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

Compared to last night.

Today everyone's speed is obviously much faster.

The ancient city of Jingjue, covered with a thin layer of snow, looks like it is covered by a white veil, adding a sense of mystery to the entire city.

Just like the mysterious Queen of Jingjue, who never showed her true face to anyone.

But no one cared about this.

The only thing in everyone's eyes was the black leaning tower.

This group was chosen to go deep underground.

Compared with other teams, they carried a large number of sand-panning tools.

They can be said to be traveling light.

In addition to lanterns, torches and other means of making fire, there are also weapons for self-defense.

Musket, sword, bow and arrow, saber.

In addition, they are the smallest group with only about fifty people.

But without exception, they are all experienced veterans.

I have been in Changsheng Mountain for at least six or seven years.

There are even several generations who rely on the Chen family for meals.

In addition to experience, his skills are also top-notch.

After all, no one knows better than Chen Yulou how terrible the underground royal city is, and how it is filled with hidden dangers and crises.

I have never experienced life and death.

If we really encounter unimaginable danger, we will inevitably be in a state of panic.

"arrive……"

It didn't take much effort.

The group stopped outside the black tower.

Kunlun, Yang Fang and the old foreigner had been here last night and were not curious about the black tower.

But it was the first time for the guys who were traveling with him to be so close to it.

Before, they had only viewed it from afar from inside the camp.

Only when I really saw it in front of me did I marvel at its grandeur and astonishing height. Standing under the tower, I couldn't help but feel insignificant myself.

"Miss Una, the temple you are talking about?"

Yang Fang looked around.

The ancient buildings buried in the yellow sand all around seemed to look the same, making it impossible for him to tell which one was the so-called temple.

"follow me."

Una has changed her previous image.

She was wearing a long robe, a high ponytail, and a dagger hanging from her waist.

Makes her look heroic.

Even the willow wooden box that he carried on his back all day was now wrapped in black cloth. Judging from its shape, it seemed to be a bronze mirror or a compass.

No one except Chen Yulou knew what it was.

It was the first time for others to see it.

I couldn't help but look over there curiously.

Una ignored this and climbed up a tower on the nearby sand dune and looked around.

When Yang Fang asked, he just raised his hand and pointed into the distance.

Una jumped off the sand dune and quickly walked through the city. The ancient streets buried in the yellow sand were clearly layered, and the original structure could still be vaguely seen.

Wait until you go around two alleys.

She stopped in front of a dilapidated house.

Seeing her confident look, Chen Yulou did not delay and waved to the guys around him.

Several people rushed over immediately.

Taking out shovels and other gravel-robbing tools, they quickly leveled the loose sand on the earthen house. Gradually... a black luster appeared in the yellow sand.

See this situation.

The old foreigner's pupils suddenly dilated.

It was covered by a thick layer of quicksand and would have been difficult to find if Una hadn't led the way.

No wonder they were investigating everywhere last night.

But I never found any trace of it.

In order to speed up the process, more guys joined in, holding shovels. There was no need to hide the soil anyway, so they could just push the quicksand aside.

About half a quarter of an hour.

The black luster revealed its true nature.

A building shaped like a giant beast lying on the ground.

It is built with large pieces of black mountain stone.

The giant beast raised its head and roared, and its open mouth happened to be a stone door.

"It's it..."

"Shopkeeper Chen, Ata and I entered through this door."

Seeing the gate she had passed through in the past reappear in the light of day, Una could not hide her excitement on her face, and all the things that happened in the past came to her mind one by one.

If we can find the sacred tree.

Forge a magic wand of your own.

Plus the patriarch’s guarantee.

I should be able to return to my clan.

After staying in that abyss for more than ten years, she thought she had cut off all ties with that person.

But it was not until she walked out and looked at the old and haggard figure from afar that she realized that some things are connected by blood and cannot be easily erased by time.

Chen Yulou nodded.

Now that the yellow sand has gone, the appearance of the temple has gradually become clearer from the words in the book.

A bunch of old guys are very fast.

In less than a moment, the yellow sand accumulated at the stone gate of the beast's mouth was cleared away.

A long stone staircase was revealed.

"go!"

See this situation.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

The temple here echoes the black tower in the distance. Both are built with large pieces of black mountain stone. It is obvious that they are extremely important buildings in the city.

There are no signs of digging here.

In other words, it is very likely that Hoja and his gang had never entered the temple.

The wizards of the Turkic tribe went deep into the ancient city just to pray for the sacred tree.

They would not even take the hidden objects in the city.

This thought made everyone even more excited.

They immediately lit the lanterns and filed in through the stone gate.

but.

In order to save light and prevent it from falling on the fields of Huo Jia and his men, the team only lit a dozen lamps.

