107: Imperial Tomb Spirits

Chapter 107: Imperial Tomb and Spiritual Object

"Hu Bafeng?"

Zheng Yi said in surprise, "Let him in."

"Understood!"

Soon, Hu Bafeng, reeking of dirt, walked in quickly.

"This subordinate greets Your Majesty!"

"Rise."

Zheng Yi raised his hand and said, "Why are you in such a rush to see Us? Is there an urgent matter?"

"Y-Your Majesty, it seems we have dug into the main tomb."

"Oh? The main tomb? Really?"

"I-It should be..."

Hu Bafeng hesitated and said, "After our inspection, the lime mortar around there has a history of at least three hundred years, and there is vaguely the presence of a Dragon-Severing Stone."

"Then keep digging. What accident happened?"

"There, there are special mechanisms, and also some things we cannot understand..."

"Things you cannot understand?"

Zheng Yi said, "Lead Us to take a look."

"Understood!"

After thinking for a moment, he had someone return to the palace to invite the two women, Cui Xiabing and Yuechan, over.

Although these two women's cultivation levels were not high, they were Cultivators after all.

As for Immortal Master Yuheng, she should obediently stay in the palace.

As a second-layer Qi Condensation Cultivator who was fooled by Zhao Xi Zheng, coming here was of no real use.

Led by Hu Bafeng, Zheng Yi quickly arrived in front of the imperial tomb of the founding emperor, Zheng Mingsen, on Tianshou Mountain.

At this moment, on the left side of Zheng Mingsen's imperial tomb, there was a huge pit guarded by guards, and figures dressed in black were entering and exiting, looking very busy.

As soon as they saw Zheng Yi arrive, they knelt on the ground and shouted long live in unison.

Following the tomb pit further down, the surrounding space narrowed, with braziers standing on both sides for illumination from time to time.

Hu Bafeng introduced as he walked, "Your Majesty, we followed the imperial decree to excavate this mausoleum, taking about two years in total with a workforce of over three thousand people, and finally lived up to expectations by digging into the main tomb."

"Ahead is the main tomb, but our progress was blocked by a very strange wall. We tried many methods and couldn't break through the wall, so we had no choice but to seek help from Your Majesty."

Zheng Yi also nodded gently and continued forward. Before long, the space ahead suddenly opened up, surprisingly revealing a huge cavern.

Looking up, stalactites hung upside down in the air overhead, extraordinarily magnificent, and on the ground, several streams converged, flowing to unknown directions.

"Your Majesty, this is a natural underground cavern. The late emperor used this cavern as the outer space of the main burial chamber."

Hu Bafeng continued, "We guess that the main burial chamber is behind that stone wall."

"Oh?"

Zheng Yi looked over, and the direction Hu Bafeng was pointing at was indeed a stone wall directly ahead.

This stone wall seemed to be integrated with the surrounding cavern, and it was covered with a large amount of moss and lichens.

However, strangely enough, this wall was completely straight, unlike the inwardly curved cavern walls behind them.

"Please take a look, Your Majesty."

Hu Bafeng walked quickly to the front of the wall and wiped it with his hand. When Zheng Yi stepped forward to look, strange patterns were actually outlined on the wall that was originally covered with moss.

Looking closely, they resembled layers of clouds, and also like fish scales.

Piled layer upon layer upwards, they almost covered the entire wall.

Zheng Yi looked up and saw that the wall alone was nearly one hundred meters high.

A group of them standing here was like ants standing beneath an elephant.

"The main burial chamber... Have you thought of a way to break through?"

Hu Bafeng shook his head and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, we have tried every method, but we simply cannot dig through it."

"Even a small corner cannot be shoveled off, as if this is not a stone wall at all, but made of refined steel."

"This method of building a tomb is unheard of; this subordinate has never seen it in the past thirty-odd years."

Zheng Yi stepped forward to check, and even carefully touched the wall with his hand, clicking his tongue in wonder.

To the naked eye, this stone wall was drawn with a dense amount of patterns, but the strange thing was that when he stretched his hand out and pressed it against it, he couldn't feel the slightest sense of roughness.

It was as if these patterns and the stone wall were integrated as one, naturally born that way.

"An Immortal's methods..."

