Chapter 1895 - 1462–1463: There Was No Path in This World! Enough Trailblazers Make One

"Black Wind Village Chief Jiang Dali! Are you certain he’s dead?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty! I observed the celestial signs yesterday, and General Wang Jian also constantly sensed the Heavenly Pond Qi Mechanism. We discovered that although Dugu Qiubai’s Qi was extremely weak, he still survived. However, the Qi of Black Wind Village Chief Jiang Dali disappeared completely, as if his body and soul were destroyed."

The solemn and majestic Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum echoed with the voices of a monarch and a minister having a conversation in its vast halls.

Qin Shi Huang, his upper body human-like but lower body still in terracotta soldier state, closed his dragon eyes upon hearing this and, after contemplating for a while, opened them and faintly smiled, saying, "I believe that unless a corpse is seen, it’s not that easy for him to die! Li Si, what do you think?"

Li Si’s body trembled; he continued to lower his head, avoiding eye contact with this Eternal Emperor, and sincerely deliberated, "Since Your Majesty has this premonition, perhaps Jiang Dali indeed isn’t dead. However, I am too shallow in understanding the reasons behind it and truly dare not make reckless assumptions."

"Haha, Li Si, oh Li Si, are you afraid to say it, or do you truly not know?"

Qin Shi Huang smiled modestly, relaxed against the chair back, raised his hand to examine his youthful, flesh-full palm, and calmly remarked, "Enough! Since he wasn’t useful to me, dead or alive, he died as he should. Have you discovered any clues about the whereabouts of the Azure Dragon?"

Li Si’s expression froze; he understood that finding the other half of the Azure Dragon was crucial for Qin Shi Huang to regain his peak immediately. If he could not provide a satisfactory answer to this question, he would also have an uncertain fate.

Immediately contemplating, he carefully said, "Reporting to Your Majesty! Currently, General Wang Jian has led his subordinate officers to fully capture the Water Moon Cave Heaven clan. However, we have not seen the Undying Yin Zhong’s shadow, and the current Clan Leader Tong Yuan of Water Moon Cave Heaven is completely clueless about finding Yin Zhong and the Azure Dragon. Now, the entire Tong Family clan has been imprisoned."

"Recently, I summoned a group of magicians, utilizing star formation combined with Dragon Seeking Technique to search for the Azure Dragon’s whereabouts, yet we found nothing at all..."

Seeing Qin Shi Huang’s expression darken, Li Si quickly changed his tone, saying, "However, I have analyzed a plan. Using this plan, perhaps we can locate Yin Zhong, and naturally, upon finding Yin Zhong, we can find the Azure Dragon."

Before Qin Shi Huang could inquire further, Li Si, discerningly accelerated his speech, "After all, within Yin Zhong flows the blood of the Tong Family. If we conduct a blood sacrifice of the Tong Family people and use their blood as guidance, we can surely pinpoint Yin Zhong’s location!"

Qin Shi Huang emitted a nasal "Hmm" sound, waving his hand to indicate Li Si could proceed.

Li Si sighed with relief, clasped his hands and slowly withdrew from the mausoleum, feeling a sense of urgency within.

He knew there was not much time left for His Majesty.

Now less than twenty years remained until the Holy Dynasty Emperor’s five hundred-year seclusion comes to an end.

If by then every possible means isn’t used to restore and elevate His Majesty’s power, the Qin State will certainly struggle to survive the next five hundred years.

Although Qin Shi Huang seemed ambitious, seemingly rekindling the aspiration to contend with the Holy Dynasty, it was merely superficial.

Both Qin Shi Huang and the Holy Dynasty Regent King knew very well that the Qin State no longer possessed the power to challenge the Holy Dynasty,

Even though Qin Shi Huang learned the Emperor’s path and began edging closer to it, it was all in vain; the gap between them was truly immense.

Furthermore, if five hundred more years pass, Qin Shi Huang along with countless Terracotta Army figures within the Imperial Mausoleum will, due to the curse, grow stronger and utterly turn into lifeless, thoughtless clay soldiers, never able to leave the tomb for eternity.

Therefore, whether for Qin State or himself, Qin Shi Huang must advance by retreating and break free from the state of the clay soldier curse at any cost, to escape the Imperial Mausoleum.

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Within the web-like maze of Lingyun Cave, Jiang Dali, bald-headed, wielding the Great Strength Fire Qilin Saber, sprinted swiftly in the dark corridor, his sculpted marble-like physique glowing.

He had been sprinting like this for over an hour.

Although speed was restricted by the terrain within the corridor, an hour’s continuous sprint roughly spanned seven or eight hundred miles.

However, the twists of Lingyun Cave were extremely complicated, sometimes even looping back, resembling a massive labyrinth, turning seven or eight hundred miles into possibly hundred miles straight line run.

Jiang Dali resisted the urge to blast a direct path, patiently continued sprinting for another hour when, finally, his spirit revived as his Primordial Spirit clearly sensed the nearby presence of the Fire Qilin.

"Roar!!"

A roar of excitement that resembled a joyful shout came rapidly from afar, the passage ahead echoing with stone-like rolling hum and shaking, growing brighter and increasingly filled with immense heat.

Bang! ——!

"Fire Dog!"

Jiang Dali laughed loudly, rushing forward, rounded a corner, and was met with a massive fiery globe filling nearly half the passage, its violent heat even curling the hairs on his face, rapidly burning the moisture in the air into steam.

"Roar!"

In the Fire Qilin’s massive lantern-like eyes was the reflection of Jiang Dali’s mighty intimidating figure, as it roared joyously, sending waves of heat billowing forward.

"Hahaha!"