78: Did the Green Emperor "sell" his granddaughter?

On the outskirts of the Dingyan Mountain Range, toxic miasma churned.

Several streaks of light pierced through the ten-thousand-year-old red mist, forcibly descending into this forbidden zone of life.

At the head was a divine vessel crafted entirely from ten-thousand-year-old azure wood, radiating vibrant vitality and forcibly carving out a sanctuary within the land of death.

Standing upon the divine vessel was a woman.

She wore a dark green palace dress; her skin was as white as snow, and her features were exquisite to the extreme, like a work of art meticulously carved by heaven itself, without a single flaw.

Yan Ruyu.

A descendant of the Azure Emperor and the Yao Race's universally acknowledged perfect woman.

Behind her, two elderly women with auras as deep as an abyss stood with their hands down, their clouded old eyes occasionally flashing with heart-palpitating brilliance.

Great Saints!

And two seasoned Great Saints at that!

Besides them, there were dozens of Saint King experts with powerful auras, all of whom were the final foundation of the Azure Emperor Lineage.

“Princess, it's just ahead,”

one of the old women whispered, her eyes scanning the surroundings warily.

“I sense the aura of an Emperor Weapon... it's the ancestor's weapon!”

Yan Ruyu nodded slightly, her pale gold vertical pupils unable to hide her excitement.

“After ten thousand years, this day has finally come.”

“As long as we welcome back the Emperor Weapon and the heart of the demon emperor, my Azure Emperor Lineage can once again rule the Yao Race and restore our glory!”

However.

Just then.

“Hehe, Fairy Yan is indeed well-informed.”

A feminine, mocking laugh suddenly came from the side.

Golden light filled the sky.

A chariot pulled by nine Golden Lions rumbled across the Void Realm, stopping extremely arrogantly beside the Green Wood Divine Boat.

Sitting on the chariot was a young man in a golden robe, his face full of arrogance.

He toyed with two golden pearls in his hand, his gaze roaming over Yan Ruyu's body without restraint, filled with aggression.

Jin Yu.

The current Saint of the Gold Emperor lineage and a top Prodigy of the Yao Race's younger generation.

“Jin Yu?”

Yan Ruyu's brow furrowed slightly, her eyes showing a look of disgust.

“This is the ancestral land of my Azure Emperor Lineage. What are you doing here?”

“Ancestral land?”

Jin Yu sneered and stood up, the Golden Lions behind him letting out earth-shaking roars.

“Fairy Yan is being too formal.”

“Now that the Yao Race is weak, our Great Emperor lineages should stand together.”

“I heard the Azure Emperors Tomb has appeared, so this Saint specifically brought people to ‘help,’ lest some people steal from their own house, or... let outsiders get there first.”

Just as he finished speaking.

“Report—!”

A Yao Race Saint King responsible for scouting stumbled out from the depths of the mist, his face deathly pale.

“Princess! This is bad!”

“The Azure Emperors Tomb... the tomb gates are open!”

“What?!”

Yan Ruyu and Jin Yu's expressions changed simultaneously.

“Who did it?!”

The Saint King swallowed hard, his voice trembling.

“I don't know... but judging by the residual aura, it should be... the Human Race!”

“Furthermore, those two Bronze Emperor Gates were pushed open by brute force!”

Pushed open by brute force?!

Those were gates left behind by a Great Emperor!

Without emperor blood or a special token, even a Pseudo-Emperor would have to blast at them for half a day!

Yan Ruyu's face turned pale instantly.

“Quick!”

“We must not let anyone beat us to it!”

Boom!

The Green Wood Divine Boat immediately accelerated, turning into a streak of green light as it charged into the basin.

Jin Yu's eyes turned sinister, and he let out a cold snort.

“Follow them!”

“This Saint wants to see who has the audacity to touch my Yao Race's Great Emperor tomb!”

...At the same time.

Inside the Azure Emperors Tomb, the Small World.

The tomb held a world of its own, a vast and boundless land.

