Eternal Life as False Emperor-Chapter 138 - 106: Spiritual Objects of the Imperial Mausoleum

"Hu Bafeng?"

Zheng Yi exclaimed, "Let him in."

"Yes!"

Soon, Hu Bafeng, smelling of earth, briskly walked in.

"This humble servant greets Your Majesty!"

"Rise."

Zheng Yi raised his hand and said, "Why are you so eager to see me? Do you have urgent matters?"

"Your—Your Majesty, we seem to have uncovered the main tomb."

"Oh? The main tomb? Are you certain?"

"It—It should be..."

Hu Bafeng hesitated and said, "The surrounding trhee-element soil is at least three hundred years old according to our inspection, and there seems to be the presence of Dragon-breaking Stone."

"Then continue to excavate. What unexpected event occurred?"

"There are—there are special mechanisms and some things that we can't understand..."

"Things you can't understand?"

Zheng Yi said, "Take me to see it."

"Yes!"

After thinking for a moment, he sent someone back to the palace to invite Cui Xiabing and Yue Chan.

Although these two female cultivators don't have high cultivation, they are still cultivators.

As for Yuheng Zhenren, better to stay quietly in the palace.

She was fooled by Zhao Xizheng, a Qi Cultivation Second-layer Cultivator, and would be of no use here.

Under Hu Bafeng's guidance, Zheng Yi quickly arrived in front of the imperial mausoleum of the founding emperor, Zheng Mingsen, of the Great Yu, at Celestial Longevity Mountain.

At this moment, there is a huge pit on the left side of Zheng Mingsen's imperial tomb, surrounded by guards. Shadows of people dressed in black were busily coming and going.

Upon seeing Zheng Yi's arrival, they all knelt and shouted long live.

Continuing down the pit, the surrounding space narrowed, with fire basins on either side providing illumination.

Hu Bafeng introduced as he walked, "Your Majesty, under imperial orders we excavated this mausoleum over two years with over three thousand workers, and we finally discovered the main tomb."

"Up ahead is the main tomb, but our process is blocked by a very strange wall. We've tried many methods but couldn't break through, so we had no choice but to seek Your Majesty's assistance."

Zheng Yi nodded slightly, continued forward, and shortly thereafter, the space opened up into a massive hollow.

Looking up, he saw stalactites hanging from the ceiling, exceptionally magnificent, and several small streams converging on the ground, their direction unknown.

"Your Majesty, this is a natural underground hollow; the previous emperor used it as the surrounding space for the main burial chamber."

Hu Bafeng continued, "We suspect that the main burial chamber is behind that rock wall."

"Oh?" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Zheng Yi looked in the direction Hu Bafeng pointed, which was indeed a rock wall directly ahead.

This rock wall seemed to seamlessly integrate with the surrounding hollow, covered with moss and lichen.

The peculiar thing is, this wall is perfectly straight and does not curve inward like the walls of the hollow behind them.

"Your Majesty, please have a look."

Hu Bafeng walked quickly to the wall, wiped it with his hand, and Zheng Yi stepped forward to see that the wall, originally covered with moss, revealed strange lines.

Upon closer inspection, they resembled layers of clouds or fish scales.

They stacked one on top of another, almost covering the entire wall.

Looking up, this wall was nearly a hundred meters tall.

To them, standing here was like ants under an elephant.

"Were any means found to break the main burial chamber?"

Hu Bafeng shook his head and said, "In response to Your Majesty, we've tried every method, yet can't even scrape off a corner, as if it's not a stone wall but made of solid steel."

"This type of tomb construction is unheard of; in my over thirty years of experience, I've never seen anything like it."

Zheng Yi stepped forward to examine, even touching the wall with his hands, marveling at it.

Through visual inspection, this stone wall was etched with countless patterns, but curiously, when he touched it, it felt completely smooth.

It was as if these patterns and the wall were one and the same, naturally so.

"Immortal techniques..."

He whispered, realizing that such methods could only have been achieved by cultivators capable of great feats three hundred years ago.

No wonder Fire Spirit went to great lengths to excavate the imperial mausoleum, not for gold and silver but for the cultivation items stored by the Great Yu Imperial Family over three centuries!

"Set up camp here and rest first."

"Yes!"

The accompanying guards immediately set up camp, and Zheng Yi reluctantly spent the night there, continuously examining the mysterious stone wall.

The following day, Cui Xiabing and Yue Chan arrived together.

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

"Beloved consorts, quickly rise."

Zheng Yi stepped forward to help up the two women. Yue Chan, with her big, bright eyes, looked around with curiosity and interest.

However, Cui Xiabing had a peculiar expression, and she whispered, "Your Majesty, this place seems to be... the mausoleum of past emperors. Why have you excavated here?"

The current emperor was digging up the mausoleums of his predecessors.

If this news were to spread, Zheng Yi would certainly land in serious trouble.

There would be countless ministers openly criticizing him, and even the entire realm, with its vassal kings, might rise up in revolt.

This was truly precarious!

Zheng Yi took the hands of his two consorts to the wall and quietly said, "My consorts, take a look at this wall; is it an immortal technique?"

"Immortal technique?"

Cui Xiabing concealed her astonishment and carefully examined the wall's patterns.

Beside her, Yue Chan was also scrutinizing it, touching and observing as she went.

While Cui Xiabing remained unresponsive, Yue Chan suddenly exclaimed, "Your Majesty, I think I've seen these patterns before~"

"Oh?"

Zheng Yi's eyes flashed brightly and he asked, "Where did My Royal Consort see it? What do these patterns mean?"

"Inside the High Priest's tent and the mausoleums of previous ancestors."

Yue Chan said, "The High Priest once mentioned that these strange patterns are called 'runes', which are the origin of cultivation."

