The old wooden door opened automatically without wind. The middle-aged man stepped in with his head held high. After walking a few steps, he turned around and looked at the woman following behind.
This is a path leading to the back mountain past the Drum Tower. This door will only appear when the ancestral land is opened, and will disappear at midnight tonight. At that time, this path will also be traceless. p>
At this place, the middle-aged man finally has a few words to ask the woman.
"Mingyue," Emperor Qin said with a smile, "Why is Zhaohuan in your spirit beast bag?"
Qin Mingyue was stunned. She knew Emperor Qin would have many questions, but she didn't expect that this was the first thing he asked.
Suddenly, she understood what was going on.
It must be Yan Shijun who reported the news of her injury and hiding to Emperor Qin.
That’s right! That guy must have told Xiaojiu, and that’s how he gained the girl’s favor.
Yan Shijun, Yan Shijun, you are certainly smart, and you also know that Emperor Qin and I have the same position, and reporting to the other party will not bring danger. But by doing this, I am really disappointed!
People who can’t hide things in their hearts are ultimately useless!
It's not like that enemy. I'm like him, but I still keep a lot of things that I don't want to reveal.
"Ming Yue met Bago at the Huan Zhen Pass in the ancestral land." Qin Mingyue said without hesitation.
"Can you still return to the trial field of your ancestral land? Could it be that you failed the first time? It's impossible, otherwise how could you come out?" Emperor Qin asked several questions in a rapid succession.
Qin Mingyue blinked her eyes, with a puzzled look on her face: "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? Mingyue has been staying in the ancestral training ground, and she didn't come out until today!"
Anyway, the letter to Yan Shijun had been burned at that time, so it was empty talk, haha!
"Why did I hear that..."
"Yan Langguan probably trusts the other party easily," Qin Mingyue stroked the stone chain in her hand with a smile like a flower: "If Mingyue met that little thief Yang Zhen, it would be strange if she didn't skin him and cramp him. How could he let that little thief go?
Doing business?"
Qin Huang frowned, something seemed wrong, but after careful consideration, Qin Mingyue's explanation was more reasonable. The young man Yan Shijun seemed to have been deceived by Yang Zhen.
Hey, Mingyue has always been serious about her smile. Why did she smile so happily just now?
"Mingyue, was Qin Zhaowu killed by you?" Emperor Qin put the matter aside and asked.
Qin Mingyue's smile faded and she nodded with a stern face. This was how she should have looked in the past.
Emperor Qin sighed: "I think this matter has something to do with the three princes. If Mingyue gets the blood jade as she wishes during this trip to the ancestral land, how will she treat them in the future?"
"I swear to kill him." Qin Mingyue gritted her teeth and said.
Emperor Qin's eyes flashed with joy.
……
The two stopped talking and walked along the overgrown mountain path. The terrain gradually rose, and the sound of waves crashing in front became clearer and louder.
Half an hour later, Emperor Qin took the lead in climbing onto a high platform, followed by Qin Mingyue.
The three people in front turned their heads when they heard the noise, and suddenly saw the woman standing proudly, their expressions changed drastically.
"Ming...Mingyue!"
Qin Mingyue looked at these brothers who had been kind and caring to her, without any smile on her face, and said coldly: "Mingyue has met three royal brothers."
The eldest prince made a cold snort from his nose, his eyes were filled with gloom, and he put his hands behind his back and did not respond.
The third prince looked surprised: "Mingyue, you finally came out of the ancestral land. Third brother is so happy, haha, hahaha."
The second prince glanced at Emperor Qin secretly with his little eyes, and suddenly shouted: "Mingyue, that, it's none of my business! That..."
"Shut up!" the eldest prince shouted angrily, interrupting his story.
"Mingyue," the eldest prince said earnestly: "There are only so many opportunities in the battle between the great avenues. All family ties and morality are empty. The winner is the king and the loser is the best!"
"Don't blame us. There are some things that everyone just depends on their own methods. Whether it is right or wrong cannot be explained clearly in a few words."
"Brother, you will naturally understand these words once you have experienced more things!"
"Of course Mingyue understands." Qin Mingyue looked at the pretentious eldest prince and sneered in her heart.
If it were in the past, she might have thought that the eldest prince was right, that she should be ruthless and give up everything for the chance of the great road. However, these days, as a woman bathed in love, a woman who has experienced the nourishment of love, she
My mind has long changed.
If you don't even care about family ties, and there is no one in this world who loves you, and there is no one you love, then where will your heart be placed?
What's the point of living for tens of thousands of years when everyone is betrayed and separated from their relatives?
A person who eats his family, wealth, and evil will never become a useful person. How could my opportunity fall into the hands of such a person!
"No one can take away what belongs to me!" She glanced at the three of them, her voice as cold as frost.
"Humph," the eldest prince was displeased and flicked his long sleeves: "If the fate of the blood jade is really yours, I have nothing to say. Otherwise, as long as there is a glimmer of possibility, I will never give up!" p>
……
In addition to the five members of the Qin royal family, the eight shaman cultivators who carried the sarcophagus up the mountain were also near the high platform, with the five-flowered sarcophagus resting next to them.
