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

It was a huge cave.

It stood there alone, with no sign of any living creature around it.

Looking up, it was like... the earth opened an eye.

If you look closely, you will find that there is a long and narrow staircase at the entrance of the cave, winding all the way down around the cave. It seems that someone set it up specially for the purpose of entering and exploring.

See this scene.

The people crowded in the corridor couldn't hide their shock.

Calculate according to the steps.

The pitch-black cave was at least several dozen feet in radius.

The ancient city of Jingjue above our heads is only five or six miles long and wide from north to south. Among the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions, it would be a first-class city.

The Luoyang City of the Han and Wei dynasties, which was almost the same era, had a wall only four kilometers long from east to west.

Therefore, the scale of Jingjue City is definitely not as small as imagined.

And such a magnificent ancient city.

The population is hundreds of thousands.

There are 3,000 soldiers on hand.

But it can only accommodate about six or seven such caves.

You can imagine how amazing this cave is.

No wonder even the well-informed Yang Fang opened his eyes wide at this moment, with disbelief written all over his face.

“Is there really such a big hole in the ground?”

“Even if we spend hundreds of years, we won’t be able to dig it out, right?”

Rubbing his face vigorously, Yang Fang sighed in a low voice.

A few years ago, when he was leaving the mountains and entering the world of martial arts, he had been to Luoning Jinbao Mountain, where there was an abandoned ancient silver mine that had been excavated since the end of the Southern Song Dynasty. Over hundreds of years, it had only been dug to a depth of more than 200 meters.

That day, he stood on the top of the cliff in the mine and looked down, and felt a strong sense of dizziness.

There was a light feeling under my feet.

It seems that if the mountain wind blows from behind, people will fall into it.

But even so, compared with the cave in the mural before him, the silver pit was like a deep well.

"Brother Yang Fang, do you think this can be dug out by human power?"

Hearing his sigh, Chen Yulou couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

"It shouldn't be a sinkhole, right?"

Yang Fang frowned slightly.

When he traveled around the world, he often went to deep mountains and forests because of his tomb robbing. Due to the special geological environment in Sichuan and Guizhou, there are countless sinkholes.

The local natives don't know where the tiankeng came from.

I thought it was caused by ghosts and gods.

There has been a tradition of burying gods in tiankengs since ancient times.

There are many relics of ancient countries among them, and he has gone deep into them more than once to open coffins and search for treasures.

In terms of familiarity with the tiankeng, no one present could compare to him.

The caves in the murals are straight up and down, completely different from the structure of the tiankeng.

“Is there a possibility that it was formed naturally?”

Chen Yulou said calmly, "From the murals I saw before, it is not difficult to see that the people of Jingjue call themselves the Ghost Cave Clan."

"So, could the ghost cave be it?"

Ghost cave, ghost cave clan?

Hear the words.

Not only Yang Fang, but also his fellow apprentice brother Queqiao Shao had looks of surprise and doubt on his face.

They had seen many similar murals before in the ancient city of Gumo Prefecture, but they did not think much about it and just thought it was a trick to be mysterious.

Just like the beliefs of the shamans of the Turkic tribes.

The gods in the sky created the heaven and the earth.

If you hear too many strange stories like this, you will subconsciously ignore them.

But now looking at that ghost cave again, I can't help but feel suspicious.

The main thing is that there are a total of ten or so murals in this corridor, and everything they saw before is real, and they have more or less seen it with their own eyes.

It seems that ghost holes may really exist.

only……

Shouldn't the ones living deep in the underground ghost cave be demons?

Then think of the stone man with giant pupils who occupies a very high position in the beliefs of the Jingjue people... and the queen who has never shown her true face.

Yang Fang's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"Could the Ghost Cave Clan be underground monsters?"

"Otherwise, how could a small country rule over thirty-six countries in just a few years? And according to the records on the murals, the thirty-six countries sent a large number of slaves and livestock every year."

"Could it be... blood food?"

Yang Fang let his thoughts flow and was determined to say something shocking.

"So, the so-called queen is actually the demon king of the Ghost Cave Demon Clan?"

The old foreigner pulled the corner of his mouth and rubbed his painful brow.

A few months ago, this kid didn't believe that there were gods, ghosts, demons and monsters in the world, but ever since he saw Lu Zu's flying sword in Mount Kuang Lu, his imagination has grown so big that they can't keep up.

Today, order has collapsed, demons are rampant in this chaotic world.

But even they had never seen a monster that could transform.

Even the old dragon at the end of Fuxian Lake, who had been practicing for thousands of years and was about to transform into a dragon, could not do this.

The old foreigner really couldn't believe that such a barren land with scarce spiritual energy in the Western Regions could give birth to such shocking monsters and demons.

The key is.

Their Zagrama clan has never had any records of the Ghost Cave Demon Clan.

If it really exists, with the ability of the ancient sages and prophets, they would never have gone unnoticed.

