This woman was none other than someone Ye Chu had met once before. Back in the Yao City palace, she had stolen the imperial jade seal. With a casual wave of her hand, she repelled the Innate Realm state preceptor of Yao City. In the end, she even openly declared that she came from Qingmi Mountain’s Wuxin Peak, claiming to be the junior martial aunt of the old madman.
Although Ye Chu had only seen her once, the memory was deeply etched in his mind. It was not just because of her mysteriousness, but also her peerless beauty. The last time he saw her, her nation-toppling allure carried a seductive, provocative sensuality. But this time, her beauty was more of a soul-shaking, otherworldly transcendence.
“It is you?” The woman saw Ye Chu, and a trace of surprise appeared on her flawless, fair face. Her voice, like heavenly music, drifted over, extremely pleasant to the ear. “Qingmi Mountain is also interested in this tomb?”
“This is my personal matter. Since we parted last time, I have not yet returned to Qingmi Mountain!” Ye Chu stepped forward, looking at this near-perfect woman.
The woman recalled how she had asked Ye Chu to inform Qingmi Mountain last time, but he had not done so. Understanding this, she no longer glanced at Ye Chu. Her graceful figure floated forward once more, ethereal and dreamlike, immaculate and flawless, perfect beyond anything in the mortal world.
“Wait!” Ye Chu could not help calling out. The woman paused, her back to Ye Chu. Her slender back was graceful, her three thousand strands of long hair cascading like a black waterfall down to her narrow waist.
“What else is there?” The woman turned her head calmly to look at Ye Chu. But that face, perfect and pure to the extreme, made others feel unworthy and too ashamed to meet her gaze directly.
“What is your name?” Ye Chu asked. “Since you are acquainted with Qingmi Mountain, why do we not join forces to break into the General’s Tomb?”
“No need! I am sufficient on my own!” The woman’s voice was enchanting, but her words left Ye Chu momentarily stunned. Her tone was far too confident. When someone was this confident, they were either arrogant to the point of delusion or possessed overwhelmingly strong power.
Ye Chu believed this woman had both. But this was a tomb that even the retired emperor did not dare enter. Was she not being overly confident in herself?
While Ye Chu was lost in thought, the woman’s figure drifted away like an immortal, vanishing from his sight. She left behind a voice echoing through the tomb. “This place is not for you. Leave here.”
The woman was reminding Ye Chu that since she had ties to Wuxin Peak, she did not wish to see someone from Wuxin Peak die here for no reason.
Ye Chu naturally ignored her warning. But in his heart, he found this woman even more mysterious. Just now, she had clearly charged straight into those waves of killing aura, yet the aura could not approach her body. Without possessing his special physique, she must have achieved this through sheer strength alone. To make killing aura part automatically like that, the thought alone sent chills down one’s spine.
Only now did Ye Chu understand why she dared to say “I am sufficient”.
Looking in the direction she had swiftly departed, Ye Chu compared the curves on the diagram. Then he too hurried after her. Compared to Bai Bao, Ye Chu still had an advantage. After all, ordinary killing aura posed no threat to him at all.
Following the path the woman had taken, Ye Chu shot forward rapidly. The woman’s speed was astonishing, and Ye Chu chased at full speed, yet he still could not catch up to her.
Only when the woman was blocked by a tomb archway did Ye Chu finally close the distance. When he reached her, the woman’s arm was slamming powerfully against the closed archway. Her strength was terrifying and domineering, vast like rivers surging forth, carrying a heart-shaking horror.
The power was overwhelmingly mighty, stunning Ye Chu’s eyes. With just that one strike, the reinforced archway shattered completely, fragments exploding outward in all directions. From within the archway, a vast force surged out, rushing towards the woman. She merely pointed casually, and the terrifying power vanished without a trace.
Her movements remained as light and effortless as the first time he had seen her. The terrifying dominance made even Ye Chu’s scalp tingle. He could not even imagine just how strong this woman truly was. No wonder she had said last time that taking Yao’s jade seal was giving Yao face.
The woman stood just outside the archway, allowing all manner of violent forces to erupt from within. She remained steady as a mountain. No matter how vast the surges of power from inside the archway, none could approach her by even an inch.
Ye Chu stared blankly ahead, swallowed hard, and muttered under his breath, “Bloody hell! What she said cannot be true, can it? Is she really the old madman’s junior martial aunt?”
“You really are not leaving?” Just as Ye Chu was muttering to himself, that enchanting heavenly voice reached his ears once more. At some point, the woman had appeared in front of him. Her figure was tall and slender, exquisitely beautiful, transcendent and flawless.
“Ah! Oh… you can go inside, so why can I not?” Ye Chu was not intimidated by her words. He stepped towards the archway. “How about the two of us join forces? With your strength and my familiarity with the tomb, there is an eighty percent chance we can reach the centre of the General’s Tomb.”
The woman looked at Ye Chu in surprise. “You are familiar with this tomb?”
“Aside from one person, no one knows it better than I do!” Ye Chu said, looking at the woman.
“That madman from Wuxin Peak?” the woman asked Ye Chu.
“Of course not. He naturally would not be familiar with this place. I am talking about someone else,” Ye Chu said, gazing at the woman. His eyes fell on her clear pupils. Unable to withstand the light in her gaze, he shifted his eyes slightly and landed on her remarkably full chest, the curves breathtaking.
The woman was astonished. If it was not the old madman, then who else could be so familiar with this place? Seeing that Ye Chu’s gaze was clear and did not seem like he was lying, she finally said, “Follow me!”
With that, she did not wait for Ye Chu’s reply. She stepped directly into the archway.
“Who exactly are you? Why have I never heard the old madman mention you?” Ye Chu stared at her graceful back and could not help asking again.
“If you manage to leave here alive today, go ask him who ‘Ruoshui’ is. You will naturally understand,” the woman answered with her back to Ye Chu. Her movements were elegant and beautiful, like an ethereal fairy drifting swiftly forward.
“Ruoshui?” Ye Chu murmured to himself, suddenly thinking of the phrase “three thousand weak waters”. Looking at Ruoshui’s alluring and graceful back, he truly felt that among three thousand weak waters, this one scoop was the most beautiful.
Ye Chu collected his wandering thoughts, hurried to catch up, and said to Ruoshui, “Follow me. I will take you to the very centre.”
Ruoshui’s beautiful eyes turned, looking at Ye Chu with doubt. Ye Chu did not explain further. He overtook Ruoshui, compared the curves on the manuscript, and continued deeper.
Although Ruoshui was puzzled, she noticed that the path Ye Chu took truly had the least danger, and killing aura was rarely seen along it. After thinking for a moment, she still followed behind Ye Chu, advancing deeper together.
Following Ye Chu, Ruoshui discovered that the further they went, the narrower the paths became, yet they were the safest and fastest routes. This made her unable to hold back from asking, “How are you so familiar with this tomb?”
Ruoshui could not help but be astonished. The owner of this tomb was a generation’s hero, terrifying beyond measure. His tomb was naturally extremely complex. Yet Ye Chu was so familiar with it. It was simply unbelievable.