After everyone had left, Xue Fuyao took out the Imperial Jade Seal.
The Imperial Jade Seal was translucent all over now. The instant it approached the Imperial Mausoleum, a beam of green light shot out of it.
The light landed on the tightly shut doors of the Imperial Mausoleum.
Rumble!
Despite the tremendous rumble, the doors showed no sign of opening.
"Your Highness, there's an entrance over there."
Xue Fuyao turned to look in the direction Sanqi pointed, and sure enough, she saw a square entrance just large enough for one person to enter.
Inside the opening was pitch-black, like a gaping maw capable of swallowing everything.
"Your Highness, would you like me to accompany you inside?" Sanqi asked.
"No need. Stand guard outside. I can go down myself."
With that, Xue Fuyao stepped straight inside, unafraid of the darkness.
With the Heavenly Eye, even the darkest surroundings had no effect on her.
After passing through a narrow, pitch-black passage, Xue Fuyao's surroundings suddenly opened up before her. Then a wave of bone-piercing cold struck her head-on, making her shiver involuntarily.
"Crystal coffins?"
The immense space before her was filled with ice-attribute Top-Grade Spirit Stones. Surrounded by these Top-Grade Spirit Stones were exquisitely crafted crystal coffins. A rough count put their number at no fewer than a thousand.
Xue Fuyao looked at these people's faces one by one and discovered similarities in their features.
"This is the Imperial Mausoleum. In theory, anyone who could be here should be..."
Xue Fuyao discovered that chains, likewise radiating cold, were attached to the outsides of the crystal coffins, and all these chains ultimately connected to the stone stele at the very center.
Seeing this, Xue Fuyao approached the stone stele.
There were no words on it, only the outline of a palm.
Seeing