Everything in the universe is experiencing the same law - birth, aging, sickness and death.
Destruction and birth, endless cycle.
A star, from glory to destruction and then to reconstruction, is constantly evolving in the universe.
There is only one place that seems to remain unchanged since ancient times. No matter how the outside world changes, it remains unmoved.
Until... the eighth era...
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The sky was pitch black, and the dark clouds were rolling and roaring in the sky like terrifying beasts.
It has been raining heavily for half a month, and it has just stopped for less than half a day, and now it seems that the wind and rain are about to come again.
Several villagers were walking on the muddy mountain path, holding axes in their hands and carrying baskets on their backs.
They were villagers living at the foot of the mountain. They wanted to take advantage of the rain stopping to go up the mountain to chop some wood and dig some wild vegetables to bring back.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, they were blocked by a pile of mud.
"Why did the mountain collapse?"
"It's probably because there has been too much rain recently, which has loosened the soil underneath, so there was a landslide!"
"Look, what is that?"
Some people were sharp-eyed and saw something strange emerging from the mountain after the landslide.
"Coffin... coffin?"
Or the third mate
Several people were so frightened that their hearts were pounding and they felt that it was bad luck.
"Black?"
"It's not all black. The one in the middle is jade."
The three coffins stood side by side, only two meters apart.
Two black coffins made of unknown material sandwiched the white jade coffin in the middle, like two black-faced guards.
"Jade... Jade?"
Several people who thought it was too unlucky and were about to leave stopped in their tracks, with greed and desire in their eyes.
"Could it be... Could it be some royal noble..."
"I see that the jade coffin is engraved with flying phoenixes, and the black coffins on both sides are engraved with dragons. This is a specification that only...only the emperor and the empress can enjoy."
Since ancient times, only the emperor and the empress could enjoy the dragon and phoenix totems.
"So the ones inside are... the emperor and the queen?"
"But... but that's not right. This... this can't be two... two emperors and one queen, right?"
The lid of the white jade coffin in the middle had moved halfway, perhaps because of the vibration caused by the landslide or for some other reason.
Just when a few people were greedy and wanted to go forward to take a look, suddenly, there was a "boom" of thunder from the sky.
The sound was so loud that it seemed to be right above my head.
Several people were startled and stopped immediately, but greed prevented them from turning around and leaving.
As thunder rumbled in the sky, dark clouds began to roll and boil, and it was so dark that it seemed as if it was about to press down directly, and it seemed as if it was calling for some strange phenomenon to appear.
'Boom boom boom...'
Suddenly, two bolts of lightning struck the two black coffins.
The blinding lightning entangled the black coffin with a crackling sound.
The black coffin seemed to be irritated. With two "bangs", the black coffin lids suddenly flew out at the same time.
“Open…Open…”
"Ah! There's a ghost!"
"Run! Run!"
A few of those who were only interested in money turned pale with fear, their hearts pounding, and they turned around and ran away.
However, before he could run far, he was swallowed up by a strange black mist.
All that was left at the scene were messy footprints on the muddy ground, indicating that someone had been here before.
Afterwards, the black fog kept flying back and forth in the air, as if it was fighting with something, and the surrounding mountains, soil and trees were soon destroyed.
Even the white jade coffin was buried again by the soil.
I don’t know how long it took…
The thunder stopped, the rain gradually stopped, and the black fog and another invisible energy seemed to have never appeared.
The forest regained its tranquility again.
The sun and the moon alternate, the stars move, and I don’t know how much time has passed.
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"Qiao'er, you should pick one this year!"