102: The Legend of Zulong

The Zu Long, who had just been so high and mighty, had lowered himself before him in an instant.

From his attitude, it could be seen that he was truly afraid.

But Li Changkong did not show any joy, because he knew that the Zu Long was indeed too cunning.

If he were to agree to his terms, then after leaving this place, he might go back on his word.

However, Li Changkong still had many doubts that needed to be answered by him.

He did not rush to kill the person in front of him, but continued to ask.

"You should be an ancient Emperor. Why have you become like this now?"

Li Changkong looked at the Zu Long and continued to ask.

Upon hearing this, a hint of sadness seemed to appear in the Zu Long's eyes.

"Actually, even I was manipulated by others. Although you call me Zu Long, I truly don't possess such Divine Ability."

The Zu Long sighed slowly and continued.

According to the Zu Long's narration, after he unified the entire Dragon Empire, what he most pursued was likely immortality.

At that time, he was almost obsessed with immortality.

He had already gained the greatest power in the world, and in the face of such power, he naturally became dizzy with it.

He wanted to maintain this power forever and did not want anyone to covet it.

Even his most excellent eldest son at the time could not covet it.

It was with this thought that he heavily relied on an Alchemist named Xu Fu.

Xu Fu had always been obsequious in front of him, and the Medicinal Pills he refined often had miraculous effects.

In fact, the construction of this Zu Long Imperial Mausoleum itself was a suggestion from Xu Fu.

He claimed that after building this Imperial Mausoleum, the entire Dynasty's martial fortune would be long-lasting and continuous.

Moreover, the entire world would experience favorable weather, leaving no reason for anyone to refuse him.

After the Imperial Mausoleum was built, things had already changed greatly.

At Xu Fu's request, the most elite soldiers who had followed him were all buried within the Imperial Mausoleum.

At that time, the Zu Long was almost insane for immortality, so he quickly agreed to this condition.

Even under Xu Fu's command, he also buried the most elite generals of the Empire within the Imperial Mausoleum.

Later, he even entered the Imperial Mausoleum himself, wanting to enter the Netherworld.

It was said that in the Netherworld, there was a book called the Book of Life and Death, which could change everyone's life and death.

But who knew that after he entered the Imperial Mausoleum, what he faced was endless darkness.

It wasn't until more than ten years ago that he was reawakened by a mysterious force.

In fact, those old legends were basically all distorted by rumor; there was no Netherworld at all.

And that Alchemist named Xu Fu was one of the remnants of the six states he had destroyed.

All he did was to avenge his former country.

The soldiers who were buried in the Imperial Mausoleum did not turn into the legendary Yin soldiers at all.

Instead, after death, their bodies turned into one small bug after another.

After such a long period of research, the Zu Long finally knew how to use these small bugs.

Therefore, he wanted to use these small bugs to rule the world again.

After hearing the whole story, Li Changkong couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.

The Zu Long could be considered an extremely famous person throughout history.

But who knew that in his old age, he would become like this.

"I'm sorry, I accepted the mission. If I don't kill you, then I will be the one who dies in the end."

Li Changkong looked at the Zu Long and said coldly.

"Actually, I am already dead. If you can let me go, then I will give you enough benefits."

The Zu Long looked at Li Changkong and continued to tempt him.

"What benefits?"

After hearing the Zu Long's words, Li Changkong suddenly seemed to become interested.

"There are endless Treasure Troves in this tomb. As long as you are willing to let me go, all those Treasure Troves are yours."

The Zu Long continued.

After saying these words, he waved his hand forcefully, and a huge gap instantly appeared on the twelve giant golden figures beside him.

And from those gaps, countless gold and silver treasures flowed out.

When these treasures appeared before the crowd, Li Changkong also felt a little surprised; the quantity was indeed too much.

But Li Changkong was only surprised for a moment, then quickly shifted his gaze away again. These things were of no use to him.

Gold and silver treasures themselves were not valuable in this world. In today's world, the most valuable thing was strength.

Even if these gold and silver treasures were sold, they would only exchange for some money.

Moreover, what Li Changkong lacked now was not money.

"Then answer a few questions for me. First, I want to ask, what's the situation outside?"

Li Changkong looked at the Zu Long and continued to ask.

After all, those monsters being able to gather together must have been guided by a mysterious force.

And they were all gathered by that lake, indicating that there must be something in the lake.

"Outside?"

The Zu Long was slightly stunned.

"They are all gathered by a lake outside, near this tomb."

Li Changkong nodded.

"So much time has passed, the world has changed. In fact, that place was not a lake before, but a huge river."

"We crossed that river to find such a geomantic treasure land to bury myself."

"However, when crossing that river, I encountered huge waves, so I used the imperial jade seal in my hand to suppress them at that time."

The Zu Long slowly began to speak.

"imperial jade seal?"

Hearing this, Li Changkong was a little curious.

"It's the imperial jade seal."

The Zu Long nodded.

After hearing these four words, Li Changkong's brows furrowed slightly.

He might not know about other things, but the imperial jade seal, the meaning of this item was different.

According to legend, the imperial jade seal was carved from ancient divine jade.

It contained an extremely vast amount of energy. If one could control the imperial jade seal, they could become the Son of Destiny.

Some of the subjects he had studied before had relatively detailed introductions to these things.

Therefore, he felt so shocked after hearing the four words "imperial jade seal."

"You shouldn't be the real Zu Long, right?"

Just then, Li Changkong suddenly changed the subject.

As soon as these words were spoken, the Zu Long's expression indeed changed drastically.