Seeing the entrance to the imperial mausoleum, Jiang Yan laughed.

"When I passed by here before, I concluded that this must be the location of the dragon vein. Sure enough, the emperor's tomb is here."

He deliberately said to the Imperial Master: "Is your Majesty in better health? I thought the Emperor would come to pay respect to his ancestors today."

The Imperial Master had a smile on his face, and there was nothing unusual about it.

He smiled and said, "Your Majesty's health has not improved, so it is not appropriate for you to leave the palace. In addition, this place is the mausoleum of deceased emperors of past dynasties. Your Majesty has never been here, and you did not worship the immortal ancestors here in the past."

Jiang Yan: "I see. I don't understand the rules of your race."

Yu Xingwu, however, showed an expression of immediate understanding and knew that Jiang Yan asked this on purpose.

But I don’t think the national teacher is lying.

Since the old emperor had never been to the imperial mausoleum, it means that he learned about the earth-born fetus from the imperial teacher.

The old emperor wanted to live longer, so the imperial teacher came up with the idea of ​​giving birth to a fetus from the earth. Among the two of them, only the imperial teacher had seen the evil god's fetus.

I don’t know whether this imperial teacher is working for the evil god or for the old emperor.

The Imperial Master smiled faintly, made a gesture of invitation to Feng Chen and his party, and said: "Please come in, Immortal Masters."

As you enter the Que Gate, a solemn and mysterious atmosphere hits you in the face. Looking around, you can see 227 steps.

The system did not forget to popularize science: "Host, these 227 steps are also called the Path to Immortality."

"Legend has it that if the emperor's coffin is carried up these 227 steps, his soul will not enter the underworld, but will ascend to heaven. This is enough to show how much the person who ordered the construction of this imperial mausoleum longed for immortality."

Yu Xingwu sighed inwardly. Once dead, dead is dead. Even if the soul walked along this path to immortality, it would be impossible for it to become an immortal. It was ultimately an illusion.

…

Two hundred steps are not many and it didn’t take too much time to walk up them.

When we reached the end of the stairs, the oil lamps on the surrounding walls lit up automatically.

Imperial Master: "These oil lamps are made of special materials. Once there is a breath of a living person, they will light up. They are not like the immortal sect's ever-burning lamps that can burn for a hundred years."

"Go further, after passing the black iron stone gate, you will find the tombs of emperors and concubines of past dynasties. However, the imperial tombs cover a vast area and there are many tombs. You immortal masters can explore them separately."

"I brought these guards in specially to lead the way for the Immortal Masters."

In fact, as early as when she came in, Yu Xingwu had released her spiritual consciousness to explore the emperor's tomb.

It is indeed as the imperial teacher said, the entire imperial mausoleum is vast, covering an area of ​​about six or seven thousand acres, and there are countless tombs and coffins of various sizes.

If we really search each tomb chamber one by one, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish it even before nightfall.

The good thing is that they have already learned that the Earth-born Fetus is underground, at the source of the dragon vein, and has nothing to do with any tomb, so there is no need to go through the trouble of entering the tomb to explore.

But Yu Xingwu still felt that it was better to separate, because if they acted separately, they would be able to get rid of the National Master. It would be difficult for them to act with the National Master following them.

Then he said, "Master, I think what the Imperial Master said is right. The Imperial Mausoleum is so large, it is better for us to explore separately. If anyone finds a dead fetus, he should immediately inform the others."

After all, she was his disciple, Feng Chen knew Yu Xingwu well and knew that Yu Xingwu wanted to avoid the Imperial Master to look for the Earth-born Fetus.

He nodded in agreement and immediately divided everyone into groups. He also secretly communicated with Yun Ci, undoubtedly asking Yun Ci to go with the National Master and pretend to look for a dead human fetus.

Yun Ci was speechless about this. He was the one who sent the Xuankong demon monk back to the sect, and now he was asked to act in front of the national master. Why didn't he have any good things? He was the one who had to do all these things! He also wanted to accompany Wu'er!

But then I thought, what kind of drama can a big ice block like Feng Chen put on? I might as well do it myself.

Just when the groups were divided and Yun Ci was about to start acting and was about to ask the National Master to go along to investigate, Yu Xingwu suddenly discovered something.

He said to the Imperial Master: "Imperial Master, if I remember correctly, when we left the Imperial Master's Mansion, he brought 20 guards with him."

"But now, Imperial Master, you might as well count the guards who have entered the Emperor's Mausoleum. There are only sixteen left."

After these words were spoken, everyone was shocked!

Including the national teacher.

Feng Chen and Yun Ci were also in shock.

As a respected master of a sect, he had always been the focus of attention and admiration of others. He did not have the habit of paying attention to an inconspicuous guard, nor did he count the number of guards one by one when leaving the Imperial Master's Mansion.

Ye Su, Mo Chu and Su Zisheng were the eldest brothers and were very careful, but since they came in a carriage, they did not pay attention to the guards who followed them.

The reason is the same - the guards are inconspicuous and who would care about them when they are sitting in the carriage.

Now that four people are missing, there are only two possibilities.

First, before entering the imperial mausoleum, the four people left or stayed outside and did not come in.

Second, the four people disappeared after entering the imperial mausoleum, perhaps they left when they climbed the 220 steps.

The key point is that the Imperial Master knew about the departure of the four guards and whether he secretly received the Imperial Master's order.

If the Imperial Master didn't know, then there was only one other possibility...

The Imperial Master panicked and had a bad feeling in his heart.

Yu Xingwu noticed that the Imperial Master had a strange look on his face and felt that something was wrong.

He said: "Did these four people leave under the order of the Imperial Master? This matter is of great importance. I hope the Imperial Master can tell the truth."

"No, it was not my order. I don't even know when the missing four guards left!"

After saying this, he cast his eyes on the remaining sixteen guards and spoke harshly: "Tell me! When did those four leave? Anyone who doesn't tell the truth will be executed immediately!"

A group of guards knelt on the ground together, saying that they didn't know why four people were missing, nor did they know when they left. They wanted to swear to prove that they had nothing to do with this matter.

Seeing the angry look on the Imperial Master's face, Yu Xingwu's eyes flickered and she said sternly, "I hope you won't embarrass them."

"Even I just discovered it. It is not surprising that they didn't notice it, because those four people are not ordinary guards."

The Imperial Master frowned and said, "Master, what do you mean by this? If it's not an ordinary guard, then what is it?"

Yu Xingwu carefully observed the expression of the Imperial Master and determined from his expression that the departure of the four guards had nothing to do with the Imperial Master.

That can only be: "Demon Clan."

"I guess the Imperial Master doesn't know that there are many demon cultivators infiltrating the Imperial City. As far as I know, these demon cultivators are looking for something. Now it seems that they are looking for a dead fetus just like us."

"And the magic cultivators are best at disguise and illusion, which is extremely difficult to detect. I think these four disappeared guards must be the magic cultivators who sneaked in."

"Besides, they have already gone to look for dead fetuses before us. Or, they know better than us whether there are dead fetuses here, so they left early and took action first."

"But no matter what, the Imperial Master is responsible for the Demon Cultivator's intrusion into the Imperial Mausoleum. The Demon Cultivator's actions are always unsystematic, and we don't know if they will wantonly destroy the Imperial Mausoleum."

"In my opinion, the Imperial Master should lead people to search for these four demon cultivators as soon as possible. Don't let anything really go wrong, or it will be difficult for the Imperial Master to explain to His Majesty the Human Emperor."