Martial Arts? Sorry, I am better at Thunder Spell!-Chapter 427 - 238 Firefly Flame Butterfly (Please subscribe! Please vote monthly!)_2

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At the same time, they truly discovered new species.

Professor Cao asked the research institute’s team members to capture a few Firefly Flame Butterflies, to take back and study thoroughly later.

The discovery of new species, this could certainly shake the world!

Of course, to be able to turn danger into safety, they also have the Heavenly Master to thank.

Had the Heavenly Master not been there, they might have been burned alive on the lake’s surface.

Professor Cao and the others felt a surge of relief. Fortunately, this time they had invited the Heavenly Master along with Ye Jiuyun. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

Had the Heavenly Master not come, they feared they might have died countless times.

Now that the great fire on the lake had been extinguished,

the people on the boat swiftly paddled away, leaving behind the eerie surface of the lake.

The lake had left them with a psychological shadow, likely deterring them from ever wanting to boat again in their lives.

It was best to leave the lake behind as quickly as possible.

After the kayaks had traveled a certain distance on the lake,

they drew up to the shore.

Everyone disembarked.

On the opposite shore, a huge tomb gate loomed before them.

The size of this tomb gate was immense, carved from a single piece of stone.

The value was significant.

Even in modern times, to produce such grand, beautifully sculpted stone doors,

would be time-consuming, laborious, and expensive.

Just imagine, in ancient times, this surely was an enormous undertaking.

Perhaps the entrance to Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum was but so.

The group gazed at the massive doors.

At this moment, the gigantic stone door was already open.

Clearly, it had been opened by a previous expedition team.

Professor Zhou and Li Qiang’s father and their group had already entered the Ancient Tomb.

Since Professor Zhou had already paved the way for them, what else was there to say?

Professor Cao said, "Then let’s just go straight in, let’s not delay, the sooner we go, the sooner we can help with the rescue!"

The information sent by members of the previous exploration team was a distress signal.

They had encountered danger long before, and Professor Cao and his group weren’t planning on wasting any more time.

They headed straight for the tomb gate.

Upon entering the gate, ahead was a very long corridor.

On both sides of the corridor, there were exquisite murals.

The murals depicted dragons and phoenixes in flight; various major ancient events had been recorded by ancient people in the form of murals.

Above the corridor, there were already triggered mechanisms.

These were the results of Professor Zhou and company’s exploration.

Inside the passage, there were marks from burned flames, and scattered spikes, darts, and arrows lay haphazardly on the ground.

The previous exploration team had already triggered the Ancient Tomb’s mechanisms once.

Their journey this time would be much safer.

After all, the ancient theft prevention systems, with their man-made mechanisms, were mostly one-time use.

The ancients weren’t gods; how could their technology possibly be recycled like modern high-tech?

In comparison, ancient mechanisms were much cruder.

As Professor Cao walked, he also took the opportunity to record and study the murals on both sides of the corridor.

He deciphered a lot of information.

This Ancient Tomb likely belonged to an Emperor from ancient Central Plains.

The era of said Emperor was probably during the Eastern Jin period.

This could be deduced from the clothing styles of the figures in the murals.

Standing before the murals, Professor Cao took off his glasses to wipe them and said, "The owner of this tomb could very well be the sixth Emperor of Eastern Jin, Emperor Ai of Jin, Sima Pi!"

Professor Cao recounted the life of Emperor Ai of Jin, Sima Pi.

In the eighth year of Xiankang, he was conferred as the King of Langya. During the Yonghe era, he held positions such as Imperial Chamberlain, Central Army General, and General. In the fifth year of Shengping, which was also the year Sima Pi turned 20, he ascended to the throne, supported by Empress Dowager Chongde, with the era name Longhe.

While this Emperor’s reign lasted, although he was only 20 when he ascended, his ambitions were as grand as many ancient Dragon Country emperors, who wasted no time pursuing immortality as soon as they took the throne.

Required extracurricular reading on Emperor Ai of Jin’s desk was the "Baopuzi," written by the master Alchemy practitioner Ge Hong.

Following the book’s recommendations, he built a standardized Alchemy Room in the palace and summoned numerous Mages to refine Elixir Pills day and night.

Legend has it that Emperor Ai of Jin treasured the hard-earned Elixir Pills as a prized possession, consuming them three times a day without fail.

As a result, in the first year, he fell into negligence of state affairs; in the second year, he couldn’t manage his own life; and by the third year, he couldn’t even preserve his life.

