Checking In for Sixty Years, From Puppet Emperor to Heavenly Emperor – Chapter 12

Ch 12: Universe Underground Palace

After passing through a narrow secret passage, they unexpectedly discovered an underground palace here. There was even a plaque above, named Universe Underground Palace.

Next to the underground palace, there was also an artificially excavated passage, without any decoration, just a hole in the ground.

“The Emperor, there are some gold coins placed inside, enough for a lifetime of food and clothing. The hole on this side was dug by the Sixth Imperial Prince, and you can go out from here.” Sai Nai Mu pointed to a bag of things next to the palace gate, with clothes to change next to it.

Zhou An showed joy when he saw this palace. As expected, he guessed correctly. There were many secrets in the Imperial Palace. He didn’t even look at the bag of gold on the ground. There was more and more of that stuff in his system space, and even many rare treasures were more valuable than gold. What was the use of this bag?

Pushing open the door of the palace, a cold aura rushed towards them. Sai Nai Mu quickly grabbed him and said, “The Emperor, you can’t go in. The Sixth Imperial Prince repeatedly told you, absolutely do not enter this underground palace.”

“There are evil spirits inside. All the people who dug the tunnel died inside. Those were all Houtian Sixth Level experts.”

Zhou An became even more curious. The more dangerous it was, the higher the check-in value. He suddenly struck Sai Nai Mu unconscious and placed her outside the underground palace gate, then walked into the underground palace himself.

As soon as he entered, the door automatically slammed shut with a bang, and cold mist slowly emerged from the ground.

“Do you want to check in at the Universe Underground Palace?”

The system’s voice appeared in his mind, making him secretly happy. As expected, there would be gains from coming down here with Sai Nai Mu.

After confirming the check-in, the Map of Mountains and Rivers scroll in his mind opened, and a piece of the secret map of the underground Imperial Palace was lit up.

The system immediately prompted that he had obtained Ghost Expulsion Art. This was a spell, rarely seen in Jianghu.

He directly learned this secret method, and immediately learned this spell to drive ghosts in his mind. However, this required spirit to activate. The stronger the spirit, the more powerful the ghosts that could be driven would naturally be.

Fortunately, the Yin-Yang Art in the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Records was to enhance essence, True Energy, and spirit.

Suddenly, the sound of a woman crying and laughing came from the main hall. Zhou An frowned and scanned the surroundings.

At this time, the figures of female ghosts appeared around him, flying around him.

“Emperor! You are the Emperor of the Qianyuan Empire! Hahaha, Heaven has eyes, allowing me to get what I wanted, and finally be able to kill the Emperor.”

The female ghost was full of resentment, revealing a ghostly face, and ghostly claws grabbed towards Zhou An’s neck.

Qiankun Gang Energy erupted, and a wave of energy pushed away the surrounding weapons, but Internal Force had no effect on ghosts. It only made the female ghost’s figure pause, and the ghostly claws were less than ten centimeters away from his neck.

At this time, a crimson light flashed, the ghostly claws were cut off, and the female ghost screamed and retreated in horror.

Zhou An was seen holding the Son of Heaven Sword in his right hand, and Heavenly Path Immortal Energy flowed on the sword body.

The Heavenly Sword had a restraining effect on all evil things. Whether it was a demon or a monster, it could be killed by the Heavenly Sword.

The female ghost was terrified. This crimson sword made her feel real death. She understood that if she was injured by this sword, she would truly be destroyed, body and soul.

However, the female ghost did not escape, staring at him unwillingly. Hatred made her unwilling to give up. After waiting for so many years, it was not easy to have an Emperor come, and she really couldn’t wait any longer.

Zhou An knew the power of the Heavenly Sword. If he used the Son of Heaven Swordplay, this kind of female ghost could be instantly killed.

However, in order to deeply explore the value here, he asked with a smile: “You are Imperial Concubine Shuzhen.”

“Yes, hateful, why did God let you come to this underground palace, but let you have such a treasure in your hand, hateful, hateful, I can’t rest in peace.” Imperial Concubine Shuzhen screamed, her face full of resentment, and the resentment on her body was churning. It could be seen that the resentment accumulated here for decades was already very terrifying.

If it weren’t for this Heavenly Sword, even a Houtian Tenth Level expert would probably only drink their hatred here. But what made Zhou An strange was that such resentment was extremely difficult to form in a few decades. Coupled with the existence of this underground palace, someone must have done it on purpose.

“What grievances do you have? You might as well tell me. If you are really wronged, this Emperor can uphold justice for you.” Zhou An said.

