Shen Lang examined the box carefully. It looked exactly the same as the one given to him by the Great Yan Empire. It looked like a complete cube without any gaps. It was about one cubic meter in size, but the two boxes were different in color.
Of course, Shen Lang still did not know what the Great Yan Empire wanted him to do with the box.
However, there was a problem. Why did Emperor Jiang Li place the box here? Did he know that his descendants would come? This kind of thing was completely unpredictable.
Or was there some other connection?
Then how could he open the box? There was no place to enter the password.
Shen Lang's gaze fell on the words: Only my successor can open it. Jiang Li.
There was a depression below the word "open". If there was a mechanism, it should be here. Shen Lang placed his finger on the depression.
Could it be a fingerprint lock? It couldn't be that advanced.
"Ah …" Suddenly, he felt a pain in his finger, as if he had been bitten.
It was not as if he had been bitten. It was a very long and slender creature. It should be a type of snake. An ancient snake?
This fit the characteristics of this place. This ancient relic was hidden by the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave, and there were countless snakes here.
After biting Shen Lang and sucking his blood, there was a movement inside the box. It was as if an Ancient Snake was swimming inside. Suddenly, he felt as if the box was being unlocked from the inside.
F * ck, isn't this too advanced? Living Body Lock?
Using the Ancient Snake to test the bloodline, and if the blood matched, it would open the box from the inside. If the blood did not match, then … then the person who was bitten would probably be poisoned to death.
Very quickly, a crack appeared in the box.
"Let me do it," Qiu Yao 'er said.
She was afraid that there might be some mechanism inside that would harm Shen Lang, so she walked up to open the box.
In the end, it was empty.
Where was the treasure? The dragon egg? Why was there nothing?
It was a one-cubic meter box, and there was nothing inside? Was this appropriate?
However, Shen Lang quickly found a letter inside. The envelope was blank, and there was nothing like "for my son".
Shen Lang opened the envelope and took out the letter inside. Jiang Li's handwriting appeared.
He had seen Jiang Li's personal letter. In the underground tomb of the Queen City of the West Lun Dynasty, he had obtained a handwritten book. It was originally left by Jiang Li for his elder sister, Princess Helen.
At that time, Jiang Li's words were like flying dragons and dancing phoenixes. Every word was filled with arrogance and sword qi, as if they were about to fly out from the paper.
On the other hand, the handwriting on the letter in front of him was much more restrained and even seemed to be a little tired. Although it was still his handwriting, the words on the letter were no longer floating up but sinking down.
After a long while, Shen Lang finally collected his surging thoughts and looked at the contents.
"Child, I don't know if you're a man or a woman. I don't even know if you exist, but if you see this letter, it means that I've already failed and am no longer in this world."
When he read the first paragraph, Shen Lang's heart could not help but twitch slightly.
In everyone's impression, Jiang Li was high-spirited and filled with absolute confidence in victory. However, from this letter, it could be seen that he seemed to have some sort of foresight of his tragic fate.
"If you did not inherit my business, and lived your life peacefully as an ordinary person, that would be great. However, if you see this letter, it means that you've already walked on my path. "
"As your father, I really want to summarize and tell you how to walk towards success, and how to avoid failure. However, no matter how much he thought about it, he could not write even half a sentence. If a person manages a small business, they often do not know how to succeed. If they fail, they do not know how to fail. "
Jiang Li's words had spoken a myriad of truths. This world was often like this. The success of a small business was often due to a gust of wind. When the wind came, even pigs could fly. When the wind left, even kites would fall.
"However, what we are undertaking is a big business, the biggest business in this world. If I fail, it can only mean one thing, and that is that my destiny has not arrived!"
"Most of my plans will only bear fruit after a few decades. However, my enemies may not give me a few decades."
Just this sentence alone made Shen Lang want to curse. How many strategies did Jiang Li plan decades ago? How many? In the end, they all benefited the Great Yan Empire and the other transcendent powers.
"Perhaps not all of these plans will fall into your hands. However, as your father, I have left you the greatest inheritance. This inheritance surpasses everything that I have, and even surpasses the entire Great Qian Empire."
Shen Lang could not help but be stunned. Such an amazing inheritance? What exactly was it?
Was there anything more precious than the entire Great Qian Empire in this world?
Of course there was!
To Shen Lang, an empire did not have much value.
His mission was to avenge the world and defeat the Great Yan Empire. As long as it could help him achieve this goal, it would be the most precious thing.
"As your father, I have a shadow. His name is Ghost Noon. He is always hiding in the shadows. He has been protecting me since I was born. He is almost inseparable."
Ghost Noon?
