"Grandpa, this is the place,"
Luo Yu signaled Luo Tiance to stop above a set of ruins, which was exactly where he had previously battled with Lord Black Tiger.
"Can you sense anything?" Luo Tiance clucked in amazement. With his status, there were very few things he didn't know about.
Yet this treasured grandson never ceased to astound him.
Not to mention past events, but just the fact that a modern person could resonate with a Secret Realm left from ancient times was beyond comprehension.
"I don't know, something seems to sense that I am about to leave this Secret Realm and is suddenly calling out to me," Luo Yu frowned, equally curious.
However, looking down from above, all he saw was devastation, hardly the appearance of a place with treasures.
"Then it must be underground."
Luo Yu's Spiritual Power surged within him, his vitality boiling at the surface, as he sent a punch through the air toward the ground.
"Boom!"
A punch mark struck the ground, blowing all the stones and soil apart, creating a deep pit.
The power of this single punch made Luo Tiance inwardly exclaim with appreciation; his grandson's casual punch could now likely kill a First Grade.
It was more monstrous and outrageous than his own power at that stage.
Luo Yu concentrated and sensed again.
"Still further down?"
Several more punches thundered out, directly carving a dark pit into the ground.
"Grandpa, wait for me."
Luo Yu swiftly flew down into the pit, and with his senses guiding him, thrust his hand into the pit wall, grabbing hold of an object—rough and cold.
"Crack—"
Luo Yu pulled his arm out of the pit wall and cast his gaze on the object he had found.
"What's this...?"
A tiger the size of a palm with only half a body, clearly split in two from above by some sharp instrument, colored in dark brown with no discernible material, not even a speck of dust on it despite being buried in the ruins.
"Did you find some treasure?" Luo Tiance also descended into the pit, not at ease with Luo Yu being down there alone in case of any contingencies.
"Grandpa, look, what is this?" The half of a miniature tiger with an unknown material was indeed beyond Luo Yu's ken.
His combat power might be strong now, but his knowledge couldn't compare to these older generations.
Luo Tiance took the item from Luo Yu's hands and scrutinized it closely.
"Hmm?"
"This thing..."
Hearing Luo Tiance's astonished sound, Luo Yu couldn't help but ask, "What about this thing?"
"It resembles the Tiger Talisman of legends," Luo Tiance said, looking up.
"Tiger Talisman?" Luo Yu said, "The kind that ancient generals used to summon and dispatch troops in the legends?"
"Precisely."
Luo Tiance nodded, "See how this tiger is in a posture as if howling at the sky, and it's obvious that some sharp instrument split it down the back. In ancient battles, commanding troops required the two halves of the Tiger Talisman, with the generals holding one side and the emperor the other, indispensable to each other."
"Similar, indeed similar." Luo Yu, having been prompted, suddenly felt that he held in his hands half of a Tiger Talisman.
Luo Tiance said, "What baffles me is that Tiger Talismans are supposed to be inscribed with characters indicating their origin and status, but this object, rough as it is, clearly lacks any inscriptions, so we can't be certain it's a Tiger Talisman."
"Swish!"
Luo Tiance's Spiritual Power glowed briefly before it faded, and he handed the object back to Luo Yu.
"I tried to activate it with Spiritual Power, to no avail. Not a single reaction—try it yourself, after all, this thing was calling to you."
"Hmm."
When Luo Yu channeled his Spiritual Power into the object, there was still not the slightest response.
"How intriguing, if this thing could survive a great battle undamaged, it must be a treasure. Perhaps we just haven't found the right way to activate it," analyzed Luo Tiance.
"The right way to activate it?"
Luo Yu's mind stirred, and a majestic, authoritative figure emerged from behind him—a golden dragon robe proclaiming the identity of the individual.
At that moment, the half-tiger that had been as inanimate as a dead thing suddenly reacted.
"Clink—"
Originally dark brown and lifeless, the half-tiger began to shimmer with dark golden luster on its surface, as if coming to life.
A row of special ancient seal characters emerged.
"Roar!"
A tiger's roar resonated, magnificent and soul-shaking.
"Tiger Talisman! I didn't expect it to truly be a Tiger Talisman!!" Luo Tiance laughed, "Grandson, you've stumbled upon a top-tier treasure this time."
"Ah?"
Luo Yu stared at the radiantly glowing treasure in his palm, still somewhat stunned. He had only wanted to try, not expecting that invoking the First Emperor's Spirit would actually work.
"You are instructed to study more, but you stubbornly refuse," Luo Tiance feigned a stern look, and continued, "These characters say 'Armor Command Talisman, Right Belongs to the First Emperor, Left Belongs to the General'. It's very likely a Tiger Talisman from the Pre-Qin era used to command all the troops under heaven."
"A dynasty's Tiger Talismans may be numerous, but only one holds the highest power. If it could react to your First Emperor's Spirit, it couldn't be a mere trinket."
Luo Yu withdrew the First Emperor's Spirit and the Tiger Talisman immediately quieted down. He pondered:
"Lord Black Tiger could survive many years unscathed, likely relying on the power of this Tiger Talisman."
"But this thing is of no use to me; it doesn't come with an instruction manual."
"It's not like I can throw it like a brick at someone."
"Don't speak nonsense." Luo Tiance spoke seriously, "Tiger Talisman, naturally it's for commanding soldiers."
Luo Yu spread his hands.
"Grandpa, Great Qin has been gone for two thousand years. The Tiger Talisman still exists, but the Great Qin Elite Soldiers are no more. Holding this Tiger Talisman, I'm still just a commander without an army."
Luo Tiance first nodded, then shook his head: "Wrong!"
"Who says the Great Qin Elite Soldiers are gone?"