Drag Him Out and Bury Him
The golden hurricane blew Jian Changsheng and Sun Bumian's eyes to narrow.
Almost at the same time,
A line of text also flashed before Jian Changsheng's eyes:
[An Emperor casts his gaze upon you].
Jian Changsheng stood frozen in place.
In the next moment, the figures of the three of them were all swept into the golden hurricane, disappearing in front of the stone door of the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path.
Compared to the first batch like the Hemp-Clad Youth and the others who were swept in, the entry of Chen Ling's trio was relatively much more leisurely. They slightly adjusted their figures in the wind, and steadily landed in the pitch-black corridor. The residual wind blew the surrounding dust to flutter wildly.
With a casual wave of the hem of Chen Ling's Great Crimson Theatrical Robe, the wind pressure blew away all the dust. He looked at that abrupt line of golden text in front of him, his eyes narrowing slightly...
"Eh? You saw it too?" Jian Changsheng was also somewhat surprised. "I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me."
"What's written in front of you?"
"[An Emperor casts his gaze upon you]."
Sun Bumian looked at the two of them in confusion. "Why didn't I see anything?"
"You can't see it? It's just a line of bright golden words, it appeared the moment the door was opened just now..."
Just as Jian Changsheng was explaining to Sun Bumian, Chen Ling was deep in thought...
Text that only the person themselves could see, Chen Ling was too familiar with this characteristic. It was just like the Audience Expectation Value in his mind... However, the difference between the two was that The Theater's prompts appeared in the surrounding environment in various hallucination-like ways; whereas the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path's prompts truly projected the text onto the retina.
If Chen Ling guessed correctly, it should be that golden hurricane when the door was opened just now that added something into the eyes of the three of them, which resulted in the text prompts...
Is this the way the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path establishes contact with humans?
"Then I indeed didn't see it." After hearing Jian Changsheng's description, Sun Bumian shrugged. "But this is also reasonable. Although the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path has fallen, it should still have retained some Imperial Remnants inside, who will see what happens here."
"Then why are they looking at me?" Jian Changsheng turned to look at Chen Ling. "Right, Hearts, you saw it too? What did you see?"
Chen Ling's expression was somewhat strange. He glanced at the nothingness in the distance, indeed feeling like he was being stared at straight on.
"... Four hundred and ninety-four Emperors cast their gazes upon me."
"???"
"Historically, the total number of Emperors is probably only this many..." Sun Bumian spoke in surprise.
Jian Changsheng was incomparably shocked. "Is your Card Face that big? The moment you come in, all the Emperors aligned their gazes to you?!"
"..."
Just as Chen Ling was about to say something else, the text in front of him changed again:
[Two hundred and eighty-one Emperors express shock at your existence]
[Two hundred and thirteen Emperors express wariness at your existence]
Seeing this scene, Chen Ling became even more certain that these Imperial Remnants noticing him was mostly because of his [Imperial Fate]...
One must know, the Imperial Fate was something that would only appear after becoming an [Emperor]. But now, the [Emperor] of this era hadn't appeared at all, yet a Chen Ling possessing the Imperial Fate suddenly popped up. This undoubtedly subverted the cognition of all the Imperial Remnants.
"This is not a good thing." Chen Ling muttered to himself, sensing the direction the gazes came from.
He possessed the Imperial Fate in vain, but did not have the corresponding abilities. The moment he entered the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path, he became the center of attention of all the Emperors... Now, he was in the spotlight, and every single move he made might arouse a reaction from the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path.
For him to go kill the [Emperor] Ying Fu under these circumstances, who knew what kind of unforeseen events would happen?
"... Eh?"
Jian Changsheng suddenly seemed to have discovered something. "I was wondering why I felt something tripped me when I was blown in just now... Why is there a corpse here?"
Hearing the word "corpse", Chen Ling and Sun Bumian looked over at the same time.
They saw in the dark corner at the edge of the stone door, a mummy completely bound in bandages was lying perfectly straight on the ground. More than half of its body was covered by the falling dust, looking like a corpse forgotten here by people.
Sun Bumian spoke in confusion, "Was this also blown in with us just now?"
"Probably not, when we came in there were only the three of us."
"Then it seems it died here a long time ago... The Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path has been sealed for so long, it must have been lying here for at least hundreds of years, right?" Jian Changsheng used his foot to kick the corpse's butt, unable to help but sigh with emotion. "The corpse has gone stiff."
Jiang Xiaohua: ...
"Not necessarily. Don't forget, there were people who came in before us." Chen Ling's gaze swept to the ground on the side. There were some messy footprints on it, left not long ago.
"For the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path to suddenly revive at this time, there must be a reason... Maybe, it opened precisely for 'those people'."
While yawning, Sun Bumian walked closer to the side of that mummy. Just as he was about to open his mouth to say something, he suddenly narrowed his eyes, starting to carefully stare at and size up that mummy...
Seeing Sun Bumian's expression suddenly become strange, Chen Ling frowned slightly, and also walked forward.
The three of them just stood beside The Mummy, staring straight at him for a long time... Ultimately, Chen Ling and Sun Bumian exchanged a glance, both their gazes somewhat subtle.
Only Jian Changsheng had a bewildered face.
"No, what are you two doing exchanging glances there?" Jian Changsheng felt like he had been marginalized.
After a long silence, it was still Chen Ling who spoke first:
"This corpse lying here, it seems quite pitiful too..."
Sun Bumian was stunned, then reacted, a smile flashing across the corners of his mouth. He immediately followed up, "Indeed... How about, we drag him out and find a place to bury him?"
"Sure."
Jian Changsheng: ?
Jian Changsheng felt that this world had probably gone crazy...
Chen Ling, who had always been ruthless and cunning, killing people like flies, would actually one day feel compassion for a nameless corpse exposed in the wilderness, and even actively want to bury him... Jian Changsheng would rather believe that the Lord of Wuji had discovered his conscience, or the Silver King had washed his hands of the criminal world, than believe he could do such a thing.
"Jian Wubing, lend a hand." Chen Ling glanced at him and said.
Hearing the three words "Jian Wubing", Jian Changsheng was first stunned, then as if realizing something, abruptly looked at that motionless mummy...
Right now there were only the three of them, yet Chen Ling called his fake name... There was a situation with this mummy!
Jian Changsheng immediately understood tacitly. He directly grabbed The Mummy's hands and dragged it forward, as if carrying a dead pig.
But in the next moment, he was secretly startled in his heart, because this mummy was truly too heavy, even for him it was somewhat strenuous to drag... This also further proved that there was a problem with this guy!
At the same time,
From the corner of his eye, Jian Changsheng saw Chen Ling silently draw out a Bone-Stripping Knife gleaming with a chillingly cold light from his cuff...