Chapter 44 Dragon-Chisel Formation

"No, before we determine exactly what is inside this Ancient Tomb, we absolutely cannot excavate it!"

"If the Zanlong Array is destroyed, or if the thing inside has not yet been extinguished and we let it out, the consequences would be truly unimaginable."

"The modern era is not the High Tang Dynasty. If it were back then, even if this thing were released..."

Jiang Chen also believed there was more than one person with the ability to Seal this thing back into the Zanlong Array.

After all, given the strength of his Revered Master, Grand Master Sima Chengzhen, if placed before the Immortal Qin era, even an Ascension to the Heavenly Court would be a trivial matter.

"But in the modern era? Forget it. The entire Binhai 749 Bureau only has a handful of people, and the director of the Binhai 749 Bureau might not even be as strong as him."

The great beings of antiquity no longer manifest in the present world. Given the current Heaven And Earth Spiritual Essence, Jiang Chen felt that producing a cultivator at the Mystic Light realm would be the absolute limit.

Moreover, the specifications of this Ancient Tomb were extremely high. He did not yet know what level of malevolent entity was buried and Sealed inside.

At the very least, before Jiang Chen's cultivation reached the Life Wheel realm, he could not guarantee he would be able to contend with the thing inside.

At this moment, a program was still playing on the television.

"Professor Zhang, based on your historical knowledge, who do you think the owner of this Ancient Tomb might be?"

Zhang Wenqian shook his head, appearing somewhat puzzled.

"There is no epitaph outside this Ancient Tomb, so we can only speculate. It might be an Ancient Tomb from the era of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. During that period, Binhai did not produce any figures of princely rank, and even the Jiedushi of the Jiangnan East Circuit could not have been buried with such specifications. Therefore, before excavation work begins, I dare not jump to conclusions."

Jiang Chen found it amusing. Of course you don't know, because what's buried in there isn't some prince or noble, but a great malevolent entity.

"Then, before the excavation work, what preparations are still needed?"

Zhang Wenqian replied, "Currently, all preparatory work is basically complete. We only need to invite a Daoist priest from Mount Longhu to calculate an auspicious date, and then we can begin construction."

The program host asked curiously, "Professor Zhang, as a Revered Master of the literary world, do you still believe in these things?"

Zhang Wenqian chuckled, "To tell you the truth, the more one works in our line of work, the more strange things one encounters, and the more deeply one believes in matters of ghosts and gods. For these kinds of things, it is better to believe they exist than to believe they do not."

"I see. Then when the Daoist priest from Mount Longhu comes to calculate the auspicious date, can our television station broadcast it live?"

"As long as the Daoist priest from Mount Longhu has no objections, I have no issues at all."

"Alright, our interview ends here for now. Thank you, Professor Zhang, for taking time out of your busy schedule to accept our interview at the television station today."

Very quickly, the Binhai television station's morning news ended, and it switched to commercials.

Jiang Chen no longer had the inclination to stroll around Mount Mao; instead, he planned to first go to Mount Bulao to investigate the situation on-site.

He knew about Mount Bulao; it used to be a famous scenic spot in Binhai, but it was later shut down.

This was because, over five consecutive years, several groups of tourists went missing inside.

Then, upon investigation, well, it turned out this place wasn't the first time an accident had occurred.

As far back as the past, many people had gone missing or met with accidents on Mount Bulao.

Local officials, for the sake of their performance records, simply concealed or falsified reports, leading to people meeting with accidents on Mount Bulao year after year.

Because of this incident, the scenic spot status of Mount Bulao was revoked, and the officials in charge of these matters at the time also lost their positions.

Now, except for the occasional herb gatherer or investigator who goes in, Mount Bulao is basically an area rarely visited by humans.

Jiang Chen went out and hailed a taxi.

"Little brother, you want to go to Mount Bulao? That place is not peaceful at all."

Looking at Jiang Chen's appearance, the driver assumed he was a college student visiting from out of town, and with an earnest tone, he chattered on endlessly.

And the group of taxi drivers happened to be the group that knew the most gossip.

They often shared some clips... ahem, shared some gossip in their driver chat groups.

"People have died on Mount Bulao before! Now, it's said that there are even research teams going up the mountain to investigate. If you're looking to sightsee, you'd better go somewhere else!" As the driver spoke, he quietly sized up Jiang Chen's expression through the rearview mirror.

Seeing that he had no reaction, the driver breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Jiang Chen didn't care about the driver's chattering; this bit of noise would not affect his tranquil inner heart.

But very soon, he couldn't remain tranquil.

Jiang Chen watched, expressionless, as the driver circled the ring road time and time again.

"Revered Master, from the residential complex to Mount Bulao, the straight-line distance is 36 kilometers, and the route is about 60 kilometers. If you keep driving me around the ring road like this, I'm afraid we won't arrive even after dark."

The driver's Face felt slightly hot at that moment. It wasn't his first time doing this kind of thing, but rarely did a passenger point it out directly, which made him lose some Face.

"Ahem, the ring road is a bit congested today. I definitely didn't intentionally try to cheat you out of money!" He stubbornly refused to admit it.

"I do believe that," Jiang Chen replied.

The driver was overjoyed, not expecting this guy to be so easy to fool; he had thought he had encountered a shrewd passenger.

"I booked a flat-rate ride. Even if you drive around for another day, I'll only pay this much."

The driver was shocked. Damn, he forgot about that!

The taxi industry was withering. He used to be a taxi driver, but he had only recently changed professions.

Today was his first day back in his old trade, and he had forgotten that this was a flat-rate order.

"Little brother, hold on tight!"

The driver's expression turned fierce as he stomped on the gas pedal with full force. The car seemed to have been injected with adrenaline, instantly overtaking three or four cars in front.

In just half an hour, the car drove to a road segment not far from Mount Bulao.

Getting any closer to Mount Bulao meant entering the wilderness; the car couldn't get through, and he wasn't willing to go any further.

Jiang Chen tapped to checkout, and the driver looked at the forty-something yuan received with a pained expression.

He had driven at least a hundred kilometers on this trip today, but in the end, he only earned forty. This money wasn't even enough for the electricity costs.

Jiang Chen had no time to pay attention to the driver. After getting out of the car, he headed straight in the direction of Mount Bulao.

Mount Bulao could be considered the tallest and most expansive mountain within Binhai City.

Jiang Chen had never been here before. Upon arriving at Mount Bulao, he thought he had arrived at some kind of virgin forest.

Except for some remnants of dilapidated building ruins faintly visible at the foot of the mountain, there were almost no traces of human activity on the mountain.

It was all lush, towering ancient trees over ten meters tall.

Jiang Chen could even see that the lifespans of some of these trees were already extremely ancient.

Moreover, after approaching Mount Bulao, the mobile phone signal also became very poor.

The moment he stepped into the area of Mount Bulao, the mobile phone signal dropped completely to zero bars, and Jiang Chen also sensed the extraordinary nature of this Mount Bulao.

The magnetic field here was slightly different from the outside world. Do not underestimate this slight difference; it could block mobile phone signals, affect human senses, and even cause compasses to fail.

If a person stayed inside for too long, they might even start to experience hallucinations.