The Divine Martial Stars

Chapter 448 Two Options

The Tianyi Palace was also a great force in the Brilliance Immortal Galaxy. And Yue Guoxiang clearly had held an important position in Tianyi Palace, otherwise, he would not have gotten the opportunity to land on that planet first. So, it was not a surprise that Yue Guoxiang’s savings were quite considerable.

Li Mu got a total of 2,000 silver fairy crystals from his storage space.

That was definitely a huge sum.

To Li Mu’s amazement, he also found two Taoist Treasures in Yue Guoxiang’s storage devices.

One was a turquoise nine-hole flute, which seemed to be made of fine jade. The flute was radiant and smooth, but the texture was extremely hard, and Taoist figures were swirling on its surface. The other was an erhu with a six-sided canister. The fingerboard, strings, and bows were all black. The material it was made of was unknown, but it was an extraordinary piece because it was wrapped in whirling waves of Taoist Treasure energy.

Li Mu took the two Taoist Treasures out only to find that they were not refined yet.

“Yeah, I reckon Yue Guoxiang had discovered the two Taoist Treasure in the tomb by himself. But as he was not good at playing musical instruments, and he did not find the styles of these two Taoist Treasures to his tastes, he did not refine them and later let me get a bargain.”

Without any hesitation, Li Mu directly refined those two Taoist Treasures. By that, he took full control of them and understood their powers.

The flute and the erhu were named Farewell Flute and Heart-breaking Erhu, both of which were slightly inferior to the Heart-striking Pestle, the Demon-subduing Pestle, and the like. The two were devised for rhythm attacks. Of course, they could be used as a weapon to kill, but they would not be very effective.

To Li Mu, the two Taoist Treasures were like chicken ribs, which were tasteless but a pity to throw away.

Li Mu deliberated for a moment and then had an idea. He tossed the flute to the knitted eyebrows, the erhu to the lanky disciple. Then, he said, “Get a hang of their powers as soon as possible. They may come in handy someday.”

Li Mu decided to arm his servants with the secondary equipment he did not want.

One benefit of Taoist Treasures was that after refinement, Li Mu could feel free to give them to other people. Though that allowed the others to use the Taoist Treasures as well, Li Mu could withdraw those Taoist Treasures with a stir of his mind at any time.

“Thank you, master.” The knitted eyebrows and the lanky disciple grinned all over.

Although they only have the “right to use”, anyway, with Taoist Treasure in their hands, the two felt more confident. The biggest event in the Tomb of the God of Sin had not yet arrived, and what awaited them might be even more terrible. With the Taoist Treasures as defense, they had a little more odds in their favor.

The last disciple named Changsheng and the hawk-nose were still empty-handed. Like the two dogs who were forgotten to be fed, they looked at Li Mu, aggrieved, but did not dare to complain anything.

Li Mu ignored both of them and busied himself in combing all the belongings Yue Guoxiang carried. Of all the objects, the Scripture of Tianyi Sword, the Insights and Illustrations of Galaxy Sword Art, the Notes on Stars in Brilliance Immortal Galaxy, and the Method to Pass the Life and Death of Tianyi Palace were quite useful for reference to Li Mu, so he stashed them separately.

The other things, such as the Star Stones, minerals, precious metals, weapons, armors, were not as valuable as Taoist Treasures, especially the Star Stone. Though those stones were extremely precious to the practitioners in that world, to the experts out in the universe, their value was average. So Li Mu just put away all those things in one place.

Finishing that, he began to open Emperor Qin Ming’s storage appliances. But to Li Mu’s slight disappointment, he did not see any “Galaxy RMB” that he was most looking forward to finding.

Emperor Qin Ming’s case was quite different from the other experts who recently landed on that planet. He had obviously stayed in that world for a long time, so it was fairly reasonable that he carried no fair crystal.

And most of the other things of “Emperor Qin Ming” were Heavenly Devil Sect’s secret martial arts manuals. Among them, the Heavenly Devil Tactics, the Devil Scripture, and the Devil’s Disintegration Method were the most precious. But they were all evil the Cultivation Methods. Li Mu put them away, intending to read them in the future for reference.

