Surprised, it wasn’t just Li Yan.
The Soldier and Horse Statues in the cave stood in formation, their spears and halberds gleaming. No one knew what thod was used, but they hadn’t faded at all.
Lifelike, with bright armor and an intense killing aura, they seed like a squad of Great Qin’s fierce soldiers guarding the place, watching them coldly.
"Damn it..."
Sha Lifei felt a suffocating pressure in his chest and swore, "Why are there so many terracotta figures? They look creepy."
"These aren’t terracotta figures."
Li Yan shook his head and said, "These are the Emperor’s Soldier and Horse Statues."
Sha Lifei didn’t recognize them, which was normal.
In this world, surrounding the Emperor’s Mausoleum, there resided an ancient Magic Vein called the Lishan Sect, dedicated to guarding the Emperor’s Mausoleum.
Therefore, the Soldier and Horse Statues were not yet known to the public.
"The Emperor’s Soldier and Horse Statues?"
Sha Lifei was stunned, turning his head to Li Yan.
"I vaguely heard soone ntion it." Li Yan casually brushed it off and then frowned, looking ahead, "Things like these are only found in the Emperor’s Mausoleum. This place is Wushan, who put them here?"
Wang Daoxuan, on the other hand, pondered, "If they are items from the tomb, then they are sacrificial dolls. Although the Zhou cut down Shang, and Zhou Gong established rites opposing human sacrifice, using straw spirit and dolls instead, customs were hard to eradicate. Until the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, it was finally reversed."
"Such large-scale clay dolls must have been prepared in advance, with quite a scale. They should have been refined during Emperor Shi’s reign..."
Sha Lifei scratched his head, "Daoist, please speak plainly. We don’t understand these things."
Li Yan glanced over, "Listen to the Daoist."
There’s sothing strange here; if they don’t figure out the reason, sothing might happen.
Wang Daoxuan nodded and continued, "This place used to be Kuizi Country. Due to so matters, Chu State annihilated it under the pretext of not worshiping the ancestral fire god Zhurong.
Later, Qin State sent Shu General Zhang Ruo to attack Chu, and ordered Bai Qi to raid Yingdu in Chu, burning Yiling, causing the place to change hands."
On the side, Bai Huan interjected, "That’s right, the Goddess Palace was destroyed due to the war at the ti. The legacy was once broken, but later soone dreamt into the Goddess Palace, and it was resud."
Hearing this, Li Yan suddenly recalled what happened earlier, and realized: "The Qin people’s ancestor was the lesser known White Emperor, who was called the Fierce Spirit in Chu Territory, controlling disease and calamity..."
"No wonder they didn’t let dream into the Goddess Palace."
Upon hearing this, Wang Daoxuan reflected, "It seems that when the Goddess Palace was destroyed back then, the followers and believers hid here, but were discovered by Emperor Shi, who exterminated them and tampered with so things."
"The Blood Jade Cong must have been hidden here since then too."
Saying this, he looked ahead, ford the Yang Jue with his fingers, his eyes faintly glowing, carefully observing the Soldier and Horse Statues ahead.
"These things indeed have problems!"
He paused and solemnly said, "This place is a Cave Heaven Spirit Aperture. Innate Gang Qi gathers here, but is blocked by these clay statues. Although the Gang Qi has disappeared, a killing intent is hidden..."
While speaking, he had been looking around, then picked up a stone, and threw it towards the Soldier and Horse Statues formation.
Sothing terrifying happened.
The stone barely approached when it instantly shattered, as if being continuously shredded by invisible blades, falling to the ground as dust.
"Good heavens, what kind of chanism is this?"
Sha Lifei drew a sharp breath of air.
On the side, Wu Ba was even more frightened, shrinking his neck.
They almost touched it earlier, thankfully Wang Daoxuan stopped them.
As for Li Yan, he showed a surprised expression.
He slled a familiar aroma, sharp and fierce, exactly the sa as the White Emperor’s Fortune back then.
Rustle!
At this mont, the passageway behind began to collapse with sliding stones.
Those demonic creatures, the "Water Tiger," were nearly indestructible. Let alone the rubble-built passage, even complete stone walls couldn’t hold them for long.
"Let try..."
Li Yan, with a thoughtful expression, moved his hand closer, while storing God, feeling the Innate Geng tal Qi within the Divine Palace.
Ding!
Just as he got close, a crisp sound erupted around his fingers.
It seed like two invisible blades collided and dissipated simultaneously.
"I see..."
Li Yan imdiately understood the operation of this formation.
This place used so unknown Magic thod, capable of controlling Geng tal Energy.
Innate Astral Bane originally is only divided into Yin and Yang, but with Innate Geng tal Qi as a guide, it can be driven.
Like an army having a general, the vast Innate Astral Qi of Wushan would attack simultaneously.
Not to ntion tangible objects, even intangible yin souls would be shattered.
Simultaneously, at the mont of Geng tal Energy’s explosion, Li Yan could faintly hear, within the nearby Soldier and Horse Statues, sounds of battle cries.
As if soldiers were desperately fighting.
These Soldier and Horse Statues were the source of Innate Geng tal Qi. Each contained not much, but combined into a formation, the power was significant.
"You guys hold on!"
Seeing the stone passage behind vibrating more violently, Li Yan didn’t have ti to explain, stepping forward and hugging a clay figure.
With a strong lift, Li Yan was shocked.
These clay figures seed to have tal objects hidden inside, heavier than a boulder of the sa size.
Fortunately, his body was wrapped in strength into a sphere, capable of divine power, steadily lifting and placing them aside.
Clang clang clang!
Surrounding sounds of tal clashing echoed, but Li Yan ignored it.
One statue, two statues, three statues...
He moved quickly, soon opening a path.
"Quickly, pass through!"
With Li Yan’s shout, everyone hurriedly went through the Soldier and Horse Statues formation.
Then, Li Yan replaced them one by one.
Bang!
Just after placing the last Soldier and Horse Statue, the blocked passage finally exploded, with nurous demonic creatures pouring in.
Swish!
The first "Water Tiger" to rush into the Soldier and Horse Statues formation was imdiately dismbered in the air, its scales, flesh, and bones turning into a pool of pulp.
But these things seed to have no intelligence.
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