"When prosperity comes, the people suffer; when decline comes, the people suffer."
"The so-called emperors and generals, whether it was the Qin Emperor, Han Wudi, Tang Zong and Ming Zu, were essentially nothing more than pests to the people. The rise and fall of dynasties was nothing more than a struggle among a few families. Who would really take us ordinary people seriously?"
Liu Yuxuan said this, his originally cold face was now full of emotion. This was the first time that everyone saw such complex emotions on this person's face. Zhao Shixia, who was standing by, heard Liu Yuxuan's emotion and said:
"There are only a few names in history books, and there are countless barren hills in Beimang. Those generals and princes were rich and glorious during their lifetime, and they buried countless treasures in their tombs after their death. They would rather bury their money in the ground than share it with the poor. They deserve to have their graves dug up after their death, and have no place to bury their bodies."
At this time, the imperial system had already ended in Shenzhou, and the ideas of the people in Shenzhou were much more advanced than those in the past. Therefore, Zhao Shixia and Liu Yuxuan did not take the ancient emperors and generals seriously, and most of them even hated them.
On the contrary, the people of Xiaoshi, who were stronger at that time, had more backward ideas. Even Fushigawa Shimiya and Beimingyu Xingming, who had been killing ghosts for many years, were surprised by the Shenzhou people's disrespect for emperors and generals.
But when the two were still surprised, Arisugawa Shusui, who was born into a royal family, also sighed:
"Yes, after five thousand years, the history of the emperor has finally come to an end."
Hearing Arisugawa Shusui's sentiment, Beimingyu Xingming could not help but advise:
"Master Qiu Shui, as a member of the royal family, you still need to be careful about what you say about this matter!"
"Be careful with your words? What's the point of being careful with your words?" Arisugawa Shusui said disdainfully:
"The Shenzhou, which created the history of the emperor, has rejected the imperial system. Can our country really maintain this system for a long time? Mr. Beimingyu, face the reality. The tide of history is unstoppable and we cannot stop it."
After that, she ignored the surprise of Gyoumei Yukimura and Fushigawa Shimizu and performed Yin-Yang magic. She took out a few pieces of white paper from her sleeve, bit her finger, drew on the paper, and then handed the paper with strange symbols drawn in blood to everyone.
Everyone took the paper, and Arisugawa Akisui said:
"Put these talismans on your body, and they will ensure that you can move in an oxygen-deficient environment for an hour, while preventing mercury poison from entering your body."
Upon hearing this, everyone put the talisman paper in their arms, only Zhao Shixia looked at the talisman paper in his hand, and then handed it to Zhang Taihua who was standing beside him.
"Brother Zhao, don't you need this talisman paper?"
Master Zhao shook his head, then stretched out his hand and pointed in the air. The Yin-Yang technique that Arisugawa Shusui had originally used blood to perform was now performed by Master Zhao with the help of the Void Talisman. Moreover, compared to the Talisman paper of Arisugawa Shusui, the power of this Talisman was obviously stronger.
Seeing this, Arisugawa Shusui thought to himself:
Sure enough, the Shenzhou Dao Sect did not have a way to enter the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and operate in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. It seems that their original plan was to bring us into the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and then trap us to death in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. Humph, after a thousand years, these Daoists are still so insidious!
Thinking of this, Arisugawa Shusui took out a folding fan from his body. One side of the folding fan was engraved with strange runes in bright red blood, while the other side was blank. Seeing the blood on one side of the folding fan, the three people from the Demon Slayer Corps immediately realized where the blood came from.
This is ghost blood!
Seeing this, Shinobu Kocho immediately realized the truth of Arisugawa Shusui's Yin-Yang technique. This Yin-Yang technique that can teleport people within a range of ten kilometers should be a blood demon technique in essence.
It should be noted that compared to humans, the demons in the Demon Slayer world are very good at time and space. Even many weak demons can distort space and do all kinds of incredible things. For example, in the original work, Hibiki, who was expelled from the Lower Six by Muzan Kibutsuji because of his weak strength, could not even beat Tanjiro who had just come out of the mountain in terms of strength, but he could distort space through blood demon arts.
