Chapter 1096: Chapter 1066: Farewell to the Transformed Dis Morman
In a graveyard filled with dead silence, a blood-red bead flickered in and out of view like the setting sun behind dark clouds within a thick fog.
What could be seen was that this blood-red bead consistently moved towards one direction.
And trailing behind the bead was a figure, none other than Lin Yi.
As for Katrina, she seemed to find this environment completely repelling.
In her words: ’This environment fills her with an uneasy feeling of being watched.’
Thus, shortly after appearing, she transformed back into a Sword Spirit and disappeared.
Lin Yi, on the other hand, did not sense any feeling of being watched, only noting that this environment could easily provoke a primal fear.
However, Lin Yi had gone through the Ghostly Realm instance before, and looking at this now, there wasn’t much to be afraid of.
Clearly, the Ghostly Realm couldn’t compare to this place.
Though the environments seemed more or less the same.
But in the Ghostly Realm, all you could feel was a desolate aura.
Yet here.
Even when Katrina first emerged, she said that the place exuded a faint yet pervasive pressure.
This was the first time Lin Yi saw fear on Katrina’s fearless persona.
As if she was afraid of something.
To this day, Lin Yi still didn’t know what could scare Katrina.
Unfortunately, just as Lin Yi asked what she had discovered, she fell silent and vanished, transforming into a Sword Spirit (did she flee?).
He didn’t mind much about this.
Anyway, if Katrina wouldn’t speak, even if he talked himself hoarse, he wouldn’t get her to utter a single word.
Since Katrina won’t speak, Lin Yi thought: ’We can only wait for surprises and adapt as they come.’
After all, the mystery to be unraveled will appear before him one day.
Looking at the Red Sky Divine Pearl drifting without destination, Lin Yi seemed to feel a premonition.
His premonition was that perhaps the answer would soon be revealed.
It wasn’t known how far Lin Yi had walked within the cluttered graveyard when the fog suddenly lifted, revealing a clear view ahead.
And the Red Sky Divine Pearl unexpectedly stopped and reverted to its normal state.
Looking up, Lin Yi saw a tall figure cloaked in tattered fabric, currently holding an ordinary hoe, seemingly digging for something.
Though Lin Yi didn’t know who this person was yet, it was clear that his appearance here was undoubtedly connected to the person before him.
Just uncertain whether the Red Sky Divine Pearl was also under their control, leading him here.
Unable to resist his curiosity about their actions, Lin Yi instinctively asked:
"What are you digging?"
Seeing someone digging within this desolate graveyard.
One couldn’t help but associate it with a shady profession.
Clearly, the other knew of Lin Yi’s arrival too.
As Lin Yi spoke, a deep voice already responded:
"Me? Can’t you see I’m digging a hole?"
"Digging a hole?"
Lin Yi was taken aback:
"What are you digging a hole for?"
Without turning back, the person replied:
"Of course, I’m digging a hole to bury someone!"
Honestly, hearing such words in this setting caused Lin Yi’s scalp to tingle.
But he restrained his discomfort, rolling up his sleeves and asking:
"You seem to be working hard, do you need my help?"
Being experienced, Lin Yi knew that actively taking part would trigger some special task more easily than standing passively.
Yet the person directly refused upon hearing Lin Yi’s offer:
"No need, I’m almost finished anyway."
Lin Yi’s sleeve rolling halted halfway.
At this moment, the person suddenly said:
"Aren’t you curious about who this hole is for?"
The sudden question made Lin Yi’s heart skip a beat.
Originally, Lin Yi held some curiosity.
But now, hearing this, he felt no curiosity.
Regretting his earlier question.
Although the conversation was already here, Lin Yi couldn’t help but ask:
"Who is it for?"
As Lin Yi initially suspected, the person replied directly:
"For you!"
Lin Yi raised a brow, thinking ’as expected’ with a serious expression:
"Old man, that joke isn’t funny at all."
"Joke, huh?"
Suddenly, the person stopped their motion, chuckling and clapping their hands.
Then, they slowly turned around to face Lin Yi:
"This isn’t a joke."
While Lin Yi was curious about the person’s identity, they directly tore off the dilapidated cloak:
"Rip~"
Revealing a figure covered entirely in black scales, with two horns on its head, and a thick tail swaying at its back.
Upon seeing them, Lin Yi nearly called out:
"Morman, senior!"
This human-animal hybrid was the modified being, Dis Morman, who had made a pact with Lin Yi before.
Suddenly enlightened, Lin Yi said:
"So it is you!"
Morman grinned and said:
"Long time no see."
Lin Yi couldn’t help but wonder, was it long?
The last meeting was only half a year ago.
Yet a sudden thought made Lin Yi’s scalp go numb:
"Wait!"
"Last time, at the Tongyou Divine Hall, it was just an image you left behind."
"We haven’t actually met, how do you know me?"
Morman didn’t answer Lin Yi’s question but instead turned and said:
"Follow me."
Then Morman began walking towards the distant hill.
Only then did Lin Yi notice the existence of the hill.
When Lin Yi had walked here earlier, he hadn’t noticed this little hill.
Despite the gloomy sky, Lin Yi could see a gigantic statue perched atop the hill.
Without hesitating, Lin Yi quickly chased after the figure, resembling a ’lizard man’ yet possessing more Overbearing Aura than a mere lizard man.
However, passing by the deep hole Morman was digging, Lin Yi noticed a freshly carved tombstone beside the pit.
The contents on the tombstone deeply shocked Lin Yi:
"XX·Lin Yi’s Grave" - Tomb Guardian (Stayed)
Although Lin Yi’s name was replaced by "XX", as if undecided on what to write.
Still, this left Lin Yi both alarmed and angry, glaring at Morman’s phosphorus-armored back:
"What’s this about? Senior."
"I think I deserve an explanation now."
Surely anyone would feel unsettled upon finding their grave prepared while still alive.
But Morman didn’t stop his steps for this, only saying:
"I’m not burying a person."
