Chapter Eight: Qianqiu Ding

  The governors, viceroys, generals, provincial judges, and imperial guards on the square only felt a bright yellow light flashing across the horizon, slanting into the 'Hall of Supreme Harmony'.

  Fortunately, it fell on a giant round table with a diameter of 2 meters at that time, and did not kill anyone, but only seriously injured several national officials and first-class officials.

  The 'Hanji' Emperor, after all, had been through many battles and was only slightly stunned for a few seconds before quickly regaining his composure.

  The imperial guards, the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the leaders of the Forbidden Troops thought there was an assassin attempting to harm the Emperor, so they rushed in, with heavy sword shadows and flashing sword lights. As the smoke dispersed, over a thousand pairs of eyes were fixed on the perpetrator...

  My goodness!

  An ancient bronze rectangular cauldron!

  This bronze and jade combined tripod is approximately 1 meter high, 1 meter long, and half a meter wide.

  The four sides of the tripod are symmetrically and evenly divided into 12 vertical bars, with a golden nine-clawed dragon embossed in the center of each bar.

  Or curled dragon, or soaring dragon, or sitting dragon, or lying dragon, or roaring dragon...

  Various forms, majestic and powerful, with an aura of dominance...

  Four legs stood on the tripod, majestic and divine, the four great ancient divine beasts of the upper world.

  East foot blue, crouching Blue Dragon, West foot white, crouching White Tiger, South foot red, crouching Red Sparrow, North foot black, crouching Black Tortoise...

  Soft and beautiful as jade, strong and healthy as gold, the combination of strength and softness is elegant and classic. With a sense of peace, dignity, grandeur, and majesty, it stands in the world, enduring for thousands of years, still witnessing and enjoying all the honor and wealth under heaven.

  The body of the tripod is cast with a pattern of three swirling vapors, surrounded by a halo of auspicious energy, and adorned with nine-colored, moistened oracle bone script - Thousand Autumns Tripod!

  The following small characters: Mysterious and Yellow for Thousands of Years, Surrounding the Universe with Great Holiness!

  "Come out!"

  The guards in the palace, with swords at their waists, shouted loudly and fiercely, while the "Xiantian" expert's sword energy shot out, making a hissing sound on the blade, with silver-white sparks flying out for tens of centimeters, which was quite frightening.

  They thought the assassin was hiding in the tripod and would jump out, so they all surrounded this 'Thousand Autumn Tripod', shouting loudly, ready to attack at any moment.

  "If you don't come out, I'll hack you to death!" The leader of the Imperial Guard, Second Prince 'He Lian Wan Ku', had a fiery temper and was brave in battle, having made great contributions to the 'Sun Dynasty'. Moreover, he himself was also a 'Pre-Heavenly' super expert.

  After shouting several times, the "Thousand Autumn Tripod" didn't make a sound, so he kicked his leg, lifted his hips, and swung a wide, thick, and heavy silver steel knife. With a "whooshing" sound, he leaped up, a silver light flashed by, and from mid-air, he chopped straight down at the "Thousand Autumn Tripod".

  "Sizzle! Sizzle!"

  A yellow light suddenly burst out from the tripod, silently striking the thick back of the Second Prince's knife. With a "bang" sound, the Second Prince had already flown sideways, heavily crashing into the rear guard soldiers.

  Suddenly!

  "Bang! La! La!"

  The guards were all knocked to the ground. The officials who were watching from a distance had their eyes wide open like bronze bells, shrinking back and staring at Qianqiu Ding's body in horror, feeling a chill run down their necks.

  "This tripod can fly and will even launch a preemptive attack on people. With just one ray of light, it sent the first brave warrior of the 'Sun Dynasty', the second prince, flying to the side..."

  "Could it be the legendary monster?" The imperial relatives and high-ranking officials in the hall were all thinking nervously...

  This scene is indeed frightening and no wonder everyone would be so tense.

  "Monster!"

  "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

  Dozens of knives, swords, spears, heavy crossbows, halberds...

  All sorts of messy and disorderly things were swirling around, surging forward with a mighty momentum towards the 'Thousand Autumns Tripod'.

  "Bang!" "Clang!" "Boom! Boom!"...

  A dozen or so powerful guards, generals and masters were all knocked far away by the yellow awns popping out of this cauldron, rolling around on the ground in all directions. "Crack!" A clear, ear-piercing sound of breaking bones came through.

  The pain is specific, but at present the ancestor 'He Lian Khan Ji' is still on the scene, so the guards and masters dare not make a sound for the sake of their reputation.

  Bounce back quickly!

  "Kill!"

  The super strong masters who were still able to crawl up after being injured struggled to jump up and launched the second round of attack fearlessly, which was a good opportunity to make achievements in front of His Majesty the Emperor.

  What a rare encounter!

  Whether he can be promoted and enfeoffed, this moment is the best opportunity.

  "Stop!"

  A majestic, overbearing and heroic voice came, the masters all seemed to have been cast with a petrification spell, stopped their attacks, looked down with puzzled faces, the awe-inspiring Emperor 'Helián Hánjí'.

  What's going on?!

  Only Taizu Helian Khanji stared straight at the 'Thousand Autumn Tripod', as if listening to something with rapt attention. From time to time, he would look at the bright yellow giant tripod and nod his head, while the ministers and guards were like a group of confused monks - unable to understand what was going on.

  It feels really inexplicable, as if watching a silent film performance.

  Suddenly!

  Taizu Helian Khan's eyes flashed with a fierce light, the majestic aura of an emperor burst forth, and he let out a hearty laugh that pierced through the clouds to the ninth heaven. He said:

  "Haha! Haha! Haha!"

