Sudden

Vast waves surged beneath a sky swept by fierce winds. Xu Yi rode the Mechanical Bird high above the thousand-zhang heights, gazing out over the mountain peaks.

There was no helping it. Azure Dragon Mountain was simply too vast. Even the area around Dragon Head Peak alone stretched across thousands of li.

Following Huang Xuanji's directions, Xu Yi could only climb high and search for his target from afar.

In less than half an incense stick's time, he found the spot where the dragon's whiskers lay. That was where the Imperial Tomb's prohibition, as Huang Xuanji had explained, was located.

Xu Yi steered the Mechanical Bird toward his destination and raced ahead. Half an incense stick later, he reached the mountains. After studying the terrain for a long while, he finally pinpointed his destination among the peaks and valleys where mountain and water met, sheltered from the wind and rich in spiritual energy.

Xu Yi brought out the Dragon-Patterned Gold Token Huang Xuanji had given him. Following the method Huang Xuanji had taught him, he infused it with his palm force. The token suddenly blazed with light, gathering into a beam that shot straight toward the valley between the peaks.

The beam seemed to strike an invisible wall of energy and gradually spread out. Its white light turned into seven colors. Suddenly, a brilliant flash burst forth and vanished in an instant. Where the valley had been empty, an imperial burial ground stretching for more than ten li appeared.

As befitted an imperial resting place, the entire cemetery was magnificent. Thousand-year-old pines and cypresses and century-old lingzhi could be seen everywhere, the whole place brimming with spiritual beauty. Most wondrous of all, when he gazed into the distance, he occasionally glimpsed spiritual birds soaring and Auspicious Beasts appearing and disappearing.