Dragon Soaring felt as if he were dreaming, his consciousness was blurry, and he even encountered a person who had already died three hundred years ago.
But for some reason, when she saw him, she felt very at ease, so at ease that she directly removed all her defenses.
It's unclear how long ago this was, but Dragon Soaring gradually woke up from her dream. It was a bit difficult for her to sit up, and she realized that she had once again awakened from the main tomb. She placed her small hand on her forehead and gently shook her head. Although she felt a bit tired, compared to before, her body had recovered quite a bit.
Due to the influence of the insect, she had to run her spiritual energy at a high level all the time to resist it. When the insect was resting, she couldn't enjoy peace. She could only sleep lightly and have to continue resisting after the other party woke up.
Now, this situation seems to have disappeared.
Dragon Soaring looked at the familiar stone door and sighed helplessly, "It seems that in the end, it was just a dream. A person who had already died three hundred years ago, how could he……".
"What might it be?"
A familiar voice came from behind Dragon Soaring, causing her to pause and then turn around abruptly. The familiar face was not far from her.
Chen Mo was half-kneeling on the ground, touching the red ground with his fingers, which were stained by blood. There were many remains of insects on the ground, which had become indistinguishable from their original appearance, leaving only a pool of blood and flesh on it.
"You, you…"
Dragon Soaring immediately stood up, her body weak but stubbornly taking one step after another, then crouching down beside Chen Mo. The latter turned his head, and the two gazed at each other in silence.
slap
A small hand gently pinched Chen Mo's cheek and then pulled his cheek.
Chen Mo let out an "Ah" sound, rolling his eyes complainingly, "What is Brother Aotian's intention?"
"I want to see if I am dreaming."
Dragon Soaring said it seriously, then increased the force by several degrees. Chen Mo pushed away her small hand with some anger and countered sarcastically: "If you want to see if you are dreaming, why don't you pinch your own face? Why do you pinch me instead? Do you think I'm an easy target? Brother Aotian, you'd better not forget the many favors I owe you…"
"Snort"
Before Chen Mo finished speaking, Dragon Soaring couldn't help but burst out laughing, covering her mouth with her small hand and laughing happily. It had been so long since she was this happy, and her gaze fell on him, never leaving.
"Laugh, how can you still laugh? Do you know that there are a lot of insects in your body?"
Chen Mo pointed at the bodies of the insects on the ground and the pool of blood. "If I hadn't intervened, you might not have been able to save yourself. I don't know how you've managed to survive for three hundred years... Have things been so bad for you since I wasn't around?"
Chen Mo kept scolding Dragon Soaring, but instead of getting angry, she became happier and happier. She was half-kneeling with her right hand supporting her cheek and leaning against her knees, with an ever more indulgent smile.
That look seemed almost like it could be stretched...
"Although it's been a bit of a hassle, as long as you're there, I don't have to worry about any dangers."
"What you're saying…"
One sentence silenced Chen Mo, leaving him at a loss for words. He helplessly sighed, "I won't waste any more time with you. I came to find you because your empire is in crisis. My esteemed emperor, you should pull yourself together. Without you, the empire might fall apart."
"You actually knew all of that..."
This time, Dragon Soaring finally became serious, retracting her smile and carrying a trace of solemnity in her eyes, "If you can come here to save me, I'm afraid you have fought with Miao Tiannan before."
Chen Mo nodded seriously, "I've learned that he wants to establish a new ruler, with the candidate being the son of the Ning Wang who attempted to stage a coup three hundred years ago, Longhua. It's because I found out about this that I guessed you might be hiding in the imperial mausoleum..."
"Setting up a new ruler? Hm, it seems they're willing to use any means to kill me... In the imperial mausoleum, only those with royal blood can enter. But Longhua is not the legitimate heir, while I am. If he wants to open the stone door without being injured by the lingering energy left by the founding ancestor, he must legitimize his succession..."
"Previously, there was another reason..."
Chen Mo smiled slightly, "But you're wrong, I think. They want to open the tomb of the first emperor for more than just to kill you; it's more about what they want to get from it."
"What they want to get from it?"
Dragon Soaring stood up, "Is it the Tianlong scriptures or the imperial sword?"
The Tianlong scriptures have already been mastered by Dragon Soaring within the main tomb, while the imperial sword is inserted upside down outside the stone door and can only be removed by someone of royal blood.
"Imperial fortune"
Chen Mo casually uttered a sentence, but the words fell into her ears, causing her to freeze in place. Then she raised her voice and exclaimed, "What do they want with imperial fortune? Are they trying to destroy the foundation of my empire?"
The royal mausoleum is built on a dragon vein, and its underground contains abundant imperial fortune, all of which are suppressed by the countless treasured items in the founder's spiritual tomb. This is to bless the empire with eternal peace. If the imperial fortune is plundered, the incredibly powerful Tianlong Empire may decline day by day.
Natural disasters and man-made calamities, causing the people to suffer.
"Imperial fortune can bless an empire with prosperity and power, but at the same time, it can also strengthen a powerful individual. With proper means, one can achieve unparalleled supremacy... However, this requires many prerequisites. That person has already completed most of it, lacking only a strong body and imperial fortune as an auxiliary..."
"Anyway, compared to this matter, what's more important is your Miao Tiannan and others. The current priority is to deal with them. I think you also want to remove this thorn in your eye and this thorn in your flesh."
Dragon Soaring slightly nodded, seriously saying, "Miao Tiannan was recommended to me by my teacher years ago, saying that he could improve my strength. Later, I trusted him, but I didn't expect that my teacher would conspire with him against me. If it weren't for the fact that I still had a bit of remaining strength, I might have already been dead in their hands."
"Haha, it seems my guess was right. Dragon Old Man has truly been controlled."
"What do you mean by that?"
Dragon Soaring doesn't understand.
"Do you remember the insects that possessed you?"
Dragon Soaring nodded.
"I think these insects are the ones controlling your body. As long as your body is possessed by them, you will be like Dragon Old Man, under the control of Miao Tiannan."
"So that's it, then. Can my teacher find a way to restore his consciousness?"
Chen Mo shook his head, "I'm not sure either; my understanding of the art of witchcraft and poison is not much. We'll have to wait for Xiao Dou Ding to come back; she knows more about it... By the way, since you've come out, in my opinion, we should leave here as soon as possible... But your injuries haven't fully healed. If you go out now...".
Dragon Soaring is very powerful, and if she were to leave now, she would definitely become one of their powerful forces. However, she is currently badly injured, and if she were to go out now, they might not hesitate to kill her.
"You can be assured of this. I know a hidden passage that leads from the mausoleum to the outside world."
