"How did you get in here?" Jiang Wen was quite curious about this, after all, Xue Changming's realm was inferior to those two bull-headed and horse-faced figures. Not to mention the eight stone statue guardians, it was truly impossible to force his way in.
Even if he passed the eight stone statues, he would still have trouble with the bull-headed and horse-faced figures. Unless someone else helped him, he would have a chance to enter the stone gate. Moreover, the illusions within the stone gate were so complex that even he almost couldn't escape.
Hearing Jiang Wen's question, Xue Changming was silent for a moment. Then, he told him what he had experienced: "I don't know how I got in either. I only remember that when I was fighting with someone, someone appeared to help me. The stone gate opened naturally, and then I came in."
"Actually, my mother is not an ordinary Daqian person. She is a descendant of the Yuyun Clan's royalty, but in order to escape the war, she came to Chuzhou in the Western Lands with her family. Later, she met my father, and then she gave birth to me."
"Father? Could it be that you are from the Daqian royal family?" Jiang Wen couldn't help but feel surprised when he heard this word. If Xue Changming was a member of the royal family, then his luck was truly good.
After all, he knew Li Yunshang, who was a member of the royal family, and now he had met Xue Changming, who was also a member of the royal family. Were the people of the royal family really everywhere?
"Yes, my father was the Prince of Pingxi who was exterminated back then…" Xue Changming's voice lowered as he told Jiang Wen about the events of the Prince of Pingxi's mansion over the years.
Listening to Xue Changming's childhood experiences, Jiang Wen didn't want to say anything. After all, the past was already gone, and it was useless for him to say more. It would only increase sadness and spoil the mood.
"So, you went to Yunze to find the legacy of the Yuyun Clan, but you didn't expect to be sent here? Back then, you pretended to be weak, like a mortal without cultivation," Jiang Wen joked.
Hearing this, Xue Changming smiled bitterly, covered his wound, and coughed a few times: "I'm sorry, I wasn't very familiar with you at the time, so I didn't want to reveal myself. I never thought that we would only meet by chance, but today you saved me. Changming is naturally grateful and will definitely repay you if we have the chance."
"If you hadn't sent the message talisman, I might not have come to save you," Jiang Wen said.
"Message talisman?" Xue Changming looked blank. "I never sent you this talisman, and I never carried such a thing on me."
"Wasn't it you who sent me the message?" Jiang Wen was stunned. Hearing Xue Changming's words, he didn't expect that such a bizarre thing would happen.
Xue Changming shook his head, indicating that he had never sent a message to Jiang Wen. After all, a message talisman required a fixed location and knowledge of the person. He and Jiang Wen had only met once, and they didn't even have time to understand each other, so how could he have sent him a request for help in the chaos?
"If I had a message talisman on me, I would definitely ask for help from the imperial capital. Moreover, not many people know that I came out this time. I don't have such a precious thing as a message talisman. What Brother Jiang said is not what I did. What Changming said is all true. If there is any falsehood, may I be struck by lightning," Xue Changming raised his hand and swore to the sky. His expression was serious, and he would naturally not lie about this matter.
Jiang Wen felt a little bad in his heart. He didn't expect that the message wasn't sent by Xue Changming. Who was it? Who sent him the message?
His mind couldn't sort out these thoughts, so he could only put the matter aside for now.
"Let's not talk about this. Let's go out first." Jiang Wen looked at the bronze giants rioting outside, and many palaces were being trampled and destroyed. It was truly regrettable to see such a magnificent place destroyed so easily.
Hearing this, Xue Changming just shook his head: "I can't leave yet. I still have something to finish."
"What is it that requires you to risk your life like this?" Jiang Wen frowned slightly and asked in confusion. He couldn't understand what was worth Xue Changming risking such danger to do.
"This is my family's revenge. I'm looking for this divine tomb to avenge my hatred!" Xue Changming said hatefully. "I have been living in the imperial capital for more than ten years, and I have already found out who the enemy who exterminated my family was! It is the current emperor, that old thing who has been unwilling to die for more than three hundred years. He wants to get the whereabouts of the divine tomb from my mother. He wants to get the remains of the Saint King in this divine tomb. I won't let him get it, even if I destroy it."
Xue Changming's eyes were bright and his expression was decisive. Jiang Wen could see that he was already prepared to die, so he didn't continue to speak.
For some people, nothing can change what they have decided. Even if that person knows that doing this will lead to death, he will still go without hesitation. Xue Changming was probably such a person.
"Have you heard of the legends of the Yuyun Clan?" Xue Changming continued.
"Legends of the Yuyun Clan?" Jiang Wen shook his head, not knowing.
"The Yuyun Clan is an ancient tribe that was once under the command of the Tai Cang Saint King. The people of this clan can grow wings and are good at mechanical arts. Later, the Saint King was assassinated and dismembered in various places. The Yuyun Clan left the New World with some of the Saint King's remains and hid in this Old Land. And there is also a legend in the clan, which is that when the Saint King returns, the Yuyun Clan will also restore its former glory." Xue Changming narrated the legends of the Yuyun Clan, and he looked at Jiang Wen with a cheerful smile.
"I am a descendant of the Yuyun royal family. I want to inherit the throne of Yuyun. I want to take revenge on that tyrant. I want him to pay the price for what he has done! The three thousand two hundred and more members of the Prince of Pingxi's mansion must not die so unclearly. What did my father do wrong? He was kind and treated people with kindness, and shared happiness with the people. The people of Chuzhou all called him a sage and wise king. He was completely innocent, but he suffered such a misfortune. I am not reconciled, I am not reconciled!"
Xue Changming coughed more violently, and he spat out a mouthful of blood while covering his mouth. When he opened his palm, he saw small, maggot-like things struggling and swimming inside.
"What is this…" Jiang Wen looked at the worms on Xue Changming's hand, which were the things he hated the most.
"I have already been poisoned with Gu," Xue Changming said indifferently. "How could that person let me survive under his nose for so long? He couldn't wait to kill me immediately, kill me, the only descendant of the Prince of Pingxi. He hypocritically sent people to deliver tonics, how could I not know what was in them? This Gu poison was given to me by him, just to make me die slowly."
"Since you knew there was malice, why did you still eat it?" Jiang Wen didn't understand. After all, no matter what you do, it's better than eating it.
"That person's eyes are everywhere. If I didn't eat it, how could he rest assured and let me come out? Who do you think sent the assassins on this road? Who has the ability to assassinate a member of the royal family on the land of Daqian?"
As Xue Changming spoke, his face looked a little tired. Obviously, these Gu poisons made it difficult for his injuries to heal.
Checking his storage bag, Jiang Wen couldn't do anything. He could only send mana into Xue Changming's body to maintain his physical condition. After all, the pills and items he brought had already been used up in the previous battles, and only dragon blood and spiritual spring water remained. These two things were also not ordinary things, and it remained to be seen whether they could cure the Gu poison.
Perhaps, there were other ways. Jiang Wen thought of that heart.