His words were obviously meant as a sarcasm, but Yang Fang, who had a wild imagination, didn't hear it at all. He thought he was agreeing with him and couldn't help but slap his thigh.

"Yeah."

"The demon king ruled over thirty-six kingdoms. Because he devoured so many lives, the people were living in misery and resentment abounded."

Listen to him talking to himself.

The old foreigners are even more troubled.

He didn't know much about the Ghost Cave Clan, but the existence of the Ghost Cave was the biggest secret of the Zagrama throughout the generations.

Their ancestors migrated here in the past.

The ghost cave was also discovered.

The ancient sage wanted to find out what was hidden deep in the cave.

It was this action that brought them the disaster of genocide.

It's a pity that this matter is too secretive and cannot be disclosed casually, but he has a guess in his heart that the so-called Ghost Cave Clan is most likely the people who migrated here later.

Like the ancestors of the tribe, he discovered the mystery of the ghost cave.

The only difference is.

Although they have discovered the existence of ghost caves.

But the fates of the two races were completely different.

They were killed just for spying, but the Ghost Cave Clan did not know how they could enter the Ghost Cave and even made a deal with the "God" inside, gaining infinite power.

Along the way, the old foreigner rarely participated in the discussion.

But that doesn't mean he can't think.

On the contrary, what he thought was even infinitely close to the truth.

Right now, I really couldn't stand Yang Fang's nonsense.

"So, if he is the demon king, how come his city was destroyed and his country was destroyed?"

Yang Fang was stunned, "Didn't Prince Gumo hide poison in the golden mutton and die of poisoning?"

"poison?"

The old foreigner looked helpless.

"I can't guarantee how terrifying the transformed monster is, but the six-winged centipede in Pingshan swallowed mercury, lead poison, medicinal stones and Yin Qi, and not only did it not die, it even helped its cultivation."

"Do you think a demon king can die so easily?"

"I do not know then."

Yang Fang frowned and wanted to argue, but when he opened his mouth he found that he could no longer refute.

This really doesn't make sense.

Having reached the level of a demon king, he has already transcended the mundane world. Even if his ancestors secretly help him, it should be difficult to find medicine that can poison a big demon.

The key is.

The black snakes that can be seen everywhere in the murals are extremely poisonous.

The Guidong Clan has lived with those monsters all year round.

How could you say that poison can kill someone?

"Coming out of a ghost cave, this speculation is too absurd. It is possible that they discovered an underground cave, but could not explain its existence, so they worshipped it as a miracle."

The two looked at each other, neither able to convince the other.

Chen Yulou tried to smooth things over.

"Then Shopkeeper Chen...you mean that the cave is not a ghost cave, but a snake cave?"

Yang Fangzheng didn't know how to respond.

Hurrying down the stairs.

If the giant snake coiled on the Shuanghei Mountain in the mural is hiding in a ghost cave, then everything seems to be explainable.

He is always spontaneous and says whatever he thinks.

But as soon as the words came out.

Partridge Whistle, who had been silent all this time, suddenly had a jump in his heart.

There seemed to be a buzzing in my head and there was wind blowing past my ears, the whirring sound drowning out all the sounds around me.

snake?

Yes.

Why hadn't he thought of this?

I always thought that deep in the ghost cave, there were evil gods and demons that could not be detected, which was why it was so terrifying that the sage's eyes exploded and he died on the spot. The prophet was unable to use his abilities and could only calculate that his people would migrate eastward eight hundred years after his death.

But he knew nothing about the existence in the ghost cave.

Now think back carefully.

The ancient city of Jingjue was destroyed overnight by a celestial collapse.

At that time, not a single ancient person was left alive.

No matter cattle, sheep, livestock, Hu people, or Guidong tribe, none escaped punishment, but... those black snakes were still active in the city.

In addition, there are giant double-eyed snakes that can be seen everywhere in the murals.

Known as the guardian angel.

Perhaps what they are guarding are not the members of the Ghost Cave Clan, but... the Ghost Cave itself.

Thousands of snakes and the mother snake that caused the deaths of countless tribesmen thousands of years ago cannot appear out of thin air. Could they be the descendants of the giant snake?

and so.

Their clan has been searching for the truth for thousands of years.

Is there a giant snake in the ghost cave?

"Senior brother?"

"Wake up!"

There was a constant buzzing in his mind, and it seemed as if all his five senses and six consciousnesses were isolated.

Suddenly.

The body seemed to be shaken by someone.

Partridge Whistle suddenly opened his eyes, and his blurry vision gradually became clear, finally fixing on the worried face of his junior fellow foreigner.

"No...I'm fine."

I thought I had arrived at my ancestral land at the foot of the Shuanghei Mountains.

Everything will become clear.

But he never imagined that they were like walking through a maze shrouded in thick fog. They finally found a clue, but it turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg.

