Chapter 25: Within the Imperial Mausoleum

  Liu Xuan's words had barely left his lips when the accompanying Yu Lin Lang immediately drew out the ring-headed knife at his waist, and a series of clanging sounds could be heard. It was unclear whether it was due to the night pearls inlaid on the roof, but after drawing out the knives, they also emitted a faint glow, which was quite dazzling to look at.

  Diao Chan also held a pair of pumpkin hammers in her hands, but her small fists were clenched tightly, and she slightly raised her chin to stare at the distance, seemingly very nervous.

  It's only natural, Diao Chan is still a young girl after all. She had always lived in a grand mansion, how could she have seen such a scene before?

  Even if I had learned martial arts, I had never actually engaged in a life-or-death struggle with someone. At this moment, when faced with the sudden situation, it was impossible not to feel tense.

  Liu Xuan patted Diao Chan's shoulder slightly and then stroked her back: "Don't worry, it's not some fierce monster that has come, just a few wooden puppets!"

  He didn't intentionally lower his voice, so everyone heard it clearly. Shi Daoren was stunned upon hearing this and immediately thought of something. However, the surrounding soldiers were filled with confusion, not understanding what the emperor's words meant.

  But it was also unnecessary for Liu Xuan to go to the trouble of explaining, because everyone saw the few figures walking slowly in the distance.

  “？”

  Because it was a bit far away, and although there was light, it seemed a bit dim, so everyone could only see the silhouette of people, but couldn't see the face of the person opposite.

  Only Liu Xuanxiu was strong and had excellent eyesight, seeing clearly, but he didn't put the dozens of people walking slowly towards them in his heart, turning his head to instruct Qin Yilu: "Although the incoming enemy is not an ordinary person, their strength is not much higher than that of ordinary people, with you holding down the fort, it's enough to deal with!"

  Qin Yilu heard the Emperor's words and knew it was his turn to take the stage, so he nodded to Huang Zhong beside him and walked forward in big strides, standing before the rows of imperial guards.

  The Weilin Lang is a special unit within the Weilin Army, with only 128 people at full strength. Each and every one of them are orphans left behind by martyred generals who have received education and training from the imperial court since childhood, growing up to serve as the emperor's personal bodyguards.

  Although belonging to the Feathered Forest Riding system, even the Feathered Forest Lieutenant General (now the Feathered Forest General) found it difficult to command and call at will, but instead directly obeyed the emperor.

  It is the strongest and most trusted branch of the emperor's side.

  These 128 people are all skilled in martial arts, because those who are not capable enough will not be selected to join the Feathered Forest Rangers, so these 128 people standing there, actually have a kind of illusion that thousands of troops and horses are lined up in front. No matter how strong the enemy is, they cannot break through the formation of more than 120 people.

  Liu Xuan this time out, only brought a few dozen people, and came to Qin Mausoleum even more is only part of the less left some protection Cai Yan and his two younger brothers.

  At this moment, these feathered Lin Lang stood in front, barely forming a semicircle, blocking Liu Xuan and Diao Chan behind them.

  It turned out that they were skilled in kung fu, and the several dozen people in front of them had already approached a lot. Everyone finally saw clearly what these people looked like, and at the same time, they finally understood what the Tianzi's sentence "Wooden puppet!" meant.

  These dozens of people are almost identical in appearance, with no difference even between their eyebrows. This is not to say that these dozens of people are all close brothers, but rather because they were all molded from the same mold.

  And yet, this group of clay figurines walked as freely as ordinary people, holding spears and shields, step by step approaching the crowd. Their footsteps were uniform, their formation neat, and a faint aura of murderous intent emanated from them, like an army on the battlefield.

  "It seems that we haven't come to the wrong place, and those terracotta soldiers... are none other than the famous Terracotta Army!"

  As for why these terracotta warriors would move, Liu Xuan couldn't see it for the time being, unless he dismantled one and observed it carefully. But what he could perceive was related to the overall layout of this mausoleum and the trapped Qin dynasty dragon energy in this tomb.

  After he came in and stood here, he was not just standing there blankly. He had been trying to find the Qin Dynasty dragon energy that Shidao Ren mentioned, but after searching for a while, except for a faint feeling, he couldn't find anything at all.

  The situation in this tomb is very strange, it seems to be filled with dragon energy, but at the same time it seems that there is not even a hint of dragon energy, which makes Liu Xuan feel very awkward.

  After roughly determining the direction, he directly gave up his feeling, lest he would be more anxious and confused as he went on searching.

  "First take out these few clay soldiers!"

  She raised her eyes to see Qin Yilu rushing out with a big stride, the ring-headed knife in his hand bringing up a dazzling flash of light, and with one stroke, he beheaded a soldier's statue.

  Qin Yilu's one slash was not enough, and he didn't use up all his strength. His wrist followed through with a turn, and immediately another terracotta warrior rushed forward to be chopped down. However, just as he turned around to swing his sword, the corner of his eye caught sight of the previous terracotta warrior he had beheaded not falling over, but instead turning around, raising its long spear to sweep towards him.

