The light was bright but not dazzling. It warmed the soul and brought peace. Wisps of black gas evaporated and disappeared. The gloomy land of death had turned into a pure land of Buddhism.
"It is indeed the Buddha's Lamp. Even though it is damaged, it still has such great power." Mengqi held the lamp and praised it calmly.
Jiang Zhiwei panted lightly and smiled. "It used to be a Dharmakaya-level treasure after all."
In the battle just now, except for Mengqi, the other three had used their trump cards. They had consumed a lot of energy and could barely speak.
Mengqi was exhausted. The lamp shrunk and returned to its original size. However, the light and warmth still fell on him. For a short while, there was no Yin Qi spreading and regenerating.
"This is …" Mengqi picked up the item.
It was a green jade pendant. It was warm to the touch and had not been contaminated by Yin Qi. There were a few thunderbolt marks on it and inscriptions on the front and back.
"God-gathering Heights … Huangpu Tao …" Mengqi's energy recovered a little and he softly recited the six inscriptions.
Ruan Yushu hugged her zither again. Her face was pale and her hair was loose. She looked gloomy and beautiful. She looked more like a ghost.
She was exhausted after playing the Ninth Heaven Phoenix Cries. She saw Mengqi looking at her but did not say anything. She shook her head, indicating that she did not know about God-gathering Heights or Huangpu Tao.
Qi Zhengyan thought for a while and said, "I wonder where it came from."
"It should be a master from the Nine Villages World. He gave you the jade pendant to ask you to tell your family and find a way to free him." Jiang Zhiwei said thoughtfully, "He inherited some of the Thunder God. The orthodoxy he left behind should be related to this. This is not only a task but also an opportunity."
"That makes sense. If there is a chance, I should send the jade pendant to God-gathering Heights." Mengqi recalled the fight just now. He was even more certain that Huangpu Tao had an Exterior skill derived from the Dharmakaya Divine Skill even if he did not get the Nine Annihilation at Heavenly Nights.
He put away the jade pendant and looked at the door of the main burial chamber. "Should we go in now? The evil spirit is inside … "
The four of them were in a half-recovered state, with less than thirty percent of their strength. If they were to encounter an evil spirit, they would be in grave danger. As such, Mengqi asked if they should wait until they were at their peak, or if they should seize the opportunity and not miss it.
"Just now, the evil ghost was illuminated by the Buddha's Lamp and retreated into the mausoleum. We have to find the clues left by Zhenwu Great Emperor as soon as possible and leave the mausoleum before it and the Exterior-level Zombie get rid of the influence." Jiang Zhiwei had always been resolute and decisive.
Qi Zhengyan echoed, "Anyway, it's suppressed and can't fight on its own. There's no difference between being here and being in the tomb."
"Finish the mission as soon as possible." An expression of disgust appeared on Ruan Yushu's cold and elegant face. The change from Life to Death and the various situations in the mausoleum made her feel uncomfortable and lost her appetite. "If it's dangerous, then stop and leave."
"Alright." Holding the bluish white lamp and Heaven Inflicted Pain, Meng Qi walked to the entrance of the main burial chamber. Looking at the pitch-black stone door, he took a deep breath. He felt as if he was witnessing history and looking back to ancient times.
An ancient mighty person who had once dominated ancient times and left a legacy in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths was about to appear in front of him.
It was an era with a long lifespan that was measured in 100,000 years. It was an era where people could catch the stars and take the moon, shoot the sun and destroy the world, and Zhenwu Great Emperor was at the top of it.
He exerted force with his right hand and the stone door slowly opened. With a heavy creaking sound, the interior of the tomb was revealed bit by bit.
Nine bronze dragons extended from all directions to the center, surrounding a coffin. It was an ordinary black coffin.
Each bronze dragon was lifelike and had the breath of a real dragon. It seemed that they had all the characteristics of a real dragon, including the mysterious Real Dragon's Aperture acupoints.
"The Primordial Copper turns into essence and transforms into a dragon …" Qi Zhengyan blurted out, but he immediately stopped because there was a figure standing in front of the ordinary black coffin.
He was tall and gave off a towering feeling. His muscles bulged and his armor bulged. His long hair danced wildly and was accompanied by lightning.
Every single black scale on the armor gave off an abnormally heavy feeling, as if every single one of them was a mountain or a star.
"This sense of familiarity …" Mengqi swallowed with difficulty. "Thunder God …"
He had actually appeared in the mausoleum of Zhenwu Great Emperor!
This change was completely unexpected to Mengqi and the others. They did not react for a moment.
After a while, Jiang Zhiwei came to her senses and said in a low voice, "It's just an afterimage formed from his breath. He borrowed the mausoleum's concealment of the mysteries of heaven and suppression to survive until now."
Only after her reminder did Mengqi realize that the Thunder God's back was illusory and did not feel real.
"Perhaps after Zhenwu Great Emperor disappeared, as a friend who worked together to suppress the Nine Serenities and subdue demons, the Thunder God once searched for his whereabouts and found this place," Mengqi guessed.
Qi Zhengyan was still expressionless. "But such a powerful being would not let his breath leak unless it was on purpose. What news is the Thunder God trying to tell those who come after him?"
"Perhaps his mind was agitated and he could not control his breath." Ruan Yushu thought for a moment. If someone had snatched his food, he would definitely be agitated and his breath would leak.
What could have caused the Thunder God to be so agitated? Mengqi approached slowly, wanting to walk in front of the Thunder God to see if there was any news left behind.
Jiang Zhiwei guarded his back while Ruan Yushu and Qi Zhengyan followed closely behind.
Before they even got close, the Thunder God's figure gradually turned illusory and disappeared, leaving only the remnants of the thunderbolt marks on the opposite wall.
