Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

You have to know that she is a top Yang God, and she is the third person besides the Sky Fox Commander Kong Mingliang and the Queen Mother Tang Lin who can practice the entire Wen Tianlu. There are very few people in the world who can compete with her.

But now, just a ray of sword intent stimulated by the formation was able to make Su Luoxue retreat two steps.

Is this the sword formation left by Ji Taibai?

I didn't expect that even after two hundred years, it could still be so effective.

At this time, three formations appeared in succession on the wall of the tomb passage on the left side of Su Luoxue. The sword energy transformed from the sword intent came out together, attacking Su Luoxue's head and hands in a triangular force respectively.

Su Luoxue glared at him with sharp eyes, and suddenly only a shadow was left, and all the sword energy shot into nothingness.

Su Luoxue instantly appeared in the center of the tomb passage, but suddenly a white array pressed down on her head, with the force of the sky, trying to smash Su Luoxue into pieces.

Su Luoxue raised the Xutian Sword, and a black formation was activated on the sword, colliding with the white formation above her head. In the end, they both exploded and dissipated at the same time.

Although the sword formation in the tomb passage is powerful, it cannot do anything to Su Luoxue.

Su Luoxue's attention was not on the sword formation. She looked at various places in the tomb passage from time to time, sensing the fluctuations of spiritual power in the tomb passage.

She is looking for the center of the formation.

The sword array in the tomb passage continued to attack Su Luoxue. If it were a cultivator of a different realm, he would have been cut into pieces. But Su Luoxue stood still and easily responded, deflecting the attacks one by one while searching for the center of the array. But a moment later...

"There is no center of the formation..."

Su Luoxue came to a conclusion, observing the tomb passage in amazement, which looked like the intestines of a living thing. "Spiritual energy fills every corner of this area. I can't detect any difference at all. Moreover, this spiritual energy is so strong that it's as if this sword tomb is a living thing."

A formation suddenly appeared under Su Luoxue's feet, but Su Luoxue inserted a sword into the ground, and the spiritual power flowed into the ground along the sword tip, directly destroying the formation.

A deep blue spiritual light emanated from Su Luoxue's body, and the spiritual power that poured into the ground became stronger and stronger, flowing like water along every mechanism and crevice in the tomb passage, directly filling the entire tomb passage.

This tomb passage is filled with endless spiritual power, making it seem like a living thing.

And now, Su Luoxue wants to use her own spiritual power to replace the original spiritual power and gain control.

Since we can’t find the center of the formation, let’s use this most primitive method!

Before Su Luoxue could say anything, Ji Xian immediately ordered, "Everyone, pass quickly!"

"Yes."

Then, Ji Xian and a group of Sky Fox Guards quickly passed through. After they had all passed through the tomb passage, Su Luoxue also drew her sword and immediately ran towards the exit.

The moment she drew out the Xutian Sword, the original spiritual power in the tomb passage once again gained the upper hand and regained control.

The tomb passage seemed to have truly come alive, and the moment it regained control, it immediately activated the sword formation again. Behind Su Luoxue, sword light suddenly flashed, and a large amount of spiritual energy formed a lightsaber that flew towards Su Luoxue, like a thousand swords piercing her heart.

If the previous sword formation attack could only be considered the power of an ordinary Yang God, then this one now can be considered the top Yang God.

Before Su Luoxue could make a move, Ji Xian moved first.

He came to Su Luoxue's side in an instant, wielding the Sky Blood Sword and the Undead Sword, slashing out two streams of red and gray sword energy. Hundreds of sword lights flashed, instantly shattering all the sword rain composed of spiritual power!

"Hu..." Ji Xian let out a long breath and looked at Su Luoxue: "Now I finally understand why those idiots in the Jin family can't get anything."

The tomb passage in this sword tomb is so dangerous, it is hard to imagine what else is inside.

"Next, go right."

Su Luoxue looked towards the other exit of the tomb.

After passing through the tomb passage that was several hundred meters long, there was a fork in the road. Su Luoxue chose to go right without hesitation. This was naturally because she had the Taibai map in her hand and knew the correct route.

But to be honest, the spiritual energy here is so abundant that it fills almost every corner of the sword tomb.

In this situation, Ji Xian's proud perception might not be able to find the correct direction, and she could only rely on the Taibai map to find it.

As everyone continued walking, Ji Xian approached Su Luoxue and whispered, "Hey Luoxue, tell me, was my master as graceful as you when he robbed tombs?"

Su Luoxue looked at Ji Xian with dead eyes: "Are you saying I look like a thief, or like a tomb raider?"

"Uh, then forget what I said."

Su Luoxue really wanted to hold her forehead at this moment. They were here to protect the things left by the Sword Immortal. What else could she describe him as? Not his master. You know, Ji Xian's master was called Banmian Linglong, and he was the world's number one thief!

It's not that Su Luoxue looked down on Banmianlinglong, but being described as the world's greatest thief by the Grand Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, what kind of thing is that...

