RNP Chapter 58 Speeding Through the Ancient Tomb, Guanshan Taibao
Chapter 58 Speeding Through the Ancient Tomb, Guanshan Taibao
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The rooster crows and the world is bathed in light!
The Angry Sun Rooster flapped its wings and burst out of the coop, its sharp beak raised high, emitting a long, piercing cry that seemed to shatter gold and split rocks.
The swarm of centipedes that had been surging like a tide deep inside the tomb passage suddenly lost its composure at the sound of the rooster's crow.
The venomous insects, which had been ferocious just moments before, now seemed to have encountered their natural enemy. They huddled together in a dark mass, desperately trying to burrow into the cracks in the rocks, the gaps between the bricks, and under the ruins.
Those that moved slower were trampled and torn apart by their own kind, and the entire swarm quickly descended into chaos.
The Angry Rooster flapped its wings and pounced straight down.
Although it is not large, it stands out conspicuously among the dense swarm of centipedes.
With each pounce, its golden eyes flash, its sharp claws crush the insect's shell, and its pointed beak strikes with a series of crisp, popping sounds.
Those highly venomous centipedes were powerless against it, and instead became the best nourishment, being devoured one by one and chewed with a crunching sound.
Of course, a single angry-eyed rooster could not possibly swallow thousands upon thousands of centipedes in one go.
This magical rooster is like a shepherd dog driving a flock of sheep; it pounces on wherever the insects gather in the densest concentration.
As it charged left and right, the centipede swarm was split into several groups, fleeing in different directions in a panic, never again able to muster the terrifying momentum it had just displayed.
The group, who had been forced to retreat step by step by the swarm of insects, breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the situation suddenly turn around.
"Quick!" Chen Yulou was the first to snap out of it, pointing to the cracks in the surrounding walls. "Fill them with lime! Seal those cracks quickly!"
Upon hearing this, the members of the Unloading Ridge Clan immediately grabbed the quicklime they had prepared earlier and frantically poured it into the tomb walls, brick joints, and ground fissures.
When lime gets damp, it heats up, making people's eyes sting, but it also happens to block the passageways through which these centipedes crawl in and out.
In just a short while, the poisonous insects that had been crawling all over the place were completely wiped out by the Angry Sun Chicken and the lime.
Having finished the battle, the Angry Rooster didn't linger. It flapped its wings twice and flew back to the chicken coop behind the old foreigner, head held high, looking very proud.
Luo Laowai's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Goodness..."
"This chicken is too weird."
He had lived half his life, seen guns, bandits, and demons, but this was truly the first time he had ever seen such a fierce rooster.
Once everyone regained their composure, they continued walking inside.
As Huang Bai continued forward, he subtly activated his divine senses and, in conjunction with the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique, continuously discerned the energy channels and mechanisms within the underground palace.
Not long after he left, he suddenly raised his hand.
Stop.
The first few members of the Unloading Ridge bandits immediately stopped and turned to look at him.
Huang Bai stood still, his gaze sweeping over the blue bricks beneath everyone's feet.
"The ceiling above is a glazed fire dragon."
"If you take the wrong step, the glazed tile roof will shatter, and the oil inside will pour down. The entire tomb passage will then be engulfed in flames, and no one will be able to escape."
These words were spoken casually, but after hearing them, everyone broke out in a cold sweat.
Chen Yulou squatted down and carefully examined the brick seams under his feet. Then he looked up at the ceiling and indeed saw unnatural splicing marks. He couldn't help but feel admiration.
Luo Laowai, who had originally intended to force his way in, became much more obedient after hearing this.
"Damn it, the owner of this ancient tomb is truly sinister."
Huang Bai ignored him, but changed direction and pointed to an inconspicuous stone wall next to him.
"By digging through that wall, we can go straight to the underground palace below."
Upon hearing this, Luo Laowai immediately ordered his men to bring in explosives: "Bring me the explosives, give them to me..."
"Don't blow it up." Partridge Whistle raised his hand to stop him. "The underground palace in this area has a complex structure. Bombing it randomly could easily cause the area below to collapse. If it collapses, no one will be able to get in."
After saying that, he looked at Hua Ling.
"Hua Ling, bring out the Mountain-Dividing Digging Armor."
"Yes."
