On an ancient path in the starry sky, upon a desolate star that had weathered countless years, a group of people clad in robes adorned with talismans stood before a large pit, arranged according to the positions of the Eight Trigrams of the Earlier Heaven. They resembled exorcists from terrifying mortal tales, forming a grand formation that emitted a dazzling light, like a great sun.
"Be careful, this is the tomb of a Great Completion Holy Body; there might be ominous signs," a middle-aged cultivator said. He was the leader of the group, his cultivation having reached the Great Sage realm.
A Great Sage powerhouse, actually engaging in tomb raiding? And of a Great Completion Holy Body's tomb, no less.
As everyone knew, since ancient times, a total of eleven Holy Bodies had been born. Among them, Gu Sheng, the progenitor of the Holy Body, was still alive. The newly advanced Great Completion Holy Body, Gu Tianjun, was currently at the height of his power, and Yi Yi, the only female Holy Body, was also beginning to make a name for herself in the universe.
Clearly, the tomb of the Great Completion Holy Body before them belonged to one of the eight Holy Bodies between Gu Sheng and Gu Tianjun.
Besides those digging up the grave, there was also a group of people scattered around the desolate star, acting as lookouts.
The Desolate Ancient Holy Body, also known as the Human Race Holy Body, every Great Completion Holy Body had once been a guardian deity of the human race in the mortal realm, revered by generations of humans. If they were discovered by human race powerhouses digging up the tomb of a Great Completion Holy Body, even their master behind them wouldn't be able to protect them.
Therefore, they had to proceed with extreme caution.
Soon, after digging to an unknown depth, they finally saw a bronze coffin. Even after hundreds of thousands of years, the bronze coffin was as good as new.
"Boom!"
They pulled the bronze coffin out of the pit and placed it in the center of the formation, using endless masculine energy to suppress it. They didn't open the bronze coffin, but instead bound it with chains that radiated a luminous aura.
Chains made of Light Immortal Gold!
"Go!" After completing everything, the middle-aged cultivator waved his hand and left with the bronze coffin.
However, before they could get far, a warship appeared in front of them. On the warship's deck stood two figures, a young man and a beautiful woman.
The young man was called Jun Nanzhuo, and the woman beside him was considered his martial aunt in terms of seniority, but in reality, she was his dao companion, Wei Xingxing.
"Stop!" The middle-aged man's expression changed slightly when he saw Jun Nanzhuo.
This figure was not someone they could afford to offend.
"Put it down!" Jun Nanzhuo said slowly, his tone calm, without any terrifying aura, but with an undeniable confidence.
The middle-aged cultivator didn't speak, nor did he order anyone to put down the bronze coffin. He simply stared nervously at Jun Nanzhuo. For a moment, a tense atmosphere filled the starry sky.
"Jun Nanzhuo, I know you're strong, but this is an opportunity we obtained with great difficulty. You want us to put it down just like that; wouldn't that be beneath your dignity?" After a long silence, the middle-aged cultivator said, enduring the immense pressure.
"Desecrating graves, I can't stand it." Jun Nanzhuo's voice was still calm, but his aura was gradually rising. Even just a bit of his aura caused the Saint Kings and Great Sages, who were not weak, to feel a threat of death, their souls trembling.
"Jun... Nanzhuo, my master is an old acquaintance of yours..." The middle-aged cultivator tried his best to resist Jun Nanzhuo's aura, speaking with difficulty.
"Oh?" Jun Nanzhuo's eyes narrowed.
At that moment, the middle-aged cultivator took out a jade slip and crushed it. Immediately afterward, a vast aura appeared beneath the starry sky and then condensed into a figure.
This figure held a fan in his hand. With a wave of the fan, he dispelled some of Jun Nanzhuo's aura for the people behind him.
"Chu Nanxing?" Jun Nanzhuo frowned slightly when he saw this figure.
It was an incarnation of Chu Nanxing.
"Brother Jun, Miss Xingxing, it's been thousands of years; you're as radiant as ever!" Chu Nanxing said with a smile.
"Chu Nanxing, your clone was killed by Li Beifei. How dare you come to the mortal realm? Aren't you afraid of being discovered by Li Beifei?" Even after thousands of years, Wei Xingxing's personality hadn't changed; she directly mocked Chu Nanxing.
Hearing Wei Xingxing's words, Chu Nanxing's expression clearly changed, but he quickly regained his composure and laughed, "Hehe, Miss Xingxing is joking. We cultivators won't stop moving forward just because we're afraid."
Seeing that her words had no impact, Wei Xingxing pouted and stopped talking, finding it uninteresting.
Jun Nanzhuo, however, said, "Chu Nanxing, in the past hundred years, many ancient tombs on the Starry Sky Ancient Road have been robbed. Are you behind it?"
"Yes!" Chu Nanxing readily admitted.
Jun Nanzhuo frowned slightly. He didn't expect Chu Nanxing to admit it so readily, which was unlike the Chu Nanxing he knew.
The former Chu Nanxing, although also one of the Five Heroes of Antiquity, was the most skilled at hiding among the five. To put it bluntly, Chu Nanxing was the most skilled at scheming.
Even Jun Nanzhuo, with his approachable personality, didn't have any particular fondness for Chu Nanxing, but he didn't have any ill feelings either.
Now that Chu Nanxing had admitted it so readily, was there another scheme involved?
"Brother Jun, if there's nothing else, then I'll take my leave first." Chu Nanxing said with a chuckle. Then, with a wave of his hand, the bronze coffin shrunk and entered his sleeve.
It was a great divine power similar to Sleeve Universe.
Seeing this, Jun Nanzhuo didn't stop him but stood on the warship's deck, gazing at Chu Nanxing and his group as they left.
"He's become stronger," Jun Nanzhuo said softly.
"That's normal. So many years have passed; even a pig would become stronger," Wei Xingxing said.
Jun Nanzhuo shook his head gently, knowing that Wei Xingxing hadn't understood what he meant. However, he patiently explained, "I mean, relative to the same realm, his strength is greater."
Wei Xingxing was stunned, then understood Jun Nanzhuo's meaning.
"In that case, isn't that old scoundrel Li Beifei in danger?" Wei Xingxing said. Although Li Beifei was greedy and a scoundrel, after spending some time with him, Wei Xingxing also knew that the reason he was so greedy was entirely for the sake of the people around him, so she had changed her opinion of him.
Li Beifei, as long as you were familiar with him, he would never forget his friends when he had any benefits. Xuan Mingzi agreed with this very much.
Xuan Mingzi's complete Battle Saint Method was still something Li Beifei had begged Gu Changsheng to get.
"Should we go find Li Beifei and warn him to be careful?" Wei Xingxing asked Jun Nanzhuo.
Jun Nanzhuo nodded gently.
Seeing this, Wei Xingxing controlled the warship to fly towards the direction of the Northern Chen Star.
"Speaking of which, that guy Li Beifei seems to have borrowed a few hundred immortal sources from us and hasn't returned them yet. We can take this opportunity to find him and get the money back," Wei Xingxing said.
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At the same time, on the Heavenly Pool Ancient Star, major forces successively reported that their ancestral graves had been robbed.
Ye Hongyi, who was currently stationed in Jade Water City, also sent Tianpeng to investigate the matter.
She felt that these tomb robbers were far from as simple as she had imagined.
It seemed that an undercurrent was surging in the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
