Actually, he also knew that the Great Xia Emperor was a nostalgic person.
But in front of this Emperor, he seemed to lose control and involuntarily became reserved and nervous.
Many words became speechless.
Previously, he wanted to take the opportunity to ask the Emperor for advice on the Dao.
There was a trace of helplessness in Tianxu Daoist’s eyes.
Even though he had cultivated his heart for a long time, he still lost his composure at the crucial moment.
A person’s name, the tree’s shadow!
Perhaps there were too many legends about the Great Xia Emperor outside, gradually surpassing his previous understanding of the Emperor, to the point where he dared not speak.
After a moment of regret, Tianxu Daoist only waited to leave with a group of disciples from the Iron Immortal Temple.
Years later.
At the West Mountain Temple, where the Dragon Vein was located, a huge imperial mausoleum had been fully restored.
The surrounding of the imperial mausoleum was filled with tall cypress trees against the green mountains and rivers.
The Feng Shui gathered around, and in the depths of the void, there were faint flows of visible Dragon Qi, with the Red Dragon circling.
In front of the imperial mausoleum, Zhang Jian and Empress Qi stepped inside.
Behind them were several figures.
The Zhang Zhao couple, Zhang Yi, Zhang Xian, Zhang Chang’an, and the now-adult Princess Nanyang all followed behind.
The five siblings wore expressions of slight reluctance.
On Zhang Yi’s sunny face, there was now a hint of desolation.
Even though he wasn’t born by Empress Qi, he was brought up by her from a young age.
In the mausoleum, everyone saw from afar a tomb already sealed with ice.
That was the tomb chamber of the Supreme Emperor and Empress Dowager, sealed in ice.
Supreme Emperor Zhang Yi and Empress Dowager Madam Zhang Qi were sealed in longevity by Zhang Jian after Madam Qi Wan’s passing.
In fact, Zhang Yi and Empress Dowager Madam Zhang Qi could have chosen to pass away naturally.
If they passed away naturally, their names would surely be moved by Zhang Jian into the Emperor’s Seven Temples, enjoying the orthodox sacrifices of the Great Xia Dynasty.
With the bestowment of the Great Xia Dynasty, it wouldn’t be difficult for them to achieve the status of a Netherworld Ghost Emperor with the Zhang family’s foundation.
However, compared to becoming a ghost god, Zhang Yi and his wife inclined to become immortals and achieve the Dao.
The two first entered the Supreme Emperor’s tomb chamber.
In the tomb chamber, Supreme Emperor and Empress Dowager Madam Zhang Qi were exceptional in calmness, as if in middle age.
They were completely frozen by the momentary Freezing Origin Immortal Technique, halting the vitality of the flesh and freezing time itself.
Underneath their flesh was an array nourishing the body and soul, and remarkable Heavenly and Earthly Treasures like the Ten Thousand Years Warm Jade were held in the mouth to protect the soul, keeping it in a state of sleep, preventing damage to the soul due to the power of the Immortal Technique.
Zhang Jian looked at Qi Yuhua and smiled.
"Empress, rest assured, it’s just a nap, and after you wake up, the whole family will ascend, achieving great freedom and bliss!"
Qi Yuhua glanced at Zhang Jian, with a trace of reluctance in her eyes.
She stepped forward and once again adjusted Zhang Jian’s clothing.
This gesture seemed to have become a habit.
Zhang Jian’s eyes showed a slight ripple, even though his Dao Heart, refined to be immutable, couldn’t help but stir, as he gently embraced Qi Yuhua.
Qi Yuhua closed her eyes at this moment, showing a trace of joy on her stunning jade-like face.
At this moment, she felt an unprecedented sense of peace.
Recalling her life, even though she had never exclusively possessed the young master before her, she always knew that Zhang Jian cared most about her.
As an Innate Emperor, as long as he was in the Imperial Palace, he always dined at Fengzhi Palace every day without exception.
Come rain or shine.
Such favor, Qi’s family believed no emperor had ever shown.
She was already very satisfied.
Her life was not wasted.
From being the matriarch of the Zhang family to becoming the founding empress of the Great Xia, an empress in all her glory, she had lived a splendid life.
She had also given birth to four extraordinarily gifted children for the Zhang family.
The only regret might be not witnessing the birth of the Zhang family’s third generation.
In an instant, an unusual cold force enveloped Empress Qi, sealing this Vermilion Phoenix Robe-wearing, peerlessly graceful founding empress in the cold currents of time.
"Mother!"
Seeing this scene, the other six couldn’t help but kneel down.
