Chapter 2345 - Numerous Enigmas! Traces of Emperor Wu! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Though the man had been dead for a long time, Li Xuantu could tell from the various traces of energy on his body that he could have reached the basic level of the Grotto Heaven realm at most. Anyone who could reach this level would be considered a top-class expert in any era, but not by Heaven.

Heaven was so proud that not even the twelve Supremes had a chance to see this Celestial Palace. This Ge Zhu from the Wei-Jin period was weaker than Li Xuantu and Wang Chong, so how could Heaven ever have permitted him inside?

“This truly is very strange.”

Wang Chong frowned. He had also noticed the oddities that Li Xuantu had pointed out.

There really seemed to be no reason for Heaven to let in an outsider. But he had to have his reasons for it.

Taking the notebook from Li Xuantu’s hands, Wang Chong carefully looked through it. Inside the book were various clues that had been gathered from ancient texts, ending with his discovery of the Founding Tree and his journey within. The words were brimming with pride, and it was clear that this man had been very proud of his accomplishments.

In other words, he had been in the dark the entire time and had no idea what sort of place he was entering.

Buzz!

A shuddering came from behind them.

Wang Chong and Li Xuantu both shivered as they realized what was happening.

“Heaven is coming!” Li Xuantu gravely said.

“Let’s go!”

Wang Chong’s expression had also turned grave. He immediately shot forward with Li Xuantu and Little Nightmare.

As they proceeded farther and farther, they saw more and more people, corpses of ancient people fused with the walls.

Some of these people were Daoists, alchemists, or scholars, and some were armored figures, clearly generals from the battlefield.

The sight of these people made the furrows on Wang Chong’s and Li Xuantu’s brows grow deeper and deeper. They had believed that many people like Ge Zhu could have ‘mistakenly’ entered this place, but seemed that they were gravely mistaken.

It seemed that whether accidentally or intentionally, numerous people had entered this place, no less than one hundred.

However, time was short, so Wang Chong and Li Xuantu only had time for a brief glance.

After some time, Little Nightmare spoke once more. “Master, look at that!” In this long passage, Little Nightmare had seemingly discovered something different.

Wang Chong and Li Xuantu turned in the direction Little Nightmare had indicated and, sure enough, thousands of feet above them, an object was brightly flashing in the Heaven-Reaching Path.

“Let’s go and see.”

Wang Chong quickly appeared in front of that flashing object.

Li Xuantu glanced at the object and creased his brow.

“This is… a bronze token?”

Someone had used profound energy to nail this bronze token into the wall of the passage, but there was no sign of any body around it. This was the first time the two of them had seen a situation like this.

Not only that, as they got closer, they sensed an extremely powerful spatial seal within the token. The person who had imbued the token with this seal had to have a mastery of space that was even above Wang Chong’s.

“No, this isn’t some bronze token, but an Emperor’s personal token! To see this token would be the same as seeing the Emperor!”

Wang Chong waved his hand and took the token out of the wall. After all, the passage of time had weakened the seal somewhat, so it wasn’t too difficult for someone of Wang Chong’s power to remove it.

Without another word, Wang Chong turned the token over. Upon seeing the image on the back of the token, Li Xuantu was shaken. He understood why Wang Chong had said that this was an Emperor’s personal token.

On the back of the token were nine dragons. There were various types of dragon, but only the true dragon had five claws, and all of the dragons on the back of the token were five-clawed golden dragons, true dragons!

The Supreme Sovereign of the Nine and Five! In ancient times, this token could only represent one person.

The Emperor of the Central Plains, and one that belonged to an orthodox dynasty!

Li Xuantu could even see a few words written on this side of the token.

‘Accepting the Mandate of Heaven, Let the People Live Long and the Country Forever Prosper!’

Li Xuantu’s heart was heavy. The Emperor to which this token belonged had to have been an extraordinary individual.

Besides the nine dragons and that line of words, there was nothing else to identify its owner on this side of the token. But back on the other side, they saw two words…

‘Zhi Ge’ (止戈)!

“This is—”

Li Xuantu frowned as if he had thought of something, and he glanced at Wang Chong.