Follow the stone steps all the way inside.

The flickering lights soon dispelled the black fog.

Just as Una said last night, the huge temple was supported by stone pillars. Chen Yulou looked around and felt that the style was somewhat similar to the Parthenon in Greece.

"Brother Chen, sixteen..."

Partridge Whistle looked around.

Suddenly he came up to Chen Yulou, pointed at the stone pillars around him and whispered.

They both joined the Chen Sect at the same time.

Learn the complete volume of the sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret technique.

How could Chen Yulou not understand what he meant? "Sixteen Dragons Penetrating the Earth?"

"Most likely."

Partridge Whistle nodded.

"I just looked at the layout of this place. Those stone pillars seem to be randomly placed, but in fact they have traces to follow. They are clearly arranged according to the number of giant gates."

The so-called number of Ju Men is actually the fourteen stars in Zi Wei Dou.

That is the sixteen-character Tianxing Feng Shui.

If we calculate based on the changes of the five elements and the twenty-four directions.

It is easy to find the direction of the star palace.

That is the secret door.

Partridge Whistle was actually reminding him that there was most likely a secret door hidden in this temple, leading to an extremely important location.

Chen Yulou nodded secretly.

It must be said that when he first became a disciple of Chen Sect, although Queqiao Shao's talent and aptitude in the Five Elements and Feng Shui were far inferior to his, he was able to see this step after only being in the sect for a short while, which already showed how deeply he had studied during this period of time.

"Look somewhere else first."

"Can you find any useful clues?"

It did not alarm the others.

Chen Yulou pointed to the surroundings.

His words were like a sign. Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the guys who were searching around with lanterns in hand cried out in surprise.

"Shopkeeper, come quickly."

"There is a jade eye here."

When they heard the word "jade eyes", their eyes lit up.

I heard Una talk about it last night outside the city.

I didn't expect to find it right after I came in.

Taking the lantern from Kunlun, Chen Yulou did not dare to delay even a step and walked forward quickly following the sound.

The same was true for Partridge Whistle and his companions.

Go all the way to the deepest part of the temple.

The crowd, who were gathered in a crowd and still screaming in surprise, immediately made way for them.

A group of people walked forward.

Only then did I discover that there was a shrine deep inside the temple.

It was not like the Xiye altar or the black stone tower, enshrining a stone statue, but a lonely jade eyeball.

Wind lanterns flickered all around.

Reflected on the jade eyes, a dazzling luster floats, and you can faintly see bloodshot veins in the depths of the jade eyes, and the blue pupils are clearly layered.

It is many times more exquisite than the imitation made by the ancient country of Xiye.

No matter from which angle you look at it, it is full of amazing beauty.

lifelike.

Like a living eyeball.

It's just that time has left no trace on it.

The moment I saw it.

Partridge Whistle could no longer suppress his silent thoughts.

The jade eye made by his ancestors himself appeared before his eyes again after thousands of years.

It felt like traveling upstream along the long river of time, traveling back to that era, and seeing with my own eyes the ancient ancestors living in the Zagrama Mountains.

"Brother, is it from the book..."

The old foreigner's eyes were also fixed on the jade eyeball. He clenched his hands tightly, and the shock on his face was beyond words, which he could not hide at all.

"That's it!"

He hasn't finished his sentence yet.

Partridge Whistle nodded heavily.

"Then...what are you waiting for? I'll get the pearl!"

The old foreigner took a deep breath and took out the Fengyun Bag from the bamboo basket.

This item was designed by Senior Banshan for the Zhuchen Pearl, but now a jade box has been specially made for it and is kept close to the elder brother, so the Fengyun Wrap seems a bit redundant.

I didn't expect it would come in handy today.

"Don't worry..."

When you see him, go up to him.

Chen Yulou patted him on the shoulder and raised the lantern in his hand forward.

The firelight illuminated the shadows beneath Jade's eyes.

He subconsciously looked carefully and discovered that there was a groove on the golden plate where the jade eye was placed.

"This is?"

The old foreigner was stunned.

The arrangement of the Jade Eye enshrined here is almost identical to that of the West Night Altar.

It's easy to guess.

That place must have been designed based on this place.

Even the golden plate holding up the jade eye was carved from the same mold, both in style and in the patterns on it.

Except... that tiny groove.

It's hard to find if you don't look carefully.

"It's most likely a mechanical pin."

Chen Yulou said casually.

His brows were furrowed tightly.

After the Queen of Jingjue obtained the jade eyeball, she specially set up a mechanism for it to prevent it from being stolen.

Blend with each other.

Just like the tiger talisman of Qin and Han Dynasty.

Only by combining the two can we deploy troops and generals.

And the key to the mechanism... is the ancient jade engraved with ghost cave characters in Fatty Wang's hand.

