PS: Update completed. I'm exhausted but satisfied. It would be even better if I could come again with a monthly pass.
After a quarter of an hour, an elder in vermillion came out of the main hall and stood in the middle of the crowd. He raised his voice and said, "Same rules. Those on duty at the Inner Mausoleum, stand on the east side. Those on duty at the Outer Mausoleum, stand on the west side."
He was tall and burly, standing in the crowd like an iron tower. His voice was loud and clear, echoing throughout the martial arts field.
The crowd quieted down and quickly split into two rows.
Chu Li stood on the east side. There were three others with him.
Chu Li glanced at the three of them without saying a word. Judging from their expressions, they did not want to talk to him.
The elder in vermillion swept his gaze across the crowd. His gaze was like lightning. Everyone kept quiet out of fear and did not make a single sound.
Chu Li's Omniscient Mirror had lost its effect and he could not see his appearance. From the elder's gaze and spirit, he estimated that his cultivation level should be about two hundred years.
The aura of such a master was naturally different and could suppress the crowd.
"Those on duty at the Outer Mausoleum, do what you need to do. Those on duty at the Inner Mausoleum, follow me!" The elder in vermillion waved his hand and walked towards the main hall.
Chu Li and the other three followed behind him and soon arrived at a rockery.
This rockery was unique, simple and unadorned.
The elder in vermillion pressed on the rockery and a deep cave entrance appeared with a "rumble". Gusts of cold wind blew out.
The elder in vermillion led the three down without hesitation. They slowly walked down more than a hundred steps and stepped onto a wide avenue.
The avenue was wide and clean, without a speck of dust. Of course, since they were deep underground, there would not be any dust falling.
The avenue could accommodate five horse carriages traveling side by side. The green bricks on the ground were shiny and the surroundings were quiet. They could not even hear their footsteps.
As soon as Chu Li stepped onto the green brick ground, he felt an invisible pressure on his face. His scalp went numb and alarm bells kept ringing in his mind. It seemed to be reminding him of the danger around him and telling him to flee immediately.
He suppressed the urge to flee and followed the elder in vermillion. He looked straight ahead and looked left and right from the corner of his eyes. The walls on both sides and the ceiling were engraved with Spirit Beast Drawings.
He saw Spirit Cranes and Spirit Tigers on them. They were sixty to seventy percent similar. It was not easy.
Putting everything else aside, just these spirit beast diagrams alone were already rare treasures in the outside world.
Most of the secret manuals of the first-rate martial arts sects in the Great Ji Dynasty were derived from spirit beasts, but unfortunately, there were no illustrations of spirit beasts. They treated spirit beasts as legends for less than a thousand years as no one had actually seen them. The illustrations were getting more and more outrageous, treating wild beasts as spirit beasts. They felt that spirit beasts should look similar to wild beasts, but they did not know that spirit beasts and wild beasts were not the same species at all.
Therefore, the paintings of spiritual beasts today were far from the original appearance of the spiritual beasts.
Although his Omniscient Mirror could not see his appearance, his mind was still quick-witted. He could imprint the information in his mind with just one sweep. At the same time, he was also observing the traces of the formations around him. The formations here were truly brilliant. Up until now, he had not been able to see through any of the formations, let alone find their flaws.
However, he knew that this was not just one array. It was the combination of several arrays. That was why it was so powerful.
That oppressive pressure came from the Heavenly Deity Golden Body. It really lived up to its reputation. It seemed like he had underestimated the Heavenly Deity experts in the past.
He followed the old man and slowly walked in. After walking for about a mile, they arrived in front of a palace gate.
It turned out to be a pair of bronze doors, and an eerie murderous aura gushed out. These two bronze doors also had an extraordinary origin. If he was not wrong, they were similar to the battle flags on the battlefield, and could suppress the inner energy of martial arts masters.
When his inner energy reached the bronze doors, it was instantly reduced to less than a tenth.
