Chapter 49: Millions of Clay Effigies Across a Millennium
Amid rows upon rows of lifelike yet deathly silent clay effigies, Li Shun finally found his younger sister.
Within Imperial Mausoleum Commandary, only the Qian Emperor alone was permitted to be “buried.”
As for all other living beings, regardless of their status in life, once dead they would be molded into human effigies, destined to serve eternally at the emperor’s side.
The Great Qian Dynasty had stood for five hundred and seventy-three years. Yet within Imperial Mausoleum Commandary, several thousand years seemed to have passed.
The effigies were arranged in grim order according to the time of death.
Over the long accumulation of centuries, this place had already formed a dense, boundless army of clay figures, stretching beyond sight.
Standing among them, one could not help but feel a chilling wind pierce the bones, a cold dread rising from the depths of the heart.
And yet, the people of the mausoleum commandary had long grown accustomed to such eerie burial customs.
“Xiao Yuan… she passed away at the age of one hundred and thirty-two.”