Chapter 34: Imaginary Space, The Power Of The Ancient Snake God
This tomb chamber was sealed extremely tightly, with animal hide even covering the stone door to block out air, so the murals inside the tomb chamber were all preserved perfectly, with colors still vibrant and gorgeous.
“The previous murals show that the tomb owner was Prince Gumo during his lifetime, and Gumo was a vassal state of Jing Jue Ancient Kingdom, offering large quantities of treasures, cattle, sheep, and slaves to Jing Jue every year.”
“This Prince Gumo was known as the incarnation of the sun god. Unwilling to be enslaved by the Queen of Jing Jue, he wanted to assassinate her, but ended up discovering a secret of the Queen of Jing Jue.”
Professor Chen explained to everyone while looking at the murals, and soon arrived in front of the last mural, but suddenly froze.
In this mural, Prince Gumo was peeking from a corner, waiting for the chance to assassinate, while the Queen of Jing Jue in the painting was shown only from behind.
With one hand she lifted her veil, and the person facing her instantly turned into a phantasm!
“The person looked at by her… disappeared!”
Professor Chen was also very shocked, his eyes fixed on the Queen of Jing Jue in the mural, with a surprised and puzzled expression.
Xue Li Yang also saw this mural and couldn’t help exclaiming:
“Could this Queen of Jing Jue be… a monster?”
“Monster?”
Professor Chen was stunned for a moment, a faint smile appearing on his face:
“Xue Li, what are your thoughts?”
Xue Li Yang pointed at the mural and said:
“Look, after this queen lifts her veil, the person standing opposite her turns into a phantom. I guess this person might be a slave or assassin, an enemy of the queen or an experimental subject!”
Hu Ba Yi couldn’t help saying upon hearing this:
“Miss Yang, are you saying this assassin saw the queen’s face and just vanished into thin air like that?”
Xue Li Yang nodded:
“What I mean is, this person disappeared directly after seeing the Queen of Jing Jue’s eyes!”
Hu Ba Yi couldn’t help shaking his head:
“Is this for real? How could a living person vanish just from one glance!”
Sa Di Peng and the others nearby also shook their heads in disbelief.
Just one glance from the Queen of Jing Jue turned a person directly into a phantasm and made them disappear—this was too unbelievable.
It completely exceeded the acceptance range of almost everyone here!
Xue Li Yang thought for a moment, organized her words, and said:
“In Journey to the West, Master Xuanzang recorded a legend about a queen, saying that deep in the desert there is an underground nation whose queen’s eyes connect to a passage to the Underworld. As long as she glances at her enemies, they will be sent to the Underworld!”
“The attire and decorations of the person in this painting have features of Jing Jue Ancient Kingdom, and this queen is clearly the Queen of Jing Jue. Connecting this with Journey to the West and the description in this mural, it’s obvious that the Queen of Jing Jue’s eyes possess some kind of magic power!”
Hearing this, Wang Pang Zi couldn’t help saying:
“If the queen is a monster and anyone glanced at by her gets sent to the Underworld, then her tomb is definitely untouchable. Why the hell are we even going!”
Professor Chen smiled at this moment and said:
“This magic power of the Queen of Jing Jue was likely exaggerated deliberately to intimidate their enemies. Prince Gumo was said to be the incarnation of the sun war god, but his tomb is nothing special either!”
Everyone felt this made sense upon hearing it, and their hearts instantly relaxed.
Wang Pang Zi laughed:
“Exactly, even if this Queen of Jing Jue really was a monster, what’s there to fear now that she’s dead!”
Xue Li Yang nodded and looked back at the mural:
“From this mural, after seeing the Queen of Jing Jue’s ability, Gumo Prince was frightened and then returned to Gumo!”
“And according to legends and the records in Journey to the West, the Queen of Jing Jue later contracted a strange illness and died. After her death, the nations and subjects she enslaved quickly rebelled and destroyed Jing Jue Ancient Kingdom.”
“The allied forces also wanted to destroy the queen’s tomb, but suddenly a terrifying black sandstorm appeared, swallowing the allied forces and Jing Jue Royal City together. Jing Jue Ancient Kingdom disappeared forever into the vast sand sea!”
“From the later murals, although the prince’s assassination failed, he didn’t give up. After returning home, he continued preparing for the attempt. Later, he met a prophet who told him to put poison in the lamb meat offered as tribute to the queen. After the queen ate the lamb meat, she indeed died violently!”
Xue Li Yang was indeed impressive; just by looking at a few murals, she explained clearly the relationship between Prince Gumo and Jing Jue Ancient Kingdom, as well as the causes of death for the prince and the queen.
Even Professor Chen nearby nodded repeatedly, looking at Xue Li Yang with eyes full of approval.
While they were talking, Su Mo had been observing the mural of the Queen of Jing Jue.
Of course, Su Mo knew what was going on with the Queen of Jing Jue—her eyes had an ability to transfer people or objects to an imaginary space!
But he couldn’t say it now, or it would seem like he knew too much in advance, and Xue Li Yang and the others might not believe him.
Therefore, he maintained the posture of a bystander, quietly appreciating the Queen of Jing Jue in the mural.
Although this mural was somewhat abstract, the image of the Queen of Jing Jue was still painted gracefully and elegantly; even just a back view appeared extremely beautiful.
Directly opposite her in a straight line, a person instantly turned into a phantasm!
Jing Jue Ancient Kingdom, Ghost Cave, imaginary space—these are all real things, not legends distorted through rumor or meant to intimidate enemies.
The Queen of Jing Jue was not some female demon!
Her eyes possessed the ability to move objects and shift spaces, called Boundless Demonic Eyes!
This world has ancient gods!
In ancient times, many kinds of ancient gods appeared between heaven and earth. Besides Ghost Fang Ancient Tree, the space-devouring gate, and the ever-changing Precious Flower,
there were also dragons, phoenixes, kirins, and more!
The kirin blood of Su Mo and Zhang Qiling came from the bloodline power of the ancient true god kirin!
Among the ancient gods, a creature with a giant eye on its head was the Snake God!
This Snake God had the power in its mind to traverse realms and create illusions, connecting to imaginary space. It could move any object through a space passage to imaginary space via the Giant Eye of the Snake God.
Thousands of years ago, the Ghost Cave people came to Zaghrama and took away the Giant Eye of the Snake God, thereby mastering the power of imaginary space, with the Queen of Jing Jue as their representative!
But at the same time, they were affected by the side effects of imaginary space, and from then on all tribespeople bore an innate curse!
Looking at the mural and Xue Li Yang in front of it, Su Mo suddenly felt a heavy sense of destiny.
At this moment, a flash of insight seemed to flicker in his mind.
In other words, the ancient gods’ ability to traverse realms and illusionize imaginary space could be mastered by humans!
He seemed to have gained a new enlightenment!
“You observed the Queen of Jing Jue’s imaginary space teleportation ability and comprehended the beginner ability of Boundless Demonic Eyes: Shape-Shifting!”
A prompt sound suddenly came from Su Mo’s mind.
Immediately after, a wave of tidal surge instantly flooded into his mind.