He smiled bitterly in his heart. After experiencing these layers of suppression, even the most powerful masters would become soft prawns when they entered. The combat strength they could exert was limited. It was no wonder that no one had succeeded in the Imperial Mausoleum for thousands of years.
Stepping through the bronze doors, they were faced with a wide square. At a glance, they would have to ride a horse to walk from the east to the west. It was the same size as the Imperial House in the Great Ji Dynasty's Fairy's Capital. In fact, it was slightly larger than the Imperial House.
The old man in red led the four of them for more than two hundred steps and arrived at the bottom of the stairs in front of the basilica.
On the stairs of the basilica stood an old man in black with a horsetail whisk in his hand. He was not tall and was fair and plump. He looked kind, just like the scribes of the Imperial House in the Fairy's Capital.
The old man in black shook his horsetail whisk lightly and looked at Chu Li and the others lazily.
"Elder Zhao, these four young fellows are on duty today." The old man in red fist saluted.
Chu Li's Omniscient Mirror had failed. He could not see the old man in black clearly. Based on his aura alone, he was far stronger than the old man in red. He was an amazing master.
The old man's fair and plump face revealed a hint of a smile. "Good, very good. Then the four of them, follow me!"
"Thank you, Elder Zhao. Young Yang, I'll take my leave first." The old man in red smiled.
The old man in black waved his hand. "Young Yang, you go."
The old man in red fist saluted respectfully and slowly retreated down the stairs. He then turned around and quickly walked out of the bronze doors and disappeared.
The old man in black glanced at Chu Li and the others and extended his fair and plump hand. "Give me your waist tags."
Chu Li took out his waist tag and handed it to the old man along with the other three.
The old man in black looked at the waist tags one by one and carefully sized them up. Then, he placed his hand on their wrists to check their cultivation level.
Chu Li secretly sighed in relief. Fortunately, he was well-prepared. Not only did he change into Lu Xuzhou's appearance and hold his waist tag, but he also channeled Lu Xuzhou's heart technique, so he could not see any flaws.
The old man in black looked at Chu Li, making him secretly nervous. However, he did not show it on his face. He fist saluted and asked, "Elder Zhao, what's wrong?"
It was not Lu Xuzhou's first time on duty in the Inner Mausoleum. He was obviously an old man and should be familiar with the old man in black, which was why he dared to do this.
Since he did not have the Omniscient Mirror, he could not see through the old man's mind. He could only speculate from his expression that there should be no problem, so he asked confidently.
Usually, when he used the Omniscient Mirror, he would look at people's expressions and read their minds at the same time. He would often compare the two, and this way, he would gradually understand people's expressions more clearly. Coupled with his superhuman memory, he had almost completely grasped the meaning of the subtle expressions.
Therefore, even without the Omniscient Mirror to peer into their hearts, he could vaguely guess their thoughts from their subtle expressions.
The old man in black smiled. "Young Lu, you're a little different today."
Chu Li smiled. "Maybe it's because I didn't drink last night, I don't dare to drink anymore!"
"Oh …? … It's rare that you don't drink. "The old man in black suddenly realized and nodded." No wonder you're more energetic. Good, good! "
Chu Li was certain that he had done this flawlessly. No one else would have thought that someone else could do this. Lu Xuzhou was the one who had done it from the inside out.
The old man in black let go of his wrist and flicked his horsetail whisk. He smiled. "Alright then, it's rare that you're so energetic. You'll guard Chong Wen Hall today."
Chu Li immediately looked bitter. "Elder Zhao …"
Through Lu Xuzhou, he already knew that Chong Wen Hall was the most important place. It was where the golden body of the previous Emperor was located. The presence of the golden body here was akin to having an audience in Chong Wen Hall when he was alive.
The closer the era, the more powerful the golden body became. The golden body in Chong Wen Hall was the most powerful. Standing outside Chong Wen Hall was a form of torture. It was the most painful.
"Alright, it's settled then!" The old man in black smiled. "It's your turn now. You can just switch over next time!"
Chu Li sighed helplessly.
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