Chapter 1026 A Joke of Near-Death Experience
"Wait a moment!"
Lei Yu stepped forward and shouted, "Are you going to kill so many of us just for him?"
Young Master Jia sneered, "As I just said, people die for wealth and birds die for food. Since you came here for the treasure in Zuo Gong's suspected tomb, you should be prepared to die here for these things."
Lei Yu frowned, speechless.
Unexpectedly, this person is so obsessive that he wants to kill anyone who covets Zuo Gong's suspected tomb. Moreover, given his sudden disappearance last night and his reappearance now, seemingly well-prepared, it is clear that he is determined not to let them leave this stone chamber alive.
Just as the young master Jia was about to set the tung oil on the ground on fire again, Green Silk suddenly said, "But this isn't Zuo Gong's suspected tomb, is it?"
"..."
His hand hesitated slightly, then stopped, and he looked up at Green Silk.
Green Silk slowly stood up. Even in this life-or-death situation, she maintained her alluring charm. However, only she knew that her palms were covered in cold sweat as she spoke, which aggravated the pain in her wound.
She said with a sneer, "Even if all of us are going to die for money, at least let us know where the money is."
"..."
Even just a glance wouldn't be in vain.
Young Master Jia sneered, "You won't see it."
Green Silk was taken aback, and Ashina Zhuxie immediately asked, "What do you mean?"
Young Master Jia said, "Actually, you guessed correctly. Zuo Gong's suspected tomb is indeed on Tian Ding Mountain, but it is not on this South Peak."
Ashina Zhuxie silently calculated in his mind and immediately understood. The slightly lower peak they had been traveling along was to the south, which was the South Peak he had mentioned, while the taller one was clearly the North Peak. So he asked, "Could it be on the North Peak?"
Young Master Jia shook his head coldly.
Ashina Zhuxie became even more confused: "Then what do you mean by saying that Zuo Gong's suspected tomb is on Tianding Mountain?"
Everyone was puzzled by Young Master Jia's words, and just then, Wang Shaoqiu's weak voice rang out, "I... understand."
Everyone hurriedly turned around and saw that he had somehow managed to prop himself up and was sitting in a corner against the stone wall. This little movement had obviously exhausted his strength. His face was so red that it was almost black, his lips were dark purple, and his eyes were blood red. He looked like a demon that had crawled out of hell. Green Silk only glanced at him before turning her face away with a complicated expression.
Young Master Jia looked at him coldly: "What do you know?"
Wang Shaoqiu's breath was already very weak, but he still took a few deep breaths, as if trying his best to live, and said, "Yes, it's because of the earthquake that happened back then."
"..."
Young Master Jia didn't speak, but his eyes dimmed slightly.
Wang Shaoqiu said, "The suspected tomb of Zuo Gong... is indeed on Tian Ding Mountain, but eleven years ago... that earthquake... changed the Tian Ding Mountain range. After the sky collapsed and the earth caved in... these two peaks, north and south, were left behind. Since it's not on these two peaks, there's only one possibility—"
Ashina Zhuxie looked at him: "What's possible?"
Wang Shaoqiu glanced at him helplessly, a faint smile suddenly appearing on his lips. The smile seemed to contain an indescribable irony, but it was unclear whether this irony was directed at the other person or at himself.
He said, "The tomb of Zuo Gong is probably buried deep underground long ago."
"What!?"
Ashina Zhuxie was shocked and stepped forward, staring at him: "Are you telling the truth?"
Wang Shaoqiu spoke those words softly, yet each word felt so heavy it seemed to crush everyone present. After speaking, he had no strength left to speak, only weakly lowering his eyelids, gently shaking his head and chuckling softly.
That smile was an admission of agreement.
Ashina Zhuxie still seemed unable to believe it. Seeing his helpless appearance, he hurriedly turned back to look at Young Master Jia, only to see a trace of desolation appear in the other's cold eyes for the first time.
Ashina Zhuxie was stunned.
Hearing these words, Lei Yu, standing beside him, watched Wang Shaoqiu's eyes gradually dim, like a candle flickering in the wind. He then looked at Ashina Zhuxie's furrowed brows and desolate expression, and then at the people around them who had followed them through countless life-or-death experiences to get here. Their faces were filled with shock, numbness, and helplessness. Suddenly, an endless sense of desolation welled up in Lei Yu's heart.
I see.
When Zuo Chen'an died, he set up several decoy tombs to mislead the world and secretly built his real tomb on Tian Ding Mountain. He thought he could escape the covetousness of the world, but he underestimated the greed of human nature. Some people still went to great lengths, traveling thousands of miles to find the treasure inside. However, after experiencing so much hardship, some people were injured or died. It turned out that more than ten years ago, an earthquake had completely buried his tomb underground, and it had long been impossible to find.
Everything was for naught.
All their hardships, deceit, and scheming along the way now seem like a joke, a near-death experience.
Ashina Zhuxie's face gradually turned grim. He shook his head vigorously and said, "I don't believe it! How could this be? We... we went through so much trouble to find this place, and it turns out we've already—I don't believe it!"
As he roared in fury, Wang Shaoqiu let out a soft, sigh-like laugh.
He shook his head, his body growing weaker as he slumped to the ground, saying, "Life is unpredictable."
Lei Yu turned to look at him, her brows furrowed, unable to utter a single word.
Just then, a soft sigh came from the long tomb passage.
The voice was very soft, and it seemed that no one in the stone chamber had heard it yet, but Young Master Jia heard it immediately. His body stiffened, and the hand holding the torch trembled slightly. He slowly turned his head as if in disbelief. Before he could see what was in the dark tomb passage behind him, he heard a somewhat familiar voice sigh and say, "Palaces and palaces, all return to dust."
"..."
"Moreover, what about a small, dubious tomb?"
Upon hearing this voice, Young Master Jia's face immediately darkened.
This time, the people inside the stone chamber also heard it, and the crowd immediately became chaotic. Lei Yu and Lü Xiao both showed expressions of surprise and joy. Lü Xiao couldn't wait to step forward, but with the torch held high by Young Master Jia, she couldn't see what was in the dark tomb passage behind him. However, Young Master Jia also turned his head, and the torchlight finally illuminated the path they had come from.
In the pitch-black tomb passage, two familiar figures slowly entered everyone's sight.
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