Chapter 823 — The Flawless Maiden
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Before long all the stars had retreated, and the host of stars turned into individual marks that clung to the coffin wood, forming a brilliant star river pattern. Crack.
The Empress's coffin gave out a soft sound.
Shen Mu stepped back to Li Zheng's side: "I am glad to have fulfilled the charge!
" The coffin lid slowly rose and hung above the coffin.
Within, rosy light soared, the sound of the Dao coiled and lingered, as though a graceful woman were singing a song, all manner of melodies echoing round the beams without cease. That sound of the Dao came from the very pulse of the Great Dao, intoxicating all who heard it, so that they could not tear themselves away.
The others, with no time to wonder why Shen Mu could open the seals, hurried forward and looked into the coffin; the Chiming Divine Son blurted out, "What a beautiful woman!
" The others too felt their mouths go dry, and gazing at the woman in the coffin, their faces flushed red and they could not speak. One demigod roared, tore off his clothes, and was about to leap into the coffin, crying, "To be buried in the same coffin as such a beauty — this life would not have been lived in vain!
" Shhk— Luo Wushuang cut down with a single blade and slew that demigod, saying coldly, "Whoever dares insult the Empress's remains shall end like this brute!
Patriarch Dragon King, keep your men in order! " The hand that gripped his blade trembled somewhat; clearly he too had been stunned by the woman's beauty in the coffin, and his heart of the Dao was somewhat unsteady.
"The Empress?
" The Patriarch Dragon King's Adam's apple bobbed; his gaze fell into the coffin, and his voice was hoarse: "There are two women in this coffin. Which one is the Empress?
" Shen Mu and Li Zheng were taken aback: "Two women in the coffin?
" Li Zheng said in a low voice, "Shen'er, when you opened the coffin, did you not look inside?
" Shen Mu shook his head and said quietly, "You told me to keep a low profile, so as soon as I opened the coffin I withdrew at once, lest I become the target of every eye. So what was inside the coffin, I am not too clear on either.
How could there be two bodies in the coffin?
" The two looked at each other.
Li Zheng hesitated, then said, "How about we go up and take a look too? " Shen Mu nodded again and again, unable to suppress his curiosity. Li Zheng could not suppress his either; he reached out, seized Lord Dragonkeeper by the dragon horn, and dragged him along with Shen Mu as they went forward.
They came to the Empress's coffin.
Li Zheng rose on tiptoe and peered in; the rosy light lit up everyone's faces, and within the coffin the rosy light hung thick, and two women lay quietly inside.
"Truly beautiful — a little bit more beautiful even than Old Granny Si," Li Zheng praised.
Shen Mu gripped the coffin's rim with both hands and leaned in to look.
There were indeed two women of peerless beauty in the coffin, only one of them was flawless, far more beautiful than the other; even though he was used to Granny Zhu's beauty, he could not help feeling his heart stir and his spirit waver. The woman had her hands placed upon her breast, as though asleep. "Truly beautiful.
" Shen Mu's heart stirred slightly; he lifted the willow leaf at the center of his brow so that Lord Heaven, Lord Earth, and the others could see the scene within the coffin: "Lord Heaven, come look at this woman!
" Lord Heaven's astonished voice came into his mind: "Jue Wuchen! How did she die? "