Chapter 105: Don’t Call Me Crown Prince When Doing Bad Things

Chapter 105: Chapter 105: Don’t Call Me Crown Prince When Doing Bad Things

"Crown Prince, what are we doing at the Imperial Mausoleum in the middle of the night?"

Outside the forbidden grounds of the Imperial Mausoleum, shrouded by the pitch-black night, Su Xiao’Er, dressed all in black, looked at the similarly clad Su Han, feeling slightly confused.

SMACK~

Su Han smacked Su Xiao’Er on the back of the head. It was a perfect mirror of the slap he’d gotten from the Ancestor earlier that day, right down to the angle.

"How many times have I told you? Don’t call me Crown Prince when we’re up to no good."

Su Xiao’Er let out a pitiful "Oh." "Then what should I call you?"

Su Han glanced at him. "Call me Young Prince."

Su Xiao’Er: ".....Alright, Young Prince."

"Mm," Su Han nodded in acknowledgment. "Su Xiao’Er, are you sure about your information? That the Imperial Mausoleum has no guards?"

Su Xiao’Er nodded, hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Young Prince, if I can’t call you Crown Prince when we’re up to no good... then maybe you shouldn’t call me Su Xiao’Er either?"

Su Han raised an eyebrow and gave Su Xiao’Er an appreciative look. "Then from now on, you’ll be Su Xiaosan..."

The moment the name left his lips, Su Han felt Su Yi’s gaze on him and immediately corrected himself. "You’ll be Su Xiaowu!"

Don’t ask him why he skipped Su Xiaosi. It’s unlucky!

"Understood, Young Prince."

Su Xiao’Er, temporarily renamed Su Xiaowu, replied respectfully, "I’ve gathered all the intel. The Ancestor walked into the Imperial Mausoleum on his own back in the day. The mausoleum is protected by a five-star array. It’s impossible for anyone beneath the realm of a Celestial Being to even set foot inside.

"So, other than a single tomb keeper, there are no guards outside the Imperial Mausoleum."

Su Han nodded. "Good. Let’s go in."

"Oh," Su Xiao’Er nodded, then froze mid-nod.

"G-go... in?"

Su Han pointed to the nearby Imperial Mausoleum. "Into the Imperial Mausoleum."

Su Xiao’Er: "..."

’He looked from the Imperial Mausoleum to his Crown Prince. His face looks normal. It’s not like he has a fever.’

"Cro— Young Prince, the Imperial Mausoleum is protected by a five-star array."

Su Han nodded. "This Crown Prince is aware."

"Young Prince... Your Highness," Su Xiao’Er reminded him, "you know it’s protected by an array, and you still want to enter the Imperial Mausoleum?"

Su Han scoffed. "Su Xiaowu, you’re to stay by... my side. You have a lot more to see in the future, so don’t get so worked up over everything."

With that, Su Han took the lead and walked toward the Imperial Mausoleum.

As he walked toward the Imperial Mausoleum, Su Yi followed without a second thought. Su Xiao’Er stood there dumbfounded for a while, unable to figure out where his Crown Prince got such confidence.

Seeing that Su Han was about to reach the array outside the Imperial Mausoleum, he quickly hurried to catch up.

"Young Prince, the Imperial Mausoleum’s Guardian Array is just ahead! It’s a combination of five-star Illusion and Killing Arrays. It’s very dangerous. We should go back."

Su Han turned and shot him a glare, and Su Xiao’Er obediently shut his mouth.

Su Han stood outside the array and observed it for a moment, then beckoned Su Xiao’Er over and casually plucked a hair from his head.

PUFF~

With a light puff of air, Su Xiao’Er’s hair floated into the array. Like a nimble sprite, it perfectly bypassed all the array’s barriers and drifted gently to the ground.

BZZZT~

The moment the hair touched the ground, the multiple layers of arrays outside the Imperial Mausoleum shuddered in unison and vanished without a trace.

"Alright, let’s go."

