Chapter 1737: Yinmei Tiger Tally

This cave dwelling truly had more to it than met the eye.

The moment the cave dwelling appeared, a long-accumulated surge of black Yin energy swept out.

Even with Jiang Fan's Spirit Transformation realm physique, he felt a series of palpitations in this Yin energy.

This was still with the Immortal King's Undying Bell clearing the way; if he had faced this Yin energy directly, he would likely have been invaded by it.

As the Yin energy dispersed, Jiang Fan finally saw the hidden cave dwelling clearly.

In front of a simple stone platform, a tall Asura lay prostrate.

After a thousand years, his body remained perfectly preserved, with no signs of decay, remarkably similar to the Sage of Misfortune.

His identity was obvious.

The remains of an Asura Emperor from a thousand years ago!

He held a brush in his hand, and an unfinished ancient scroll painting lay before him.

It seemed he was still painting just before his death.

Jiang Fan leaned in to look, and his heart involuntarily pounded.

In the painting, a woman in a long green dress stood amidst blooming flowers, followed by a flock of colorful roosters.

A rainbow arched across the long sky behind her, like an adornment.

In her left hand, she held a brilliant orb, and with her right hand, she gently stroked her flowing black hair.

At first glance, she was identical to the figure of Ancient Sage Yunhuang depicted in the painting Wu Manyue had found.

Jiang Fan swallowed hard and quickly looked at her face.

Unfortunately, whether this Asura Emperor encountered some kind of resistance or not, he only managed to depict a pair of eyebrows and eyes before his brush stroke abruptly stopped.

Jiang Fan knew how he had died.

He had forcibly depicted a Sage, incurring a heavenly curse and dying, just as Huaxin had almost had her remnant soul destroyed simply by mentioning the Lord of the Underworld.

"What a pity, it was almost finished," Jiang Fan said, his face full of regret. He was just a hair's breadth away from seeing the true appearance of Ancient Sage Yunhuang.

He meticulously examined Ancient Sage Yunhuang in the painting, but the more he looked, the more familiar she seemed.

"Huh, where have I seen those eyes before!" Jiang Fan exclaimed in surprise.

He tried hard to recall, comparing them one by one with all the women he had seen in his life.

But soon, his thoughts seemed to sink into a swamp, becoming sluggish, and the memories of many women in his mind gradually blurred.

His memories were being blocked!

This made him break out in a cold sweat, and he quickly shifted his gaze away from the painting. Only then did the memories of the women's faces become clear again.

However, the memory of those eyes in the painting remained blurry.

Jiang Fan was secretly astonished: "Is the might of an Ancient Sage so unfathomable? I can't even think about it!"

He dared not look at the painting again, lest his memories suffer irreversible damage.

Nevertheless, he couldn't leave this painting behind.

He reached out and picked up the painting.

*Clatter—*

Unexpectedly, as soon as the painting was moved, something that had been pressing on it was dislodged and fell from the stone table to the ground.

Jiang Fan looked down and exclaimed in surprise:

"A Yin Marrow Tiger Seal?"

He picked it up in disbelief, then rummaged through his Heavenly Thunder Stone for a while, finding another Yin Marrow Tiger Seal.

The two were almost identical, both half a tiger-shaped Tiger Seal.

The only difference was that they were mirror images.

Jiang Fan's mind buzzed: "How can there be two Yin Marrow Tiger Seals?"

"Wait!"

He recalled that when mortal kingdoms commanded armies, both halves of a tiger tally had to be joined together to mobilize vast forces.

Could it be the same for the Underworld's Yin Marrow Tiger Seals?

No wonder a single half of the Yin Marrow Tiger Seal didn't have such a powerful command effect on the creatures of the underground world, merely instilling awe.

So it was missing a half!

Jiang Fan was overjoyed. With both Yin Marrow Tiger Seals, wouldn't he be able to command the Underworld's army?

What a pity.

If he had obtained them before the Ancient Giant War, he might have been able to summon an entire army from the Underworld to fight against the Ancient Giants.

The Central Plains would have won more easily.

Of course, according to Huaxin, the Tiger Seal would only be effective if its holder was an Underworld powerhouse above the Asura King level.

But this was no problem for Jiang Fan.

Because his little wife, Green Pearl, was a genuine Asura King!

"This trip was well worth it," Jiang Fan said, a brilliant smile spreading across his face, as he tucked both halves of the Tiger Seal into his spatial storage device.

Then, looking at the Asura Emperor's remains before him, Jiang Fan didn't hesitate; he collected them and threw them into his spatial mirror.

He could extract blood and refine the blood of an Asura Sage when he had time.

Just then, a voice, carrying a hint of coldness, came from outside the cave dwelling:

"Who is there?"

It was Asura King Ayu.

She had sensed the Spirit Transformation realm fluctuations here and hurried over. The blood-red crystal cave dwelling that greeted her eyes surprised her greatly.

She had been awake for several centuries, yet she had never known there was a hidden cave dwelling here.

What made her even more wary was that the Spirit Transformation realm expert inside the cave dwelling exuded a powerful aura that made even her feel deeply uneasy.

Under her gaze, the figure of a young man walked out of the cave dwelling.

When she saw his face clearly, she froze on the spot and asked, somewhat incredulously, "You are Xu Youran's husband?"

It was no wonder she froze.

The last time she saw Jiang Fan, he was just a little fellow in the Core Formation realm.

She simply couldn't associate him with the senior exuding the aura of the Heavenly Human's Five Decays, a cultivation stronger than her own.

Jiang Fan cupped his hands and smiled, "Elder Ayu, how have you been recently?"

Asura King Ayu had helped Xu Youran and him a lot, and he always remembered this favor.

Even though his strength now surpassed hers, he still held her in respect.

"It really is you!" Asura King Ayu said, looking at Jiang Fan up and down as if she had seen a ghost. "Is it that easy for your human race to reach Spirit Transformation?"

Jiang Fan merely smiled and said, "Elder, I came today to track an enemy."

"She infiltrated the underground world several days ago. Have you encountered her, Elder?"

Asura King Ayu's expression hardened. "Several days ago?"

Jiang Fan's expression slightly changed. From her tone, she hadn't found any trace of Tian Ge.

It seemed Tian Ge had come well-prepared.

He said in a deep voice, "This person is a princess of the Dark Asura race. Three months ago, she came down from the Sky-Connecting Black Pillar, feigned capture, and took advantage of the Ancient Giant War to come to the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets."

Hearing that it was the Dark Asura race, Asura King Ayu's face instantly darkened, and murderous intent gleamed in her eyes.

"Traitors of the Underworld dare to show their faces here again!"

"Come, patrol the tenth level with me and we'll drag her out!"

Jiang Fan nodded, and as he extended his senses, he asked about a long-standing question in his mind:

"Elder, what kind of grievance exists between the Dark Asura race and your Underworld?"

If he remembered correctly, Huaxin had also shown great aversion the first time she saw Tian Ge.

And she had once said that the Dark Asura race no longer existed in the Underworld.

Asura King Ayu pondered for a moment. "That is an eternal scandal of the Underworld, something that should not be spoken of to outsiders."

"However, since you are Xu Youran's husband, you are not an outsider."

"Ten thousand years ago, before the era of your Central Plains, the Underworld and the Heavenly Realm were two closely neighboring worlds, constantly at war with each other."

Jiang Fan slowly nodded.

The numerous Asuras left behind in the Heavenly Realm were the best proof of this.