Chapter 45 The Disabled Formation
Qin Liu’s sudden disappearance completely disrupted Liu Haoyu’s original plan.
Even more critically, he discovered that the Hong Yu in his hand had turned into black fragments.
Qin Liu had already vanished.
Where was she taken?
Or was there a problem with the black coffin?
Liu Haoyu didn’t know. He looked around, trying to find a way to close the altar.
But this thing was like a nuclear button; once pressed, there was no turning back. No matter how Liu Haoyu searched, he couldn’t find it.
While he was at a loss, the palace began to shake violently.
This earth-shattering tremor felt like being in an earthquake.
“Damn it!”
The continuous accidents made Liu Haoyu quite irritable.
He couldn’t bother with so much now. He took out the black book, wanting to get to the bottom of it.
“Old man, cover me!”
Although Liu Haoyu didn’t say anything, Liu Jianjun seemed to know his thoughts and stood in front of him, vigilantly scanning their surroundings.
The moment Liu Haoyu took out the black book.
The book opened by itself.
Lines of bloody text appeared on it.
“The spiritual vein power here is being continuously sent to the black coffin through this magic formation.”
“Even more critically, this altar can remotely control the formation on the black coffin. The formation on the black coffin has been closed by it, and Qin Liu is now waking up.”
“You must return to the black coffin as soon as possible. Something is likely to happen there!”
After reading the words in the black book, Liu Haoyu was almost so angry that he wanted to curse.
The formation on the black coffin was used to maintain Qin Liu’s vital signs. Once it was closed, she would wake up and then die shortly after.
Given Qin Liu’s current physical condition, closing the formation on the black coffin was no different from pulling the oxygen tube out of a severely ill and comatose patient!
“Watch your step!”
Just as Liu Haoyu was anxious, Liu Jianjun suddenly shouted and pulled Liu Haoyu aside.
The tremor in the palace was becoming more severe.
Cracks had appeared all over the ground, and countless blood vine gu spread out from these cracks, trying to kill them both.
But Liu Haoyu didn’t have time to deal with these things. He immediately said to Liu Jianjun.
“Let’s get out of here quickly!”
However, when Liu Haoyu turned and shone his flashlight at the doorway, he saw a black figure standing not far from him.
The beam of light illuminated the other party’s appearance, stunning Liu Haoyu and Liu Jianjun.
Although this person was in tatters all over, it was not difficult to tell from his Taoist robe.
This person… was Wu Yixuan.
His body had already become a breeding ground for the blood vine gu.
Countless vines drilled out of his seven orifices, entangling his body.
His hands were bent at twisted angles by the blood vines. The peachwood sword was still held in his hand, but it was already covered with blood vessel-like parasitic vines.
“Old Master Wu…”
Although he had seen many companions die, Liu Jianjun’s voice trembled slightly when he saw Wu Yixuan’s tragic state.
Liu Haoyu had not expected that the powerful Wu Yixuan would die here.
His expression was grim. Looking at the blood vine gu attacking from all directions and the Wu Yixuan parasitized by the blood vine gu, he tightened the fire axe in his hand, preparing to fight his way out.
“Little Liu,” Liu Jianjun took out a talisman from his pocket and said, “You go first.”
“What is this?”
“This is a talisman that can pull you out of the hidden world. I spent several years researching it. You should go back quickly.”
Seeing Liu Haoyu frozen on the spot, Liu Jianjun continued.
“I am already dead, so I naturally cannot leave this place.”
“But you are still alive. You can use this talisman to withdraw from the hidden world.”
“As for my safety, you don’t need to worry. These blood vine gu have no effect on me, who has no physical form.”
Regardless of what Liu Haoyu thought, Liu Jianjun saw that he still wanted to say something and directly ignited the talisman in his hand.
“Don’t say anything more, go quickly! They are coming for you!”
As the talisman turned to ashes, all the blood vine gu in Liu Haoyu’s eyes disappeared, and the luxurious palace was no longer visible.
What remained in front of Liu Haoyu was only an empty underground passage.
Besides that, there was the whisper of the black book in his ear.
“There isn’t much time. Hurry back to the black coffin.”
“Of course I know…” Liu Haoyu forced himself to calm down. “But Beiming City is so far from Jiangliu City. Even if I drive back, it will be too late.”
“I have a way. You should go back to the antique shop first.”
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At the same time, in a dark basement that no one had discovered.
The young girl inside the black coffin suddenly opened her eyes.
She covered her head, her expression filled with pain.
She had no strength in her body. Having been lying down for too long, she felt that even breathing had become extremely difficult.
“The formation of the black coffin… has been closed…”
Qin Liu reached out and touched the coffin wall made of nanmu wood, her expression somewhat disbelieving.
“Is that altar behind this?”
She tried to stand up, but she couldn’t.
Her body, which had been lying down for decades, was almost like that of a cripple. She could only continue to lie in the black coffin and recover for a while.
But after waking up, she could clearly feel her organ functions rapidly declining.
If she didn’t do something… she might die here.
She didn’t want to die.
She wanted to live.
As Liu Jianjun said, there is a separation between the living and the dead. If she truly died, then nothing could be undone.
After all, Qin Liu knew very well that if she died, she couldn’t possibly drag Liu Haoyu with her.
She wasn’t that selfish.
And if she waited for him in the underworld for decades…
Human hearts change. Not to mention decades, even a few years can change a person completely.
Even if Liu Haoyu remained true to his original intentions, Qin Liu did not want him to live in torment his entire life. If that were the case, it would be better to find someone else.
“That altar… must have been done by that old bastard Gu Qianyang.”
Qin Liu panted heavily. Her memories were starting to return.
She knew very well that she entered the black coffin to seal herself in order to remain in the human world. Once she died, no matter how strong she was, she would not be able to return here.
Just like the King Yama in the underworld cannot manifest their main body in the human world.
“I have to do something.”
The young girl struggled to prop herself up, trying to push open the lid of the black coffin.
Although the lid was quite light, to her now, it felt so heavy.
She used almost all her strength, and only managed to open a crack in the coffin lid.
