Chapter 2638 Mister Lu

Inside the cave heaven, there was a bronze coffin!

Lin Xun was caught off guard. Why would there be something so inauspicious in Mister Lu's seclusion place?

After standing in shock for a while, he suddenly remembered something and quickly walked inside.

The cave heaven was not too big. Aside from some furniture such as meditation cushions, a desk, and a cauldron, there was only that bronze coffin. It was ninety feet long, with ancient patterns of the universe, mountains and rivers, flowers, birds, and fish engraved on the lid. There was a heavily ancient aura about it.

Lin Xun stood next to the coffin with a serious expression. Examining it carefully, he had an idea of what it actually was!

Long ago, before he had escaped from the mine prison and arrived at Feiyun Village, Mister Lu had left him a rune brush and a yellowing book.

Thanks to these two mysterious objects, he had unintentionally opened the Omega Secret-Realm, which had allowed him to undergo a fate-changing metamorphosis.

When the secret-realm was opened, a will mark that carried a memory of Omega Lord had been projected for Lin Xun to see.

It was a scene of battle where the towering Omega Lord deployed a single punch, shattering the void and opening a mysterious galaxis door.

Lin Xun had learned later on that beyond that door was the eternal star road!

Unfortunately, Omega Lord was blocked by a Star Road Divine General on his way to the galaxis door, and ultimately failed to enter it. He had to turn back with a lament,

“Time did not favor me!”

He also threw a brush and a book into a bronze coffin, then carried the coffin away in long strides...

This scene was tied to a life-changing experience in Lin Xun's youth, thus leaving a deep impression on him. At this point, it was hard not to realize that the brush and book Omega Lord had tossed into the bronze coffin were actually the key to unlocking the Omega Secret-Realm.

Reliving that memory, he instantly linked the bronze coffin in front of his eyes to the one that Omega Lord had carried away back then! This was precisely what left Lin Xun in a shock that he could not calm down from.

Without a doubt, this coffin came from Omega Lord. Lin Xun didn't know what kind of secrets it was hiding, but it was definitely extremely important, or else Mister Lu wouldn't have left it here in the protection of nine profound restrictive layers!

A long time later, Lin Xun withdrew his gaze from the coffin to examine the cave.

According to Xu Ruogu, the second test from Mister Lu was here somewhere, and Lin Xun would know once he entered. However, after searching the entire place, he found zero clues concerning a test.

In the end, he turned his gaze back to the bronze coffin.

“Could the test be this object?” wondered Lin Xun, who finally decided to open the coffin and get to the bottom of it!

He stepped forward, placed both hands on the lid that was cold to the touch, took a deep breath, and used all his strength.

To his astonishment, the lid that was engraved with countless mysterious patterns remained completely still. His peak Emperor Ancestor power hadn't managed to even budge it! Simply inconceivable!

The coffin seemed so much more unfathomable now. Lin Xun grew increasingly certain that Mister Lu's second test was related to it.

“Since brute force won't open this coffin, I'll have to try other methods...”

Lin Xun released his spirit sense, spreading it into countless tentacles that covered every inch of the coffin. He carefully observed and felt every detail without missing a single spot...but it still didn't work!

After a while, his brows furrowed. This object was simply too mystifying—brute force couldn't open it, and spirit sense couldn't figure it out. It was truly strange.

The more this was the case, the more curious Lin Xun became. He sat down cross-legged and began to try various things, but each attempt ended in failure...

After trying for a long time, he suddenly recalled how his blood had acted as a catalyst to open the secret realm hidden within that brush and that book.

Could the key to opening this bronze coffin also lay in the bloodline of Omega Lord that was flowing within him?

Upon getting this idea, Lin Xun sprang up and pierced his fingertip, letting a drop of blood that carried with the terrifying might of the Ancestor Stage fall onto the bronze coffin.

Boom!

In the blink of an eye, a terrifying devouring power surged out from the coffin with an intense rumble, seemingly conveying how long it had been yearning for this day. Being pulled by the devouring power, blood kept pouring out from his fingertip onto the coffin.

A startled Lin Xun instinctively resisted, but he was horrified to discover that he had been rendered powerless as if imprisoned by something. He could only watch helplessly as his blood spread across the coffin...

He had a feeling that it wanted to drain him dry!

Lin Xun was not one to sit and wait for death, but in this situation where he seemed to be bound tightly by something invisible, the slightest movement of a finger was difficult, let alone resisting or counterattacking. His life force began to slip away along with his blood...