  "Heaven bless the 'Sun Dynasty' of Tianyou Lian, may Helián's clan prosper forever. What a wonderful 'Mysterious Yellow Thousand Autumns, Universal Sage' thousand autumns tripod! 'Helián Wǎnóu' listen to the order! I command you to immediately lead your personal guards, and respectfully welcome the 'Thousand Autumns Tripod' to the secret chamber..."

  Of course!

  The longevity feast ended here, and Taizu Helian Khan secretly gathered several close princes and princes to hold a secret meeting that night.

  Later, according to the secret news from the palace, this "Thousand Autumn Tripod" was secretly sent to a place with high clouds and few human footprints called "Tian Ti".

  However!

  No one knows where the place called "Tianti" is. More than a hundred years later, those fallen royal nobles and princes' descendants are secretly searching for the "Tianti" in order to revive their family's former glory.

  Even the neighboring Xidan Empire, Snakeken Empire, Mogu Empire and Kuoyue Empire regard the matter of the "Heavenly Ladder" as a top secret to revitalize their country and strike at the Sun Dynasty.

  Dispatched the most beloved imperial prince with superpower reaching ' Innate', disguising himself and secretly searching everywhere in the 'Sun Dynasty'.

  But! There is still no news until now.

  Because!

  It is said that in this "Thousand Autumn Tripod" lives an immortal, currently hiding on the "Heavenly Ladder". If one can gain his recognition, they will be granted a single grain of the elixir of immortality, the "Golden Elixir". Even if it's not possible to achieve immortality, at least within a short period of time, one's martial arts cultivation can be elevated from "Pre-Heavenly Martial Artist" to the realm of "Martial Emperor".

  'Martial Emperor' is the top master of this 'Xuan Huang Continent', and in the powerful 'Sun Dynasty', there are only two 'Martial Emperors' who can suppress the 'Great Ancestor'.

  "The Martial Emperor" had an attack power of 100,000 catties under one sword, equivalent to 50 tons now. It is estimated that even a small mountain can be split open, it is the symbol and pillar of national strength.

  Hah! Hah!

  It's a bit like today's intercontinental nuclear missiles. This is an intangible deterrent. Without it, what do you have to shout at others?

  As for living forever, who wouldn't want that? Which emperor doesn't want to live as long as heaven itself? A family prospering for ten thousand generations.

  So, on the surface, various countries sometimes have friction for their own interests. Taizu Helian Khan established the country more than 270 years ago and has been fighting wars with neighboring countries, big and small, for many years.

  It's also turbulent and surging in secret, not calm!

  An invisible war surrounding the "Stairway to Heaven" and competing for the "Thousand Autumns Tripod" is also underway. The emperors of various countries are all aware of it, but no one mentions it openly...

  How strange!

  Since the 'Thousand Autumn Tripod' fell into the 'Sun Palace', several emperors of the Heli royal family of the 'Sun Dynasty' and two meritorious princes lived a long life, with the shortest-lived living to be 90 years old.

  The longest-lived is now the old king Wang, formerly known as Ji Yichen, who has lived to be 180 years old. Originally, the title of "Sun King" was only given to the emperor's sons or those with great and astonishing military achievements in the imperial family.

  Ji Yichen was not a member of the royal family, but an outsider who could at most be granted the title of Duke. However, his merits were too great, 'invincible in battle and unbeatable in attack', and he had saved the lives of four emperors.

  To the 'Sun King' Emperor, he was loyal and devoted, but he himself was unassuming and humble. When the country needed him, he would put on his armor and go to battle, and after victory, he would immediately shed his armor and return home to live out his days in peace. He had no regard for power or influence, so the Emperor at that time specially issued an 'Edict of Favor', conferring upon him the title of 'Prince' - the only one of its kind since the founding of the 'Sun King Dynasty'.

  Now this old man has not seen anyone for decades, and it is estimated that he went to a place to travel and have fun. He is also one of the only two 'Wu Huang' in the 'Sun Dynasty' under the leadership of His Majesty 'He Lian Ling De', the current emperor.

  People in the upper echelons of various royal families are speculating that Emperor Helian's longevity must be related to the 'Stairway to Heaven', and it is estimated that Wu Huang's Ji Yichen can break through to the ultimate realm of 'Martial Emperor' and should also have something to do with the 'Stairway to Heaven'.

  However!

  This 'Stairway to Heaven' is the greatest secret of Emperor Helian of the Xiongnu Empire, the country's sharp tool and the foundation of the state. I estimate that only the current emperor, Helian Lingde, knows the specific situation. Others in the imperial family can only guess from the 'Sun Secret History'.

  "Thousand Autumns' Tripod! Heavenly Ladder!"

  "Is this for real?! Could it be that there really are immortals, and this ancient cauldron is actually a flying treasure from the world of immortal heroes? If I can get my hands on it, wouldn't that be equivalent to having a 'magical aircraft' to return to China?"

  However!

  To find it, you first have to find the 'Stairway to Heaven', neighboring countries such as Mogu and Snakeken have sent out top-notch 'Pre-Heaven' experts who have searched for over 200 years without finding a trace. What makes this stupid-looking skull so special that I can find it?

  Alas!

  To find it first, you must break through to 'Wu Zhe Xian Tian' and then talk about it. Otherwise, this weak and thin body is not enough to feed the tigers and wolves, this is a path.

  There's another way, which is to get infinitely close to His Majesty 'Helian Lingde', and dig out the secrets in his heart. However! As a mere commoner like me, I estimate that within 100 meters of him, those 'Pre-Heavenly' guards would tear me apart with their bare hands, let alone getting close?

  Xiang Qiushui rubbed her aching eyes and leaned lazily against the wooden chair, letting out long sighs.

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