308: The Trapped Dragon Formation: Expert Experience

Yang Mi and Meng Ziyi saw this and hurried to follow, helping Ye Bai pull out the swords.

They quickly pulled out the remaining five swords. Once the nine swords were removed, a muffled rumble echoed in the canyon, and a bottomless, giant rift split open at the base of the canyon.

Ye Bai jumped into the cave without hesitation. Yang Mi and Meng Ziyi followed closely behind.

After landing, Ye Bai found them standing in a pitch-black Underground Palace. It was empty, with various intricate murals carved on the walls.

"Be careful, don't move around recklessly," Ye Bai reminded them in a low voice.

The area of this Underground Palace was vast, spanning tens of thousands of square meters. Moreover, the space here was unstable, with gusts of strong wind blowing from time to time, making it hard to keep one's eyes open.

Fortunately, Ye Bai was prepared and had packed several LED lights in his backpack. Otherwise, the three of them would have easily gotten lost.

The three of them moved cautiously through the narrow, winding Passage, not daring to make a sound. Suddenly, Meng Ziyi stepped on a pile of withered bones, producing a strange creaking sound.

"Ah—!" Meng Ziyi cried out in shock and quickly shrank behind Ye Bai's back, avoiding the ghost fires floating from the Passage.

"Don't be afraid, it's just bones," Ye Bai comforted her, then reached out his arm to hold Meng Ziyi's shoulder.

Ye Bai's action calmed Meng Ziyi down slightly, but the Live Stream Room instantly exploded.

"Wow, Ye Bai is so handsome, his boyfriend energy is off the charts!"

"This is a live tomb raiding stream, it's thrilling to death, Meng Ziyi is too cowardly."

"This Underground Palace looks so sinister, will they be in danger?"

In the frame, Ye Bai took out the divination compass from his backpack, his brow furrowed.

"The Feng Shui here is a bit strange; it's a typical 'Trapped Dragon Layout'. This layout gathers the Yin energy of this place. If I'm not mistaken, there should be many mechanisms ahead."

Yang Mi held the live stream equipment, pointed the camera at the divination compass, and asked with a curious face: "What is the 'Trapped Dragon Layout'? It sounds very impressive."

While carefully observing the surrounding murals, Ye Bai explained: "Simply put, it's a trap designed using Feng Shui. The ancients believed that dragons represent vitality and fortune. A Trapped Dragon Layout traps all these good things and turns them into unfavorable factors for intruders. Some patterns on these murals seem to hint at the locations of the mechanisms."

The viewers in the Live Stream Room were all listening intently, and bullet comments kept scrolling.

"Great God Ye Bai is too professional; it feels like I'm attending a Feng Shui class."

"This tomb raiding variety show is so creative; it even has knowledge popularization."

At this time, Meng Ziyi said in a low voice: "Then what do we do now? Should we keep going?"

Ye Bai nodded: "We can only move forward; retreating might be even more dangerous. Everyone, stay close to me and watch your step."

They continued along the Passage. Ye Bai suddenly stopped, crouched down, and pointed to a slightly protruding stone slab on the ground, saying: "There's a problem here; this should be the place that triggers a mechanism."

Yang Mi leaned in to look: "How do you know? This looks no different from the other stone slabs."

Ye Bai pointed to a similar pattern on a nearby mural and said: "Look, there's a hint on this mural. This pattern is the same shape as this stone slab, and the surrounding lines point here, indicating this is a key point."

There was a burst of praise in the Live Stream Room.

"Ye Bai is so attentive to detail to have noticed this."

"The connection between the murals and the mechanisms is so clever."

Ye Bai took out a crowbar from his backpack and carefully pried the stone slab open, revealing a complex mechanism device beneath, seemingly composed of countless gears and chains.

"This is a chain mechanism. If the wrong gear is triggered, it might cause other dangers," Ye Bai said as he took tools out of his backpack and began to study the mechanism.

Meng Ziyi watched nervously: "Are you sure? This looks so complicated."

Ye Bai smiled slightly: "Don't worry, in the tomb raiding business, I'm an expert."

After some tinkering, Ye Bai successfully deactivated the mechanism. With the sound of gears turning, the Stone Door ahead slowly opened. A stronger surge of Yin energy rushed towards them, mixed with a pungent smell.

"This smell isn't right; everyone put on gas masks." Ye Bai quickly took out three gas masks from his backpack and distributed them to Yang Mi and Meng Ziyi.

The hearts of the viewers in the Live Stream Room were in their throats.

"It feels more and more dangerous; I'm so worried about them."

"This show is playing for real; nothing bad will happen, right?"

Passing through the Stone Door, they entered a larger Tomb Chamber. In the center of the Tomb Chamber sat a huge stone coffin, covered with strange runes.

"This stone coffin is not simple. These runes are used to suppress evil, but they might also be to seal something even more terrifying," Ye Bai said, walking around the stone coffin.

Yang Mi used the live stream equipment to film the stone coffin: "Then should we open it?"

Ye Bai shook his head: "Don't be in a hurry; let's see if there are other clues around first."

Just then, a sinister laugh suddenly rang out in the Tomb Chamber. The sound echoed through the chamber, making one's hair stand on end. Meng Ziyi tightly grabbed Ye Bai's arm: "Listen, what is that sound?"

Ye Bai's expression was grave: "It seems there's something here we don't know about."

The bullet comments in the Live Stream Room were scrolling frantically.

"My god, that laughter is so terrifying; I've got goosebumps all over."

"Could they really have encountered a ghost?"

Ye Bai took out his peach wood sword and Talismanic Incantation: "No matter what it is, everyone be careful."

Suddenly, some black shadows appeared on the walls of the Tomb Chamber, looking like human figures, slowly approaching them.

"They're Yin Spirits. Everyone, don't panic; these Talismanic Incantations can temporarily hold them off," Ye Bai said, throwing Talismanic Incantations at the black shadows. After the shadows touched the Talismanic Incantations, they let out a miserable scream and then vanished.

"So powerful, Ye Bai is just like a Taoist priest."

"This show is too intense; I don't even dare to watch."

After dealing with the Yin Spirits, Ye Bai found an Ancient Book in a corner of the Tomb Chamber. He opened the Ancient Book, which recorded some secrets of this Underground Palace.

"So the one sealed in this stone coffin is an ancient evil sorcerer. His power was too great, so the people of that time joined forces to seal him here. If the stone coffin is opened, it might release his soul and bring disaster," Ye Bai read the contents of the Ancient Book.

Meng Ziyi asked: "Then what should we do? Isn't the mission to explore this stone coffin?"

Ye Bai thought for a moment: "We can't ignore the danger for the sake of the show's effect; we have to find a way to reinforce the seal."

Thus, Ye Bai began to prepare to re-seal the stone coffin according to the method in the Ancient Book. He set up various Feng Shui arrays around the Tomb Chamber and drew runes on the stone coffin using special materials.

Finally, after installing runes on the ground, ceiling, and Stone Pillars around the stone coffin, the entire structure became an Bagua Formation.