Imperial Treasure

Chapter 568 - 366: Mechanism Boulder, Green-Haired Rice Dumplings

Chapter 366

Just from the size of this empty chamber and the intricacy of its reliefs, one could see that the owner of this tomb was no ordinary person.

Thus, this was at least a mausoleum of a duke or monarch level!

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With an entryway already discovered, each person checked their own equipment, preparing to enter the tomb-exploration state. After about half an hour, when everyone was fully prepared, the person with the throat injury was actually also covered with multiple bite wounds. Fortunately, the Slice Scales were not poisonous, merely external injuries. After anti-inflammatory treatment and bandaging, his mobility was more or less restored to seventy or eighty percent, which was still sufficient for the march.

From Second Master Gong, Sui Yi and the others learned that this man was called Xiao Qi, a junior trained by the Palace Family from a young age, with considerable integrity. Despite the painful wounds on his body, he remained composed as ever.

If it wasn’t for one of those Slice Scales that had penetrated his mouth earlier, he wouldn’t have displayed such a ferocious countenance.

"All right, Xiao Qi, your injuries are not light, just stay in the inner area and be careful," after Second Master Gong advised, the group entered the stone chamber.

Even after the room had been ventilated for a long time, the air was not very pleasant. However, what put Sui Yi and the others on alert was not the brightness of the room, but the fact that one or two lamps had been lit...

"This is either the tomb’s owner knowing we were coming and lighting lamps in advance to welcome us, or someone arrived before us and acted as our vanguard,"

"The old man from the village wasn’t wrong; there have been groups of people coming here often recently, most of them tomb raiders..."

In such company, enmity is inevitable, all the more so in this underground ancient tomb, where no government can reach and human life is as thin as paper.

Mount Mover examined the surroundings and said, "I don’t think these people came in through the passage we’ve taken. Otherwise, this door wouldn’t be closed... unless there is a mechanism that opens the door from the inside."

In fact, there wasn’t.

Sui Yi was certain of this, as she had just checked with Magnetic Sensation, which is why she found it odd.

The others gave it only a cursory examination, naturally finding nothing.

But since the door was now open, they could still flee through it later.

Mount Mover and Second Master Gong, both experienced, judged that the main mausoleum area could be accessed through the left corridor from the transition of the sculptures on the stone walls.

Therefore, the group set out inward.

Sui Yi and Yan Qingwu walked at the back, with the latter gesturing discreetly to Sui Yi.

The pointed finger directed their gaze to a scratch on the wall.

Neither deep nor shallow.

Sui Yi and Yan Qingwu quickly recognized it as a mark made using the Wind Evolution Blade Technique by Gong Jiu, and furthermore, it was the kind she habitually used. The cut was shallow and swift, not like one made in the throes of fierce combat, as the cut wouldn’t be so light, but rather like a hurried scratch on the wall during an escape, or a deliberate mark left before departure.

A signal for them?

The two immediately speculated that Gong Jiu must have noticed something at that time but chose not to draw attention, instead leaving this trace...

Conveniently, the direction also pointed toward the main burial area.

Sui Yi remained composed, following the group as they moved on...

The room was empty, with only some square rubble on the ground. They had walked halfway down the passage when they discovered there were two tomb chambers on each side.

The stone gates were tightly sealed.

And they were all engraved with patterns.

"Hey, there’s ancient text on top, Second Master Gong, come take a look,"

By habit, the group had already designated Second Master Gong as their scholarly and technical authority, with the immediate reaction being to have him examine the engravings.

Second Master Gong first looked at the left stone door and said, "These two chambers are chariot and horse tombs, designed specifically to house burial artifacts of chariots and horses,"

"Chariot and horse artifacts!" Skinny Waist and the fat man’s eyes lit up, as they knew that such pottery burial items were extremely valuable,

"Are you sure it’s from the Warring States period?" the fat man asked impatiently.

If it was a Warring States bronze warhorse, the value would be immense!

"It’s from the Warring States... You can tell from these ancient characters," Second Master Gong looked somewhat disdainful of the fat man’s intelligence, "Then let’s open it... find the mechanism!"

The fat man, along with Skinny Waist and Xue the Skillful Hand, had already started searching the walls for the opening mechanism...

The fat man seemed to be particularly quick, and as luck would have it, he grabbed onto a wall-lamp in no time, "Hey, this lamp is interesting... looks like I can..."

Just as he was about to twist it.

Crack~!

A stone hit his hand, causing him immediate pain and making him retract his hand: "Who is it, who the hell threw a stone at me!"

He was just about to curse when he saw Sui Yi’s expressionless face still holding a small pebble between her fingertips.

"Don’t touch it..."

"Once the door opens, the first thing to move will be the boulder mechanism above our heads. Once it falls, unless one has exceptional speed, we will be crushed into meat patties,"