Chapter 2157: Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons
Zu An tried to make indirect approaches several times, but Ka Qier was exceptionally cunning and didn’t give him too much useful information. He knew that Ka Qier had many misgivings too and wouldn’t dare to reveal everything, so he didn’t push the subject.
Subsequently, all the parties carried out the things they needed to do.
The Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons only opened once every hundred years. Apart from the usual sacrificial offerings to the ancestors, the corpses of those dragons that had passed away in that time would be moved inside.
Additionally, some dragon ancestors who knew that they didn’t have much time left were willing to spend their remaining time inside the tomb. Otherwise, if they ended up dying just a few years after the tomb closed again, they could end up having to wait another several centuries. After all, the Dragon race didn’t hold a proper burial unless there were enough deceased dragons. If their corpses were left outside for several centuries, they could become lonely souls. What other place could even compare to the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons? Their souls would return to the embrace of the dragon deity inside, and they could even be able to reincarnate into a new dragon sooner.
Whenever the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons was opened, the Ocean races always held a grand celebration.
According to convention, the Dragon King and Mermaid Queen always invested a lot of time and energy into the ceremony. Zu An thus took the chance to frequently make public appearances with Shang Hongyu. They used the pretext of addressing various details, while actually taking the chance to find out where the alien monsters and Hell creatures had planted their people.
Fortunately, because he had completely ‘tamed’ Shang Hongyu, and the fact that he could use the Crown of the Ocean Deity, both sides weren’t too worried about him, so they didn’t suspect his movements. Zu An was thus able to gather quite a bit of intelligence.
Soon after, the time came for the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons to open up.
That day, Shang Hongyu was in the middle of putting on her makeup and attire with the help of the maids when her expression suddenly changed. She ran off to the side and vomited.
“Your highness, what’s wrong?” the maid next to her asked, startled.
“It’s nothing. Continue with what you were doing.” Shang Hongyu forced a smile. Then, she sat down and gestured for the maid to resume. But shortly after, she ran to the side and retched again. After a few times, she felt a bit dizzy.
“I think it’s best if we bring in the imperial physician,” a maid suggested, but Shang Hongyu stopped her.
The maid Shang Liuyu was disguised as suddenly asked, “It’s not a pregnancy, is it?”
The maids suddenly understood.
Right, the Dragon King has really pampered the queen, and the two are almost like newlyweds! The queen’s moans even make all of us a bit embarrassed, and her complexion has been radiating health. She looks even more beautiful than usual. Who knows how much essence the Dragon King poured into her.
News quickly spread. When Zu An and Ka Qier, as well as some other monster big shots rushed over, Shang Hongyu was already lying in bed and resting. It seemed she had just fainted. “Do pregnancies have such huge reactions?” Ka Qier asked suspiciously.
The Firedevil Sea Beast said with a chuckle, “Look at how ignorant you are! If the real Dragon King made her pregnant, of course there wouldn’t be that big of a reaction, but did you forget who he really is?”
They’d already dismissed the servants, so they didn’t have to worry about others listening in. They couldn't help but give Shang Hongyu a look.
This Mermaid Queen really is beautiful! Now that she’s pregnant, it’s even more stimulating. Once we leave the great tomb, I definitely have to find a chance to divert the Lord of Myriad Transformations away. I have to enjoy the Mermaid Queen properly at least once.
Ka Qier immediately felt relieved when he heard those words.
Right, he's an alien monster. Who knows what kind of monster will come out now that he’s gotten the Mermaid Queen pregnant. The Mermaid Queen’s strong reactions are most likely because she can’t handle the childbirth process.
The Bloodthirst Crocodile and Shadowhorror Devil also communicated through divine will.
“The Lord of Myriad Transformations really is incredible. He actually got the Mermaid Queen pregnant.”
“Do you think it’ll be a mermaid or another Lord of Myriad Transformations?”
“I think the chance of it being another Lord of Myriad Transformations is a bit higher. He is stronger, after all.”
In the infinite realms, those who were stronger had stronger bloodlines.
When he saw these individuals gossip among themselves, not suspecting that Shang Hongyu was pretending, Zu An sighed in relief. This saved him a lot of explaining.
