“For now, I can only leave and avoid the storm for a while.”
Jiang Chongguang swung his massive hamr, sending several constables surrounding him flying to the ground.
Perhaps because he had killed a Great Qian official, the Blood-Armored Guards arrived with astonishing speed this ti. In re monts, they had already closed in above Dongshan Town.
Jiang Chongguang no longer hesitated. Activating the secret art [Body Embracing the Dao], he forcibly tore through the restrictions surrounding the imperial mausoleum and fled in haste.
Great Qian, border of Imperial Mausoleum Commandary.
A streak of light burst out from the abyss-like black boundary, appearing rather disheveled.
“Why does it feel like the Blood-Armored Guards are much stronger this ti? I almost failed to escape.”
Jiang Chongguang swiftly concealed himself within a mountain forest, panting heavily, his heart filled with confusion.
In that brief clash alone, seven or eight wounds had already appeared across his body.
He slowly circulated the Principle Qi within him, and behind his back, a crimson phantom erged.
Amid the surging flas, the injuries on his body began healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“Why does this trip into the imperial mausoleum…”
“Feel so strange sohow?”
As Jiang Chongguang recalled what he had just experienced, an indescribable sense of unease rose within him.
Yet no matter how he thought about it, he could not pinpoint exactly what was wrong.
Suddenly, he slapped his thigh hard.
“If only Sushu were here! He’d definitely figure it out!”
Right at that mont, a paper crane suddenly floated out from his robes.
Flapping its wings, it flew straight toward the distance.
Jiang Chongguang was overjoyed upon seeing it and hurriedly followed behind.
After trailing the paper crane for nearly half a day, he finally discovered a figure tightly bound inside a mountain cave.
“Sushu!”
Jiang Chongguang could not help but cry out in delight.
He imdiately rushed forward to untie him.
Yet to his astonishnt, the ropes binding Han Sushu were made from so unknown material. Even with his imnse brute strength, he could not loosen them in the slightest.
The paper crane suddenly ignited without fire, transforming into a line of words in midair.
“Use your own Life Qi to trigger it.”
Jiang Chongguang hurriedly did as instructed.
His Life Qi ignited like fla. The ropes instantly burned as though set alight, turning to ash and scattering away in monts.
Only then was Han Sushu finally freed.
It seed he had been tied up for quite so ti. His already thin face looked even paler than before.
“Sushu, why are you here? Inside the imperial mausoleum, I encountered soone disguised as you…”
Jiang Chongguang imdiately poured out the entire story of his experience.
As Han Sushu listened, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
After a long while, he gave a light cough and sighed softly.
“Fortunately, you managed to leave the imperial mausoleum. Otherwise…”
“We still underestimated the heroes of the world. My master was right. For thousands of years, amid the contention of the Hundred Schools, countless prodigies have erged. I, Han Sushu, am definitely not the smartest among them, nor can I calculate every possibility flawlessly.”
Though he spoke those words, there was not the slightest trace of discouragent on his face.
Instead, what flashed through his eyes was incomparable excitent.
“This ti, I lost.”
“But the next round…”
“I’ll definitely win it back!”
Jiang Chongguang listened from the side, utterly bewildered.
“Sushu, what in the world are you talking about?!”
Only then did Han Sushu explain:
“The officials of Great Qian intended to use our intrusion into the imperial mausoleum to probe the current condition of the Qian Emperor.”
“In truth, it was precisely because I sensed their intentions that I dared to bring you into the Qian Imperial Mausoleum to investigate. I simply never expected…”
“There would be an outsider involved! And it was this very outsider who seized while my guard was down. Afterward, he altered his appearance, disguised himself as , and infiltrated the imperial mausoleum.”
“He’s that powerful? If he could even capture you, then why go through all the trouble of impersonating you? Couldn’t he have just entered the mausoleum directly?” Jiang Chongguang still had not fully grasped the situation.
