118: The King of Yelang was foolish, a stepping stone on the road to immortality.

"Ye Bai knew all along that this was a symbiotic outer coffin. What this ghost avoider was protecting was the outer coffin inside the tree trunk. As long as the outer coffin on the outside was threatened, the ghost avoider could be dealt with."

"The Gold-Touching and Faqiu people actually discovered this, but they were killed by this thing before they could open the symbiotic outer coffin."

As Professor Guo said this, he couldn't help but gasp.

He really hadn't expected this place to be so dangerous, with one layer of peril following another.

"Now that the danger is gone, that's good. As for this... should we take a look at the script?"

"Right, right, right. I just took a few glances, and there are some characters I don't recognize. Do any of you?"

"This will take time to research; I can't make them out for now."

Seeing that Ye Bai and the others were safe, the professors let out a heavy sigh of relief and then began to study the characters on the silk.

But this script... why did it look different from what they usually saw?

Why did it look so strange?

"Could this be a dialect? I'm not very sensitive to the script of this period. Does anyone recognize it?"

One of the professors looked at them suspiciously.

"Recognize what? I only know a few characters. The one who knows this script best is Old Wang, but since Old Wang isn't here, it's useless for us to look at it."

Another professor beside him looked at him with a face full of frustration.

There was a reason why that man was the top authority after the Dean; his cultural foundation was indeed deep.

"We don't know, but Ye Bai does!"

"Let's wait and see what Ye Bai says."

Professor Guo let out a heavy sigh, his face filled with shame. Having been a professor for many years, he was actually inferior to a student; it was truly laughable.

Inside the tomb.

Ye Bai took a simple glance, then folded the silk in his hand and handed it to Wu Jing.

Wu Jing took the item as if it were a precious treasure, as after all, this was something to be handed over to the Archaeology Academy.

This could be considered a historical document.

Thinking of this, he treated it with even more caution.

"Ye Bai, what is recorded on this?"

After Wu Jing put the item away, he looked at Ye Bai suspiciously. Since Ye Bai could recognize those characters before, he should recognize these as well.

"Ye Bai! Is he King Yelang?"

Yang Mi remained silent for a moment, then looked at Ye Bai, waiting for his response.

"Yes."

Ye Bai nodded slightly, finally looking at King Yelang's face.

"He was schemed against to become like this, a stepping stone on the road to immortality."

Ye Bai's cold words left them all collectively shocked.

"What do you mean?"

Yang Mi, Reba, and the others were all stunned. What did that mean?

What was a stepping stone on the road to immortality? Didn't he turn into this because he achieved immortality?

"What does this mean? Didn't he make the tomb like this to achieve immortality?"

Reba looked at him without much understanding; she was even more confused.

"In the Nanjiang region, besides the Yelang Kingdom being closest to the Ancient Dian Kingdom, the King of Ancient Dian and his subordinate, King Xian, also lived in this area."

"This place is not the true main Tomb Chamber. He lies here, and his role is actually the same as his concubines—to serve as a guardian for the tomb."

"Inside this tomb, the real owner is not King Yelang, but likely the King of Ancient Dian or King Xian."

As Ye Bai spoke, he glanced at King Yelang lying in the outer coffin.

"Ah? But the King of Ancient Dian or King Xian were also kings. If they wanted to achieve immortality, they could have done it themselves!"

Wu Jing felt that this reasoning was very strange!

Was King Yelang crazy? He worked so hard only to benefit other rulers in the end?

"He was deceived. The news of immortality was learned from the King of Ancient Dian and King Xian, because King Xian possessed a divine treasure, the muchen pearl."

"So the one inside this tomb might be King Xian or the King of Ancient Dian. Rumor has it that possessing this Bead grants immortality."

Ye Bai briefly relayed the records on the silk to him.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

So the reason he was so tyrannical and turned things into this was because he was being used.

Harming his subjects and ruining his own women, only to end up doing the work for someone else's benefit?

Zhang Dada, Cai Xukun, Huang Zitao, and Hua Chenyu all subconsciously looked at King Yelang.

The looks they gave King Yelang were filled with shock and mockery.

Did this person have no brain? If immortality was so good, would anyone else tell others about it?

Especially an emperor—who would be willing to share the chance for immortality with someone else?

Wouldn't it be better to achieve immortality for oneself? Who wouldn't want eternal life? Telling others is just asking for trouble.

"Truly foolish. How could he believe such a huge secret? He's just too stupid."

Zhang Dada couldn't help but complain; he deserved to be used.

"The words this time are indeed harsh, but they make sense."

Cai Xukun also nodded slightly from the side.

Yang Mi, Reba, and Bai Lu all looked at King Yelang. They didn't say it out loud, but in their hearts, they also felt that King Yelang was far too naive.

How could he believe such words?

The viewers in the Live Stream Room had the same thought.

["Damn! Isn't this just doing the work for someone else? This is too much!!"]

["No, is the charm of immortality really that great? He just believed it? And what is that muchen pearl? Why would it be like this?"]

["That muchen pearl seems to be a condition for achieving immortality, but the point is those actions. Whether it was the King of Ancient Dian or King Xian, they were both using him. After all, they might not have been able to bring themselves to harm their own subjects."]

["Then aren't they even more detestable? They don't harm their own subjects, but they harm someone else's, let the other person take the blame, and then wait to reap the rewards? Isn't that even more disgusting?"]

["Is that just disgusting? That's wicked. I think this King Yelang is truly pathetic; he's just stupid to the bone."]

The viewers' bullet comments flashed across the screen in unison. They had no sympathy for King Yelang's actions, only thinking he was a fool.

Inside the Archaeology Academy.

After hearing Ye Bai's explanation, Professor Guo was first stunned, then he looked at Ye Bai's face.

He was also deeply shocked in his heart.

The Yelang Kingdom was also being used?

"There was indeed more than just the Yelang Kingdom in the Nanjiang region. The Ancient Dian Kingdom also truly existed, and the records in the documents are indeed real."

Professor Qian had conducted investigations into the geography of Nanjiang; what he said was indeed true.

"If that's the case, then it's true—King Yelang was really being used?"

"Then what is the muchen pearl? This is the first time I've heard that such a treasure actually exists?"

"The muchen pearl! I seem to have heard of it somewhere, but I've forgotten."

After hearing these words, the professors began to discuss among themselves.

When Professor Guo heard about the muchen pearl, he fell silent. He felt as if he had heard of it somewhere before, but he just couldn't recall it for the moment.