Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 714 - 594

Chapter 714: 594

The evil ghost’s aura plummeted suddenly, falling from the Yellow Seal back to that of a Red Seal Mage in an instant.

Wang Yuan’s face couldn’t help but change:

"The Ancestor Dragon Imperial Mausoleum clearly invites people into the tomb, yet it treats us tomb robbers... cough, outsiders so unfriendly.

It really is the style of the Great Qin’s strict laws and harsh punishments."

If the punishment is unknown, its awe is unpredictable.

Just like Immortal Heaven, Inner Scene Heaven and Earth, Deceit Realm... each world operates by its own rules.

But the Ancestor Dragon Imperial Mausoleum couldn’t be bothered to explain anything to them; it simply resorted to violently subduing them by going straight for the throat.

It’s even more unreasonable than the Deceit Realm.

The domineering and merciless nature of the Qin laws is clearly evident!

The two watched helplessly as, following the evil ghost, several more ghosts from the Yin Mountain Ghost Country landed nearby, chains and hooks being added to their bodies.

No matter the level of their Daoist Skill, all were forcibly suppressed by a whole major realm.

Even the martial skill and Qi-Blood of their meat bodies were locked by the laws, functioning poorly, with their realms dropping similarly.

Perhaps it was because the standoff between the two sides had indeed gone on for far too long.

The large expanse of "Qin Law" above their heads was also reluctantly changing at this moment, revealing eight large characters.

—— Dharma Clan Under Heaven, Heavenly Rules and Earthly Measures!

The rules one must follow in this small world were made abundantly clear.

You must abide by the law!

Seeing these characters, Wang Yuan and Huang Wu realized that if they did not accept the restraint of the law, they would be burdened with a heavy mountain on their backs for the entire time.

And once their mana was exhausted, the consequences would only be worse than now.

Finally, with great tacit understanding, they both retracted their mana and [Other Shore Three Realms], allowing the "Qin Law" above to settle on their bodies.

Wang Yuan’s Taoist Ability was suddenly suppressed to the Yellow Seal [Earth Essence] realm, and Huang Wu fell back to the Yellow Seal [Dharma Body] realm.

Gone was the formidable power to change mountains and rivers with a single thought.

But Wang Yuan was confident, giving Huang Wu a reassuring look.

It is said, "A knight commits offenses with martial prowess, a scholar causes chaos with literature."

If your fists are big enough, all is negotiable.

This "Qin Law" might be strong, but as long as he could muster all the forces of his reinforcements and burst forth with all his might.

Breaking free from the furnace-like official laws in a short time and unleashing all his power shouldn’t be a problem.

But he also temporarily extinguished the thought of releasing all his other manpower, preferring to take one step at a time.

It seems that Wang Yuan and Huang Wu were probably the last outsiders to be suppressed by the rules inside the mausoleum.

As they accepted the constraints of "Qin Law," a voice as cold as a eunuch’s suddenly resonated in the hearts of all outsiders.

"Emperor Shi has decreed that military merits rewarded with nobility shall remain unchanged through the ages.

Based on the number of heads, twenty ranks of nobility shall be allocated: first-rank Public Officer, second-rank Shangzao Creator, third-rank Zanniao, fourth-rank Bugeng... nineteenth-rank Inner Pass Marquis, twentieth-rank Marquis.

After the battle, according to the nobility, the lowest hundred will be executed, let it be known!"

For a time, all the outsiders scattered throughout this "Mountain and River Map" couldn’t help but turn pale.

"They actually want us to kill each other in order to obtain the treasures within the tomb?!"

"Those with lower ranks not only miss out on the rewards but also face execution? Is Qin Law so harsh?"

Even those companions originally close to each other began to be wary of one another, fearful that their own heads would become another’s rank and merit.

All who dared to enter the Ancestor Dragon Imperial Mausoleum were not nameless nobodies.

Everyone knew that the reason Great Qin was able to sweep across the six states was largely due to the strictly implemented "military merit reward system."

Stalwart Old Qin, join the national emergency, stalwart Old Qin, restore our rivers and mountains. If our blood has not run dry, we cannot cease fighting!

In the west lies Great Qin, like the rising sun, a hundred years of national grief, too deep for the vicissitudes of time to smooth! With the world in turmoil, how can there be peace? Qin has valiant warriors, who can compete?

It was this reward and punishment system that allowed all Qin people to have the opportunity to change their fate through military achievements, resulting in unprecedented social vitality.

When the people have hope, the nation has strength, and thereby the creation of Great Qin’s "Fierce Army," invincible under heaven.

"Shangjun implemented the law in Qin, beheading one headled to a promotion of one rank.

Those who could take a head of an officer were rewarded with a promotion of one rank, an additional one ’qing’ of farmland, and nine ’mu’ of additional residence.

Hundred Generals and Village Chiefs were not allowed to behead enemies, but if they took over thirty-three heads and met the required kill ratio, they were also granted a promotion of one rank.