The two of them had indeed had their fair share of fun, but they both knew that they couldn't risk anything too big at such a crucial point. As such, Shang Hongyu’s pregnancy was naturally faked. They just needed a pretext to keep her outside, so it’d be easier for her to do what she needed to do.
Ka Qier suddenly asked with a frown, “If the queen is sick, then how are we supposed to carry out the following formalities?”
The Firedevil Sea Beast didn’t think it was too big of a deal. “She’s not the only one who can carry out the ceremony. We still have her sister, don’t we?”
Ka Qier figured that made sense too, so he agreed to the plan.
Then, when the others left, Zu An declared the joyous news of the queen’s pregnancy, bringing about great festivities throughout the clans. There were endless cheers of joy among the Ocean races’ people. After all, the more of the imperial bloodline there was, the better. They naturally had no objection to the queen remaining in her palace to rest.
Many devoted and loyal ministers were even happier. After all, not too long before, they had been worried that the arrest order of the queen would lead to great chaos in the Ocean races. Now that both sides were on such good terms and with their feelings being even deeper than before, that was the best news they could possibly have heard.
Of course, there were still some who weren’t happy, such as Ao Yong. His fingernails were practically about to dig into his flesh when he heard the news. Damn it, damn it! That rascal actually got the queen pregnant!
When he recalled the loud moans he'd heard outside the courtyard that night, his entire body trembled.
You were already almost mine, so why are you bearing the child of another?!
You have successfully trolled Ao Yong for +999 +999 +999...
When he sensed the Rage points in the backend, Zu An gave him an annoyed look.
Is there something wrong with this guy’s head?
But he didn’t think too much of it. After all, there were more important enemies that he had to maintain a hundred and twenty percent vigilance against.
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Shortly after, the time came for the offering ceremony. It wasn’t too different from the ceremonies of the human side, but the one they were worshiping seemed to be the Ocean Deity. When the ceremony was complete, they then arrived in front of the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons.
Zu An had previously studied One Drop of Heaven’s Essence, so he had a lot of knowledge surrounding geomancy. Just a single look at the mountain range before him left him incredibly moved. The mountains were incredibly majestic and vast. It was as if a giant dragon was winding around the region. The 'dragon veins' that human geomancy referred to were just a turn of phrase to talk about especially grand mountains, but here, the same words were an accurate description. Every single mountain range seemed to be full of rich draconic energy. This was an eternal resting place that human emperors could only wish for in their dreams!
He was starting to get a bit excited. He could feel such strong draconic energy even from such a distance. Once he entered, perhaps he could really find a stalk of Divine Dragon Immortal Medicine.
“Your majesty, it’s your turn,” Ka Qier said in Zu An's ear.
The Ocean races’ elders had already completed the formalities. A giant tomb entrance suddenly appeared within the great mountain before them. The entrance was several hundred meters tall and had all kinds of profound runes engraved on it; they clearly formed an extremely profound ancient formation that extended throughout all of the dragon veins. Zu An could sense the tremendous power hiding within them. If someone tried to use brute force, the formation would trigger a ferocious retaliation.
Zu An became more and more shocked, because he discovered that he actually couldn't really understand these runes even with his knowledge of formations! After he'd obtained the Baopu Sutra, his achievements in formations had already become unmatched throughout the world. He hadn’t expected that even at his level, he still couldn't see through the formations of this tomb!
When he recalled the ancient and profound formations in the Dragon Palace that were left behind from the past, Zu An felt more and more that he had underestimated the Ocean races. Their history was even greater than he'd imagined. Additionally, judging from what he had seen from their realm as of late, the Ocean races could very well only be an insignificant speck compared to their prestige in ancient times.
The runes on the tomb entrance seemed to come alive, vaguely forming the shape of a dragon. The dragon stared at Zu An with a ferocious gaze, as if a single mistake would be enough for it to devour and eliminate him.
Zu An had already learned the procedure to open up up the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons from the sisters, so he walked forward without any nervousness. When he approached the area that the dragon was overlooking, the crown on his head suddenly lit up. Then, as if it was being led by something, the light on the crown gathered into a single ray and aimed toward the eyes of the dragon of stone on the tomb gate.