Chapter 52 Magical Artifacts for Suppressing Evil

"You... what are you trying to do!" A brave student blocked the way in front of Zhang Wenqian, fearing that Jiang Chen might suddenly make a move.

"I'm telling you, there are officials here, don't do anything reckless!"

"Don't be nervous. If I were to make a move, these few nobodies wouldn't be able to stop me."

On the periphery, Ye Qingmei and some members of Bureau 749, who had been drawn over by the commotion of the fight between Daoist Minghua and Jiang Chen, turned pale upon hearing this.

However, none of them made a move, because what Jiang Chen said was true.

Even if they all attacked together, they would be no match for Jiang Chen.

Ye Qingmei calmly ordered, "Xiao Liu, take Brother Minghua back to Mount Longhu first."

Xiao Liu, who received the order, looked miserable. Daoist Minghua had been crippled, and it had happened right under the eyes of Bureau 749's personnel.

Going over now, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?

"Sister Ye, how about someone else? In my opinion, Zhao..." Xiao Liu pointed to the side, only to find that there was no one else left.

The other members of Bureau 749 had all retreated far away in a swarm, leaving only him behind.

"Fine, fine, I'll go," Xiao Liu said aggrievedly.

Only then did Xiao Liu help Daoist Minghua up and walk outside.

Ignoring them, Jiang Chen looked at Zhang Wenqian and said, "Where did you take this thing from? It needs to be put back now. Otherwise, if the thing inside this great tomb wakes up, no one knows what the consequences will be."

Seeing Jiang Chen's serious expression, combined with the supernatural powers he had just displayed...

Professor Zhang Wenqian and his students were somewhat convinced for a moment.

"Senior Brother Li Hua took this from the front burial chamber," someone said weakly.

"Take me there. This thing is one of the Magical Artifacts suppressing it; it must be returned to its original place."

"Alright, alright. Li Hua, take this... gentleman inside and put this inkstone Magical Artifact back," Zhang Wenqian said.

Although Zhang Wenqian didn't fully believe Jiang Chen's words, the situation was out of his control. If he went against Jiang Chen's wishes...

What if he got angry and killed everyone present?

Meanwhile, Ye Qingmei had already used a secret method to send a message to Bureau 749; reinforcements were already on their way.

Jiang Chen followed Li Hua and several students toward the tomb passage.

A portion of the tomb passage had already been excavated. Near a steep rock wall, there was a square, earth-brown deep pit, with earthen steps leading down.

Below the mound of earth was a pitch-black, person-sized entrance. It was dark and deep inside, its destination unknown.

However, Jiang Chen saw that Zhang Wenqian's archaeology team seemed to have set up lights inside the entrance, so Li Hua simply took some equipment and went down first.

Then Jiang Chen followed closely behind.

The rest of Zhang Wenqian's team did not follow. Seeing that the reinforcements had not yet arrived, Ye Qingmei gritted her teeth and followed Jiang Chen.

"I'm going in with Jiang Chen. If anything unusual happens, contact the bureau and my grandfather immediately," Ye Qingmei instructed Jia He.

"Senior Sister, you... please take care."

Ye Qingmei rolled her eyes. "I'm just going in to take a look. You make it sound like I'm going to my death."

With that, she followed them inside.

The passage looked narrow from the outside, and it was indeed quite cramped.

It could only accommodate two people walking side-by-side.

At a height of 1.85 meters, Jiang Chen's head was almost touching the ceiling.

However, the passage was very tidy, and searchlights were placed at intervals, so it wasn't dark.

They didn't encounter any strange phenomena or traps along the way, and the journey was very smooth.

The passage was very winding, though. In a few minutes, they had navigated five or six turns.

Furthermore, as they went deeper, a strange sense of heat could be felt. Li Hua began to sweat uncontrollably.

Logically, such an earthen underground corridor should have been quite cool.

Finally, the view opened up. As they stepped out of the passage, a massive underground burial chamber appeared before them.

This burial chamber was empty, with few objects or decorations. However, the ceiling and floor were all made of high-quality bluestone.

On the walls of the burial chamber, several Night-luminescent Pearls were embedded, making the entire chamber shine brightly.

Opposite the chamber was a profound iron gate that hadn't been opened yet. Clearly, Zhang Wenqian's team had stopped because of this gate.

In the center of the chamber stood a bluestone platform with a groove in the middle.

The platform was covered in Inscriptions. Jiang Chen could tell at a glance that they were written in a style similar to Seal Script. He had seen it before but didn't know what it said.

The entire platform seemed to be connected to the Dragon Vein of Mount Bulao, allowing a Magical Artifact to channel the mountain's Dragon Vein to suppress the entity within the tomb.

And this inkstone was clearly what had been removed from that groove.

"It seems things haven't reached an irredeemable state yet. Returning the Magical Artifact to its original place should still work."

Jiang Chen strode toward the stone platform and placed the Magical Artifact back into the groove.

Click!

The Magical Artifact fit into the groove perfectly.

However, after putting it in, there was no movement. It seemed as if this wasn't some demon-suppressing object.

Yet, Jiang Chen faintly felt that the mountain range's spirituality beneath the platform, which had been as stagnant as dead water, seemed to have become active again.

Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief. No movement was the best outcome.

If there had been any movement, it would have been truly terrifying.

"This great tomb should have nine burial chambers similar to this one. You must have discovered them using your detection methods."

Jiang Chen's voice sounded loud and hollow in the vast burial chamber, the echoes bouncing back and forth.

Li Hua nodded.

"From now on, no matter what, the items in these nine burial chambers must not be touched, especially Magical Artifacts like the one on this stone platform."

Li Hua asked curiously, "Is this what suppresses the evil in this great tomb? If it's removed, will it really be released?"

Jiang Chen gave him a meaningful look. "If you don't want to become a criminal against the nation, it's best not to mess around."

Li Hua timidly withdrew his gaze. He felt as if Jiang Chen's look just now had seen right through his little schemes.

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Ye Qingmei was mostly convinced, but she still had a doubt.

"Jiang Chen, you say there's a great evil down here and these nine burial chambers serve as the Formation Eyes. Then why was there no abnormality when we took the Magical Artifact earlier?" Ye Qingmei asked.

"The Formation formed by this great tomb is the Zanlong Array of your Maoshan lineage. You latecomers have truly brought shame to your Ancestral Master."

Ye Qingmei was still somewhat defiant. "Then according to what you said, when Professor Zhang Wenqian and the others took the burial chamber's Magical Artifact, shouldn't the Formation have been broken? Why was there no movement from the thing inside?"

"You should go down and ask it that yourself, instead of asking me," Jiang Chen replied flatly.

This answer left Ye Qingmei fuming with rage.

Jiang Chen was actually somewhat puzzled himself. The thing below should have been able to sense the changes above, so why was there no movement at all?

Next time he went to the Tang Dynasty, he had to see if this thing was already here then and ask about its origins.

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