"Tang Huan, can you tell me who your biological parents are?"
After a slight pause, Shan Shan turned to look at Tang Huan again, with tears glistening in her eyes.
Seeing her like this, Tang Huan felt doubly sorry in his heart. He couldn't help but tighten his arms around her waist, and sighed softly: "Your father's name is Shan Guo, and your mother's name is Shan Yao."
"I see."
Shan Shan murmured, "Every year when I go to pay homage to my parents... your grandparents, Grandpa Lu and Granny Zhang will take me to pay homage to Shan Guo and Shan Yao. It turns out that they are my biological parents..." At this point, Shanshan couldn't hold it back any longer, and two strings of tears fell from the corners of her eyes.
Tang Huan said in a deep voice: "Shan Shan, Shan Guo and Shan Yao are your parents, Shan Lin and Nie Yan are also your parents."
"What about you?" Shanshan said in a daze.
"Me?" Tang Huan laughed and said slowly, "Of course I am Tang Huan. I was Tang Huan before, I am Tang Huan now, and I will only be Tang Huan in the future."
"You... you don't want to recognize your ancestors and return to your clan?"
Shanshan was startled and looked at Tang Huan with misty eyes.
Hearing this, Tang Huan raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of Shanshan's eyes, and a pityful smile flashed in his eyes: "Compared with this, I want to be your husband more." If he were still the same boy as before, He must want to recognize his ancestor and return to the clan, but for Tang Huan now, recognizing his ancestor and returning to the clan has no meaning. Although he inherited the young man's identity, he will never let this identity become a constraint on himself.
"Shanshan, you won't refuse to marry me now, right?"
Tang Huan smiled again.
A hint of embarrassment flashed between Shan Shan's brows, but then her eyes became a little struggling, and she muttered: "Tang Huan, I... I..."
"Don't rush to answer yet."
She had just learned about this, and for a moment, she felt that she was still unable to cross the threshold. Tang Huan did not force her, but smiled and said, "Didn't you say that someone with the blood of the Holy Emperor can open that space? We are here." Let’s go over there and see what’s there?”
After saying that, Tang Huan put his left arm through the crook of Shanshan's leg, hugged her and jumped up.
Shanshan couldn't help but let out a sweet cry, and twisted her delicate body in Tang Huan's arms: "Tang Huan, let me down, I... I can walk by myself!"
"Don't let go!" Tang Huan said with a smile.
"If you don't let me go, never think that I will agree to marry you." Shanshan said in shame.
"You mean, you agree when I put you down." Tang Huan said with a smile on his face.
"I didn't say that."
“…”
When he walked to the wall on the right, Tang Huan finally put Shanshan down, but still held her little hand. After such an episode, Shanshan's originally depressed mood improved significantly, at least. His face returned to its previous bright color.
On the wall, there are shallow grooves the size of a finger, crisscrossing them.
On the whole, the grooves are aggregated into the shape of an arch, with a width and height of almost two meters. In the center of those grooves, there is a clear palm print. Almost all the grooves eventually Maybe it's connected to the palm print.
Tang Huan just sensed it briefly and pressed his left palm on the palm print.
The next moment, under Tang Huan's urging, golden blood emerged from his palm and spread along the grooves like a trickle of water. In just a few breaths, all the grooves were stained with golden blood, and Tang Huan immediately raised his palm.
"Buzz!"
At this moment, a low trembling sound arose, and a dazzling white light bloomed from the groove, which was difficult to look at. Tang Huan and Shan Shan squinted and saw that the part of the wall shrouded in white light was like ice and snow under the scorching sun, melting at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.
After a while, the white light dissipated, and an arch appeared.
Behind the arch, there is also a small hemispherical space, but it is only about half the size of the space outside.
"Sure enough, you need the blood of the Holy Emperor to open this place." Shanshan sighed softly, with a hint of sadness and bitterness in her expression.
"Let's go in together."
Tang Huan held Shanshan's waist and walked through the arch together. The small space inside had almost no furnishings except for the small jade table in the central area.
On the table, there was a small jade box.
The two looked at each other, then walked over and opened the lid of the box. What was placed on the top was a crystal clear golden paper page. The paper page contained countless fiery red lines, criss-crossed and densely packed. At first glance, six characters can be vaguely distinguished—
The general outline of the artifact map!
Tang Huan was a little surprised: "The 'Artifact Atlas' actually has a general outline?"
When he was in Raging Waves City, the old man once said that the Holy Emperor left something in the Holy Palace of Glory, which might be helpful to him. Now it seems that the old man is probably talking about the general outline of the "Artifact Atlas". The old man knew that the Holy Emperor had something left behind, but he probably didn't know that it was the general outline of the atlas. Otherwise, after learning about Tang Huan's current attainments in weaponry and cultivation, the old man would not have said anything.
"Grandpa Lu, Granny Zhang, and great-aunt don't know about this."
There was also some surprise in Shan Shan's eyes, and she smiled and said, "You are now a master of weapon refining, and it is just right for you. With it, your weapon refining skills may be able to reach a higher level. Nine Above the steps is the realm of heaven, but I don’t know what is above the master?”
Hearing what she said, Tang Huan was also greatly moved. He subconsciously grabbed out the golden page with the words "General Outline of the Artifact Atlas", and a thin golden book was revealed underneath.
"Magic weapon combat skills?"
After seeing the characters on the cover of the book clearly, Tang Huan and Shan Shan couldn't help but look at each other.
In an instant, Tang Huan took out the book and flipped through it quickly. It was filled with golden pages, which were crystal clear and shiny like the artifact atlas. The only difference is that what is drawn on the page is not a weapon, but the names of various combat skills. In addition, although the cover of this book is also golden, it is obviously just ordinary paper and should have been added by Shanhe himself later.
"Wanli Bingfeng Sword Technique!"
"Junlin Sword Technique!"
“…”
"Unparalleled Halberd Technique!"
"Ten Thousand Flowers Shadow Bow Technique!"
“…”
"Each divine sword weapon actually has a matching combat skill."
After flipping through it quickly, Tang Huan couldn't help but exclaimed, "Shan Shan, that 'Ten Thousand Flowers Shadow Bow Technique' should be consistent with your magic weapon 'Peacock Feather', right?"
"That's right, what I practice is the 'Ten Thousand Flowers Dazzling Shadow Bow Technique'." Shan Shan nodded and was quite surprised. When Tang Huan looked through it, she counted that there were three "Divine Weapon Combat Techniques" in total. Sixteen pages of paper exactly match the number of divine weapons in the artifact map. (To be continued)