Hua Ling put down her basket and deftly took out two pangolins, one large and one small.
The smaller one had a copper ring around its neck, which Hua Ling tied with a thin chain; the larger one stayed close by, clearly concerned for the smaller one and not daring to run away.
This was the first time anyone had ever seen something like this used for tomb raiding, and they all instinctively gathered around.
With two soft clicking sounds, the two pangolins had already climbed up the rock face.
With swift, sharp claws, the hard rock walls were easily and effortlessly pried open by their claws, like rotten wood or mud.
The smaller one was responsible for digging the hole, while the larger one expanded along the opening. Stone dust fell down, and in no time a hole was dug out that a person could crawl through.
"The Mountain-Moving Technician Jia is indeed skilled," Huang Bai remarked, watching the scene unfold.
Ordinary pangolins certainly don't have such abilities.
The two creatures raised by the Mountain Moving lineage have clearly been nurtured into demonic beings using secret methods.
Partridge Whistle smiled slightly upon hearing the praise.
"The Angry Rooster of Tomb Raiders is no less impressive."
His words sounded calm, but a rare hint of smugness flickered in his eyes.
Although he suppressed his temper for many years, he was ultimately someone who refused to admit defeat.
The Angry Rooster had just stolen the show, but now the Mountain Digger has finally earned some face back for the Mountain Moving lineage.
Hua Ling puffed out her chest, her tone full of pride.
"This is our unique skill for moving mountains, it's no less impressive than that of tomb raiding."
Luo Laowai looked around, then couldn't help but lean closer to Chen Yulou and whisper:
"Tomb raiders have chickens, mountain movers have pangolins, so doesn't our Unloading Ridge clan have any secret beasts to hide behind?"
Chen Yulou coughed dryly when asked the question, a rare hint of embarrassment appearing on his face.
"The Unloading Ridge Sect doesn't have any mythical beasts. However, my Little Divine Blade can cut through iron like mud, making it a top-tier treasure."
As he spoke, he patted the dagger at his waist.
This dagger is a token passed down through generations of the leader of the Unloading Ridge faction. Named Little Divine Edge, it was forged from ancient refined iron. It can cut through iron like mud and cut through metal and stone like tofu, making it a rare divine weapon.
Before he finished speaking, Huang Bai had already drawn his magic sword, stepped forward, and slashed several times at the hole the pangolin had made.
With a muffled thud, the stone wall cracked open, instantly creating a cave entrance large enough for a person to stand upright and enter.
Chen Yulou glanced at the small divine sword at his waist, then at the three-foot-three-inch bronze magic sword in Huang Bai's hand. His lips twitched slightly, and he wisely refrained from saying anything more.
By this time, he finally understood.
Huang Bai, in terms of his methods alone, is fully capable of going into tombs on his own.
The reason they were willing to travel with them was mostly to save themselves the trouble and avoid the effort of carving through mountains and breaking through barriers.
With the cave entrance open, the group continued onward.
Along the way, Huang Bai practically became a living map, leading everyone through the ancient tomb at lightning speed.
Poisonous gas, traps, miasma, quicksand, and trapdoors—what others saw as perilous and dangerous terrain, he merely mentioned lightly, and thus avoided them all in advance.
Apart from some casualties at the beginning when they were caught in the centipede swarm, there were no further major losses along the way.
Of course, Huang Bai didn't really see herself as a nanny.
He merely spoke of many mechanisms, pointing out directions and solutions; the real hard work was done by the Unloading Ridge and Moving Mountain people.
When he can conserve his mana, he naturally won't waste the medicinal power of his inner core.
"The real trouble in Bottle Mountain is not these inanimate mechanisms, but the living spirits."
Huang Bai had a very clear plan in mind.
The White Ape King, the Xiangxi Corpse King transformed from a Yuan Dynasty general, the Six-Winged Centipede, and the male and female Black Pipa.
These are the demons that have truly transcended the boundaries of life and death.
Unlike the Zhong Jiu that was created through evil magic in the zombie world, they are all anomalies nurtured step by step by time, terrain, and elixir energy.
In terms of ferocity and methods, he might not be any less ruthless than Chung Kau.
The Ghost Blows Out the Light crew defeated it using the principle of mutual generation and restraint among all things.