My own guess is if it is true.

Even with the Zhuchen Pearl, this trip to the ghost cave would probably be extremely troublesome.

But he didn't want to make his fellow apprentice worry.

As for Hua Ling, she was the most affected by the reappearance of the curse after entering the Western Regions.

He could only suppress it with the help of Qi training, so he looked sickly during this period.

So, he didn't let her come with him this time.

Stayed in the city with Red Girl.

Partridge Whistle's plan was that once the ghost cave was really discovered and the situation took a turn for the better, he would ask his junior brother to go and fetch the people.

"By the way, Shopkeeper Chen, you haven't said whether this guess is possible or not?"

Seeing that nothing happened on the partridge whistle side.

Yang Fang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then continued to ask.

Seeing how persistent he was, Chen Yulou had no choice but to nod.

"It's not impossible..."

"However, murals are just murals after all. Without seeing them with your own eyes, everything is unknown."

Just a simple lie.

He was the first to cross the archway and step into the palace hall in front.

the other side.

Kunlun came up from inside and gave them a brief account of what they had seen.

"You mean, this is the front hall of the palace?"

Listen to his judgment.

Chen Yulou couldn't help but flash a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Returning from southern Yunnan.

Kunlun's temperament has indeed changed greatly.

In the past, he was like a tireless machine, doing whatever he was told. As long as he gave the order, he would not even frown even if it meant going through mountains of swords and seas of fire.

Now I have not only learned to think.

Both the overall situation and the details are outstanding.

I took a look around and although the main hall was severely eroded by moisture, I could still see some traces of the past, and there were side halls on both sides.

From the structural point of view.

It should be as Kunlun guessed.

"Shopkeeper Chen, there is a door on the stone wall ahead..."

At the right moment, Una came over from behind and whispered.

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, the people who were searching for gold, jade and other valuables suddenly raised their torches and shouted, "There is a door here."

"Let's go over and have a look."

Apart from the jade throne, there is nothing else to see.

Chen Yulou was also thinking about the underground lake, so he didn't have the energy to stay any longer. He waved his hand and took a few people to quickly rush to the direction where the news came from.

After a while.

A stone door embedded in the cliff came into view.

About two meters high.

It blends seamlessly with the cliff.

High outside the door is a dome made of polished black mountain stone, which emits a faint light under the wind lamps around it, like a monster hidden in the darkness, feeding on light.

Chen Yulou walked forward, stretched out his hand and tried to push it.

The mist on the stone gate was cold and motionless.

Compared with the secret door in the previous temple, this door stands here as if to stop outsiders.

Unfortunately……

"Old foreigner brother, we need to invite two armored beasts."

Chen Yulou took a half step back and looked not far behind him.

He had said before that the armored beast would definitely be useful, so how could he be talking nonsense?

"……it is good."

The old foreigner perked up and quickly took off the backpack behind him.

Remove the black cloth covering it.

He took a medicine bottle from his waist, pulled out the cork, and shook it vigorously into the bamboo basket a few times. A burst of pungent medicine powder fell like rain.

next moment.

Inside the bamboo basket, there was a crisscross of iron leaves, which made a continuous vibration and sound.

The guys who saw this for the first time were all greatly surprised. They stared at the bamboo basket on the ground, and all kinds of thoughts flashed through their minds.

"go with!"

Wait for you to take the secret medicine.

The old foreigner let out a low shout.

In an instant, two black shadows, one big and one small, rushed out like lightning. After transforming into monsters, they no longer needed the copper ring to lead them. Even though they were separated by several mountains, they could respond to each other on their own.

"It's...what?"

Two monsters covered with scales and filled with evil spirits landed behind the stone gate.

The group of thieves, who had never seen Xuelingjia before, cried out in surprise.

But the two strange beasts ignored them.

Under the sharp claws, the stone wall was torn apart quickly like a piece of tofu, one on the left and one on the right, cutting out a square cave around the stone gate.

See this scene.

Even Chen Yulou couldn't hide his amazement.

I already knew that the two armored beasts turned into monsters after eating the blood of dragons, but this is the first time I have seen them digging through caves in the mountains since they left Zhalong Mountain.

I don’t know how much faster it is than that day at Pingshan.

That pair of sharp claws is probably comparable to divine weapons.

Although the dragon scale sword hanging on his waist could cut through rocks, it was difficult for him to do so with such ease as he did with the two armored beasts, and the amount of spiritual energy required was unimaginable.

Bang!

Less than a moment.

They cut the thick cliffs in half.

The standing stone gate lost its support and collapsed forward in front of everyone's horrified gaze, with a loud bang and billowing clouds of dust.

Chen Yulou waved his hand to avoid the dust and looked up.

Amid the sound of gurgling water, a deep pool appeared, and at the same time... countless dark golden lights flickered in the darkness like stars.

His heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

"Sacred tree!"