The two stood at the bottom of a set of steps leading to a building even more expansive than a palace. The steps were few, forming an arc that encircled the entire structure, giving it a magnificent yet strangely eerie appearance.
In a flash, Geng Qi ascended the steps and looked up. He could immediately see the plaque made of Soul-Locking Jade hanging above him, with two words engraved on it: Mausoleum.
When a guard stepped forward, Rong Yu showed him his princely jade seal. The two guards exchanged a glance. Having received Emperor Mingde's orders, they dared not stop him. They handed him a token, bowed, and then withdrew.
Geng Qi was pulled into the mausoleum. His gaze lingered on the two guards for a while, then he raised an eyebrow with interest and turned around to ask, "If we were to force our way in, are you confident you could succeed?"
Rong Yu answered honestly, "No."
"..."
Indeed, the two outermost guards alone possess the cultivation of the late Nascent Soul stage. As soon as they entered the mausoleum, they could feel the fluctuations of the barrier. The further they went in, the greater the danger would inevitably be. If they forced their way in, who knows what kind of trouble they would cause.
No wonder this person said that using royal status makes things convenient; it is indeed very necessary.
"Why are we looking for Prince Zhan's tomb? Are you going to dig it up?"
He asked casually, and Rong Yu gave a soft "hmm".
Geng Qi was taken aback.
They really need to dig up the grave!
The spiritual energy exploded, and a hundred years have passed since then. All that's left is a pile of bones. What can you find by digging up the grave?
Seeing that Rong Yu's expression remained unyielding, he did not ask any further questions.
The deeper they went, the heavier the yin energy became, and the surrounding silence was eerie. Rong Yu pulled him into the leftmost stone door. Zhan Wang was also a royal ancestor, but he was not an emperor after all. It was already a great honor for his tomb to be built in the mausoleum complex, but it could not compare to the heavily fortified tombs of emperors.
The two of them passed through three barriers with the tokens and arrived at the outside of King Zhan's tomb.
Rong Yu gently pushed open the door and entered. The tomb chamber was spacious, like a stone cave. The walls and ceiling of the tomb chamber were covered with dense scriptures, and luminous pearls were embedded in the corners for illumination.
"Are we really going to dig up the grave?"
Wouldn't that be too disrespectful to the deceased?
This tomb was not quite what he had imagined; it wasn't the kind of mound he had envisioned. He had even wanted to see the refined and extraordinary young sect leader digging up a grave with something!
Before them was indeed a circular tomb, but it was made of marble.
Zhan Wang Zongshao, courtesy name Qingyi.
The tombstone was erected by Emperor Mingde himself, and incense sticks are still burned in front of the tomb, which has been done without interruption for hundreds of years.
The emperor seemed to treat his younger brother well.
Rong Yu responded calmly, gently released his hand, and approached the tombstone. A flash of silver light appeared in the tomb chamber, and a familiar sword appeared in Rong Yu's hand.
Geng Qi was slightly startled; the Drunken Shadow Sword seemed to be something he hadn't seen in a long time.
He had no idea that Rong Yu carried it with him at all times.
The scabbard is silver with an ancient pattern, but the blade is a deep red, like blood.
A fleeting glimpse of red light appeared on Mount Pipi, exuding a dazzling and menacing aura.
He didn't know why Rong Yu, given his status, carried such a blood-red longsword, rarely drawing it, or whether he couldn't draw it at all.
Before he could think further, the blood-red blade had already drawn a small section from its sheath, and then it was fully drawn. The blade, without any spiritual energy or shining blood-red light, was like a fine ruby, crystal clear under the illumination of the luminous pearl.
It may seem fragile and easily broken, but it is actually indestructible.
Rong Yu pressed the tip of his sword against the joint between the coffin lid and the coffin body, and with a forceful flick, as if triggering some mechanism, after a strange sound, the coffin lid moved slightly and slid open from the coffin body on its own.
"It's open already?"
Geng Qi glanced at Rong Yu in surprise. This man's method of prying open a coffin was extremely skillful. This was his real royal uncle!
Without much thought, Geng Qi also joined in.
As he expected, the corpse in the coffin had been reduced to bare bones after a hundred years, but the human appearance was still discernible.
But this skeleton...
Geng Qi looked at the eight-foot-tall man opposite him, then at the skeleton in the coffin, and frowned in confusion: "Is your royal uncle... very short?"
Even if this skeleton were restored to its original flesh, it would never be more than seven feet tall.
Rong Yu said, "Cultivating to the Foundation Establishment stage will stabilize the physical body."
In other words, it is what people in the mortal world call the ability to preserve one's youthful appearance.
"The Imperial Uncle was only seventeen years old when he established his foundation."
Geng Qi: "Then you..."
Rong Yu established his foundation at the age of fifteen. If he had fixed his appearance at that time, wouldn't he be less than seven feet tall?
He looked at himself again, gestured to Rong Yu, and an image of a beautifully sculpted fifteen-year-old boy appeared in his mind.
"If you were still in the capital back then, you would definitely have had many suitors."
Rong Yu: "..."
Seeing the excitement in his eyes, Rong Yu felt helpless.
That so-called proposal to marry was probably referring to himself.
Rong Yu did not answer, but suddenly raised his hand gently. A spiritual light entered the coffin, and the intact skeleton instantly shrank, with the bones becoming thicker and the frame becoming shorter.
Geng Qi: "..."
He saw clearly what the man did, and what was most surprising was that he did nothing at all!
He simply transformed the skeleton they saw back into his original form!
"This corpse... is it fake?"
No wonder this person opened the coffin so readily!
This isn't some royal uncle at all! He's some imposter from who-knows-where!
Geng Qi asked, "When did you find out?"
Rong Yu closed the coffin again: "When I saw you."
“…？…”
Seeing that he still didn't understand, Rong Yu continued, "Transforming form and bones, deceiving the real from the fake, none of the royal family's experts could see through it. It fooled everyone. In this world, only one person can do it."
Geng Qi was slightly taken aback, and his eyes gradually darkened.
Regarding the guardians of the demon realm, one of them was described as: "A dual saint of medicine and poison, capable of teleporting and transforming bones, dispersing demonic poisons and mists, and killing without a trace."
This is Xie Beiying's most common method of murder.
"Transformation and Bone Shaping" is the act of changing a person's physical body and bones into whatever shape they desire. It is often used to twist a person's body, forcibly breaking their bones and causing them unbearable pain. "Chidu Sanwu" is a poison he concocted himself. It is colorless and odorless. When it is dispersed in the air and inhaled, it shatters the primordial spirit, causing the body to explode like a blood mist, resulting in a horrifying death.
If this corpse was created by Xie Beiying, then the real Zhan Wang...
Rong Yu said he knew it when he met him.
In Gefeng Town, the people who accompanied him.
A seventeen-year-old boy who has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and His Highness the Zhan Prince who has gone mad from cultivation!
The protector, who looks to be seventeen years old, is a boy who was taken back by Xie Beiying a hundred years ago!
Qinghan, who had been scrutinized by Rong Yu for a long time in Gefeng Town!
Qinghan has lost her memory and remembers nothing!
Geng Qi, his face filled with disbelief, slowly raised his eyes and said, "Qing Han is the Prince Zhan?"
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