Chapter 1117: Secrets of the Di Family

"Sigh, they’re all empty..."

His gaze swept across those empty coffins one by one. Di Dao Lin’s brows furrowed, and a look of heart‑wrenching grief surfaced on his face.

He lowered his head, a sorrowful emotion shrouding his entire body.

Ye Yun stared at the empty coffins, his eyes like flames, flickering non‑stop.

The scene before him was somewhat beyond his expectations.

The coffins were empty.

Which meant that those generations of ancestors of the Di Family had never been buried in these coffins at all.

As for where they went—

It should be exactly that Mysterious Ice Cave Di Dao Lin had just mentioned.

"This box..." Ye Yun’s heart stirred, and he shifted his gaze to the silver box cradled in Di Dao Lin’s hands.

The box contained the remains of the Di Family’s first ancestor.

Throughout the generations, the Di Family’s ancestors had carried this silver box and entered the Mysterious Ice Cave again and again.

And then... they never returned.

So these coffins were merely what they had specially prepared for themselves before entering the Mysterious Ice Cave.

This...

Wasn’t this just going to their deaths?

No wonder Di Dao Lin’s expression was so pained.

Thinking of this, a look of genuine interest appeared on Ye Yun’s face as well.

He hadn’t expected that such a small Di Family actually hid this kind of secret.

Just then.

Emperor Jiuying’s voice rang beside Ye Yun’s ear.

"Father, how is it that in all these coffins, there isn’t even a single ancestor’s remains? Could it be that..."

Speaking up to this point, she seemed to have guessed something, and Emperor Jiuying’s eyes instantly turned terrified.

"You should have guessed it!

That’s right, in order to fulfill the task left behind by the first ancestor of the Di Family, the successive ancestors entered the Mysterious Ice Cave in different eras, and then never returned..."

Looking at those ancient coffins, Di Dao Lin lowered his head and spoke in a grief‑stricken voice.

Ye Yun frowned and asked, "Uncle Di, before these ancestors went to the Mysterious Ice Cave, didn’t they bring the silver box with them?"

"Of course they did. After all, this contains the remains of the first ancestor of the Di Family!"

Di Dao Lin said in a deep voice.

"Heh, then I don’t understand—

Did all those ancestors die inexplicably, and the silver box could still fly back on its own or something?"

Ye Yun asked curiously.

"Ahem... the box actually can fly back. Those ancestors of the Di Family had cultivation bases far higher than mine. In the early generations, they were all in the God Emperor Realm.

Before they fell, they forcibly broke through the Mysterious Ice Cave and sent this treasure box out, sending it back to the Di Family.

As for the later ancestors, even if their realms were weaker, they would prepare contingencies in advance, using some Divine Skills or talismans to send the silver box back..."

Di Dao Lin said with emotion.

"This box is quite spiritual..."

Ye Yun arched a brow and tossed out a bland remark.

For him to say such a thing right in front of the Di Family Head Di Dao Lin was, strictly speaking, rather disrespectful.

But in Di Dao Lin’s eyes, his daughter’s Dao companion was an exalted, unreachable great existence; no matter what this Long Yunzi said, he didn’t dare harbor the slightest other thought.

And this time, he had come with a request for Ye Yun.

"Sigh!"

Di Dao Lin looked at the silver box and suddenly let out a sigh, then slowly said, "Every head of the Di Family, at his final moment, will carry this box into the Mysterious Ice Cave. In this generation I only had one daughter, and I really couldn’t bear to let her go, but I also didn’t dare disobey the ancestral command, so I intended to go to the Mysterious Ice Cave myself to investigate. I didn’t expect that I would be struck by some mysterious poison before I’d gone very far, and almost died..."

Hearing this, Ye Yun smiled without showing anything on his face.

For Di Dao Lin to only speak the truth after reaching the ancestral shrine meant that everything he’d said earlier hadn’t contained a single true word.

He had to admit, this fellow really was an old fox.