I think it is because of this characteristic of ghosts that Onmyojis intentionally collect the blood of ghosts and use it as a medium to perform blood ghost arts. Although this weakened version of blood ghost arts is not as arbitrary as the real blood ghost arts, it still allows Onmyojis to have all kinds of incredible powers.
Just like now, after Arisugawa Shusui took out his folding fan, he drew a line on the other side of the fan with his bitten finger, and the whole fan immediately glowed with scarlet light. Then, as Arisugawa Shusui waved, the light gradually enveloped everyone. When the light gradually dissipated, everyone found that the surrounding environment had undergone a huge change.
It was no longer the barren mound, nor the vast Guanzhong land. At this moment, everyone was in a dark space, the air around was dull and turbid, and it was obvious that it was a dark and deep underground cave.
"Is this the Mausoleum of the First Emperor?"
Looking around blankly, he saw only darkness. The youngest Zhang Taihua said with some fear.
Liu Yuxuan heard Zhang Taihua's words and knew that she was too young and had lost her mind, so she followed the sound and came to Zhang Taihua, carefully protecting her. Master Zhao drew a talisman with his finger in the air, and the talisman flashed with golden light, illuminating the surrounding space. Seeing this, Fuzugawa Shiya and Kocho Shinobu also took out ultraviolet lamps from their arms and observed the surrounding situation.
After observing for a while, everyone suddenly found a faint light not far away. The light was very faint, like the light of a star. Seeing this, everyone walked towards the light carefully, and saw that the space around them became more spacious, and the light became much brighter.
Finally, they came out of the dim place and came to a tomb chamber that was so huge that it was astonishing.
The sky above the tomb was dotted with tens of thousands of night-shining pearls, arranged in the shape of three enclosures, four images and twenty-eight stars according to the celestial constellations. In the center of the celestial constellations was a bright moon made up of thousands of night-shining pearls. The light of the moon and the starry sky complemented each other, illuminating the entire tomb as if it were daytime.
And under this bright moon and starry sky, there is a vast map of the Qin territory.
Each of the thirty-six prefectures created by the Qin Dynasty when it unified the six kingdoms was engraved on the regional map. There were also two silvery-white rivers flowing in the middle, and countless tributaries connected the entire Qin regional map as a whole, irrigating this underground world like the real Yangtze River and Yellow River.
The entire tomb was huge, larger than a stadium that could accommodate 100,000 people in later generations. The map engraved with the territory of the Qin Dynasty alone was larger than the Central Asian competition venue in the stadium. Behind this map, there was a Qin Dynasty building complex extending underground. It was like a small Apang Palace, allowing the First Emperor to still enjoy the dignity of an emperor in the underground world.
This is the Mausoleum of the First Emperor!
Chapter 145 Deja Vu
Even with the memories of both the time traveler and Uchiha Izumi, Shinobu Kocho was still shocked by the scale of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. Such a huge project, let alone in ancient times two thousand years ago, would be regarded as an engineering miracle even in later generations. It is hard to imagine how the craftsmen of the Qin Dynasty created such a miracle.
At the same time that Kocho Shinobu was sighing, Fuzugawa Miya also sighed:
"As expected of the First Emperor!"
Obviously, at this time, Fushigawa Saneya was already shocked by the generosity of the First Emperor.
But just as he said this, Liu Yuxuan said:
"What a sin!"
Master Zhao also said:
"No wonder the Qin Empire fell apart after the death of Qin Shi Huang! How could the common people two thousand years ago have endured such a waste of manpower?"
After saying this, regardless of Busei Kawai's surprise, Zhao Shixia walked towards the center of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
Seeing this, Liu Yuxuan also protected Zhang Taihua by his side, and followed behind Zhao Shixia while being careful of the surroundings. When Zhang Taihua saw such a grand scene in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, the fear in his heart had long been dissipated. He looked around curiously, muttering:
"I feel like I've seen this place before... Could it be that I was a laborer who built the Mausoleum of the First Emperor in my previous life?"
