417 Legend of the Building I (2/2)
Touching the hard object in his arms, Ning Que said, ”Yes, I did.”
”Well, then I'll take you someplace.”
Flicking his sleeves, the emperor walked out of the hall.
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The late spring was the most charming time in Chang'an. Strolling in the royal palace, people could easily appreciate the flowers in full bloom, the exuberant green leaves, the static lakes without a wave, and one or two pavilions off in the corner.
The emperor took only Ning Que with him instead of any retinue or bodyguards, leaving the palace in the depths of the royal garden.
Along the road, the eunuches and palace maids all backed off to either side with reverence and in silence when meeting them, and then they looked up at them, amazed and puzzled.
The people in the palace all were quite astute, and they absolutely knew that the young man wearing black beside the emperor was the legendary Sir Ning, but they did not know where His Majesty would go with Ning Que and why there were no followers accompanying them.
In the depths of the royal garden was a two-story wooden house. Although it was lacquer-coated and looked very exquisite, it seemed a little shabby when compared with the palace in the distance.
The emperor took Ning Que to the front of the wooden house and said, ”Here we are.”
Outside the house were dense trees and flourishing wildflowers that had not been pruned for a long time. Looking at the grass growing through the cracks in the paving, Ning Que thought that there would be very few people coming.
Then he raised his head, looking around. When he saw the wall of the royal palace, he was sure that the house was not only in the center of the royal garden, but also in the center of the royal palace.
Pushing the door open, the emperor walked in.
Ning Que followed behind him.
After entering the house, the emperor went downstairs rather than going upstairs.
A dark channel stretched deep underground.
Looking at it with raised eyebrows, Ning Que thought that it was indeed the most important place in the Tang Empire with nothing uncommon.
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Shining items such as luminous pearls were embedded in the stone wall of the channel, making people feel reassured instead of afraid.
Following His Majesty, Ning Que went downstairs. Looking at those luminous pearls, he thought that he could probably buy the Building of Pines and Cranes with any one of them. Recalling the appearance of the wooden house upstairs, he increasingly believed that the designer of it was really frowsty coquettish.
Thinking about these things, he suddenly looked up into the stone wall vigilantly with his pupils shrinking. He saw several deep lines ahead of him from the shine of the pearls.
The aura contained in those lines was absolutely not only peaceful and fair, but also cold and strong. It seemed that it could crush the channel into powder as long as it was emitted.
Feeling it clearly, Ning Que gasped in surprise. As a talisman cultivator, he could surely understand that those lines were very strong Fu characters, but they were incomplete. Those existing lines on the stone wall were part of the original Fu characters.
Looking at these lines, he calculated how long that they had existed. He wondered with the shock what kind of state that the predecessor carving those lines a thousand years ago had reached as he was able to maintain the power of Fu to the present day. It was not even certain if a Divine Talisman Master like his teacher could do so or not.
. The emperor noticed his expression as he was looking up at the stone wall. After a moment of silence, he said with emotion, ”When my father took me here for the first time, I was as shocked as you are. I can feel the strength of these Fu characters, but I'm usually unwilling to visit this place.”
”What's the trigger for these Fu characters?”
Worthy of being the successor of Master Yan Se, Ning Que raised the most critical question. How did the predecessor carving these lines manage to keep the power of Divine Talisman after his death, even if he was a Divine Talisman Master? What should be known was that not all the Nation Masters of the Tang were Talisman Masters, as the present Li Qingshan was not.
The emperor said, ”There is no trigger, anyone who comes here without permission will be attacked and killed by these Fu characters.”
. Ning Que asked puzzledly, ”No exception?”
. The emperor nodded, saying repeatedly, ”Yes.”
Ning Que could not help bursting into laughter and said, ”We're people, aren't we?”
. The emperor also laughed, but after a short while, he stopped to say, ”I'm the emperor of Tang Empire with the Great Seal in hand, protected by royal ancestors, thus, these Fu characters can't hurt me.”
Ning Que said, ”And what about me?”
The emperor said, ”You are now the owner of these Fu characters.”
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