I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 790: Ah-Fang Palace_1

Chapter 790: Chapter 790: Ah-Fang Palace_1

Speaking of ancient martial arts, you’re really an outsider. The two men started to tremble, and the Sen Luo Eye could see clearly, but you fundamentally couldn’t get involved.

The two fighters seemed to be evenly matched, but you were also afraid that the sound of their combat would attract the nearby terracotta soldiers.

In order not to cause any unnecessary trouble, you turned to Zhao’er beside you and said, "Zhao’er, put an end to their fight."

"Put an end?" Zhao’er tilted her head, looking at you with a dumbfounded expression.

"Uh, I mean, make them stop fighting."

"Oh."

With a gentle wave of Zhao’er’s jade hand towards the air, there was a "bang!" Qin Han, who was fighting fiercely, was sent flying out and slammed heavily against the palace gate.

The palace gate was also smashed open, and the gate hinge made a "crack crack crack..." noise.

Contrary to everyone’s expectations, the palace bore no splendid decorations or any majestic rows of terracotta soldiers. In the middle of the vast palace was only a vibrant garden, with many beautiful, dazzling flowers growing inside; and in the center of the garden, there was a completely transparent crystal coffin. Inside the coffin lay not an Emperor for the ages, but an ordinary-looking woman dressed in simple attire.

This woman, unlike the state in which you first saw Zhao’er, had not changed at all after more than two thousand years. However, through the Sen Luo Eye, you discovered that the crystal coffin was made of a very special material and was filled with a unique kind of gas, akin to the Original Qi you absorbed when you opened the Gate of Life. It was this gas that had kept the woman’s body preserved and unchanged over the millennia.

Moreover, the seemingly beautiful garden must be an Array, or rather, all the flowers in the Palace City were part of an Array—a very large Array!

The entire Array constantly supplied the woman’s body with Original Qi.

This had to be the First Emperor’s work!

The only thing worth your attention was, in front of the garden, there was an armored corpse sitting on a Nanmu chair.

His head bowed, he held a Long Bronze Sword vertically on the floor in front of him.

This position, he seemed to have maintained for more than two thousand years.

"Where is the First Emperor? My First Emperor!?"

Qin Han suddenly jumped up from the ground; everything in front of him had completely surpassed his imagination.

The three of you walked to the side of Xi Yu. Wu Qiyi looked up into the interior of the palace then turned to you and said, "Isn’t there a picture with words hanging behind that Crystal Coffin?"

Mentioned by Wu Qiyi, you took a careful look, and indeed it was true!

However, these characters seemed like the Large Seal Script used before the unification of Qin, but the method was different.

You turned and recounted the text you saw to Sun Lin beside you. After listening, Sun Lin thought for a moment with a frown and then said, "That should be the writing of the Zhao Kingdom."

Zhao Kingdom?

It was Zhao Kingdom again.

You had already seen many Zhao Kingdom folk cultural artifacts in the Palace City before, and now the only text that could record historical events in this main hall also came from Zhao Kingdom. Thus it seemed, the woman in the Crystal Coffin must also be from Zhao Kingdom.

At the same time, the woman in the Crystal Coffin must have been the First Emperor’s most beloved woman in life.

Everyone knew that the First Emperor established China’s first real Empire, yet from his ascension as king to becoming the Emperor until his death, he never established an Empress, with thousands of beautiful women in his harem, none could share his deepest thoughts.

But who was she, this woman before your eyes?

Just as you were all speculating about the woman’s identity, Qin Han suddenly charged towards the Crystal Coffin like a madman.

After more than twenty years of tireless searching and planning, all his efforts were for today, yet it seemed as if heaven had played a cruel joke on him, causing all his efforts to come to naught.

In a fury, Qin Han cast aside his last bit of rationality, drew a sharp dagger from his waist, and lunged straight for the crystal coffin!

However, just as his body was about to sweep past the armored corpse, a blade glinted sharply and the running Qin Han was immediately cleaved in two!

"Such a fast blade!"

You recoiled several steps in shock because, even under the gaze of the Sen Luo Eye, you hadn’t caught sight of that blade!

At this moment, you finally understood why Zhao’er had said this place was very dangerous from the start and why she was so reluctant to come up here when you were at the square below. It turned out her concern was not about the mechanisms within the Palace City nor the imposing terracotta soldiers but the armored corpse before you!

"I can’t accept this, I can’t accept this!!!"

The bisected Qin Han wriggled on the ground a few times, then his body began to wither at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon dissolved into nothingness!

Wait a minute!

Through the Sen Luo Eye, you were horrified to discover that the blade had not only severed Qin Han’s body but also his soul!

The Three Souls and Seven Spirits vanished into nothingness along with the flesh in an instant!

Since you automatically obtained the Sen Luo Eye, this was the first time you felt true fear; its terror far surpassed all before.

However, just as you were silently considering how to evacuate with the three women beside you, you noticed that the corpse was still sitting in its original place, not launching any attack on you.

What’s going on?

You frowned, but no matter how you used the Sen Luo Eye to investigate, you couldn’t find the answer.

With no other choice, you could only begin by releasing Sun Lin and others from their restraints.

As soon as the handcuffs were removed, Sun Lin and Cao Shan reflexively walked towards the palace interior.

"Hey hey, do you have a death wish!?"

Zhang Dadong and Wang Chongyang hurriedly pulled the two men back.

The two professors looked at each other and laughed softly, "Don’t worry, we’re not foolish enough to go in and court death. We just want to see what that text at the entrance actually says."

"Oh, why didn’t you say so earlier? You don’t need to get that close to read the text. Here," said Zhang Dadong, as he took out a high-power binoculars from his backpack.

Cao Shan took it with delight and began to read carefully.

"I have one too," Tu Zhiqing also took out a high-power binoculars from his backpack and handed it to Sun Lin.

After both men read through it, they quickly came to a consensus. Cao Shan turned to the others and said, "This place is not the First Emperor’s Mausoleum but Ah-Fang Palace."

"What?"

Everyone, including you, exclaimed in surprise.

Tu Zhiqing asked, "Wasn’t Ah-Fang Palace burned down by Xiang Yu?"

"That palace was merely the First Emperor’s temporary residence; the real Ah-Fang Palace is here," Sun Lin said. "According to the records, Ah-Fang was someone the First Emperor met while he was a hostage in Zhao Kingdom. They were childhood sweethearts, and Ah-Fang was the only one the First Emperor ever truly loved."

Cao Shan nodded and added, "This would explain why the First Emperor never established an Empress."

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