Chapter 635
A life-saving grace, I will never forget it!
Feng Liulang then said, "My wife and I both believe that after you failed to rescue the female corpse in the tomb back then, the treasures inside the tomb were taken away by someone."
Chen Ze frowned but made no comment.
At this moment, Tian Siyao tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Master, should we go and empty all those treasures inside?"
Chen Ze glanced at her sideways and said, "You can take whatever you like from here."
"Really? Then I won't be polite!"
Chen Ze glanced at her, and seeing the undisguised joy on her face, he suddenly felt happy.
This brat is finally not as averse to the treasures in the vault as she was before.
Yan Xiaoxiao had already gathered all the items in the stone room into a bag, and carrying the bag, she went straight to Chen Ze and Tian Siyao's side. "Uncle-Master, what do you plan to do with the things in this room?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Ze looked towards that room.
Because the room was furnished with wooden planks, it was not the master bedroom.
Besides the several burial coffins, there was also a set of exquisite and ornate table and chairs in the room, and a calligraphy and painting hung in the center of the wall.
The calligraphy and painting had four large, elegant characters written on it: "Invincible Under Heaven!"
After looking at the calligraphy and painting, Chen Ze murmured with a complicated expression, "My Yan family has lived in the capital for generations. By the time it was passed down to your grandmaster's generation, it had become the richest family in the capital. To avoid being coveted by the court in the future, your ancestors buried that huge mansion in a cave in the mountains. This protected them and prevented it from being looted."
Upon hearing this, Tian Siyao blurted out, "There doesn't seem to be anything valuable in those burial boxes!"
"Yes, we also found several boxes of jade artifacts during the search, but the quality of the jade artifacts inside was generally unsatisfactory, so I threw them all away. However, there were some nice gold and silver jewelry items inside, so you can pick some to take home and play with."
"Yeah!"
Tian Siyao nodded happily.
She already had plenty of jade.
Moreover, none of those jade artifacts were ancient jade, and she couldn't understand the characters and symbols on them.
After listening to Chen Ze's words, Yan Xiaoxiao casually took out a pen and paper and wrote them down.
The master told her to take it home.
This means that every item here is extremely important and must be recorded.
After reading it, Chen Ze snatched the pen from her hand and threw it away, scolding her: "You were so focused on helping Master and Sisi choose things that you completely forgot about the Gu worms in your body!"
Yan Xiaoxiao's face immediately darkened. "Master, you've misunderstood. I haven't ignored the Gu worms inside my body."
"What happened?"
"While I was unconscious, that Gu worm devoured many other Gu worms, which is why I can no longer suppress it. After devouring those Gu worms, it grew much bigger and stronger, and now it's difficult to even lock it up!"
"Oh, I see..."
"Don't worry, Master. I will do my best to remove the curse after we leave Miao territory."
Chen Ze frowned deeply.
He was quite pleased that she was willing to remove the curse from him.
Unfortunately, the Gu was raised by his master, so he couldn't command it to help him remove the Gu!
While Chen Ze was feeling melancholy, Tian Siyao had already circled the entire room twice, finally muttering with admiration, "This tomb is truly magnificent!"
Feng Liulang chuckled and shook his head, then said to Chen Ze, "If Master can find this tomb soon and sell these things, I believe he can make a lot of money."
"Alas! I used to think so too, but it's a pity that Master couldn't find this place back then, and now he can't find it even if he wants to." Chen Ze sighed after saying this, and then called to Yan Xiaoxiao and said, "Disciple, you put the treasures in that room into the other two rooms, and I will take Sisi to look at other places."
"Okay." Yan Xiaoxiao agreed and immediately went to carry out the task.
"Then, Grandmaster, where do we go next?"
"Go and see if there are any secret rooms or hidden compartments here, like an underground palace."
"I'll go right away."
As soon as she finished speaking, Tian Siyao took off running.
She was certain this was not the secret base her master had described. But…
She had never heard of a tomb built at the foot of a cliff!
On the other side, after Yan Xiaoxiao finished packing everything and came out, she bumped into Yan Luoxiao who came out from next door.
After staring at Yan Xiaoxiao for a moment, he said, "There are different colored iron locks at the entrance to this cellar. Do you know where the key is?"
"I know."
"Give me."
Yan Xiaoxiao readily handed it to him.
After Yan Luoxiao unlocked the iron lock with the key, he pushed open the tightly closed stone door and went inside.
After the stone door closed completely, Yan Xiaoxiao turned to Chen Ze and asked, "Grandmaster, what is this cellar used for?"
Instead of answering, Chen Ze asked, "What do you think?"
Yan Xiaoxiao shook her head.
She couldn't guess.
After all, in the Miao region, she didn't even know where she lived, let alone where others lived.
Seeing this, Chen Ze pondered for a moment and said, "Your senior brother and sister-in-law both have children. The things in this underground tomb will have to be taken out sooner or later. If we can take out all those things, it will be a wonderful story."
"Oh."
Yan Xiaoxiao responded softly, then turned and looked around again before suddenly pointing to the side and saying, "Master, do you see if there are still a few living people lying in there?"
Chen Ze glanced over and, upon seeing the group of people who were soaking wet and utterly disheveled, his eyes widened in surprise. "Could those be the soldiers who were sent in back then...?"
"Master, go and wake them up. I'll go check if there are any other traps in the dungeon."
"it is good."
Chen Ze nodded, strode over, grabbed the nearest soldier with one hand, and used the other hand to flick several beams of spiritual light at him.
The soldier suddenly opened his eyes.
Chen Ze immediately asked, "How long have you been in this cellar?"
"I"
He opened his mouth and uttered a single word, but then he fell into a deep sleep again.
Chen Ze frowned in puzzlement.
Logically, the spiritual energy he infused into that person should have been enough to keep him conscious for a moment.
How is this going?
Tian Siyao also noticed that the man was acting strangely, so she quickly squatted down to check his forehead and found that his body temperature was alarmingly high. She then looked up and asked, "Does he have a fever?"
Chen Ze nodded, "It seems the air in this cellar isn't circulating well, which is why he got sick. I'll try to see if I can treat him."
"Mmm." Tian Siyao nodded obediently.
"You all step back."
After instructing Yan Xiaoxiao and the other to move further away, Chen Ze bent down and leaned against the stone door of the cellar. He reached out and covered the soldier's forehead, slowly channeling his internal energy to help him dissipate heat and cool down.
After a while, the soldier's symptoms gradually subsided, and he finally regained his senses.
Seeing Chen Ze's aged and haggard appearance, he struggled to sit up, clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, and said sincerely, "I will never forget Lord Yan's life-saving grace!"
Chen Ze raised his chin. "Now that you're awake, tell me, is the air in this cellar stuffy?"
"Yes, apart from the water source, the air in this cellar is so thin that there is almost no air. Otherwise, those soldiers would have been dead long ago!"
"So how have you managed to hold on until now?"
"Because..." (End of Chapter)