  "What's going on?"

  In the brief moment, he retreated a step back, then twisted his body to dodge, holding up the knife in his hand to protect his side, and only then did he manage to block the incoming long spear. In this fleeting moment, Qin Yilu quickly scanned around and found that the surrounding Feathered Forest Guards were also facing similar situations.

  These feathered Lin Lang all went up with a knife, or beheaded, or broke their arms, but every heavily damaged soldier and horse seemed to have nothing to do with it, and immediately counterattacked.

  If they weren't all elite warriors, this brief encounter would have likely cost several lives. Even so, a few people were injured, and one person accidentally charged too aggressively, stabbing his knife into the body of a soldier-armor, only to be grabbed by the soldier-armor's arm, unable to withdraw his knife or retreat. He was then surrounded by three or four soldier-armors who hacked him into pulp with their long halberds.

  "Ugh! ~"

  Diao Chan saw this miserable state and immediately felt a wave of nausea in her stomach. If Liu Xuan hadn't been by her side to help her, she would have vomited all over the place.

  "You shouldn't have come, now you know what it's like, huh?"

  Liu Xuan was not worried at all, and joked lightly. Diao Chan felt weak in her hands and feet at this time, and she didn't have the heart to say anything to Liu Xuan. At the same time, she was also worried that those terracotta warriors were so strange and powerful, would they be in danger?

  In fact, these worries are unnecessary. Liu Xuan let the You Lin Lang go up to meet the enemy, in fact, it is based on the idea of training this group of elite soldiers - Hu Bao Jun, Hu Bao Qi, and You Lin Qi all need to be trained and improved, and as the emperor's most trusted bodyguard, You Lin Lang naturally also needs to be trained.

  Before that, Liu Xuan intentionally continued to train this group of soldiers!

  Those terracotta warriors are an excellent choice - in terms of strength, they are about the same as these imperial guards, the only special thing is that they seem to be unkillable.

  Considering that they may not encounter such strange enemies in the future, it would be beneficial for these soldiers to adapt to these bizarre situations as soon as possible to improve their strength. Therefore, Liu Xuan decisively threw them into battle with the Terracotta Warriors.

  "If you show your colors, you will naturally cultivate yourself well. If you don't perform well, it's better to give up your position early..."

  There were only one hundred and twenty-eight people in Yulin Lang, Liu Xuan wanted the best of the best, he didn't need those who were incapable or insufficient.

  It may seem a bit cruel, but as a Feathered Forest Ranger, it was destined to be so. Otherwise, what's the use of Liu Xuan and his men?

  Just now that conflict, Liu Xuan can't be very satisfied, but also not disappointed! Suddenly encountering such a situation, only one person died, and several people were injured, which is already considered good.

  As for Qin Yilu's performance, Liu Xuan was not very satisfied. This guy has average talent, but he has been by his side for a while, and his performance is only slightly stronger than that of ordinary generals. Even now, he still hasn't grasped any ability to come out on top.

  "After all, in history, it's just a shameful name left behind, or because of his wife..."

  Sighed, realizing that he had expected too much of him, after all, not everyone who left their name in history was a genius.

  Liu Xuan stood there for a while, and several of the Youlin Lang had fallen in battle. However, they soon realized how troublesome these terracotta warriors were, and also learned how to deal with them. This was all thanks to Huang Zhong's timely reminder - cutting off their limbs would render them harmless, even if they could still move.

  With a clear battle plan, and with the You Lin Lang and others being familiar with each other since childhood, training together daily, they were able to unleash even stronger combat power when working together. Although outnumbered, they quickly knocked down dozens of soldiers to the ground.

  Liu Xuan took advantage of this time to pick up a broken arm and observe it.

  As soon as it was lifted up, the first glance saw the internal skeleton covered with mud inside the terracotta warrior: "with wood as bones and mud as flesh."

  Shi Daoren stood by and heard Liu Xuan's words, immediately with a look of astonishment: "So that's it! These puppets are driven by the dragon energy of the Qin Dynasty!"

  "Oh?"

  "Qin Huang believed in the Five Elements theory, thinking that the Qin Dynasty belonged to the Water Virtue, so the Qin Dynasty revered black and other things belonging to the Five Elements of Water!" He then pointed to the severed limb: "Although this person's bones are made of wood, water generates wood in the Five Elements, and using water to drive out wood also conforms to the principles of the Five Elements technique."

  Liu Xuan nodded, knowing that the principle of this technique was nothing more than utilizing the dragon energy suppressed in this tomb to resonate with these terracotta warriors and horses, of course, in conjunction with corresponding talismanic methods, thereby achieving the purpose of driving these human figures to deal with intruders.

  That is to say, the suppressed dragon energy is the driving force of this terracotta warrior! And the medium that transmits it is this entire tomb.

  "This guy is quite talented!"

  After understanding all this, Liu Xuan couldn't help but admire the monk who designed and built the entire Terracotta Army.

  "I don't know if this person is still alive or not? If he's still alive, I must make him serve me."