Emperor Valley, a valley located in the Kun-Lai Mountains.
It is named after the first emperor of the Mogu race, Lei Shen, who was buried here. Throughout the history of the Mogu Empire, emperors would build their mausoleums here, treating it as their final resting place.
After the Pandaren ended the war to overthrow the Mogu Empire, the Pandaren buried the corpses of those Mogu warriors in this valley.
However, the Mogu Empire did not collapse immediately after Lei Shen's death. They built many false tombs to hide the true location of the emperor's corpse.
Galen and the others landed on a narrow mountain path. Yu'lei shrank back to Galen's wrist to rest. Zhu Talan and Tao Arrow's Wind Serpent also shrank to the size of a snake, curled up on the stone to rest, they were exhausted.
Tao Arrow consciously went to find dead branches and lit a bonfire. Galen took out some food from his backpack, and the three began to barbecue.
"It's been three days, we've been flying in these mountains for three days. Old Zhu, we've wasted too much time, this is not a good sign!"
As the leader of the Shado-Pan, Zhu Talan is definitely a high-level Pandaren. He knows the location of this valley, but no one among the Pandaren knows which one is Lei Shen's tomb.
Moreover, although the Shado-Pan Monastery is built on Kun-Lai Mountain, it is only in the outer area, far from the true center of Kun-Lai Mountain.
Although it can't be called a hundred thousand mountains, the situation is also complicated. In addition to the dangerous gale, many dangerous creatures also live in these remote mountains.
Highmountain monkeys, snowmen, extreme cold sprites, Mogu.
As the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters produce troublemakers. Although the Highmountain monkeys and the Jade Forest monkeys are the same species, they are extremely ferocious.
The Jade Forest monkeys are at most mischievous, and at worst they are petty thieves. Good monkeys can even become Pandaren hired farmers and help them manage their farms.
Highmountain monkeys… they eat people, even tigers, known as the kings of the mountains, are one of their foods.
In the past three days, as long as they could find a cave, they would definitely experience a battle after entering. Most of the caves were these monkeys, and only a few caves were Mogu tombs, which still retained functioning tomb guardians.
"Lei Shen's resurrection is probably unstoppable. I'm still thinking about how to get reinforcements over there."
Faced with Galen's words, Zhu Talan could only forcibly suppress the anxiety and irritability in his heart.
No one wants to find that group of trolls more than him, and then stop Lei Shen's resurrection!
"I originally thought that I could prevent this from happening, but in the end, nothing can be changed!"
Zhu Talan's tone was full of frustration, as if he had already foreseen Lei Shen's return.
"Oh? It seems you knew it long ago?"
Galen was not surprised by this. There are too many prophets in Azeroth, so Galen has never revealed the truth about his foresight, and has never thought about establishing a prophet persona for himself.
This industry is too competitive!
As far as Pandaria is concerned, the Jinyu water speakers, a profession similar to shamans, have the ability to predict. The most famous is their prediction to Shao Hao of the Burning Legion's invasion.
This tired Pandaren took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. Galen healed his physical injuries, but could not eliminate his mental fatigue. Zhu Talan has been the hardest these days.
"Galen, what I'm going to show you next is something that has been passed down from generation to generation by the Shado-Pan leaders. Its history can be traced back to before the establishment of the Shado-Pan. Others have shown these things to me before, and now I'm just showing you what others gave me."
Zhu Talan held the barbecue rack in one hand and took out a black energy orb from his arms with the other.
Tao Arrow wanted to leave after taking a look. After all, this is a secret passed down from generation to generation by the Shado-Pan leader, and she felt that she did not have the authority to access it.
"Sit down, Tao Arrow, you are a leader among the Shadowwalkers, and you will eventually replace Eagle Eye Master as the leader of the Enlightened Ones. You are qualified to know this secret."
Galen was not surprised by this. He knew that Tao Arrow was very strong and would become one of the seven Shadow Stalkers in the Uncrowned in the future, with many roles.
Galen looked again at this petite female Pandaren. She looked very young, probably just an adult, wearing the Shado-Pan's black standard combat uniform, with a black and red cloak and a black mask, and a long ponytail at the back of her head, with two unique weapons inserted in her waist: Diverting Daggers!