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As long as you have any amount of monthly tickets or rewards, you can immediately unlock the reference picture of Yin Longshuai’s character, that is, Su Luoxue’s father, currently the best master in this game!

2.33 His Majesty the Emperor Breaks into the Underground Palace

The terrain inside the sword tomb is complex and intricate. The deeper you go, the more forks there are, and the number of mechanisms and traps also increases, and each one is more bizarre than the other.

In addition to the sword array that automatically activates to attack intruders, there are also many strange mechanisms, such as puppets that move on their own, plants with powerful attacks, and crossbows, spikes, and steel bullets forged using traditional mechanical techniques.

If it weren't for the Taibai Map, who knows how long Ji Xian, Su Luoxue and the others would have been trapped in this maze-like underground sword tomb.

As the number and types of mechanisms increased, and as Ji Xian and others continued to go deeper, Dieying's traces could no longer be concealed.

For example, when going deeper into the Sword Tomb, there were a large number of chopped-up mechanical puppets on the ground. Judging from the spiritual power reaction, it must have taken no more than half a day, so it was obvious that someone must have broken into the Sword Tomb within that day.

We need to move faster.

According to the instructions on the Taibai map, Ji Xian, Su Luoxue and others entered the heart of the sword tomb, which is the deepest part of the sword tomb.

After passing through a tomb hall, they came to a long corridor. The entire corridor was made of amethyst, so it was crystal clear and glowed purple.

The stone walls were inlaid with spirit crystals, which sparkled in the dark corridor. Blending with the purple stone walls, it was as if one was standing in the starry sky at night.

Just when Ji Xian and the others arrived here, Su Luoxue suddenly said: "Star Map Array..."

"Luoxue, what did you say?"

Ji Xian turned to look at Luoxue in surprise, feeling that she seemed to know what this place looked like.

Su Luoxue said seriously, "Ji Xian, it's normal for you not to know this. I also heard from my uncle that this is a method from the Shang and Qi dynasties. It's a kind of divination technique."

The Shang Dynasty and the Qi Dynasty existed for more than 3,000 years and have long since perished in the long river of time.

Jiang Shanggong, the man with the longest lifespan in the world today, was a figure from these two periods, and his Tianji Pavilion was also founded after the fall of the Qi Dynasty.

Both cultivation techniques and levels of practice evolve over time, as humanity has been constantly improving since the awakening of spiritual intelligence. Today's techniques are naturally far superior to those of over three thousand years ago.

Take divination, for example. Today's diviners simply mobilize their spiritual energy and employ specialized techniques to discern the mysteries of the past and present. While there's a chance of miscalculation or error, at least they don't need to resort to any other methods.

However, the divination techniques three thousand years ago were not that powerful and required the help of external forces, such as magical instruments and formations that could resonate with the stars, the heaven and the earth.

The Star Map Formation was one such method, combining magical instruments and formations to reveal the secrets of the stars. Its methods had long been lost in the passage of time. Currently, the only remaining intact Star Map inheritance belonged to Jiang Shanggong of the Tianji Pavilion.

Unexpectedly, there is a star map array in this sword tomb.

Su Luoxue's uncle was the Great Zhoutian Fox Commander Kong Mingliang, who wasn't actually from that dynasty. However, Kong Mingliang's master, Zhang Ziliang, Su Luoxue's grandmaster, was also a true old monster back then.

Kong Mingliang learned all this from Zhang Ziliang, and while teaching Su Luoxue, he also gave her a lot of history lessons, sharing everything he knew that was useful and worth learning. The knowledge of the star array was one of them.

but......

It was precisely because of this understanding and this research that Su Luoxue felt somewhat puzzled at this moment: "But the star array must be set up in a place covered by starlight to be effective. This one is built underground..."

"The stars can shine."

"what?"

Ji Xian suddenly said: "The starlight can reach it, and I can feel that these things are receiving the light."

Su Luoxue didn't say much, just nodded.

She believed in Ji Xian's perception. If he could sense something like this, he would definitely not be wrong. Although she didn't know how the underground star array could receive the starlight, with the unique methods of the ancient masters, it might not be impossible.

Of course, this wasn't the main point. Su Luoxue recalled the contents of the Taibai map in her mind, then pointed forward: "Go forward and you'll reach the main tomb chamber. That should be where the treasure is hidden."

"Let's go then."

After saying that, Ji Xian and Su Luoxue led their people over, passed through the star map corridor, and came to a huge bronze door.

Ji Xian and Su Luoxue didn't look at the door, but at the floor. They saw deep marks on the ground, caused by the door opening and closing, indicating that the door had been opened not long ago.

Dieying has entered the main tomb chamber!

"Ready to fight."

Su Luoxue finished speaking and opened the door. She gently extended her hand towards the huge bronze door. A spiritual light flashed from her fingertips, transforming into countless tiny tentacles that stretched towards the crack in the door. After these spiritual energy tentacles reached into the crack in the door, they all burst out with a force that lifted the sky and forcibly pulled the door open!

