Chapter 434: Traitor to the Master
Three o'clock.
Tianbao and his group gathered in the northwest of the mausoleum.
Su An shook the silk handkerchief in her hand, her voice distorted with excitement, "It's right here! Do you see the air hole in the wall? I found it!"
Su Wen leaned close to his ear and said, "Don't be so cocky. Finding the air hole is just the beginning. Big brother, if you can catch the person who made the iron man, I will be extremely impressed."
"Keep your admiration, I don't need it." Su An pushed his head and followed the main force, immediately turning to the tomb chamber beside the path.
This tomb chamber is not very big.
There was no living person inside.
There were two coffins in the center of the tomb, and five or six light coffins against the wall. The surface of the coffins was covered with dust, and it was unknown in which year they were buried.
Apart from that, there is still no trace.
Su Wu was greatly disappointed. "Another empty-handed attack... Aren't those people really good at hiding?"
Tianbao tore off the gauze wrapped around the night pearl, and the light in the room suddenly became much brighter.
She glanced around, her eyes sweeping over the surroundings one by one, "Not necessarily."
Everyone turned to look at her.
Tianbao nodded his chin towards the ground and said, "Look at the ground."
"Sister, there's nothing special on the ground, it's all dust." Bing'er stared at the ground carefully for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what was going on.
Bai Yu laughed silently at this moment, "Look carefully, the dust on the ground is much thicker than the dust on the surface of the coffin."
He walked up to the coffin, reached out and wiped the lid, and several fingerprints immediately appeared on the lid.
At the same time, a series of footprints appeared on the ground.
I didn’t see the difference just now, but now I can see it.
Indeed, the dust on the ground was much thicker than that on the coffin.
"It's clearly the same tomb, so the thickness of the dust should be about the same. Why is this happening?" After noticing the difference, the old man Du was even more puzzled.
Hearing this, Bai Yu leaned over and gathered up the dust at his feet. He then turned around and sprinkled it over his own footprints, covering them up. "That's why. Someone must have been in this tomb before, and to hide the traces, they specially prepared dust to cover the footprints, so as not to arouse suspicion."
"Oh, I get it!" Little Wheat Ear's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "It's like walking in the snow. If you want to hide your tracks, you either brush off the snow or wait for a heavy snowfall to cover your footprints! And there are many tombs in the imperial mausoleum. If only this one had a clean floor, it would only make people more suspicious. So when they left, they spread dust here! Over time, the dust on the ground became thicker than on the coffin!"
The old man also understood, and wanted to slap his thigh, raising his hand high and then gently lowering it, "We've found the right place! Bai Xiaofeng, prepare to arrest him!"
Bai Xiaofeng snorted, "We haven't heard any unusual noises since we entered the imperial mausoleum. Those people must have gone to bed in the middle of the night, but we don't know where they went."
After a pause, he continued, "It should be almost dawn outside. We don't need to look around anymore. Let's just wait here and wait for the rabbit to come!"
Everyone understood and immediately looked for places to hide in various corners.
Tianbao used the space to suck up some dust and scattered it again, and all the footprints on the ground were buried.
Time passes by little by little.
The light leaking in from the outer pores began to become obvious.
Snoring sounds started from inside the tomb at some point, and soon disappeared.
The old man Du was pinched on the nose and was forced to wake up. Before the enemy came, he had a silent fight with Bai Xiaofeng in the corner.
Dawn has arrived.
Finally, there was some movement outside the tomb, the sound of footsteps.
It becomes clearer as it gets closer, and many people can hear it.
The people who were waiting for the opportunity also held their breath and waited for the opportunity to take action.
"Bring them in." A hoarse voice sounded outside the tomb door.
Then a fire was lit in the room, and five masked men in black each dragged a tied-up person into the tomb.
There were both men and women tied up, all of them were over 30 years old. Judging from their clothes, they were not from poor backgrounds. They wore tight waists and sleeves, and were from the underworld.
After being dragged into the tomb, their arms were no longer restrained. The five of them turned around and glared at the door, but unfortunately they could not speak and could only make angry grunts.
Where many eyes converged, a figure slowly emerged and appeared in the firelight.
He was over fifty years old, with gray hair, tall and thin, wearing a loose black robe. There was nothing unusual about his facial features, but when his eyes looked at people, there was a hint of hostility.
"You all don't need to look at me like that. With my help, you will soon be able to achieve immortality. This is something that many people dream of, hehehe!"
"Mmmmm, Mmmmm!"
The tall and thin man slowly walked to the center of the tomb, put his hands behind his back and looked around before raising his hand and ordering, "Take the things out. There's no time to delay. The master is pressing."
The masked man in black immediately walked to the light coffin placed against the wall, pushed open the coffin lid, and moved things out one by one.
Tianbao and Bing'er hid behind the light coffin and used the force of space to move the wall to conceal their figures. Although they could not see the situation outside, they could guess what was being moved by hearing.
Among those objects, there was dark iron, and the sound of dark iron falling to the ground was too harsh.
"Chu Tianxing, it's you!" The man's clear voice appeared out of nowhere, cold and angry.
The air was stagnant for a moment.
Tianbao's dark eyes were calm as he pushed open the thin wall in front of him. The loud bang caught the people outside off guard again.
Not only did she come out, but the rest of the friends also came out.
The thin wall collapsed to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Although Chu Tianxing was caught off guard, he quickly calmed down and continued to stand there with his hands behind his back, showing no sign of panic.
His gaze fell on Bai Xiaofeng and he laughed, "So it's you, the deserter from my Qianji Sect! Bai Xiaofeng!"
Bai Xiaofeng's eyes were icy, bloodshot red in them, "Deserter? I simply disdain to fight for that position! But you, not only did you leave your master's sect, you also became a lackey of the royal family and assisted the evil, even using living people to create an iron man!"
"Iron men? You mean soul soldiers, right? Junior brother, you misunderstood me. No matter how capable a mortal is, their lifespan is only a mere hundred years. I use the secret techniques I learned from my master to help them live forever, allowing them to maximize their abilities. How can you say that I am an accomplice to the enemy? People have lofty ambitions, and how can you, who goes with the flow and has no ambition, understand?"
"You dare to speak so righteously about using forbidden techniques without permission from your master!" Bai Xiao Fengqi laughed. He opened his jade fan, and the fan bones turned into sharp spikes. Without a word, he attacked Chu Tianxing. "You should know why I am here. Today, I will kill you here. You will have a share of the light coffin next to you!"
Chu Tianxing retreated abruptly, "It's too early to say that. I'm afraid you'll be disappointed!"
Five masked men in black immediately stepped forward to protect them. Tianbao and others did not wait any longer and rushed forward to fight.
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