Catastrophic necromancer

Chapter 3948: So Annoying!

Lin Moyu asked, “Why do you drink your own blood?”

The Redstone Emperor was candid: “Two reasons. First, I like it my blood is tasteless to you, but to me, it’s the ultimate delicacy. Second, my blood can purify the soul and refine impurities, so I drink it often to purify my soul.”

Lin Moyu was puzzled: “The first reason I understand, but the second… After all these years, you must have drunk an unimaginable amount. Shouldn’t your soul be completely pure by now?” In his view, an Emperor’s soul should already be pure and powerful why would it still need purification? And after so many years, how could it not be finished?

The Redstone Emperor took another sip of his own blood and sighed, “My soul is constantly being polluted, so I have to keep purifying it.”

He added, “As for that damned place I mentioned earlier, you’ll know about it once you become a Great Dao Lord. No need to discuss it now.”

Lin Moyu thought for a moment, “Is that place inside the Origin Ancestral Land?”

The Redstone Emperor nodded, “Xuanyang Dao Lord told you, right? That’s the place.”

If even the Redstone Emperor called it a ’damned place,’ it was surely nothing good. Lin Moyu already had some guesses, but nothing certain. Since the Redstone Emperor was unwilling to elaborate, Lin Moyu didn’t press he knew it might violate the laws of heaven and earth.

Lin Moyu said, “When I came up earlier, I noticed some claw marks on the stone. They look like they’ve been there for countless years.”

The Redstone Emperor gave a bitter smile, “They’re the source of the pollution. Don’t ask me where the claw marks came from I don’t know. They’ve been there since I first gained consciousness.”

“I’ve studied them for countless years, but found nothing.”

Lin Moyu then asked, “Is this stone your true body?”

The Redstone Emperor nodded slightly, “It’s both my true body and a void treasure.”

So, the Redstone Emperor’s true body was an innate origin void treasure in other words, he was the spirit of such a treasure. But it wasn’t quite that simple: while a treasure spirit’s ascension is the ascension of the treasure itself, the Redstone Emperor could take his own final step, not limited by the nature of a void treasure. In this sense, he was both a treasure spirit and not a treasure spirit. The world is full of wonders Lin Moyu learned something new today.

The Redstone Emperor offered another cup of his blood, still bubbling in the cup. Lin Moyu drank it in one gulp. “I’d like to ask the Emperor for some Redstone.”

The Redstone Emperor nodded, “I’ve already prepared it for you.”

He tapped his finger, and the ground split open not far away, a huge chunk of Redstone flew out. It was a perfect cube, about a meter tall.

The Redstone Emperor explained, “Redstone is my companion treasure, nurtured within my body. A piece like this takes fifty million years to form. Go ahead, how much do you want?”

Lin Moyu was stunned he hadn’t expected it to take so long to produce a single piece.

The Redstone Emperor seemed generous, letting him name his price, but Lin Moyu didn’t dare. “If possible, just give me a tenth, and I’ll pay whatever price you ask.”

The Redstone Emperor shook his head, “A tenth? Take it.”

The Redstone immediately split itself into ten identical pieces, one of which flew to Lin Moyu. Though only a tenth, it was much larger than his last piece about three times as large. Lin Moyu could sense the powerful energy inside; with it, he might be able to lure a Great Dao Desolate Beast King.

Boom!

The stone shook violently. Amid the roar, Lin Moyu’s soul twisted, struck by another shock this one even stronger than before, but he remained unharmed.

The Redstone Emperor stomped his foot, “Quiet down!”

An invisible force calmed the giant stone.

Lin Moyu asked, “Who’s attacking?”

The tremor didn’t seem to come from within the stone, but from the other side a side Lin Moyu couldn’t even see.

The Redstone Emperor said, “That’s why I can’t leave. For some reason, a rift appeared in the Soul Void, and some things are trying to come through. My stone is here to plug the gap and block them.”

“What are they?” Lin Moyu asked.

The Redstone Emperor shook his head, “Some very strange things I’ve never seen them.”

As he spoke, the blood in his cup floated up and transformed in midair into a bizarre shape. Its body shifted constantly, impossible to define, but sometimes claws would appear.

“That’s what they look like. They’re powerful, but my body is tough enough to keep them out. This is my inborn mission I’ve known since birth that I must block them. If I can’t, I have no reason to exist. Unless I take the final step even half a step would let me escape this fate. But that’s hard!”

There was a note of helplessness in his words.

Lin Moyu looked at the blood’s shifting form, “Senior, can you make it bigger?”

The Redstone Emperor shook his head, “No, that’s as big as I see it. You’re wondering if the claw marks on the stone are from them, right?” Lin Moyu nodded.

“I’ve wondered too, but they’re too small and the claw marks are too big it doesn’t match.”

Another mystery. Lin Moyu asked, “Among the Emperors, do any others have to do this?”

The Redstone Emperor replied, “Aside from the Golden Furnace Emperor, who has his own matters, the others are pretty idle.”

“By the way, you mentioned before that the missing Emperors might have taken half a step and been expelled by the world. But thinking back, I don’t think that’s right. The Xiaguang Emperor once told me he was going to do something dangerous, and never returned. We were close it didn’t seem like he was going to take that step. I think he also received some kind of mission from heaven and earth.”

Lin Moyu pondered, “The Xiaguang Emperor’s seat is still vacant, and he never came back. Maybe he didn’t die after all.”

“Maybe he’s trapped somewhere, like the Jianmu Emperor in the Beast Abyss.”

The Redstone Emperor agreed, “Very possible. As for the Tianyu and Tianzhou Emperors, they were a bit odd and not close to me. They disappeared together, and about ten million years later, new Emperors took their place. I don’t know if they left after taking half a step, or died on a mission.”

“And the original Golden Furnace Emperor was always mysterious and solitary, never associating with anyone. Who knows where he went he had a successor, raised by the Discernment Beast, who treated it like a father.”

“Maybe the Discernment Beast knows something it’s lived as long as I have, and its talent is to listen to the worlds. But it may not be willing to talk, so be prepared.”

“This world is so complicated so annoying!”

Suddenly, the Redstone Emperor’s expression turned grim. He roared, “Go, quickly!”

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