Other than those methods, “Emperor Qin Ming” had also obtained a Taoist Treasure from the tomb. It was a musical score, written in red magic ink on the skin of an unknown beast. The skin was exuding flowing Spiritual Qi, which was an absolutely remarkable item. The content of the score was very strange. It seemed to be an ancient war song.

After refining it, Li Mu learned that the war song was called Flame Blood, which was also a method of rhythm attacks.

Yet, that method was a bit absurd.

The user needed to sing the lyrics of Flame Blood aloud after he had activated the music score on the animal skin in order to really exert its power.

“This is utterly...”

“Singing whiling battling? Like a sorcerer’s dance? People will think I’m crazy, won’t they?”

Li Mu considered it before tossing the music score of Flame Blood to the disciple called Changsheng and ordered, “Start getting on this now. Try to learn the song after you refine it.”

Changsheng took the music score and injected it with his internal qi. Immediately, he understood what it was. Then, with a bitter face, he went to a corner and started practicing the song, not daring to grumble at his master.

Li Mu then glanced at the hawk-nose.

He was pathetic like a husky waiting to be fed.

A tempting playfulness suddenly surged in Li Mu. He threw the Pipa which had been handed over to him back to the hawk nose and leered, “The three of you, one plays the flute, one plays the erhu, one does the singing, and the last one, that’s you, plays the Pipa. Um, you four can form a band. Let’s just called it ‘Four Men’s Symphony’.”

“Thank you, master.” The hawk-nose was very happy to have the Pipa back. No matter what, he finally got a life-saving Taoist Treasure. And as he had previously played the four-string Pipa, he knew it was very powerful.

Wang Shiyu, who was standing on the side, had an amused smile on her face.

“Four Men’s Symphony? That’s good, very chic. The four can go perform ancient Chinese talk show or opera.”

When everything was sorted out, Li Mu handed the Broadsword Pellet that had been destroyed almost completely and some things that he seldom used to Qing Feng and asked the incredibly gifted attendant to study them. Anyway, the Broadsword Pellet had to be refined again.

After doing all that, Li Mu took a deep breath, flickered his eyes at Qing Feng and the other three, and shook his head dispiritedly. “Now, we have to have a discussion. You guys’ arrival totally disrupted my plan. To be honest, collecting Taoist Treasures and fine Taoist instruments is only the secondary task in the Tomb of the God of Sin after it opened. And here comes the most goal we need to achieve.”

Li Mu then pointed at the hawk-nose and said, “You tell them the details.”

With a haste nod, the hawk-nose answered, “Yes, master. And everyone, here is the situation...”

It turned out that the so-called Tomb of the God of Sin had already existed for a long time. It was rumored that the tomb was where the warriors in heaven were killed and buried in ancient times. The tomb had been drifting from one major constellation in the Ziwei Star Region to another. It never stayed long in one place, and its route was unpredictable. It just kept wandering in the universe and never appeared in one place two times. Thus, it had become one of the most famous mysterious places in the entire Ziwei Star Region.

This time, the place where the Tomb of the God of Sin appeared right beneath the imperial palace of the Northern Song on the Divine Land. Some mighty experts in the Brilliance Immortal Galaxy had learned that by calculation. As a result, the major factions sent their outstanding future leaders to the Divine Land.

For one thing, they hoped to compete for the various treasures left by the deceased soldiers from heaven.

For another, they wanted to benefit from an immortal and a demon that had been trapped in the Tomb of the God of Sin when it last opened. That happened more than 1,000 years ago. At that time, numerous giants were attracted to the tomb and they fought for the treasures, so were that immoral and devil. They had a fierce fight and both suffered a great loss. Unable to get out of the tomb in time, they were brought onto an endless wrong path. It was said that when the Tomb of the God of Sin was about to close again, the immortal who had practically dominated over the Ziwei Star Region fairy managed to shove a map of the Tomb of the God of Sin out and left a voice message to the galaxy that in 1,000 years, whoever lifted the seal on him and took him out of the tomb would assume his immortal mantle as regard...

