Tomb Robber: I, Chen Yulou, am dedicated to cultivating immortality!

"Brother Chen, do you suspect it is a replica?"

Hua Maguai was seen leaving with dozens of his men.

Thanks to the previous group of foreign treasure-stealing teams, many passages were dug under the ancient city of Xiye.

Now they have saved a lot of effort.

No need to bother any more.

Otherwise, they would have to stay for at least ten days or half a month just to clear the yellow sand that has accumulated over thousands of years.

For them, there is no time to delay.

He withdrew his gaze from outside the stone gate.

Partridge Whistle stared at the jade bead in the golden plate and said thoughtfully.

As a member of the Zagrama tribe, he knew very well what the jade eyeball represented.

Therefore, the shock he felt at this moment was no less than that of Chen Yulou. Even the fear of the ghost cave that was engraved deep in his blood surged up again the moment he saw it.

But unfortunately...

He never mentioned this matter, so it's hard to say it clearly.

I could only ask vaguely.

"Yes."

See how careful he is.

A hint of helplessness flashed across Chen Yulou's eyes.

The ancient city of Jingjue is within reach, and the Kunlun Palace is not far away.

What's more, the Zhuchen Pearl has been obtained for several months, so there is no need to worry about it.

"Brother Dao, do you think this thing is very similar to the Zhuchen Pearl?"

"This……"

Listen to him speak out.

Partridge Whistle felt his heart tremble.

More than similar?

Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Zagrama clan migrated to the Holy Mountain from the distant Eastern European continent. They were divided into four tribes and lived to protect the Holy Mountain. Until hundreds of years later, someone discovered the ghost cave under the belly of the Holy Mountain.

At that time, there were ancient rumors about the Demon Kingdom's sacred object, the Zhuchen Pearl, circulating on the Holy Mountain.

According to the rumors, the high priest ordered people to imitate the jade eyes.

The jade bead in front of you is clearly carved in the shape of a jade eyeball.

In the end.

Their formation is all based on the Zhuochen Pearl as a sample.

"picture."

He took a deep breath, suppressed the wandering thoughts in his mind, and nodded.

He originally wanted to guide this object to the Zhuchen Pearl.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yulou had already thought of this step.

"So, Brother Chen, what you mean is that the Xiye Nation has seen the Zhuchen Pearl before, so they imitated it and tried to obtain its power?"

About that.

I really don't know.

After all, the ancient Kingdom of Jingjue was established thousands of years after the Zagrama clan migrated to the inland.

They can even be considered only the fourth group of people in the Holy Mountain.

The Snow Demon Kingdom, the Zagrama Clan, the Samsara Sect, and then the Ghost Cave Clan.

"It's impossible that I have seen it."

Chen Yulou shook his head and analyzed it seriously.

"Brother, have you forgotten?"

"In the ancient Dian Kingdom, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the Zhuchen Pearl was buried with King Xian in Zhalong Mountain."

"But judging from the inscription on the golden bead, Xiye should have originated in the Sui and Tang dynasties. The timeline of the two is too far apart."

"Too……"

Partridge Whistle was startled.

He actually overlooked this point.

"Brother Daoist, is there a possibility that this is not the Zhuchen Pearl, but a replica of it?"

Chen Yulou raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said meaningfully.

As soon as he heard this, the emotions that Partridge Whistle had suppressed with great difficulty burst out again, and his face was full of disbelief.

Staring at Chen Yulou, as if trying to see through him.

Just by looking at this jade bead in front of you, you can think of this step. What’s the difference between this and predicting the future?

You know, Zagrama is also known as the Prophet Clan.

It was because the prophet saw his people migrating to the east eight hundred years after his death that he left behind the last words of migrating eastward in search of the pearl.

Unfortunately, after thousands of years, the prophet's ability to predict has gradually faded.

By their generation, no one understood it.

But today, he suddenly saw this magical ability in Chen Yulou.

Use the jade eyes to peek into the ghost cave.

This matter is the biggest secret in the clan.

Over the thousands of years, except for the tribe member who inherited the position of clan leader and was qualified to read in the clan book, ordinary tribe members did not know why they had suffered such hardships for thousands of years.

Partridge Whistle also took over the throne from the previous generation of Moving Mountain Taoist. After reading the family book, he learned about this secret past.

Even Hua Ling and the old foreigner didn't know.

Now, Chen Yulou can tell it all word for word.

If it’s not prediction of the future, then what is it?

"Brother Dao, do you think it's unbelievable?"

Seeing him standing there in a daze, Chen Yulou smiled softly.

"No...no, I just suddenly remembered something."

Partridge Whistle shook his head and dared not think about it anymore.

He was afraid that if he continued to ponder it, he would only fall deeper into trouble.

