Lin Changsheng and his companions arrived at the ancient tomb. Wang Fatty, merely looking at the walls of the tomb chamber, could feel its grandeur, and couldn’t help but exclaim:
“Little Master, do you think the treasures here are too many to carry away?”
Wang Fatty was secretly delighted.
This time, he was determined to grab a bunch of treasures. Once he sold them, he would be rolling in money.
Being a money-grubber, he had already forgotten about the dangers of the tomb.
Hu Ba Yi, however, reminded him, “Fatty, be careful. This tomb is even more dangerous than the Jin Dynasty General's tomb.”
Wang Fatty immediately stepped forward and looked around, “Lao Hu, I think you’re just scared by the female Corpse. Even if it’s dangerous, don't we have Little Master and Miss Zhang here? We’ll just be the hardworking laborers, doing our jobs. We’re not tomb robbers, we’re movers in the antique world.”
Lin Changsheng looked at Wang Fatty with amusement.
Other than his lack of strength, Fatty was quite good. His character was fine, and he could liven up the atmosphere in the tomb.
He planned to help Wang Fatty and Hu Ba Yi improve their skills. After all, he would be going to many tombs in the future.
With their help, he would also be able to save himself a lot of trouble.
Walking into the corridor, they were met by two stone doors.
Wang Fatty immediately went forward with excitement, “Little Master, there’s a door!”
Lin Changsheng also stepped forward. Two strange beasts were sitting on either side of the stone door.
Wang Fatty scrutinized them and noticed something in the beasts’ mouths. He reached out and touched it, his expression turning strange.
Seeing this, Zhang Hai Xing immediately drew her saber, standing beside Wang Fatty, ready to amputate his arm if needed.
Wang Fatty was startled by Zhang Hai Xing’s sudden move. He quickly retracted his hand, his heart pounding, and asked in a trembling voice, “Miss Zhang, what are you doing?”
Zhang Hai Xing said coldly, “I thought your hand was caught in a mechanism! I was ready to amputate your arm.”
Wang Fatty mumbled, “No need, no need.”
This little ancestor is really scary!
Lin Changsheng tried to lighten the mood, “Alright, Hai Xing, don’t scare Fatty.”
“The mechanism to open the door should be inside these beasts. I’ve read about it in ancient texts. Though ancient people were incredibly intelligent, they still had limitations of their time. Any mechanism will have a pattern.”
“So, later, when you encounter buttons that look like mechanisms, don’t act rashly. Analyze them carefully before activating them. You’ll be able to easily crack them!”
“This door mechanism shouldn't have any hidden weapons!”
After Lin Changsheng finished speaking, Hu Ba Yi and Wang Fatty stepped forward again and turned the button.
The two stone doors slowly opened.
They immediately went inside.
As soon as they entered, the stone doors automatically closed.
Wang Fatty panicked, “Little Master, the stone doors are sealed!”
Lin Changsheng nodded, he had expected this outcome.
After all, this was a tomb, not an invitation for tea. The tomb doors usually used one-way mechanisms.
The purpose was to prevent tomb robbers. You could enter, but don’t even think about leaving. You’ll sleep forever with the antiques!
As for two-way mechanisms, no tomb of a king or general would be set up like that. If anyone wants to come in, they can just come in. Wouldn’t that disturb their peace?
“Fatty, calm down. When we leave, we’ll find the tomb’s ventilation shaft. We can dig a tunnel out from there.”
Wang Fatty was relieved and continued walking forward. He saw a wall blocking their path.
Hu Ba Yi said, “The path is blocked! We can only break through it!”
“Fatty, get the shovel!”
He was about to smash the wall with the shovel, but Zhang Hai Xing stopped him.
“If you don’t want to die, don’t move!”
Zhang Hai Xing walked straight up, “There’s an anti-theft layer here. It’s specifically designed to deal with tomb robbers. All the bricks can only be pulled outwards, not pushed inwards, and they cannot be smashed!”
“Ah!”
Wang Fatty was surprised. Can they even get out?
“There’s not even a crack in this wall. How can we pull out the bricks?”
Hu Ba Yi also nodded. He had never seen such a situation before. After all, his tomb-raiding experience wasn’t that rich.
He usually just uses brute force to break through.
However, Lin Changsheng knew that only Zhang Hai Xing among the four of them could handle this.
Even if he were to clear the path, he could only blow up the wall.
He’d use paper people to block the sulfuric acid.
Zhang Hai Xing stretched out her slender, graceful fingers and ran them along the wall, finding the weakest point.
Crack! A brick was pulled out.
“There’s sulfuric acid from alchemy inside the wall. If you break it, it will pour on us! Once it touches you, your skin will burn off.”
Wang Fatty had never seen anything like this before. He was amazed, “This works?”
Lin Changsheng explained, “It’s called ‘Fāqiū zhǐ’ (发丘指, literally “Finger of Finding the Grave”). Only those who have practiced diligently can achieve it.”
Wang Fatty immediately tried to demonstrate, but ended up injuring his own finger.
Seeing this, Zhang Hai Xing smiled faintly, “Just take out one brick. The sulfuric acid is in the wall bricks inside.”
Wang Fatty realized he had made a fool of himself.
“Then how do we take the sulfuric acid out of the wall?” Hu Ba Yi also looked up and down.
Lin Changsheng immediately took off his bag and took out a custom-made tube and a metal filter head. He connected the two and inserted the metal filter head into the wall brick containing the sulfuric acid. The sulfuric acid flowed out of the wall, through the custom-made tube, and into the groove beside it.
Bubbles immediately rose.
Wang Fatty and Hu Ba Yi were dumbfounded.
Wang Fatty was stunned. He didn’t expect Little Master to be so prepared?
Even he knew they would encounter sulfuric acid.
Hu Ba Yi was also stunned. He realized they were only meant to be laborers. However, following Little Master, they wouldn’t be too bad in the future.
After removing the sulfuric acid, Lin Changsheng said, “Fatty, it’s your turn now!”
“Lao Hu, it’s our showtime!” Wang Fatty grabbed the shovel and began to pry off the bricks.
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