Biography of the Twenty-Four Emperors!
Biography of the Twenty-Four Emperors! ["Pfft!!"]
[You spat out the Ancestor Soup you had not swallowed.]
[The old woman hurriedly collected it with a rag.]
["Oh dear, don't waste it, don't waste it..."]
[You were speechless.]
["Ma'am, isn't this just fermented swill? How can anyone eat this stuff?"]
[Ji Wuqing burst out laughing.]
["Why can't you eat it? Didn't they say so? Drink this when you're sick and you'll get better. It can cure illnesses!"]
["Is that curing an illness? That's fighting poison with poison! The immune system goes completely berserk!"]
[Ji Baiming carefully examined the bowl of Ancestor Soup.]
["Could the fact that the people here are unaffected by Contamination have something to do with this soup?"]
[You stated firmly.]
["Absolutely impossible! We'd be better off checking out the Emperor Tomb!"]
[Ji Wuqing remained enthusiastic.]
["Let's go, let's go! The Emperor Tomb is a famous attraction on our Vermilion Purple Star. Even I, a local, have never been there!"]
[Ji Baiming smiled.]
["Neither have I. Let's take a look."]
[The mountain where the Emperor Tomb stood was right beside Longevity Wood Village.]
[The mountain was not tall, but its paths were rugged and difficult.]
[Of course, to Cultivators, even an eighty-nine-degree incline was still a slope.]
["Where's the tomb?"]
[The three of you had already reached the mountaintop.]
[Quite a few people were here, all Cultivators who had come to investigate the Emperor Tomb.]
[There was nothing resembling a grave here—only a statue and a stone stele covered in writing.]
[The statue stood ten meters tall, depicting an emperor clad in a dragon robe and crowned with a diadem.]
[He gazed into the distance, imposing without anger, a longsword at his waist proclaiming his authority.]
[The statue had stood here for who knew how many ages, its surface now