Shen Lang had never heard of this person. To a certain extent, Xue Yin could be considered as Jiang Li's direct descendant. However, Shen Lang had never heard her mention Ghost Noon.
"As your father, I asked Ghost Noon to bring that most precious inheritance away from the East and to the West. This object is the key to defeating the Great Yan Empire. When you grow up, this object will also grow up and become a strategic weapon. "
This object can grow up? And a strategic weapon at that?
What could it be?
The first thing that came to Shen Lang's mind was a dragon. This was because the dragon egg had left a deep impression on him.
When the Blazing Dragon Comet crashed into the ground, it left behind a narrow crater. The scale indentations really did look like a dragon egg.
Shen Lang boldly imagined that if Jiang Li had really obtained the dragon egg back then and had already hatched it, how would he feel then? Time waits for no man!
Even a newly hatched dragon would not have much combat power. It would need at least a few decades to grow.
However, his enemies might not give Jiang Li that much time. The final battle between him and the Great Yan Empire was about to begin. Therefore, Jiang Li sighed deeply. His destiny had yet to arrive.
However, if Jiang Li's most precious inheritance was really a dragon, then … it would be truly heaven-defying. It would indeed be the true strategic weapon to defeat the Great Yan Empire.
"Ghost Noon is in the Fiery Flame City in the West. My son, you can look for him and obtain my inheritance."
"Remember, before you obtain my inheritance, you must not fight against the Great Yan Empire. Remember, remember."
Fiery Flame City?
Shen Lang had been in the West for a long time, but he had never heard of Fiery Flame City.
"Finally, if I die, you must not investigate the cause of my death. Do not think about avenging me, and do not look for the so-called murderer. Remember, remember!"
"In the end, I could not help but imagine your appearance in my mind." These were the last words of the letter.
This was not just a letter. It could be considered as Jiang Li's will. He did not want to reveal any of his emotions, but in the end, he could not hold it in. Shen Lang stared blankly at the last words for a long time.
After reading this letter, Shen Lang only felt one emotion.
Pessimism, despair, but also a hint of hope.
Jiang Li seemed to have foreseen his own failure, and even death. Moreover, he was completely unsure whether his son could be born or not, and whether he could survive.
In this will, he tried his best to suppress all his emotions. This was not his personality, but rather, he did not want Shen Lang to see any clues and guess some secrets, such as the secret of Jiang Li's sudden death.
Moreover, in this letter, he did not mention the location of the Fiery Flame City in the West, nor did he mention how to find Ghost Noon. He did not even mention what his most precious inheritance was. What did this prove?
It proved that he did not dare to guarantee that this letter would definitely fall into Shen Lang's hands, so he did not dare to speak too clearly.
It was clear that Jiang Li's situation at that time was already very pessimistic. However, in the eyes of the world, Jiang Li was invincible. If not for his sudden death, he would have already achieved complete victory. He would have even defeated and destroyed the Great Yan Empire.
Just what was the reason? Why was he so pessimistic?
Shen Lang read the letter again and again, shining it against the light to see if there were any hidden lines or other clues. In the end, there were none. This was the entirety of the letter.
Shen Lang scanned it again and again, scanning it in all directions and recording it in his brain.
About a few minutes later.
The letter suddenly combusted, and there was no way to stop it.
In almost an instant, the entire letter was completely reduced to ashes.
Shen Lang was stunned for a long time, not making a sound.
Suddenly, Chou Yao 'er said, "Why did Jiang Li guess that you would come here?"
Shen Lang shook his head. There were some details that he did not want to touch or think too deeply about, because the truth was like a ferocious beast.
However, there was one thing that Shen Lang really wanted to know. How many copies of this letter were there? Was it just one copy, or were there many copies?
Could it be that there was a chest in the most hidden depths of the ancient ruins that Jiang Li had visited? Could it be that as long as Shen Lang went to one of them, he would be able to see this … will?
Western World, Fiery Flame City, Phantom Noon.
Dragon?!
These keywords appeared in Shen Lang's mind, but no matter what, he could not go to the Western World right now.
He had not even destroyed Stupa Mountain and Ying Guang, let alone the Great Yan Empire.
There was also a very important point. Why did Jiang Li's will not mention the White Jade Capital at all? This was clearly not normal. The White Jade Capital was extremely important to Jiang Li.
Shen Lang lay on the ground, staring at the ceiling in a daze.
Everything here was carved out of ancient rocks, and there were all kinds of snakes.
Putting aside the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave, the temple in the Vajra Peak also worshipped a man with a human face and a snake's body. It was very strange.
"The Dragon Sword has fallen into Sect Head Ren's hands. What should we do?" Chou Yao 'er asked.