"Origin of cultivation?"

Zheng Yi curiously asked, "What is that?"

Yue Chan shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but the High Priest said these runes are very important, whether it's alchemy or controlling Gu Insects, they all require these runes."

"Your Majesty, I remembered something too."

Cui Xiabing, standing beside them, chimed in, "Master once researched arrays, and I've seen these runes in the books she held."

"According to Master, the foundation of the Hundred Skills of Cultivation and magic actually lies in these runes, using one's own magical power to condense into runes and resonate with the surrounding spiritual qi, thereby unleashing magic."

"Or attach different runes to elixirs, magical artifacts, or talismans to conduct alchemy, artifact refining, or form arrays."

"The simplest way to use runes is through different talismans."

"Condense magical power into runes, then attach it to the talisman paper, forming a talisman!"

"Talisman..."

Zheng Yi remembered that night years ago when Yang Xuansu rebelled, Fire Spirit once used talismans.

Indeed, there must be cultivation items here.

"Can My Royal Consorts identify the materials used to construct this wall? Can it be penetrated?"

Zheng Yi explained this wall, and upon hearing that even blades couldn't leave a mark on it, both women clicked their tongues in wonder.

After a few moments of observation, Cui Xiabing uncertainly said, "These runes seem very similar to the guardian runes Master taught me; maybe it's part of a grand array!"

"Grand array? Can it be broken?"

"Let me take another look."

Cui Xiabing stood before the stone wall, pressing her hands tightly against it, beginning to carefully sense something.

Meanwhile, Yue Chan released the Golden Thread Gu, which climbed onto the stone wall and started biting forcefully.

After the time to drink a cup of tea, Cui Xiabing opened her eyes, hesitantly saying, "Your Majesty, this grand array seems to have no spiritual qi fluctuation. Could it be that over three hundred years, the spiritual qi of this array has been exhausted?"

"Possible."

Zheng Yi speculated, "According to My Royal Consort's previous remarks, the current trade item in the cultivation realm is called Spirit Sand. Presumably, it was similar three hundred years ago."

"To maintain such a large array, it surely requires consuming a large amount of Spirit Sand."

"This grand array might indeed be ineffective now."

"Your Majesty, I also discovered something."

Yue Chan suddenly spoke up, with the Golden Thread Gu holding a small piece of a cotton candy-like substance in its mouth, enjoying it.

"Oh? What did My Royal Consort find?"

"This is not stone, nor is it a metallic substance, but a wall made from a special plant."

"Plant?"

"Yes."

Yue Chan nodded her head, "Your Majesty, look at my Golden Thread Gu; apart from metal or iron, it can consume other substances like flesh and blood, plants, etc."

"And judging from the spiritual fluctuation transmitted to me by the Golden Thread Gu, this wall was possibly a spiritual object in the past, but the passage of over three hundred years has caused it to lose its spiritual nature."

Suddenly, Cui Xiabing said, "Your Majesty, why not try my Flying Sword Technique?"

"Flying Sword?"

"Yes, if it's a spiritual array, you must find the corresponding array hub to dismantle it, otherwise, it will retaliate."

Cui Xiabing explained, "But this array has long lost its spiritual nature, without spiritual qi replenishment, it should be violently destroyed."

Zheng Yi's eyes lit up, "Okay, I've wanted to see My Royal Consort's Flying Sword Technique for a long time!"

Beside them, Hu Bafeng was confused; Flying Sword Technique? What is that?

Just pondering, he saw Noble Consort Cui, who looked like she had stepped out of a painting, taking several steps back, inhaling deeply, quickly forming gestures with one hand.

"Tweet~!"

The next moment, a dragon-like cry was heard. A glowing sword emitting a misty light shot out from her back, hovering in midair.

The entire cavity became misty due to this light, with threads of chill spreading.

"Flying Sword!"

"Immortal!"

"Pay respect to the Immortal~!"

Attending tomb raider captains and imperial guards were seeing Cui Xiabing use the Flying Sword Technique for the first time, they were taken aback and knelt down, calling her an immortal.

Without any hesitation, Cui Xiabing pointed forward with one hand, and the flying sword instantly shot out and slashed at the wall.

"Ice River, go!"

"Screech...!"

An unpleasant and piercing grinding sound sharply rang out. The flying sword instantly cut into the wall, slashing from the center diagonally upwards.

Soon, an unsightly scar appeared on the stone wall, revealing its true form.

Strangely, after the wall was breached, it split open like a piece of sliced pork, with sticky blood threads entangled in the center.

As if... An undying connection!

"This..."

Zheng Yi's face dramatically changed: "Still alive?!"

"No, it's not alive!"

Yue Chan excitedly said, "Your Majesty, I know what this is, it's Konjac Sea Lotus!"

"Konjac Sea Lotus?"

Zheng Yi asked in puzzlement, "What is that?"

"I once heard the Great Elder mention that Konjac Sea Lotus is a special spirit plant growing beneath lake surfaces deep in the mountains. Although it cannot move on its own, it can emit a strange fragrance to lure creatures nearby, then ensnare them with lotus threads and consume them."

"This Konjac Sea Lotus is extremely hard to kill; even if cut by a flying sword, it can reconnect through the 'undying connection' ability and recover."

"Most importantly, the Konjac Sea Lotus possesses incredibly strong regenerative ability, making it a powerful spiritual medicine for cultivators who focus on wood attributes, helping them mend severed limbs."

"It's a pity this Konjac Sea Lotus seems to be dead, its regenerative ability greatly diminished."

"A dead spirit plant?"

Zheng Yi frowned, "My Royal Consort, just tell me how to get past this wall made of Konjac Sea Lotus."

"It's very simple, just burn it!"