High-level Generals had to meet the standard of ’taking eight thousand heads in siege battles and two thousand heads in field battles’; failure to meet this requirement meant punishment, and success meant reward..."

Of course, the Great Qin Empire advanced by rewarding military merits and promotions, and even in defeat, military merits and promotions were rewarded.

Beyond the manipulations of the hidden forces in the historical curtain, a significant reason for this was due to the collapse of military power.

When society as a whole was on the rise, with vast lands of the six states waiting to be taken, the system had no issues at all, and all flaws would be concealed.

But once Qin achieved unification, there was no longer enough firewood to feed such a terrifying war machine.

The military system was difficult to sustain, and the state collapsed in a thunderous crash.

This edict was clearly designed to.make these tomb robbers kill each other.

As long as they did not want to become the last one hundred with the lowest ranks, they would have to kill, whether they wanted to or not.

Wang Yuan looked into the depths of the "Mountain and River Map", his eyes blazing.

"I never intended for those neighbors from the Underworld to return alive and intact. Since the ’Qin Law’ dictates so, it’s a good time to catch them all in one swoop.

After the battle, promotions will be granted based on ranks; other treasures are good, but optional for us.

No matter what that Emperor Shi intended with this grand scheme set up over two thousand years, we must get our hands on the ’Sui Hou Pearl’ in the tomb!"

Since Duke Bingling wanted to give a gift to Wang Yuan, he naturally revealed all the secrets he knew.

In this Ancestral Dragon Imperial Mausoleum, the most valuable treasure is actually not the rumored ’Tai’a Sword’ that contains boundless might and can sweep through the six states.

Rather, it’s the ’Sui Hou Pearl’, also known as the ’Sui He’s Treasure’, which is talked about in the same breath as the Heshi Jade, now the ’Imperial Jade Seal’.

It’s said that during the Spring and Autumn period in the state of Sui, there was a place called ’Duan She Hill’. While traveling, the Marquis of Sui saw a large snake cut in two and, noticing something unusual about it, ordered his men to heal it with medicine. The snake promptly became able to move.

A year later, the snake came to repay the Marquis of Sui with a bright pearl.

The pearl, a full inch in diameter, was pure white and shone at night like moonlight, able to illuminate a room. Therefore, it’s called the ’Sui Hou Pearl’, also known as the ’Spiritual Snake Pearl’ or ’Bright Moon Pearl’.

In reality, the creature offering the pearl was not a snake, but a dragon.

The ’Sui Hou Pearl’ is one of the ’Ancestor Dragon Pearls’ that the Dragon Vein of Red County Shenzhou has spat out!

What’s meant by ’a perfect combination’ is this very pearl and jade combination; together, they possess miraculous abilities.

You should know that the Dragon Energy of the Divine Land is fundamentally anchored by the ’Nine Cauldrons’ cast in the Underworld.

The ’Imperial Jade Seal’, carved from the Heshi Jade, is responsible for suppressing the fortune of the Mortal World.

Having passed through the hands of over 100 emperors from no less than 18 dynasties over 1,800 years, and enduring the refinement of Dragon Energy has already become a Human Dao Treasure.

And the ’Sui Hou Pearl’ possesses the ability to temper both the civil and military aspects of Dragon Energy.

It has the power to redefine the latitudes and longitudes of Dragon Energy and to change Heaven and Earth Laws, a Human Dao Treasure that is in no way inferior to the ’Imperial Jade Seal’!

It’s just not clear why it wasn’t passed down but buried in the tomb instead.

Under the current Dragon Qi System.

The Dragon Energy is domineering to the extreme, lacking gentleness and repelling all Divine Skills.

Whether part of the City God System, princes, generals, or True Dragon emperors, all meet a sorry end, merely a boiling pot away.

Now, as the ’Human Dao Torrent’ unfolds, and the total amount of Dragon Energy and national fortune continue to rise, to truly control the ’Dragon Qi Prohibition’ and elevate the Human Dao, this pearl is indispensable.

If planned properly.

As soon as someone ascends to the throne, they would immediately be comparable to an earthly ’Corpse Dissection Immortal’, with the charter in their mouth and no laws to constrain them, capable of pronouncing death on the disloyal with a single word and oppressing the four seas, unbeatable in the world!

Who would end up like Zhou Wenrui, calculated and killed within the Imperial Palace by Xue Jiexi?

Even if someone harbored the notion of assassinating the King, they would know at the first moment.

With the Power of the ’Yin Heaven Son’, it’s very likely to help my brother-in-law avoid the tragic fate of being boiled after death.

Even allowing the ’Martial Saint’, who rose to power relying on Human Willpower and broke through the human limits to reach a realm comparable to the Purple Seal, is not completely impossible.

Of course, the ’Sui Hou Pearl’ can govern the world, and the ’Tai’a Sword’ can conquer it.

If the opportunity arises, Old Master Wang wouldn’t mind the trouble... of taking them all!

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