Chapter 221

Pang Jun didn't dare to walk out of the stone chamber where Shen Yujing was, because the stone chamber outside with the eternal lamps hanging on it was what she called the "realm of lust and illusion". If he went out again and got tricked again, not only would he delay his departure from here, but he didn't know what would happen. He had no choice but to grope in the stone chamber bit by bit, but after walking for a long time, he found nothing except a lot of bone fragments, especially there was almost no air flow, let alone a door.

　　About half an hour later, Pang Jun had explored the stone chamber thoroughly, but still found nothing. Shen Yujing said to him, "Why don't you come and see if there is anything else unusual about this piece of cold jade bluestone? Maybe you can find the answer."

　　"Bluestone bed?" Pang Jun walked to the cold jade bluestone bed doubtfully and began to feel the stone bed with both hands.

　　The essence of the bluestone bed had been used up because it was used to resurrect Shen Yujing. The stone bed was now just an ordinary large bluestone. Although it was still a little cold to the touch, it was no longer bone-chilling. Otherwise, Shen Yujing, an ordinary weak woman, would not be able to sit steadily on the bed. Pang Jun kept groping, and sure enough, at the top end of the bluestone, he found a few stone inscriptions: Born in Xuanji.

　　"Born in Xuanji? What does it mean?" Pang Jun murmured.

　　Shen Yujing, who was standing by, pondered for a moment, raised his head slightly, looked at the ever-burning lamp with pale flames above his head, and said to Pang Jun: "Xuanji is the North Star, the Purple Star, which has never changed. Could it be that the clue is on this dome? Go out to the stone room outside, and bring in those lamps to illuminate this place."

　　"This..." Pang Jun hesitated.

　　"What's wrong?" Shen Yujing looked at Pang Jun's embarrassed expression, as if she understood something, and said lightly, "The 'illusion of lust' outside is almost ineffective against people with strong internal strength. You were seriously injured before, so they took advantage of you. Moreover, the illusion needs to be activated through the eyes. Can't you just close your eyes? Even if something unexpected happened, at most you will just climb on me again, right?"

　　After listening to Shen Yujing's words, Pang Jun suddenly realized and walked out of the stone chamber with a nod.

　　The moment he walked out of the stone chamber, the "illusion of lust" outside began to take effect again. However, this time Pang Jun not only recovered to normal, but also used the "illusion word formula" in the "Xuan Ji Secret Book" to resist. In less than a few breaths, all the lustful illusions disappeared without a trace. He picked up the two lamps and returned to the stone chamber where Shen Yujing was.

　　When Shen Yujing saw Pang Jun bring in the lamps, he instructed again: "Do you remember the positions of the sun, moon and stars? With the direction of the inscription on the bluestone bed as the north, place the seven lamps on the ground according to the positions of the Big Dipper."

　　Pang Jun didn't know why Shen Yujing was so confident, but he still went on, back and forth, and took out seven eternal lamps, and placed them on the floor of the stone chamber according to the positions of the Big Dipper, but there was no unusual phenomenon.

　　Shen Yujing frowned and pondered for a long time. Finally, she looked up at the pale lamp and said, "Turn off this lamp."

　　"Destroyed?" Pang Jun asked in surprise.

　　"Let's destroy it. It doesn't matter anyway. We'll see what happens after we destroy it."

　　Seeing Shen Yujing's determined expression, Pang Jun took a deep breath, gathered all his strength and leaped up. When he almost reached the dome, which was more than two meters high, he waved his hands. With a whoosh, the cold and pale flame instantly went out. At the same time, the seven eternal lamps on the ground corresponding to the position of the dome suddenly reflected a beam of light. The seven beams of light continued to reflect between the domes, making the entire dome look like a dazzling starry sky! What's even more amazing is that after a series of reflections, these seven beams of light finally gathered together and focused on a point in the north of the stone chamber!

　　Seeing this scene, Pang Jun looked at Shen Yujing in surprise, only to see her say lightly: "This is a secret between Jing'er and me, so don't ask about it." Hearing this, Pang Jun did not want to make trouble by asking questions, but walked along the beam of light.

　　Coming to the place where the light was focused, Pang Jun touched it carefully and found nothing unusual. However, when he pressed down hard, the space in the stone wall actually sank. Then, the stone chamber began to vibrate with a rumbling sound. Pang Jun hurried back, asked Shen Yujing to stand up, took her hand, and put her behind him.

　　The bluestone bed that Shen Yujing had been sitting on just now began to collapse slowly, bit by bit, with the sound of the stone chamber shaking!

　　After about half a cup of tea, the stone chamber stopped shaking and the bluestone bed stopped collapsing. What appeared in front of Pang Jun and Shen Yujing was a passage leading to the bottom of the stone chamber.

　　"In case there is something inside, I'll go ahead and you follow behind me." Pang Jun said to Shen Yujing.

　　Shen Yujing nodded and said no more. The two of them walked into the passage, one after the other, and headed downwards.