Glancing back at Su Xiao’Er, who was completely dumbstruck, Su Han spoke nonchalantly and was the first to step toward the Imperial Mausoleum.

Su Xiao’Er snapped back to his senses and quickly hurried after Su Han and Su Yi, entering the Imperial Mausoleum.

After all three had passed through the area where the array had been, the slight breeze created by Su Han’s movement stirred the strand of hair lying on the ground.

The hair lifted and drifted away.

BZZT... BZZT... BZZT...

The layers of arrays, which had stopped operating, reactivated and resumed their duty of guarding the Imperial Mausoleum.

Su Xiao’Er: "..."

’This... this can’t be a coincidence, right?’

’So... when did my Crown Prince... become so profoundly skilled in arrays?’

’Making a five-star linked array stop operating with a single strand of hair... That’s something I’ve never seen or even heard of before!’

Past the array, a dark, deep path stretched before them.

Both sides of the path were overgrown with grass towering dozens of feet high. Unfortunately... there were no trees!

After walking along the path for about the time it takes an incense stick to burn, a burial mound covering hundreds of acres appeared before Su Han and the other two.

"Young Prince, this is the Imperial Mausoleum personally designed by the Ancestor back in the day. I’ve heard that no entrance was left. Now that we’re here, unless we dig the whole thing open, our only option is to turn back."

’Although he was shocked that Su Han could so easily disable a five-star array, Su Xiao’Er didn’t think his Crown Prince was crazy enough to dig up his own family’s ancestral tomb.

’Granted, his Crown Prince did seem to have a problem with the Ancestor, always wanting to burn the tree he’d planted himself.

’But burning a tree... was on a completely different level from digging up a grave.’

Su Han nodded, ignoring Su Xiao’Er’s inner turmoil. He raised a hand and pointed at the outer wall of the burial mound that covered hundreds of acres. A mysterious power landed on the mound.

"Go in."

Su Xiao’Er froze, looking at Su Han, then at the hermetically sealed burial mound. He couldn’t help but feel baffled.

’Did I not explain it clearly enough?’

’I thought I made it perfectly clear!’

’To get into the tomb, you have to dig it open. Leaving aside whether his Crown Prince is crazy enough to do it, even if he was... they didn’t bring any digging tools.’

As this train of thought continued, Su Xiao’Er’s face turned pale—

’My Crown Prince... he wouldn’t be thinking of making me dig open the tomb with the iron shovel I used to dig for gophers back in the day, would he?’

’He was already risking his life burning the Ancestor’s tree. If he also dug up the Ancestor’s tomb... he was afraid both he and his father would have to forfeit their lives.’

Su Han couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to Su Xiao’Er’s self-imposed drama.

After speaking, Su Han lifted his foot and continued walking forward, as if the earthen wall of the burial mound simply wasn’t there.

Just as Su Xiao’Er couldn’t resist opening his mouth to remind him, an astonishing scene unfolded before his eyes.

He watched as Su Han, seemingly ignoring the earth and stone of the mound, walked unimpeded into the tomb.

And where he passed, a tunnel just wide enough for one person was left in the burial mound.

Su Xiao’Er: "..."

’What kind of principle is that? A human-shaped, self-propelled tomb excavator?’

In the moment he was stunned, he saw that his Crown Prince had almost passed through the tomb wall. Afraid of being left behind, Su Xiao’Er quickly followed.

After the three of them passed through the tomb wall, the inside was not dark, damp, and full of the smell of mold as one might imagine.

On the contrary, the inside of the mound was magnificent, a series of interconnected buildings.

The structures were brightly lit, illuminated by ever-burning lamps.

Despite being a perfectly sealed tomb, it seemed to have an excellent ventilation system. Walking inside, one could even smell the faint fragrance of flowers drifting from an unknown source.

"The Ancestor... really knew how to live, huh."

Muttering this to himself, Su Han found the main hall—the main burial chamber where the Ancestor’s coffin was placed—and gently pushed open its great doors.