Chapter 679: Chapter 679: Planes Aren’t as Fast as Me
But soon, Qianxun’s attention landed on the Kongming lantern on top of Huo Yanran’s coffin.
"Yanzhi! Point the phone at the lamp above! Was it burning when you came in?" Qianxun asked quickly.
Hearing this, Huo Tianzun hummed a response, "Yes, it was lit when we came in."
After speaking, he realized where the strangeness lay.
This oil lamp seemed a bit off.
From his observations, it appeared no one had been here before, which meant no one could have refilled the oil.
Then, why had this lamp been burning for so long?
And judging from the identity of the corpse, Huo Yanran had been dead for at least a thousand years, right?
Although he knew that some people’s bodies were specially treated after death and indeed could be preserved without decay for a thousand years, this lamp was too strange.
After hearing Huo Tianzun’s words, Qianxun immediately said, "Merfolk! Huo Yanran must have found merfolk before she passed. Their bodies can be refined into lamp oil that burns for ten thousand years, and moreover, eating merfolk flesh can grant immortality! Where are you now? I’ll be there immediately."
She instinctively felt something was amiss.
In her previous life, her relationship with Huo Yanran was neither bad nor particularly good, but more importantly, this woman was very close to Mo Tianji. What if she had gotten a merfolk’s corpse and hadn’t died?
Now she had to personally check this corpse to be at ease.
...
Upon hearing Qianxun’s words, Huo Tianzun quickly sent her the location and then said, "I’ll have someone pick you up."
Qianxun shook her head and replied, "No need. Even the plane isn’t as fast as me! I’m hanging up, be very careful."
"Okay!"
After hanging up the phone, Qianxun said a word to Ruan Mianmian and then left the house.
On the streets at that hour, the night lights were dimly glowing. Qianxun, following the navigation Huo Tianzun had sent her and choosing the shortest route, began sprinting toward his location.
In the dead of night, forests were quite dangerous for humans, but for Qianxun, there was nothing to fear.
After racing over mountains and ridges at breakneck speed, Qianxun covered several hundred kilometers in less than half an hour, now only a few dozen kilometers from Huo Tianzun’s location.
It was all thanks to the Xia Dynasty Imperial City ruins not being far from S City; if Qianxun had to come from Yanjing City, it would have taken much more time.
Arriving nearby, Qianxun contacted Huo Tianzun while slowing her pace as she wove through the woods, startling numerous birds.
"Yanzhi, I’m almost there!" Qianxun said.
Hearing this, Huo Tianzun involuntarily clenched his phone.
Less than thirty minutes had gone by since they’d ended their call, and "baby" was already nearly there?
Wasn’t it at least six hundred kilometers away from S City?
That speed...
But soon Huo Tianzun stopped thinking about this and immediately said, "I’ll have Diao Ling go out to meet you; this place is tricky to find."
If it weren’t for his coincidental tracking of a demon, he wouldn’t have come to this godforsaken place.
"Great. We’ll talk once I’m there!"
...
After Qianxun hung up, Huo Tianzun turned to Diao Ling and said, "Baby’s almost here, go meet her."
Hearing this, Diao Ling nodded eagerly and transformed into an Eagle, flying out of the tomb.
When Diao Ling finally saw Qianxun, he couldn’t help but exclaim with admiration, "Sister-in-law, your speed is freaking awesome!"