Nine azure suns hung in the sky, and countless Spirit Medicines that had long been extinct in the outside world grew on the ground.

At this moment.

This peaceful sanctuary was undergoing a “ looting”.

“Crack!”

Su Xuanchen casually snapped off a Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Ginseng, took a bite like he was munching on a radish, and then spat it out in disgust.

“A bit bitter.”

“Wife, do you want this thing? Take it back to make soup?”

He tossed it casually, and the divine medicine that would make Saints fight to the death traced a parabola in the air, landing in Gu Lingshuang's hand.

Gu Lingshuang shook her head helplessly and put it into her storage ring.

“Husband, we're here to find the core Legacy. Stop ruining these roadside weeds.”

“That won't do.”

Su Xuanchen said righteously.

“Since we're already here, if I don't take back some local specialties, it'll seem like I'm not part of the group.”

The two continued deeper.

Finally.

In front of a magnificent bronze emperor palace, Su Xuanchen stopped.

“Good stuff.”

His eyes lit up, and with a flash of his body, he appeared beside a pillar of the emperor palace.

Embedded in that pillar was a piece of metal the size of a fist, crimson red like blood.

Crimson Blood Divine Gold Iron!

A Pseudo-Emperor grade divine material!

“If I melt this into my seven star dragon abyss, even without adding anything else, I can raise its quality to the Peak of a Saint King weapon!”

Without another word, Su Xuanchen pulled out his broken sword and started hacking away at the pillar.

“Clang! Clang!”

Sparks flew everywhere.

A moment later.

That priceless Crimson Blood Divine Gold was forcibly pried off by him, and he joyfully tucked it into his robe.

“A pity.”

Su Xuanchen looked around, his Divine Thought scanning every corner, his eyes unable to hide his disappointment.

“No reincarnation divine water.”

The two passed through numerous halls and finally reached the deepest part of the emperor palace.

Here was a vast plaza.

In the center of the plaza was a blood pool a hundred feet wide.

The pool water was bright red, radiating a majestic life essence, with the roars of primeval Vicious Beasts echoing from every drop of blood.

Demon Emperor Blood Pool!

And above the blood pool.

A lotus that wasn't very tall but was crystal clear throughout, the chaos green lotus, floated quietly.

It had only three leaves, yet it seemed to support the myriad worlds.

Strands of Chaos Qi descended, crushing eternal time and space.

The Azure Emperor's weapon—the chaos green lotus!

And at the root of the green lotus, a heart was suppressed, slowly beating.

“Thump!”

“Thump!”

“Thump!”

The heartbeat was extremely slow, but every beat was like a heavy hammer, smashing hard against one's Soul.

Even Su Xuanchen's Great Saint body couldn't help but have its blood and Qi churn.

The heart of the demon emperor!

“Found it!”

Gu Lingshuang's beautiful eyes brightened suddenly, and her breathing became rapid.

“This is the strongest foundation left behind by the Azure Emperor!”

“As long as I get it...”

She was just about to step forward.

“Buzz—!”

That chaos green lotus suddenly swayed gently.

A green ripple spread out.

Time and space froze.

Su Xuanchen and Gu Lingshuang felt their vision blur.

When they regained their senses.

An illusory figure appeared out of thin air above the blood pool.

It was a middle-aged man dressed in green.

His appearance was ordinary, yet he possessed a transcendent aura of being one with heaven and earth, following the natural Dao.

Just by standing there, he was clearly the sole Dominator of this world.

The Azure Emperor!

Even if it was just a phantom of a Divine Thought left behind ten thousand years ago, that supreme style belonging to a Great Emperor still made people unable to resist the urge to prostrate in worship.

Gu Lingshuang's expression changed, and she subconsciously reached out to summon her supreme dao emperor weapon.

“Don't panic.”

Su Xuanchen pressed down on her hand, his gaze calm as he looked at the phantom.

“He's dead.”

“Or rather... he's a pre-set program.”

Just as expected.

