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Chapter 280 River Monster (asking for monthly ticket)
In the huge tomb, two dark blue eternal lamps were burning dimly.

There was no ancient corpse in the coffin, only a breath of "evil spirit" that could harm people.

Xu Yuan looked around again.

The shape of this ancient tomb is somewhat different from that in Zhengzhou.

The walls surrounding the main tomb chamber are carved with Cochin-style murals.

On the left wall, the people of the ancient dynasty are worshipping their king and queen in front of the palace.

Xu Yuan walked under the mural and soon discovered some abnormalities from the changes in light and shadow from different angles.

The main gate of the palace depicted in the mural is actually a small stone door!

It is quite cleverly hidden in the mural.

Xu Yuan turned the leather into a glove, put it on his hand and pushed the stone door hard.

The stone door was only about four feet high. When pushed, it made a sound of stone rubbing against each other and moved back, revealing a low and narrow passage.

Xu Yuan carefully gathered a little of the fire in his stomach at one end of the animal tendon rope.

Slowly stretched into the passage.

The faint firelight illuminated everything, and Xu Yuan quickly saw everything clearly.

The passage is only five meters long, with a side room at the back.

All we can see are some burial objects.

Xu Yuan waited for a while, then bent over and walked into the passage.

I quickly reached the entrance to the side room and looked inside:
In the center of the side room are three stone sculptures of mythical beasts with one horn, four ears, bulging eyes, scales all over their bodies, and four claws on the ground, roaring towards the sky.

Xu Yuan looked around again and his scalp suddenly felt numb!

Apart from these three stone beasts, the four corners of the side room were filled with piles of bones!

These skeletons died in extremely tragic circumstances. Some were beheaded, some were cut in half, some had their ribs completely severed, and some had their limbs chopped off...

Estimates suggest there should be around a hundred people.

It is not known whether he was a burial companion or the craftsman who built the tomb.

Xu Yuan checked carefully, but still could not find the so-called "Ancient Corpse Princess".

As soon as he stepped out, he heard the wild boar in the tomb passage growling impatiently: "Are you not ready yet?"

"It's almost time!" Xu Yuan hurriedly said, "Groom, please don't come in now! My bride is shy and will not leave the house unless she is dressed up beautifully."

The wild boar grumbled a few words in dissatisfaction and took out its anger on the rat wedding party.

Several screams were heard in the passage.

He must have been beaten.

A layer of cold sweat also broke out on Xu Yuan's forehead.

The wild boar is blocking the way back, and the ancient corpse princess in front is nowhere to be found... How to solve this game?
If the ancient corpse princess was still in the tomb, Xu Yuan still had a little hope. He could use his eloquence to convince the other party to recognize him as a member of her family.

Even Miao Yu and others were saved.

After all, Lord Xu also studied "commercial law", so as long as he paid enough, he could reach such a "deal" with the Ancient Corpse Princess.

But if the ancient corpse princess is really not in the tomb and she "escapes", it will be even more disadvantageous.

The wild boar was already irritable. When it found out that the bride was gone, it was so angry that it was afraid that not only Xu Yuan but even the whole nest of rats would become its delicacies!

The wild boar's strength is unfathomable. It can even subdue and drive the ferocious "daughter-marrying team" today. Xu Yuan dare not take the risk of using his own "business method".

After once again stabilizing the "groom" who was urging him to die, Xu Yuan continued searching in the tomb and found two more small doors on the mural.

One door is on the right, corresponding to another side room.

It is the same size as the one on the left and is arranged as a "bedroom palace".

There are items such as a large bed, a dressing table, and a chaise longue.

Moreover, Xu Yuan discovered that these things seemed to be used frequently and there was no dust at all.

Xu Yuan couldn't help but mutter: Could it be that the Ancient Corpse Princess really doesn't sleep in the coffin, but lives here all the time?
The last small door is at the back of the main tomb chamber, hidden between two eternal lamps, facing the coffin.

The passage behind the small door sloped downwards and was polished very smoothly. It felt like if you pushed something in, it would slide down smoothly.

Jiaozhi is a hot and humid place, and the ancient tomb is underground, so this passage should be covered with moss.

However, the passage also seemed to be used frequently, and there were some traces of friction left.

The passage was very long. Xu Yuan put the animal tendon rope in it, and it extended for dozens of feet but still had not reached the end.

Xu Yuan hesitated whether to go in and take a look, when suddenly his ears moved and he heard a faint sound coming from the passage.

"water?"

Xu Yuan frowned in confusion, and listened carefully again. It seemed that there was an underground river below.

Xu Yuan shook his hand, and the other end of the animal tendon rope was tied to the stone coffin. He pulled the rope into the passage and slid down more than ten feet.

A gust of damp steam blew over, and Xu Yuan quickly held his breath.

What if it is something like "disaster energy"?
When we got here, the sound of flowing water became more obvious.

Xu Yuan grabbed the rope and slowly slid down. After about another thirty feet, he still hadn't reached the end.

The animal tendon rope had been stretched to the thickness of a goose feather rod.

Gusts of damp wind blew over him. Xu Yuan had been staying in this narrow passage for a long time, and a fear of the claustrophobic environment arose in his heart:

Could it be that I slid all the way down and ended up falling right into the darkness, into the huge mouth of a giant monster?

This fear made Xu Yuan more cautious, and his descent slowed down a bit.

Finally, after nearly two hundred feet, the animal tendon rope had become only slightly thicker than a hair - Xu Yuan saw the end.

Ahead is a huge underground cave.

The faint "belly fire" at the other end of the animal tendon rope could not illuminate the edge of the cave at all.

The exit was on a cliff, with water droplets condensing and dripping from above, making a dripping sound as if it was drizzling.

Xu Yuan looked down from the cave entrance, and at the same time, the fire in his stomach slowly grew.

In the firelight, I finally saw clearly that there was indeed a river under the cave.

But the fire also alarmed something in the river.

There was a loud and dense sound of water splashing, and those things quickly dived into the water.

There are wet stalactites on both sides of the river.

The thing that was originally lying on top also jumped towards Hanoi madly.

Judging from their appearance, these things are clearly human, with heads and limbs.

But his whole body was pale and slippery, and his hands and feet had become webbed.

There were no eyes on the head, only two nostrils and a strange mouth that was split all the way to the ears.

The monsters' mouths were full of sharp teeth. In the process of scrambling to jump into the river, a large number of these monsters crowded together and began to bite each other violently.

Xu Yuan's flames grew bigger and bigger, gradually illuminating the entire cave.

The cave is several hundred feet high, shaped like a date pit, and about a thousand feet long from front to back.

The underground river flows in from a huge hole at one end of the "Date Core" and disappears from the hole at the other end.

There were actually two iron fences blocking the entrances to the two caves!
The river water can flow in and out, but the monsters in the cave cannot get out.

"These things...are they specially raised here by the Ancient Corpse Princess?" Xu Yuan guessed secretly.

Suddenly, Xu Yuan felt the animal tendon rope in his hand move, and he slid up several feet.

"Oh no! Someone is pulling the rope upwards."

"The wild boar must have been impatient and entered the tomb, only to discover that the so-called 'bride' wasn't even home!"

Xu Yuan made a prompt decision, and the animal tendon rope turned back into a "tendon pill" with a whoosh.

Xu Yuan also slid down and fell out of the exit with a whoosh.

(End of this chapter)