Ling Xiao looked at the person beside him and remained silent for a long time before speaking: "The medicine is missing a key ingredient."

Jieyuhua pondered for a moment, then shook his head in resignation. He didn't know what riddle the child was playing, but he hoped it wasn't the one he was thinking of.

While the two were talking, A Ning had already sent someone to bring up a coffin. When the coffin was brought up, it was accompanied by a stench, which made the people take several steps back. Naturally, they also saw the passage behind the coffin.

Ah Ning still sent two people down to scout ahead, while the people upstairs opened the coffin. Unfortunately, the coffin was filled with foul-smelling, rotten water, with only a few soft, rotting bedbugs. There was nothing special inside, and the wood was also soft, rotten, and loose from being soaked in water.

The two people who were scouting ahead also confirmed that everything was fine, and then the rest of the group went down one after another.

The passageway was covered with spider webs of all sizes, and it got hotter and hotter as they went in. This gave Wu Xie the illusion that they were traveling through the Earth's core. Changbai Mountain is an active volcano. If they walked into the lava vent, wouldn't they all be doomed?

"We're being a bit too reckless. There aren't any signs around. What if..." Wu Xie said nervously.

“You can’t say that. There was no path here. It only becomes a path when many people walk on it. What we’re doing is tomb raiding. It’s good that no one comes to mark it. It means that this cemetery hasn’t been opened yet. If everyone comes and steps on it, what’s the point of tomb raiding?” the fat man said.

Panzi and the others were laughing loudly behind them.

"Damn it, why is it so hot?"

"How...how did it end again!"

The person at the front kicked a pebble, and his right foot, which was already halfway out, was startled and took a few steps back.

"Is this the end?" The people behind couldn't see what was ahead, so they could only crane their necks to try and get a general idea.

The lead mercenary originally wanted to tie himself with a rope, but strangely, there were chains everywhere, densely packed with various items, stretching from the top of the hill to the bottom. It was unclear how many chains there were, as there were no gaps in sight.

After receiving the signal, he grabbed a rope and started climbing down. Along the way, he knocked over many bells and strange papers. There seemed to be a rattling sound of chains echoing from the dark abyss below.

The fat man saw the paper talisman floating up, and the tomb raider pinched it between two fingers, blurting out, "You damn well better watch where you're going, you've already taken all these talismans off!"

Black Bear snatched the talisman and examined it carefully for a while. He turned on his miner's lamp and looked closely at the iron chains that were covered with talismans.

"What kind of talisman is this? Is there anyone here who has studied Taoism at Maoshan and can translate it for me?" Pan Zi looked at the mercenary, Cheng Yu, and even Shunzi one by one.

"I have studied it, sir." Cheng Yu's voice was neither loud nor soft, but it reached everyone's ears.

The fat man smacked his lips, glanced down, and squeezed forward, seemingly unwilling to respond to the topic. He then started clinking and banging his equipment around, silently chanting "Amen" and "Amitabha" several times. After bouncing around a couple of times, he said:

"Looks like there's something big tied down there. Fatty, go down first. Guys, grab your gear!" Fatty said, deftly securing the safety rope to himself before sliding down the rope without hesitation. Keep in mind, the iron chain was worn and dilapidated, and whether it could withstand their weight was uncertain.

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