Yang Qing sat in the passage with Jiang Zhizhou and the others to rest. He looked at Jiang Zhizhou. "Xiao Zhou, do you still remember the road that runs alongside this Rebirth Road?"
At his words, Jiang Zhizhou pondered for a moment, then raised his head again. "You mean the Path to Ascension?"
As a member of the imperial clan, Jiang Zhizhou naturally knew that, toward the end of their lives, monarchs throughout the ages all yearned for one thing: immortality.
Even Emperor Zhetian, ruler of the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom, whose might had awed all under heaven, seemed unable to escape that temptation.
Otherwise, they would never have seen both the Rebirth Road and the Path to Ascension depicted by the people of Eastern Radiance in those murals.
In those paintings, Emperor Zhetian had already left the mortal world and ascended to become an immortal.
And since they had witnessed the Rebirth Road here with their own eyes, that Path to Ascension was probably real as well.
"Indeed. The Path to Ascension."
Yang Qing's voice was quiet. "Though this place is a trap, they likely left some treasures here to lure their enemies deeper inside."
As he spoke, a series of muffled rumbles came from within the rock wall not far away.
He listened intently for a while before continuing, "Aside from the four of us, the only people in Sunset Glow Valley are Mo Yi, Mo Ze, and their men."
They had thought that once they entered the valley's hidden passage, they might never encounter those people again. Who would have imagined they would be brought together again so soon?
"The Rebirth Road and the Path to Ascension seem to overlap for a stretch. If my guess is right, they're ahead of us."
"Young master, is there really