The Azure Emperor's phantom did not attack; it only slowly opened its eyes.

Those eyes were as vast as the starry sky, and its gaze swept over the two of them.

“Eh?”

A light sound of surprise echoed, carrying astonishment that crossed time and space.

“Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Primordial Demon Body?”

The Azure Emperor's phantom looked at Su Xuanchen, its eyes showing a look of admiration.

“What an overbearing Physique.”

“Even in that golden age where many emperors rose together, this was a forbidden Physique capable of ranking in the top three.”

Then.

It looked at Gu Lingshuang again.

“Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body... though not as overbearing as the former, it excels in its sheer resilience.”

“And...”

The Azure Emperor's phantom took a deep look at Gu Lingshuang, as if seeing through the roots of her Reincarnation.

“Quite interesting.”

“I didn't expect that ten thousand years after my death, I would welcome two such prodigies.”

“ It seems, This inheritance, It is Heaven's will to grant this to those who are destined to receive it..”

Gu Lingshuang breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward, and bowed with her hands clasped.

“Junior Gu Lingshuang greets Senior Azure Emperor.”

“The two of us had no intention of offending; we only came seeking Opportunity.”

“It matters not.”

The Azure Emperor's phantom waved its hand, its tone gentle yet possessing an unquestionable majesty.

“I left this Legacy precisely to wait for those with fate.”

“However...”

Its tone shifted as its gaze turned toward the entrance of the emperor palace.

“I sense it.”

“My descendants have also arrived.”

Su Xuanchen's brow quirked.

Descendants?

“What does Senior mean?”

Su Xuanchen asked tentatively.

The Azure Emperor's phantom looked at Su Xuanchen, and that gaze... how should one put it?

It was like a father-in-law looking at a son-in-law, getting more satisfied the more he looked.

“Little fellow, how about I make a deal with you?”

“A deal?”

“Exactly.”

The Azure Emperor's phantom pointed at the heart of the demon emperor and the chaos green lotus below.

“This Emperor Weapon and this heart are the essence of my lifelong achievements.”

“If I give them to my descendant, with her strength, she won't be able to keep them.”

“Not only will she be unable to keep them, but it will instead bring about the disaster of her clan's extermination.”

This was the honest truth.

An ordinary man is innocent, but possessing a jade makes him guilty.

A declined Emperor lineage holding such treasures is like a small child carrying gold through a busy market.

“So...”

The Azure Emperor's phantom smiled slightly and dropped a bombshell.

“I want to gift this Legacy to the two of you.”

“I can even throw in a piece of inheritance information regarding the ‘Ancient Heavenly Court.’”

Gu Lingshuang's pupils shrank.

Ancient Heavenly Court!

That was the ultimate secret she had been pursuing even in her previous life!

“The condition?” Su Xuanchen was very calm.

Pies don't fall from the sky, especially ones thrown by a Great Emperor.

“The condition is simple.”

The Azure Emperor's phantom pointed at Su Xuanchen.

“You, marry my descendant.”

“Pfft—!”

Su Xuanchen almost spat out a mouthful of saliva.

“What?!”

“I can see that your Luck is flourishing and you are extremely protective of your own.”

The Azure Emperor's phantom had an “I have high hopes for you” expression.

“My descendant possesses the perfect Demon Emperor Bloodline, and her appearance is unrivaled in this world.”

“Matching with you is not a loss.”

“As long as you marry her and protect my Azure Emperor Lineage from perishing for ten thousand years.”

“The things in this tomb, except for this blood pool left for her to temper her Physical Body...”

The Azure Emperor waved his hand grandly.

“The rest all belong to you!”

“I'll pack up the person and the dowry and send them all to you!”

Silence.

Absolute silence.

Su Xuanchen hadn't even spoken yet.

He only felt the temperature beside him drop sharply, and a chill that froze the Soul began to spread.

He stiffly turned his head.

He saw that Gu Lingshuang's beautiful face was already covered in frost.