“Even if his strength surpasses mine sowhat, entering the imperial mausoleum alone is impossible for him. If one is not a chess piece, how could they step onto the chessboard?” Han Sushu shook his head lightly.
“His true identity is Shentu Xin, descendant of the Jun Clan. His purpose for infiltrating the mausoleum is likely none other than to burn the imperial tomb.”
Jiang Chongguang imdiately grew anxious upon hearing this. “The Jun Clan? Burning the mausoleum? But we still haven’t obtained the Great Xiang Shaman Soul.”
Han Sushu waved his hand dismissively. “There’s no need to panic. The Qian Imperial Mausoleum is one of Great Qian’s most heavily guarded sacred grounds. How could it possibly be so easily destroyed by a re descendant of the Jun Clan?”
“In fact, even Shentu Xin himself understands this.”
“But to him, it doesn’t matter.”
“Whether he truly succeeds in burning down the mausoleum is irrelevant. What matters is that he once attempted to burn the imperial mausoleum.”
This tongue-twisting explanation only left Jiang Chongguang even more confused.
Han Sushu patiently explained it to him once again.
Finally, he concluded:
“You only need to understand one thing. The imperial mausoleum will not disappear. The Great Xiang Shaman Soul you seek will still be waiting there for you.”
“It’s just that… you’ll need to wait a little longer.”
“By now, the inside of the mausoleum is probably already a doomsday scene of collapsing heavens and shattered earth.” Han Sushu glanced toward the distant direction of the imperial mausoleum.
“It’s fortunate you got out in ti. Otherwise, rescuing you would have been quite troubleso.”
Jiang Chongguang scratched his head. “So my luck’s actually pretty good?”
“Luck…” A sharp glint flashed through Han Sushu’s eyes.
There were certain thoughts in his heart that he did not voice aloud.
“In this world, there may not be so many coincidences after all. Fang Xun… and that laborer…”
“It’s still too early to conclude anything. More observation is needed.”
“Then what do we do next?” Jiang Chongguang asked again.
“We wait.”
“The Jun Clan burning the mausoleum is rely the opening act. Chaos has already begun to spread across Great Qian.” Countless streams of light and shadow seed to flash through Han Sushu’s eyes in that instant as he spoke slowly.
Jiang Chongguang failed to notice the subtle change in him and instead continued asking,
“Oh right, Sushu. Earlier you said the imperial mausoleum was originally designed by your master. Then does he know any way to deal with those Blood Armored Guards? This ti I was surrounded by them and nearly failed to escape alive.”
“Even when those Blood Armored Guards are reduced to a single arm, they can still regenerate. They’re absurdly difficult to handle!”
“Blood Armored Guards…” Han Sushu pondered for a mont before calmly explaining the thods to counter them.
Jiang Chongguang’s eyes imdiately lit up with excitent. Cracking his knuckles, he declared, “Good! Next ti, I’ll make them suffer for it!”
…
Imperial Mausoleum Commandary, Dongshan Town.
As expected, Shentu Xin carried out his act of burning the mausoleum with the Life Qi.
Before voluntarily embracing death, Fang Xun had already transferred every treasure into the Fangcun space.
Yet when Li Shun once more gazed upon the Imperial Mausoleum Realm, boiling and chaotic like a gigantic furnace, and at Shentu Xin’s figure dispersing into smoke high in the sky…
Sothing suddenly stirred within his heart.
He reached out and caught a wisp of the deathly white ash drifting down from above.
“The madman Shentu Xin of Great Jun leaves behind this final proclamation!”
Within the ash, Li Shun faintly sensed Shentu Xin’s calm declaration before death.
“These ashes… could perhaps be considered his corpse.”
A mont later, the ashes in Li Shun’s hand were drawn into the Fangcun space.
Then, an astonishing scene unfolded.
Upon the newly opened sixth plot of land, an extrely faint and illusory figure slowly erged.
It was none other than Shentu Xin.
“Hm?”
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