Chapter 369: The Imperial Tomb of Yuanbao Kingdom
The three of them fell silent, and indeed they heard the cave turtle's footsteps.
Ling Cang said, "This type of cave turtle is usually kept in a large tomb. It must have been at least several hundred years old for it to grow this big."
Su Nuan listened carefully and nodded, "So we have encountered the cemetery of Yuanbao Kingdom."
Ling Yun looked at Su Nuan and thought she would cheer the next moment, but Su Nuan asked a jaw-dropping question.
Su Nuan asked very seriously, "Is it edible? It's been around for hundreds of years, so won't the meat be very old?"
Ling Cang and Ling Yun looked at each other, both showing helpless and amusing expressions.
At the same time, they also understood one thing: Su Nuan loves money, but compared to delicious food, she likes delicious food more.
Ling Yun couldn't help but hold his forehead, "Let's deal with that cave turtle first, we can't leave any trouble behind."
Ling Cang nodded, "Let's go."
Each of them took a torch from Su Nuan's hand. Fortunately, there was a fire on the ground, so they were not plunged into darkness.
Su Nuan sat helplessly beside the fire. She took out corn from her backpack and started roasting it.
When the aroma of roasted corn entered Lingyun's nose, a drop of sweat slid down his forehead. At this time, she actually still had the mind to roast corn.
Ling Cang chuckled, "As long as I'm with her, even if the sky falls, it's not a big deal."
Ling Yun nodded in agreement, but didn't know what to say.
The two brothers found a cave turtle with an injured eye. It was putting its head in a pool of water to relieve the pain.
But the pool water is not the river water in Su Nuan's space, and it cannot heal its wounds, so it keeps moving along the shore.
The two brothers worked together, each cutting the back bend of the cave turtle's front legs with a knife to sever the tendons and veins.
The cave turtle lunged forward and plunged headfirst into the pool, its shell stuck on the water and its hind legs lifted off the ground.
Ling Cang and Ling Yun poked their weapons into the turtle's shell through the cracks, but they couldn't kill it. They could only wait for it to bleed to death, and the pool soon turned red.
Soon the pool was like boiling water, with countless bubbles rising from the surface.
Ling Cang brought the torch to the surface of the water and saw many palm-sized fish gnawing on the flesh of the cave turtle.
The mouths of these fish are like scissors, full of sharp teeth, and they eat meat piece by piece very quickly.
“This is a scissorfish.”
Ling Yun nodded, "Yes, it's also something from the cemetery. Could this really be a tomb?"
Ling Cang said: "The Azure Dragon is on the left and the White Tiger is on the right. Look to see if there is a White Tiger on the right."
Ling Yun nodded, "Okay."
He walked to the right with the torch in hand, and soon his voice was heard, "Brother, there are stone carvings here."
Ling Cang stood up and went to Ling Yun's location, where there was a tiger carved out of white jade. Not to mention the carving, just the white jade itself was pure and flawless, and it would be worth a sky-high price if it were taken out.
Ling Yun asked, "We have Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise, but where's the Vermillion Bird?"
Ling Cang said: "Generally, the Vermillion Bird is dominated by fire. There must be a fire tripod here. Let's look for it."
Ling Yun said, "I'll go get some roasted corn."
Ling Cang nodded helplessly and followed Ling Yun towards the fire.
Su Nuan was roasting corn seriously, but the corn on the ground was ignited by the bonfire without being peeled. Su Nuan hurriedly tried to pick it up with his hand, but after burning his hand, he threw it aside reflexively.
“Hot, hot, hot… huh…”
Ling Yun couldn't help laughing out loud. Su Nuan looked a little silly at the moment...but she looked quite cute.
Ling Cang strode over to see if Su Nuan was burned, but the cave suddenly became bright.
He looked up and saw flames on the ceiling of the cave, shaped like a big bird. Isn't this the Vermillion Bird?
Looking more closely, he saw a line of fire connecting them. He followed the line of fire and saw the corn that Su Nuan had thrown out...
Su Nuan also noticed that the cave was lit up and asked in surprise, "Did you find the source of the fire?"
Ling Cang smiled and said, "You found it, here!"
Su Nuan followed his finger and saw the corn she had thrown out. Half of the corn was stuck in a small tripod, and the other half was exposed outside.
"Ah...an accident, hehe..."
She stuffed the two roasted corns in her hand into the two brothers' hands and said, "Take it and eat it. I'll go take a look."
Ling Cang smiled slightly, broke the corn in half and left it for Su Nuan.
Ling Yun just took a bite, and when he saw his brother's actions, he felt that he couldn't swallow or spit out the corn in his mouth.
He took the corn away and found that he was not biting it in the right place, and no matter which end he broke off, it was not suitable.
Seeing Ling Yun's actions, Ling Cang said with disdain, "Don't you remember how you loved Tuantuan at home?"
Ling Yun felt a little aggrieved. At that time, our family had everything they needed. Tuantuan didn't need my love, at most I just hugged her. Did you ask me to..."
He didn't dare to continue, thinking that he would be beaten to death if he did.
Ling Cang sighed. This silly brother, although he himself didn’t know how to coax girls, he still knew how to coax his sister.
Su Nuan didn’t know what the two brothers were arguing about. She had already come back after seeing the fire cauldron.
"What are you talking about? I just saw that there are strings filled with kerosene in the fire cauldron. These strings are wrapped around the iron chain, so they can conduct the flames to the top of the cave."
Ling Cang handed over half a corn, and Su Nuan naturally reached out to take it.
Ling Yun had corn kernels stuck in his throat again. He had an indescribable feeling and was very unhappy, but he couldn't tell why.
Ling Cang said, "This is a tomb with four sacred beasts. However, the fish in the pond have eaten the cave turtle that symbolizes the Black Tortoise."
Su Nuan said "oh". After all, there are no real four sacred beasts in this world, so they are all substitutes. But she was still very happy to know that this was an ancient tomb.
"Could it be the imperial tomb of the Yuanbao Kingdom?"
Ling Cang shook his head, "It's not clear yet. This is just the first level, used to deceive people."
"The main tomb is underneath the stone bricks we just dug. We can only find out what's inside once we get down there."
Su Nuan was silent for a moment and then said, "Then let's check it out first. If there's anything, move it first. If the tomb passage is complicated, it can be used as a retreat."
Ling Cang said, "Let's go back first and count how many people were eaten by the cave turtle."
"We'll let them rest later and stop working for a few days under the pretext of eliminating the cave turtles."
Su Nuan nodded, "Okay, you can arrange these things. Just take me with you when you go down to the tomb passage and let me watch the fun."
Ling Cang smiled slightly and teased her deliberately, "Aren't you afraid that there are ghosts down there?"
Su Nuan waved her hand nonchalantly, "Ghost? If you have the energy to be afraid of ghosts, you might as well be on guard against more people."
Ling Cang agreed and said, "That's right, let's take a break and then go out."
Su Nuan shook her head. "You guys go out. I'll dig a few bricks down."
Ling Yun said disdainfully: "Since this is a tomb, there must be a mechanism to enter the tomb passage. Why bother digging the floor tiles?"
Su Nuan looked at Ling Yun as if he were a fool, "Are you stupid?"
Ling Yun instantly exploded, "I think you're the idiot. There's an entrance but you insist on digging a hole like a mouse!"
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