Shen Lang shook his head and said, "No, that is not the Dragon Sword."
"No?" Chou Yao 'er said, "But it is very mysterious, and it fits all the characteristics of the Dragon Sword."
Indeed, the Dragon Heart was installed on the body of the traitor of the Ancient Empire, the Jiang Dynasty. Moreover, it was clearly written that the traitor was from the Jiang Dynasty.
However, Shen Lang had clearly seen the clothes on the two monarchs' bodies and the crowns on their heads clearly from the temple in the ancient ruins of the Vajra Peak and the stone coffin in the ancient plaza. Everything proved that they were monarchs and not emperors.
What did this prove? That they lost the throne?
Because of the greatest traitor, the Ancient Jiang Clan, lost the throne?
But without a doubt, these three people were all from the Ancient Jiang Clan. The traitor was from the earliest era, followed by the ancient king in the stone coffin, and finally the ancient king kneeling on the ground in the temple.
Shen Lang boldly guessed that these three people were from three generations.
The Dragon Heart was installed on the body of the traitor of the Jiang Clan, and the Ancient King's Ring was in the hands of the last king of the Jiang Clan.
Then, the Dragon Sword should be on the body of the king in the stone coffin, and when he was buried, he was holding the sword with both hands.
So, no matter what, the sword should be the Dragon Sword, but Shen Lang actually said it wasn't.
"The Dragon Sword is only my guess." Shen Lang said, "I can feel that there are three pieces in this set of equipment, and there must be another weapon. But whether it is a sword, a saber, or something else, is completely unknown. I can only be sure if it is in my hands, but the golden sword is definitely not it. I knew it when I held it. Although it is very precious, it is not the Dragon Sword."
At this time, Shen Lang really felt that time waited for no man.
He really wanted to have enough time to develop. Just like the old saying, develop slowly and don't be reckless.
But the enemy wouldn't give you this time. This time, Ying Guang and Stupa Mountain suffered such a big loss. Not only did they not catch Shen Lang, but they also let Prince Jin and tens of thousands of people escape. Even the Southern Sea Domain's ancient ruins collapsed, and there were countless casualties. What would they do?
Of course, it was revenge, the cruelest revenge.
Ying Wuming's army was currently at the northern border of Chu. What about you? You could directly kill your way into Chu and destroy the royal capital.
But among the three countries, the State of Yue had the closest relationship with Shen Lang. If they wanted revenge, they could only give Shen Lang the most painful blow by destroying the State of Yue's royal capital.
"Let's go. Let's quickly leave this place." Shen Lang said, "If nothing unexpected happens, Ying Wuming's army has already headed south to carry out the craziest revenge against us."
This was the deepest stone room in the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave. It should be a tomb.
That was because Shen Lang saw a stone coffin. However, it was completely empty.
If he guessed correctly, this should be the tomb of an emperor of the ancient Jiang royal family. But why was there no corpse inside?
But if that was the case, then it wasn't a coincidence that Jiang Li had left his will here. Because Shen Lang was also a descendant of the Jiang royal family, it seemed normal to find his ancestor's tomb.
This sarcophagus was completely empty, but there was a corpse inside. It was the corpse of the Primordial King from the Primordial Plaza's sarcophagus. When Shen Lang had activated the Yin Yang Road Nightmare Stone's button, this corpse had followed him here. Following that, Chou Yao 'er had brought him along the Primordial King's special passageway for over 2,000 kilometers before arriving here.
Moreover, the corpse was still very lifelike, without any signs of decay.
"Put him in this big box," Shen Lang said.
Chou Yao 'er put the corpse of the ancient Jiang royal family into the box.
Next, Shen Lang studied the tomb, planning on how to open it and leave.
… … …
The tomb wasn't very big, only a hundred square meters. The walls and floor were covered with reliefs of a man with a human face and a snake's body. This should be the totem worshiped by the ancient Jiang royal family.
But there were no mechanisms, no entrances or exits.
It was really strange.
There were no Nightmare Stone buttons, no palm prints, nothing at all.
How could he open it? How could he leave?
Next, Shen Lang studied it for a long time, even looking for the holes and eyes on every relief, but to no avail.
Was he trapped here? That was impossible. Emperor Jiang Li had entered and exited this place before.
At that moment, a snow-white snake swam over.
So familiar.
It swam in front of Shen Lang, raised its head, and looked him in the eye.
It was still the Snake King from the Ten Thousand Snake Cave. It was even filled with mysterious colors, with a flesh crown on its head and a snow-white body. In the darkness, it even shone with light and a strong energy aura.