He ultimately met a wretched end.

He was one of the few well-known emperors in Dragon Country’s history infamous for seeking immortality through pill consumption, leading to their death.

That’s how the history books recorded it.

Of course, the murals along the sides of the tomb corridor tell a different story to the historical texts.

Professor Cao based on the murals interpreted that before Emperor Ai of Jin’s ascension to the throne,

he already had countless Qi Refining Masters serving him.

Apart from tasking them with Alchemy, he also dispatched many Mages to various famed mountains and great rivers in search of Immortals, to obtain longevity.

According to the description in the murals, he actually did find one.

The Immortal’s residence was in what is now Yunnan.

Right where Professor Cao and his companions were currently located.

The Qi Refining Masters dispatched by Emperor Ai of Jin discovered this Ancient Tomb here, which contained rare treasures, thousands of Divine Scrolls of Cultivation Techniques for Immortal Cultivation, and countless Divine Weapons and Elixir Pills!

As mentioned on the murals, during the reign of Emperor Ai of Jin, this place was abundant in Spiritual Energy; even Qi Refining Mages here achieved significant cultivation and, upon their return, could engulf clouds, exhale mist, levitate off the ground, and even wield Divine Fire, Thunder, and Lightning!

Exceptionally miraculous.

Emperor Ai of Jin merely stumbled upon this place.

Recorded in history books, Emperor Ai of Jin’s death from Elixir Pills was merely a ruse for his feigned death.

No emperor, no matter how foolish, would die from overdosing on Elixir Pills after only five years on the throne.

According to the murals, he faked his death due to pill consumption only to abandon his throne stealthily. Instead, he came to this divine Ancient Tomb in Yunnan with a group of Qi Refining Masters to cultivate the Immortal Cultivation Method and sought longevity.

Apart from cultivating here, Emperor Ai of Jin also transformed part of this divine tomb into his own dwelling.

For the subsequent decades, Emperor Ai of Jin and that group of Qi Refining Masters cultivated here.

It seemed they truly managed to cultivate something extraordinary.

Regarding what happened later, the murals did not continue.

The fate of Emperor Ai of Jin and the Qi Refining Masters,

was not recorded on the murals.

The content recorded on these murals was indeed shocking at first glance.

An Emperor, forsaking his throne, fabricating his death to live in the wilderness in pursuit of immortality.

If that’s not madness, what is?

Casting away the supreme power.

You’re telling me you’re burrowing into a tomb to cultivate immortality?

If this were in modern times, claiming you’re not mentally ill would be met with disbelief.

But upon deeper contemplation, it’s not entirely impossible.

After all, compared to obtaining eternal life and the great Tao of immortality, Emperor Ai of Jin’s throne didn’t seem to amount to much.

If there were truly reliable methods for Immortal Cultivation, not just Emperor Ai of Jin, but likely more than half of the famous ancient emperors would be willing to relinquish their throne for it.

Brother Zheng, Big Brother Li...

This includes them all!

Professor Cao slowly revealed the contents depicted on the mural.

Li Qiang became more and more perplexed as he listened.

"So is this tomb’s owner really that so-called Emperor Ai of Jin, Sima Pi?"

Originally, they thought that the tomb’s owner was Emperor Ai of Jin, Sima Pi.

But now it seemed, perhaps not.

The owner of this tomb could be said to be Sima Pi, yet not quite.

Because according to the murals, this mysterious Ancient Tomb already existed in Yunnan before Sima Pi’s Qi Refining Masters discovered it.

At best, Sima Pi was a discoverer.

Though he did renovate the Ancient Tomb later and resided here,

ultimately, the tomb was not his.

Professor Cao said, "Regardless of whether it’s Emperor Ai of Jin’s tomb, we’ve already come here, let’s continue forward to see more. Maybe there’s information about Emperor Ai of Jin’s final outcome, let’s head to rendezvous with Professor Zhou and the others first!"

Now that they were here, with only half the story told on the murals, they certainly didn’t want to head back halfway!

Professor Cao was already eager.

There could be a reveal of a true piece of history behind this Ancient Tomb.

A true historical piece about Immortal Cultivation and the final outcome of Emperor Ai of Jin.

For Professor Cao, this was too enthralling.

He quickened his pace, leading the way toward the front of the corridor.

Seeing this, Ye Jiuyun, Li Qiang, and the armed police behind hurried to keep up.

Regardless, they couldn’t let Professor Cao be in danger!