Chapter 609: Chapter 305: The Lady’s Death
Outside Giant Tomb Island.
Li An had been investigating the nearby sea for a long time, and with no increase in the number of "exploration stone mirrors" around nor any movement, he finally felt reassured.
After all, too many people in the Exotic Realm were searching for Lady Yi now, the Yi Clan, the Gong Clan, and even others... If Lady Yi were already found, wouldn’t his return now be like walking into a trap?
Li An was quite fortunate; during the battle for the Mysterious Dao Mark, Giant Tomb Island had sunk, and Lady Yi was awakened and led the island to hide and escape. Otherwise, the island would have been too easy to find.
First, Li An operated his Demon Skill outside the island, absorbing all traces of Anomalous Qi dispersed into the seawater by Giant Tomb Island to prevent detection by the stone mirrors on the sea surface. Then he landed on the island.
Many years had passed, and Giant Tomb Island was now covered in seaweed and coral, with schools of Spirit Fish roaming. Li An searched for a long time before finding the entrance and entering the tomb passage.
He opened the passage and entered; this time, he didn’t hear Lady Yi’s familiar voice. Li An called out, "Lady? I’m back —"
He walked toward the bronze cornered gold coffin and pushed it open, only to see Lady Yi inside, her eyes closed, face pale, with a hint of decay, as if she had been dead for years!
Could it be that Lady Yi met with an accident and had died?
Li An’s heart stirred, but he was very cautious, displaying an immensely pained expression, shouting, "Lady!"
He then lunged into the coffin, cradled Lady Yi’s slightly odorous body, eyes filled with concern, hurriedly using his Demon Skill to transfer a lot of alien power into her body, but Lady Yi’s body remained motionless.
"Lady, I have contacted your descendant Yi Lingwei and had her build the Immortal Attraction Platform, just waiting for your body to reconstruct successfully so you can become an immortal, and we can stay together forever. But who knew, you encountered something unexpected and left first?"
"What should I do, what should I do!"
He cried out repeatedly.
But Lady Yi showed no signs of movement; indeed, she was dead.
Li An sighed long and silent for a time, then closed the coffin and waited beside it.
"We were spouses, and now you’ve gone ahead, I shall guard your spirit for three years —"
Li An murmured softly, and true to his word, took some white robes from his Storage Ring to wear, as if mourning for Lady Yi.
He really guarded her for three full years!
In these three years, Li An never left. Once the time was up, he removed the white robes, bowed before the coffin, and said, "Lady, we were spouses once. Unfortunately, we do not share the destiny of being immortals together, and I must leave now."
With that, he opened the coffin and removed all the jewelry from Lady Yi’s body, like a grave robber.
These items were rare treasures.
After he stuffed the treasures into his bosom, he carefully arranged Lady Yi’s clothes, closed the coffin, sighed again, and turned to leave.
He opened the door of the tomb room, ready to leave.
The door slowly rose, and Li An deliberately showed a hint of relief, but at that moment, a chilling wind suddenly rushed forth. Li An’s whole body went numb with fright, and he couldn’t utter a word —
All his Storage Bags, Storage Rings, and even his clothes were stripped away by a mysterious force.
Lady Yi’s Primordial Spirit had appeared behind Li An at some point; she rummaged through many Storage Bags and Rings, finally taking the teapot lid from one of Li An’s rings, and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Lady, y-you’re not dead?!..."
Li An opened his mouth in shock.
"Humph, you wish I were dead, don’t you?"
With a wave of her hand, Lady Yi had Li An regain control of his stiff body. He quickly turned around and asked, "Why did you do this, Lady?"
Lady Yi’s Primordial Spirit returned to the bronze cornered gold coffin with the lid, and her voice came from within, "You dead man, you left for so many years, who knows if you found another sweetheart outside or changed your heart? Since I am committed to joining the Immortal Dao with you, I needed to see if you were sincerely committed, only then could I truly entrust my life to you."
"Humph, at least you had some decency to mourn me for three years."
"But why did you steal my jewelry when you were about to leave?"
Li An’s face immediately showed a moment of embarrassment.
Actually, he had guessed it all along; Lady Yi was clearly worried that if he had the teapot lid, he might harm her, so she devised this plan to take the lid first.
After all, to her, Li An was just an ant she could crush at will, but with the lid, he could fight desperately against her.
Even though Li An had a fetus she planted within him, and his Primordial Spirit was under her control, she was still uneasy!
This woman indeed had the cunning of someone who once stirred storms among the eleven heavens.
Moreover, Li An hadn’t expected her to hide at the tomb entrance.
Li An had only guessed that Lady Yi couldn’t die so easily, hiding in the dark all along.
If Li An had any ill intentions, he would certainly act upon her body, as she had cleverly staged a decoy, disguising her Primordial Spirit skillfully.
