Chapter 296: The Last Human Emperor (1/2)

The sword cultivator clone stimulated his spiritual qi and gently blew a gust of cold wind forward.

In the ancient palace in front of him, some naturally drooping flags were slowly unfolded on the flag poles by the cold wind.

After a long time, the ancient words on the flag revealed an infinite aura of vicissitude.

With Jiang Li's current level of ancient literature, it was not difficult for him to recognize the words on it. The country's name was Shang, and the king's name was Zhou!

The owner of this palace was the failure at the end of the Divine Investiture Tribulation.

He was an unlucky person who had been schemed against by many Sages.

It was led by the disciples of the Chan School under the Heavenly Lord of Primordial Beginning, who instigated the eight hundred vassals of the human race to rebel, resulting in the end of the last generation's Human Emperor!

He was also the emperor who had been cursed the most in the history of his previous life, Di Xin, also known as King Zhou of Shang!

It turned out that the underground palace under Fengdu City belonged to him.

It was no wonder that there was such a legend in Fengdu Ghost City.

Through the eyes of his clone, Jiang Li looked at this ancient building that had existed for an unknown period of time, and the shock in his heart was unable to calm down for a long time.

On the other hand, the other cultivators with him were far inferior to him in terms of knowledge. They did not know what the word ”Shang” on the flags meant.

Their thoughts were not on the palace in front of them.

Of the cultivators who entered with Jiang Li, 14 of them approached and stood together. They did not say a word and only exchanged glances before understanding what everyone wanted to do.

They tacitly stepped forward and surrounded Jiang Li's clone in the middle. All of their hands were even pressed on the talisman papers and artifacts. Obviously, they had ill intentions.

”Fellow Daoist, we are naturally very grateful that you drank the wine for us in the dungeon.”

”However, the danger hasn't been resolved yet. There might be danger ahead. It's really inconvenient for us to defend ourselves without artifacts.”

”How about this? Return the artifact to us first. This way, we can stick together and protect you, right?”

”When we find better treasures in this palace, we'll make it up to you. How about this?”

When they spoke, they emphasized the word ”protect”. Their meaning was obvious. If they did not do as they said, the safety of the sword cultivator clone could not be guaranteed now.

The 14 of them surrounded Jiang Li's clone covetously. As soon as they left the dungeon, they intended to attack their savior.

Therefore, it was indeed not a good action to take advantage of others. If he offended them too much, when they recovered, it would be very easy for them to take revenge.

Even Old Ghost leading the group, who originally was not well-liked, stood together against a common enemy and unanimously dealt with Jiang Li.

”Fellow Daoist, you should return the items to everyone. We've only met by chance, so everyone should take a step back. I, Old Ghost, guarantee that they definitely won't attack you.”

He had already spoken and was threatening Jiang Li.

Surrounded by more than ten cultivators of the same level and without the Intrinsic Flying Sword in hand, the sword cultivator clone's strength was less than 10%. He looked to be in danger.

However, he was not flustered and could not be bothered to argue with them.

Without needing him to say anything, the remaining seven cultivators who had consumed the Nine Nether Earth Fruit secretly circled behind the fourteen people and formed a second layer of encirclement.

Spiritual qi fluctuation suddenly erupted, and they attacked first.

Human cultivators had high attack and low defense to begin with. When they were suddenly ambushed from behind, those cultivators who had placed all their attention on Jiang Li and utterly did not notice the cultivators behind him instantly suffered heavy injuries.

Even Old Ghost was no exception. The sword directly pierced through his heart from behind.

They were all Core Formation cultivators. With their inner cores in their stomach, it was naturally not so easy to die. However, the result of being heavily injured and the invasion of the foreign spiritual qi could not be avoided.

”What are you doing? He just fed you poisonous pills. Instead of taking back the antidote, you actually helped him!”

In just a moment, their ability to resist collapsed, and they lay weakly on the ground that was covered in thick dust.

Old Ghost roared at the seven cultivators who had ambushed him. He could not understand why this group of people had been tricked by Jiang Li and had to give him money.

However, they were actually Jiang Li's 'good friends'.

The mouths of the fourteen cultivators, including Old Ghost, were covered in talismans. Their limbs were tied up by special ropes, and the weapons and artifacts on their bodies were all put away. They were like huge dumplings and were held in their hands from both sides.

”Bring them along. Let's go in and take a look.”

The seven ”good friends” each carried two captives and followed Jiang Li inside.

Jiang Li was still very interested in the palace of the last Human Emperor.

In the past, if there was no such thing as the Battle of Muye, the greatest traitorous incident of humanity in history, perhaps the life of the human race would have been much better than now.

Be it in history or mythology, it was recorded that this was a righteous incident.

However, why did Jiang Li call King Wu of Zhou the greatest traitor in history?

In fact, if one jumped out of subjectivity and used the simple values of an ordinary human to evaluate objectively, the day when the Shang Dynasty's flag was broken and King Zhou self-destructed the Star Tower was definitely the darkest day in the history of the human race.

Because after that day, there would only be the Son of Heaven in the world, and there would be no Human Emperor.

The gods of the Heavenly Court also looked down on the world from high above, treating them as grass.

King Wu of Zhou had personally ended the Human Emperor Era with the support of the Immortals of Chan School and the Heavenly Court. He even shamelessly called himself the Son of Heaven. Wasn't this son of the Heavenly Emperor a traitor to the human race?

Who knew how the ancestors of the human race would treat him after he died.

As for the distorted history, what was the credibility of a usurper's records of history?

In order to make his usurpation legitimate, the usurper would naturally use all his knowledge to defile the former ruler.

As for whether they had done those things, how could the future generations know?

For example, Yang Guang, who was also a tyrant, was an incompetent and lecherous ruler. Historically, he was an old lecher. In order to pamper the beauties of Yangzhou in Jiangnan, he built the canals wantonly and made the people suffer.

However, Jiang Li had a friend who could prove that an old pervert would not delay going to Jiangnan for a few years just to make a river. This did not make sense.

Jiang Li approached the palace. There were no guards or traps on the outside. It seemed that this underground palace, which was the core, was far inferior to the Fengdu City above.

He tentatively pushed the door, and then the two doors creaked and slowly opened.

Not only was there no guard here, but even the door was not locked.

They first threw two captives in. The captives fell to the ground and rolled for more than twenty meters. Apart from stirring up dust on the ground, nothing abnormal happened.

Jiang Li walked into the hall and observed carefully, but he only saw two skeletons standing straight behind the door holding spears.

He stepped forward and poked them tentatively. To his surprise, the two skulls shattered and the two spears fell.

Jiang Li instinctively reached out to receive it, wanting to see what material this spear was made of. Perhaps he could refine it again.

However, not only did he not stabilize the spear, but this spear that did not seem to have any traces of refinement and looked like a mortal weapon almost brought him down.

The two spears ruthlessly smashed into the ground, shattering the unknown hard black stone slab.

He frowned in disbelief. How heavy was this thing?

The reason why he did not grab it earlier was indeed because he could not predict its weight. However, even if the clone was not a body cultivator, he was still a Core Formation cultivator, right? How could he not grab an ordinary spear?

The clone stepped forward and grabbed the spear again. He wanted to raise it, but he discovered that if he only used his physical strength, he really would not be able to grab the spear. He could only barely do so with the enhancement of his spiritual qi.