But that thing was a trophy his father got from a bandit leader when he was fighting bandits in the Western Regions.

From the Niya ruins.

Counting from now, that will be several decades later.

Even if Chen Yulou had the foresight and the wisdom to predict the future, he couldn't imagine where that thing was now.

After all, the ruins of the ancient city of Niya are still buried in the desert and never see the light of day.

but……

For this trip.

He started preparing half a year ago.

How could you not think of this?

If the Zhuochen Pearl can be faked, how much more so a jade key?

In the suspicious and surprised eyes of the group of people.

Chen Yulou reached into his sleeves.

Suddenly, three ancient jades were lined up in the palm of his hand.

The style is like a key.

Except for the ghost cave text, it was made completely according to the description in the book.

Even to be absolutely sure.

The jade used to make keys is all made from the finest old mine materials, and is specially made to look old.

As a family of tomb robbers, the Chen family has countless talented people, not to mention the countless people from all walks of life and the eight strange sects on Changsheng Mountain.

This key was the one that I had ordered to be forged when I was in Chenjiazhuang.

A total of more than ten styles were produced.

But in the end, he only brought these three with him.

"Is this the key?"

Looking at the three jade pieces, not only the old foreigner, but also Partridge Whistle was surprised.

"It shouldn't be wrong."

Chen Yulou nodded and said that he found it in the jade making place in Xiye Ancient City that day.

He thought it might be useful.

So I brought it over.

Although it seemed a bit too coincidental, the altar murals clearly recorded that the queen secretly ordered him to imitate the jade eye, and even the jade eye that she had secretly hidden was now in their hands.

The appearance of a matching key doesn't seem surprising.

"That king has great ambitions."

"It is highly likely that he did it secretly."

The old foreigner frowned and guessed.

As soon as he finished speaking, all other thoughts were thrown out of his mind. The only thing he cared about now was the jade eye in front of him.

"Manager Chen, now that we have the key, why don't we try it first?"

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone nearby looked over.

"It's easy to get jade..."

"But don't rush it."

Facing those pairs of anxious gazes, Chen Yulou remained extremely calm.

Such a magnificent palace.

But it's not just as simple as offering a jade eye.

Its real function... is to open up the imaginary space!

As he spoke, Chen Yulou pointed to the top of his head casually, with a hint of coldness floating in his calm eyes.

Noticing his expression.

Almost subconsciously, the group's faces suddenly became solemn.

Lanterns were raised one after another.

In an instant, the top of the temple that had been ignored by everyone was brightly lit.

In the middle of the dome, there were sixteen stone pillars supporting it.

There was actually an eye as big as a wooden basin hanging upside down, reflecting a strange luster under the firelight.

If the jade eyes enshrined on the shrine are just lifelike.

The strange eye on the dome right now is really alive.

In the interweaving of light and shadow, the strange eye was covered with bloodshot and sticky, and there was even something slowly wriggling inside it, as if it would break through the eyeball and drill out at any time.

It looks like the eggs laid by some monster.

See this weird scene.

The atmosphere in the entire temple suddenly became as if it had fallen into an icy cave.

Even though everyone was brave and could rob tombs as easily as drinking water, they had never seen such a horrifying scene, and it gave people a chill.

Many people took deep breaths one after another.

Obviously trying to suppress a severe feeling of nausea.

"It's... snake eggs?!"

The old foreigner's brows were almost twisted into a "川" shape, and he gritted his teeth and spoke word by word.

"It should be those ghost things."

Chen Yulou nodded, then glanced at the people around him and shouted in a deep voice, "Everyone, get out of the way and protect yourselves with fire."

slam-la-

Hear the words.

Everyone immediately retreated to all directions like a tide.

There was a large open space left in the middle of the temple.

Only a few people are left.

"Brother Dao, you guys should also stay away. The venom of the black snake is not easy to remove."

Seeing that Partridge Whistle, Yang Fang, Kunlun and the old foreigner had not retreated a single step, Chen Yulou shook his head and signaled them to move away.

"Then...I'll leave the umbrella to you."

Partridge Whistle took out the mirror umbrella from behind his back.

But Chen Yulou did not reach out to take it.

He just exhaled, and the next moment, a wisp of invisible energy appeared outside his body like an umbrella.

Seeing this, Partridge Whistle did not delay any longer and retreated more than ten steps with a few people.

bang——

Watched them leave.

Chen Yulou threw the lantern in his hand suddenly.

The flames tore through the fog and hit the strange eye on the dome.

There was a loud bang, and the glass cover of the wind lamp shattered, and grease splashed everywhere.

The flame was originally like a bean sprout.

It suddenly turned into a sea of ​​fire and swept towards the strange eye!