Luo Yu was stunned.
"Grandpa, you're not joking with me, are you?"
Luo Tiance's expression was grave as he stared intently at the tiger tally in Luo Yu's palm, his eyes flickering with a sharp light.
"If it's really as I suspect, this tiger tally you hold is no small matter, my grandson."
"What do you mean? Spit it out, and don't play coy, or I'll unplug your oxygen tube when you're old." Luo Yu urged.
"You're too kind," Luo Tiance said, "Do you know of the Qin Mausoleum within our Great Xia Realm?"
Luo Yu nodded. He knew of the Qin Mausoleum—it was a forbidden place within the Great Xia Realm.
There was a national ban on any martial artist or ordinary person approaching the Qin Mausoleum, a decree issued by his grandfather himself.
"That mausoleum is where Emperor Qin Shi Huang lies in eternal rest, guarded by countless Terracotta Soldiers. Before the revival of spiritual energy, it was merely awe-inspiring and majestic, but after the revival, several armies of ferocious beasts tried to invade the Qin Mausoleum. As a result, countless Terracotta Soldiers came to life and slaughtered the beasts in an instant,"
"What?" Luo Yu's eyes widened. This was news to him: "The Terracotta Soldiers can come to life and demonstrate power?"
"Yes." Luo Tiance said with lingering fear, "After the revival of spiritual power, not only do the ferocious beasts provoke the Terracotta Soldiers into attack, but human beings are also slaughtered if they intrude. I suffered a setback myself in the past, unable to reach the depths of the First Emperor's Mausoleum."
If such incredible tales came from anyone else, Luo Yu would never believe them, but these were his grandfather's words.
"Grandfather, you mean to say, this tiger tally..." Luo Yu began, but didn't continue.
Luo Tiance nodded: "That's exactly what I'm saying."
"Hiss—"
"If that's really the case, wouldn't it be like suddenly owning an army? A special army?" Luo Yu took a deep breath.
"It's a pity you only have half of the tiger tally, clearly the emperor's half which he held; the whereabouts of the other half, controlled by his generals, remains unknown. Otherwise, you could certainly try to go to the First Emperor's Mausoleum."
Luo Yu held the tiger tally, curious about something else.
He felt that if the Mountain Lord could survive for over two thousand years, how could a brilliant and peerless emperor like Qin Shi Huang have passed away prematurely? He possessed the Ancient Spirit of Emperor Qin Shi Huang within him, but that didn't mean the latter was dead.
Therefore, what on earth was hidden inside the Qin Mausoleum?
Thinking so, holding only half of the tiger tally did indeed feel unfortunate.
"Let's leave it up to fate, Grandpa. If it's fated, I will have it. Some things can't be forced," Luo Yu said casually as he put away the tiger tally, feeling that his journey to the Secret Realm this time had indeed been rewarding.
Just the fact that the seed in his Dantian had taken root and sprouted was enough.
He could sense his pace of cultivation, already advancing rapidly, and now it became even more monstrous. He was absorbing nature's spiritual energy at all times, especially the hundreds of strands of Divine Origin from within the Azure Stone Lotus. Luo Yu could feel every moment that he was undergoing subtle changes.
Over time, these changes would surely shock the world.
"You have the right mindset, my boy," Luo Tiance said as he patted Luo Yu's shoulder with a large hand, his eyes filled with satisfaction and relief.
"This time you've really made Grandpa proud."
"It's alright, keep it low key!" Luo Yu, perhaps not having seen his family for a long time, was in a very good mood reconnecting with his grandfather.
"Low key? What you've done seems low key to you?" Luo Tiance glared with his old eyes.
"Big boy, you now must stay low. Otherwise, if the Foreign Forces become apprehensive about your talent and join forces to kill you, Grandpa can't protect you, and the people and you will suffer,"
Luo Yu waved his hand: "Eh, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Luo Tiance was so frustrated he glared and puffed.
"You know what you're doing?"
"Being sensible, you started by beating up the vice chairman of Chuan Province Martial University and then antagonized the chairman. And now you've stirred up such a commotion. It hasn't been long since the term started!" Luo Tiance exclaimed.
Luo Yu complained: "If you hadn't come, my identity wouldn't have been exposed."
"The chaos wrought by Xia Luo has nothing to do with Luo Yu."
Luo Tiance was left speechless.
"So you're blaming me?"
"Hey, how could that be," Luo Yu replied with an ingratiating smile. "It's because Grandpa cares about me, worries about me, that he came all this way to support me."
"At least you have a conscience, kiddo."
Luo Tiance snorted. In fact, he didn't need to come for the backup personally; there were other experts who could have come, but he was worried about his grandson and thus dropped most of his duties to hurry over immediately.
"Grandpa doesn't think what you did is wrong, on the contrary, it was well done."
"It's just that I never expected your strength to improve so fast. If the Foreign Forces really find out, I'm afraid they'll become restless." Luo Tiance exhaled deeply. He had never feared anything in life, but now he truly began to worry about his grandson's safety.
If he were in their shoes knowing that a God's Child with such power was rising abroad and had achieved such strength within half a year, he too would be unsettled.
"Grandpa, don't worry. Give me another year or so, and I'll take over the burden for you. You've shouldered the weight of Great Xia for too many years; it's been hard enough," Luo Yu said, half-jokingly, half-seriously.
Luo Tiance looked into his grandson's serious eyes and felt a warmth in his heart.
"No need, you should enjoy yourself. Grandpa is not old yet, you're still young, it's your age to frolic. If something goes wrong, I'll have your back."
"I've confiscated all the footage of you in the Secret Realm this time. I'll keep it stored with me until your power is sufficient, and then I'll tell the world of your achievements. Don't fault Grandpa."
Luo Yu rolled his eyes: "You make it sound too distant, as if I'm not your own grandson."
At this point, Luo Tiance irritably scolded:
"Your mother needs to guard the border and can't get away, so it's understandable she can't see you. That worthless father of yours, after recovering from his injuries, I don't know where he's gone off to gallivant—he should be condemned."