We are already at the top of the mountain, looking up at the vast starry sky and the bright moon. The wind is howling all around, but it stops a few dozen feet away from the high platform. It is obvious that there is a formation restriction in this place.
Qin Mingyue raised her eyes and looked ahead. A hundred steps away, there was a Tianchi Lake surrounded by peaks, about several miles in radius. The waves in the lake were rough and the waves were monstrous. The sound of the waves lapping the shore along the way came from this.<
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There is a small island in the center of the lake, with a radius of only a few dozen feet and a height of a hundred feet. It is like a stone rod inserted in the lake. The light can detect people. It goes straight upward, almost as high as the top of the mountain here.
Amidst the clouds and mist, you can vaguely see a three-story attic on the island. The bottom floor is suspended on all sides, supported by pillars and connected by stairs. The upper floor is decorated with skyward eaves and carved beams and paintings, which is extremely exquisite.
Those menacing waves also disappeared ten feet away from the island, turning into countless water vapor that lingered around the island.
Emperor Qin looked solemn, facing the direction of the attic, straightened his clothes, and leaned down to worship.
When Qin Mingyue and the three princes saw this, they also knelt down and worshiped.
Emperor Qin muttered something while using his hands to draw complex runes one after another. Half a quarter of an hour later, there was movement in the attic, and a window on the second floor suddenly opened, and a piece of black and red brocade flew out.
The tapestry stretched longer and longer in mid-air, extending to everyone's feet, turning into a cloth bridge about one foot wide, reaching directly to the island.
Several witch cultivators saw the movement here and came over curiously.
Emperor Qin waved to the leader and said in a kind tone: "You guys, please send the holy objects under the attic and then leave. Remember, flying is prohibited over the lake, so you need to be careful. Otherwise, if you fall into the lake,
, life is hard to save."
The witch cultivators obeyed the order solemnly. Under the command of the leader, they worked together to lift the sarcophagus, then stepped onto the Bu Bridge step by step, and walked cautiously towards the other side.
These eight people plus the sarcophagus weigh tens of thousands of kilograms. The bridge looks extremely weak, but with such a weight on it, it does not move at all.
A safe journey.
After crossing the river, the shaman cultivator was busy again. He placed the sarcophagus properly, untied the ropes and sticks, etc., then turned back from the Bu Bridge and said goodbye.
Emperor Qin waited until their backs completely disappeared, and then he said to a few people: "Let's go in."
When everyone stepped onto the cloth bridge, they felt that it was unusually soft and thick under their feet. They did not know what the grade of this brocade was, but it was so useful.
Qin Huang led the way, ignoring the sarcophagus placed quietly on the bottom floor of the attic, and walked straight to the second floor.
In the center of the second floor is the main hall. The door is ajar. As soon as Emperor Qin reached out and touched it, it automatically opened from left to right.
The layout of the hall is the same as that of ordinary people's homes. There is an incense table in the innermost part, with five offerings such as an incense burner, a wax stick, and a flower tube. A portrait is hung on the wall.
There are two people in the portrait. There is a young woman standing in the back right, whose appearance is almost the same as that of the obsidian stone statue. She is Mrs. Gouxie.
The person standing in front of him with his hands behind his back is an old man with a round head, big ears, and kind eyebrows and kind eyes.
Yang Zhen's eyes narrowed in the bluestone space, and this old man turned out to be Huang Ji!
This was not beyond his expectation. He had already made a guess in his mind when he saw the Li Huo left by Zhuhuang in the lava hell.
Moreover, the portrait with only a corner exposed that day in the Qin State Secret Treasury was exactly the same as the one on the right side of this painting, so it was obviously the same painting.
Emperor Qin stared for a moment and raised his voice:
"Everyone, you only know that Hengji Mountain contains the ancestral land of our Great Qin, and that there are trial grounds, Yuan Ying opportunities, and other things, but you don't know what the reason is, let alone why our Great Qin doesn't convert Hengji Mountain to its original land.
Accept it as inner soil?"
He stretched out his hand and pointed at the woman in the portrait: "This is Mrs. Gouxie, the biological mother of the First Emperor of Qin."
The princes suddenly understood and knelt down with pious expressions.
A few years ago, Qin Mingyue was informed of these inside stories by Emperor Qin because of her involvement in the Panxi Mountain secret realm. At this time, she also knelt down and worshiped on the ground.
Emperor Qin coughed lightly and said to the eldest prince: "Yuan Yong, a few days ago you were in Hengji Mountain to investigate the disappearance of Mingyue and several others. Now that Mingyue has returned, those so-called motions to conquer Hengji Mountain as a form of punishment are gone.
Don’t mention it again in the future!”
"Everyone, please remember that Hengji Mountain is the resting place of our ancestors of the Qin Dynasty. Do not engage in war rashly!"
The eldest prince, Qin Yuanyong, was in charge of the country's military affairs. At this time, he had to express his agreement, and the other two princes also agreed.