He murmured, such methods could presumably only be achieved by those Cultivators who could fly into the sky and burrow into the earth over three hundred years ago.

No wonder that Fire Spirit Master went to great lengths to excavate the imperial tomb; what he was after was definitely not gold, silver, or wealth.

But rather the Cultivation World items stored by the Great Yu imperial family for over three hundred years!

"Pitch camp right here and rest for a bit."

"Understood!"

The accompanying guards immediately pitched camp, and Zheng Yi also reluctantly spent a night here, continuously inspecting this eerie stone wall.

On the second day, Cui Xiabing and Yuechan arrived together.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

"My two Beloved Consorts, please rise quickly."

Zheng Yi stepped forward to support the two women. Yuechan's large eyes were full of surprise, and she carefully looked around, full of interest in everything she saw.

However, Cui Xiabing's expression was somewhat odd, and she whispered, "Your Majesty, this place seems to be... the mausoleum of the past emperors. Why, why did you dig up this place?"

The current emperor was actually excavating the mausoleums of past emperors.

If this matter were to spread, Zheng Yi would definitely not come to a good end.

There were no knowing how many ministers in the court would discuss and protest, and even the vassal kings guarding all over the world would raise troops to crusade.

This matter was simply too perilous!

Zheng Yi pulled the two women's hands and came to the front of the wall, whispering, "My Beloved Consorts, take a look at this wall first. Is this an Immortal's method?"

"An Immortal's method?"

Cui Xiabing suppressed the astonishment in her heart and carefully examined the patterns on the wall.

Yuechan at the side also examined it carefully, touching it with her hand while looking, observing it meticulously.

Before Cui Xiabing had any reaction, Yuechan suddenly said, "Your Majesty, these patterns look familiar; I seem to have seen them before~"

"Oh?"

Zheng Yi's eyes suddenly brightened as he said, "Where did my Beloved Consort see them? And what do these patterns mean?"

"Inside the High Priest's tent, and in the mausoleums of past ancestors."

Yuechan said, "The High Priest once said that these strange patterns are called 'Runes', and they are the Cultivation Origin."

"Cultivation Origin?"

Zheng Yi asked curiously, "What is that?"

Yuechan shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but the High Priest said that these runes are very important. Whether it's Alchemy or controlling Gu worms, these runes are needed."

"Your Majesty, I have also remembered."

Cui Xiabing at the side also chimed in, "Revered Master once studied Formations, and I have also seen these runes in the classics in her hands."

"According to Revered Master, the foundation of the hundred arts of cultivation and Spells are actually these very runes. Condensing magic power into runes to resonate with the surrounding Spiritual Qi, one can then cast Spells."

"Or attaching different runes to Medicinal Pills, Magical Artifacts, or Talismans, one can perform Alchemy, Artifact Refining, or form Formations and the like."

"The most straightforward method of using runes is different Talismans."

"Condensing magic power into runes and then attaching them to Talisman paper can form Talismans!"

"Talismans..."

Zheng Yi remembered that on the night of Yang Xuansu's rebellion several years ago, Fire Spirit Master had once used Talismans.

It seemed that there were indeed Cultivation World items in this place.

"Can my two Beloved Consorts figure out what material this wall is cast from? Can it be penetrated?"

After Zheng Yi explained a bit about this wall and they heard that swords and sabers could not leave a trace on it, the two women also clicked their tongues in wonder.

After observing for a few more minutes, Cui Xiabing said uncertainly, "These runes seem very similar to the defensive runes Revered Master once taught this concubine. Perhaps this is part of a grand Formation!"

"A grand Formation? Can it be broken open?"

"This concubine will take another look."

Cui Xiabing stood before the stone wall, pressing her hands tightly against it, and began to carefully perceive something.

Yuechan also released her Golden Silk Gu, which crawled onto the stone wall and actually opened its mouth to bite fiercely.

After the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, Cui Xiabing opened her eyes and hesitated, "Your Majesty, this grand Formation doesn't seem to have any Spiritual Qi fluctuations. Could it be that over three hundred years of time has exhausted the Spiritual Qi of this Formation?"

"That's possible."

Zheng Yi guessed, "According to what my Beloved Consort said before, the currency used in the Cultivation World nowadays is called Spirit Sand, and it was probably similar over three hundred years ago."

