Investiture of the Gods: I Just Want to Be a Terrible Emperor!
Chapter 447

An omen of great calamity

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Beneath the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum were two doors, one of stone and the other of bronze.

So behind the stone door was yet another door.

Zi Shou reckoned that double doors were probably the strongest anti-theft measure of the Yellow Emperor's era. Unfortunately, the bronze door opened with a push, just like the stone one.

Beyond the bronze door lay the ultimate secret.

The soldiers at the very front were filled with awe at the sight beyond it.

They seemed to be standing inside a palace. Luminous Pearls adorned the walls, while the ceiling was made of pitch-black jade inlaid with all manner of jewels. With black jade as the heavens and jewels as the stars, the sight dazzled their eyes.

Painted rafters and carved beams filled the hall, with gilded pillars and white jade railings. Beast patterns and drifting clouds were carved and painted everywhere, lending it both the solemn dignity of an imperial mausoleum and the imposing majesty of a ruler who commanded all under heaven.

After all, ordinary people truly lacked the money to build a tomb like this.

Zi Shou clicked his tongue repeatedly. This was only the Yellow Emperor's Clothing Tomb. What grandeur would the Yellow Emperor's actual mausoleum boast?

Zi Shou ordered them not to take so much as a fraction of the gold, silver, or jewels. Their purpose was to find the clothing and headgear and carry them away.

Dazzled by the glittering decorations, Shang Rong only now remembered their real business.

Indeed, there were so many treasures here, yet the defenses were so weak. Fortunately, King Zhou had come today. Had it been someone else, would the palace have survived? Would the Yellow Emperor's tomb have survived?

It truly ought to be relocated. Even adding a few mechanisms would be better than

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