Chapter 482 Confidential (3k)
Li Yi’s words quickly caught Su Jiu’s attention. Her heart skipped a beat, sensing that Elder Mo might have discovered something. Although her own strength was comparable to his, his experience and knowledge were vastly different.
Just as she was about to step forward, the people inside noticed Su Jiu’s presence. Li Yi’s tense expression immediately relaxed, a smile appearing on his face. He then pulled out a chair, stood up, and walked towards Su Jiu.
“Captain Su, you’re finally here. We tried calling you, but your number was out of service. Later, I suddenly remembered that we had added each other’s QQ accounts when we registered. That’s when the call went through.”
“Ah?… It seems I changed my card.”
Su Jiu only then remembered that after the Aers operation, she had asked a girl to take her SIM card to Dragon Country. She wondered what had happened to that girl back then and that the SIM card was likely destroyed by the Yela army…
Suppressing her thoughts, Su Jiu regained her composure and looked at the dark-skinned youth in front of her, who seemed even more resolute. After a slight hesitation, she asked, “What do you mean the tomb of the 1rling sanxi ling si ba is a trap?”
“This… you’d have to ask Elder Mo, right?”
Li Yi was taken aback, but quickly understood that Su Jiu knew about the tomb in Dream Cloud Pool. He then looked towards Elder Mo inside, noticing him staring intently at Su Jiu’s clothes.
“Miss Su, your clothes… the old man seems to have seen them before…”
Before Li Yi could speak again, Elder Mo narrowed his eyes and said, as if he had already discovered Su Jiu’s identity. He probed her again with his mental power, and a glint of brilliance flashed in his old eyes before he chuckled.
“Heh heh heh… As expected, heroes emerge from youth. One who can win the world competition, even in society, can become a distinguished guest of the Hark Gang through their own strength. They are truly outstanding individuals.”
He hadn’t witnessed Bai Zhi’s violent actions, but he knew that the Dragon Girl wearing the same attire as Su Jiu had competed with them for the potion.
“Captain, are you that Dragon Girl?”
Prompted by Elder Mo’s reminder, Li Yi and the others were stunned. They hadn’t noticed before, but then they looked down at Su Jiu’s clothes and realized she was the “Dragon Girl” who had competed with them for the potion.
Upon receiving this information, Li Yi scratched his head. The young man with a resolute face chuckled and said, “Back then, I didn’t know it was you. If I had known, I wouldn’t have fought you for the potion. Heh heh… Captain, you’re much richer than us common folk.”
“That’s not true. My pockets are as clean as my face. Being able to buy things was purely a free token that came to me. If we’re talking about wealth, I can’t compare to you.”
Knowing that he was teasing her, Su Jiu rolled her eyes and walked into the room, sat down on the sofa, and recounted her experiences, including the promise she made to the Hark Gang.
“Miss Su means that the Hark family has indeed set up a formation inside?!”
When she finished saying that she would “set up a formation for the Hark Gang,” Elder Mo suddenly exclaimed, even rising with a “swish!” The middle-aged face under his conical hat changed slightly.
Elder Mo’s reaction made Su Jiu realize that the formation seemed to be a big problem, and it was closely related to this tomb. She then turned and asked again, “May I ask, Elder Mo, is there something unusual about this formation?”
“Unusual? This Hark Gang is crazy!”
After saying that, he snorted again. The sword intent emanating from Elder Mo could not be fully suppressed. He looked at Su Jiu, his expression serious with a hint of anger. Taking a deep breath, he suppressed his anger and said calmly, “Miss Su, do you know about the conflict between The Others and our entire world?”
“I know a little, but please elaborate, Elder Mo.”
Su Jiu was stunned for a moment, then said softly. From small details, she knew that The Others were in opposition to humans and even most monsters.
However, the specific reasons for this opposition seemed to be rarely mentioned in outside information. Even Bai Zhi herself had lost most of the memories from her First Life.
“The invasion of The Others occurred over eight hundred years ago. At that time, martial arts in our Dragon Country were booming, with even two State- trấn-level experts, and several Emperor-level experts among the monsters. Humans and monsters had always abided by certain rules. There were many minor skirmishes, but no major wars, until one day, the sky… fell.”
Elder Mo spoke as he took off his hat, revealing his gray hair, and slowly continued, “A group of strange humans, dressed in ancient European armor, appeared all over the world. They didn’t want magic crystals or cultivation materials… they only fed on flesh and blood, whether it was monster or human. They all became food under their bloody mouths.”
Hearing this, Su Jiu finally understood why humans and monsters had allied to resist The Others. They were causing indiscriminate damage, affecting all races. It would be abnormal not to unite.
Then, she became curious again, “Could it be that the world at that time had such great power that it would allow those foreign Others to be so rampant?”
Su Jiu understood that the State- trấn-level was above the Walker-level, and the monsters’ Emperors were supreme powerhouses above Monster Emperors. Such power was too far and too remote for her.
