Tomb raiding: It all started with shocking the archaeological team.

Since the Two-Headed Gu King can speak, it can be basically confirmed that he has indeed 'awakened' from some state.

And looking at the fair face on the left, he looks to be only in his thirties or forties.

It seems this Gu technique really can 'stay young forever'!

With each of its two heads uttering a sentence, the Two-Headed Gu King, with legs thicker than an elephant, stepped out of the golden coffin. The fat body wrapped in its dragon robe trembled violently as it stood directly in front of Chen Yibai, looking like a mountain of flesh.

At the same time, Chen Yibai quickly thought of a solution.

The current situation is clearly very passive for them. If they nod and run, it would be as if they had come for nothing. Even if they escaped from the Golden Palace, they would not be able to leave this tomb, and the final result would undoubtedly be death.

But if we go up and fight head-on, we've already lost the Crimson Ancient Sword. We can't exactly go up and fight him with our bare hands, can we?

As for the Seven Star Corpse-Suppressing Nails on his body, they are specifically designed to target zongzi (rice dumplings).

This two-headed Gu King is not a zongzi at all. Even if all seven corpse-suppressing nails are driven in, it will not achieve the effect of the Seven Star Kill.

Even if this two-headed Gu King were a zombie with skin so tough that even the Crimson Ancient Sword couldn't scratch it, then there's no way the Corpse-Suppressing Nails could be driven in!

Not a zongzi?

Chen Yibai suddenly thought of a very serious question: "If this two-headed Gu King is not a zongzi, then why is his skin so tough that even the Crimson Ancient Sword cannot break it?"

That's when.

The right head of the Two-Headed Gu King roared again, but no one could understand what it was saying. At the same time, it stomped its right foot on the ground and swung its arm, which was thicker than a water bucket, straight at Chen Yibai.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yibai quickly stepped back to avoid it.

Seeing this, the Two-Headed Gu King immediately took another step forward and chased after him. His body was like a mountain of flesh, and he used both arms. His fat and swollen hands were like a pair of pincers, trying to grab Chen Yibai.

If something were to fall into those hands, the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable.

Fortunately, although Chen Yibai couldn't think of a solution for the time being, his reaction speed was quite agile. Facing the huge body and waving arms of the two-headed Gu King, he was as slippery as an eel and dodged with ease.

Especially when circling around the golden coffin, it's like repeatedly walking a dog, only a little messy.

After a series of struggles, the two-headed monster king waved its arms, repeatedly missing its target. The right side of its head, adorned with a golden crown and covered in fleshy growths, grew increasingly ferocious and grotesque, seemingly muttering something unintelligible, but it sounded very filthy…

The fair-skinned face on the left, wearing a silver crown, kept babbling on and on in a voice like that of an eunuch.

For a moment, the voices of the two people, each with a different tone, echoed in the golden hall.

Suddenly, the dark-faced man seemed to get impatient with the white-faced man's nagging. He abruptly stopped, glanced at him, and shouted angrily.

The angry shout immediately startled the pale-faced man next to him into silence.

Chen Yibai could basically tell from this that the white-faced man was like a strategist giving orders, while the black-faced manipulator was controlling the body.

Although the two brothers, one black and one white, one wicked and one evil, share one body and seem to have a tacit understanding, it is clear that the black face has a higher status than the white face, and the black face controls the body. This is like the relationship between an older brother and a younger brother, which can be seen from the gold and silver crowns they wear.

Two people sharing one body, yet they're designated as an older brother and a younger brother?

Could it be that this black head was the first to peek out?

That's probably it...

But Chen Yibai didn't have time to study this right now. Taking advantage of the infighting between the two brothers, the Two-Headed Gu King, and their bodies settling down, Chen Yibai could only try his best. He took out the Corpse-Suppressing Nail, jumped onto the golden coffin, and then, using the height of the coffin, made a double jump and smashed it into the back of the Two-Headed Gu King.

Taking advantage of the height difference during the descent, Chen Yibai had already exerted his strength to the limit.

The corpse-suppressing nail in his hand struck the back of the two-headed Gu King, instantly piercing through the animal-hide dragon robe on its body. However, the skin beneath the animal-hide dragon robe was as hard as a rock, and even made a 'clang' sound. Not only did he not feel any damage, but it also made Chen Yibai's arm go numb.

"This clearly looks like a fleshy body, just a big pile of fat, how could it possibly produce a metallic sound?"

Chen Yibai was extremely surprised.

At the same time, the Two-Headed Gu King roared and swung his body, like shaking off a louse, throwing Chen Yibai away.

The moment Chen Yibai's body was thrown away, the corpse-suppressing nail in his hand ripped another hole in the two-headed Gu King's animal-hide dragon robe.

After regaining his footing, Chen Yibai looked at the tear in the animal-skin dragon robe.

The blackened skin on the back of the Two-Headed Gu King was indeed unharmed, but upon closer inspection, a slight scratch was visible. However, the scratch did not bleed; instead, it was a golden color, like gold.

Golden skin?

Upon seeing this, Chen Yibai suddenly understood, as if struck by a sudden enlightenment.

The indestructible skin on this two-headed monster king must be made of gold!

To be precise, it should be related to gold!

In fact, the entire ancient Gu Kingdom poured all its resources into mining and refining gold, not simply because they liked it, but because they were using some unknown and mysterious process to extract a substance from the gold for the Two-Headed Gu King to cultivate his Gu arts!

This is not just Chen Yibai's imagination or wild guess.

It appeared in the sixth mural in the Golden Hall depicting the mining and refining of gold, but the process looked extremely complicated, and at the time, it was not clear what it was about!

To put it bluntly, the current state of the two-headed Gu King, scientifically speaking, is due to 'heavy metal poisoning'!

Special metallic substances can be absorbed into the body, leading to slow metabolism and excretion disorders. Over time, this can cause not only bloating and swelling of the body, but also changes in the skin, internal organs, and blood.

In other words, thousands of years ago, this Gu clan had mastered a way to poison themselves with gold, thereby achieving an extraordinary physique, and regarded this as a kind of 'cultivation'!

This is most likely the secret to immortality through the art of Gu!

Because the skin, blood, and internal organs absorb a lot of heavy metal elements, they can achieve immortality, non-corruption, and non-decomposition under special static, completely enclosed, or other reasons.

If Yan Xuefei, Guan Yunlong, and Wu Daoshan knew that the immortality they were looking for was actually heavy metal poisoning, I wonder what their reaction would be...