Chapter 356: Big Seal
The system did not answer this question, but asked: "Host, if all tasks are completed, what do you want to do in the future?"
Xu Youyou's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She had always felt that the system spoke in a strange way, as if it was saying goodbye.
Now hearing the system ask this, I couldn't help but ask: "Are you going to leave me?"
Xu Youyou seemed to hear the system's soft sigh.
[All good things must come to an end. I am very happy to have been with the host for such a long time, but sooner or later we have to part ways.]
Xu Youyou felt a lump in her throat when she heard that. She didn't want anyone to see her crying, so she quickly asked Xu Fang, who was packing her luggage in the hotel room, to leave first.
Although Xu Fang thought she was weird, she didn't say anything and just took her packed suitcase and left the hotel room.
There was no one else in the room, and Xu Youyou's tears slowly fell. Since her rebirth, it was the system that accompanied her and helped her start a new life. Even though the system always spoke in a cold tone, Xu Youyou had already regarded the system as her own family in her heart.
"Do we have to leave? Can't we stay?" Xu Youyou asked.
[Host, don't worry. Even if I leave, the wealth you got from the system will not disappear. ]
Xu Youyou shook her head: "I don't care about money. I have a lot of money now. I am willing to use this money to exchange for you to stay. Even if I lose so much money, I still have a lot of skills and can still support myself."
A burst of garbled characters suddenly appeared on the system interface in mid-air, and it took a full five minutes for it to return to normal.
[Host, I'm sorry, your request cannot be met. ]
Xu Youyou's face was covered with tears: "If I don't open this safe, will you never be able to leave and stay with me forever?"
The system gave a negative reply: [Host, if you don't open it and get this treasure, I can't give you the reward. I will still leave when the time comes.]
Xu Youyou asked: "When are you leaving?"
System: [Host, all your tasks have been completed. I will leave at any time. Now I am just waiting for the call of the Lord God.]
When Xu Youyou heard this, she really wanted to ask the system to do something, but the other party had no entity, and no matter what Xu Youyou wanted to do, it seemed impossible to do it.
"I...I really don't want you to leave..."
As soon as Xu Youyou finished saying this, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart, as if pierced by thousands of arrows. There were shadows in front of her eyes, and countless skulls surrounded her, making bursts of shrill laughter.
Xu Youyou was in so much pain that she knew her breathing was about to stop. She wanted to make a sound to call for help, but her throat seemed to be blocked by a ball of wet cotton and no sound came out.
"It hurts so much..." Xu Youyou collapsed on the sofa, feeling her soul and body being torn apart wildly. Even though no one told her, she had a vague premonition that once her soul left her body, she might not survive.
【Host?】The system asked.
Xu Youyou had no way to reply to the system.
[Host, you may have been cursed. Hurry up and open the safe. The treasure inside can suppress all evil ways.] The system said.
Xu Youyou almost exhausted all her strength before she grabbed the safe in her hand and used the key she got from Treasure Island to open the lock on the safe.
She was so weak now that she had to try the key several times before finally opening the safe. The things inside were wrapped in brocade and were about the size of her palm.
Xu Youyou took the thing out of the brocade.
A seal.
The seal is made entirely of jade, with a touch of gold on one corner, as if the seal had been dropped, so that corner was filled with gold.
Xu Youyou couldn't help but wonder what kind of seal it was that was missing a corner, and why he took so much trouble to fill it up with gold. He really valued this seal.
She turned the big seal over and saw eight strange patterns underneath, which looked like words or drawings of little people.
She didn't recognize any of them, but strangely, she suddenly felt no pain.
"What kind of evil ways dare to infect me?"
The sudden voice beside her ears startled Xu Youyou. After a moment, she realized that the person speaking was the big seal in her hand.
Xu Youyou didn't know how to describe that voice for a moment. Even the most majestic voice she had ever heard was not as majestic and righteous as this voice. It seemed as if it came from ancient times, carrying a powerful force to suppress all evil.
"What kind of seal is this?" Xu Youyou asked in a low voice.
The big seal was silent for a long time: "You don't know me? You don't know me?"
The big seal was not surprised that Xu Youyou could hear it talking, but was surprised that Xu Youyou didn't recognize it.
"Should I know you?" Xu Youyou asked curiously.
The big seal said helplessly: "I was given the mandate by heaven, and I will live forever."
Xu Youyou tilted her head: "It sounds familiar, I seem to have heard this sentence somewhere..."
Her eyes suddenly widened, and she held the seal tightly in both hands: "Imperial Seal!"
According to legend, the imperial seal was made of the Heshi Bi. After Qin conquered Zhao, Prime Minister Li Si ordered craftsmen to carve the eight characters "Received the Mandate from Heaven, May You Live Long and Prosper" on it. From then on, it became the imperial seal.
Dynasties changed, and during the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power. The Queen Mother Wang Zhengjun angrily threw the jade seal, which chipped a corner. Later generations repaired it with gold.
Then the imperial seal was passed around several times. The last time it appeared in the world was when Li Congke, the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, burned himself to death while holding the seal. Since then, there has been no trace of the seal.
Xu Youyou looked at the information she found on the Internet and suddenly frowned. Li Congke committed suicide by burning himself with the imperial seal in her arms, and when Mr. Wu saw her, he called her Miss Li. Could it be that the imperial seal had always been in the hands of the Li family, passed down from the Later Tang Dynasty to the Republic of China, and was given to Mr. Wu for safekeeping.
Xu Youyou didn't know whether to feel sad about the Li family's ill-fated fate or the Wu family's keeping their promise. Did they know that they were keeping the imperial seal? If they knew, they would not be tempted by such a huge treasure. It was truly admirable.
She suddenly understood why the system regarded this task as the last one. Indeed, only such a national treasure could be worthy of the title of the king of all treasures.
Xu Youyou thought belatedly, since she had already obtained the Imperial Seal, if she died, would she also be called the second empress? "Girl, try harder, let's suppress those evil ways together!" The Imperial Seal suddenly said.
Xu Youyou asked: "You know someone is trying to harm me, do you know who it is? How do we suppress it?"
The voice of the Imperial Seal was full of casualness: "Who cares who it is? He's just a rat. I can easily destroy him to ashes!"
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