Chapter 284: A New Dawn After Darkness

“So, it’s because you’re a tomb guardian that you weren’t attacked by the royal tomb guards. And we seven major sects are actually the intruding tomb robbers?”
Realizing the situation, Ouyang Qing was both amused and exasperated. It turned out this place was the sacred territory of the Murong family, descendants of the Great Yan Dynasty. No wonder, in addition to the seven major sects, other people were involved too. They had previously wondered how Happy managed to get in.
“Then, can you attack the royal tomb guards?”
“I doubt it.”
Happy smiled bitterly.
Actually, as soon as the royal tomb guards prepared to attack, he wanted to intervene, but a system alert stopped him.
System Alert:
If you attack the royal tomb guards, the protective sachet of the Murong family will lose its protective effect, and all the guards in the tomb will no longer spare you.
In other words, he would be treated like an ordinary tomb robber!
Originally…
The guard puppets on the second floor of the tomb would also drop some precious artifacts and secret manuals. Losing this income would cause Happy significant losses!
But at that moment, a crazy idea flashed through his mind.
He took out the Murong family’s sachet. Besides its ability to allow safe passage through the Eight Trigrams Confusion Array, a new attribute had appeared:
Protected by the bloodline of the royal descendants of the Murong family, immune to attacks from all guardians on the second floor of the tomb.
Hiss!!
Happy took a deep breath, his eyes filled with fanaticism and excitement:
“That’s it! I see now! I really understand now!!” He murmured repeatedly, then quickly retrieved this task log.
The task assigned by the Murong family—something he had planned to abandon even before entering the tomb—now seemed to clear up all doubts, bringing a sense of relief, as if emerging from darkness into brightness.
…
It turned out!
The Murong family had rushed to send a message to Happy not only to inform him about the protective sachet that allowed entry into the tomb but also to task him with eliminating those who coveted it—the Fusang ninja group.
Additionally, he was to retrieve two national treasures buried on the second floor of the tomb from the Fusang ninja group and bring them back to the Murong family!
However…
Due to his memories as a former Shaolin disciple, Happy was initially shocked when he saw that the task required capturing all the ninjas. His heart sank half in despair.
He knew that the Strength of the Ninja King had reached the Liberation Realm. Unless he entered the Life and Death Realm himself, it would be impossible for him to defeat the Ninja King, not to mention there was another terrifying figure on the second floor of the tomb—the Old Swordsman—whose power was comparable to that of the Ninja King.

The Old Hero was the most famous swordsman during the former Great Yan Dynasty, possessing extraordinary strength. However, the one in the royal tomb was not the real him, but a top-tier puppet created by the Great Yan Dynasty with immense effort and skilled craftsmen. Its combat power was nearly on par with that of the Old Hero, so powerful that even the King of Ninjas dared not appear nearby easily.

The Old Hero personally guarded the “Imperial Seal of the Great Yan Dynasty”!

With these two supermasters present, Happy could never dare to approach, as it would be sheer misfortune.

But…

The protective sachet revealed new effects on the second floor, bringing joy to Happy as he also sensed something unusual within it…

An opportunity!

That’s right, an opportunity!

The mission given by the Murong family was indeed not completely unattainable; the secrets it contained left him a sliver of a chance.

With the protection of the protective sachet, he could completely ignore the threat of the guard puppets on the second floor and focus only on dealing with the ninjas.

…

“Can’t we attack the guards?”

While Deep in thought, the group from the Colorful Robes Sect was also slightly troubled upon learning that they couldn’t attack the guards.

Just earlier, the guard puppets had fully demonstrated the strength of their bodies. It took them over a minute to destroy them, and that was even with a smoke bomb to draw fire away. They had avoided many threats, but if more such puppets appeared, they would surely be overwhelmed and might even suffer casualties.

“What should we do?”

Though it was only a brief encounter, the group already felt a far more severe and dangerous atmosphere on the second floor than on the first.

Whether it was the ninjas or the guard puppets, the difficulty was much greater than on the first floor.

“I’ll go ahead and scout the way for everyone.”

With a decision made, Happy said to the disciples of the four major sects, “I’ll warn you in advance when there are many guard puppets… But if I encounter ninjas, I’ll handle them myself.”

“Okay!”

The group’s spirits soared as they all agreed.

Happy turned and walked away.

“Be careful.”

Feng Wu Cai Yi finally couldn’t help but shout.

Stopping in his tracks, Happy glanced back at Feng Wu Cai Yi, whose face turned slightly red, and smiled, “Don’t worry. I checked my luck when I came here—it’s not very high. So, I probably won’t be lucky enough to run into the King of Ninjas.”

“…”

The group chuckled.

…

After walking a hundred meters, a fork in the road appeared ahead, with two winding paths leading left and right. From the map, both paths twisted and turned, leading to different tombs on either side.

Happy chose to turn left without hesitation!

On the left is where another national treasure from the second floor of the royal tomb is stored!
However, this item is quite special—it can be considered a half-finished product. It was proposed to be forged by a prime minister, but it was never actually created until the fall of the Great Yan Dynasty…
The “Guardian Sword of the Nation”!
Due to the lack of the final crafting step, it is currently just an ordinary sword. After the fall of Great Yan, the master craftsman disappeared, so the sword was left behind, locked in another chamber of the royal tomb. Eight high-ranking general puppets guard this sword, possessing extraordinary combat strength.
Since there’s hope for completing the mission, the Guardian Sword of the Nation must be retrieved!
As for the Imperial Seal, with an experienced swordsman on guard, even if the four major sects killed everyone, they wouldn’t be able to take it. So, Happy plans to take the Guardian Sword of the Nation first.
Along the way, Happy activated all the guard puppets he encountered.
But thanks to the protective sachet, the guards quickly regained their composure, though they didn’t revert to their petrified state. They stood in place, scanning the surroundings with cold eyes.
Where there are guards, ninjas usually don’t appear…
And as fellow tomb robbers, the guards wouldn’t show mercy to them either. So, along the way, only guards were seen, no ninjas.
They rushed to the entrance of the chamber containing the Guardian Sword of the Nation, uneventfully!
At the entrance, Happy recorded all the information about the guards he had seen and sent it to Feng Wu Cai Yi via messenger pigeon. Then, he focused his gaze, gripped the Silver Wolf Sword that Could Break Emperors, and entered the chamber filled with the luxurious elegance of the royal family…
In the center of the chamber, an antique-looking weapon box lay quietly on a smooth jade platform.
Whoa!!
The eight guard puppets surrounding it woke up simultaneously, their sixteen cold, merciless gazes fixed firmly on Happy, who had invaded the chamber.