Lin Wan Er equipped her dagger quickly before turning to Little Wolf and smiling sweetly: “You are Xiao Yao’s best buddy so I won’t let you be at a disadvantage. I took the [Scarlet Edge], so I want to give you my Purple Tier Lv 46 dagger. This dagger is 6th on the Top Equipment List for Daggers…”
Little Wolf snapped out from his daze and quickly received it: “Thank you so much, pretty Miss Lin…”
Lin Wan Er smiled softly, skillfully rotated the [Scarlet Edge] in her palm and laughed quietly: “It’s what you need… Furthermore if what Xiao Yao said happens, sooner or later Dong Cheng and I will also join Zhan Long and at that time we’ll all be family. In the end, there is no need to argue about it too much. [Scarlet Edge]’s required level is 57, you wouldn’t be able to use it anytime soon, let me use it for a while…”
Little Wolf nodded: “Yup yup!”
……
I distributed the rest of the Pardon Cards and Spirit Gems and then said: “We shouldn’t waste anymore time, let’s finish the quest. Today we need to get to sleep early so we don’t stay up late again. Otherwise these beautiful ladies will quickly turn into old hags…”
Lin Wan Er laughed: “Okay, let’s go!”
Our group of people came to the tomb again and uniformly stood in front of the crystal coffin.
“Is this Ran Min’s tomb ?” Old K asked, clenching his fists.
I nodded and started to peel off the sealing charms covering the chains. Once done, I broke the chains with my Frost Rain Sword. With this, hopefully, we could open the coffin. We each pushed against the the crystalline lid with our entire body weight, slowly it moved.
“Crash…”
We were shocked when we looked inside; there, in the crystal coffin, was a severed head. It was the face of a hero with a long wavy beard and piercing black eyes. Was this hero Ran Min’s?
Everyone became solemn. I held my sword and bowed my body as I carefully picked up the head. Then a system notification chimed in my ears-
“Ding!”
System notification: Your SS-Level Quest the 【Five Barbarians’ Desolate Tomb】 has entered the next stage!
Quest Description: You have found the Emperor Ran Min’s head, but now you have to find his body to awaken his spirit!
……
“Hmm..”
A thundering sound rang out, shaking the Five Barbarians’ Desolate Tomb. Suddenly, the crystal coffin shattered, signifying that the seal was broken and a rotating magic circle appeared. At it’s center the form of a mighty warrior slowly materialized, sword in hand. Gazing at his face, I saw that it resembled the head of Ran Min that I was still clutching. The person before me wasn’t Ran Min’s real body but Ran Min’s spirit.
Slowly, Ran Min’s spirit solemnly knelt on one knee and said: “Many thanks to you all, later generations of the Han. Because of you guys, I have been granted new life. Alas, but with only this much, my soul remains unable to acquire salvation. Please, reunite my body and head. Only then will my soul find relief.”
I stepped forward and asked “Where is your body?”
Ran Min looked up to me and said: “Youngster, I was slain at Dragon City…my body should yet remain in Dragon City. Mu Rong Jun only took my head to seal here and buried my body in the Dragon City. You should go to the Dragon City to find my body!”
TL: The Dragon City Xiao Yao is from is actually called something like Cold Barren Dragon City. The Dragon City where Ran Min was killed was a district in Chaoyang City.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longcheng_District – So Dragon City = Ran Min and [Dragon City] = Xiao Yao’s place
“Dragon City?” I frowned: “This… is there any other Dragon City on the continent of ? Don’t tell me it’s…[Dragon City]?”
Ran Min was slightly surprised: Where is [Dragon City]?”
I explained: “It’s a newly established city. It lies on top of the Ice Spine mountain range that separates the north and south side of the continent….”
“Ice Spine?” Ran Min gasped slowly and said, “That’s it! It was there! I remember! When I died, my whole body was freezing cold; so cold, that I lost all sensation in my body. It should be there, in that freezing place. Youngster, please go to [Dragon City] and renew your search for my body. My soul will continue dwell inside my head you are holding. Only after my head and body are reunited will I be free from my ten thousand years of captivity!”
I nodded seriously: “We will! Leave it to us!”
……
Ran Min’s soul began to slowly dissipate. Becoming a cloud of smoke, it drifted back into the lifeless head of Ran Min.
Carrying Ran Min’s head in my arms, I turned over to look at everyone and said: “Looks like we’ll need to head back to the [Ba Huang City] area. [Dragon City] is near there and is where my teacher resides. We should walk there instead of using our city teleport scrolls because Cheng Shuo, Wan Er, and Dong Cheng would return to [Fan Shu City], which is way too far from [Dragon City].”
The three beauties nodded “Let’s go then!”
……
We left the [Five Barbarians’ Desolate Tomb], and saved the old blacksmith man along the way. Then we began the long journey, which involved a lot of demon and monster killing, to [Dragon City].
Close to an hour later, we arrived at the bottom of Dragon City. The city was still the same as always, cold and desolate.
Far to the side was a simple tent and an extinguished bonfire. A snoring sound bellowed forth from inside the tent. This was my past instructor, the Beast Tamer Dalin’s house!
Moving forward, I tapped Dalin’s shoulder and said: “Teacher, wake up?!”
“Ahh!”
Dalin suddenly woke up and baring his teeth, attacked me, bellowing: “What mouse dares to disturb the mighty Dalin!”
I was thrown to the floor. Getting back up, I raised my Purple Dawn Boots and kicked him hard!
“Bang!”
Dalin rolled out of the tent, and only then, when he was fully awake, did he recognize me: “Brat, how come it’s you? Damn your strength is like a warrior’s. In just 3 days I can’t even recognize you anymore!”
I laughed softly: “Teacher, please help me pass a message to the Dragon Palace Guards, I need to go in!”
“Oh?”
Dalin tilted his head and looked at me: “King Luo Lin has decreed that guards from the lower standings can’t go in, you…uhmm, you are just a Tomb Guardian, so you are not qualified to step into the Dragon Palace.”
I opened my arms, showed the head of Ran Min and said: “What if I had this?”
“That’s….”
Dalin’s whole body shook, his face a picture of pure shock: “What…What a mighty warrior spirit! I recognize this person. This is Ran Min. He has a statue in Dragon City! He was an ancient hero, how did you brat find his head?”
I laughed: “It’s a long story, could you quickly pass a message to the palace guards to let me and my friends go in please?”
“Okay