If this continued, he would inevitably turn into a desiccated corpse! This unbearable ordeal of watching oneself slowly march toward death filled him with both fear and anger.

After an agonizing amount of time, the entire bronze coffin was coated in a blinding red layer of blood. It gave the impression of a blood-soaked coffin!

By this point, over half of Lin Xun's blood had been devoured, leaving his face almost translucent and his whole body feeling weak.

Fortunately, the bronze coffin, as if sated, retracted its devouring power, allowing him to break free from its restraint.

He immediately took out his precious medicine and consumed it. Only then did the feeling of intense weakness gradually recede.

Meanwhile, the coffin was now flowing with a blazing red color and emanating an indescribable spirituality, as if it had just awakened from eons of slumber. At the center of the lid, a previously nonexistent notch had appeared!

The moment Lin Xun saw it, there was a thunderous echo in his head. The Omega Door that had been suspended in his mind all these years suddenly transformed into a beam of light and darted out.

Click!

Before he could react, the beam of light had already inserted itself into the notch, fitting perfectly.

When the light dimmed out, the key transformed from the Omega Door was revealed to be a perfect key to open the bronze coffin. The blood-colored light emanating from the latter’s surface started to gather toward it.

Finally, the Omega Door at the center of the coffin lid transformed into a mysterious star chart, which resembled a black hole in the starry void! However, in Lin Xun's eyes, this star chart resembled a great abyss!

The series of changes left his heart reeling. After taking a while to regain his composure, he formed a rough hypothesis.

This bronze coffin required his Grand Abyss Heaven Devourer bloodline to awaken, while the Omega Door served as the key to unlock it! Upon this realization, Lin Xun had an uncontrollable urge to find out what exactly was hidden inside.

Why does this change require my blood and the Omega Secret-Realm to work together to happen?

The answer might lie within this coffin!

However, as Lin Xun prepared to push open the lid, a deep and cold voice suddenly rang out, “Do not open it, not now!”

Stunned, Lin Xun abruptly turned his head.

Outside the cave heaven, a figure had appeared at some point. Clad in black and having grayed hair and beard, he was as slender as a cloud-piercing spear. His old, gaunt face bore the marks of time that screamed of hardship. His eyes were clear, deep, icy with an intimidating aura of authority.

However, at this moment, those eyes revealed a mix of trance, sentiment, relief, and joy as he gazed at the young man standing before the coffin. His gaunt, weathered face clearly struggled to suppress the surge of what he was feeling.

After all these years, that child...has finally grown!

Lin Xun had also frozen in place. His eyes slowly widened, and his heart thundered in a torrent of emotions.

Mister Lu!

There was no mistake about it. This was the old man who had raised him, taught him the art of runes, and guided his cultivation!

Lin Xun had never seen his parents in his childhood, and even now, he had never truly met them. Deep down, Mister Lu, who had always been strict, eccentric, and hot-tempered, had long become a father figure to him. From the moment he could remember, Mister Lu had been his only family.

Mister Lu had been very strict with him and had always given him harsh demands, whether it was about being a person, doing work, cultivating, or learning... Whenever he made a mistake, Mister Lu would fly into a rage and punish him severely.

As a child, Lin Xun had felt wronged countless times because of this, but as he grew older, he gradually came to understand the old man’s well-meaning intentions. The lessons he had taught him over the years allowed him to remain calm when facing hardships alone, to strive to resolve them rather than blaming fate or giving up!

It could be said that Mister Lu's years of ‘harsh’ demands allowed Lin Xun, from his youth to the present day, to never give up or admit defeat, no matter how great the dangers and setbacks he faced, no matter how fatal the trials he underwent!

In a way, Mister Lu's presence unknowingly shaped his entire life!

During all the years Lin Xun had traversed the heavens, Mister Lu had always been one of the people he cared and worried about the most. And now, after so long, they were finally reunited in Miluo Grotto Heaven!

For a while, Lin Xun stood there in a stupor, his heart drumming.

Bang!

He suddenly knelt down and knocked his forehead on the ground, his voice trembling because of how emotional he was feeling, “Mister Lu.”

Throughout his cultivation journey, Lin Xun had never bowed to heaven above or earth below, and had never once lowered his head to anyone in his life!

Yet, at this moment, he was even kowtowing for the first time. All because the other party was Mister Lu, who had raised him from childhood and taught him how to be a person!