Heavenly Dao Child

Ryuu blinked once, he blinked twice but the writing did not change no matter what, not only him but others as well, they were so stunned that words did not form in their lips as they kept staring with the look of disbelief on their faces.

'To all those brave thieves that have managed to reach this far, if you have guessed that this is my tomb then you are right, this is my tomb and the coffin containing body is here, you may now dance with joy and please give a round of applause and if I were alive I would even give a pat on your back but alas I am dead, so missed the real treasure. Now, you must be turning my entire tomb outside down trying to find my treasures so let me tell you the truth, you see the mausoleum costs a great amount of money and even then after my death the rest would have a been used to repay my debts as such there should not be even a small spirit stone left for you, as such the jokes on you and next time DO NOT TRY TO STEAL FROM A RESPECTIVE PERSON EVEN IF THEY ARE DEAD LIKE ME.'

Ryan read it once, then twice and then thrice rubbed his eyes, blinked them but the message remained unchained, no matter what, as Ryan could not help but speak out loud, "What in Heaven's name is this?'

True-Spear trembled slightly as he spoke with disbelief in his voice, "Tell me Ryuu that I am not hallucinating, that we have not fought our way here to be laughed at by the dead."

"Sorry brother but this is very much real, we came all the way here just to return empty-handed."

True-Spear trembled even more before he shouted out at the top of his lungs, "That's it after I am done, he would regret dying let alone make fun of me."

As he was about to attack he was stopped by Zywia who hurriedly spoke to him, "Stop, do not attack who knows what kind of trap it might trigger."

"Zywia is right brother so whatever you do please do not attack."

True-Spear simply growled at that but he stayed his hand not before giving a stink eye to the coffin of the deceased, before he spoke with a huff, "So we are just going to let him go just like that."

Ryuu shrugged at that as he spoke, "Well I can cook up something that would only activate once we are very far away."

Frost Flames glared at the stone stele as she spoke, "You do something for this, this….. I do not have words to describe for him."

Frozen Ocean gave her an understanding smile as she spoke, "I have seen many things but this is something beyond everything that I know of, I have never seen any tomb like this one."

Zywia pursed her lips as she spoke, "Hoarding treasures after death is meaningless, as such cultivators leave behind tombs with elaborate traps, traps that prevent the unworthy from gaining access, as most of the time they are tests given out for those who braved into the tomb to test and see I they are worthy of being bestowed upon by their legacy."

"So true Zywia, so true."

Meanwhile, Ryuu felt a bit conflicted upon hearing them true he was a bit miffed upon seeing nothing for them after going through so much trouble but on the other hand, the poison was a bit appreciated gift, 'Whoever you are I wish to apologize, and thank you for the gift of poison, but as I like to preserve my relationship with the living I would be causing some mayhem in your resting place.'

Su-Min looked dejected as she spoke, "You know it might be some ruse, a hoax to dissuade others from finding the real treasure, maybe if we search for it then we might find something.

Zywia looked at her with a frown as she spoke, "Well you can check if there is anything after all it might simply be hidden just as you have said."

With a huff Su-Min left to search as Ryuu spoke with a frown, "You know she might be right, after all, it might be a ruse to make us give up, and as such maybe we should lend her a hand in searching."

The others sighed as they decided to help Su-Min, though they were a bit half-hearted in their attempt and Ryuu could not blame them after all, seeing the empty room with a slight mound at the centre and a stone stele was not encouraging at all.

After a couple of hours most of the group had given up which included Su-Min, all they had found was a hidden narrow door nothing more, nothing less.

"So after searching for so long we never found anything other than the door, so maybe we should proceed through it and maybe we might find something."

Ryuu felt bad, he felt bad for Su-Min who was grasping on to the straws, she was so hyped about treasures but now, she was hit with a dose of reality and it was not nice, he looked at the room which they had turned upside down, the stone stele was broken, the mound was dug up, and the coffin pulled up, the dead body was lying crumpled in a corner.

Ryuu bit his lips as he spoke, "You know but I am starting to believe that he had spent his entire fortune to create this tomb for himself."

Su-Min narrowed her eyes as she spoke, "Why do you believe that Ryuu?"

"Well the arrays from what I have seen so far are done by different people, some of them sloppy in fact as if someone was simply copying an unknown array there were some mistakes on it, reducing its potency but what was worse was that whoever did it seemed not only not to care but was impatient, but here is the real kicker no two arrays even if they are made by following the same schematics they are always different, do you know why Su-Min?"

Su-Min shook her head as she spoke with a confused look on her face, "How are they different? If you are using the same schematic they should work the same."

Ryuu nodded at that as he spoke, "Yes they would be, they would work the same but the problem comes during its creation as no two people have the same handwriting, not to mention every array master tend to add a few quirks in their array that acts in the same manner as when an artist puts their signature on their painting."

Ryuu looked at the figure as he spoke with a pitying look on his face, "You know I feel a bit sorry for him I do not know who he paid to have these arrays placed, but that person has cones him, the only array that would have given me the problem was the cage, it was marvellous a work of art and something you do not see every day", he paused before he continued, "Yet it was like being locked up in a jail cell with the keys hanging from the lock."

True-Spear sneered at the dead body as he spoke, "Serves him right, cheapskate might have angered them."

The others did not say anything though they shared the same sentiment, even Ryuu who was a bit sceptical about harming the person's corpse, one who had supplied him with such a poison, he then realized a very important truth, he was not the creator of the tomb as such there is no need to feel sorry for such a cheapskate.

Frost Flames looked towards the door as she spoke, "Since there is nothing else to do, let us leave through the door that sister Frozen had found out."

Her idea was appreciated by all as they went through the door, with Ryuu once again leading the front.

"How curious"

"What is it, Ryuu?"

"Well, see the wall here, at least the walls before had at least something covering them, even if it was bones in some cases, but this part is soil, frozen hard soil nothing spectacular."

As Ryuu answered Frozen Ocean's question she touched the wall with a frown on her face before she whispered so low that only Ryuu was able to hear, "I feel sorry for Su-Min."

Ryuu gave a small nod as he spoke with a sigh, "Me too, she was so hyped up."

The door had opened a passage for them and following it they had managed to reach a dead end and then a quick search later, Ryuu found a small notch at the side of the wall which let the wall to slide down as he stepped out of the passage.

The group stood by the side of a snow-covered mountain as the cold air hit them Ryuu simply glanced at the dejected look on Su-Min's face while Frost Flames simply gave her a small hug.