Shen Lang clearly remembered that the Snake King had left immediately after seeing Shen Lang. Then, the hundreds of thousands of snakes had also left like a tide. They had an attitude of keeping a respectful distance from him.
What about now?
"Long time no see," Shen Lang said, then reached out to touch its neck.
The Snake King was very arrogant. It dodged at lightning speed, but after a moment, it stopped again, allowing Shen Lang to touch its neck.
Shen Lang sensed that its gaze had landed on his finger, on the Ancient King's Ring.
"How have you been all these years? How have your people been? "Shen Lang asked.
Because this ancient relic had been occupied by the Sky-sea Pavilion and then looted by Stupa Mountain, he did not know if these hundreds of thousands of poisonous snakes had been harmed.
The Snake King didn't respond to him. After being touched by Shen Lang, it slithered away like a bolt of lightning and drilled into a hole.
At the same time, hundreds of thousands of snakes of all kinds of colors appeared. They kept slithering inside the walls.
"Kacha, kacha …"
"Bang, bang, bang …"
It was like the sound of countless locks being pushed open.
Shen Lang was completely stupefied. He did not think that the ancient tomb of the Jiang Dynasty was not opened by the Nightmare Stone, but by the Ten Thousand Snake Key.
The thousands of snakes were the key itself. Only when they felt the people of the Jiang Dynasty would they open this place.
After a moment!
* rumble rumble rumble *
With a rumble, a door in front slowly opened. In front of them was a river, an underground river.
Within the Ten Thousand Snake Cave, there was an underground river, but the river water did not flow into the ancient tomb.
The snow-white Snake King came out of the hole, and led the way into the underground river.
Chou Yao'er carried the big chest on her left and held Shen Lang in her right as she followed behind the Snake King.
* rumble rumble rumble * The tomb door behind them slowly closed.
Under the lead of the Snake King, Chou Yao'er brought Shen Lang upstream in the underground river.
Originally, Shen Lang was worried that they would encounter the warriors of Stupa Mountain. However, he dispelled this worry later on. This was because the Snake King had swum for a very long time in the underground river. It had been more than six hours. With such a fast speed, they had already swum a hundred to two hundred kilometers. They had long left the range of the ancient ruins.
Finally, the Snake King in front stopped.
The underground river in front of them had already reached its end, and a door blocked the way.
Shen Lang saw another spectacle. The door seemed to be airtight, but water kept seeping out.
On the door, there was also a human-faced snake carving. It was exactly the same as the carving in the temple in the Vajra Peak Ancient Ruins.
The Snake King drilled into the hole of the door and started to swim inside.
* kacha kacha … * Once again, the lock inside the door was activated.
After a moment, the door opened. Outside was a normal river, and they could return to the surface.
Shen Lang looked at the Snake King and waved. "Goodbye."
The Snake King glanced at Shen Lang, then the stone door slowly closed. It quickly swam back to the 10,000 Snakes Cave.
It turned out that the Snake King was the guardian of the ancient Jiang Clan tomb. Its family had been guarding this tomb for generations.
… …..
They rushed out of the river and returned to the surface. This was the northern part of the Sand Barbaric Tribe, where Zhu Hongxue's fire had last burned.
South of this line, all of the primordial forests had been burned. North of this line, all of the forests had survived.
Chou Yao'er carried Shen Lang as she sprinted. Her speed was too shocking, faster than any steed's. She could reach three to four hundred miles per hour, and she was completely relying on her bloodline power, not inner force. She seemed to not know fatigue.
In just a day, the two left the Sand Barbaric Tribe's territory and entered the Southern Kingdom. After another half a day, the two entered the State of Yue's Tiannan Province.
After another half a day, Shen Lang and Chou Yao'er had already returned to the Marquis Xuanwu Residence.
"Greetings, Your Majesty …"
"Greetings, Your Majesty …"
Hundreds of warriors knelt down neatly.
Although this used to be his home, ever since Shen Lang had returned, he had never stayed here. Jin Zhuo and his wife, as well as Jin Mucong, had also never stayed here. Most of the time, they were in Raging Tide City.
Because Mulan was not here, this former home did not feel like a home. In order to avoid being reminded of the past, no one was willing to stay here.
"Your Majesty, the Blackwater Platform has an urgent report. Ying Wuming's army of hundreds of thousands has already entered the Chu Kingdom. However, they did not attack the Chu Kingdom's capital. Instead, they are heading east. If I am not wrong, his target should be the State of Yue's capital."
Wu Chuyue and the Da Qian Empire both had the Blackwater Platform, and their intelligence was almost the same.