When they opened the door, everyone was shocked by the scene before them.

"Oh My God......"

Ji Xian stared at the scene in amazement.

Even Su Luoxue, who was standing next to him and usually kept her emotions expressionless, showed a surprised expression.

What appeared before their eyes was not the main tomb chamber, but a palace, a palace built underground!

They were standing on what seemed to be a high platform, allowing them to gaze down upon the ground. The underground palace lay directly beneath them, shrouded in mist and clouds. Star arrays were arranged above and below the ground, twinkling like a starry sky.

Clouds and mist surrounded the palace, and the starry sky was filled with light.

At first glance, this place seems to be built among the stars at night, like being in a fairyland. And the palace below is simply a fairy palace!

"Wow, who is so generous and spends money better than me?"

Ji Xian made such an exclamation, with a look of surprise and...envy on her face.

Su Luoxue looked at the star map corridor behind her, and then looked at the fairy palace below. Suddenly, she understood: "So that's it."

"What do you mean?" Ji Xian looked at Su Luoxue.

Su Luoxue was knowledgeable and talented. She explained to Ji Xian, "This tomb should be the tomb of an emperor from the Shang Dynasty. The star corridor is the immortal path, the underground palace is the immortal palace, and the star array is the immortal realm. It hopes that after death, one can be like in a fairyland and ascend to heaven."

This is the tomb built by the last Shang emperor at the end of the Shang Dynasty! Its location has been unknown to the present day, but a surviving Shang minister revealed the structure of the tomb, which has been passed down to later generations.

A fairyland built underground.

After seeing this scene, Su Luoxue immediately thought of it.

Ji Xian had also heard of this, and after remembering it, she was speechless for a long time before she said, "...They really know how to spend money. Were people in the Shang Dynasty so good at having fun?"

"The Shang Dynasty was plagued by tyranny and was destroyed by treacherous officials and incompetent rulers."

Su Luoxue's expression had returned to her usual calm state, and she spoke coldly about the past events that were known to everyone in the world.

The Shang Dynasty, which lasted for more than 3,000 years, was plagued by excessive tyranny that led to the people's miserable lives, which in turn led to uprisings among the people all over the world, and ultimately the overthrow of the Shang Dynasty and the establishment of a new dynasty, the Qi Dynasty.

The star map array was a method used during the Shang and Qi dynasties. Only the emperors of the Shang Dynasty dared to use such a method to build an underground fairyland, trying to believe that this method could allow one to ascend to heaven after death.

Su Luoxue casually glanced at Ji Xian at this moment, and then she noticed that his eyes were shining with excitement. Then she suddenly felt that Ji Xian...might also do such a thing, because...it was fun.

But in fact, Su Luoxue, who knew Ji Xian very well, guessed wrong this time.

Ji Xian saw more than her.

His eyes were fixed on the star array built between heaven and earth. Looking at this artificial fairyland that covered the sky like a starry sky, he seemed to have sensed something extraordinary.

2.34 The Emperor's enemies have no moral principles

Hundreds of years ago, Taibai, a poet and swordsman from the Great Zhou Dynasty, was wandering around the world when she stumbled upon this imperial tomb from the Shang Dynasty. She later made this place her own treasure trove, which became known as the Sword Tomb.

The deepest part of this place is an underground palace. Both the sky and the ground are built according to the specifications of the star map array. At the same time, the spiritual plants in the palace are mainly cold flowers, which makes this place surrounded by sparkling stars and clouds, like a fairyland on earth.

Buried in the main hall of the imperial palace is Emperor Xin Zhou of Shang, the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty. He tried to use the power of the star map array to achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven after his death, and turned this place into a fairyland, making it the first fairy palace on earth.

Unfortunately, he failed.

His tyranny and actions ultimately led to the demise of the Shang Dynasty.

After Ji Taibai took over this place, he slightly modified the main hall of the underground palace. It was no longer used as the tomb of King Xin Zhou, but as his own treasure house.

And Dieying's people have now entered the treasure hall.

The main hall, clad entirely in gold and silver, displayed a vast collection of elixirs, magical treasures, and ancient books collected by Ji Taibai. While some of the items might not be particularly valuable, the sheer number of them meant that you could find whatever you were looking for. It was truly a treasure trove.

Cheng Ying was standing in front of a row of bookshelves at this time. He ignored all the elixirs and magic weapons and just flipped through the ancient books one after another, trying to find something in them.

However, what she was looking for seemed difficult to find, as there was already a pile of books she had thrown away on the ground.

The Red Moon Puppet was standing next to her, and there were a group of Butterfly Shadow killers around helping to search.

At this moment, a melodious and loud sound came from outside the palace, which sounded like the sound of a door opening.

Cheng Ying didn't even turn her head, she knew it must be those people from Da Zhou who were chasing them.