After seeing these corpses, Chen Chuan thought of the imperial concubines and princes following Emperor Wenguang whom he had seen along the other two routes. They were probably all fake.
This had likely been created using some original bodily tissues combined with certain Secret Techniques.
But why had Emperor Wenguang killed these concubines and princes here?
If it had been to preserve the royal family's dignity, fearing his wives and daughters would be humiliated and thus killing them in advance, that did not fit either. From the looks of it, they had been dead for at least a year. Yet a year ago, Great Shun had not even attacked, so there had been no need to do such a thing.
Could it really have been to gain the legendary Bite Snake's allegiance? It was probably not that simple.
Ming Chengzi pondered for a moment, formed a hand seal, and a luminous mirror emerged above his head. A beam of light shone down from it.
This was the True Appraisal Technique. It could be used to glean much information one was capable of understanding from certain objects. Those with broad knowledge and extensive contact with different things generally gained more from using it.
After looking for a while, he roughly understood. He let out a dark chuckle, though it was impossible to tell whether it was regret or mockery.
He looked up and said, "Xuanji, this should be the False Emperor using his own relatives to refine Blood Pills for the ritual of Ascension to Immortality."
"Blood Pills?"
Ming Chengzi said, "Xuanji may not have heard of them. These are not sacrificial pills used to assist cultivation or Ascension to Immortality."
He pointed down below.
"If one uses the flesh, blood, vital essence, and energy of close relatives to refine such