It was impossible to prepare a palanquin or carriage for Qin Shi Huang in this environment.
Everyone stared at each other, unsure how to fulfill Qin Shi Huang's request.
Before Qin Shi Huang could speak, Hu Hai jumped out and said, "Didn't you have a spirit horse when you came?"
Lin Zhitong shook her head, "Ta Xue cannot be ridden by just anyone."
"If that lowly commoner can ride it, why can't my father, the Emperor?" Hu Hai immediately protested.
Hearing Hu Hai call him a "lowly commoner," Long Feichen was so angry he almost slapped him, but remembering that he would rely on Qin Shi Huang to rescue his brother Yan later, he suppressed his anger.
Lin Zhitong sighed and decided to inconvenience Ta Xue.
She then stroked Ta Xue's head, whispered a few words into its ear, and led Ta Xue to Qin Shi Huang.
Although there was no palanquin or carriage, having a horse to ride allowed Qin Shi Huang to distinguish himself from others. Content, he prepared to mount.
As soon as he swung himself onto Ta Xue, it bucked and threw Qin Shi Huang off!
This terrified Hu Hai, who rushed to catch Qin Shi Huang.
However, Qin Shi Huang was a ghost at this time, so he was not afraid of falling. He landed lightly and glared at Ta Xue, "Beast! It is your fortune to be ridden by me!"
Ta Xue let out a mocking neigh, which made everyone's scalp tingle.
Was Ta Xue mocking Qin Shi Huang?
It thought Qin Shi Huang was not worthy of riding it?!
But Long Feichen had been able to ride it just now. Could it be that Long Feichen had a better fate than Qin Shi Huang?
Everyone was surprised, even disbelieving, unable to understand Ta Xue's logic.
Seeing Ta Xue's recklessness, Qin Shi Huang could do nothing about it. He could only wave his sleeve, pretending to be indifferent.
"Never mind, riding this beast is not even as fast as me flying myself! I don't need to ride it!"
Everyone nodded, thinking to themselves that Qin Shi Huang was actually a bit proud and easily embarrassed.
Without the horse, Qin Shi Huang still walked in the center of the group, with Wang Sihuai and his team leading the way, acting as guards.
Even though he had been dead for over two thousand years, Qin Shi Huang felt that he could not do without the necessary ceremony.
Fortunately, he did not ask Luo Ning and Zhao Yiyao to temporarily act as maids fanning him, otherwise, these two tough women would have directly turned against Qin Shi Huang and fought him.
The group set off, heading majestically towards the Mercury River.
At this time, the Mercury River had fallen silent.
The Mercury River was no longer boiling, and the hands emerging from it had disappeared. The coffins floated in the center of the river, as if nothing had happened before.
Qin Shi Huang came to the bank of the Mercury River and saw this scene, his face showing anger.
This bronze coffin should have belonged to him, Qin Shi Huang!
However, lying inside at this moment was Huo Ban, the craftsman he had trusted most in the past.
"Outrageous! Outrageous!"
In his rage, Qin Shi Huang slammed his palm towards the Mercury River.
The Mercury River immediately churned into stormy waves, and a huge wave several meters high slammed into the coffin, shattering the surrounding escort ships.
Everyone was astonished; it seemed that Qin Shi Huang's strength was indeed not to be underestimated.
"Release Huo Ban, I want to confront him face to face!" Qin Shi Huang commanded.
Lin Zhitong nodded slightly and gave a look to Taohua Ying.
Taohua Ying immediately floated to Lin Zhitong's side, put her arm around her slender waist, and carried her over the Mercury River, landing steadily beside the bronze coffin.
Taohua Ying said, "Miss, I am by your side. I will carry you back after the coffin is opened."
Lin Zhitong nodded and did not refuse. After the bronze coffin was opened and Huo Ban escaped, the Mercury River would surely be extremely dangerous, and staying there would be unwise.
She turned her gaze to the bronze coffin. On the coffin was a Buddhist talisman, inscribed with the six-syllable mantra of Buddhism, reminiscent of the time when the Tathagata Buddha suppressed the Monkey King with the Five Finger Mountain.
It was Tang Sanzang who removed the Buddhist talisman to release the Monkey King.
However, the Buddhist talisman before them was not so easy to remove.
Her hand gently touched the coffin, as if sensing Yan Shouyi inside.
"Once again, we were almost separated by death."
Lin Zhitong sighed softly and murmured to herself, "In the past, you were afraid of having little time left and dared not show me true affection, and we almost missed each other because of it. Now, I am afraid of affecting you and have lied to you, but this almost made you miss your own child."
Taohua Ying listened from the side, her eyes blinking, showing a face made for eavesdropping.
So that was why Miss had been keeping it from Young Master!
Young Master was also foolish. Miss had shown such obvious signs, yet he just couldn't sense it.
Lin Zhitong paused and said, "If we get through this safely, I will tell you everything..."
"Yan Shouyi, you big fool, you're going to be a dad."
After speaking, Lin Zhitong reached out and grabbed the Buddhist talisman.
The Buddhist talisman, like the plaque outside the Zhiluo Palace, began to resist.
Not everyone could remove the Buddhist talisman and break the seal.
Lin Zhitong snorted, holding the Buddhist talisman with her right hand, forming a mudra with her left hand, and chanting:
"Hell is not empty, I swear not to become Buddha. Now I break the seal, to save all beings!"
"Om, Pra-ma-lin-da-ning, svaha!"
As the mantra was uttered, the Buddhist talisman instantly turned into ashes!
Yan Shouyi had taught Lin Zhitong the method to break the Demon Subduing Divine Seal long ago, precisely to deal with this situation.
Seeing the Buddhist talisman dissipate, the water of the Mercury River instantly boiled again, and an evil force overflowed from the gaps of the bronze coffin, condensing into visible black mist, sinking like dry ice.
Lin Zhitong knew that Huo Ban would reappear in the world and start causing trouble again.
So, without hesitation, she grabbed Taohua Ying's hand and shouted, "Go!"
Taohua Ying was also afraid of Huo Ban, so she immediately lifted Lin Zhitong and flew towards the bank.
As soon as they flew away from the bronze coffin, they heard a loud "boom," and the lid of the bronze coffin exploded open!
The bronze coffin lid, weighing several tons, was blown towards the starry sky dome tens of meters high before quickly falling back down, plunging into the Mercury River and creating huge splashes of mercury.
The black mist in the bronze coffin gushed out like fire snakes, as if Huo Ban was enraged.
Lin Zhitong and Taohua Ying had safely returned to the bank. As soon as they landed, they looked back. Lin Zhitong said, "Huo Ban's strength has recovered even more than before!"
Huo Ban was already incredibly powerful before. Now that he had further improved, it was likely that no one except Qin Shi Huang could deal with him!
Qin Shi Huang watched this scene calmly, but unconcealable killing intent flickered in his eyes.
"It is indeed Huo Ban's scent."
"He has such guts, such immense audacity!"
"If I had known of his conspiracy during my lifetime, I would have had his entire nine generations exterminated and his flesh cut into a thousand pieces!!"
Qin Shi Huang's anger was even greater than Huo Ban's!