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

After hearing Chen Yibai's reasoning, everyone nodded in agreement, indicating that it was very logical.

Even Yan Wanlei couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "No wonder he's a tomb raider; it seems that this profession is truly worthy of his title."

Not only do you need to know a lot, but strong logical reasoning skills are also very important!

However, even if they suspected that the murals they saw on the bronze door and in the stone chamber contained information about dealing with the Candle Dragon, they only glanced at them briefly and no one paid any attention to the details on the murals.

"Captain Chen, we can't go back and study those murals anymore, can we?"

Yan Wanlei also closed his eyes, just like Chen Yibai, and carefully recalled the content of the murals he had seen before.

No matter how hard Yan Wanlei tried to recall, he could only remember the general outline and couldn't recall the details at all.

"All I remember is... everyone kneeling facing the Candle Dragon, offering a devout sacrifice..."

"I remember... some slaves were hung upside down... and there were others..."

The people around them also began to try to recall, offering a cacophony of information and clues, but they were all fragmented.

"Shh..."

Chen Yibai put his finger to his lips and made a 'shh' gesture, signaling everyone to shut up.

Chen Yibai had basically figured it out.

Although the main purpose of the archaeological team's experts going down into the tomb was to conduct research, the journey was like that of tourists visiting a scenic spot. Apart from being shocked, they did not actually make any research results.

Needless to say, the members of the special operations team are responsible for the safety of the archaeological experts and would not deliberately memorize the content of the murals, let alone remember the details.

Therefore, the information they provided was basically useless to Chen Yibai, and it would be better to just tell them to shut up.

Compared to the archaeological expert team and the special operations team, Chen Yibai is quite different.

Although Chen Yibai did not have the ability to remember everything he saw, as a tomb raider and a master of robbing, he knew that the content of the murals often became important information for deciphering ancient tombs at crucial moments.

Therefore, Chen Yibai memorized all the content he had seen on the bronze door and the stone chamber murals.

This is an essential skill for tomb raiders, and a professional habit ingrained in their bones, something that archaeological teams can never match.

After all, archaeologists are risking their livelihoods, while tomb raiders are risking their lives!

Closer to home.

Chen Yibai closed his eyes and repeatedly and carefully recalled all the contents and details of the mural in his mind.

Logically speaking, since the mural depicts King Kang receiving an imperial decree to become an immortal, it is actually a case of soul possession and resurrection.

Therefore, the content of the kneeling and sacrificial ceremony should contain a hidden method to deal with the Candle Dragon!

Therefore, as long as we find any illogical details in the rituals, we should be able to find a way to deal with Zhulong!

Fortunately, Chen Yibai had some knowledge of the sacrificial culture of the Shang Dynasty.

"Kneeling and worshipping...offering sacrifices..."

Chen Yibai quickly recalled every detail of the sacrificial rituals depicted on the murals in his mind.

Time is running out.

Everyone around him was holding their breath, afraid of making any noise that might disturb Chen Yibai's thoughts.

They were so nervous that they didn't dare to turn their heads to watch the battle between the Candle Dragon and the Copper Armored Ghosts. They just prayed that the Copper Armored Ghosts could hold on and buy Chen Yibai more time.

However, as time went by, Chen Yibai racked his brains and re-examined all the sacrificial scenes in the murals that he had memorized, but he couldn't find anything unreasonable!

"Could it be that we're going in the wrong direction? There's nothing wrong with these murals at all?"

"The content of the murals is simply meant to deceive the world; it has no other meaning whatsoever! It's just that I'm overthinking it?"

"Or did I simply forget something and overlook some important information?"

This made Chen Yibai a little anxious, and he even began to doubt himself.

"Damn it, what's wrong with us?"

Chen Yibai scratched his head. Since the direction was wrong, he decided to change it and go through it all again from the beginning.

During the Xia and Shang dynasties, people worshipped gods in order to please them and receive their protection.

But when it came to King Kang, he directly bound the 'deity' and seized its soul!

This King Kang is quite impressive!

But if that's the case, why hold such a grand sacrificial ceremony?

Why bother trying to please Zhulong?

"Why……"

"Why……"

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck Chen Yibai as he pondered this question.

I got it!

Four thousand years ago, in the era of cold weapons, it would have been extremely difficult for the ancient people to subdue the Candle Dragon!

