Chapter 35: Magical Artifact! God of This Era! Devil's Trap!
The mural recorded.
After the assassination attempt by the Prince of Gu Mo failed, he still racked his brains trying to devise a way to kill the Queen of Jingjue.
Finally, he poisoned a golden lamb, and news of the Queen's sudden death did come.
But the Prince of Gu Mo, worn down by years of toil, also died early, and was buried together with his wife.
Right in front of them is the tomb where the Prince and Princess of Gu Mo are buried together!
Inside lies what Han Li wants -
Not the gold and silver treasures buried with them, that's just a secondary bonus.
The Prince of Gu Mo's coffin is very heavy, not made of wood.
Instead, it's made from a material found locally in the Western Regions, somewhere between stone and jade.
Ordinary people, without tools, would need to spend a lot of time to open it!···
However!
Han Li still managed to push it open silently and without a sound!
He didn't alert the archaeology team in the slightest, as they returned to the sacrificial hall.
When the coffin lid was opened...
The exquisite clothes on the two skeletons instantly crumbled due to weathering!
Only the gold, silver, and jade burial offerings remained!
What a pity!
Han Li looked at the male remains.
It wasn't a pity about the weathering of the exquisite clothing, but a pity that...
The Prince of Gu Mo didn't become a zombie!
If this were to get out, Lao Hu and Wang Pangzi would be speechless with astonishment.
They've experienced the horror of zombies, and barely escaped with their lives.
They still have psychological trauma!
But Han Li was feeling sorry because he didn't get to encounter one!
Because...
The Prince of Gu Mo is the incarnation of the Sun War God, incredibly skilled in martial arts!
If he were to become a zombie, he'd be perfect material for refining the 'Curve Soul Refining Corpse Technique'!
Of course.
Pity is pity.
Han Li's ultimate goal is something else entirely -
He reached into the Prince of Gu Mo's embrace and took out a short blade about 50 to 60 centimeters long, with a golden sheath.
A sun relief was carved on it, looking incredibly exquisite!
Click!
Han Li held the hilt with one hand, and the golden sheath with the other, slowly drawing the blade...
The moment he pulled out the blade that the Prince of Gu Mo wielded when he tried to assassinate the Queen of Jingjue in the mural.
The darkness in the tomb seemed to be dispelled!
The entire tomb was illuminated!
The mural records!
The Queen of Jingjue had killed all her enemies, only the Prince of Gu Mo died of natural causes!
Not only was he powerful!
But also because...
One day, while out on a trip, the Prince of Gu Mo witnessed a meteorite fall from the sky!
It was mistaken for a part of the sun, the essence of the sun!
He ordered the skilled craftsmen of Gu Mo to forge a Sun Blade from this meteorite.
Rumor has it that this Sun Blade is truly extraordinary, containing the power of the sun, so it could withstand the Queen's ability to transform into a phantom!
This is also why the Prince of Gu Mo is known as the incarnation of the Sun War God!
The mural story is truly legendary!
But Han Li also truly felt a blazing, scorching energy from this short blade!
This should be a meteorite that absorbed the sun's radiation in outer space, equivalent to being 'refined' through 'artifact refinement'!
In a way, it can be considered a magical artifact!
Once!
Han Li obtains the inheritance of the 'Manipulate Objects' spell.
He will be able to fully unleash the power of this Sun Blade a hundred percent!
Then, no matter what kind of demon or ghost, it will be suppressed!
Moreover!
Even now, this Sun Blade is an absolute divine weapon!
It can also be used with the 'Blink Sword Technique'!
He put it back in its sheath!
The tomb returned to darkness.
Han Li covered the golden sheath with a black cloth.
He put it on his back, the length of 50 to 60 centimeters was just right to be hidden by his backpack.
After doing all this.
Han Li looked at the Prince of Gu Mo's remains and said calmly, "Your whole life was spent on killing the Queen of Jingjue..."
"Now that the Queen of Jingjue isn't dead, I'll do it for you!"
"Consider this payment!"
After saying that.
Han Li closed the coffin lid again.
He turned and left!
The tomb!
Returned to silence!
In the dim light, a new mural slowly appeared on a blank wall -
It depicts the Prince of Gu Mo seeing the Queen of Jingjue resurrect just before his death!
As he was terrified, he saw a young man with a sturdy build and strange clothes come to him!
He took his Sun Blade and went to kill the Queen of Jingjue who was about to be resurrected again!
For this, he didn't smear the poison he used to kill the Queen of Jingjue on his Sun Blade, only on the gold and silver jewelry he was buried with!
The Prince of Gu Mo died laughing at the end!
...
Resting for a night.
Perhaps because of the Prince of Gu Mo's tomb, which offered clues to the ancient city of Jingjue, the archaeology team was in high spirits.
Early in the morning, they set off excitedly.
They wanted to follow the records in the notebook, go forward along the river channel of Zi Du Dark River, find the Zakrama Valley, and finally find the ancient city of Jingjue!
An Li Man, however, had a splitting headache.
In his opinion, it was the windy season, and if they continued to go forward, they might really die!
However.
Han Li was also going, so he could only follow obediently.
"Ding-a-ling!"
The bells on the camels jingled again, stepping on the soft sand, leaving shallow footprints, and moving forward.
"Old man, don't frown."
"Instead of worrying, tell me about this black sandstorm, you've been here before, haven't you?"
Lao Hu pretended to be relaxed, approaching An Li Man.
As a guide, he also wanted to survive, so he wanted to learn more!
"This is the hell of the desert, few people have been here."
"As for me, I came here once, a little bit."
An Li Man instinctively replied, then realized he had slipped up, quickly trying to cover it up, saying, "Ah... I mean this time!"
Lao Hu smiled without saying anything.
"Anyway, if it weren't for your leader and the white camel blessed by the heavens, and Han Xiaoge... I'd be dead before I'd come here."
An Li Man said.
He carefully glanced at Han Li, who was riding a camel and looking around.
The worry on his old face suddenly eased a bit!
It seemed that only when he saw Han Li was he at ease!
Because!
He had witnessed Han Li's divine-like abilities, in his eyes, he was a god walking among mortals!
Lao Hu followed An Li Man's gaze and smiled slightly.
This was also one of the reasons why he dared to continue boldly forward!
The deeper they went into the desert, the hotter and drier it became.
The wind howled and blew, and everyone kept drinking water.
They didn't stop until they saw the sunset.
They found a leeward spot and set up camp!
"The wind has been blowing all day, when will it stop?"
Wang Pangzi grumbled, while digging sand.
They were building a row of sand barriers on the side to prevent the tent from being blown away.
"It's like this during the windy season!"
An Li Man, who was organizing supplies, shook his head and said with a heavy face:
"The scary thing about the Black Desert isn't the quicksand that can trap you, or the ants that can chew everything up, or even the black sandstorm!"
"Legend has it, there is a dreamland deep in the desert."
"When people enter, they will see lakes, rivers, beautiful women, and divine beasts, but they can never reach them until they die of thirst or exhaustion."
"Because those are traps set by the devil, luring people to die there!"