"What's your name?"
Li Chen asked the beautiful woman in a palace dress sitting beside him.
Originally, Li Chen had intended to use the Emperor Dragon Sutra to alter her memories directly, but during the process, he discovered that she was surprisingly cooperative, so he simply asked.
"My name is Zhuo Shishi."
The beautiful woman in a palace dress answered pitifully. Judging by her appearance, she probably had not been very old before falling asleep.
"How did you end up here? Are you familiar with this place?"
At Li Chen's questions, the beautiful Zhuo Shishi began telling her story.
Before passing on the throne, the Dragon Emperor had begun preparing those who would be "buried with him."
Plundering the world's wealth and resources had only been the first step. Next, he had stockpiled powerful military forces to ensure that he could maintain absolute rule after awakening.
Finally, he had gathered some beauties along the way.
Zhuo Shishi had originally been a woman of the Zhuo Family, a cultivation clan in Clear River City. Her exceptional beauty had caught the Dragon Emperor's eye, and he had forcibly summoned her into the palace.
Other women who entered the palace could at least be said to be going there to enjoy glory and riches, but she had actually been sent there to be buried with him?
Even if she was only put to sleep, it was no different from being buried alive with the dead.
When she arrived at this tomb, she had even wanted to die.
That was also why she had not resisted when Li Chen awakened her.
She had absolutely no affection for the Dragon Emperor, and even harbored some resentment toward him.
But the Dragon Emperor had held an entire era beneath his heel back then, so she had