Even if we knew Zhulong's weakness, given Zhulong's strength, getting close to him would be difficult.

But the biggest difference between humans and animals is that humans are intelligent beings!

A few seconds later...

Amidst everyone's anxious and tense anticipation, Chen Yibai suddenly opened his eyes, staring intently at Zhulong, his face filled with undisguised excitement. He exclaimed, "Found it! Found it! The scenes in the murals depicting Zhulong as a deity, kneeling and worshipping him, are real! They're all real! And the purpose was indeed to please Zhulong! Haha... So it was all true!"

Hearing Chen Yibai burst into excited laughter, everyone assumed he had come up with a way to deal with Zhulong, and they all subconsciously became excited as well.

But upon closer examination of Chen Yibai's words, something felt off.

"Captain Chen, what you're saying is true... What do you mean? If it's all true, then we still haven't found a way to deal with Zhulong, have we?"

Yan Wanlei frowned deeply and looked at Chen Yibai with surprise, asking a question.

Seeing Chen Yibai so excited yet speaking in incomprehensible language, Yan Wanlei thought Chen Yibai was overworking his brain and had lost his mind.

Chen Yibai looked at Yan Wanlei and laughed, "The sacrifice was real, and the desire to please Zhulong was also real, but the purpose of pleasing Zhulong was fake!"

Yan Wanlei: "???"

Chen Yibai's words left Yan Wanlei increasingly confused and bewildered.

Chen Yibai didn't keep them in suspense and explained simply and bluntly: "Actually, all our initial speculations were wrong. The kneeling and worship of Zhulong in the murals didn't actually have any other meaning; it was simply to please Zhulong!"

"However, the real purpose of currying favor with Zhulong was not to get the mountain god Zhulong to bestow upon them an immortal title..."

At this point, Yang Qingyun interrupted him, saying, "We all know that. The real purpose of the Prince of Kang is to capture the soul of the Candle Dragon and possess its body. You mentioned this before!"

"so!"

Chen Yibai continued, "So! The real purpose of King Kang's sacrifice to please the Dragon was to gain the Dragon's trust, get close to the Dragon, find an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, and then tie it to the Dragon-Locking Pillar with copper chains!"

"I understand!"

Hearing Chen Yibai's words, Yan Wanlei felt as if he had been enlightened, and suddenly understood: "Captain Chen, do you mean that the scenes of sacrificing to Zhulong in those murals are actually a way to deal with Zhulong?"

"That's right!"

Chen Yibai nodded decisively!

It has to be said, this Prince Kang is really cunning!

If you can't win a direct confrontation, resort to tactics!

They turned a sacrificial ceremony into a trap!

"But... what use is this method of dealing with Zhulong to us? We can't possibly kill some people, worship Zhulong as a god, appease it, get close to it, and then ambush it, can we?"

Yang Qingyun frowned deeply and asked in return.

Chen Yibai's lips curled up: "Gaining Zhulong's favor through sacrifices is only the first step in dealing with Zhulong!"

"The ancients must have known the fatal weakness of the Candle Dragon! They knew how to subdue it in one move without killing it!"

Just now, Chen Yibai followed this reasoning and spent a few seconds carefully comparing the image of the candle dragon on each mural in his mind.

And indeed, something was discovered!

There are ten murals in the central stone chamber. When put together, they resemble a narrative comic strip. The first nine murals depict the cruel killing of slaves to worship the Candle Dragon.

The last image depicts the ceremony where Zhulong bestows an imperial title upon King Kang.

The general idea is that through various sacrifices, King Kang successfully appeased Zhulong, and then received an imperial decree from Zhulong.

The real story is that through various sacrifices, he successfully pleased Zhulong, then approached him and launched a sneak attack, where he was tied up by King Kang and had his soul taken over.

Therefore, the image of the Zhulong receiving sacrifices in the first nine murals is different from the image of the Zhulong that was actually successfully attacked in the tenth mural!

The dragon in the tenth mural has a barely perceptible groove carved into its back.

It looks like a mark left by a sculptor who accidentally made a mistake while carving.

It's like a sword stuck in the spine of the Candle Dragon!

At first, Chen Yibai did not think of this subtle difference.

It was through the above reasoning that I was able to associate and recall this detail in my mind!

(I'm so sorry, I got stuck writing this part. I spent the whole day in front of the computer working on this one chapter. I'll increase the amount of writing tomorrow. Thank you for your support.)