“Of course not…” Elder Mo shook his head and continued,
“The Emperor of Dragon Country at that time immediately dispatched strong individuals to suppress them. However, those Others had a minimum strength of Battle King level, and they had each divided their territories. Each time they could avoid detection and suppression at a very small cost. Just when the Emperor of Dragon Country thought they couldn’t gather momentum and shifted policy to slow suppression…”
“The Central Plains region fell!”
Elder Mo fell silent for a moment, then said softly,
“Those Others were ranked by nobility: Kings, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, Barons, and Knights of Battle King level. No one expected that several Marquis-level Others of top-tier Walker-level would emerge in the Central Plains. In just a few days, it had become a living hell.”
“The Central Plains region…”
Upon hearing these four words, Su Jiu couldn’t help but think of Bai Zhi’s First Life. Although there was no connection between them, she couldn’t help but recall… What was she recalling? The content of the book? But nothing about it was mentioned in the book.
Elder Mo glanced at Su Jiu, thinking she knew some of the secrets, and was not surprised. He sighed and continued, “After that, because the State- trấn-level experts had to guard against the assassination of the Emperor, they couldn’t take action. The lords and kings responded to the call of duty to protect the capital. The top figure below the State- trấn-level at that time—Black Feather King—arrived in the Central Plains and with a single sword, his sword’s clang echoed through the nine heavens, killing several Marquis-level Others and even killing a King-level Other by surpassing his level. He drove the remaining foreign forces out of the country.”
“Black Feather King? Sword…”
Upon hearing this name, Su Jiu had a fleeting moment of clarity, and the clanging sound of weapons echoed in her mind, but it quickly disappeared. She then asked with some confusion, “Logically speaking, since Black Feather King drove the foreign races out of the country, the Otherworldly War should have ended, right? But I remember it lasted for a very long time…”
“Because… she died, killed by a foreign race several times stronger than a King, without any ability to resist.”
Elder Mo licked his dry lips, his expression filled with fear of the unknown, then continued, “And the Other who killed her, we now call him [Seven Kings Hall]. The latter directly broke into the imperial palace, and even the State- trấn-level experts of Dragon Country could only barely exchange a few moves…”
At the most crucial moment, Elder Mo smiled helplessly and said softly, “I don’t know the subsequent events clearly. According to records, the sky above the imperial palace that day was burned as red as iron. Some heard ghosthowls, and some heard phoenix cries…”
“Later, we inexplicably forged an alliance with various monster races, and even formed an alliance with the Western expeditionary army more than a decade later. At that time, many high-ranking officials in the Crusaders were even from the Blood Clan.”
Su Jiu listened to Elder Mo’s words. [Seven Kings Hall] was the ultimate boss that the novel’s male protagonist Bai Ming had to face, and it had nothing to do with her current situation. The later events of the expeditionary army seemed to connect with the experiences of Silly Duke and Bairnis. One was a legion commander, the other a Grand Priest of the army… they had contributed significantly to the resistance war.
However, speaking of which, after all this, what did it have to do with this Dream Cloud Pool?
“Heh heh, you must be wondering why I’m saying all this, right?”
Before Su Jiu could ask, Elder Mo scanned the confused faces of everyone and explained with a smile, “Do you remember those foreign races that Black Feather King drove out of the country?”
Everyone exchanged glances and nodded. Su Jiu thought of something, her pupils widening slightly. She met those sharp eyes, swallowed, and slowly said, “Elder Mo, are you suggesting that this tomb is related to those foreign races from back then?”
“Those Others were driven out by Black Feather King and didn’t dare to look back.”
Nodding, Elder Mo revealed a rare smile, with a hint of reverence in it. He sighed, “And I have always enjoyed reading ancient books. I discovered a piece of porcelain from Dragon Country on an item from the passageways!”
“What does that have to do with that Other?”
Su Jiu still didn’t understand why he specifically emphasized it was a Dragon Country Other, while Li Yi and the other two were even more confused. They treated it all as a story.
“According to an ancient book from Shepherd Country, a Viscount-level Other was being chased by a subordinate general of the Black Feather Army. The two were like a meteor chasing the moon, heading in this direction. Later, due to border reasons, the subordinate general did not pursue further.”
Elder Mo continued to add, “And the lifespan of The Others is very long. After being seriously injured, they can slow down their healing by sleeping.”
If one were to deduce layer by layer, a Viscount-level Other would have the strength of a War God, which would be destructive power in modern society.
Listening to Elder Mo’s words, everyone suddenly understood. Su Jiu also grasped his meaning, took a deep breath, and tried to ask, “Elder Mo, you’re not going to say… that the Other inside the tomb is still alive, are you?”
“Alive.”
Meeting Su Jiu’s gaze for half a second, Elder Mo replied with great certainty. He hesitated for a moment, “It should be half-alive. The Hark Gang’s publicity about the inheritance of a great being is to lure young people in, most likely… through blood sacrifice.”
“To make that Viscount completely come back to life.”
