67: Chapter 67 The Spirit Palace Hall, the Strange Sculpture

Captain Song Lei and the others all looked at Su Chen with anxious expressions.

He was still holding the pose of pushing the door open, motionless.

There was not the slightest intention to dodge the poisonous mist.

At first, they thought Su Chen had been scared silly.

Or perhaps the poison was so potent that it had already invaded Su Chen's nervous system, causing him to lose his senses.

But soon, they realized that wasn't the case.

Given Su Chen's ability and level of caution, how could he possibly make such a low-level mistake?

"This isn't any poisonous mist," Su Chen spoke up at this moment.

"This is the lacquer used to seal the door from behind; after being frozen at low temperatures for a long time, it has simply turned into powder."

After Su Chen's explanation, Captain Song Lei and the others relaxed one by one.

Realizing this in hindsight, they all felt a bit embarrassed.

"Ha, haha, so it's just lacquer frozen into powder; we should have thought of that earlier," Wang Yi said, scratching his head.

"It scared the life out of me. It's just that it happened so suddenly, and we had preconceived notions, which is why we misunderstood..."

"Right, right?"

Tang Xiao also stammered, making that "right?" sound even more guilty.

"Alright, stop writing oral apology letters here. The Funerary Mausoleum door is open; let's hurry inside and take a look, that's what's important!" Captain Song Lei reminded them.

Thus, everyone followed behind Su Chen and walked into the Main Hall of the Spirit Palace.

When they stepped over the high threshold and truly stood inside this great hall.

That feeling of emptiness and heavy historical atmosphere rushed toward them.

"Good grief, this King Wannu is truly even richer than we imagined. Just a single Funerary Mausoleum is built on such a scale."

"I am even more curious about the Cloud Top Palace now. What kind of magnificent palace must it be to be worthy of being the main mausoleum?" Cao Hua exclaimed continuously.

The position they were standing in right now was the spirit path on the central axis.

Every five meters on both sides, there was a large stone pillar base.

And between every two stone pillars, a black lamp slave was placed.

The shape of those lamp slaves looked like people holding oil lamps with both hands.

At first glance, it made one feel uneasy.

And behind these stone pillars was a bottomless darkness.

Cao Hua took a flashlight and shone it around, but when he shone it behind the stone pillars.

That darkness seemed to be able to absorb all light sources.

It was impossible to see clearly at all.

"This... is too bizarre. I don't know what materials King Wannu used to build this, but even a high-powered flashlight doesn't work."

"How about we light a few of the lamp slaves? That way, the light will be sufficient."

As Cao Hua said this, he took out a lighter and walked toward the nearest lamp slave.

"Wait! Don't light it!" Su Chen called out to stop him.

"This place has been frozen year-round. I suspect the stone floor and these stone pillars have become brittle from the cold. If we light the lamp slaves and cause the temperature to rise, once these ice layers melt, the main hall could collapse at any moment."

Hearing Su Chen's words, Cao Hua hurriedly extinguished the flame of the lighter.

"Damn, it's that serious?"

"I almost caused trouble again."

"Wait, why did I say 'again'?"

Cao Hua muttered to himself, as if performing a one-man show.

Wang Yi, on the other hand, looked gratified.

"That's good. You've grown up and know how to reflect on yourself."

"Your father is deeply gratified."

Cao Hua was so flattered by Wang Yi's praise that it took him a few seconds to react when he heard the second half.

"Fortune Teller, you're taking advantage of me!"

"You are your father!"

"Although this main hall is pitch black and we can't see the whole picture, we can still feel how imposing it was built."

"Yeah, their voices echo; it feels like the space inside is very vast."

"It's too dark; it's so dark that I feel uneasy, always feeling like something is about to jump out from the darkness."

"Stop scaring yourself. Even if our eyes can't see clearly in this kind of place, human senses are very sharp. If something really approached, Su Chen and the others would definitely be able to sense it."

"Haha, Cao Hua and Wang Yi really are a pair of bickering friends; no matter what happens, these two can start an argument. I'm impressed."

"Thanks to Su Chen being so experienced, otherwise, they wouldn't know how many traps they would have stepped into along the way. It's too difficult."

Su Chen and the others could only rely on the limited light of their flashlights to illuminate the path ahead and proceed with caution.

Everyone was silent, ears pricked, all senses heightened.

Attentively feeling for any slight movement in the surroundings.

Judging from the seal on the door of the main hall, they might be the first group of people to arrive since it was built.

Walking inside this main hall that had been silent for tens of millions of days and nights, they had a feeling of conversing with history across time.

All that could be heard around them were their own footsteps and breathing.

"Damn, why does it feel like gusts of eerie wind are blowing from both sides, it's chilly," Cao Hua finally couldn't stand the silence and complained.

"Shh, keep your voice down. If there really is something, your loud voice will be equivalent to giving away our position!" Wang Yi raised a finger to his lips, signaling Cao Hua to shut up.

Cao Hua opened his mouth again, very unconvinced, but ultimately didn't make a sound.

After walking a bit further, a jade platform appeared in front of them.

Around the jade platform were several huge metal sculptures with human heads and bird bodies.

And on top of the jade platform stood a huge statue.

After walking for so long, they had finally found an object in this vast space, and everyone's spirits were clearly high!

The flashlight beams all shone simultaneously toward the statue on the jade platform.

However, when they saw what it looked like clearly, they couldn't help but gasp.

The statue looked very strange.

A thick pillar, wrapped with a pile of arm-like things crisscrossing it.

It looked inexplicably bizarre and twisted!

"Oh my god, what is this thing? A monster?" Cao Hua muttered.

"Placed on the jade platform in the middle of this palace, according to customs, this should be the tomb owner."

"But how could anyone look like this? Could it be some kind of divine beast that they worshipped and believed in?" Ye Xing said.

"Where does this look like a divine beast? If you don't know how to analyze, don't analyze blindly," Wang Yi waved his hand and said.

"Cao Hua, watch your mouth in a moment. Try not to speak ill of the other party," Captain Song Lei instructed in a low voice at this moment.

Upon hearing this, Cao Hua also hurriedly lowered his voice.

"Captain Song, why won't you let me speak ill of them? They can't understand anyway!"

"That's where you're short-sighted. How do you know they can't understand?" Captain Song Lei smiled slightly.