23. The Tomb Keeper
“Quest Name: [Crossroads]
Quest Difficulty: Random
Quest Objective—Please select a quest objective first. The subsequent quest information can only be viewed after the quest objective is confirmed.”
What was this?
If she had to choose a quest objective to see the corresponding information, then it was asking her to choose a faction.
Although it looked similar to the Eight Desolations Sword Edge quest, that quest had hidden all the information, forcing her to dig it out bit by bit. And in the end, it didn’t really make her choose a side, but instead involved a story from thousands of years ago.
And this time, it didn’t even tell her what to do. She had to choose a faction first…
She then scrolled down to the specific choice section.
There were only two people written on it.
Murong Yun, Murong Jing.
“Um… Chuyue.” Gong Yiling couldn’t help but mutter, “If you had to choose one of these two to help, which one would you choose?”
Yan Chuyue, still immersed in the shocking reality, said “huh?” before asking, “Which two?”
“Murong Yun and Murong Jing.”
“Why them?” This sudden choice made her even more confused.
Yan Chuyue patted her cheeks and, after swallowing a large mouthful of orange, finally came to her senses.
“Is this a quest from that system of yours?”
“Mmm.”
“Murong Yun and Murong Jing…” Yan Chuyue crossed her arms. “This Emperor is no good. And he’s the one who’s preparing to start a war. But that princess…”
Initially, Yan Chuyue felt a bit of sympathy for this princess.
Being treated as a substitute doll, turned into that state, and being locked up in a large cage all day, unable to go out, and her physical condition wasn’t good, as if she were in mortal danger at any moment.
Such a woman, it was impossible not to sympathize with her.
But after hearing Gong Yiling’s words, she felt that this princess also seemed to have her own secrets.
This made the choice a bit difficult.
“That’s not right.” Yan Chuyue suddenly reacted. “This is your own business. Why are you asking me to choose for you?”
“One is your patient, and the other seems to have a crush on you. Naturally, you should be the one to choose.”
Miss Gong’s words were so serious that Yan Chuyue couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
“What does it matter if he has a crush on me? It’s not like I like him.” Yan Chuyue took a piece of phoenix claw and stuffed it into her mouth. “And didn’t we figure out that he has other motives?”
“Oh, right.” Hearing this, Gong Yiling, recalling what Murong Yun had said before, immediately snatched the phoenix claw and said, “Murong Yun and Murong Jing both seem to want to confirm the source of your medical skills, and they seem to have figured out that your medical skills come from a medical book.”
“A medical book…?” Yan Chuyue was taken aback. “In a sense, the Divine Physician’s inheritance in the Divine Physician’s space can indeed be considered a medical book.”
“So what exactly is your Divine Physician’s space? I don’t remember it being described much in the book.”
“Because you haven’t gotten to that part yet.”
Hearing her bring this up, Yan Chuyue suddenly became interested. “The description of this thing in my novel is in over a thousand chapters. This Divine Physician was a peerless genius from the same era as Senior Daman. His medical skills were unparalleled. Before he died, he put his own will and lingering soul into a jade pendant.”
As she spoke, Yan Chuyue took out the green jade pendant that had a deep connection with her.
It was this jade pendant, which the old Mr. Yan had accidentally obtained, that had set both Yan Chuyues on the path of the protagonist.
“After the Divine Physician passed away, his cave dwelling and this jade pendant merged into one, becoming the Divine Physician’s space. This is the origin of the Divine Physician’s inheritance.”
“However…”
Yan Chuyue seemed to have something else to say. After a moment of thought, she said, “I don’t know if these people know about a hidden rumor about the Divine Physician’s space, or rather, a hidden setting.”
“What rumor?”
“Wait a moment.”
Yan Chuyue closed her eyes, and the jade pendant in her hand emitted a green light. It seemed she was looking for something in the Divine Physician’s space.
After a long time, she opened her eyes, and a long, strangely shaped metal rod appeared in her hand.
“There’s also this thing inside.”
“What is this?” Gong Yiling took the thing and examined it carefully. Even with the system, all the information about this thing was a question mark. She had no idea what it was.
“Wait for me to see if I’ll be harmonized before I talk to you.”
Yan Chuyue was clearly much smarter now. She first tried to mutter a few words on the side and, after confirming that there would be no problems, she turned around and said,
“This is the entrance to an ancient underground palace ruin.”
“That Divine Physician was not just a divine physician. He was also the tomb keeper of that underground palace.”
Gong Yiling raised an eyebrow. “The tomb keeper of an underground palace?”
This underground palace sounded like a secret realm, but for such a place to have a tomb keeper, its former status must have been extraordinary!
“The underground palace ruin is related to a great ancient kingdom. The time span is at least ten thousand years. After that great kingdom was destroyed, they entrusted a lineage to become the tomb keepers.”
“The descendants of that family were tomb keepers for generations. Anyone who wanted to enter the underground palace either returned empty-handed or died at the entrance. But that Divine Physician, although his medical skills were superb, was unable to have children.”
“He originally wanted to take in a disciple to keep this secret, but he couldn’t find a reliable one in his entire life. So, before he died, he put everything in the jade pendant, hoping that fate would choose an heir for him, and also pass on these missions to the other party.”
Ah, this…
“So rashly?” Gong Yiling couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
“Actually, by the time of the Divine Physician’s lineage, that family was already down to just him. And the people in this world who still knew the secret of the underground palace had long since died. This additional mission was just a formality.”
“So you’re worried that the Murong royal family knows about this legend, and if he confirms your identity, he might have ideas about the underground palace?”
But if that was the case, then both Murong Yun and Murong Jing might have other motives.
Looking at the probability, it should be less likely for Murong Yun to know about that matter. Maybe she was just helping her to deal with her brother?
Thinking of this, Miss Gong finally chose Murong Yun as her faction.
