Mundane Saint-Chapter 35 – Too many tricks

Gu Heng didn't really mind making a trip for nothing.
The setbacks he had faced before were no less significant than returning empty-handed. Although, strictly speaking, he did end up with a ghost as a... friend?
At least it wasn't a pet.
Carrying a lantern with Jian Xuan illuminating from within, the grand hall didn't seem particularly dark. He wandered around the hall a few times.
Finally, he stopped, feeling a bit disappointed.
There was definitely no opportunity here.
This place was the tomb of some emperor, but it had absolutely nothing to do with the Sunflare Empire. The imperial tombs of that dynasty weren't located here, and they certainly weren't places a mortal could trespass. The reason there was a tomb in this mountain was probably because the previous dynasty was destroyed, and the last emperor's tomb was only built in this remote wilderness.
In the center of the grand hall was a bronze coffin, its lid pried open!
Seeing this miserable state, Gu Heng knew he was definitely too late. Perhaps there had been opportunities before, but now there were certainly none left.
There wasn't much left here either. He could see some burial gold and silver, or very ordinary inferior white jade, but he wasn't interested in these things. Wealth was indispensable to him, but it wasn't that important. It was better to avoid the act of stealing offerings.
The only truly impressive things were the twelve armored statues beside the coffin. In life, they might have been the emperor's strongest warriors. In death, their armor was placed here to guard the coffin.
But obviously, they didn't stop those who pried open the coffin.
"Sigh... it seems the guy lying here is quite pitiful too."
Gu Heng bowed twice to the coffin to show respect for the deceased. Then, out of curiosity, he glanced inside the coffin, wanting to see how luxurious the emperor's "bed" was after death.
He looked and found no bones inside.
But at the bottom, there was a silver-white jade pendant lying quietly, its luster smooth and bright. Even though the coffin seemed somewhat corroded, the jade pendant was not.
"What is this?"
Gu Heng picked it up and examined it, but couldn't discern anything special. He finally placed it directly into the System Backpack.
Suddenly, the twelve armored statues beside him started to move!
"Clang!"
A sound of metal clashing echoed as the armored statues raised their swords and swiftly attacked Gu Heng!
"These things can move!?"
Jian Xuan exclaimed in shock. It seemed that some dormant souls were housed within these twelve armors, but now they were suddenly awakened, each possessing the strength of the tenth level of the Tribulation Crossing stage.
It seemed that the Tomb of the Nameless Emperor was indeed filled with danger at every step.
Jian Xuan thought that even if he had passed the first two obstacles unscathed back then, he would likely have been killed upon entering this grand hall.
"Tsk, why is it always these little tricks, so boring."
Gu Heng frowned, thinking that he hadn't seen any truly harmful traps in this tomb, only these tricks meant to fool people.
He directly engaged, using his fists and feet to dismantle the moving armored statues into a pile of parts.
His "Body Refining" skill was also extraordinary, and it was indeed very useful. Although it couldn't make money, after Gu Heng trained it to the highest level, he never suffered from those common minor ailments again.
He even once competed with a two-hundred-pound mortal strongman in breaking stones on his chest.
These things weren't scary at all.
"Are you okay, Old Xuan?"
Gu Heng shook the lantern in his hand.
"I'm fine. Young Master Gu's strength is indeed formidable. This setup is truly useless against you."
Jian Xuan watched as Gu Heng effortlessly dismantled the twelve armored soul spirits. Even in life, he might not have been able to easily handle twelve such powerful entities. He wondered just how strong this Young Master Gu's cultivation was.
Speculating was pointless.
He couldn't even detect Gu Heng's aura; it was too well concealed.
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"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say."
Gu Heng didn't want to pay him any more attention. After becoming a ghost, Jian Xuan's thinking wasn't very clear, and he might really think of him as some formidable figure.
But what intrigued him was that as soon as he approached the bronze coffin, these armored statues moved... was it because he took that jade pendant?
If that was the case, then this jade pendant might have some significance.
But he certainly couldn't figure it out here, so Gu Heng decided to leave first and head into the city.
He turned and walked out of the grand hall.
Following the path he had come, he exited the cave and found himself outside. Gu Heng looked up and saw that the sky was already beginning to brighten.
Unknowingly, the night had passed.
Gu Heng didn't feel tired, perhaps because he had left the familiar place of Greenwood City, making it hard to sleep in the wilderness.
"Hmm, good boy."
Gu Heng saw the little silver cat lying by the tree roots and knew the little guy had obediently listened to him, not wandering off and patiently waiting for him to come out.
Sensing the ripple in the wall of sword intent, Su Jinxi immediately looked up. Gu Heng walked out with a lantern, and she squinted her cat eyes, noticing that there seemed to be a powerful remnant soul in the lantern!
Did the master have a gain?
"Oh... it's actually a Nine-Lives Demon Cat at the tenth level of the Tribulation Crossing stage?"
Jian Xuan also saw her and was momentarily stunned.
"Who are you?"
Su Jinxi communicated through thought, staring intently at the glowing white orb inside the lantern.
"Purple Sword True Immortal, Jian Xuan."
"Purple Sword True Immortal? The Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Sect's elder who mysteriously disappeared over two thousand years ago?"
Su Jinxi was also taken aback. She certainly hadn't expected Gu Heng to bring out the former elder of the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Sect, long presumed dead, from this hidden place. Now, he lived in the form of a remnant soul, over two thousand years having passed, with a new sect leader and elder.
"I once had friends among the Nine-Lives Demon Cat clan. How is Su Fangchun now?"
"Su Fangchun is now the leader of our clan," Su Jinxi replied.
Jian Xuan felt that time had indeed flown by.
"It seems we now have a common master."
Su Jinxi looked at the ancient lamp housing Jian Xuan's soul, immediately recognizing its extraordinary nature. It seemed Gu Heng had taken pity on the remnant soul and housed it, allowing it to nurture its soul in peace.
Jian Xuan had indeed stumbled upon good fortune.
"However, why don't you reveal your true form?" Jian Xuan asked.
"He likes me this way, probably thinks I look cuter like this."
"Oh..."
Jian Xuan understood. He had once kept a small demon cat, a demon beast, very small, and it felt nice to pet. Since then, he had a particular fondness for cats.
But compared to him, Gu Heng's pursuits were evidently more refined.
He kept a demon beast, while Gu Heng kept a demon clan member, and a tenth-level Tribulation Crossing stage demon clan member at that.
"Come back, we should head into the city."
Gu Heng placed the ancient lamp into the System Backpack. The System Backpack couldn't store living things, and the soul inside the lamp was evidently not defined as a living being. He picked up Little Xi, placing her in his arms, and followed the path down the mountain.