The Imperial Concubine was surprised, and then laughed loudly: “Do you dare? The ones who wronged me to death here were the Qianyuan Emperor and Empress Shangguan Lingwei and Left Prime Minister Jiang Xian thirty years ago. Even if you are the current Emperor, can you give me justice?”

“That depends on whether what they did is enough to violate the law. If it’s just because of fighting for favor or power, then your death doesn’t count as a grievance. The winner is king, and that’s how it is for everyone in the world.” Zhou An said.

“Okay, I will tell you, the Emperor, and see if you have the courage. I was originally Jiang Xian’s betrothed wife. In order to advance his career, he offered me to the Emperor in exchange for the Emperor’s appreciation.”

“And I became the Emperor’s most beloved Imperial Concubine, but Shangguan Lingwei was jealous of me, afraid that I would take her Empress position, so she colluded with the Heretical Path, bewitched the Emperor to practice Heretical Arts, and deliberately said that she needed someone with supreme Yin, and my birthday was on the Yin month and Yin day.”

“It’s ridiculous that the Emperor was played by that bitch Shangguan Lingwei and didn’t even know that he had practiced himself to death. And those of us who were killed by him while practicing, our souls were controlled by the Heretical Path and imprisoned here for the Heretical Path to cultivate.”

“The Imperial Family’s ancestral teachings state that they must not associate with demons and evil, otherwise the entire family will be executed. How about it, Emperor, do you dare?” The Imperial Concubine looked at him with a mocking expression.

“Where is the Heretical Path? I can’t listen to your side of the story. I need evidence.” Zhou An asked.

“Shangguan Lingwei and Jiang Xian both wanted the throne. The Heretical Path was just their tool. Now that the Emperor is gone, they naturally can’t keep the Heretical Path. He also died here. This place was buried and will never see the light of day.” The Imperial Concubine said through gritted teeth.

“Okay, I will accept your accusation. If everything is true, I will not only arrest Jiang Xian and the Empress Dowager and bring them to justice, but also let you personally execute them. If you dare to lie to me, this Emperor’s Heavenly Sword will definitely make your soul fly away.” Zhou An pointed at the other party with the Heavenly Sword.

Unexpectedly, this Emperor really dared to do this, which surprised the Imperial Concubine. Although she didn’t know the situation outside, Shangguan Lingwei was at least at the level of the Empress Dowager, plus the Left Prime Minister who was below one person and above ten thousand people, even the Emperor couldn’t just deal with them with a single sentence.

“Are you really willing to avenge us?” The Imperial Concubine asked again in disbelief.

“A promise is a promise, do you think I, a dignified Emperor, would deceive you? I can kill you with one move, why waste my breath.” Zhou An showed an unhappy expression.

The Imperial Concubine immediately knelt down and said excitedly: “I dare not, thank you for the Emperor’s great kindness.”

At this time, a large group of women appeared around, kneeling down and kowtowing to thank him. These were all palace maids and Imperial Concubines who were killed by the late Emperor’s practice of Heretical Arts.

Zhou An put away the Son of Heaven Sword, scanned the area and asked: “Without my permission, no one is allowed to enter or leave here. Violators will be killed without mercy.”

“Yes, it’s just that we were trapped here by that Heretical Path and can only move within this underground palace. If outsiders don’t come in, we can’t do anything.” The Imperial Concubine said.

“How to break it?” Zhou An asked.

The Imperial Concubine pointed to the talisman formation on the ceiling above her head and said: “Just break this, but this is cast in bronze, ordinary…”

Before the Imperial Concubine could finish speaking, Zhou An used the first move of the Son of Heaven Swordplay, Fire Dragon Nine Heavens Rise Up Wind and Clouds. He saw the Son of Heaven Sword thrust upwards, and Internal Force was frantically poured into the sword body, turning into a fire dragon and rushing towards the ceiling.

The thick bronze was directly deformed when it touched the fire dragon, and the middle part was penetrated. The fire light spread around, startling the female ghosts next to it, who screamed and dodged from afar, their faces full of fear.

With such power, if it was used on them, I’m afraid all the female ghosts here would be destroyed in an instant.

Only then did the Imperial Concubine understand the power of the Emperor in front of her. I’m afraid he was no weaker than the Founding Emperor, or even stronger.

The formation was broken, and the Imperial Concubine and others hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down, and kowtowed to thank him. Zhou An sheathed his sword and walked outside, saying: “Help me take care of this woman, just protect her safety. Soon you will get what you want.”

Zhou An smiled and left the underground palace. The Imperial Concubine and other female ghosts saluted and respectfully sent him off at the door.