Chapter 12 Qiankun Underground Palace
After passing through the narrow and long secret passage, I unexpectedly found an underground palace here, with a plaque on it, named Qiankun Underground Palace.
There is also a man-made excavated passage next to the underground palace. It is just an underground cave without any decoration.
"Your Majesty, there is some gold in here, enough for a lifetime of food and clothing. The hole here was dug by the Sixth Prince, and you can get out from here." Sai Naimu pointed to something next to the palace entrance, with some change of clothes next to it.
Zhou An was delighted when he saw the palace. As expected, his guess was right. The palace had many secrets. He didn't even look at the bag of gold on the ground. The system space of that thing was getting bigger and bigger, and there were even many rare treasures that were much more precious than gold. What was the use of this bag of gold?
When he pushed open the palace door, a cold breath hit him in the face. Sai Naimu quickly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, you can't go in. The Sixth Prince has repeatedly warned you not to enter this underground palace.
There is an evil spirit in here. All the people who dug the hole died in it. They were all masters of the sixth level of the acquired realm. "
Zhou An became even more curious. The more dangerous the situation was, the higher the sign-in value would be. He suddenly knocked Sai Naimu unconscious, put him outside the underground palace, and walked into the palace himself.
As soon as I entered, the door slammed shut automatically, and cold mist suddenly and slowly rose from the ground.
"Do you want to sign in to the Qiankun Underground Palace?"
The system voice appeared in his mind, making him secretly happy. It turned out that there would be gains if he followed Sai Naimu.
After confirming the sign in, the picture scroll of mountains, rivers, and the country in my mind opened, and a piece of the secret map under the palace was lit up.
The system immediately prompts that you have obtained the ghost-exorcism technique, which is a magic spell that rarely appears in the world.
He studied this secret method directly and immediately learned the spell to drive away ghosts in his mind. However, this requires spirit to activate. The stronger the spirit, the more powerful the ghost that can be driven.
Fortunately, the Yin-Yang technique in the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady's Talisman is to enhance the essence, true energy, and spirit.
Suddenly, the sounds of women crying and laughing were heard in the hall. Zhou An frowned and looked around.
At this time, the figures of female ghosts appeared around him and flew around him.
"Emperor! You are the emperor of the Qianyuan Empire! Hahahaha, God has mercy on me. I can finally get what I want and kill the emperor."
The female ghost was full of resentment, with a ghost face, and her claws grabbed Zhou An's neck.
Qiankun's Qi burst out, and a wave of air pushed away the surrounding weapons, but the internal force had little effect on the ghost. It only made the female ghost pause, and the ghost's claws were less than ten centimeters away from his neck.
At this moment, a red light flashed, the ghost claw was cut off, and the female ghost screamed and retreated in horror.
Zhou An was seen holding the Emperor's Sword in his right hand, with the Heavenly Qi flowing through the sword.
The Heavenly Sword has a restraining effect on all evil things. No matter if it is a demon or a monster, it can be killed by the Heavenly Sword.
The female ghost was terrified. This scarlet sword made her feel the real death. She knew that if she was injured by this sword, her soul would be truly shattered.
However, the female ghost did not run away. She stared at him unwillingly. Hatred made her unwilling to give up. She had waited for so many years, and finally an emperor came. She really could not wait any longer.
Zhou An knew the power of the Heavenly Sword. If he used the Emperor's Sword Technique, this female ghost could be killed instantly.
But in order to dig deeper into the value of this place, he smiled and asked, "You are Grand Concubine Shuzhen."
"Yes, it's hateful. Why did God let you come to this underground palace and let you have such a treasure in your hands? It's hateful, hateful. I will die with my eyes open." Empress Dowager Shuzhen screamed, her face full of resentment. Resentment was boiling in her body. It was obvious that the resentment accumulated after decades here had become very terrible.
If it weren't for this Heavenly Sword, even a person of the tenth level of the acquired realm would have died here. But what made Zhou An feel strange was that it was extremely difficult for such resentment to form within a few decades. In addition, with the existence of this underground palace, someone must have done this on purpose.
"If you have suffered any injustice, you might as well tell me. If you are really wronged, I can seek justice for you." Zhou An said.