　　Pang Jun held Shen Yujing in one hand and held a long-burning lamp in the other, and walked towards the depths of the dark passage. It seemed that this was not a purely man-made passage but a secret passage repaired with the help of a cave in the middle of the mountain. There seemed to be no forks in the passage, but some passages in the middle were particularly narrow. Pang Jun and the other man had to keep changing their bodies to move forward.

　　The two of them kept groping in the dark. Shen Yujing, who was walking behind, suddenly asked, "Why did you come to look for the so-called Zhenzong treasure? After so many years, haven't you given up?"

　　Pang Jun smiled bitterly and said, "If my grandfather hadn't told me these things a month ago, I wouldn't have known that I was actually the so-called remnant of the previous dynasty. Everything is fate. The Yang family planted the seeds, and naturally the Yang family will have to bear the consequences."

　　He did not hear any response from Shen Yujing, and continued, "Before I was born, there was a turmoil in the Jin court regarding the succession. The instigator of this turmoil was my grandfather Pang Yingtian, but the person who quelled this turmoil, in addition to the late Emperor Yang Shao, was another person, my father Pang Yun. After my father helped Yang Shao pacify the world, he and my mother retired to the mountains and forests. However, things did not go as planned. Yang Shao eventually became suspicious of my father and acquiesced to his minions and lackeys to wipe out my family. Only my mother and I escaped. I was only five years old that year."

　　"Heroes and emperors have killed their meritorious officials for thousands of years. Back then, Jing'er also killed quite a few meritorious officials before he could feel at ease to establish a crown prince." Shen Yujing seemed to be reminiscing about something.

　　"Back then, my mother and I were separated. I fought with wolves in the mountains and forests, and was eventually rescued by my master. I changed my name to Liu Jun and lived on in this world. My mother was rescued by Yang Shao's brother Yang Tong, who was unaware of the truth. My mother was pregnant at the time, and in order for her little sister to survive, she had no choice but to give herself to Yang Tong. This lasted for more than a decade."

　　"What about now? Your mother, your master, your grandfather..." Shen Yujing asked.

　　"My master is actually a not very likable leader of a sect. Most of the people in the sect behave eccentrically. Although I am the leader's apprentice, I also have to survive according to the rule of the jungle. I have been living in fear for more than ten years until I took the imperial examination without permission and passed the exam. Then I got out of there. Then I struggled in the officialdom for several years and experienced countless life and death twists and turns on the battlefield. Finally, I had a paradise of my own. And it was because of this paradise that my grandfather reappeared and told me all the truth. As for my mother, she now lives in the governor's mansion in Liaodong Province." Pang Jun replied.

　　"The Liaodong Governor's Mansion? Isn't she the princess?" Shen Yujing asked.

　　"She was a princess before, but half a year ago, there was another civil strife in the Jin court. Yang Shao died, and Yang Tong also died in the civil strife. Now there is an emperor in the north and the south respectively. In order to stabilize and win over the new governor of Liaodong, the emperor of the north married my mother to the governor of Liaodong... and that governor of Liaodong is me." Pang Jun said quietly. He clearly felt that Shen Yujing's jade hand trembled slightly.

　　At this time, Shen Yujing sneered: "It seems that you have tasted your mother's taste? It seems that the men of your Murong family have inexplicable desires for their female relatives."

　　"Who isn't?" Pang Jun asked, "The emperor in the south of the Yang family, the prince who just died, had always had an affair with his aunt. The deceased Yang Shao, and Yang Shao's father, had affairs with their own sisters and daughters. The taste of incest between blood relatives, even the most ruthless royal family in the world can't resist it, right?"

　　"I'm actually interested in the woman who has affairs with my father, brother, and nephew." Shen Yujing didn't argue because she was also involved.

　　"That's a real coincidence. That woman is exactly the child born from the affair between my grandfather and the Queen of Jinting. Her surname is Murong, Murong Chuyu, and she is actually my aunt."

　　"Hahahaha," Shen Yujing was so happy that she lost her composure. She said with a sweet smile, "After all the twists and turns, in the end, it's still the women of the Murong family who suffer. No wonder you said that everything is fate. Have you ever thought about what kind of criticism you will face if your identities as mother and son are exposed?"

　　"I'm not strong enough now," Pang Jun answered seriously, "When I'm strong enough, all of this won't be a problem. This is why I came here. Besides, there are only a few people who know about this now, you, me, my grandfather, and my mother. As long as you don't tell anyone, who in the world will know about it?"

　　"Hmph." Shen Yujing sneered and said no more.

　　The two walked for half an hour. After many twists and turns, Pang Jun suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing across his face. He said to Shen Yujing in surprise, "There is wind blowing. We have reached the exit!"

　　"Yeah." After half an hour of exploring in the dark, Shen Yujing was feeling a little uneasy. This gust of wind swept away all the uneasiness in her heart, and she quickened her pace to keep up with Pang Jun.