“What’s that?”
As they walked, Wang Fatty seemed to have discovered something and walked towards a nearby rock wall.
“What is it?”
The rock wall was engraved with some unknown symbols, looking like scribbles.
Lao Hu followed and glanced at the symbols, unable to understand a single one, he helplessly said.
“Fatty, this thing looks familiar!”
He wasn’t just making this up, it really felt familiar.
“Fatty’s pendant!”
Seeing this, Bai Tian Yu reminded him.
“That’s right, it’s the one you wear around your neck!”
Lao Hu finally recalled where he had seen these symbols.
“Pendant?”
Shirley Yang, hearing this, became interested.
“Here, it’s this!”
Wang Fatty took out the jade pendant from his chest and threw it to Lao Hu.
“Aren’t you interested?”
Shirley Yang didn’t rush to see if the jade pendant matched the symbols on the rock wall, but instead looked at Bai Tian Yu, who was very calm.
“Why should I be interested? I can’t understand it anyway!”
Bai Tian Yu’s words choked the excited Wang Fatty and Lao Hu. You’re right, we can’t understand it, what’s the point of getting excited!
“True!”
“We just need to know it’s Ghost Cave writing, the rest is irrelevant anyway!”
“Let’s keep going!”
“Okay, let’s go! Lao Hu, Fatty!”
With that, Bai Tian Yu took the lead and left the rock wall.
“Hey, it’s actually getting warmer here!”
Arriving at the underground river, Wang Fatty exclaimed with joy.
He thought the riverbank would be colder, but it was actually quite warm!
“If you find it comfortable, do you think other creatures would feel the same?”
Unfortunately, as someone who had served as a soldier in the Kunlun Mountains, Lao Hu knew all too well that such an environment could be dangerous.
“You mean the Dap Ghost Worms? No way, aren’t they afraid of water?”
“Is the Demon Kingdom only home to Dap Ghost Worms as demon slaves?”
Remembering the other creature he had encountered in the Kunlun Mountains, Lao Hu began to feel uneasy.
“Let’s cross the river quickly!”
“Good!”
“Be careful!”
Five minutes later, the four quickly crossed the underground river.
Bai Tian Yu didn’t sense anything unusual, assuming the Tyrannosaurus Rex hadn’t woken up.
“Keep quiet, there’s likely something ahead!”
Sensing a massive source of spiritual energy ahead, Bai Tian Yu warned them cautiously.
“So we’ve reached our destination?”
Wang Fatty was excited upon hearing this.
“I’ll go check it out, you stay here!”
Seeing Wang Fatty’s behavior, Bai Tian Yu suspected he would mess things up, so he decided to go check it out first.
Alone at the entrance, Bai Tian Yu witnessed a truly shocking sight.
A nine-story Demon Tower, adorned with ancient corpses!
There was a faint blue glow emanating from it, making it clear what it was: Dap Ghost Worms, all of them.
At the base of the tower lay the remains of countless burial workers and refugees.
The nine-story Demon Tower was essentially a burial pit!
There must have been at least a thousand, if not tens of thousands, of corpses.
“Be careful, don’t make a sound!”
Waving his hand, Bai Tian Yu whispered.
The other three saw the scene and cautiously moved to Bai Tian Yu’s side, also taking in the sight.
“This is the legendary Nine-Story Demon Tower!”
“Holy moly, how many people died here?”
“This is a burial pit, typical for royal tombs in ancient times,”
Lao Hu was familiar with this, but when he saw the countless blue lights on the nine-story Demon Tower, he was stunned.
“What the heck is this?!”
He thought there were only a few Dap Ghost Worms, but this entire space was teeming with them.
What was the point of even trying? Might as well surrender!
“It’s fine, we just need to avoid startling them, find the notebook, grab whatever we can, and leave!”
Knowing what Lao Hu was thinking, Bai Tian Yu patted his shoulder.
“Okay, Fatty, you go find the treasure. Be careful, don’t make too much noise!”
“Miss Yang, you and Lao Hu look for the notebook, and leave once you find it!”
“As for me, I’ll be ready to provide support!”
He took off the water bucket from his back, originally meant to provide Lao Hu with a sense of security, it now came in handy.
“Alright, you be careful!”
Seeing this, Lao Hu and Shirley Yang left the entrance and began to silently search inside.
Wang Fatty, however, was already eagerly digging through each corpse, without a hint of disgust.
He was actually quite excited, truly a money-grubbing Wang Fatty.
This was also the main reason for separating from the archaeological team.
With the archaeological team around, they wouldn’t be able to get their hands on anything good, even if they managed to sneak something away, it wouldn’t be anything valuable.
But now, they could take whatever they wanted!
The Golden Light Mantra within him was rapidly circulating.
The Golden Light Mantra wasn’t just a skill, it was a cultivation technique. It could be cultivated.
The nine-story Demon Tower had the most spiritual energy in this cave, but the Dap Ghost Worms on top were too numerous. Bai Tian Yu couldn’t risk Shirley Yang and the others, so he could only make do for now.
However, the spiritual energy here was still good, at least four or five times that of the General’s Tomb.
Half an hour later.
Lao Hu and Shirley Yang returned empty-handed, well, not entirely empty-handed.
Because they were carrying a large amount of burial goods, making Bai Tian Yu raise an eyebrow in bewilderment.
“We couldn’t help it, it would be a waste not to take them!”
Lao Hu explained seeing Bai Tian Yu’s speechless expression.
“What about you?”
“I saw you needed some, so I took some for you. We didn’t find the notebook anyway!”
Shirley Yang shrugged and replied frankly.
“Hey, is this it?”
At that moment, Wang Fatty ran back excitedly, a package in his hand.
However, his voice seemed a little too loud!
The Dap Ghost Worms around them began to glow blue, a sight both beautiful and terrifying.
To Bai Tian Yu, Shirley Yang, and Lao Hu, it was a scene more terrifying than death.
“Shhh!”
“Shhh!”
“Ugh!”
Compared to Bai Tian Yu and Shirley Yang’s hand gestures silencing Wang Fatty, Lao Hu was more direct.
He directly covered Wang Fatty’s mouth.
Seeing the Dap Ghost Worms gradually lose their initial activity, Lao Hu finally released Wang Fatty.
“You want to die? Don’t you know our current situation?!”
Lao Hu scolded him angrily, took the notebook from his hand, looked at it, and then awkwardly handed it to Shirley Yang.
Damn it, it was all foreign script, he couldn’t understand a single word!