At this time, Zhu Talan also began to inject true energy into the gem: "I don't know if the fears or prejudices of the predecessors have wiped out anything, and I don't know if there are any forgotten or modified parts. What I am about to share with you is something that I have never mentioned to any monk."
At this time, with the injection of true energy, the gem in Zhu Talan's hand began to change, and golden light began to spread in the gem, and then pictures began to appear on it.
The picture is a dilapidated, damp cave filled with bat droppings. A Mogu wizard is chanting a spell inside. There are some lizard eggs buried in the sand in the cave. After the eggs are hatched, the small creatures will be transported to other places to grow, and then form an army.
This picture should describe the Mogu race using Titan power to transform low-level lizards into humanoid lizardmen, and then using these lizardmen to form a puppet army to maintain the operation of the empire, so that the Mogu people can enjoy the fruits of conquest.
This is related to another treasure left by Lei in Pandaria: the Nalak'sha Engine!
This treasure is amazing. Galen calls it the Titan Barracks. Like the Forge of Wills, it can give life to some substances and then turn them into soldiers.
After Lei Shen stole Lei's power, he used that engine as one of his bases, and repeatedly used manufacturing equipment to increase the combat power of his army, but sometimes he would always create some strange creatures, such as lizardmen and earth spirits.
Just as Galen was reminiscing, the picture on the gem suddenly switched. This time, a tall, muscular, and cold-looking Mogu appeared. He seemed to have suffered a severe injury. As he was dying, he turned all the loyal servants who guarded him into stone statues to guard his tomb.
This is…
The picture before Lei Shen's fall?
The Pandaren are amazing, they can even peep into this scene and make it into a picture and keep it!
Galen didn't think for too long, the picture changed again.
This time the scene was filled with flames and blood, the sky was full of haze, blood-red lightning flowed like lava over the sky, and shattered light enveloped the entire earth. The monks overthrew the Mogu rule and ushered in the day of victory.
Subsequently, the Pandaren collectively buried the fallen enemy soldiers in the Kun-Lai Summit cemetery. As those tombs were sealed one by one, Pandaria welcomed a long-awaited peace.
Watching this scene, the female Pandaren smiled, rejoicing in the victory of her ancestors.
However, the smile didn't last even a second before the scene changed again. On a certain island, a Zandalari troll was performing some kind of ritual. As the ritual progressed, a large number of dark clouds gathered in the sky, and amidst the lightning and thunder, a thick bolt of lightning converged and struck the altar in front of the troll.
The giant Mogu on the altar began to revive!
The Thunder King was resurrected!
"These are all the prophecies left by our ancestors. Every leader of the Shado-Pan knows that the Thunder King will be resurrected, but being able to foresee the course of events and being powerless to stop it is truly frustrating!"
Isn't that normal? If the disasters that could be foreseen were all prevented, Azeroth wouldn't be so plagued with misfortune.
Medivh had a lot to say about this. Knowing the Scourge would erupt but being powerless to stop it, ultimately led to the destruction of the most powerful human kingdom, Lordaeron.
"Do your best, and leave the rest to fate, Old Zhu," Galen consoled. "I've got your back on this. The Thunder God won't be able to turn the sky upside down."
Galen felt a little guilty. After all, he was intentionally or unintentionally holding Zhu Talan back. He had a good impression of Zhu Talan, but he could only say that Zhu Talan was still young at this time. Compared to the leader Galen knew, he lacked ten years of experience and wasn't as resolute as he would be in the future.
"I know, this is actually related to the Pandaren's personality." Zhu Talan was, after all, a powerful monk, an elite among the Pandaren. He was very good at controlling his emotions, and he quickly abandoned those negative emotions and cheered up again.
Galen understood what he meant. The leader of the Shado-Pan, the military leader of Pandaria, but Zhu Talan couldn't do whatever he wanted.
There was also the Golden Lotus, which could influence the fate of the Pandaren, and the Golden Lotus was also divided into factions.
Zhu Talan believed that while guarding the Serpent's Spine, he should also focus on clearing out the Mogu remnants in and around Krasarang Wilds and Kun-Lai Summit.
