Covering the Sky: I, Wang Teng, truly lack the bearing of an emperor.

Chapter 189 The Legend of the Black Emperor

Upon seeing this name, Duan De was completely stunned.

He almost dropped what he was holding, but a last shred of reason reminded him that something was wrong!

He suppressed his nausea and carefully examined the object before him. Based on his years of professional knowledge, he determined that it was not a hastily made product.

Because many of the auras on it have been accumulated over the years, leaving traces of the passage of time, at least... hundreds of thousands of years ago, and do not seem to be things that have only appeared recently.

Although Duan De is somewhat unethical, he is absolutely second to none in terms of professional skills.

After careful observation, he was absolutely confident that the object in front of him was very likely a genuine artifact from hundreds of thousands of years ago.

The reason I say it's very likely is because it cannot be completely confirmed.

He was confident in his judgment, but he also knew there were ways to artificially age a product, though those methods were too sophisticated for the average person to master.

Duan De temporarily suppressed his unease and doubts and began to read through the contents.

However, the more I looked at him, the more terrified I became.

Although the book's title is absurd, some of its contents are quite serious and earnest. It deals with a period of history from hundreds of thousands of years ago, and some of the things recorded in it are things that Duan De had seen in other ancient tombs.

Of course, we have to let go of that so-called big... well, let's just say let go of that despicable Black Emperor.

However, precisely because of this, Duan Decai was somewhat unsure.

Those ancient tombs were all large tombs of other holy lands and aristocratic families. Even he paid a great price to sneak into them. There were also some forgotten old sites, which also cost him a lot. The records in them were not complete and were scattered.

However, the ancient book in Duan De's hands was much more detailed, almost a supplement to a certain period of history!

“It looks real, but something just doesn’t feel right…” Duan De muttered to himself.

If these ancient books had been found elsewhere, or before Duan De encountered that big black dog, he would have treasured them as precious gems, carefully memorizing the contents as genuine historical materials.

But given the behavior of that big black dog, Duan De subconsciously felt that it was very unreliable.

So he put down the ancient book and picked up another one.

The Invincible Black Emperor's Mantra Across Heaven, Earth, and the Universe

"What the hell?" Duan De's vision went black.

He once again used his methods to deduce the length of time this book had existed, but the feedback he received was still that the book had likely existed for hundreds of thousands of years.

“…What the hell is this book…” Ye Fan also picked up a book, but his vision went black after just glancing at the cover.

Isn't Black King afraid of being struck by lightning for doing this?
Ye Fan thought to himself.

Although Wu Liang had some guesses, he couldn't help but find it somewhat unbelievable when he saw the names of those classic texts.

But on second thought, this really does seem like something the Black Emperor would do.

Duan De's face remained gloomy throughout. After reading all the ancient books, he began to observe the cave.

Sure enough, at the deepest part of the cave, there was a small temple. The inscription read: Black Emperor's Palace.
Duan De walked into the main hall with a twitching mouth. As soon as he entered, he saw a majestic black dog statue sitting cross-legged in the center. The black dog raised one of its right forelegs, holding an ancient bell steadily in its paw.

Beside the black dog sculpture are two bowing child sculptures serving on either side.

Duan De looked around and saw a mural on the walls of the main hall. It depicted various rumors about the chaos in the world and the birth of the Black Emperor to subdue the demons and protect the peace of the region.

“I suspect there might be something wrong with this world…” Duan De was dumbfounded.

He rushed into the depths of the main hall, searching everywhere, trying to find proof that everything here was a replica.

But Black Emperor was preparing very seriously. With his methods, how could he be easily seen through by others?
Moreover, the Black Emperor's original identity was quite extraordinary, and he was very knowledgeable about things from hundreds of thousands of years ago, so he achieved a level of perfection in many details.

Duan De lay down in front of the sculpture, trying to prove through the details that these things were modern, but the result disappointed him. The method of making the sculpture was obviously a technique from hundreds of thousands of years ago.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Duan De muttered to himself.

He looked at Wu Liang and Ye Fan beside him, his eyes filled with self-doubt, and said, "I suspect we may have fallen into some kind of illusion! Have you seen everything in this hall? I suspect it's all fake, all an illusion we've created!"

"No!" Duan De suddenly shook his head. "I suspect that you two are also part of an illusion!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Duan De made his move. His two fat hands fell continuously in the void, engraving various mysterious and complex Dao patterns, forming special patterns, and finally transforming into a small array pattern.

Duan De waved his hand, drawing the array pattern to his forehead, muttering to himself, "Both real and unreal, both tangible and intangible, both dream and lightning..."

Upon seeing this, Wu Liang's eyes flickered slightly.

The Celestial Venerable's Legacy!

Duan De, as expected, still retains some things in his subconscious, but he regards them as a legacy passed down by chance!
If what Duande is experiencing right now is truly an illusion, even one at the level of an emperor, he would immediately recognize the difference between reality and illusion and have a chance to escape it.

But the problem is...

When Duan De opened his eyes, the same things were still around him!
"Could it be... that the thoughts of the gods are influencing me?" Duan De's expression changed slightly, and he recited the ancient scripture of reincarnation again, with faint phantom images of the Yellow Springs appearing around him.

Ye Fan couldn't help but gasp when he saw this, thinking to himself that this fatso really had something going for him.

However, when Duan De opened his eyes again, everything in front of him was still the same as before.

Even behind them, they could hear the sound of a black dog walking.

"Alas! It seems I can't hide it from you anymore! These are all trivial matters from hundreds of thousands of years ago. I merely saved a few lives on a whim, yet it was recorded by the Jade Pool Holy Land and has been passed down to this day..."

The Black Emperor spoke slowly.

At this moment, his eyes held a sense of vicissitude, and his words carried a calm and composed air of someone who had seen through the world.

This is the kind of attitude only a dog that has truly weathered many storms can display.

“Junior! I know you are exploring history. If there is anything you don’t understand, you can ask me. I have always appreciated juniors…” Black Emperor continued, his face full of kindness. He even stretched out a dog paw and put it on Duan De’s head, showing the attitude of an elder towards a junior.

(End of this chapter)