"It must be one of Goujian’s favored concubines,"
Du Xishan walked up to your side and spoke, "I’ve finished looking at the mural on my side. It narrates Goujian’s lifeti achievents, which are just a smattering of his impressive deeds. At that ti, for the small Yue Kingdom tucked away in a corner of the land, being able to annihilate their nesis, the Wu State, and expand their territory to more than double its original size—King Goujian of Yue indeed possessed so talent."
The position where the six of you stood was on the southern side of the tomb chamber, with two large coffins directly in front.
The fluorescent light emitted a soft glow, casting a veil of mist over everything in the tomb chamber, making it hard to see clearly from afar.
Du Xishan, pointing to the murals in the other three directions, said, "Those three probably depict Goujian’s entire life. From this, it seems that this chamber undoubtedly belongs to King Goujian of Yue."
You nodded and were about to speak when you noticed Xian Qianling staring constantly at sothing on the mural that resembled an insect in jade. You walked over and said to her, "Crazy woman, if you want us to attend your funeral in a few days, feel free to keep standing like that at this distance."
Hearing this, Xian Qianling quickly retreated several steps and looked at you with a face full of alarm, "What on earth is this thing?"
"This is Bug Jade," you approached Xian Qianling, knowing that this ignorant crazy woman might trigger sothing inadvertently, so you kept a closer watch on her. "It’s a common anti-theft thod used by ancient Chinese nobles and princes in those ordinary tomb-raiding novels, isn’t it?"
"Tomb-raiding novels?" Xian Qianling snorted coldly after hearing you, "Don’t you know that the Public Security Bureau has already issued a warrant? Any texts that teach and describe the process of tomb raiding, the tools used, and historical contexts will have their authors prosecuted first, with the possibility of a jail sentence for serious cases."
"Censorship, huh?"
"What nonsense about censorship. Didn’t you consider that in this vast world, there are countless beautiful things to cherish? Why would soone, with nothing better to do, teach others to raid tombs? Is that what sane people do? Not to ntion anything else, just look at the words ’tomb raiding.’ The first word is ’raid,’ and since ancient tis, ’stealing’ and ’raiding’ are, in themselves, cris. The cri of ’raiding’ is even more serious. Do you actually want those novel authors to teach impressionable young teens to commit cris?"
"Alright, alright, you’re right, absolutely correct, are you happy now?"
Hurriedly sidestepping Xian Qianling’s sharpness, catching criminals was indeed the crazy woman’s duty. Ever since her grandmother and great-grandmother were killed by criminals, she had developed a profound sense of justice, vowing to beco an outstanding detective to bring criminals to justice.
"Mu Yun, you said the Bug Jade is poisonous, so aren’t we all poisoned by now?"
Upon hearing that the Bug Jade was toxic, Hong Xiu’s face imdiately changed.
Du Xishan quickly spoke to reassure her, "It’s okay, Bug Jade only lts when the temperature is above fourteen degrees. The ancient people used torches for lighting, and if the air temperature got too high, the Bug Jade would lt. The gas it releases when it lts contains a potent poison, and inhaling a certain dose could cause respiratory infections, complete paralysis, convulsions for a few minutes, and then death due to cardiac arrest."
Sophia took out her mobile phone from her pocket, checked the surrounding temperature with the built-in software, and announced, "The room temperature is now twelve degrees."
"Twelve degrees!?"
Hong Xiu jumped up at once.
"It must be because more people ca in, and since this is a closed environnt, the temperature rose," Du Xishan turned his head to look at you and asked, "Mu Yun, is there any way to lower the room temperature."
"Yes, there is."
"Snap."
With a snap of the fingers, four Yellow Vermilion Charms flew out of the pocket automatically, heading straight to the four corners of the room. They hovered in midair, emitting a faint blue light.
Sophia kept her eyes on the phone and noticed that the temperature indicator on the screen swiftly dropped to eight degrees and stayed stable.
"It’s so magical!"
Sophia exclaid in amazent.
"Alright, let’s hurry up and return the treasured sword to its place, this tomb chamber might look simple and spacious, but an inexplicable sense of crisis has been lingering in my heart."
With the treasured sword in hand, Sophia nodded, handing the sword to Kim Jae-won by her side, who took the sword and began to slowly embed the glazed stone he had taken out of the rosewood box into the vacant groove on the left end of the sword hilt.
The mont the glazed stone was set into the groove, a strange fluctuation suddenly occurred in the air of the tomb chamber, followed by a resounding sound that echoed in everyone’s ears!
"Clang——"
Hong Xiu and the others instinctively covered their ears, and at the sa ti, the treasured sword in Kim Jae-won’s hand emitted a translucent light. This kind of light was especially dazzling in the gloom of the tomb, as if it could absorb people’s souls!
"Not good!"
The instant he realized the danger, the Sen Luo Curse Mark in his pupils flashed rapidly, and he shouted, "Thousand Catty Drop!"
Two Sen Luo Curse Marks spun rapidly, and just as the light from the treasured sword in Kim Jae-won’s hands reached its zenith, everyone suddenly felt a heaviness in their knees and imdiately knelt to the ground.
And at the mont they knelt, a wave of sword qi radiated outward in a circular pattern from the center of the treasured sword!
Sophia was quite tall, with long hair, and when she saw the dispersing sword qi, she quickly tilted her head down, her golden locks lifted slightly by the wind, and the spreading sword qi silently snipped off so of the strands, which then fell to the icy floor of the tomb chamber.
"That was close!"
Upon seeing Sophia’s hair fall off as soon as it was touched, Hong Xiu couldn’t help but swallow hard.
Kim Jae-won hurriedly supported Sophia, who was struggling to stand due to weak legs, and repeatedly extended his thanks to you, gratitude written all across his face.
"Hum——"
Another bizarre sound emanated from the treasured sword, which was still floating in mid-air, prompting everyone to reflexively kneel once again, everyone except for you, who stood still, frowning as you watched the autonomously trembling treasured sword.
"What’s the situation now?" Hong Xiu helped Du Xishan to his feet, her face filled with confusion.
No one answered Hong Xiu, for at that mont everyone was captivated by the shocking scene unfolding before their eyes.
Five treasured swords emitting different glows suddenly appeared around the two coffins, their designs unique and their edges exceedingly sharp. No sooner had they appeared than they drew the gaze of everyone present.
"Could these be the legendary Yue King’s Five Swords?"
Although Xian Qianling was a girl, she had so knowledge of ancient Chinese weapons. Staring at the Yue King’s Five Swords floating in mid-air, a glint appeared in her pupils, the kind that girls only get when they see diamonds and designer handbags.
"Hum——"
The air in the tomb chamber trembled once more, and with prior ntal preparation, you shouted imdiately, "All Forms of Sen Luo, Domination!"
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