Emperor Qin then turned around, lit the incense candle, led them to kneel three times and kowtow, and then slowly exited the room.
……
The five of them came to the cliff in front of the attic, and a stone staircase leading down quietly appeared.
Emperor Qin was still in the lead, and everyone filed down. When Qin Mingyue was the last one to reach the flat ground at the foot of the mountain, the stone step road gradually disappeared and returned to its original smooth and smooth appearance.
In front of them was the mysterious Tianchi with rolling white waves.
The sound of the waves is so close at this moment, like a thousand voices roaring in the valley, thousands of thunders shaking the stream, the momentum is extremely spectacular!
Emperor Qin's voice was not disturbed by the sound of the waves at all and sounded clearly in everyone's ears:
"Everyone, take out the jade pendant and stick it between your eyebrows."
Everyone bowed their heads and obeyed the order. Qin Mingyue put the jade pendant she had obtained in the ancestral land on her forehead. Several princes took a peek and saw a bright red seal character Qin on it, which was exactly the same as theirs, and they were secretly disappointed.
"Take off all the clothes on your body, and you are not allowed to carry any foreign objects except jade pendants!" Emperor Qin then ordered.
Qin Mingyue's face couldn't help but change!
As a woman, this kind of rule makes her a little embarrassed. What's more important is that the stone chain has been in her hand, doesn't she have to put it down?
"Yuan Yong, you go down first, and the others will follow the order of seniority and youth," Emperor Qin continued to order.
The eldest prince's face, which looked like a wooden sculpture, showed a hint of joy. If you are the first to go down, you can choose your location at will, and the possibility of success may be slightly higher.
He no longer hesitated, and immediately took off all his clothes, revealing his strong and strong muscles. He put his jade pendant between his brows and walked towards the lake with his head held high.
As he stepped in step by step, the lake surface within three feet of him was suddenly calm, like a pool of stagnant water.
His body was gradually surrounded by white mist, and finally he could only be seen as a white figure, with his features and skin completely hidden.
Finally, he chose a place a hundred feet away from the island. The lake there should be very deep, but half of his body was floating on the water, neither rising nor falling.
Next, the second prince and the third prince also entered the lake one after another and chose the direction they were satisfied with.
Finally, there is Qin Mingyue.
At this point, there was no possibility of retreating. She cast a water mist spell on herself, and her whole body was wrapped in mist, and her clothes were thrown out of the white mist one by one.
The last one was the stone chain. Qin Mingyue held it in her hand reluctantly, and then threw it next to the pile of clothes.
She only took ten steps in the water. When half of her body was exposed like several princes, she stopped moving forward.
Emperor Qin was a little strange, but didn't express anything.
"Run [Blue Blood Asking the Heart Technique] and meditate into concentration. Everything after that will depend on chance and there is no need to force it." Emperor Qin gave the last instruction.
……
The four people were in the lake, which looked like four still whirlpools. The surrounding lake was still full of rolling waves, surging towards the shore layer by layer.
It wasn't until midnight approached that the waves gradually subsided. When a bright moon reached the sky, the lake was finally completely calm, with no more waves.
The sky is filled with stars and rivers, and countless bright pearls are shining at the bottom of the lake.
Everything is silent.
The four white shadows remain motionless, like four white stone towers, reflecting the bright moon in the sky.
I don’t know how long it took, but many tiny red threads appeared at the bottom of the lake, like red threadworms breeding in the water, gathering around four shadows, swinging back and forth.
Gradually, these red threads seemed to identify their target, and gradually left the three of them, swarming towards Qin Mingyue's position.
Qin Huang stared at the movement in the water without blinking, with a hint of relief in his expression.
The red silk thread began to climb up the woman's body, instantly dyeing the entire white mist red. Qin Mingyue, who was in it, seemed to have turned into a bloody man.
The red silk thread goes all the way up, and finally reaches between the eyebrows, disappearing into the jade pendant.
The color of the jade pendant gradually turned bright red, blooming with dazzling red light in the dark night.
In the space, Yang Zhen suddenly realized that this was the origin of blood jade!
……
One night passed.
The red threads in the lake almost completely disappeared, and Qin Mingyue's shadow slowly returned to white. Only the blood jade between the eyebrows was crystal clear and dazzling.
Emperor Qin's face was full of joy and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
In just one night, Blood Jade selected his master, which was a day and night faster than he did back then!
This shows that Qin Mingyue's qualifications are so excellent that he can almost crush those three people.
Talents have been sent from heaven, and our country, the Qin Dynasty, should be prosperous!
While he was thinking about it, there was suddenly new movement on the lake.
A white shadow rose slowly, gradually leaving the lake and flying upward.
"Qin Mingyue? What is going on?" Emperor Qin was confused.
The white shadow rises higher and higher, ten feet, twenty feet, fifty feet, one hundred feet!
When the white shadow almost reached the height of the top of the mountain, its direction suddenly changed and flew towards the attic!
"Boom!"
A muffled sound came from far away, and then there was no more movement.