Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

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"He Nian, who do you want? Is it someone who's currently here?"

Jie Yuchen was puzzled.

"It's that woman who just spoke. She's very suspicious. She's thinking of having you hand her over to me so I can take care of her."

Qin Henian spoke frankly, specifically stating that he wanted Chen Wenjin.

"Chen Wenjin? What do you need her for? What's wrong with her?"

"No...why do you want her? Is there something about her that interests you?"

Talking to smart people is simple. Xie Yuchen quickly grasped the meaning Qin Henian was trying to convey from his words, but that didn't stop him from having doubts.

"You'll find out soon enough, once she's more familiar with the place."

Qin Henian murmured softly, not caring at all whether Xie Yuchen would hear him because they were so close.

"Little Flower! I still need to continue exploring the Queen Mother of the West's Palace. No matter... what he is like, I'm already here, and I just want to get to the bottom of this."

"He needs to know what exactly is it about the Queen Mother of the West's palace that attracts him."

Just after the two finished speaking, Wu Xie's mood improved considerably and he came over. Since Jie Lian was still injured, he and Pan Zi stayed here together and waited for him to come back to pick them up.

"Okay, let's go together then!"

Xie Yuchen did not refuse Wu Xie's suggestion, but turned to look at the people around him.

Jie Lianhuan's original men had been reduced to only one, so they were left here to keep an eye on Jie Lianhuan.

On the other side, after waiting for a long time until the group came out and discussed their solution, Qin Henian leaned against the wall with his eyes closed, his nose twitching slightly as he inhaled the intoxicating fragrance.

Snap! Crack! Crack!

The tomb chamber where everyone rested was very small and empty, without any murals. However, there was a small stone channel around the walls, filled with thick ash. This had been checked when everyone came in earlier, so this small tomb chamber was probably an ancient fire-prevention compartment, which explained why it was so empty.

But in this small tomb chamber, a click sounded, and a stone door opened in the corner, revealing a pitch-black interior where it led nowhere.

"Dumb guy, you're the one who activated the mechanism."

Hei Xiazi reacted quickly; he could see clearly in the darkness, and he had just witnessed the entire process of Zhang Qilin's "crime".

"Yes, I want to go in."

In a concise sentence, Zhang Qilin expressed his purpose in opening the mechanism.

Just moments ago, while Wu Xie and the others were still wallowing in sentimentality with Jie Lian, Zhang Qilin had already stood by the wall and started feeling around, tracing the wall little by little until he finally found the stone containing the mechanism.

"Little Qilin, let's set off now, I can't wait!"

Seeing that the door had opened and everyone had made up their minds to move forward, Qin Henian picked up his supplies without a second thought and prepared to set off.

Passing through the stone gate, there are steps leading down to a secret passage. However, this time the secret passage is more than twice as large as the previous one, and there are lamps on the surrounding walls, with carved bluebird patterns inlaid on the walls.

"That's the taste! Light the lamp!"

A dark figure darted into the secret passage through the stone gate, easily found the lamp, took out a lighter and lit the stone bird lamp with a snap. The flame gradually grew larger, illuminating the environment in the tomb passage.

Hei Xiazi raised the torch he was holding, gesturing for everyone to see the size of the lamp trough.

"Gentlemen! Look, the blind man is using what he's carrying!"

"Look! Look! This oil trough must be a foot or two wide! If you used a lighter, your hand would be on fire!"

Black Bear was showing off his torch with a smug look on his face, leaving the others speechless. How could someone have to brag about something as simple as lighting a torch?!

"Blind man, what is that?"

Qin Henian's gaze swept over the flickering flame in the lamp oil trough before landing on the new tomb chamber that was just a short walk away.

The tomb chamber is quite large. Besides the oil lamp troughs running along the outer tomb passage, it is divided into several sections. Steps run along the entire chamber, and on these steps lie numerous mummies. The mummies stand in irregular rows, some bent, some straight, all in different poses. What they all have in common is that they are all wearing armor made of jade figurines and holding heavy weapons from the old era, all facing the center of the tomb.

In the center of the tomb chamber was a huge circular stone disc, carved with many patterns, but the most eye-catching feature was a group of strangely arranged square stones. These stones appeared square, but had circular grooves in the center, perfectly designed to hold the yellowish-black spheres on top.

"What's that thing on top of me? And it's chained up... Naive, is that thing valuable?"

As soon as Fatty Wang entered the tomb, his eyes scanned like a scanner, and he immediately spotted the large furnace hanging above everyone's heads.

"A suspended furnace! The Queen Mother of the West's alchemy furnace! I never imagined such a thing actually existed!"

Before Wu Xie could answer Wang Pangzi's question, Chen Wenjin's clear voice rang out directly behind Wang Pangzi.

"The alchemy furnace is suspended in mid-air, not touching the ground, absorbing the essence of the entire dragon vein. The Queen Mother of the West is truly generous..."

Wu looked up at the huge suspended furnace above him, his eyes filled with envy at the exquisite carvings on the outside of the furnace that could not be covered by the ash. Unfortunately, he could only look at such a large furnace. With such size and weight, the few of them could not possibly carry it away. Moreover, the tomb door was only so small compared to this.

Thinking of the tomb entrance, Wu Xie looked in that direction and suddenly his eyes widened.

"When did the tomb door close? Oh no, if we run into some kind of trap here, we might..."

Snap, rumble...

Before Wu Xie could finish speaking, the entire tomb chamber began to shake, and the chains of the suspended furnace overhead made a clanging sound.

"Naive! Can't you hold your mouth shut for a second before going into the tomb? Stop spouting nonsense. Look at this..."

Fatty Wang was still studying the chains binding the suspended furnace, thinking about climbing up to see if there was anything good inside, when suddenly the furnace shook and he fell flat on his face.

Rumble....

The tomb chamber shook continuously, with constant cracking sounds. Qin Henian, who had been staring at Chen Wenjin, instantly returned to normal, scanned the area, and caught a troublemaker.

"Mop! Put what you're holding back right now!"

Qin Henian narrowed his eyes and shouted at the top of his lungs at Tuoba, who was already lying on the stone slab, picking off a yellow-black ball and playing with it in his hand.

"Put...put...Mr. Qin! I was just looking at this amber, who knew it couldn't be pried out! I've even forgotten where I just pried out the amber from!"

"Master Qin! What do we do now... Waaah..."

The mop was sitting on a wobbly stone slab. When he didn't move, it was fine, but the moment he moved, the slab shifted, and the amber beads that had been lying neatly in the grooves rolled onto the ground like spilled beans...