With a wave of his hand, Zhang Jian gently picked up this piece of Profound Ice and stepped forward to place it in the central Phoenix Quarters.
Watching the beauty whose face retained a perpetual smile, he looked slightly stagnated, and after a moment, sighed softly.
"Have a good sleep, wait for me!"
He glanced at the seven Copper Crane Oil Lamps around the Phoenix Quarters, waved his hand, and ignited seven flames, illuminating the dark and cold tomb chamber. Zhang Jian quickly formed a seal with his hand, and four rays of Divine Light flew out from his hand, falling onto the four Divine Beast Dharma Aspects around the Phoenix Quarters.
An impressive Innate Four Symbols Guardian Array formed into shape.
The brilliance of the Four Symbols danced, covering the entirety of the Phoenix Quarters.
The six Zhang siblings saw clearly, it was an extremely powerful array.
Zhang Jian’s calm voice issued forth.
"Please, the four of you accompany the Empress for me. If one day I ascend to the Celestial Palace, I won’t forget your contributions!"
Upon hearing, four voices came from all directions.
"Rest assured, Your Majesty, with our true bodies guarding, the Phoenix Quarters will surely be safe and sound!"
Zhang Jian nodded slightly at this.
Then he stepped out of the Phoenix Quarters, waved his hand, and several beams of light flew and turned into gigantic statues of varying figures around the imperial mausoleum.
Be it a Daoist in flowing robes, an elder draped in animal skin, a burly general, or an Emperor holding a Treasure Sword, each had a distinct expression, yet their manifested aura was exceptionally intense.
Facing these statues, Zhang Jian’s voice was particularly cold and domineering.
"All of you are criminals who defied my Great Xia Dynasty. Originally, you should have been eliminated to eradicate the future problem. But now, I grant you a way to live. Guard this imperial tomb for my Imperial Family for ten thousand years, and after ten thousand years, you’ll regain your freedom!"
"If half-hearted, beware of the Dharma Ban activating, scattering your souls!"
With those words, Zhang Jian waved his hand and ignited the Everlasting Lamps on the stone walls surrounding the mausoleum, their light crafting a unique array that enveloped the depths of the mausoleum.
That was a Dragon Qi Prohibition.
Suppressing both the mausoleum and these powerful entities turned into stone statues.
At that time, a stone statue burst out with an angry voice!
"Emperor Xia, I am the Great Yun Celestial Immortal, yet you dare to humiliate an immortal, forcing me to guard the tombs for your Zhang family..."
Zhang Jian sneered, a black whip appearing in his hand with a wave.
The black whip was covered in countless dense death runes, actually a whip formed by the Death Dao Laws, striking viciously, and that voice immediately emitted a scream.
Visibly, the emperor statue holding the Treasure Sword instantly dimmed, its features grew old, turning gray.
Zhang Jian, seemingly still angry, whipped several more times.
The Emperor’s stone statue ceased to have any vitality in the blink of an eye.
"Great Yun Celestial Immortal!"
Si Li’Er stood beside Zhang Zhao, silently watching this scene.
Great Yun had only one Celestial Immortal, and that was Yun Lianwu.
This Great Yun Celestial Immortal once roamed unhindered, ending up in such a state.
However, attempting to resist at this time was unwise.
After receiving several lashes, Yun Lianwu had no more sound, uncertain if he had fallen.
At this moment, Zhang Jian’s eyes swept through the mausoleum.
"If any more are unwilling, speak up now, I can ’let you leave’!"
Upon hearing this, there were no further objections within the mausoleum.
Only then did Zhang Jian leave the mausoleum with a cold face.
The six others followed closely, knowing well that after Empress Qi’s sleep, their father’s mood was terrible, best not to provoke him.
...
Time flowed like water, and eighty years swiftly passed.
Since Empress Qi’s passing, it wasn’t long before Prince Duan Zhang Min was also frozen by Zhang Jian.
But Prince Duan Zhang Min was only a prince, without the right to enter the imperial mausoleum.
This was the ancestral law.
Zhang Jian built an advance Prince Duan Mausoleum for him, as a place for slumber.
Named Prince Duan Mausoleum!
Eighty years passed like a white colt crossing a crevice, to ordinary people, a household could have been renovated countless times.
However, for the majestic Great Xia Dynasty standing firm on the East Suspended Divine Continent, it was still in its prime.
The grand Emperor’s Qi and Dragon Qi were at their peak.
On this day, a vast phenomenon appeared above Haojing City, as countless thunderclouds spanned millions of miles, with Immortal Light breaking through the sky in Hanyuan Hall.