The emperor faked his death? Never mind, I will ascend the throne directly!

"Tomb keeper?"

Aimu was stunned for a moment, then realized that these people were not the pursuers of the King of Northern Frontier?

"You are guarding the treasure, why are you attacking me?" Aimu asked in confusion.

"Because you trespassed into the forbidden area!" the burly man snorted coldly.

"Death Valley is a sacred place for the Yiwu people. Outsiders are not allowed to enter!"

"I am from the Yiwu tribe!" Aimu explained quickly.

"I came back to retrieve the treasure and avenge my people!"

"Iwulu?" The burly man looked Aimu up and down with an expression as if he was looking at a thief.

"What evidence do you have?"

Aimu took a deep breath and took out his family's token - a jade pendant engraved with a sun pattern.

The burly man took the jade pendant and examined it carefully. After a moment, he said:

"Are you really from the Yiwu tribe?"

"It's absolutely true!" Aimu said firmly.

The burly man returned the jade pendant to Aimu and said in a deep voice:

"Since you are from the Yiwu tribe, then come with us."

The man handed Aimu a towel soaked in special herbs and asked her to cover her mouth and nose with it.

Aimu followed the tomb keepers into the Valley of Death.

The valley is full of poisonous miasma and has complex terrain, with cliffs and bottomless canyons everywhere. If you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss.

If she hadn't been led by the tomb keeper, she would have died long ago.

"You have guarded the treasure for generations, why do you need to set up so many traps?"

Aimu asked curiously.

"To prevent outsiders from stealing the treasure." The burly man explained.

"The treasures of the Yiwu people are sacred and must not be desecrated."

"And this is just the way to the entrance, once you enter the entrance."

"We don't know what's going on inside."

"What about the Northern Frontier King's men? Have they been here too?"

Aimu asked, she had been worried about the pursuers from the King of Northern Frontier.

The burly man tightened the towel on his face and said:

"They came here before, but they died outside before entering the Valley of Death."

"The miasma in this Death Valley lingers year-round. They can't get through this alone."

Aimu secretly felt lucky that he did not encounter the pursuers of the King of Northern Frontier, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

After a difficult journey, Aimu finally arrived at the location of the treasure - an underground palace hidden deep in the valley.

At the entrance to the underground palace, there are two huge stone statues guarding it. The statues have ferocious faces and hold huge weapons in their hands.

"Is this the entrance to the Yiwu tribe's treasure?"

Aimu looked at the underground palace in front of her. She had finally arrived here. As long as she could get the treasure, she could rebuild the Yiwu tribe!

The burly man pointed at the hideous stone statue at the entrance of the underground palace and said in a low voice:

"The entrance to this underground palace can only be opened by the Tears of the Sun, the sacred object of the Yiwu people."

Ayimu recalled that the jade pendant that symbolized the tribe's identity had a hollowed-out sun pattern carved into the center. Wasn't that where the Tears of the Sun were stored?

She reached out to touch it, but found nothing.

"My jade pendant..." Aimu's face changed and he searched for it in his clothes anxiously.

"Damn it, when did it disappear?! Maybe it fell on the road…"

Could it be that after going through so much hardship, I ended up failing?

The burly man looked at her panicked appearance, grinned and said:

"What? Did you forget to give it to me?" He took out the jade pendant from his arms and shook it in front of Aimu.

"This thing is here with me."

Aimu was stunned, then realized that he had forgotten such an important thing!

"You...what's your name?"

She tried to stay calm and change the subject, but she also wanted to remember the tomb keeper who had helped her a lot.

The burly man turned the jade pendant over and stroked the carvings on the back with his rough fingers.

"My name is...Agula."

Aimu kept this name firmly in his mind.

Agula means "guardian" in the Yiwu language.

Agula pointed the jade pendant at the mechanism at the entrance of the underground palace and pressed it lightly. A dull sound of the mechanism turning came from the entrance of the underground palace, and two huge stone doors slowly opened to both sides.

"Let's go." Agula led several subordinates into the underground palace first, and Aimu followed closely behind.

Behind the entrance to the underground palace was a steep stone staircase extending downward. Agula took out the flint from his waist, skillfully struck out sparks, and lit the torch in his hand.

"Watch your step, follow me closely, and the others will cover your rear." Agula walked in front, his low voice echoing in the underground palace.

Aimu followed closely behind, holding the cold stone wall with one hand and the scimitar at his waist with the other, observing the surroundings vigilantly.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the stone steps finally reached an end. Before them lay a long passage, with all sorts of bizarre designs carved into the walls on either side.

At the end of the passage is a tightly closed stone door, engraved with complex runes.

Agula stopped, raised the torch, and carefully observed the runes on the stone door.

"It seems that things are not that simple. Some runes have begun to become blurred."

he whispered.

Aimu also walked forward and looked at the runes that were twisting like tadpoles. The more he looked, the more familiar they looked.

I thought to myself: I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere, but I can’t remember where.

"What do these runes mean?" she asked, touching the stone door.

"This is Elamite, a very ancient language. It records the method of opening the stone door."

Agula explained.

"However, this is not a simple mechanism. If it is not operated properly, it is likely to trigger the trap."

"We might all die here."

Aimu's heartbeat suddenly quickened. She thought of the various traps she had encountered in the Valley of Death before, and couldn't help feeling a little scared.

"Wait!" she suddenly shouted, interrupting Agula's thoughts.

Agula frowned impatiently, the torchlight shining on his rough face.

"what happened again?"

Aimu eagerly took out a rolled-up sheepskin scroll from his arms and unfolded it carefully.

It was the treasure map she got from the old man.

"Look! The words on it are very similar to the runes on the stone gate!"

Agula took the parchment scroll and looked at it carefully in the light of the fire. His rough fingertips stroked the ancient words, and his brows furrowed more and more.

"It's indeed very similar, but the text on it is more complete and clearer..."

He muttered to himself and studied the scroll carefully.

Aimu guessed in his heart: Could it be that the old man had already anticipated this situation?

As time passed, the atmosphere became more and more tense.

Suddenly, Agula pointed to a special symbol on the parchment and said:

"Found it! This symbol means 'key'!"

Following the direction of Agula's finger, Aimu saw a symbol similar to the shape of a key, which was particularly eye-catching on the parchment scroll.

She followed the symbol to look at the stone gate, and sure enough, she found a corresponding groove in the center of the stone gate, the shape and size of which were exactly the same as the symbol on the parchment.

"It seems that there must be some mechanism in this passage that can be triggered like a key."

"Only by finding this mechanism can we open this door."

Ayimu said, his tone full of excitement and anticipation.

"That's right," Agula nodded, "but where would this key be?"