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Chapter 313 His Majesty's caution is indeed reassuring! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Seeing the Dragon Emperor reduced to ashes and his ashes sealed away, Wu Nanzhi breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "Your Majesty, you were being too cautious. But with these seals, the Dragon Emperor is definitely dead beyond any doubt."

Li Chen shook his head, his expression still serious: "It's not over yet."

Wu Nanzhi was somewhat confused. According to her cultivation level, a severed head would already be considered death, so how could this not be considered death?
However, she didn't say much and quietly watched Li Chen do what he was doing.

After Li Chen finished speaking, he began the next task.

Although the Dragon Emperor was dead, Li Chen knew that some Saint Realm experts would not easily perish completely.

He recalled that when he first met Tuoba Zhen, the latter was able to escape and be resurrected even after death through his soul.

In order to completely eliminate the possibility of the Dragon Emperor's resurrection, Li Chen decided to refine everything here.

Seeing his beloved concubine's curious expression, Li Chen, having nothing else to do, began to explain to her.

“Cultivators at the Saint Realm possess powerful divine souls. Even after their physical bodies are destroyed, a wisp of their divine soul will still exist, hiding in some inconspicuous corner, using an object as a container, waiting for a ‘destined person’ to help them revive.”

As Li Chen spoke, he raised his hand to activate the formation.

These were all discovered by Li Chen while studying classical texts.

Just like the remnant soul of the saint in Xiao Ming's necklace.

If it encounters a vicious remnant soul, it might even directly possess the 'destined person'.

Upon hearing this, Wu Nanzhi couldn't help but shudder, then glanced around: "Your Majesty means that the remnant soul of the Dragon Emperor might still be hiding somewhere?"

Li Chen nodded: "That's right. I don't know how powerful the Dragon Emperor was when he was alive, but I will never leave any hidden dangers for myself."

The seven great formations have completely sealed off this place, so even if the remnant soul of the Dragon Emperor exists, there is absolutely no way he can escape.

After carefully inspecting every corner and confirming that no energy entity had escaped, Li Chen began to refine everything here.

First are the Dragon Emperor's natal magic weapons: the Celestial Sphere, the Kui Dragon Drum, the Immortal-Slaying Sword, and the Imperial Seal.

Li Chen had thought that these magical treasures, having been with the Dragon Emperor for many years, would resist being refined, but to his surprise, they cooperated exceptionally well.

Perhaps because Li Chen's "Emperor Dragon Scripture" was of the same origin as the Dragon Emperor, these magical treasures actually merged into his spiritual power on their own, turning into streams of light that disappeared into his sleeves.

Next came the coffin and the chains.

Li Chen raised his hand and waved it, and golden spiritual power enveloped the coffin like flames, refining it into pieces of crystal-clear black jade.

The chains were refined into strands of golden silk, which wrapped around Li Chen's fingertips.

Li Chen didn't miss even the luminous pearls, the tables and chairs, or the dragon carvings on the walls inside the palace.

Li Chen spent two whole days disassembling and refining everything here to ensure that nothing was missed.

Standing to the side, watching Li Chen's busy figure, Wu Nanzhi couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "His Majesty's caution is indeed reassuring."

Two days later, the entire palace had been completely refined and empty, and not even a trace of the Dragon Emperor's aura could be sensed.

Li Chen nodded in satisfaction: "The second stage is complete. Next is the third stage."

Wu Nanzhi didn't understand, but was greatly shocked.

This isn't even finished yet? She couldn't even imagine the possibility of the Dragon Emperor being resurrected.

Next, Li Chen will need to stay here for a while, occasionally coming to check on things and conducting random checks.

Wu Nanzhi didn't think Li Chen was being overly cautious; on the contrary, she felt that the Dragon Emperor truly deserved to die. It was an injustice that he wasn't killed.

Of course, Li Chen wouldn't wait in vain during this time, as there were so many palaces nearby and quite a few concubines.

These were all women carefully selected by the Dragon Emperor before his slumber; they were flawless in every way. The Dragon Emperor himself hadn't even touched some of them, thinking that once he was resurrected, his divine powers were fully developed, and his physical problems were resolved, he could finally enjoy himself for a while.

As a result, he didn't get to experience it himself, but Li Chen benefited from it all.

The place where Li Chen spent the most time was Qiu Xianyu's palace.

"Kill me! The Dragon Emperor is dead, and I will not live either." Qiu Xianyu was heartbroken and contemplated suicide after hearing of the Dragon Emperor's death.

The resistance was fierce, but it certainly had its own unique flavor.

Li Chen doesn't have much time to train her right now, so he can only change her mindset to be obedient for now, and then take it slowly after returning to the palace.

Needless to say, Fairy Youlan is another story. Take Xuanji, whom Li Chen recently acquired, for example. After some time of getting to know each other in the harem, she has also started to cooperate.

Even without conscious control, it will be able to obey commands.

During his time at the cemetery, Li Chen must have been having a great time. Perhaps the only one who felt just as frustrated as the Dragon Emperor was Lin Mo, who was locked in the secret room.

According to the normal procedure, Lin Mo was supposed to cultivate here for seven days.

During those seven days, he cleared his mind of all distractions and worked hard to cultivate and break through, finally reaching the Heavenly Observation Realm.

In fact, by the fifth day, Lin Mo had already broken through, and the abilities of the Chosen One were extremely powerful.

But before the time came, he was already thinking about whether he should sneak out.

The thought that many plump and beautiful concubines like Qiu Xianyu were sleeping here made Lin Mo start to have wild thoughts.

As long as the Dragon Emperor doesn't awaken, wouldn't it be delightful to have some good luck with women?

He was very afraid of Qiu Xianyu, whose strength far surpassed his.

But sometimes, fortune favors the bold.

With that in mind, Lin Mo decided to open the stone door and go out to play cautiously for a while.

Perhaps Qiu Xianyu knew that men couldn't resist the allure of this place, so she placed a restriction on Lin Mo's stone door. Lin Mo really couldn't open it. He tried for a day and a night, but in the end, he had to give up and wait for the seventh day for Qiu Xianyu to open the stone door.

On the eighth day, the gate still hadn't opened.

Lin Mo wondered if he had misjudged the timing, so he waited a few more days.

More than ten days later, Lin Mo realized the seriousness of the problem. It seemed that he hadn't misremembered the time; no one had actually opened the door for him.

The stone gate was also soundproof, and there were no special features on the outside; it was just a wall if you didn't look closely.

Incidentally, last time Li Chen was at the Jiang family's house, Lin Mo could still hear some noise, but this time he couldn't hear anything at all.

As Lin Mo's supplies of rations and pills, which he had prepared during his seclusion, were running out, he began to despair. This was a tomb built by the Dragon Emperor; how could he possibly force his way through?

Qiu Xianyu was devastated by the death of the Dragon Emperor and didn't care about his life or death, even forgetting that there was someone else there.

It wasn't until the seventeenth day, when Lin Mo was almost writing his will, that the stone door was slowly opened.

Lin Mo thought it was Qiu Xianyu, but the person who opened the stone door was someone Lin Mo didn't expect.

Crucially, he also knew him; he was an official from the Ministry of Works.

Upon seeing Lin Mo, the official asked in confusion, "Lord Lin, what are you doing here? Did you get trapped inside by accident during your exploration? But don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this."

Lin Mo asked in confusion, "What are you doing here?"

(End of this chapter)