This old fox had gone around in such a big circle with him; in the end, his goal was nothing more than to have him carry the silver box and enter the Depths of the Xuanbing Cave.

If there weren’t a Seven Kills Illusion Poison Dragon in the Mysterious Ice Cave, Ye Yun might not have agreed to Di Dao Lin’s request.

Even if he was Emperor Jiuying’s father, he fundamentally had no qualifications to demand anything of him.

"The reason I didn’t tell you the truth before was that I didn’t want to reveal the Di Family’s secrets too early, but now things are different..."

Di Dao Lin’s face showed shame as he looked at Emperor Jiuying and Ye Yun, letting out a long sigh. "Long Yunzi, you’re my daughter’s Dao companion. Your cultivation base is unfathomable, far above mine. This mission of our Di Family can only be entrusted to you, this son‑in‑law who hasn’t even entered the gate yet!"

Speaking up to here.

Di Dao Lin gave a self‑deprecating laugh. "So many ancestors in the God Emperor Realm failed to complete this mission. With my trifling God King Realm Fourth Level cultivation base, I’m considered the weakest Family Head in the history of the Di Family..."

"Uncle Di, you’re actually not weak!"

Ye Yun smiled lightly.

God King Realm Fourth Level, weak?

With such a cultivation base, in the Daluo Region he would undoubtedly be the number one powerhouse.

However.

The Divine Land is vast, with countless territories and innumerable experts.

In some places, God King Realm Fourth Level truly didn’t count as a powerhouse.

"Far too weak. The cold of the Mysterious Ice Cave is terrifying. With my cultivation base, I can’t go very far at all, and it’s impossible to complete the ancestors’ mission..."

Di Dao Lin let out a sigh.

"Uncle Di, since you’ve spoken, it’s not that I can’t take on this task. But before going to the Mysterious Ice Cave, I want to see exactly what’s inside this silver box."

Ye Yun arched his brow and said blandly.

He spoke without the slightest scruple.

By rights.

If this silver box truly contained the first ancestor’s remains, opening it rashly would indeed be disrespectful to the Di Family’s forebears.

But Ye Yun didn’t care about that.

If he didn’t see what was in the box, how could he feel at ease going to probe the Depths of the Xuanbing Cave?

He had no intention of letting someone use him as a weapon.

Although he still couldn’t fully judge Di Dao Lin’s true intentions, in the face of Ye Yun’s absolute strength, neither Di Dao Lin nor anyone else could pose any real threat to him.

"You want to open the box?"

Di Dao Lin was stunned, staring at Ye Yun in a daze.

Those words were quite irreverent.

The Di Family’s first ancestor had lived in the previous epoch, an unimaginably powerful figure. For a junior to casually open the box and gaze upon him was a grave affront to the ancestor.

If his own strength weren’t so poor, Di Dao Lin would have already exploded in anger.

However, in Tianque City, Di Dao Lin had long since been deeply convinced by Long Yunzi’s strength and background.

Now, even if there was fire in his heart, he could only snuff it out at once.

Emperor Jiuying’s expression changed slightly. Looking at Ye Yun, she sighed. "Long Yunzi, I’m afraid that kind of request is a bit improper, isn’t it?"

"It is a bit improper, but the Mysterious Ice Cave is that dangerous. If I don’t open the box and take a look, how can I feel secure going in?"

Ye Yun said calmly.

Facing Emperor Jiuying’s questioning, he didn’t back down in the slightest.

Emperor Jiuying: "..."

As Long Yunzi’s Dao companion, she couldn’t find words for a moment either.

Her father asking Long Yunzi to go to the Mysterious Ice Cave was indeed extremely dangerous, so Long Yunzi’s demand was, in a sense, using his life as a bargaining chip. It didn’t seem excessive.

"More than an epoch has passed; some rules can’t just be followed blindly forever..."

After pondering a while, Di Dao Lin gently raised the box in his hands and let out a faint sigh.

In this moment.

He agreed to open the silver box and let Long Yunzi see the truth for himself.