“Be careful!”
Bai Tian Yu slowly descended, glancing at the surroundings.
This was clearly a flowing underground river, but it couldn't be seen from the well's opening.
Only someone like Lao Hu, who was knowledgeable, could understand this. Otherwise, who would know that there was an ancient tomb inside the well?
The design here was clearly intentional.
“I'm down!”
Hugging Xue Li Yang, Bai Tian Yu helped her untie the rope on her body.
“Is there really a tomb here?”
Looking around, Xue Li Yang only saw a door sealed with animal skins.
Walking to Xue Li Yang's side, Bai Tian Yu explained.
“Since Lao Hu has confirmed it, it should be right!”
“We'll remove this layer of animal skin and see what's inside when Lao Hu arrives.”
Nodding, Xue Li Yang walked aside to take off her backpack and get her tools.
“Hey, Lao Bai, you're so inconsiderate towards your fellow man, you won't even come over and help me?!”
Lao Hu, hanging in the air, spoke up, unable to descend without help.
With a scoff, Bai Tian Yu reluctantly lowered the old man, who was a drag.
“Seriously, you couldn't just jump down?!”
“I need your help!”
Facing Bai Tian Yu's question, Lao Hu was speechless, retorting.
“Do you think everyone is like you and can use the Five Thunders Divine Art?!”
“Don't think I didn't see, you used the Lightning Technique to jump over!”
At the well's opening, Lao Hu saw clearly that Bai Tian Yu had used the Lightning Technique's mobility to jump from one side of the stone wall to the land.
Unfortunately, as soon as Lao Hu finished speaking, Xue Li Yang said.
“Alright, you two, will you stop bickering and get to work. We'll finish early and get some rest!”
“Lao Bai, come over and help!”
Facing Xue Li Yang's call, Bai Tian Yu naturally went over to help immediately.
Lao Hu, on the other hand, just scoffed. It was truly a case of husband and wife working together, after all!
After a while, the three of them roughly peeled back the animal skin. They didn't have the time, nor were they an archaeological team, to protect this animal skin.
Although it might be worth some money, it wouldn't be a lot.
Besides, it was not easy to carry, so nobody would be interested in it.
“Should we wear a gas mask?”
Seeing Bai Tian Yu about to open the door, Xue Li Yang suggested.
Shaking his head, Bai Tian Yu replied.
“You can wear them, but I don't need to. There shouldn't be any poisonous gas inside!”
He wasn't sure if it was because of his cultivation technique, but Bai Tian Yu could sense dangerous auras.
It wasn't because he was superstitious about the plot.
Unfortunately, Bai Tian Yu's refusal did not reassure Xue Li Yang. Instead, a gas mask was put on his head.
This was the latest model that Xue Li Yang brought back from abroad.
Seeing Bai Tian Yu's helpless expression, Lao Hu snickered.
Few people could make Bai Tian Yu feel so helpless, besides his parents, probably only Xue Li Yang could.
After helping Bai Tian Yu put on the gas mask, Xue Li Yang clapped her hands and said.
“Alright, open the door now!”
Pushing open the door, Bai Tian Yu did not rush in.
Instead, he planned to ventilate the room. Who knows how bad the smell would be after being sealed for so long.
Even with a gas mask, it wouldn't be good!
Unfortunately, Lao Hu, not believing it, went in.
“Cough, cough, cough!”
A while later, Lao Hu came back coughing.
“Damn it, it's so stinky inside!”
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”
Suddenly, the candles in the tomb chamber lit up, giving Lao Hu a fright.
“What is this? Ghostly lamp?”
Looking at the structure of the tomb chamber and the position of the candles, Xue Li Yang replied.
“It should be white phosphorus!”
As a well-known foreign journalist, Xue Li Yang was well-versed in such things and immediately understood the principle.
“White phosphorus ignites spontaneously in the presence of air!”
“But the oil used is probably not good!”
Looking at the corpses all around, Xue Li Yang felt a little disgusted.
Various corpses, tall and short, even children and women, were tied to the pillars on both sides of the tomb chamber.
Lao Hu, who had less experience, couldn't help but curse.
“Damn feudalism!”
Of course, even in the present day of reform and opening up, there were still such old customs, but Lao Hu had not encountered them.
Bai Tian Yu, on the other hand, pretended to be calm. After all, even someone like him, who had seen a lot, was a little angry at such a scene.
But he was helpless; it was a matter of the times.
“Let's check it out. There should be a secret chamber or something. It can't be just this burial chamber!”
Lao Hu was confident in his deduction and said.
So the three of them began to search the burial chamber.
“It's here, cough, cough, cough!”
Bai Tian Yu knew it was on the ground, so as soon as Lao Hu finished speaking, he started looking at the ground.
He found it soon and lifted the lid with one hand, getting choked. Even with a gas mask, he couldn't help it.
There was so much dust!
“I'll go down first, then you guys follow.”
Seeing that there was no ladder going down, Bai Tian Yu threw down a rope and jumped.
“Ai!”
Bai Tian Yu's action startled Xue Li Yang, who thought he was going to die.
However, she leaned over to look and saw that Bai Tian Yu was unharmed and looking at the murals below.
“Why don't you go first?”
Seeing Xue Li Yang's angry expression, Lao Hu felt it was better to let the tigress go down first, otherwise, who knows if he would be beaten up by Xue Li Yang.
“Hmph!”
Coldly snorting, Xue Li Yang pulled on the rope and went down.
“What are you doing, do you know how dangerous that is?!”
After going down, Xue Li Yang didn't look at her surroundings. Instead, she went straight to Bai Tian Yu without hesitation and slapped him on the shoulder.
Seeing Xue Li Yang's concern for him, Bai Tian Yu smiled and held her hand, comforting her.
“Ah, I'm fine, I wouldn't do anything without confidence!”
“But you still can't do that. What if there's a mechanism!”
“Alright, alright, I won't do that anymore!”
Seeing Xue Li Yang's persistence, Bai Tian Yu had no choice but to promise not to do it again.
Otherwise, who knows how long Xue Li Yang would nag him.
Lao Hu would definitely tease him if he saw this.
But it seemed it was already too late.
Seeing Lao Hu's lewd smile, Bai Tian Yu was speechless.
This Lao Hu!