Within the main mausoleum of the Great Emperor Taizu, a spacious chamber is filled with exquisite treasures and oddities. At the center of the richly buried goods, there lies a massive coffin where the remains of Emperor Taizu rest in eternal slumber.
In front of the coffin, there is a large stone door leading outside. At the entrance, a young woman dressed in white and wearing the garb of a scholar sits cross-legged.
Long Ao Tian, whose real name is Long Feiwu, is the empress of Tianlong Dynasty, a powerful figure within the empire. However, due to mistaken trust, she finds herself in such despair today, hiding in the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu to survive.
Long Feiwu's face is pale, and her fair forehead is covered with beads of sweat. Her eyes are slightly closed, practicing the spiritual power within her body. Suddenly, her eyes open, and her silver teeth that have barely closed begin to loosen. She spews a mist of blood from her mouth, and the slightly weary eyes are filled with blood vessels. There is a touch of loneliness in her expression.
"Is it still not good enough?"
Long Feiwu looks down at her open hands, which are somewhat black and purple. The veins in her arms are clear, but there are a few places where they slightly protrude, indicating the presence of a few worms.
Early on, she had believed in Miao Tiannan's promise to enhance her power quickly, allowing his worms to enter her body. This marked the beginning of her nightmares, and since then, her body gradually became uncontrollable, taken over by the worms.
Realizing that her consciousness was not right, Long Feiwu decided to fight back, but it was too late. As a second-rank cultivator, she did not have the strength left to confront Miao Tiannan. Moreover, she was also severely injured.
In the midst of life-threatening circumstances, she managed to escape and hide in the imperial mausoleum.
"Miao Tiannan's methods are indeed ruthless. Is he trying to force me into a corner?"
Long Feiwu bit her silver teeth, wiped away the bloodstains on her lips with her small hand, and her eyes carried a hint of worry; since the worms had entered her body, they had been nourished by her spiritual energy and continued to grow. If things went on like this, even though she was at the second-level cultivator rank, she would not be able to suppress these worms.
That would be her final fate: either she would be controlled by the worms, leave the imperial mausoleum and follow Miao Tiannan's orders; or she would die along with the worms within her body……
Both outcomes are not what she desires, but if she truly has to choose, she might opt for the most dignified method of death - perishing along with the worms.
Although she does not want to die, this is undoubtedly the best ending for an emperor.
Long Feiwu stood there in a daze, staring at the stone door. Her mind was filled with countless thoughts. At that moment, a faint voice suddenly came from outside the door. If it were someone else, they would certainly not be able to hear it. Fortunately, she is a second-level cultivator, and her ears and sight are very sensitive. The voice outside was clearly audible to her.
"Brother Ao Tian, do you remember Chen Mo from the small courtyard outside the city?"
The voice was somewhat familiar, causing Long Feiwu to feel a moment of confusion, as if she had been transported back three hundred years to a brief period in the man's life that appeared in her long journey.
"I am truly confused. He has long been dead, how could it be him? It must be me, hallucinating."
Long Feiwu gently shook her head, closed her eyes slightly, and prepared to practice her internal energy again. However, the noise outside did not stop. Even if she wanted to concentrate now, her heart was restless. Her body trembled slightly and then she stood up.
"It seems, it's not a hallucination."
Long Feiwu leaned close to the stone door and listened carefully. The voice came from outside again, and she was sure that someone was talking outside. Someone had come, and at this time, the only one who could possibly have come to this place would be Grandmaster Miao Tiannan……
But the voice, the words, made Long Feiwu feel disoriented. Could it be that man? He's supposed to be dead, isn't he?
Is there truly a way to bring the dead back to life, make them corpse white, and bones strong? Or is it that Grandmaster Miao Tiannan is outside fooling around, trying to lure her out?
"Regardless, I must go out and see for myself. If Miao Tiannan has come, I can use the remaining power of Emperor Taizu to severely wound him, or even kill him. This way, perhaps I can break the current deadlock……"
After a moment of deep thought, Long Feiwu stood up with difficulty, dragging her weary body to open the stone door; she saw that in the vast square, four coffins were open, and four mummies had walked out of the coffins, engaged in a fierce battle with a young man.
Long Feiwu's face changed slightly, "Not Miao Tiannan? Then, who……"
The heavy stone door opened wide, and a dull sound resonated from the tomb. Chen Mo, who was still fiercely battling the four mummies, paused slightly upon realizing this. Despite having expended much of his blood and qi, he was overjoyed and surged another wave of qi and blood. He punched away four mummies who had rushed towards him from all sides, sending them flying back several zhang before transforming into a streak of lightning to charge towards the woman who emerged from the stone door.
Seeing this, Long Feiwu quickly stepped back a few steps, her pale face showing a hint of panic. However, upon seeing that familiar yet unfamiliar face, she could not help but be momentarily distracted.
Before she could anticipate the attack, however, the boy who had rushed towards her suddenly stopped in his tracks and stood in front of her, smiling slightly, "Brother Ao Tian, you have finally emerged."
"Brother Ao Tian……?"
The familiar voice, the familiar appellation, once again caused Long Feiwu to be taken aback. She looked at the young man in front of her closely, her eyes moistening involuntarily, and her pale lips trembled slightly. "You, you, are you……".
"After three hundred years, Brother Ao Tian, have you really forgotten me? Do you remember, the Wind Mountain searching for the Golden Cicada Grass, do you remember us discussing in the small courtyard, and do you remember that you owe me a favor……Brother Ao Tian, it seems like you haven't worn women's clothes in front of me……".
"It's you, it's really you"
Long Feiwu's smile was as beautiful as a flower, but tears could not be contained from spilling out of her eyes. Three hundred years had passed, and the young man she knew from before had returned.
Although he was initially weak and powerless, in Long Feiwu's eyes, he was just a weakling. However, he had repeatedly helped her resolve the Empire's crises.
Now, he has returned in the moment she most needed help……
The tense nerves that had been taut for so long finally relaxed at this moment, and the sharp thorns she had used to protect herself all over her body were removed. The sense of security surged from the inside out, and her weakened body could no longer hold up. She collapsed limply to the ground.
Chen Mo saw this and rushed forward to support her slender figure.
The four mummies behind stood frozen in place without any action. Chen Mo was an outsider, but Long Feiwu was not. If they made a move, they would definitely hurt her. They stood there in a daze for a long time, unable to make any offensive moves.
"Esteemed elders, she has been seriously injured. I need to treat her wounds……”
Chen Mo said respectfully, "In order to be on the safe side, I will carry her into the main tomb. Fortunately, with her royal bloodline, the Imperial Sword outside the stone door will immediately shake me off in the first place."
Chen Mo laid Long Feiwu flat on the ground, and then took the medicinal pills given by Fu Bo before he left from his space ring. He was about to give it to her, but at this moment, the big and small treasures on his arm suddenly came out, their eyes alertly looking at her body, emitting low growls.
"What is this..."
Chen Mo looked slightly puzzled, but then he saw that several terrifying worms had emerged from Long Feiwu's body.