Therefore, this time, the real purpose of the major factions of Brilliance Immortal Galaxy was to rescue that immortal and obtain his mantle.

Inheritance of the Cultivation Method was even more alluring to practitioners than the ancient weapons from heaven.

After all, the existence of the ancient heaven court was a story a long time ago. The Taoist Treasures and Taoist instruments left from that time were just objects, and somewhat outdated. But that immortal was the number one practitioner in the Ziwei Star Region 1,000 years ago, and his mantle had an enormous appeal to countless people.

“In fact, we are just the vanguard coming here to explore the way. Later, the real experts from the Brilliance Immortal Galaxy will come, because when the opening of the Tomb of the God of Sin stabilizes, it will interfere with the Taoist Principles in this world so that this world will not repel the aliens so strongly. Then, the elders and high-ranking leaders of the major faction will land on this planet safely,” the hawk-nose said. “And with our calculation, that time will come soon.”

Yuan Hou’s complexion altered more than two times.

Even Ming Yue, the adorkable girl, came to realize that the real danger had not yet arrived, but was already on the road.

Qing Feng said, “In that case, the real competition will start when the elders of the major land. And that’s when the serious killing intent and fight in Tomb of the God of Sin begins, right?”

The hawk-nose replied, “Yes, it’s true.”

Li Mu clapped his hands and said loudly, “Okay, buddies, we now have two options. The first is before the elders of the major factions arrive, we quickly leave the Tomb of the God of Sin and find a place to hide outside. Perhaps that will allow us to escape the disaster for the time being. The second is we hurry up to explore the tomb. If we find that immortal before the others and assume his mantle and gain his protection, then, we will have no fears. However, the chance for that is very dim, because we still don’t have that map, and the Tomb of the God of Sin is getting more and more dangerous. It’s very likely a waste of time to search this place blindly.”

That was a tough choice indeed.

Qing Feng lowered his head and pondered for only a few seconds before he got the answer. “We can only choose the second one, find a way to reach the immortal and seek his asylum. The first option doesn’t work.”

Li Mu and Guo Yuqing exchanged a look and nodded at each other.

Ming Yue was still confused. “Brother Qing Feng, why does it have to be the second one? Isn’t the first option safer? As long as we all survive, there will be hope.”

Qing Feng calmly answered, “Because we’ve killed Yue Guoxiang, Emperor Qin Ming, and the old woman with the black cane. We’ve also offended the factions like the witch tribe and the Blood Sea. There is just no escape. The elders of those large factions will not let us off the hook. After they have competed for the treasure hunt, no matter whether they assume the immortal’s mantle, they will go out of the Tomb of the God of Sin to find us, and kill us to warn the rest of the world. Besides, we already took many Taoist instruments and Taoist Treasures of those soldiers from the ancient heaven court. As the saying goes, an innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth. Even if the extraterrestrial practitioners are not vindictive, in order to snatch the treasures, they will still try to locate us at all costs.”

Ming Yue was dumbfounded at his words.

Wang Shiyu nodded understandingly.

Qing Feng was indeed an inconceivable genius. After hearing his analysis, even the adorkable Ming Yue knew that there was only the second way to go. A normal person might also pick the second path after a few hours’ deep thinking. But what was startling was that Qing Feng finished the work that would normally take hours in just a couple of seconds.

Moreover, taking the second path required great courage.

Li Mu laughed heartily. To keep up the morale, he encouraged, “What are we waiting for then? Hurry up. Find the immortal. Give it a go. Replace bikes with motorcycles. Get wealthy with windfalls. No horses can gain weight without extra feeding... In short, whether we can live with glory or die with regret depends on this game.”

Only the brave could rise to the situation.

Anyway, as they had gone so far, there was no retreat for it.

Their only chance was to blaze a path out in the maze and power through it.