CHAPTER 337: CHAPTER 57: SURGING UNCANNY CHANGES

"How can this be?"

I thought that a single slash would suffice to split open the stone coffin, but just as Yue Jinghua sheathed her sword after initially cracking it open, the stone coffin surprisingly began to heal slowly.

Until now, there hasn’t been a stone that the Lianyun Great Sword couldn’t break. Could it be that this stone coffin is no ordinary object?

Looking at the indecipherable script on the surface of the coffin, resembling the strokes of demon talismans, Yue Jinghua couldn’t help but think, if Qing Pu were here, perhaps he could make sense of it.

"Oh, oh, ugly, something is not right, this doesn’t seem like the Demon Suppressing Coffin," said Gold Eater Worm, clustering at the face of the coffin, suddenly howling, "The script on it, doesn’t it look familiar? It’s the same as on the Lianyun Great Sword, right?"

Yue Jinghua was startled, and taking another look at the blade of her Lianyun Great Sword, prompted by Gold Eater Worm, she too felt the patterns were very similar, albeit slightly different, appearing to be from the same group of scripts.

Dragon Clan, Evil Jiao.

Could it be...

In Yue Jinghua’s mind, a spark of realization flickered as if a piece of flint had struck steel.

Could it be that this so-called Demon Suppressing Coffin was not left by the Dragon Slayer Brave Warrior, instead, it was left by the Jiao Clan, by that Evil Jiao.

Yue Jinghua’s curiosity about this stone coffin grew stronger, and she became impatient to open it.

However, using the Lianyun Great Sword she couldn’t open the stone coffin and physical force was futile as well. Then, what other methods could there be?

Yue Jinghua furrowed her brows in deep thought, and suddenly, she remembered something.

Spiritual Attack, it is said that the Holy Beast Dragon Clan is very adept at it. Why not try a Spiritual Attack?

She gathered her focus and started using the "Divine Stab".

The air in the cave felt as though it was being pulled by an invisible hand, twisting about, countless needle-thin "Divine Stabs" rained down on the stone coffin like a dense shower.

From the outside, the stone coffin appeared unchanged at first, until Yue Jinghua executed three rounds of Divine Stab attacks, then changes occurred.

The stone coffin, once seeming indestructible, began to change.

The curse-like inscriptions on the coffin, initially dull and lightless, now emitted a brilliant light.

Then a "kkrrkk" sound arose, like ancient gears accidentally lubricated, and the coffin’s lid began moving on its own.

A burst of pungent dust flew up, accompanied by a moist aroma that hit her face, and Yue Jinghua felt elated inside.

Snake Woman Ge’er and Gold Eater Worm both looked intently at the coffin, as large as half a swimming pool, whose lid was now moving away on its own, slowly revealing its contents.

Evil Jiao?

Yue Jinghua couldn’t help but sweat, her eyes fixed unblinkingly on the stone coffin.

"What is this?" Yue Jinghua walked briskly forward, staring at the stone coffin.

"Jiao Bone, this stone coffin is indeed the coffin of the Evil Jiao."

It was a complete set of Jiao Long bones, well-preserved, comparable to dinosaur skeletons in textbooks, fully immersed in water, with all six claws intact. Judging by its body length, this Evil Jiao’s cultivation had, at a minimum, reached the Ninth Level Peak; even if it hadn’t formed a complete Holy Pill, it should have already developed the embryonic form of one.

Such a complete Jiao Long skeleton had only one flaw: there was a conspicuous wound at its jaw continuing up to the throat, evidently pierced by a sharp weapon.

This spot must have been the fatal hit by the Dragon Slayer Brave Warrior back then.

Yue Jinghua could even imagine it was a heaven-shaking battle, with blood spraying from the Evil Jiao’s throat like a fountain, capable of penetrating the Evil Jiao’s impressively defensive skin. The cultivation of that Dragon Slayer Brave Warrior was indeed astonishing.

However, at the moment, Yue Jinghua had no desire to think further about that fierce and thrilling battle of the past.

Soon, the joy of opening the stone coffin faded.

No Jiao Pill was found, despite the complete Jiao Long bones.

In the stone coffin about the size of a half swimming pool, besides the Jiao Long bones, there was just a pale yellow liquid filling half of the coffin.

The liquid was clear to the bottom, emitting a faint warmth, with nothing resembling a Jiao Pill in sight.

"What’s going on?" Yue Jinghua was quite surprised. "Has it decayed due to the long passage of time?"

"Aoao, impossible, Jiao Clan is naturally a High-level Dark Beast, their corpses can remain preserved for a thousand years without decaying," Gold Eater Worm rejected Yue Jinghua’s hypothesis, with Golden-haired Gore nodding along.

Generally speaking, even though High-level Dark Beasts are dead, their undecayed corpse remains an extremely valuable treasure. Their fur can be used for Artifact Refining, their flesh for concocting Spirit Pills to enhance cultivation.

Exceptionally, High-level Dark Beasts who know their lifespan is about to end will naturally select a good place to die to avoid their corpses falling into the hands of the covetous.

Despite just having such a set of Jiao bones in the stone coffin, this was already a considerable treasure.

"Aoao, something is off about this liquid," Gold Eater Worm flew into the coffin. "Ugly, this is incredible, this isn’t ordinary fluid, this is Incubation Liquid. No wonder there’s no trace of the Jiao Long’s flesh; it has been used to create this Incubation Liquid. The Evil Jiao was in gestation when it was slain."

Yue Jinghua reached out to feel the coffin’s watery substance and even upon brief contact felt a strong surge of Dark Power emanating from it.

"Aoao, surely this Evil Jiao encountered a Dragon Slayer Warrior when it was about to give birth. After a fierce battle, it was gravely wounded. To save the Jiao Egg inside it, it hid in a cave and used the Demon Suppressing Coffin to preserve its last Qi, and transformed its own flesh into Incubation Liquid, aoao, too great, this is the essence of a mother’s duty," Gold Eater Worm’s tiny eyes squeezed out large tears, sniffling loudly.

"Hiss hiss--" Snake-haired Little Gore made a series of impatient noises towards it.

"That’s not the point; the question is, where have the Evil Jiao’s High-level Dark Pill and the eggs it laid gone?" After inspecting the Incubation Liquid, Yue Jinghua could affirm Gold Eater Worm’s speculation was largely correct.

However, this sentimental creature overlooked an important point: where had the Jiao Egg gone that absorbed half a coffin of Incubation Liquid, even possibly consuming the Evil Jiao’s High-level Dark Pill.

As Yue Jinghua and others were examining the condition inside the coffin, Ah Chu and his mother, huddled in a corner, made a very faint noise.

At this moment, those deeply engrossed in examining the contents of the coffin did not notice this aberration.

The infant held tightly in its mother’s arms stirred and slowly opened its eyes, emitting a faint blue mysterious glow from within.