Chapter 2122
Ancient Ruins Appear
There are no secrets that stay hidden forever, especially since Chen Min has already contacted many external forces. Although those forces have outwardly agreed to form an alliance with the Qionghua Holy Land, they may not be truly sincere.
The news of the alliance between Qionghua Holy Land and various foreign forces had already reached Lu Chen's ears, but he didn't take it to heart.
Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Pei Shuhua's heart skipped a beat.
After leaving the Great Zhou, Chen Min would occasionally send someone to deliver letters to her. In these letters, she mentioned that she was lobbying other foreign powers to form an alliance with them.
However, Pei Shuhua ignored it. In her opinion, Lu Chen's strength was more terrifying than she had imagined, and most people did not know that Lu Chen was actually a Heavenly Realm cultivator.
The Great Zhou Dynasty now has three Heavenly Realm experts.
Even if all the forces from other regions unite, they will still find it difficult to defeat the Great Zhou Dynasty without a Celestial Realm expert in charge.
At this moment, Pei Shuhua wondered if Chen Min's actions had displeased Lu Chen, which was why Lu Chen brought it up at this time.
Now that Lu Chen has agreed to let Qionghua Holy Land enter the ancient ruins, if Chen Min does something to anger Lu Chen, then Lu Chen may cancel their qualification to enter the ancient ruins, which would be a loss.
But Chen Min no longer listens to her. Even if she writes a letter asking Chen Min not to ally with those foreign forces, Chen Min will probably only think that she is being controlled by Lu Chen, which is why she wrote such a letter to her.
Just as Pei Shuhua was pondering how to persuade Chen Min to abandon the alliance with other forces, Lu Chen continued, "If the Qionghua Holy Land really leads other forces to besiege the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, what do you think I should do?"
Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Pei Shuhua remained silent and did not respond immediately.
To be honest, she didn't know what to do either.
After a while, Pei Shuhua said, "Qionghua Holy Land is very large, and there are many factions within it. I am not in the same faction as them."
"If you are dissatisfied with what they have done, you can take direct action against them."
In order to quell Lu Chen's anger and prevent Chen Min's actions from affecting her, Pei Shuhua decided to take the initiative to sever ties with Chen Min and her group.
If we cut it now, maybe when the ancient ruins open, Lu Chen can still let the living people of Qionghua Holy Land in.
If I still stand on Chen Min's side, then not a single disciple of Qionghua Holy Land will be able to enter the ancient ruins.
Hearing Pei Shuhua's words, Lu Chen smiled and said, "You reacted quickly. If the disciples of Qionghua Holy Land find out that you've cut ties with them, won't they consider you a traitor to Qionghua Holy Land?"
Pei Shuhua said calmly, "Only the dead are traitors."
As long as you can enter the ancient ruins, you have made a contribution to the Qionghua Holy Land. Sacrificing a few people is nothing, after all, that's how it is when exploring ancient ruins.
How can you explore ruins without people dying?
Every time these holy sites discover ruins, many people die, and there have been instances where the entire army has been wiped out.
Lu Chen said, "Since you've put it that way, then if they really dare to attack me, they can't blame me."
After Lu Chen finished speaking, he stayed with Pei Shuhua and her daughter for a while until late at night before leaving Pei Shuhua's palace and going to Ji Yunmeng's place.
When Lu Chen arrived at Ji Yunmeng's palace, Ji Yunmeng was sitting cross-legged on a soft couch, seemingly cultivating.
Sensing Lu Chen's presence, Ji Yunmeng suddenly opened her eyes.
She asked coldly, "What are you doing here so late?"
As Lu Chen walked towards the bed, he said with a smile, "Your Majesty, isn't this a rhetorical question? Of course, I'm here to serve Your Majesty."
Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Ji Yunmeng frowned. What did he mean by "come to serve her"?
That bastard is clearly just here to mess with her.
Ji Yunmeng then said, "The Empress Dowager just gave birth to your child. Instead of staying in her palace with her, you came here to me. If she finds out, aren't you afraid she will be unhappy?" Lu Chen said calmly, "I just came from her place. She and the child have already gone to sleep. If I stay there, I will only disturb her rest."
As they were talking, Lu Chen had already come to the bed and sat down on the edge of it.
Seeing that Lu Chen had already approached, Ji Yunmeng knew that she was bound to be tormented again tonight.
Just then, Lu Chen leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, it's late, you should rest."
As soon as he finished speaking, he pushed Ji Yunmeng down onto the bed, then took off his clothes, leaned down, and kissed her red lips.
Ji Yunmeng was used to this, so she didn't resist and just let Lu Chen tear her clothes.
However, just as the two were halfway through their business, thunder suddenly roared outside, and the evil aura emanating from Ji Yunmeng surged outwards, instantly enveloping the entire palace in its evil aura.
Lu Chen frowned slightly. He was in the middle of something exciting, so why did this strange phenomenon occur at this moment?
Left with no other choice, Lu Chen got dressed and left the palace with Ji Yunmeng.
As soon as the two stepped out of the palace, they saw a strange, multicolored, and distorted aura emanating from the sky, as if the whole world was shrouded in chaos.
Sensing the eerie aura drifting in the sky, Ji Yunmeng felt an immediate sense of comfort, even more so than when Lu Chen had tormented her.
Ji Yunmeng took a deep breath, and the surrounding evil energy surged wildly towards her body.
At this moment, a beam of blue-black light suddenly shot out from deep within the imperial mausoleum of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The beam of light shot straight into the sky, visible throughout the entire borderland.
Upon seeing the pillar of light, a clear, cold female voice immediately appeared in Ji Yunmeng's mind: "Go to the imperial mausoleum and retrieve the inheritance."
Upon hearing this voice, Ji Yunmeng paused for a moment, then without any hesitation, she leaped up and headed straight for the imperial mausoleum.
Seeing Ji Yunmeng suddenly head towards the pillar of light, Lu Chen guessed that Ji Yunmeng's memories were likely guiding her to the imperial mausoleum, and perhaps the so-called ancient ruins had already been opened.
Lu Chen quickly followed.
At the same time, various forces from other regions also headed straight for the Great Zhou Imperial Mausoleum.
Before long, Lu Chen and Ji Yunmeng appeared outside the blue pillar of light.
Below the blue beam of light, a large crater several tens of feet in size appeared, from which the beam of light erupted. At this point, the entire Great Zhou Imperial Mausoleum had vanished.
The beam of light existed for a moment before gradually dissipating.
As the beam of light disappeared, the original location of the Great Zhou Imperial Mausoleum turned into a black vortex.
The vortex was filled with an eerie and malevolent aura, and just getting close to it sent chills down one's spine.
The malevolent spirit seemed to be constantly draining the life force from all living things around it; in a short time, the nearby plants withered.
Feeling the life force within his body flowing towards the black vortex, Lu Chen was not worried at all; instead, a hint of excitement appeared on his face.
It seems that the memories of the strange progenitor may indeed be sealed within these ruins.
I just don't know if this contains only one person's memories, or if it contains the memories of all their strange ancestors?
If only all the memories of the strange progenitors were still intact, he could have simply sealed them all away with the Rebirth Stone, and he wouldn't have to fight those strange progenitors anymore. (End of Chapter)