Chapter 162 Descendants of Teng Snake
"This...how is this possible?" Lu Quan looked at the door in disbelief.
Pei Duyan also walked to Feng Tianning with a complicated expression:
"How do you know there's a mechanism there?"
Feng Tianning pondered for a moment and said;
"Maybe it's a talent. When I saw that stone wall, the method to crack it appeared in my mind."
Xuan Gou Chen burst out laughing and secretly gave her a thumbs up.
This answer is not very hurtful, but extremely insulting.
As expected, the expressions of Pei Duyan and the others turned ugly. They took several deep breaths and forced themselves not to curse out loud.
"Okay, let's go."
Feng Tianning didn't care about their dissatisfaction and walked ahead first.
There was darkness behind the door. Fu Ruxuan nervously pulled Feng Tianning's sleeve.
"Tianning, I have a bad feeling."
Fu Ruxuan had a very strong sixth sense and could predict danger. As soon as she saw the door, she couldn't stop trembling and felt a little more afraid.
Feng Tianning patted her hand soothingly and said:
"If there's any danger, remember to hide behind me."
They lined up in a row and entered the door, which was one person wide, one by one.
"Samadhi True Fire, forgiveness."
The blue flames illuminated a small path ahead, and they walked carefully along the wall.
Xuan Gou Chen looked up as if she sensed something, and suddenly found a pair of eyes staring at her.
"Ah!" She was startled and screamed subconsciously.
The others immediately became alert, and He Tao also protected Pei Duyan behind him.
"What's wrong?"
Xuan Gou Chen calmed down, said nothing, and raised his hand to point above his head.
In the darkness, a pair of green eyes stared at them intently, as if looking at a group of dying people.
Feng Tianning shook his head at them, signaling everyone not to speak, and flew to the vicinity of the eyes.
The strange thing was that the owner of the eyes did not attack her but continued to stare at the people below motionlessly.
Feng Tianning observed for a moment and returned to the team.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a mural."
"Mural?" Xuan Gou Chen asked in confusion.
She looked up again and found that the eyes didn't even blink, as if they were dead.
Following the faint light, they seemed to be able to vaguely see a dragon-like thing coiled on the stone wall above their heads, and its glowing eyes were two pieces of jade.
"Is that a dragon?" Fu Ruxuan asked.
Feng Tianning shook her head. She thought the statue didn't look like a dragon, but more like... a snake.
In ancient times, emperors mostly used dragons as symbols to highlight their status.
Most of the imperial tombs excavated in China are dominated by dragon elements, and no one has ever been seen using snakes.
It would be nice if there was a light so I could see clearly.
As if knowing what Feng Tianning was thinking, the next moment, the tomb lit up.
Feng Tianning: ...
Could the tomb owner read her mind? Could he know what she was thinking?
"Strange, where is the light coming from?" Pei Duyan murmured.
There was no light source around, and the light in this tomb seemed to be coming from the cracks in the stone wall.
"Tianning, look!" Xuan Gou Chen patted Feng Tianning's shoulder excitedly.
Feng Tianning looked up in the direction of her finger, only to discover that the statue hovering above their heads was actually a slender, winding snake body, covered in strange purple-gold scales with intricate flame-shaped dark patterns on the scales.
Unlike a dragon, it has no limbs or claws, and its head does not have dragon horns, but a flaming mane.
Feng Tianning was so shocked that she couldn't say a word. She was too familiar with the statue in front of her.
Xuan Gou Chen fell to his knees with a thud.
"Ah Chen?"
Fu Ruxuan was startled and tried to help her up but she dodged him.
Xuan Gou Chen did not say anything. He kowtowed three times reverently to the statue above before standing up.
"What... is going on?"
Qin Guan looked at her actions in confusion.
"This is Teng Snake, the ancestor of our Xuan family."
"The head of the Xuan family once said that for thousands of years, I have had the deepest connection with my ancestor, and I was named after her."
"Teng Snake Gou Chen."
"It's the name of a star." Feng Tianning added.
Xuan Gou Chen nodded, looked at the statue above and said:
"Strange, why is Lord Teng Snake here?"
The others shook their heads and expressed their confusion.
Pei Duyan walked towards the stone wall and looked at the murals on it with a frown.
He immediately took out his camera and started taking pictures.
"This is the only treasure in the world!"
Feng Tianning and others also gathered in front of the mural and looked around curiously.
The entire stone wall of the tomb is covered with murals, starting from the entrance, as if telling a story.
"What is this talking about?" Qin Guan asked in confusion.
"Why doesn't it look like the murals in ordinary imperial tombs?"
Pei Duyan laughed and said:
"This is not a record of war like ordinary tombs, but a record of a pair of lovers."
"They played the piano and painted together, and traveled the world."
Feng Tianning looked at the painting in front of him, and somehow, he felt that it looked familiar.
"No wonder there are only two figures, a man and a woman, on such a large stone wall."
Fu Ruxuan raised her eyebrows and said in disbelief:
"So this luxurious ancient tomb was built just for this couple?"
"How high a status does one have to be to achieve this."
Pei Duyan nodded in agreement:
"There's no record of such an event in history, nor was there any dynasty powerful enough to build such a large tomb for a couple."
There was some excitement in his tone:
"It looks like we're about to discover a new dynasty."
"This is the only big news in the world!"
Feng Tianning suddenly said:
"Maybe they're not a couple?"
For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on her.
"Why?" Pei Duyan asked in confusion.
"A man and a woman, always together, what else can they be but lovers?"
Feng Tianning touched his nose awkwardly and uttered two words:
"Brother and sister."
Pei Duyan shook his head in opposition:
"In ancient times, marriage was very important, and the avoidance of suspicion between brothers and sisters was already very serious."
"How can we still be together for life?"
"Unless they are eloping!" Fu Ruxuan asked gossipingly.
"For the sake of their unknown feelings, they chose to give up everything and elope."
She had already imagined a tragic love story in her mind.
Pei Duyan thought for a moment and denied:
"Impossible! If they eloped, how could they have the money to build such a cemetery?"
Seeing that everyone's words were getting more and more biased, Feng Tianning sighed helplessly:
“This isn’t ancient times.”
"It's from ancient times."
Seeing that everyone was still confused, she began to explain:
"They are not mortals, but gods."
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