These thunderbolt marks were not sentient, nor did they have the majesty of thunder. They were bottomless, as if they led to the World of Darkness.
"This is caused by the Thunder God's overflowing breath. Some of the Gist of Trueness is gone." As the one who had inherited the Thunder God's legacy, Mengqi could tell the reason at a glance.
Jiang Zhiwei said thoughtfully, "Huangfu Tao must have comprehended the 'Thunder Execution' here."
"I wonder where these thunderbolt marks lead to …" Qi Zhengyan looked at the bottomless thunderbolt marks and muttered to himself.
Behind them was not a wall, nor another tomb chamber, but a deep darkness.
"These Copper Dragon Essences have lost their vitality and have become dead again." Ruan Yushu's eyes lit up as he looked at the nine bronze dragons. He did not have so much Copper Essence at home, not to mention that it was sentient and refined. If it was converted into Karma points or food …
However, Mengqi and the others did not dare to touch the Copper Dragon Essences, fearing that they would destroy the arrangement and release the "evil ghost". Even if they wanted to touch them, they could not put them in the Space Ring.
On the four walls, except for the ones damaged by the thunderbolt marks, there were paintings. Some were of an old man in Taoist robes lying on the clouds, his sword developing heaven and earth. Some were of an emperor in a royal robe riding a flying snake and sitting on a black turtle. Some were of two figures fighting in the void, the surrounding stars falling like the sun.
They were all paintings without Gist of Trueness. Painted here, they might be describing the life of Zhenwu Great Emperor.
The four of them did not pay attention to these paintings for the time being. They hurriedly looked at the black coffin surrounded by the dragons.
It was ordinary, with a slight air of death. But in the mausoleum of Zhenwu Great Emperor, it seemed abnormal with the other extraordinary objects.
"There are words on it." Mengqi had sharp eyes and saw two lines of seal script on the coffin lid.
Jiang Zhiwei tried hard to identify them. "Cut off a trace of evil thoughts to die for me …"
The more she read, the softer her voice became, as if she was afraid of alarming the evil ghost. "Buried here for one lifetime."
"Evil thoughts to die for me, body for one lifetime …" Mengqi was shocked and repeated these words.
"Could it be that the 'evil ghost' was formed by Zhenwu Great Emperor's evil thoughts? But why is it still alive?" Jiang Zhiwei frowned, puzzled. Even Zhenwu Great Emperor could not escape death. How could the evil thoughts he used to die for him survive until now?
The others looked at each other, unable to understand the mystery. They turned to look at the coffin.
"Is the body of Zhenwu Great Emperor inside?" Qi Zhengyan's paralyzed face changed slightly, revealing a rare trace of excitement.
Meng Qi looked straight ahead. "That should be the case. Perhaps the clue lies with him in this life …"
"Did Zhenwu Great Emperor reincarnate? But that's still considered death. If we find his body, we should have completed the task … The answer to the mystery of Zhenwu Great Emperor's death is that he reincarnated … "With Ananda as a precedent, it was not difficult for Jiang Zhiwei to make such a guess. She became even more puzzled.
After a pause, she and Mengqi spoke at the same time.
"Should we open it and take a look?"
Ruan Yushu looked at the zither and did not comment on their suggestion. Qi Zhengyan looked at the sky and sighed. This was indeed their style of doing things.
Since they could stop and return, they did not say anything.
Mengqi and Jiang Zhiwei walked to the front of the coffin at the same time as Mengqi passed by a Copper Dragon Essence.
The coffin looked ordinary, but it was isolated from all spiritual prying. Mengqi could not sense the situation inside at all. It was as if he was facing a deep and heavy cliff.
They looked at each other. Jiang Zhiwei raised her sword, ready to attack. Mengqi held the bluish white lamp in his left hand, fearing that the corpse would turn. He stretched out Heaven Inflicted Pain and stabbed it into the gap below the lid of the coffin.
"It doesn't move …"
"It's so heavy!" Mengqi took a deep breath and operated his genuine Qi to its peak, bursting forth with all his strength.
There was a harsh sound of friction, and the lid finally moved. Mengqi's face was red as he used all his strength.
Heaven Inflicted Pain was bent as if it was about to break. The lid moved a little, allowing the two to see the scene inside.
The bottom was red, empty, and intact. There was no Zhenwu Great Emperor's body!
"This …" The two were shocked at the same time. They had clearly said that the body of a lifetime was buried here, but no changes had occurred. Nothing surprised them as much as the emptiness before them!
"Where did the body of a lifetime go?
Did it combine with the Evil Spirit? "
"No," Qi Zhengyan and Ruan Yushu leaned over and murmured to themselves.
Jiang Zhiwei immediately came to a realization. "It's indeed not right. If the body of a lifetime was really here, its breath would have dissipated after death, leaving an indelible mark inside the coffin. But there's nothing inside. It's intact."
"That is to say, when Zhenwu Great Emperor finished building the mausoleum and was about to die here, he suddenly floated away and didn't even enter the coffin. That's why the Evil Spirit didn't die in his place?" Mengqi frowned. "No wonder the Thunder God was agitated and his breath leaked!"
"No wonder it's called Zhenwu's Decoy Grave …"
Mengqi suddenly saw a small piece of something pressed down at the bottom of the coffin. He said solemnly, "Zhenwu Great Emperor once put something in here. Did he take it away when he left, or was it taken away by someone else?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of chilly wind blew and the door of the tomb closed with a bang!
At the same time, the cold voice of the Dominator of Samsara in Six Realms sounded in their ears.
"The second step of the mystery of Zhenwu's death: find the Black Tortoise Pendant."
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