As soon as Shen Lang returned to the Marquis Xuanwu Residence, he immediately sent a special warrior riding a snow eagle to Raging Tide City to deliver the news.
Because of the lack of time, Shen Lang could not even return to Raging Tide City.
"This decree is for Prince Jin. Sha Jin is conferred the title of King of Da Nan, the Prime Minister of the Da Qian Empire, and is in charge of internal affairs."
"Su Nan is conferred the title of Deputy Secretary of the Da Qian Empire's Bureau of Military Affairs. He will train the new army together with Lan Dao and Lan Feng."
"This is a secret letter for Xue Yin. You must hand it to her personally."
"Tell Dachao to come to the Marquis Xuanwu Residence as soon as possible."
Shen Lang wrote a decree and stored it in the Nightmare Stone box before handing it over to the special warrior.
"Yes!" This special force warrior of the Great Qian Empire immediately rode on a snow eagle and flew towards the Raging Tidewater City.
A few hours later!
A dozen black figures flew over the Marquis Xuanwu Residence. Leading them was a supersonic flying beast. It directly swooped down and landed beside Shen Lang.
A moment later, a dozen snow eagles landed. Riding on them were more than thirty special warriors wearing ancient equipment.
"Send ten people to escort this box back to Raging Tide City and hide it under the castle." Shen Lang ordered.
"Yes!" The ten Grandmaster experts took off once again and flew towards Raging Tide City with the huge box.
Shen Lang did not stop either. He and Chou Yao 'er rode on Dachao and flew high into the sky.
"Full speed ahead. Our destination is Tianyue City!"
Following his order, the twenty Grandmaster special warriors rode snow eagles and followed behind Shen Lang towards the capital of the State of Yue.
It was truly urgent and could not be delayed for even a moment.
… …..
Revenge, revenge, revenge!
This was the common will of Ying Guang and Stupa Mountain's Sect Master Ren.
This time, they had lost so badly with Shen Lang. Not only had they lost face, but they had also suffered heavy losses. They had to return the favor to Shen Lang and give him the most painful blow possible.
The Ying father and son knew that even if they destroyed Tianyue City and killed the entire Ning clan royal family, they would not be able to bring any substantial damage to Shen Lang. However, they would be able to make Shen Lang's heart ache and bring about a devastating blow to his reputation.
How close were Shen Lang and Ning Zheng? How close were he to Zhang Chong, Bian Xiao, and the others?
If they killed everyone in the court of the State of Yue, it should be enough to make Shen Lang's heart ache and make him vomit three liters of blood.
Shen Lang only had one Dragon's Regret, which was used to protect Raging Tide City. Let's see what other strength he had left to protect Tianyue City.
As for Tianyue City's defense?
In front of Ying Wuming's army, it was a complete joke. It should be known that more than 60% of Ying Wuming's army was the Hell Legion, a secret legion equipped with ancient equipment.
Moreover, there were more than a thousand special warriors in the air, as well as countless ancient giant crossbows and ancient giant crossbows.
In front of Ying Wuming's army, the State of Yue's defense line was more fragile than a piece of paper. Moreover, it was a piece of paper that had been soaked in water.
In less than a quarter of an hour, he would be able to destroy Tianyue City's defense line.
In less than an hour, his special warriors in the air would be able to occupy the palace of the State of Yue and capture all the officials of the State of Yue in one fell swoop.
Shen Lang, you care about too many people. This means that you are destined to have too many weaknesses.
Since Lady Jin's tens of thousands of people can't become our hostages, then the Yue Kingdom's monarch and ministers are the same. The commoners of Tianyue City are the same. We can use them to threaten you. You care about Prince Jin's tens of thousands of people, but don't you care about Ning Zheng and the others?
After marching for several days and nights, they passed by many cities of the Chu State and the State of Yue. Ying Wuming completely ignored them and rushed straight to the Tianyue City.
At this time, the capital of the State of Yue, Tianyue City, was right in front of them!
Revenge, revenge, the cruelest revenge!
Ying Wuming suddenly ordered, "Attack with the army! Kill every last one of the 200,000 defenders of the Yue Kingdom!"
"Special warriors in the air, attack the palace of the State of Yue and capture all the officials of the State of Yue in one fell swoop!"
Following Ying Wuming's order, his army of more than a hundred thousand soldiers rushed toward the palace of the State of Yue like a tidal wave.
More than a thousand special warriors rode snow eagles and flew toward the palace of the State of Yue at lightning speed.
"Within an hour, we will completely end this battle!"
… …
Note: The first report has been sent. I will go eat and write the second report. The monthly votes are very dangerous. Brothers, please lend me a hand. I bow and thank you!
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
