389: Imperial Dragon Aura, Yan Yuzhu's Crisis!

Shi Linglong really wasn't boasting; her cooking skills were unexpectedly good, perfectly proportional to her foodie nature.

There were a full thirty dishes, steamed, fried, pan-fried, and stir-fried, presented in various ways, with countless varieties. Besides the common ingredients brought by the soldiers, Shi Linglong also took out some treasured Yao Beast meat from her sumeru ring.

The dishes were perfect in color, aroma, and taste, and were also highly nourishing!

Just as everyone had eaten their fill and was sitting down to drink tea, Xing Yao arrived!

"Tianxing, hurry and come with me to the palace, Your Majesty is in trouble!"

Xing Yao was in a great hurry, not having time for other words, she grabbed Shen Tianxing's hand and left.

Everyone stood up in shock. The importance of Yan Yuzhu to Great Qi was self-evident. If she were to be in trouble, what would become of Great Qi?

No one knew!

Yaochi's eyes flashed, and she understood.

Yan Yuzhu had borrowed the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi several times. Although the last time was suppressed by Shen Tianxing, her entanglement with the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi was too deep, and now the backlash had finally arrived.

It was just unknown to what extent Yan Yuzhu's backlash had reached.

It didn't look good.

What Yaochi knew, Shen Tianxing naturally also thought of.

Without a word, he followed Xing Yao and left home, transforming into a streak of light, heading directly towards the Imperial Palace.

For outsiders, the inner Imperial Palace was not to be entered casually, but for Shen Tianxing and Xing Yao, coming here presented no trouble.

With Yan Yuzhu in trouble, the inner Imperial Palace was on high alert, with many visible and hidden experts all keeping a close watch, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.

"Where is she?"

After entering the Imperial Palace, Shen Tianxing did not sense Yan Yuzhu's aura, apparently, her aura was isolated for some reason.

Xing Yao said, "She's in the Dragon Abyss Pool. Your Majesty has suffered a backlash from the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi. Perhaps your Cultivation can suppress the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi. Follow me."

The Dragon Abyss Pool was the place where successive Imperial rulers Cultivated in seclusion, and also the greatest secret of the Great Qi Dynasty.

However, this was merely the superficial knowledge of outsiders.

The Dragon Abyss Pool was actually the gathering place of the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi. All Imperial rulers who had borrowed the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi to Cultivate eventually perished here.

No one outside knew this, and within the Great Qi Imperial family, only a select one or two individuals were aware.

Xing Yao and Yan Yuzhu had an unbreakable bond. Although not of the Imperial family, she was the only one who knew the location of the Dragon Abyss Pool.

The Great Qi Imperial Palace was immensely vast and resplendent, but deep beneath this splendor, there also existed a colossal underground space.

It was Shen Tianxing's first time entering the Imperial Palace's underground. As he walked through the passages along the perilous cliffs, he felt a powerful Dragon Qi permeating the area.

"So this is where the Earth Vein Dragon Qi gathers. No wonder the ancestors of Great Qi built the Imperial Palace here."

With Shen Tianxing's current Cultivation, he saw through the arrangements here at a glance.

The Earth Veins moved, Dragon Qi gathered. The Earth Veins of Great Qi converged and crisscrossed across countless territories, ultimately gathering here to form a Dragon Lair!

When a Human Dao Emperor established an Imperial Palace here, he could utilize the Dragon Lair to generate Imperial Dao Dragon Qi, making it difficult for his grand endeavors not to succeed!

Layer upon layer of mountain gates, incredibly heavy.

Within these mountain gates, there were nearly withered old men guarding them, each exuding a dense Death Qi, almost as if they were dead.

But in reality, these people were not dead; they were in a state of suspended animation, having sealed off their Qi and life force!

Once an external enemy invaded, these old men guarding the underground mountain gates would awaken.

It could be said that, apart from powerful individuals like Shen Tianxing, anyone who intruded into this underground space of Great Qi would face certain death!

Roar!!!

The closer they got to the underground, the louder the Dragon roars became, and the Earth Vein Dragon Qi grew astonishingly dense!

"Such astonishing Dragon Qi..."

Shen Tianxing felt the powerful Dragon Qi, but his brows furrowed.

Earth Vein Dragon Qi was not to be borrowed casually. Logically, after borrowing, there would surely be consumption, and it couldn't be borrowed endlessly, as this would reduce the Imperial Dao Luck.

Yet, the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi here not only showed no signs of weakening but was incredibly potent!

Of course, one reason was that the people of Great Qi were now united, and the national fortune was prosperous.

The other reason was most likely related to Yan Yuzhu!

"We're here!"

Standing before a magnificent bronze gate, Xing Yao stopped.

"This is the Dragon Abyss Pool. Your Majesty is inside. Hurry and go in."

Shen Tianxing was startled, asking, "What about you?"

"I'll be your Protector here to prevent any accidents. Your Majesty is relying on you."

As she spoke, Xing Yao took out a jade slip. This was given to her by Yan Yuzhu, and it was the key to opening this bronze gate!

Of course, it could only be used once.

Without the special means left by Yan Yuzhu, no one could open this bronze gate.

Rumble!!!

The bronze gate slowly opened, incredibly heavy. After it opened a crack just wide enough for one person to enter, Xing Yao pushed him.

"Hurry!"

A dense Dragon Qi emanated from within the bronze gate, glowing with dazzling golden light. Shen Tianxing glanced at Xing Yao. If he didn't know Xing Yao's intentions, he would have thought he was being sold out.

Boom!

The bronze gate closed again. Shen Tianxing turned around and saw a vast golden space.

Stalactites hung all around, a fragrant aroma permeated the air, and not far away, a dazzling golden pool could be seen, with a figure vaguely sitting cross-legged within it.

And around this pool, twelve golden skeletons were strangely seated!

The twelve golden skeletons had been dead for an unknown number of years, gleaming golden, with Dao Patterns faintly visible on their bones!

These were twelve powerful experts!

They had died here for some unknown reason.

"It looks like some kind of sacrifice, hmm?"

Shen Tianxing quickly understood something.

Seeing the strength of the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi around, the answer was already obvious!

"The twelve golden skeletons, it seems, are the bodies of the successive Imperial rulers of Great Qi!"

"They borrowed Imperial Dao Dragon Qi, hoping to Breakthrough to the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm, but unfortunately, no one ever succeeded. Borrowing too much Imperial Dao Dragon Qi, they ultimately became nourishment for the Imperial Dao Dragon Qi."

"No wonder the Dragon Qi here shows no signs of weakening, but is instead very powerful. It must be that they paid their own price."

The Great Qi Dynasty has been established for thousands of years, and no successive Imperial ruler has ever lived past three hundred years old. This is a huge difference compared to the Imperial rulers of other Imperial Dynasties!

One must know that a Cultivator in the Soul Palace Realm has a Lifespan of a thousand years.

Before their deaths, these twelve Imperial rulers were all Heavenly Phenomenon Realm existences, yet none lived past three hundred years. Evidently, they became nourishment and could not Breakthrough on their own.

It also explains why the Cultivation of Great Qi's successive Imperial rulers was unfathomably deep, capable of suppressing experts from various dynasties, yet they could not expand their territory.

The answer lies here.

They Cultivated by borrowing Imperial Dao Dragon Qi. While it was fast in the beginning, the ultimate outcome was not good.

And now, this backlash has finally fallen upon Yan Yuzhu!