Chapter 118 – Su Xiaoxiao (1/2)

The Tomb of Emperor Zhou was situated at the Imperial Palace of the Shang Dynasty’s Capital, so it didn’t take too long for them to arrive here. However, the two of them were slightly surprised when they arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Palace. Because there were over a thousand people here at this moment.

Because the Tomb of Emperor Zhou still hadn’t been opened, the two of them could only wait here just like everyone else.

Yang Ye carefully sized up the walls and entrance of the imperial palace, and he noticed that the walls and entrance were densely inscribed with numerous talismans.

Suddenly, he noticed to his surprise that those talismans were actually flowing slowly and emanating a terrifying aura.

Now, he understood why all these people hadn’t charged in yet, and it was because of these talismans. Not to mention charging through them forcefully, Profounders below the Spirit Realm couldn’t even get close to those talismans!

“The Tomb of Emperor Zhou is within the imperial palace?” Yang Ye asked Qin Xiyue.

Qin Xiyue nodded and said, “According to rumor, Emperor Zhou and the Nine-tailed Fox Demon were buried together somewhere within the imperial palace. Now it would seem like it isn’t a rumor, and it should be true instead.”

“All those years ago when the ancestors of your Grand Qin Empire and their va.s.sals breached the imperial palace, why did they abandon this imperial palace and leave it here in the Grand Myriad Mountains?” Yang Ye was puzzled, and he asked while looking at the imperial palace.

“Because this imperial palace was cursed by the Shang Dynasty’s Grand Preceptor!” Qin Xiyue spoke in a low voice. “The Grand Preceptor of the Shang Dynasty from all those years ago, Shengong Mao, wasn’t just a Monarch Realm expert, he was a top-rate Theurgist as well. Right, the Theurgist profession has basically been lost in the annals of time. Don’t ask me about it because I don’t know as well. In short, these Theurgists are extremely formidable, and they possess the inconceivable abilities of prediction and dispelling evil and danger. Before he vanished all those years ago, he utilized his own Blood Essence as a catalyst to curse this imperial palace, and he even destroyed the Feng Shui and spirit energy in the imperial palace. So, all the six great powers that partic.i.p.ated in the attack and the Grand Qin Empire had abandoned this imperial palace!”

“So that’s the reason!” Yang Ye nodded, and then he asked. “Then why didn’t your Grand Qin Empire take away all the treasures within this imperial palace all those years ago? Right, I meant the treasures that were buried along with Emperor Zhou!”

Qin Xiyue rolled her eyes at Yang Ye, and then she slapped her forehead while looking at Yang Ye as if she was looking at an idiot.

“Hey, stop acting like that, alright?” Qing Xiyue caused Yang Ye to feel extremely displeased.

“Little Brother, you’re really silly!” Qin Xiyue smiled and said, “Do you really think my Grand Qin Empire and those other powers would abandon those treasures of Emperor Zhou’s?”

“Then why….”

“The treasures within the imperial palace now were intentionally left behind by those powers!” Qin Xiyue interrupted Yang Ye and said, “The reason they did this is that they want to utilize it to temper their respective disciples.”

“What you mean is this Shang Dynasty Ruins was intentionally left behind by the six great powers and your Grand Qin Empire in order to temper the disciples of the future generations?” Yang Ye was slightly astounded.

“You aren’t too stupid in the end!” Qin Xiyue said, “Otherwise, do you think those six great powers and my Grand Qin Empire could tolerate the existence of the Shang Dynasty’s capital? The reason it’s here is that it has value, otherwise, it would have been destroyed all those years ago. Just wait and see, the members of the six great powers will definitely arrive later! Don’t ask me why I know all of this because it’ll make me doubt your intelligence.”

The corners of Yang Ye’s mouth twitched, and he was just about to say something.

However, right at this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed with surprise. “The members of the Origin School have arrived.”

Everyone else gazed over simultaneously when they heard this. They saw four young men that wore white robed walking over slowly towards the imperial palace. All of them were around 20 years of age, whereas, their clothes and the emblem on their clothes was the symbol of the Origin School.

“It’s actually Gong Yuan. I never expected that he would actually come here this time!”

“It can’t be, right? You’re talking about that Gong Yuan who’s ranked at the 36th position on the Origin School’s Outer Court Rankings?”

“Exactly. I was fortunate enough to meet him once. All those years ago, he annihilated a First Heaven Realm expert while at the ninth rank of the Mortal Realm, and this matter shook the world! I never expected that he would actually be interested in the Tomb of Emperor Zhou.”

When they heard these words, all the others in the surroundings gasped. Annihilating a First Heaven Realm expert while at the ninth rank of the Mortal Realm. Such strength can truly be described as terrifying!

The four members of the Origin School disregarded everyone and directly walked to the left of the imperial palace’s entrance. After that, they fell silent as if everyone in the surroundings didn’t exist.

“Little Brother, you killed First Heaven Realm experts at the ninth rank of the Mortal Realm as well!” said Qin Xiyue with a smile on her face.

Yang Ye paid no attention to Qin Xiyue, and his gaze paused on the man in the lead, Gong Yuan, for a moment. Amongst these four people, only Gong Yuan made him sense an aura of danger. Yes, it was the aura of danger. According to his estimations, this person’s strength was definitely not weaker to the First Heaven Realm Sword Servants within the Sword Servant PaG.o.da!