"To maintain the operation of such a massive Formation, it is bound to consume a large amount of Spirit Sand."

"This grand Formation really might have failed."

"Your Majesty, this concubine has also made a discovery~"

Yuechan suddenly spoke up. The Golden Silk Gu was holding a small piece of cotton-candy-like substance in its mouth, feasting away heartily.

"Oh? What discovery has my Beloved Consort made?"

"This is not stone at all, nor is it a gold or iron object, but a wall made of a special plant."

"A plant?"

"That's right."

Yuechan nodded and said, "Your Majesty, look at my Golden Silk Gu. Aside from gold and iron objects which it cannot consume, it can consume other substances such as flesh and blood, plants, and so on."

"Moreover, judging from the spiritual fluctuations transmitted to this concubine by the Golden Silk Gu, this wall might have been a spiritual object in the past. Unfortunately, the passage of over three hundred years has long caused it to lose its spirituality."

Cui Xiabing suddenly said, "Your Majesty, why not let this concubine try her Flying Sword technique?"

"Flying Sword?"

"Yes, if it's a Formation with a spirit, one must find the corresponding Formation Eye to break it, otherwise one will suffer the counterattack of the Formation."

Cui Xiabing explained, "And this Formation has long lost its spirituality without any Spiritual Qi replenishment; it just needs to be broken by brute force."

Zheng Yi's eyes lit up and he said, "Alright, I've long wanted to witness my Beloved Consort's Flying Sword technique!"

Hu Bafeng at the side was utterly confused. Flying Sword technique? What on earth was that?

Just as he was thinking this, he saw Consort Cui, this fairy-like beauty who seemed to have stepped right out of a painting, take a few steps back, take a deep breath, form hand seals with one hand, and change them rapidly.

"Screee~!"

The next moment, accompanied by a dragon roar, a beam of light exuding hazy water mist surged out from behind her, floating in mid-air.

The entire cavern became filled with water vapor because of this light, and even faint chills drifted over.

"A Flying Sword!"

"An Immortal!"

"Greetings to the Immortal~!"

The Mojin Captains and Imperial Guards attending nearby were also seeing Cui Xiabing execute the Flying Sword technique for the first time. They were immediately startled, and one after another knelt on the ground, shouting out to the Immortal.

Cui Xiabing did not hesitate in the slightest either. With a single point of her hand forward, the Flying Sword instantly shot forth and slashed directly against the wall.

"Glacial River, go!"

"Screech...!"

A harsh and piercing grinding sound suddenly came forth, and the Flying Sword instantly slashed into the wall, cutting diagonally upward from the lower center.

In an instant, an ugly scar appeared on the stone wall, revealing its true appearance from within.

The strange thing was that after this wall was cut open, it slowly split apart like half a side of slaughtered pork, with sticky blood threads entangling each other in the middle.

It was just like... the lotus breaks, but the fibers remain connected!

"This..."

Zheng Yi's expression changed drastically: "It's still alive?!"

"N-No, it's not alive!"

Yuechan said excitedly, "Your Majesty, I know what this thing is! This is the Konjac Sea Lotus!"

"Konjac Sea Lotus?"

Zheng Yi asked curiously, "What kind of thing is that?"

"I heard the Grand Elder mention it. The Konjac Sea Lotus is a special spirit plant growing beneath the lake surface deep in the great mountains. Although it cannot move on its own, it can lure surrounding creatures to its side by emitting an exotic fragrance, and then entangle and devour them with lotus fibers."

"This Konjac Sea Lotus is extremely difficult to kill. Even if it is cut off by a Flying Sword, it can reconnect and recover through its 'fibers remaining connected' talent."

"Most importantly, this Konjac Sea Lotus possesses extremely powerful repair capabilities. It is a powerful Spirit Medicine for some Cultivators who primarily cultivate the wood attribute to make up for their own severed limbs."

"It's a pity that this Konjac Sea Lotus seems to have already died, and its recovery ability is greatly weakened."

"A dead spirit plant?"

Zheng Yi frowned and said, "My Beloved Consort only needs to tell Us how to get past this wall cast from the Konjac Sea Lotus."

"It's very simple ah, just burn it with fire!"

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