In the eyes of some Golden Lotus elders, Zhu Talan was defined as a radical hawk. These people believed that the Pandaren should not lightly start wars. They believed that the Mogu had neither the ability nor the desire to revive the Mogu Empire, let alone resurrect the tyrant, the Thunder God?
You should know that the reason why the Thunder God was called a tyrant was not only because he was brutal to the other races of Pandaria, but he would also be ruthless to his own people…
Unfortunately, the Thunder God also knew that after he died, most of the Mogu would not sincerely revive him. This emperor, who had experienced many hardships since childhood, clearly knew the Mogu's inner greed for power. He was afraid that someone would dig up his coffin after his death, desecrate his body, and take his Thunder Heart to replace him.
Therefore, the Thunder God taught arcane magic to the Zandalari trolls. In exchange, the Zandalari priests taught him the magic of preserving his soul and served as a backup plan for the Thunder God's resurrection.
Unexpected, surprising, exciting?
It's just that Zhu Talan didn't expect that after ten thousand years, the Zandalari would invade during his term of office and begin preparing to transfer the Thunder God from his tomb…
"Galen, when can your reinforcements be ready at the earliest?"
Zhu Talan had foresight. So far, he hadn't found any trace of the Zandalari trolls. Although there was still some hope, he wouldn't take any chances and was already assuming how to respond after the Thunder God's resurrection.
"Um… it'll probably take another twelve days!"
"In time!"
Zhu Talan checked the roasted chicken in his hand and found that it was just right. So he tore off a chicken leg and said as he ate, "The resurrection of the Thunder King is quite unfavorable to Pandaria, but it's not irreversible."
With the chicken in his stomach, Zhu Talan's intelligence regained the high ground.
"He has been dead for more than twelve thousand years. The years in his tomb have faded the memory of him from the creatures of Pandaria. He is already dead!" Zhu Talan threw away the gnawed chicken leg and changed to another one.
It is said that people who think seriously will take whatever you hand them. At this time, Galen wanted to hand Zhu Talan a bamboo, he hadn't seen a panda eating bamboo for a long time.
"Perhaps we can prevent the Thunder King from resurrecting those self-sealed loyalists. As long as we kill those war generals who have the power to awaken the stone statues, we can weaken the Thunder God's army!"
The Mogu clan belongs to the Titan creations. They were created by Ra-den to guard the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. Inevitably, they were also affected by the Curse of Flesh, but because Pandaria was too far away from Ulduar, their fleshy transformation process was much slower than the earthen. In addition, the later shrouded mist made the Mogu present a special state of half-stone and half-flesh.
When the Thunder God died, those loyal to him chose to use special petrification magic to transform themselves back into stone, sleep deep in the underground palace, and wait for the day when their king would be resurrected and awaken them.
"Good plan, I will urge them to speed up." Galen sprinkled seasoning on his roasted chicken and began to enjoy it. "Don't worry Old Zhu, my ten thousand people will definitely be the elite of the elite, no worse than your Shado-Pan!"
"Thank you for your help, Galen, the Pandaren will remember your friendship!"
"It's nothing, it's nothing, after all, we are comrades on the same front!"
"The Pandaren will always be your friend!"
While Galen and the others were eating roasted chicken and singing… discussing the plan, a group of Pandaren were having a terrible time in a valley in the Kun-Lai Mountains.
They were refugees from Zhu-Jin Village, who had escaped from the troll attack under the leadership of Aria Emberblade and stumbled into the Kun-Lai Mountains.
To be honest, this was not a good escape route.
You should know that the plains where Zhu-Jin Village is located are separated from the north shore by mountains. These villagers usually rely on hot air balloons to transport supplies to the Kun-Lai plains in the south, and basically do not consider the crisis-ridden Kun-Lai mountain roads.
But with the Mogu pursuers behind them, Aria had no other choice.
At this moment, in the center of the valley, a female Pandaren was sitting cross-legged, eyes closed and focused, with her hands resting on her knees. The aura on her body was very chaotic, and she was obviously seriously injured!
She was Aria Emberblade. Like Master Snowdrift, she was a master spellcaster in the Shado-Pan, leading the Order of the Cloud Serpent.
At this time, a Pandaren warrior holding a long knife ran over in a hurry: "Master Aria! The Mogu are catching up!"