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"Huh?"
Outside the gate of a certain Imperial Palace,
As several pillars of light rose from the sky, Jian Changsheng and the others looked back and let out a soft exclamation.
"What's the situation?"
"All of them have a trace of fluctuation of the Path of the Sovereign's Aura... It seems those candidates have started to exert their strength." With his Imperial Fate sensing the pillars of light in the distance, Chen Ling instantly guessed the truth of the matter.
"Is their progress that fast?"
"Originally, it probably wouldn't have been that fast." Sun Bumian glanced at Chen Ling and spoke leisurely. "It seems the appearance of some people put too much pressure on those Emperors..."
Chen Ling, dressed in a red robe, stood calmly outside the vermilion palace wall, swaying in the wind, as if he didn't care about this.
"Whatever their final result is, let's first get our interest back from that group of Emperors."
Looking at the palace wall in front of him, Jian Changsheng seemed eager for action.
"Red... uh... Lin Yan, where are those treasures you mentioned?" Jian Changsheng glanced at Jiang Xiaohua, who was half-dead next to him, from the corner of his eye and still changed his words to ask.
"Naturally inside the palace."
Chen Ling casually raised his hand, and the magnificent and heavy Imperial Palace gate gradually opened amid a low hum... On a vast piece of land, countless palaces stood at the end of the horizon.
The sounds of slaughter with armored horses and weapons could faintly be heard from behind the four of them. That was the new Emperor's troops and horses of this dynasty who had risen in revolt to rebuild order, currently clashing with the old dynasty's order outside the palace walls.
Chen Ling naturally wouldn't care about the replaying history. As long as the Imperial Remnants weren't here, everything here was fake... The Emperor corresponding to this dynasty was still digging three feet into the ground in "A Hidden Dragon in the Depths", and probably wouldn't return in a short time.
Who could have thought that the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path, which hadn't been opened for hundreds of years, could welcome a batch of burglars and robbers at this time?
Hoo hoo—
A bleak breeze blew across the open space. The four figures walked shoulder to shoulder forward along the spacious stone road for carriages and horses entering the palace.
Beside them, figures in ancient costumes hurriedly ran past. Some were fleeing for their lives, some were entering the palace to seek an audience with the Emperor... The four just walked through the Reappearance of history like this, ancient and modern forming a stark contrast at this moment.
"The Path of the Sovereign is different from other Divine Pathways."
"After every dynasty transition, the Dao Foundation of the Path of the Sovereign extends a segment, becoming the Dao Foundation secret treasure of the corresponding dynasty... In most cases, the appearance of this secret treasure is an Imperial Jade Seal, but besides that, there are some other things, such as an Imperial Decree, a treasured sword, or a piece of Imperial Calligraphy..."
Chen Ling, who possessed the Imperial Fate, had already sensed the situation of the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path, and calmly explained to everyone.
"Every dynasty transition has a Dao Foundation secret treasure? Doesn't that mean the Path of the Sovereign has several hundred Dao Foundation secret treasures in total?!" Jian Changsheng opened his mouth wide in disbelief. "This is too rich!"
"The number is indeed correct, but the problem is, after the old dynasty is replaced by the new dynasty, the old dynasty's Dao Foundation secret treasure will also decline along with it. The Aura of the Path of the Sovereign's Dao Foundation within it will be extremely weak... You can understand it as, the new dynasty's Dao Foundation secret treasure will suck away the previous dynasty's Dao Foundation Aura, similar to a change of ownership in providence." Chen Ling paused for a moment and continued speaking,
"But even so, those secret treasures that once contained a faint trace of the Path of the Sovereign's Aura are far more precious than mortal items, and possess some bizarre effects."
"No wonder..."
Jian Changsheng clicked his tongue. "So many people want to find emperor's tombs, turns out there really are good things."
"The Imperial Palace of this dynasty is quite wealthy, there's quite a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry. But what I care more about is the Dao Foundation secret treasure of this dynasty... an 'Emperor's Treasured Sword'."
"Emperor's Treasured Sword?!"
Hearing these four words, Jian Changsheng, who used a sword, had eyes lighting up like lightbulbs. "Lin Yan!! You're truly a good person! How did you know I lacked a good sword!"
Chen Ling: "..."
"It's just that this place is the closest to us. In the Imperial Palaces of other dynasties, there are also many similar treasures. We need to hurry and search them one by one."
"We still have to search for them ourselves? Can't you directly pinpoint the locations of those secret treasures?"
"... What do you take me for? Only the corresponding dynasty's Emperor can accurately locate the corresponding dynasty's Dao Foundation secret treasure. I can only sense their existence."
"Tsk... alright then, I'll search this side, you guys go search that side."
Chen Ling, Jian Changsheng, and Sun Bumian dragged Jiang Xiaohua and swaggered into a main hall.
After entering, the three let go of Jiang Xiaohua. Jiang Xiaohua also quite cooperatively laid flat on the spot, face towards the ground, unmoving like a corpse...
Chen Ling and Jian Changsheng, one left and one right, split up to search the two sides of the main hall.
Sun Bumian, however, had no interest in any treasured sword. Instead, he immediately set his eyes on a plate of exquisite fruits beside the dragon throne, and couldn't help but lick his lips.
Stepping with Cloud Steps, he flashed and lay down on the dragon throne. With one hand, he picked up a bunch of crystal-clear grapes, leisurely stuffing them into his mouth one by one, letting out a comfortable groan.
"It's still the old Emperor who lives comfortably... knows how to enjoy."
Sun Bumian raised his hand and reached towards the table, seemingly wanting to pick up that wine jug for a sip too. But after shaking it, he found that the wine jug was completely empty, and was instantly somewhat disappointed.
After an unknown amount of time,
Jian Changsheng rushed out excitedly from the depths of the main hall, holding an exquisite sword box!
"I think I found it! Is it this?!"
This loud shout attracted the attention of the others. Sun Bumian, who was leisurely eating fruits on the dragon throne, sat up straight and looked over curiously; Chen Ling seemed like a gentle breeze, brushing to the front of Jian Changsheng; even Jiang Xiaohua, who had been lying unmoving at the door the whole time, silently shifted his angle so that from his peripheral vision he could see the direction of the three...
"It should be it." Chen Ling nodded slightly. "There's lingering Aura of the Path of the Sovereign on it."
"Hahahahaha!! Your daddy found it!"
Jian Changsheng excitedly rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the edges of the sword box with both hands, and lifted it forcefully... With a crisp sound, the lid of the sword box quickly sprang open.
Following that, the expressions of Chen Ling and Jian Changsheng gradually stiffened...
Inside the sword box, there wasn't a single shadow of a sword, only a wine cup casually tossed inside... Beneath the wine cup, at the very bottom of the sword box, was a line of large, Dragon Soaring And Phoenix Dancing characters, as if written by someone drunk:
[Visited By the Thief Saint].