare him?

He should have at least lowered his Hostility Level. With a 3-star Hostility Level, why bother dragging this out?

“But I never expected to harvest even a Spiritual Root. It seems pretty useless, though.”

Chen Xiyi looked at the Spiritual Root in his Inventory. It looked like a piece of spine, but he had no idea what it was for. It was just labeled [Spiritual Root].

The Home Game only showed the name, not the use, even for resources produced in the Homestead, with no detailed explanations.

“Maybe it’s because of the missing corresponding Module. Not sure if this round was a win or a loss.”

It was because he had used the Module components from this world to awaken Fairies.

But Chen Xiyi didn’t regret it. Without these three Fairies, he wouldn’t have reached his current stage of development.

Even if he had known from the start that the Ancestor Xuanyuan scroll was part of a Module, he would have still awakened it without hesitation. Besides, without the Fairies, he wouldn’t have found this new Module.

Jianghu had given him a perfect start. Royal Authority had upgraded his map and understanding of NPCs, helping him resolve many crises. Without Royal Authority, he wouldn’t have found the ‘Bonds of All Things’ Module. As for Shanyue, it provided the ability to regenerate non-renewable resources.

The bond formed by these three Fairies using the ‘Bonds of All Things’ Module was even stronger, directly removing the restrictions on items obtained through the ‘Spirit of History’.

From every angle, Chen Xiyi’s actions had propelled him to a point where he could lie back and gain abundant resources.

Maybe he missed out on cultivating immortality, but the ‘Bonds of All Things’ formed with Fairies as the core was more suited to a sandbox farming game like the Home Game.

“Next, I’ll clear out this entire tomb chamber. Maybe it’s another defunct grand array.” Chen Xiyi took out his Alloy Pickaxe and struck the ground.

[You used the Alloy Pickaxe to dig. You obtained: Defunct Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Formation ×1658]

“There really is one. I thought it was just ordinary stone.” Chen Xiyi looked at the plain tomb chamber, never expecting it to have such a grand name.

“But ‘Hidden Dragon in the Abyss’… could it be that ‘Ascension of the Sovereign Emperor’ is related to the imperial throne? Otherwise, it’s hard to explain why Dong Shen rebelled.”

Chen Xiyi suddenly realized he hadn’t considered this possibility before.

“So, Dong Shen’s Spiritual Root was activated here? Damn, does that mean the ‘Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Formation’ wasn’t completely defunct before, and it only became fully defunct after Dong Shen’s Spiritual Root was activated?”

Chen Xiyi felt a pang of regret. Although he now had the Spiritual Root, without the corresponding Module, it was completely useless. If he had come here first, maybe… well, it wouldn’t have made a difference either.

“Well then, in that case, I won’t leave even a single stone for you.” Chen Xiyi felt he had suffered a huge loss. If he didn’t clear everything out, this trip would have been a total waste.