Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

Huff, huff, huff...

Amidst the piles of broken walls and ruins, on a relatively flat patch of gravel, seven or eight Luoyang shovels were being swung at top speed amidst the interplay of soil and air.

Time passed slowly, and the white clouds in the sky piled up and gathered more and more with the cold air. On the ground, a teammate next to Zararossi was sweating and just wanted to put down his Luoyang shovel to rest for a while when he suddenly flipped his hand and the Luoyang shovel went straight into the crack in the stone next to the resting place he had just found.

With a loud crack, the ground where they were standing suddenly sank deep into the ground. Before anyone could react, the rubble and dirt exposed a large hole where they had just been standing.

"Ah~ah~ah~"

"Holy crap! Help! This place is weird! Ah! Tianzhen, brothers, watch out for the rocks falling on your heads."

"Ahhh~"

"what!"

"... "

Snap... gurgle... snap... snap...

In the dark and dry tomb passage, Qin Henian was the first to react from the air, his arms transforming into wings in the darkness as he landed smoothly.

Speechless... Pingxia didn't do that thing, so now she's jumped here, huh...

"Little Qilin, Blind Man, Rossi, Wu Xie, Xie Yuchen, Fatty, are you all alright?"

Qin Henian's pupils changed from round to vertical in the darkness, providing an unobstructed view of his surroundings in this gloomy environment.

The little Qilin landed and stood near the tomb wall, unharmed. Black Bear also landed steadily to the side, and the others were close by, all seemingly unharmed.

"We're fine, don't worry."

Wu Xie's legs were twitching and a little numb, but fortunately the distance wasn't high and he wasn't seriously injured. Hearing the rustling sounds next to him, as if they were trying to get up, stand up, and shake their clothes, he figured the others were probably okay too. So he stood up, kicked his legs, looked for the flashlights on the sides of his backpack, and shouted loudly.

"Oh my god, thank goodness this place isn't too high, otherwise Fatty would have fallen and turned into a pile of minced meat... Ouch, ouch... Fatty's butt hurts a bit though..."

Fatty Wang slowly stood up, feeling the pain in his back, and touched his buttocks, which had just fallen and were not very sensitive, with trembling hands.

slap... slap...

The sound of a flashlight switching on rang out in the dark environment, and the instant burst of white light illuminated the area where everyone was.

Qin Henian looked around and saw several black "sky-piercing pillars" in a stone door not far from the tomb passage. He sensed the residual electricity on them and the beautiful, huge object on the tomb top that resembled thousands of lotus petals gathering and opening. The pure power stored in that object was so familiar.

Good heavens! To cut the meteorite jade and craft it into such a functional and beautiful flower—such a massive project, so much electricity, such concentrated power! Qin Henian could only silently say to Little Heavenly Dao: Little Heavenly Dao, your year is here!

In the darkness just now, Qin Henian hadn't retracted his wings. Now that it's so bright around us, everyone can see the beautiful blue-purple wings and the long, translucent blue-purple gradient feathers...

It's absolutely gorgeous.

Just as someone among the crowd was about to speak, a strong gust of wind suddenly came and swept past.

Standing in mid-air, the beautiful wings had become faintly translucent, gradually transforming back into the shape of human arms and hands.

When the slender, fair fingertips touched the cool, silvery jade, an invisible force gushed from the large, modified petals into Qin Henian's body.

"Well……"

A warm, silky force entered his body, causing Qin Henian to let out a comfortable groan.

Inside the bronze door at the other end, a little boy wearing a red bib, sleeping on a piece of broken jade, suddenly opened his black eyes and smiled on his rosy cheeks.

"I'm growing up now, thank you my little crane~"

Qin Henian was suspended in mid-air. Wu Xie and the others in the distance stared wide-eyed before they realized what was happening and started walking towards Qin Henian.

After crossing a stone step, Hei Xiazi and Zhang Qilin immediately began to examine the large tomb chamber.

Apart from the lotus-shaped mechanism at the beginning, the entire tomb chamber is quite empty. To the left is a pool of shallow, yellowish-green water, and to the right are a dozen shorter stone pillars and four taller pillars standing at the center of the lotus-shaped mechanism.

"What a huge mechanical flower! It can keep flipping up and down. According to the records, it must have been built quite a few years ago."

As Xie Yuchen watched the flower petals of the mechanism, which resembled a perpetual motion machine, constantly turning, closing, and blooming, his first thought was what kind of technology this mechanism was and whether he could take it apart to take a look. Perhaps he could learn the mechanical techniques inside, since he himself had already learned quite a bit about mechanical techniques and enjoyed studying them. Maybe he could even apply them to some of the Xie family's businesses.

"This kind of mechanism is indeed rare, but it's different here. This lotus flower should be what He Nian is looking for. There's an 80% chance that it's the thunder-listening device that the King of the South Sea had the Mute Village build at the end of his reign."

"However, the power provided by this device should come from the several stone pillars of different heights below the flower stamen. Look at the black color on those pillars!"

When Wu Xie gets to a particular area of ​​research, he usually takes out his glasses to examine it carefully, which is why his eyesight is a little poor, but it doesn't bother him in his daily life.

However, this situation was perfect for his research, so he put on his glasses. Under the magnification of the lenses, he saw the charred black on the stone pillars under the flower's stamen. Considering the South Sea King's fondness for listening to thunder, it was clear that those stone pillars were one of the devices that helped the mechanical flower absorb the sound of thunder. Coupled with the fact that the flower could also rotate, the two should be a complete set.

The charred black marks on the stone pillar must have been from being struck by lightning or acting as a guide for it inside the thunder-listening device. Thinking this, Wu Xie's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Meanwhile, after listening to his good brother Wu Xie's detailed analysis, Fatty Wang called to the brothers around him and headed towards the stone pillar. They wanted to study it to see if there were any documents or anything on it, and maybe they could find out where the King of the South Sea had put his treasures when he built this place. Wasn't it supposed to be a treasure that could quell all regrets in Lei City?

"Rossie, do you want to come with me to that stone pillar? Maybe there are some records on it, and we brothers can take a look at them first."

Fatty Wang spoke first to Zara Rossi, who was closest to him.

"No, His Highness has not given the order yet. I cannot look at the things here without permission."

Zara Rossi shook his head, rejecting Fatty Wang's proposal to explore the tomb.

After being rejected by Zararossi, Fatty Wang remembered that they were a large, organized, and disciplined family. Now Fatty Wang couldn't say anything. It seemed that only the Iron Triangle had the good fortune to see the little secret of the stone pillar.

"Naive, come on, let's go see if there's anything written on those stone pillars!"