184 The Legacy (1/2)
Xue Wei was not aware of how terrible the cultivation talents of the Moon Prince's era had been, so he was not sure what was considered strong enough, but he was confident in one thing – that no Sky Warrior from his own era could compare to himself.
”Well, wondering about what his expectations are will get me nowhere. I just need to try it out!” Xue Wei finally decided and snickered as he stood in front of the big stone pillar.
Taking in a deep breath, Xue Wei transformed into his humanoid dragon form; azure scales protruded out of his skin and covered his entire body, including his face, his hands and feet turned into claws, and a tail slowly folded out behind him .
At this point, Xue Wei felt his entire body bursting with energy. He was many times stronger than the usual; he could feel every cell in his body trembling with energy, which he gathered in his palm.
Xue Wei was eager to test his strength. In fact, he was certain that he could output damage far beyond the realms of a Sky Warrior. Furthermore, he had attained the ability to unleash everything at once, which he did.
He looked expectantly at the pillar's gems, eager to see how much they would shine.
He did not expect himself to light up the deepest of colors, but he did expect it to at least reach the middle.
Unfortunately, he was sorely disappointed. The crystals did shine. However, although all of them were lit, it was the lightest color, and it was so dim that it could almost not be seen.
Seeing the result, Xue Wei was dumbstruck. Was that really all he could do after releasing all of his power in one move? The strength of someone unrivaled amongst Sky Warriors amounted to this little?
”Let me try again!” Xue Wei said, unwilling to accept that he was at the lowest possible threshold. However before he had the chance to try, the last door opened, and the pillar sunk into the floor.
”Congratulations, you are the first person to enter the heart of my tomb,” the Moon Prince's voice sounded out. Although he had barely qualified, he had still qualified. ”Enter and see if the inheritance will suit you!”
Xue Wei suddenly forgot all about grievances related to his sloppy results, and a smile flittered on his lips.
”Seems like I will be able to gain something anyway.” He smiled and entered the final room.
All the earlier rooms in the trials had been dark and only slightly illuminated by the light orb in Xue Wei's hands, but this room was aflame with an eternal fire that was imbued into specific gems.
Looking at them, Xue Wei could not help but make a note of robbing them later. They were many times more beneficial than the light orbs he had because they never ran out of energy.
The eternal fire was a flame encased in a crystal, but it was sustained by the heaven-and-earth essence in the air. As long as there was heaven-and-earth essence, then it would continue to shine, and there was plenty of heaven-and-earth essence in their world.
After having drooled a little over the eternal fire, Xue Wei looked at the rest of the room. The room was around a hundred square meters, and there was only one door into it. Xue Wei closed it after himself, in the hopes that Bai Tianyi or someone else would make it into the tomb itself later.
There was a podium in the middle with a coffin made of transparent snow jade on top. Although Snow Jade was made to keep things alive, Xue Wei knew that this person was dead. However, the Snow Jade kept the corpse intact, even after millennia had passed.
The wall of the room was filled with bookshelves where books and scrolls were laying on the shelves in random fashion.
”Hum, I do want to take all these things with me,” Xue Wei muttered, ”but I am afraid that I would need an even bigger storage ring to do that.”
Looking around, he tried to see if he could find a storage ring, but there was nothing of the sorts.
”I wonder,” he muttered while glancing at the coffin. ”Could it be he is wearing his ring? Also, where is the inheritance he mentioned? This place is empty.”
Stepping up next to the coffin, Xue Wei opened the lid and looked down. The Moon Prince looked almost alive and well as he laid in the coffin; his hair was silver like the moonlight, his eyes were closed, and his skin was pearl-like and fair.
Xue Wei's eyes landed on his hand and saw a ring. It was a silver ring and resembled a dragon that coiled around his finger.
”Sorry, senior,” Xue Wei said as he bowed to the late Moon Prince, ”but I need this ring. I hope you don't mind.”
He then reached out and took the ring off the finger. The body felt cool to touch, and it still felt like it was a living being. Frowning, Xue Wei took the ring and pushed the lid back over the coffin again.
After sitting down on the floor, he examined the ring in his hand. Without much hesitation, he bit his finger and let a drop of blood land on the ring. The moment the blood landed on the ring, it sept into it without leaving a trace behind. The instant afterward, Xue Wei felt a connection with the ring.