The entire palace was shrouded in this ghastly green glow.
All the furniture was deathly white. What unnerved the two of them most was that several palace maids stood around them.
These palace maids wore white garments as well, embroidered with white patterns. Clothes that had not decayed for ten thousand years were truly startling.
Their bodies were likewise statues made of bone powder. That expanse of pallid white was incomparably terrifying beneath the dark green radiance.
They looked around. There was a screen on either side, with side chambers presumably behind them.
The screens were carved with patterns as well: one showed a hundred birds paying homage to a phoenix, while another showed peonies overwhelming all beauty.
The two walked behind the screen depicting a hundred birds paying homage to a phoenix and found what looked like a lady's chamber.
The sight on the bed sent a shiver through their hearts.
A woman in phoenix coronet and crimson bridal robes lay quietly on the bed, her hands resting on her abdomen. She lay on her back, and the skin on her hands was visibly elastic.
Both men were startled. They exchanged a glance, silently swept their eyes over the room, and slowly withdrew.
They then went behind the screen depicting peonies overwhelming all beauty. This was also a side chamber.
A child lay on the bed here, his hands placed flat at his sides, the skin on his hands clearly visible.
The two grew even more alarmed and quietly withdrew from Kunxi Palace.
Wu De said in a low voice, "Those two should be corpses from ten thousand years ago, yet they still haven't decayed."
"Either they have treasures on them that prevent decay, or they've become some kind of Anomaly, or perhaps some corpse-transformed existence."
"Things like that