Following the three people from Shenzhou was Arisugawa Shusui. Although she was also surprised by the scale of the First Emperor's Mausoleum, she was more curious about the coffin of the First Emperor. In contrast to Arisugawa Shusui's indifference, Nogizaka Bunzo, who had been silent all the way, looked greedily at the surroundings. The desire in his eyes was like that of an evil ghost who saw human flesh.
When Shinobu Kocho saw Nogizaka Bunzo's behavior, she looked at Gyoumei Hitoshi and Shimizu Fushigawa beside her. The two saw Shinobu Kocho's warning look and saw Nogizaka Bunzo's abnormal behavior at this time, and they were already wary of him.
In this way, people with different thoughts began to walk towards the center of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
Gradually, everyone walked to the Jiangshan Shejitu in the center of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, which was engraved with the Great Qin territory. They found that on this Shejitu, the topography of the thirty-six counties was carved out with various rockery and strange rocks. Being in it was like walking into a miniature version of the land of China.
The crowd crossed mountains and ridges on this Jiangshan Sheji map, from Tiannan to Guangnan, and after crossing the Nanling Mountains, they entered the Xiaoxiang land, and then a bright river appeared in front of them. Seeing the surging waves of the river, Zhang Taihua walked forward with a curious look on her face, wanting to scoop up the water in the river to wash her face. However, she had just taken two steps when she was stopped by Master Zhao and said:
"Don't move, this river is not filled with water, but mercury!"
Zhang Taihua looked carefully and saw that the miniature Yangtze River was not water, but flowing mercury. The reason why it looked like river water was because the light of the night-shining pearl above the tomb was dim. Under the illumination of the night-shining pearl, the color of mercury was very similar to that of real river water.
Seeing this, everyone carefully crossed the miniature Yangtze River, which was flowing with mercury, and then the Yellow River, which was also flowing with mercury. After crossing the two rivers of mercury, everyone stepped through the territory of the northern border and finally arrived at the door of the building complex in the tomb.
At this time, a row of neat and majestic figures stood at the entrance of the tomb palace complex. They were the Terracotta Warriors unearthed later. The Terracotta Warriors were in an oxygen-deficient tomb. Unlike the Terracotta Warriors of later generations that faded due to oxidation, they looked like living people under the dim night-light, which shocked everyone. It was not until everyone noticed that these Terracotta Warriors were just clay sculptures with wooden frames that they breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before entering the palace complex in the tomb chamber, Master Zhao said to the people behind him:
"I will be in charge of exploring the way ahead, and you guys should be careful behind. There must be countless traps and mechanisms in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor. Just because I have explored the way doesn't mean we can be safe."
After that, Master Zhao drew a few talismans with his fingers, and used these flying talismans to test the surrounding situation. After confirming that the front was basically safe, Master Zhao carefully entered the palace. Then Kocho Ren and others followed carefully, and everyone walked through the gate. After crossing the gate, the first thing that entered everyone's eyes was a wide square, where thousands of terracotta warriors were neatly arranged. It was majestic and solemn, as if the elite army that unified the six countries had resurrected from the dead.
Seeing such a large number of terracotta warriors, Zhao Shixia frowned slightly, and immediately said to the people behind him:
"Be careful, there's something wrong with these terracotta warriors."
As soon as Master Zhao finished speaking, the thousands of terracotta warriors began to move. The gate of the square that was originally open suddenly closed, and at the same time, there were footsteps outside the gate. It was obvious that not only the terracotta warriors in the square, but also the hidden terracotta warriors outside were active, vowing to catch the thieves who sneaked into Emperor Suzuki.
Seeing this, everyone got into a fighting stance. Zhao Shixia's body was filled with talismans, Liu Yuxuan drew out his sword, and Zhang Taihua took out a large seal from his bosom. The seal was carved from jade, and the words "Received the Mandate from Heaven, Long Live and Prosper" were engraved below the seal. It was obviously a replica of the imperial seal.
