The second night.
The group left Wanshan County without a sound.
This group included Qing Luan and her subordinates, the Owls and the Cuckoos, along with several Golden Core realm demons, the Three-Eyed Crow, the Golden Mane Lion, the Curly Baboon, and Yang Feilong and Tang Ya.
A total of about ten people. Excluding Yang Feilong and Tang Ya, this group consisted of one Nascent Soul realm cultivator, five Nascent Soul realm cultivators, and some Golden Core realm demons.
These Golden Core realm demons were also following because they had no choice. Qing Luan intended to use them as cannon fodder!
A demoness is a demoness. When she's ruthless, she'll sacrifice her own people.
Let alone not liking demonesses, even if he did, he wouldn't dare to bring one into his harem. Such women are terrifying when they're ruthless. He was afraid this woman would harm the women in his harem!
Because in Qing Luan's mind, both Yang Feilong and Tang Ya, being humans, had their cultivation sealed. If they walked normally, they wouldn't reach their destination in ten to half a month. Therefore, she had the Owls and Cuckoos carry them separately.
After a journey through the night, at dawn,
The group arrived at a mountain range.
"Isn't this the Wuyun Mountain Range? Why would King Huoyan's tomb be here?" the Three-Eyed Crow asked curiously.
"There's an active volcano beneath the Wuyun Mountain Range, but it's about to become an extinct volcano, as it hasn't erupted in tens of thousands of years!" Qing Luan said calmly.
"So that's how it is!" everyone understood.
King Huoyan was the offspring of the Flamingos Emperor and a human woman. He possessed some characteristics of the Flamingos Emperor, particularly a fondness for fire, otherwise, he wouldn't have been named Huoyan.
Why hadn't the active volcano erupted? Everyone understood with a little thought: the tomb of King Huoyan might have absorbed some of its energy, or perhaps, King Huoyan had initially built the tomb with the intention of making a final push to break through to the Integration realm before his lifespan ended, absorbing the boundless fire energy within the volcano into himself. Unfortunately, he failed. Otherwise, King Huoyan would have become the Flamingos Emperor and dominated a region!
The absence of eruption clearly indicated his failure to break through to the Integration realm, leading to his demise here!
However, although he didn't succeed in breaking through, he did turn an active volcano into an extinct one, which was a testament to his ability. Among cultivators in the Void Refinement realm, he was likely among the top existences!
"Lord Qing Luan, where is the entrance? How do we get in?" the Three-Eyed Crow asked curiously.
"It's up ahead! Follow me!" Qing Luan said. She seemed very familiar with the area. Clearly, after learning about King Huoyan's intelligence, she must have surveyed the location beforehand, otherwise, she wouldn't be so knowledgeable.
Soon, the group arrived at a volcanic crater. Judging by the rocks around the crater, this volcano hadn't erupted in an unknown number of years!
"The entrance isn't this volcanic crater, is it?" asked the Cuckoo. Although the Cuckoo had learned about King Huoyan's tomb from Qing Luan long ago, it didn't know the specific location.
"That's right, the entrance is this volcanic crater!" Qing Luan nodded and flew directly downwards. "Yingge, Buding, you two take those two humans!"
"Yes!" the Owl, 'Yingge,' and the Cuckoo, 'Buding,' responded.
Of course, these demons spoke in their demonic language. Tang Ya couldn't understand them before. However, after meeting Yang Feilong the day before yesterday, Yang Feilong, fearing she might try to tempt him again, taught her their language and meanings. Thus, she could now understand the communication between demons.
However, she remained silent, only occasionally exchanging glances with Yang Feilong. It wasn't because she was afraid of their telepathic communication being intercepted, but because Tang Ya's cultivation was currently sealed, making it impossible for her to telepathically communicate with Yang Feilong.
In fact, Yang Feilong could break her seal, but he was afraid of Qing Luan noticing and causing trouble.
After all, Qing Luan, that demoness, wouldn't deal with them until she had used them. Whether Tang Ya's seal was broken or not wouldn't make a difference. Yang Feilong's seal was self-imposed, so he could break it at any time and wouldn't have to worry about being unable to act in time!
The group flew through the volcanic crater for a while and landed on solid ground.
The surroundings were all rocks, and there was no indication of anything special within. However, Yang Feilong's soul was strong, and he immediately sensed the uniqueness of the place, detecting a profound formation that misled perception.
"The entrance to the tomb is concealed by this profound formation that deceives perception. This formation operates by absorbing the free demonic spiritual energy in heaven and earth. Let me break the formation first! Then you will see the entrance!" Qing Luan said, forming hand seals. After a moment, she pushed forward, and the formation dissolved.
After the formation was broken, a stone door came into view.
This was no ordinary stone door; it was covered in dense, intricate runes.
Then, Qing Luan looked at Yang Feilong and Tang Ya, her gaze finally settling on Tang Ya. She said, "Cut her palm and drip her blood onto the protrusion before us!"
Seeing Qing Luan about to draw Tang Ya's blood, Tang Ya remained calm and made no move to resist.
Yang Feilong naturally couldn't stand by and watch his woman have her blood drawn. He stepped forward and said, "Let my blood be used!"
Tang Ya pursed her lips. A little blood was fine, but what touched her was Yang Feilong's protection.
"Heh, you can understand demonic language, and you know how to cherish a beauty. Not bad! Perform well, obey obediently, and if you do well, I'll spare your lives!" Qing Luan glanced at Yang Feilong, a curve forming on her lips. Then she said, "Since he's so chivalrous, let his blood be used!"
"Yes!" Yingge stepped forward, took Yang Feilong's hand, placed it on the protrusion, and then slashed it with her sharp finger. Blood immediately flowed out and dripped onto the protrusion!
Yang Feilong's blood merged into the protrusion.
Immediately, the sound of creaking gears began to ring out. Before long, the rune-covered door seemed to be activated, and the door opened by itself, revealing a passage covered in runes.
"Lord Qing Luan, how did the previous lord get in? Do you know?" At this moment, the Three-Eyed Crow asked curiously. In fact, everyone had this question, but he was the one who voiced it.
Of course, Yang Feilong had asked him to ask.
He was very curious. The previous Lord Lingyuan might not have known that human blood could open the door of King Huoyan, right? If he didn't know, how did he get in? The endless runes on the door looked incredibly profound. Yang Feilong believed that even with time, he might not be able to decipher them in three to five months!
"Lord Lingyuan was skilled in the art of runes and deciphered them over time, thus opening the entrance to the tomb. You don't need to know the rest!" Qing Luan explained briefly, without revealing the deeper reasons.
Yang Feilong secretly pouted. This woman probably didn't obtain her intelligence through normal channels.
Otherwise, given her personality, why wouldn't she show off?
Of course, it wasn't necessary to know that now.
At the same time, he was also curious. He had never met King Huoyan, nor was he his descendant, and they had no blood relation. So why could his blood open the door?
Perhaps, any human, or most humans, could open the door to this tomb?
What was the principle behind this?
Of course, the most likely explanation was that King Huoyan had specifically studied the differences between human and demonic blood.
After witnessing that human blood could directly open the door, Yang Feilong also believed that although King Huoyan was a human-demon hybrid, perhaps in his heart, he leaned more towards humans!