Chapter 114: The Young General
The grand tomb once again fell into complete silence, as if it had slipped back into a deep slumber. Seeing this, Li Yanchu let out a breath of relief.
“Amitabha. Daoist Master, your quick thinking and swift response truly impress me,” Master Shenshan said sincerely to Li Yanchu.
Even the stern and dignified Daoist Master Yuanyi cast a look of approval his way. As a fellow cultivator of the Daoist path, Yuanyi was even more pleased with Li Yanchu’s performance.
Although Li Yanchu's combat style leaned more toward the brute-force methods of a jianghu warrior than the refined techniques of a cultivator, his effectiveness was unquestionable.
To receive open goodwill from two major figures of the orthodox sects for someone so young was a rare and remarkable achievement. Moreover, many of the cultivators who had been aided by Li Yanchu earlier now came forward to express their thanks. If not for his timely intervention, the yin-yang master might have used the Wicked Incense to awaken every ghost soldier in the tomb.
The consequences of that would have been unimaginable. Maintaining such calm and clear judgment amid the chaos of a deadly massacre marked him as a truly formidable young man.
The battle at the ghost-soldier passage had cost them four lives, and many of the remaining cultivators were also wounded. Fortunately, they were all experienced adventurers, and each took out healing medicine from their person.
After a brief period of recovery, the group once again pressed forward. At the front of the line walked Wang Yunting, whose expression was somewhat grim. This tomb... was far more dangerous than he had imagined.
As a Mojin Xiaowei, he had ventured into many ancient tombs over the years and seen all manner of danger. Zombies, blood corpses, yin spirits, vengeful ghost were relatively common. There were also mechanical traps, trick floors, quicksand, and flying arrows.
Many seemingly terrifying threats within tombs were actually just ghosts nourished by the tomb’s yin energy. Veteran MojinXiaowei like him had their own tried-and-true methods for dealing with such things.