Afterwards, Arisugawa Shusui manipulated several white paper figures, muttering something, as if he was summoning the Onmyoji's shikigami. Nogizaka Bunzo drew out his katana, looking fiercely at the gathered terracotta warriors. Kocho Shinobu, Fushigawa Saneya, and Hiei-no-Islam Gyoumei also drew out their sun blades, carefully guarding their surroundings.
Just as everyone was ready, they heard a whistling sound in the distance. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a dense rain of arrows rushing towards them. Everyone tried to resist, but while everyone was dealing with the rain of arrows, thousands of terracotta warriors and horses also waved their spears, drove their chariots and horses, and rushed towards them.
"This number is too much!"
Zhang Taihua was horrified when he saw the Terracotta Warriors densely packed all around him.
Liu Yuxuan also analyzed:
"As soon as we arrived here, the Terracotta Warriors immediately launched an attack. It seems that the First Emperor is really going to be resurrected!"
While Master Zhao was manipulating the talisman to deal with the Terracotta Warriors, he said to everyone:
"I'll take care of these terracotta warriors, you guys hurry into the palace and suppress the First Emperor!"
After that, 365 golden talismans shone from Master Zhao's body, turning into a golden wave that rushed forward and smashed hundreds of terracotta warriors in one fell swoop. However, after these terracotta warriors were smashed, they slowly recovered under the control of some mysterious force. Obviously, a protracted war was not the solution to fight these terracotta warriors.
So, with the help of Zhao Shixia, everyone rushed towards the palace inside the square. But Zhao Shixia stayed in the square, holding back thousands of terracotta warriors with his own strength. Seeing Zhao Shixia so brave, everyone admired his strength. Even Nogizaka Bunzo, who always disliked Zhao Shixia, had to admit that he was a real samurai.
In this way, everyone cooperated with each other to fight their way out of the square and into the palace. Afterwards, everyone saw a unique terracotta warrior in the majestic palace. They were not dressed like soldiers like the terracotta warriors in the outside world, but wore high crowns, wide belts, wide sleeves and long skirts, all dressed like officials of the Qin Dynasty.
When everyone came to this hall, it seemed as if they saw the imperial court of the Qin Dynasty two thousand years ago. However, in the court, where all the civil and military officials were congratulating each other, there was no majestic figure, only an empty chair, quietly waiting for its destined owner for two thousand years.
Looking at this hall that leads to all directions and is connected to many rooms, Butterfly Shinobu said in distress:
"I don't know which direction leads to the tomb of the First Emperor."
But just as Kocho Shinobu finished speaking, Zhang Taihua pointed firmly to the northwest and said:
"It's here."
After saying that, he ignored everyone's reactions and walked towards the northwest.
"Junior Sister Taihua, don't be impulsive!"
Seeing Zhang Taihua walking towards the dangerous palace without thinking, Liu Yuxuan hurriedly chased after him. Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to follow Liu Yuxuan and walk towards the northwest of the palace.
After entering the northwest corridor, everyone saw Zhang Taihua muttering something and lighting a fire with his fingertips. Then he did not explain to everyone and lit the eternal lamp beside him. Suddenly, the originally dim palace complex was suddenly lit up, and the dead silent tomb seemed to have a little bit of fireworks.
"Junior Sister Taihua, how did you know there is an eternal lamp here?"
Seeing Zhang Taihua's performance, Liu Yuxuan was puzzled.
In response to this, Zhang Taihua also shook his head in distress and said:
"I'm not sure. Maybe my past life was related to the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor! I remember when Longhu Mountain used divination to select the candidates for this time, my parents said that I had a connection with the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. So they chose me, the youngest, to represent Longhu Mountain to explore the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor instead of Brother Taiyue who is as famous as Senior Brother Zhao. Since I entered the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, I felt that everything here was familiar. I think in my past life, I might have been a laborer who built this mausoleum."
Civilian husband?
Looking at the bright lights around, Hudie Shinobu thought to herself:
Your understanding of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor cannot be explained by a mere commoner.
