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183 The Descendant of a Martial Emperor

“He Qingmeng… It sounds like a name an Immortal would have. What a good name,”

Liu Yuan complimented her out of habit before smiling. “My name is more vulgar. I’m Liu Yuan, also known as Junxuan.”

His real name was indeed very common. After all, his family was not a family of scholars, so he could not come up with any elegant name. He simply hoped for a bright future.

… He was probably considered quite ambitious now.

He then introduced the little foxes and Zhiying behind him. In the end, he did not forget to introduce the demon dragon to her in a very solemn and serious manner amidst Chuichui’s constant meow-ing protests.

Chuichui was extremely concerned about her dignity as a Scarlet Mist Flowing Scaled Wrym.

However, introducing Chuichui like this in her cat form was very suspicious.

He Qingmeng watched as the round orange cat arrogantly ordered Liu Yuan around. The latter even seriously described the cat as a fierce demon beast, as if he were particularly doting on the cat, until the cat revealed a satisfied expression.

She covered her mouth and curved her beautiful eyes. She felt that her savior was a child-like person, full of fun, and the cat was also particularly intelligent.

He Qingmeng blushed at the thought of his praise, and she said shyly, “My father was a businessman. Later, by chance, he learned the teachings of an expert and studied some scriptures and classics. He was especially fond of the way of Immortal cultivation, so he gave me this name. He also made some pills at home, but most of them were useless. I didn’t expect that I would benefit from this misfortune and be able to see a real Immortal.”

Her gaze would occasionally fall on the Su Sisters’ ears and tails, but she probably treated the two little foxes as Liu Yuan’s pets, so she did not show the fear that ordinary humans had towards the demon race.

Although their spiritual power had been sealed, in the minds of mortals, only Immortals were able to control the demon race.

Not to mention that Zhiying’s shocking combat power was not something that mortals could have.

Liu Yuan asked for more information and learned that she was born in a wealthy merchant family in Central Plains. The family’s business was one of the best among mortals. They ran a joint organization called the fair mountain Chamber of Commerce and often came into contact with lower-level Immortal cultivators. They would also hire them to escort some valuable goods.

However, even if he had managed to hire some of the cultivators he had contacted to act as He Qingmeng’s bodyguards, they would still be defenseless in front of the people from Bi Luo Mansion. Furthermore, there were no guards around her at the time of the incident.

She had not even met him and she had been kidnapped.

He reckoned that He Qingmeng’s father was still begging people to find his daughter. Perhaps some kind Immortal cultivators would tell him not to waste his efforts, as she was from the Bi Luo Mansion.

Or perhaps he would continue searching until he gave up.

Mortals were just so helpless in front of cultivators.

In the letter that Liu Yuan had received, it was written that the people from Bi Luo Mansion had kidnapped the Martial Emperor’s descendant and then came to the Martial Emperor Tomb in search of the Martial Emperor’s inheritance.

Since He Qingmeng had indeed been kidnapped by the people of Bi Luo Mansion, it meant that she was a descendant of a Martial Emperor.

Even though she did not know what a Martial Emperor was, she only knew from the people who kidnapped her.

It was a sad story. A thousand years ago, the Martial Emperor He Junhao, who had sanctified his mortal body, not only had his descendants become mortals, but there was also no trace of martial arts. Instead, they went into business.

Thinking about it, it made sense. His inheritance was in his own tomb, and it was extremely difficult for him to find a suitable successor for his martial arts. Other than the lady boss, even Liu Yuan could not think of anyone.

“They said they wanted to use your blood to open the door of inheritance?” Liu Yuan was a little surprised by He Qingmeng’s words. “It seems like they already know that the bloodline of the Martial Emperor’s descendant is the key to opening the Secret Realm.”

However, even though they knew these clues, they still underestimated the danger of the Martial Emperor’s Tomb.

They had lost more than half of their men on the way, and the casualties in the puppet formation were even more severe. Only the two leaders and He Qingmeng had found another exit and entered this place.

In the Secret Realm on this Island, the two of them and He Qingmeng were ambushed by many puppets. However, the two leaders had high cultivation, so they could deal with them at first.

However, the scariest thing was that they encountered some monsters that were still alive, with only half of their bodies and bones left.

Under the claws of these undead creatures, the two leaders had a hard time dealing with them. He Qingmeng had taken the opportunity to escape, but she had encountered the giant spider puppet in the area of the palace, and had been saved by Liu Yuan and the others.

“Zombies? Undead? Resident Evil?”

Liu Yuan made a few wild guesses in his heart. Could this island be the Martial Emperor’s secret human experiment base?

Actually, there was a very high possibility of this…

If he thought about it carefully, in this world where cultivators were rampant, He Junhao was the only person in history who could use his physical strength to the extreme as an ordinary person. He must have been looking for a breakthrough.

Or perhaps, he wanted to seek a path for those mortals who did not have the talent for cultivation to rise to the top.

In Liu Yuan’s understanding, since the Immortal cultivation spells and techniques did not work, there was only one way left, which was to transform the human body through the scientific and physical methods!

In addition to that, there was also a person who was well-versed in puppet creation and had a deep understanding of the human body. Furthermore, the final product was Hong Luan, who was basically no different from a human. If these two people were pursuing such a thing, it would not be strange at all.

And the cause of his and his wife’s death, could it be because of this?

“Ahem, ahem…” Liu Yuan coughed dryly and put away his imagination. He asked Hong Luan to treat He Qingmeng’s injuries. Although he didn’t have any medicinal pills that targeted internal injuries, external injuries could still be effectively treated. “Where did the people of Bi Luo Mansion encounter those monsters? Do you still remember?”

He guessed that if it had not been for his group’s interference, He Qingmeng would probably have died here and become the background of the Martial Emperor’s Tomb instance dungeon. That was why she did not appear in the subsequent plot.

However, there was another possibility. She might have been trapped in this Secret Realm and obtained the true Martial Emperor’s inheritance, but she had been in seclusion.

The players fought in the tomb, but they only managed to obtain the fake cultivation technique inheritance from the Body Demon.

The men from Bi Luo Mansion had come in from the Body Demon’s side, which was how Liu Yuan found out about the secret door.

However, Liu Yuan felt that the bronze cauldron he had seen in the secret room was the most official entrance. After all, the white stone tablet was the first thing he saw. It looked like a boundary stone or a coordinate.

It also seemed to have a strong connection with the Nine Cauldrons.

The other entrances seemed to be where the two little foxes and others came in from. They should be relatively remote places, but he didn’t know if there was any difference.

“I walked out from the thicket over there. Along the way, there were traces of me running and falling. We should be able to find it if we follow the trail.” He Qingmeng recalled.