"Since Brother Chen wants to find a place to make jade, instead of letting Brother Guaizi and the others find it, Yang has a better way."

"Oh, I don't know?"

Chen Yulou's heart moved.

There are many secret techniques in the mountain-moving sect, and he just thought it was some technique for finding gold.

"Old foreigner!"

However, Partridge Whistle looked behind him.

The old foreigner did not go far. At this moment, he was holding a lantern and concentrating on looking at the murals on the high walls on both sides.

Hearing his senior brother's call, the old foreigner instantly understood what was going on. He handed the lantern to Kunlun beside him, and took off the bamboo basket behind him.

That bamboo basket.

It started from our first meeting at Pingshan.

He almost never took it off.

The only time was because it was inconvenient to go to Chenzhou to compete for the ancient thunder talisman, so he briefly gave the bamboo basket to his junior sister Hua Ling. After returning to Chenjiazhuang, the bamboo basket returned to him.

Compared to the past.

The bamboo basket seemed to have become much heavier.

The moment it landed, dust rose up all over the ground.

Gently lift the lid of the bamboo basket, and instantly, the familiar sound of iron leaves crisscrossing echoes in the altar.

"Armored beast?"

There was a hint of surprise in Chen Yulou's eyes.

Partridge Whistle nodded, but did not say much. He just signaled the old foreigner to take the two armored beasts out.

soon.

Two mole beasts, one big and one small, rolled out of the bamboo basket and fell to the ground.

Look at it intently.

Even Chen Yulou couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

If I remember correctly, the last time I saw them was when I killed the black dragon at Longtan Mountain. Partridge Whistle took some of its essence and blood and fed it to them.

After that, I asked about the progress several times.

But I never saw his true self again.

Unexpectedly, when I saw them again after half a year, not only had the two armored beasts transformed into monsters, the monster aura on their bodies was even more powerful and majestic, even more powerful than that of tigers and leopards.

The iron leaves covering his body were even more terrifying than before.

The color is deep and dark, as if it had been immersed in a pool of ink for a hundred days.

In particular, his limbs are strong and powerful, and his nails and toes are cold and sharp, like swords.

Just standing there makes people feel frightened.

He was still concentrating on observing it when Partridge Whistle had already taken out the jade bead from the golden plate. He then leaned over and placed it under the noses of the two armored beasts and shook it gently.

At the same time, he whispered something.

slam-la-

In an instant.

In the originally quiet hall, a noise like a violent storm rang out, and the two armored beasts turned into a wisp of smoke and rushed out of the door, diving into the depths of the mountain of quicksand.

See this situation.

Chen Yulou's eyes couldn't help but light up.

It is indeed unexpected that the armored beast can have such an effect.

As the group of people and the two armored beasts disappeared.

Silence returned to the altar once again.

Seeing that they might not be able to come back for a while, Chen Yulou did not rest. He looked around and his eyes finally fell on the vaguely visible murals on both sides.

Most of the murals record the scenes of worshipping Buddhism at that time.

There were ancient messengers riding elephants from Brahma to spread Buddhism, there were saints twisting tree branches in their hands to pray for blessings and cures for children, and there were also countless people from the country of Xiya kneeling outside the altar and praying to the ancient Buddha to send down rain and dew.

"Shopkeeper Chen, Senior Brother, look here."

Just when he was getting a little impatient and his eyes were filled with annoyance, an urgent voice suddenly came from behind him.

Looking back, I saw that the old foreigner had crossed the stone platform and walked around the shrine. He was holding a lantern in his hand and pointing at the innermost stone wall in shock.

"What is it?"

Watching his expression change, Chen Yulou suddenly realized something.

His attention quickly shifted away from the murals and turned toward the old foreigner.

On the other side, Partridge Whistle and Kunlun were not slow either.

When they got closer to the shrine, with the help of the lamp in his hand, they could clearly see a vast mural faintly emerging on the wall behind the stone statues of Buddha that were staggered and standing in rows.

There are three parts from right to left.

In the first article, there appears a noble and majestic female figure who is impossible to look directly at. She wears a crown and a long robe, holds a jade bead in her hand, sits high on the throne, and looks down at the world coldly.

Immediately in the second chapter, the queen launched a war, countless armored warriors fought on the battlefield, swept across the entire Western Regions, and the countries were conquered one by one, and then surrendered to the queen.

As for the last article.

The queen called a man to her side and pointed at the jade bead in her hand. Then the man returned to the city and summoned all the jade craftsmen in the city to work day and night.

Similar jade beads were made one after another.

But they were vetoed by the Queen one by one.

It was not until many years later that a jade bead that was infinitely close to the original was finally born.

But the man did not hand it over. Instead, he secretly executed all the craftsmen who knew about this, and then sent the bead into a tall and magnificent building and enshrined it on a stone platform.

boom--

The three murals are not very long.