Although everyone was puzzled by Zhang Taihua's strange behavior, time was running out after all, so everyone did not delay any further and walked towards the eternal lamp. After just a few steps, another round of footsteps came from the back of the road. Obviously, some of the Terracotta Warriors in the square had escaped from Zhao Shixia's entanglement and had already entered the palace.
Seeing this, Xingming of Beiming Island swung his specially made chain hammer and said to everyone:
"Keep going, I'll take care of this!"
After saying that, he rushed to the Terracotta Warriors behind him, relying on the Rock Breathing Technique to buy time for everyone to suppress the First Emperor. So everyone had to temporarily bid farewell to Beimingyu Xingming and continued to rush into the palace.
Led by Zhang Taihua, they wandered around the palace, and although they couldn't tell east from west, they didn't encounter any traps or anything like that. Apparently, Zhang Taihua's knowledge of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was beyond everyone's imagination, and she felt like she was home here.
Finally, under the leadership of Zhang Taihua, they arrived at an underground palace. In front of the underground palace was another row of elite terracotta warriors. Seeing this, Fuzugawa Sane stepped forward with the Sun Blade in hand and said:
"Leave these guys to me, you guys go and suppress the First Emperor!"
Chapter 146 Xu Fu's Showdown
Breathing of the Wind·Type 5·Cold Autumn Mountain Wind!
Wielding the Sun Blade, Fuzugawa Minoru turned into a green gust of wind and easily smashed dozens of terracotta warriors. Everyone followed closely behind him, each using their own methods to break through the terracotta warriors' obstruction.
Under the cover of the wind breathing technique, everyone rushed to the gate of the underground palace. They saw that the gate was more than ten meters high and the entire gate was cast in bronze. The gate was engraved with ancient gods and beasts, making the gate look like the Yin-Yang Gate that separates life and death, majestic and solemn, and no one dared to look directly at it.
Nogizaka Bunzo saw that the gate was only made of bronze and thought that the gate had limited strength, so he pulled out a one-meter-long sword and slashed at the gate. With the crisp sound of metal collision, everyone was surprised to find that Nogizaka Bunzo's sword did not leave any marks on the gate.
"How is this possible? Bronze is so strong!" Nogizaka Bunzo said in disbelief.
"Isn't this a matter of course? This is the last barrier to the First Emperor's coffin. How could I let you break it so easily?" Zhang Taihua smiled disdainfully, then began to grope at the door.
In the surprised eyes of the crowd, Zhang Taihua was seen groping while muttering to himself:
"Let me think, where is it? It should be here, below the fourth Pixiu. The secret door left during construction, the escape route left by the craftsmen who were worried about being buried alive, should be here. Hey, I found it, it's here. Hehe, they thought I didn't know their little tricks, but I actually know everything..."
As he spoke, Zhang Taihua gently pressed the lower part of a Pixiu on the bronze gate, and the entire bronze gate immediately trembled. Then, in the surprised eyes of everyone, the bronze gate slowly opened, revealing a hole half a person's height.
"Alright, let's go in!"
After saying that, Zhang Taihua walked in without waiting for everyone to react. Everyone followed Zhang Taihua into the underground palace. After a dark moment, a paradise appeared in front of everyone.
I saw that in this deep underground world, there was actually a piece of green land. The land was not only full of green grass and flowers, but also had more than a dozen gnarled peach trees. The peach trees were lush and green, with peach blossoms blooming on the branches, and many plump longevity peaches hanging on the trees.
In the distance, a stream gurgles through the mountain stream. What flows in this stream is not the mercury outside, but real water. The water emits a dense mist as it flows, making the underground tomb hazy, like a fairyland on earth.
Such a scene shocked everyone many times more than the mountains, rivers, and ancient palaces. After all, this place was underground without sunlight all day long. It was much more difficult to maintain a green area here for two thousand years than to build a large-scale tomb.
In the middle of this fairyland-like green, there is a high platform. On the platform is a huge coffin wrapped in bronze metal and lined with sacred trees in Shu. It is believed that the person buried in this coffin is the legendary emperor of all time, Qin Shi Huang.
Finally found this place!
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