The Boundless Jade Mirror

The heavy bluestone pillar didn't look very tall; it was only about the thickness of a person's waist and only a meter high.

However, these bluestone pillars were almost inexplicable hundreds of years ago.

There are twelve heavy bluestone pillars at the entrance to Emperor Luowu's tomb. These pillars are supported by the mountain rocks, making it difficult for an individual to lift them by force.

Even in today's modern world, if the Dongshan Imperial Mausoleum had not undergone extensive renovations, leading to the entry of numerous excavators and other heavy construction machinery into the area, it would still be difficult for ordinary people to open the Luowu Imperial Mausoleum.

Imperial tombs in the Dongshan area cannot be excavated at will. Even members of the Sequence Committee have to sneak around when entering the tombs, but this does not include certain tombs that have been designated as imperial tombs.

For example, Emperor Luo Wu welcomed powerful individuals to his tomb.

The tomb owner didn't object, and the old guard had even less right to do so, especially since the person buried in the tomb was the director in charge of the Dongshan Management Office, which involved representative figures of the old guard.

With both parties present as witnesses, the process of entering the Luowu Emperor's Mausoleum became simple and straightforward.

With a simple dispatch, the construction team responsible for this imperial mausoleum area was summoned.

"Dad, hurry, hurry, hurry... Director Zhang chose to open the mausoleum during his inspection today... How could it be opened now?... This isn't something Director Zhang did casually. We're opening the mausoleum of Emperor Luo Wu. Emperor Luo Wu himself wanted his descendants to be able to enter... Director Zhang doesn't have that much strength, but he called in a lot of excavators and cranes..."

Zhang Xuezhou called for people to direct the crane and excavator, while Feng Ziqiang quickly notified Feng Xiangyu and sought manpower to protect the burial objects in the mausoleum.

For a time, they were both busy with their own things.

"This way, yes, lift this one first, then this one, raise the bluestone pillar according to the marks I made!"

Zhang Xuezhou stood in front of the tomb of Emperor Luo Wu, which has maintained its original appearance.

Simply put, there's hardly anyone managing the Luo Wu Emperor's Mausoleum.

In the absence of proper management, a normal mausoleum area should be overgrown with weeds, but the entire hill of Emperor Luowu's mausoleum is bare, with vegetation only growing a hundred meters down from the top, making it look like a bald head.

Besides the unique way the tomb was constructed, Zhang Xuezhou felt that there must have been some other methods used in its construction.

Zhang Xuezhou was indeed somewhat interested in the Luowu Emperor's Mausoleum, which could elicit a response from his Feng Shui Site Surveying Technique.

With modern tools at hand, Zhang Xuezhou no longer needed to rely on fossil technology to solve the problem.

He observed for a while, made some markings, and then had many excavators remove the outer layer of loose soil to begin lifting the entrance to the tomb, which had been silent for nearly five hundred years.

"Mr. Feng, the entrance to the tomb has been opened. Would you like to go in and take a look?"

The twelve bluestone pillars were haphazardly pulled apart by excavators and cranes, revealing a dark stone-built tomb entrance.

Zhang Xuezhou looked inside and smelled a rotten and dry odor, like the smell of a house that hadn't had its windows opened for more than ten years.

Of course, it's not a bad smell.

Everything that's been sitting for a while will have this rotten, decaying smell. The smell is normal, and there's no eerie, ghostly, or zombie-like aura about it.

Zhang Xuezhou sniffed hard, only to find that the life forms in the real world were complex and limited, lacking the conditions for the formation of yin entities.

He fanned the air with his hand, then beckoned to Feng Ziqiang.

"Director Zhang, most imperial tombs are equipped with traps and are fraught with danger. We can't just go in recklessly!" Feng Ziqiang shouted from a distance, placing his communicator on the ground. "I've already called a couple hundred men over. Let's wait a couple of days until it's safe before we go in!"

"It's taking a bit too long!"

Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand.

It wasn't that Zhang Xuezhou underestimated the level of mechanical construction from 500 years ago, but rather that Zhang Xuezhou had previously entered a similar tomb in Dongshan.

He pondered for a few seconds but didn't strongly oppose Feng Ziqiang.

"Then I'll go take a nap in the excavator seat and wait a bit," Zhang Xuezhou called out.

