Chapter 623
Poison makes it more exciting
After walking a while longer, Chen Ze stopped again.
"Holy crap!" Chen Ze couldn't help but shout.
"What's wrong?" Tian Sixuan asked worriedly.
"This place is full of human remains!" Chen Ze said, pointing to the surrounding skeletons.
Tian Sixuan took a closer look and exclaimed, "It looks like it!"
Upon closer inspection, Tian Sixuan discovered that the skeletons here were all male, around twenty-five years old, and each skeleton had a necklace hanging on its arm.
The necklaces come in various shapes and colors.
There were gold, green, blue, purple, yellow, all sorts of colors, but no red necklaces or gemstones.
Tian Sixuan guessed, "These must be burial items!"
"should be."
Chen Ze picked up a necklace hanging from the arm of a skeleton.
The necklace is simple; the pendant is a disc carved from stone.
This is an ordinary stone, but if someone knowledgeable sees this necklace, they will be so excited that they will jump up. This stone is called "Jade Dragon Pearl". According to legend, it was a trophy obtained by an ancient general when he made great achievements on the battlefield.
Back in ancient times, the Jade Dragon Pearl was considered a national-level cultural relic.
Jade dragon beads were one of the most common types of jewelry in ancient times.
"Sixuan, you can wear it for now and play around with it. I'll buy you a better one when we get out." Chen Ze said with a grin, handing the jade dragon beads to Tian Sixuan.
Tian Sixuan shook her head, "No, you should wear such a precious thing. I don't like wearing jewelry."
Chen Ze shoved the jade dragon beads into Tian Sixuan's arms, saying, "Take them. They're not worth much anyway. There's a whole bunch of them; it's enough to buy you a set of jewelry."
Tian Sixuan hesitated for a moment, then accepted.
Chen Ze continued walking forward, while Tian Siyao stayed behind to take care of Tian Sixuan.
Chen Ze wandered around the cave for a long time but couldn't find the exit.
At that moment, Tian Siyao's voice came from the cave entrance, "Master, have you found the exit?"
Chen Ze immediately ran to the cave entrance and looked in the direction Tian Siyao was pointing. His eyes lit up immediately.
There was a door not far away.
The door was very ordinary, even dilapidated, with a wooden frame that looked quite old.
Chen Ze tried pushing it, and this time, the door opened easily.
Chen Ze entered the secret room.
The secret room wasn't large, but it was small yet complete.
In the center of the room, there was a stone bed, and a luminous pearl was inlaid on the wall next to it.
Chen Ze walked around the stone bed to the other side.
There was also a stone coffin here. Unlike the stone bed, the lid of the stone coffin was open. Inside the stone coffin lay a person, or more accurately, a desiccated skeleton. Moreover, there were two more skeletons at the bottom of the stone coffin, all of which were in a cross-legged sitting position.
Tian Siyao followed her in, and upon seeing the scene inside the stone coffin, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Ah!"
Chen Ze quickly reassured them, "Don't be afraid. These corpses have been dead for over a hundred years, and the cause of death is unknown. There's definitely no danger."
After saying that, Chen Ze walked to the stone coffin, bent down and carefully examined it.
The mummified body inside the stone coffin was found to have frozen to death, not burned.
After observing for a while, Chen Ze found a note on the stone table next to the stone coffin.
Tian Siyao walked up to Chen Ze and stood on tiptoe to try to see the note in his hand, but she was wearing long boots and couldn't see the writing even on tiptoe.
Chen Ze had no choice but to bend down, press against the crack in the stone coffin, unfold the note, and read: "I am Li Yuanhao, the emperor of Northern Wei. Today, I have been saved by a blessed woman sent from heaven. I wish to give the blessed woman three 'Nine Heavens Immortal Pills'. Blessed woman, please accept them."
After Chen Ze finished reading, the paper burned to ashes. The information recorded on the paper greatly surprised Chen Ze.
It turns out that this secret room was built by Li Yuanhao.
Li Yuanhao was the last emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The Li family has guarded the Nanling Mountains for generations.
During Li Yuanhao's reign, Beiling experienced several large-scale internal rebellions.
The Li family unified the Nanling Mountains by force, becoming the true overlords. To express their reverence for their former king, the ancestors of the Li family buried several skeletons in the tomb, including those of Li Yuanhao himself.
The Nine Heavens Immortal Pill that Li Yuanhao mentioned was a cultivation technique that Li Yuanhao had practiced for hundreds of years.
Chen Ze thought for a moment, then took out another rope.
He tied the rope to a tree branch, then to a thick stone pillar on the cave wall, tightened the rope, and then slammed it against the cave wall.
After being bumped a few times, the stone wall suddenly caved in, revealing a dark entrance.
Chen Ze then called Tian Sixuan to crawl inside together. The entrance was very narrow, barely enough for Chen Ze to squeeze in by himself.
Road.
"Master, we're in, how do we get out?" Tian Sixuan asked, peeking out of the room.
"Take a look at this," Chen Ze said, pointing to the ground.
Upon hearing this, Tian Sixuan looked down and saw a rope on the ground.
Tian Sixuan picked it up and felt the rope with her hand. It was a little wet, probably soaked with water, and very slippery. She tried to tug on the rope, but it didn't budge.
"Master, this rope is a bit strange, why can't I pull it?" Tian Sixuan looked up at Chen Ze, her face full of curiosity.
"This is called the Dragon-Locking Rope; it's used to lock up dragons," Chen Ze explained.
"Locking the dragon?"
"Yes, this kind of thing is quite rare. I only heard about it from others. The meaning of 'dragon-locking rope' is that this thing can bind dragons. Anything that is entangled by the dragon-locking rope, whether it is alive or dead, cannot escape."
"Master, are you trying to trap it with this?" Tian Sixuan asked.
Chen Ze shook his head. "This thing is too heavy. It's more than enough to drag a corpse, but it's far from enough to drag a dead person. Besides, I reckon there should be some kind of trap hidden inside this mountain."
As he spoke, Chen Ze looked around the stone house again and found that the stone coffin and the stone benches next to the stone bed were very new, indicating that the place had not been maintained for long.
Chen Ze walked up to a stone bed, reached out and tapped it, and a dull thud came from the bottom of the stone bed.
Tian Siyao immediately leaned over and knocked on it, then exclaimed in surprise, "Master, there's something under this stone bed too!"
As soon as Tian Siyao finished speaking, a dagger popped out from the bottom of the stone coffin.
Tian Siyao was so frightened that she quickly stepped back.
Chen Ze had already quickly approached and reached out to grasp the dagger.
"Master... Master, be careful, this knife is poisoned!" Tian Siyao cried out in a panic.
Chen Ze curled his lip indifferently, "It's more exciting when it's poisonous!"
Tian Siyao rolled her eyes. Her master was really bold, not even caring that the knife was poisoned!
Chen Ze pulled out the dagger, examined it, licked the blade with his tongue, and then threw it on the ground. "It's not poisonous, and it's quite sharp."
Tian Siyao was speechless. Her master actually dared to touch the blade with his tongue. Wasn't he worried that it might be poisonous?
"Master, let me clean it for you." Tian Siyao said, bending down to pick up the dagger from the ground and gently wiping it with her sleeve.
"I can do it myself. You go and see if there's anything else here." Chen Ze pushed Tian Siyao out.
"Oh," Tian Siyao replied and left the stone hall.
Chen Ze crouched down to examine the contents of the note. (End of Chapter)