"Where exactly is this Sea Emperor Token you speak of now? If you truly obtained it ten thousand years ago, why haven't you entered the Blue Sea Water Realm and claimed the Sea Emperor's Secret Cache?"
After listening to Ye'e Di Luosha, Li Chen voiced his questions.
This was indeed puzzling. If the Sea Emperor Token was the key to unlocking the Sea Emperor's Secret Cache, the royal clan of the Yan Pond Sea apparently had yet to fathom its mysteries.
Ye'e Di Luosha said, "The Sea Emperor Token is still in the treasury at the Royal Capital. For generations, it has been controlled by the royal clan's elders. Even a reigning sovereign like me can only use it under their supervision."
"Though, to be honest, this token really doesn't seem all that useful. Only once every sixty years can it draw on lunar phase power to follow the right opening and locate the Secret Palace Treasury hidden deep within the Chaos Void."
"From our explorations over the years, the Sea Emperor placed at least a hundred Puzzle Palaces in there. Most are meant to make people expend their strength and resources trying to unravel them-they're nothing but traps. A few conceal clues that allow us to continue the search, but both the Puzzle Palaces and the treasuries containing clues are guarded by all manner of terrifying strange beasts and lethal mechanisms. They are by no means easy to overcome."
"In truth, the strength of my Night Calamity Clan extends far beyond a handful of Foundation Establishment cultivators. But over the generations, we have invested far too much in this and remained mired in hardship. Only our ancestor, favored by heaven's mandate, discovered a trove of treasures on the very first expedition. Even afterward, however, we lost troops and commanders,