"They're coming right away! My dad said he's already asked for permission for the aircraft, and it should be here in about an hour," Feng Ziqiang shouted.

"Knew!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, then called for someone to get on the excavator, while he found a spot.

He locked the excavator's cab, pointed at his own body, and as he chanted, his Yang Soul escaped.

"That's interesting!"

Before even exploring the tomb of Emperor Luo Wu, Zhang Xuezhou noticed something different about his Yang Soul.

In the other world, he used the Venerable One to condense his Yang Soul into a physical form, and the body of his Yang Soul Dharma Body was as solid as a physical entity. However, in reality, his Yang Soul was formless and invisible. Even after Zhang Xuezhou stepped into the Divine Ability Realm, it only broadened the range of his Yang Soul's observation, without anything special about it.

This is related to Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation level, and also to the fact that Zhang Xuezhou did not have the conditions to fully cultivate the Yang Soul Transformation Technique.

In reality, his Yang Soul was no different from that of a normal cultivator whose Yang Soul left the body and wandered in spirit. However, when Zhang Xuezhou released it this time, he felt that his manifestation in a short period of time was actually like a shadow.

This was clearly not due to a significant increase in his cultivation or the transformation of his Yang Soul, but simply a change brought about by the enhancement of his spiritual power.

His heart skipped a beat, and he felt a slight pull of Law Power between his Yang Soul and his body, just like the physical sensation he used to have when he controlled his Yang Soul.

Compared to the Yang Soul, which could only be used for exploration in the past, it now clearly has the potential to be used for guiding and casting spells.

This prompted Zhang Xuezhou to murmur aloud. His spirit then flowed through the excavator cab like water, drifting towards the Luo Wu Emperor's Mausoleum and completely merging into the darkness of the tomb.

The tomb was pitch black, but Zhang Xuezhou didn't pay much attention to it.

Like a gust of wind, he drifted and swayed towards the cleared area, completely ignoring the stone or fired clay figures and sculptures in the tomb of Emperor Luo Wu.

His eyesight was poor, but Zhang Xuezhou could feel the general shape of objects.

Having visited many imperial tombs, he was familiar with their largely similar layouts.

In particular, he also possesses the markings and guidance of Feng Shui Site Surveying Technique.

"This should be Emperor Luo Wu's imperial coffin!"

After exploring for a while, Zhang Xuezhou entered the core area of the Luo Wu Emperor's Mausoleum.

Compared to the treasures and antiques piled up in Emperor Luo Yan's palace, Emperor Luo Wu's palace was almost empty. Apart from the stone figures and pottery figurines guarding the tomb, Emperor Luo Wu only had a heavy sword placed on the left side of his imperial coffin and a set of heavy armor placed on the right side.

In the center is the remains of Emperor Luo Wu, housed in the imperial coffin.

This is also the location where Zhang Xuezhou's Feng Shui Site Surveying Technique was applied.

"Excuse me!"

Zhang Xuezhou patrolled back and forth but didn't sense any mechanisms or traps. He muttered something and looked at Emperor Luo Wu's imperial coffin.

He chanted incantations, drawing Law Power from afar, and the petrification technique, weakened several times over, was swiftly released through his Yang Soul.

Chapter Seven of the Mental Strengthening Chapter granted him the ability to cast spells with his Yang Soul, allowing him to use his Yang Soul for more than just reconnaissance. However, this spellcasting was far from the level of spellcasting by his Yang Soul avatar, and the consumption was several times higher than normal. Zhang Xuezhou estimated in his mind that if he had the fortuitous opportunity, condensing a Yang Soul would be of great help.

Under normal circumstances, casting the spell could quickly shatter a foot-thick stone slab and turn it into a water mill. Zhang Xuezhou continued casting the spell continuously.

After sensing that nearly one-tenth of his Law Power had been consumed, Zhang Xuezhou heard a slight sound of stone slab fragments falling, which immediately caused phosphorescent flames to rise within the imperial coffin.

In the eerie glow of phosphorescence, the remains of a skull wearing a black crown appeared, and a jade stone, as smooth as a mirror, was held in the center of the other's palm.

Zhang Xuezhou stared at the mirror. Lacking a physical form, he shouldn't have been able to project a human image, but in the jade mirror, Zhang Xuezhou saw a hellfire rising up. This jade mirror actually reflected the traces of the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon on his body.