As Chen Chuan examined the place, he noticed a detail.
Of the three imperial portraits, aside from the first one being the Founding Emperor of the Chang Dynasty, the other two seemed to have come from the imperial clan.
Yet these two wore imperial robes and bore imperial titles alongside him. Chen Chuan could roughly guess that they were likely upper-echelon figures of the Chang Dynasty, and their status must have been conferred posthumously by later generations.
The portraits had not been placed here merely for worship or to establish identity. They were likely meant to intimidate and deter outsiders as well.
For anyone who disturbed portraits of upper-echelon figures would undoubtedly attract their attention. Ordinary people would naturally be wary, and this was undoubtedly the best form of protection.
Still, leaving aside whether the Chang Dynasty's upper-echelon figures even remained, even if they truly still existed, this was now the Great Shun Republic. They might not dare show themselves.
With a thought from him, the three portraits above all floated up and drifted to one side. Nothing happened in the process.
Once the obstruction was removed, three gilded wooden boxes were revealed inside the niche behind them.
His eyes flickered. The three boxes floated out and slowly came before him, their lids opening on their own.
Inside were plates covered with fabrics of different colors. From left to right, they were white, red, and green.
Once the coverings were removed, three white jade fragments were revealed beneath them. They too were covered in intricate, densely packed patterns, completely identical to the Heavenly Human Secret Map he had seen not long ago.
Yet whether it was these three before him or the ones he had just obtained from Mi Zhuzi, their sizes and appearances were nearly identical, and there happened