93: Chapter 93 Three Sealed Stones, Mural Tomb Passage

Ye Xing nodded upon hearing Su Chen's explanation. "Fair enough, though this hole certainly makes things easier for us."

"Otherwise, we'd have to waste effort blowing it open with explosives, and I certainly don't want to watch this place get destroyed."

Everyone followed through the hole into the passage behind.

Once inside, the scene on both sides was almost identical to the previous section.

They hadn't walked much further before another sealing stone appeared ahead.

In almost the exact same position at the bottom, there was still a hole blown open by explosives.

After crawling through and walking about the same distance again, an identical sealing stone appeared before them.

At this point, Cao Hua couldn't hold back.

"Wait… have we run into a Ghost Wall? One after another, I'm not trapped in some kind of illusion, am I?"

Su Chen shook his head.

"This is quite normal. Generally, there are three sealing stones in a tomb passage, symbolizing the three thousand worlds."

"Some even have seven or nine."

"I see. The tomb owner was really particular, wasn't he? Putting so many large stones in the tomb chamber without finding it troublesome."

"Such a huge solid stone would take quite some effort to transport in," Cao Hua complained, shaking his head.

"I just hope the tomb owner wasn't that particular and that three sealing stones are enough. Let's hope there aren't any more."

"I feel like I'm crawling through a dog door every time I pass through these sealing stones. I've had enough!" Wang Yi added.

Things went just as he hoped. After crossing the third sealing stone and walking for a short while, they arrived at a T-junction.

On either side were two tomb passages with different styles.

One side was a plain, unremarkable stone passage, while the other was covered in brightly colored murals.

It was just like the double-layered murals they had seen at the bottom of the canyon earlier.

Everyone looked to both sides, then turned to Su Chen.

"Which way… should we go?"

Before Su Chen could answer, Cao Hua pointed to the side with the murals.

"I'll buzz in first; I think it's this one. After all, these murals are some kind of guide."

"There's definitely something in here!"

Su Chen immediately nodded.

"Then let's go this way."

With that, he turned into it first.

Cao Hua seemed stunned for a moment, then hurriedly caught up.

"Wait… you're just taking my suggestion like that? I was just saying it off the cuff."

"If this path turns out to be the wrong one, please, please don't blame me!"

Hearing this, Captain Song Lei waved his hand.

"Cao Hua, when did you become so indecisive? Our team has always shouldered things together; when have we ever blamed anyone?"

Cao Hua scratched his head.

"It's just that I'm worried about having bad luck and leading you all down the wrong path."

"There's nothing to worry about. We have to explore both passages regardless," said Su Chen, who was walking in the lead.

With that said, Cao Hua finally felt relieved.

As they walked, they observed the murals on the walls on both sides of the passage.

The content of these murals was basically ordinary scenes of flying celestial maidens, revealing not much information.

Soon, they arrived in front of a white marble stone door.

Seeing this white marble door, they instantly understood the difference between a tomb door and a sealing stone that Su Chen had mentioned.

The material of this tomb door was clearly better and more precious, and it was also carved with many intricate patterns.

It looked much more exquisite.

And on this large door, there was also a hole blown open by explosives.

"It seems the group that came before us took the same route as we did," Ye Xing said.

Everyone couldn't wait to crawl inside the door.

As the flashlight beams illuminated the tomb chamber, everyone gasped and froze.

The tomb chamber was square and nearly twice as large as the one filled with wine jars from before.

In the middle of the entire tomb chamber, it was piled high with gold, silver, and jewelry, forming a small mountain.

The light from the flashlights shone on these jewels, refracting colorful rays of light, making the entire tomb chamber appear opulent, brilliant, and dazzling!

"Holy crap!"

A moment later, an exclamation escaped Cao Hua's mouth.

"Oh my god, so much jewelry, I've really opened my eyes today."

"Am I seeing things? Is this the legendary mountain of gold and silver? I've only heard the term before but have never actually seen it; today I've really seen the world."

"Holy sh*t! Is King Wannu that rich? Piling so many good things in the tomb chamber?"

"A huge harvest! If these treasures were taken out, our national treasury would be overflowing."

"I can't even imagine, if these things were mine, what a happy little girl I would be."

"To the person above, I think you're dreaming quite big, wanting it all. I'd be satisfied with just a tenth."

"I'm not as greedy as you guys; I'd be satisfied if I could just grab a handful."

"To the people above, wake up! Forget a handful, even a single piece has nothing to do with you!"

Su Chen and the others stood at the entrance of the tomb chamber, staring at this mountain of jewelry for a long time.

They were all people who had seen a bit of the world, but they couldn't help but be stunned by such a shocking scene.

Cao Hua swallowed hard and muttered,

"You can't test cadres like this. It makes it really hard not to give in to greed!"

Wang Yi, who was beside him, looked at him upon hearing this and hooked his arm around his shoulder, patting it.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on you. If you get any evil ideas, I'll sanction you without mercy!"

Cao Hua glared at him and flung his arm off.

"You need to sanction me? I was just talking. I have principles when it counts, alright?"

"Besides, if I really had greedy intentions, do you think I would say it out loud to put you on guard?"

"But then again…"

After saying this, his eyes gleamed with golden light, and he rubbed his hands together as he quickly walked toward the golden mountain.

"I can at least have some fun with it, right?"

Cao Hua arrived at the pile of jewelry in a few steps and knelt right on top of it.

He reached both hands into the pile of jewelry and grabbed a handful from inside.

An excited smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

"Haha, do you think this is an instinct carved into our bones? How can just looking at this stuff make people so happy?"

"Even knowing that I can't take it out, and it can't belong to me, I'm just happy!"

The others also approached one after another at this moment.

Captain Song Lei and the others couldn't resist either; they grabbed a handful of jewelry and observed it carefully before their eyes.

"They're actually all real," Captain Song Lei exclaimed.

"Captain Song, what kind of talk is that? Of course they're real. Do you think King Wannu would fool himself by piling fake jewelry here?" Wang Yi shook his head and smiled.

Captain Song Lei sighed.

"Poverty has limited my imagination!"