Therefore, it's always good to save some magic power.
The group walked for a while longer.
Suddenly, a loud rumble came from ahead, and a stone wall was overturned, revealing a row of imposing iron pavilions behind it.
The main hall was spacious, filled with a faint medicinal fragrance. The scent was old and cold, yet it also carried an indescribable, strangely sweet aroma, as if it hadn't dissipated for centuries.
Huang Bai's eyes lit up and he immediately went up to her.
The iron pavilion contained neatly arranged sulfur, cinnabar, gold dust, lead and mercury, as well as many semi-finished cinnabar pills.
"This is the iron pavilion alchemy room left behind by ancient alchemists."
Huang Bai reached out and opened an iron box, which was indeed full of old alchemy artifacts.
"Move all these things out, don't forget anything."
Upon hearing this, everyone was initially stunned, but then they realized what was happening and immediately began to move the items.
Just then, a scream suddenly came from ahead.
"ah……!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw rows of white-clad maids standing quietly in the shadows at the end of the alchemy room.
Surrounded by maids, a figure in black robes and black clothes sat cross-legged, wearing black shoes and a tall hat, clearly dressed as the Black Impermanence.
Behind it stands a huge stone platform.
The dimly lit alchemy room, with its white paper figures and black-robed impermanence, suddenly caught the eye, startling many people so much that their hair stood on end.
"Don't move."
Huang Bai drew his magic sword and slowly stepped forward.
He had only taken a few steps when the group of white-clad maids turned into ashes in a flurry; they were just paper figures.
Upon closer inspection, the so-called Black Impermanence was nothing more than a corpse.
The corpse was deathly pale, with patterns of human meridians painted on its face, and its whole body exuded a strong medicinal fragrance.
Huang Bai took a light sniff, his eyes darkening slightly.
The aroma of this medicine is somewhat similar to that of the pills in the world of dual pupils, both carrying a hallucinogenic and bewitching scent.
Wow!
A talisman flew out from his sleeve and stuck directly onto the corpse, forcibly suppressing the medicinal aura.
This person was not the owner of the alchemy room, but a later tomb raider. He was probably poisoned by the alchemy and died here.
"Guanshan Taibao?"
Partridge Whistle stepped forward and immediately noticed the iron plaque hanging from the corpse's waist, his expression shifting instantly.
"Now that's great, all four major sects are finally together."
Huang Bai, however, had already turned his gaze to the stone platform behind him.
He raised his magic sword and gently tapped the table.
thump.
The sound was unusually muffled.
Hollow.
Huang Bai's eyes narrowed slightly, and he probed downwards with his divine sense, immediately sensing that there was a well-shaped space beneath the stone platform.
"Yin Well".
Two words came to mind.
If he guessed correctly, this was the well chamber used by ancient alchemists for refining elixirs. It received the yang energy of heaven above and the yin water of the earth below, and most likely also contained a furnace for refining elixirs.
"Search the surrounding area first, but don't touch the body."
"I'll go down and take a look."
Before he finished speaking, Huang Bai stomped heavily on the stone platform.
Click!
The stone platform suddenly flipped over, and he fell into the well, leaving a group of people above staring at each other in disbelief.
"this……"
Just as Luo Laowai opened his mouth, a chilling crawling sound suddenly came from the roof beam.
Immediately afterwards, a huge black shadow swooped down from above.
Everyone looked up and their expressions changed drastically.
The creature was as thick as a bucket, with a shiny black carapace and a ring of fine, sharp teeth when its mouth was open. Most terrifying of all were the three pairs of insect wings on its back.
It's clearly that six-winged centipede!
"Quickly, do it!"
Partridge Whistle reacted the fastest, flipping his hands to get the Mauser pistol in his palms, and fired several shots at the six-winged centipede that was swooping down.
boom!boom!
The bullet struck the centipede's carapace, only sending up a string of sparks. Although it temporarily forced it back, it did not harm its core.
"Giggle giggle!"
The Angry Rooster took flight once again.
Facing a six-winged centipede that was dozens of times larger than itself, the divine rooster showed no fear whatsoever. It spread its wings and pounced forward.
In an instant, the group, together with the Angry Sun Rooster, fought a fierce battle against the Six-Winged Centipede and the remaining insect swarm in the alchemy room.
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