CHAPTER 1233: CHAPTER 1233 WHO ARE THEY (3)

The legend that Tan Yulin spoke of was something everyone had heard of to some extent. The Situ Family originated during a time of chaos and war. Situ Ming, like a refreshing breeze, forcefully entered the war with a singular strength, stirring up a storm.

There are many legends about Situ Ming, but the most talked-about is his story of opposing the tyrannical Emperor.

At that time, the Emperor did many overly aggressive things, causing widespread resentment among the people. Situ Ming, unable to bear their suffering, appeared atop a Golden Dragon in the Imperial Palace.

It was the Emperor’s first time seeing Situ Ming, and his first time seeing a real dragon.

Anyone who became an Emperor would have an inexplicable reverence and worship for such a creature as a dragon, and this Emperor was no exception. After a fierce argument that lasted a whole day and night, Situ Ming discovered that not only had the Emperor not been persuaded, but he also had designs on his Golden Dragon.

In anger, Situ Ming left with the Golden Dragon.

Before leaving, he left a phrase hanging in the air above the Imperial Palace: "Ying Dynasty, within three generations, will perish!"

Sure enough, after two generations of Emperors and one generation of King of Qin, the Ying Dynasty lost its mandate and was replaced by the next major dynasty.

These events cannot be verified, but Situ Ming’s fame continued to spread. However, due to the peculiarity of his identity and the strange happenings around him, he wasn’t widely known.

An Yiqing and the others weren’t particularly interested in the glorious deeds of Situ Ming; they were more concerned about the fact that the ancestor of the Situ Family only mastered seventy to eighty percent of the Dragon-Taming Art.

One can only imagine how powerful it would be if someone mastered one hundred percent of the Dragon-Taming Art.

As everyone became lost in thought, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded from the other side of the hall.

Accompanying the footsteps was a female voice, bright and filled with excitement and exhilaration.

"Xiao Yu!"

It was Ah Mi!

An Yiqing felt a gust of wind pass by, and then she was tightly hugged by Ah Mi. She faintly smelled a hint of blood, and her pupils contracted sharply as she pulled Ah Mi out of her embrace.

"What happened? Are you hurt? Where are you injured?" An Yiqing, unable to see, could only ask anxiously.

"No, no, Xiao Yu, don’t worry." Ah Mi quickly shook her head, "It’s just a slight scratch on my hand. A band-aid stops the bleeding. Are you okay, Xiao Yu? Ah! Why is your hand swollen?"

Ah Mi worriedly cradled An Yiqing’s somewhat swollen right hand, frowning as she asked.

"It’s nothing, just exerted a bit too much force. Ah Mi, aside from you, is everyone else okay?"

"Everyone’s fine! Sister Xiao Yu, don’t worry! Nobody is hurt!" Dashan’s loud voice came from the right front of An Yiqing, and from the confident tone, it was clear how energetic he was.

Knowing no one was hurt, An Yiqing felt relieved. They talked amongst themselves and were surprised to discover that the mechanisms in the two passages were different.

The passage Cao Xiaosha and Ah Mi went through was filled with steel spikes and wooden stakes everywhere. A moment of carelessness would cause them to fall from the stakes onto the cold steel spikes, getting completely pierced.

Fortunately, everyone was safe and sound.

"Since we’re all here, let’s figure out how to open this door. Everyone look for mechanisms, see if there are any buttons or the like."

An Yiqing, Ah Mi, and Yin Xilin stood in place, with Gu Yelin guarding beside them, while the others spread out to search for mechanisms.

After a few minutes, An Yiqing, who had been silent all along, suddenly twitched her ears, and her eyebrows furrowed.