It took them less than a moment to finish reading it all.

But the shock it brought cannot be simply described in words.

"Chen, Brother Chen, you really guessed it right."

Partridge Whistle took several deep breaths and felt as if he was drowning and suffocating.

After calming down a little, he immediately looked at Chen Yulou beside him, with a complicated expression between his brows.

The content of the murals almost verified what Chen Yulou had said before.

Chen Yulou was not surprised by this.

Just as he said before, Xiye Country has been rich in beautiful jade since ancient times, so it was expected that the Queen of Jingjue would secretly order them to imitate the Jade Eye.

He just didn't expect that the jade beads in the golden plate were not a failure.

But it is the only finished product!

The King of Xiye Kingdom did have some ambitions. He thought that if he copied the Jade Eye, he would be able to have the same abilities as the Queen of Jingjue. Unfortunately, he never imagined that the most important thing to open the imaginary space is the Boundless Demonic Pupil, and the Jade Eye is secondary.

“Who is the woman in the mural?”

"It can actually sweep across the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions!"

Yang Fang widened his eyes and stared at the woman on the throne in the mural with interest, feeling his blood boiling.

When they arrived at Jiayuguan that day, they still imagined the scene a thousand years ago when the young general attacked the Huns in the north and had his horses drink water from the vast sea.

Unexpectedly, the woman seen in the mural today is doing something even better.

Unifying the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions, such an achievement, especially by a woman, should not be unknown in history.

But no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't think of anyone who matched her.

After these words were spoken, not only he, but also Kunlun, the old foreigner and Partridge Whistle beside him all had thoughtful looks in their eyes.

Chen Yulou's eyes were clear.

He knew better.

But now is obviously not the time to speak.

After all, from all the clues revealed so far, none of them clearly points to the four words "Queen of Jingjue".

The previous speculation about the Jade Eyes could be explained as an inference. But if this were to be revealed out loud, even if there was great trust among the people, there would probably be a rift in their hearts.

thump—

While talking.

Suddenly, there was a startling sound of breaking air outside the door.

Several people subconsciously looked through the stone gate.

A black shadow passed through the depths of the yellow sand and stopped, then landed on the ground with a bang. It was the small armored beast.

I saw its eyes moving back and forth, full of agility, without the chaotic feeling of the past.

"found it!"

See this situation.

Partridge Whistle didn't care about the identity of the woman in the mural. His eyes lit up and he said in surprise.

The two armored beasts of the Banshan lineage have lived for many years and are well versed in human nature. Now that they have transformed into monsters, they are in tune with the three brothers and sisters.

"What are you waiting for."

"Brother Dao, please lead the way!"

"it is good."

Partridge Whistle did not waste any time and had a brief communication with the armored beast on the ground.

Soon it stood up straight.

It kicked the ground with its strong and powerful hind legs and turned into a black shadow and ran straight out the door.

A group of five people followed closely behind.

In the huge ancient city, caves stretch in all directions and are connected to each other. In many places, there are trees and stones to support them to prevent the collapse of yellow sand overhead.

Following the armored beast, several people shuttled back and forth under the ancient city.

Not long after.

The armored beast's breath suddenly stopped.

Chen Yulou also put away his magic and looked up. He saw that it was a half-collapsed earthen building with two entrances, front and back, and a high wall standing outside.

The foreigners had not discovered this place before.

The tunnel passed by the ancient building and disappeared at the end of sight.

However, with the two armored beasts present, there was no need for many people to take action. In less than half a minute, a large open space was cleared inside the earth building.

A group of people walked in through the door.

Use the lantern to dispel the darkness.

At first glance, stone tools are arranged in several rows and extend inwards, and in the middle of the earth building, there is still a dried-up underground Yinhe ancient road.

The ground was covered with yellow sand that had not yet been cleared.

There are countless stone and jade fragments scattered around.

After seeing this scene, Chen Yulou and his companions immediately understood that this was clearly the scene presented in the mural.

The King of Xiye summoned craftsmen to replicate the Jade Eye Land.

The stones sent from all over the place go through the entire process of pounding sand, grinding slurry, opening jade, punching jade, mining jade, customization and imitation here.

This can be imagined from the countless scattered pieces of jade.

Those craftsmen were trapped here, day after day, constantly imitating the scene of the jade eye.

Chen Yulou picked up a half-cut stone from the sand pile.

Judging from the cross-section, the jade is translucent and green like jadeite, so it should be the Hetian green jade seed material.

only……

There was one thing he couldn't figure out.

Why is it that after being made into jade eyes, the most ordinary stone can be endowed with so many indescribable strange powers?

Just like before, his spiritual sense was unable to see through the stone door.

"witchcraft?"

"Or is it the power of the demon pupil?"