God of Pets

Chapter 603 The Core of the Imperial Palace
"Never heard of it," Consort Ming shook her head directly.

Seeing that Mingfei didn't seem like Zuowei, Chen Guan frowned and asked again, "The Great Xia King was once the strongest human being. Haven't you heard of him?"

"Wasn't the strongest human being the Emperor Ancestor? When did the Great Xia King appear?" Mingfei asked Chen Guan with a look of suspicion.

“I’m referring to the time before the founding emperor,” Chen Guan said.

"Before the Emperor Ancestor, humans were nothing special. I really don't know who the strongest was." Mingfei suddenly seemed to have thought of something and asked, "You don't mean to say that this Imperial Palace was built by that Great Xia King, do you? That's impossible. Before the Emperor Ancestor, there was no one this strong."

"Is it possible that there aren't any people that strong in the secret realm you're in?" Chen Guan felt that this matter was a bit strange.

"Impossible. I've been to many secret realms. Before the Emperor Ancestor, humans were utterly insignificant. Compared to humans today, let alone those of the Emperor Ancestor, they were far inferior. If there truly were a powerful being capable of creating such an imperial palace, even if I hadn't seen it, I should have at least heard of it," Mingfei said with certainty.

Chen Guan frowned even more; Consort Ming didn't seem to be joking.

But if she wasn't joking, then something was very wrong.

According to the River God, the various ruins in the secret realm were all built by humans from different generations.

However, if Mingfei was not lying, her existence must have allowed her to come into contact with the previous generation, or even the generation before that.

But she clearly stated that humans were not even worthy of being compared to the Emperor Ancestor, which made things completely wrong.

"If the humans before the Emperor Ancestor were insignificant, then who created and left behind all the ruins in the secret realm?" Chen Guan pondered.

“It could be the work of some mysterious spirit from the past, but it certainly couldn’t be human,” Mingfei said.

"If there were secret spirits capable of building these ruins in the past, why are there none now? I haven't even heard of one," Chen Guan asked rhetorically.

“Perhaps the spirits that like building houses are extinct. These things are indeed of no use to the spirits,” Mingfei said.

Chen Guan felt that this statement was far-fetched. Such a powerful type of secret spirit could be wiped out so easily, with not a single one left behind. This explanation was clearly unacceptable.

Moreover, these ruins are scattered throughout various secret realms. How can they all be extinct at once?
Was this a pre-arranged purge? Killing all the Mystic Spirits who could build houses, leaving none alive—who could do something like that?

Mystic Spirit? That answer is also problematic.

The Mystic Spirits' need for resources is far less than that of humans.

Furthermore, different Mystic Spirits have different resource requirements; not all Mystic Spirits need to consume other Mystic Spirits to grow.

In fact, those that consume Mysterious Spirits account for less than one-fifth of all Mysterious Spirits.

But if these ruins were created by humans, and there was such a glorious civilization, how could Mingfei, who lived for such a long time, have known nothing about them, or even heard of them? This is clearly abnormal.

Chen Guan felt that there was something contradictory about the matter, but he couldn't figure it out for the time being.

Chen Guan told Consort Ming about his doubts and asked her for an explanation.

After listening, Mingfei said, "That River God has probably been imprisoned here for too long and has lost his mind. What previous generation, what Great Xia King, they don't exist at all."

“This imperial palace must have been built by some mysterious god. Perhaps he was imprisoned here to guard the palace through some kind of brainwashing method, giving him a false memory,” Consort Ming said thoughtfully.

Her opinion remained the same as before: those ruins had absolutely nothing to do with humans.

Chen Guan remained silent, deep in thought, sensing that things weren't so simple. Just then, he suddenly heard the barking of the Warring States.

Chen Guan looked up at the direction from which the Warring States's cry came, and saw it on the summit of the mountain where the River God had sat, digging at something with its two front paws.

It scratched twice, then turned its head and barked twice at Chen Guan, before continuing to scratch with its claws.

Chen Guan used the Pure Yang Sword Immortal technique to fly directly into the sky and land on the mountaintop.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that the place where the Warring States period dug was next to the large rock where the River God sat.

The boulder was as big as a table, with a noticeable dent the size of a washbasin, clearly caused by sitting on it for a long time.

During the Warring States period, he dug the soil next to that large rock and had already dug out a fairly large pit.

The purpose of the Warring States period was not to dig a pit downwards, but to dig under that large rock.

"Although the Warring States level hasn't been raised yet, it's very strong. Why doesn't it just push the stone away?" Chen Guan thought to himself, reached out and pressed his hand on the stone, and pushed it with force.

Sure enough, the boulder remained motionless. No matter how much force Chen Guan exerted, the boulder seemed to be rooted to the spot and did not budge at all.

"No wonder the River God has been sitting here all this time; there must be something fishy going on." Chen Guan called Rouge and Ghost Eye over to help Zhan Guo dig.

The three laborers quickly hollowed out the soil under the large rock.

To Chen Guan's surprise, the large rock was actually suspended in the air, with no support from the soil below.

On the contrary, the very existence of that soil is problematic. This mountain is a rocky mountain, so why is there soil here that fills the gaps between the rocky peaks?

"What's going on with this stone?" Chen Guan studied it for a while, but couldn't figure it out.

Consort Ming, standing nearby, was quite excited. She examined the stone and said, "Could this stone be the core of this imperial palace?"

"What is the use of the core?" Chen Guan asked.

"The core is naturally the key to controlling the Imperial Palace. It is usually connected to various systems of the building, such as the common defense system or the flight system. This Imperial Palace is not simple. It is very likely the work of a mysterious god from the Great Cave Heaven. If we can control it, it will be a very good place to live," said Mingfei.

"I know about the defense system. It only requires inputting a certain amount of energy to activate the city's defensive energy shield. Is this the same way?" Chen Guan asked Mingfei.

"I don't know about that. Different relics have different cores and methods of use, but in principle, they all require vital energy as a power source, only the source of vital energy is different."

Mingfei paused for a moment and then said, "The source of the vital energy in some ruins is the cultivators or the spirits themselves, while the source of the vital energy in some ruins may be some kind of mineral deposit, and some can even directly absorb the free vital energy between heaven and earth..."

"So, how should I try now?" Chen Guan wasn't in a hurry. He had the River God's life image, and he would know when the time came.

"It's best not to try. If the method and the energy attribute are wrong, it may damage the core," Mingfei quickly stopped her.

Seeing that Mingfei didn't know how to use this thing either, Chen Guan had a thought and put Mingfei away. Then he said to the paper figure, "Can you directly release information about how the River God controls the Imperial Palace?"

The paper figure nodded slightly, and its eyes emitted a faint light once more, forming a new image.

This time, it doesn't start from birth; the footage shows the imperial palace in perfect condition.

(End of this chapter)