The Grand Concubine was surprised, then laughed, "How dare you? The one who made me die unjustly here was Emperor Qianyuan and Empress Shangguan Lingwei and Left Prime Minister Jiang Xian thirty years ago. Even if you were the current emperor, could you give me justice?"
"Is what they were asked to do enough to violate the law? If it was just because of a fight for favor or power, then your death cannot be considered unjust. Winners are kings and losers are bandits. This is true for everyone in the world," Zhou An said.
"Okay, I'll tell you about this emperor and see if you have the guts. I was Jiang Xian's wife, but for the sake of his own career, he offered me to the emperor in exchange for the emperor's respect.
I became the emperor's most beloved concubine, but Shangguan Lingwei was jealous of me and was afraid that I would seize her position as queen. She joined forces with evil forces and deceived the emperor into practicing evil techniques, deliberately saying that a person with extremely yin nature was needed, and my birthday was a yin month and a yin day.
It's ridiculous that the emperor was played around by that bitch Shangguan Lingwei, and didn't even know that he was practicing to death. And those of us who were killed by his practice, our souls were controlled by the evil way and imprisoned here for the evil way to practice.
According to the royal family's ancestral precepts, one must not associate with evil spirits, otherwise the whole family will be executed. What do you think, Emperor, do you dare?" The Grand Concubine looked at him with a mocking look.
"What about evil ways? I can't just listen to your one-sided story, I need evidence." Zhou An asked.
"Shangguan Lingwei and Jiang Xian both want the throne, and the evil one is just their tool. Now that the emperor has been eliminated, the evil one will naturally not be able to stay, and he will die here. He will be buried here and will never see the light of day again." The Grand Concubine said gritting her teeth.
"Okay, I'll accept your complaint. If everything is true, not only will I arrest Jiang Xian and the Queen Mother, but I will also let you execute them personally. If you dare to lie to me, my Heavenly Sword will make your soul fly to pieces." Zhou An pointed at the other party with his Heavenly Sword.
The Grand Empress Dowager was surprised that the Emperor would actually do this. Although she didn't know the situation outside, Shangguan Lingwei was at least at the level of Empress Dowager, and as the Left Prime Minister, who was second only to the Emperor, even the Emperor could not deal with him with just a few words.
"Are you really willing to avenge us?" The Queen Mother asked again in disbelief.
"You speak with such sincerity. Do you think I, the emperor, would lie to you? I can kill you with just one move. Why waste your breath?" Zhou An showed an unhappy look.
The Grand Concubine immediately knelt down and said excitedly: "I dare not. Thank you very much for your kindness, Your Majesty."
At this time, a large group of women appeared around and knelt down to thank the emperor. These were the palace maids and concubines who were killed by the previous emperor's evil magic.
Zhou An put away the Emperor's Sword, looked around and asked, "From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave here without my permission. Anyone who violates this will be killed without mercy."
"Yes, but we were trapped here by that evil cult and can only move around in this underground palace. If outsiders don't come in, we can do nothing." said the Grand Empress Dowager.
"How to break it?" Zhou An asked.
The Grand Concubine pointed at the ceiling of the talisman array above her head and said, "As long as we break this, it's just made of bronze, ordinary..."
Before the Empress Dowager finished speaking, Zhou An performed the first move of the Emperor's Sword Technique, Fire Dragon Rising from the Sky. The Emperor's Sword stabbed upwards, and the internal force poured into the sword body, transforming it into a fire dragon rushing towards the ceiling.
The thick bronze was deformed when it came into contact with the fire dragon, and the middle part was pierced. Flames spread all around, scaring the female ghosts nearby and causing them to scream and hide far away with fear on their faces.
If such power were to be unleashed on them, I'm afraid all the female ghosts here would be scared to death in an instant.
Only then did the Empress Dowager realize that the emperor in front of her was as powerful as the founding emperor, and might even be stronger.
The formation was broken, and the Grand Empress and the others hurried forward to kneel down and thank them. Zhou An put away his sword and walked outside and said, "Just help me keep an eye on this woman and keep her safe. You will get what you want soon."
Zhou An smiled and left the underground palace. The Empress Dowager and other female ghosts bowed and saw him off at the door.
(End of this chapter)
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