“Thump, thump.”
Han Xiao Liu tied the four unconscious men together. He would use them to scout ahead later.
“Two Beretta-92Fs, two magazines. It seems Jude Kao doesn't dare to use firearms openly in China. Four people only have this little equipment. The camp doesn't have any extra guns and ammunition. The communication equipment is pretty good, but it's useless to me.”
Han Xiao Liu hoisted the four men on his shoulder and ran towards the GPS coordinates of Iron Face Sheng.
“It's right here. It's really hidden. Not to mention ordinary people, even with GPS, I searched for a long time.”
The sinkhole was about three meters in diameter, surrounded by dense trees. It was easy to get lost when passing through, and Han Xiao Liu only realized he had arrived when he was near the sinkhole.
“Nature is truly amazing. No wonder no one has discovered this place for so many years.”
Han Xiao Liu broke dozens of glow sticks and threw them down. The sinkhole was about 50 meters deep.
“This wall is made of Tianxing Stone, right? Grinding it into powder and applying it on the body can avoid the attack of the Nine-Headed Snake. Although the adventurer's belt can conceal 60% of the aura, it's better to be safe.”
Han Xiao Liu used a rope to tie the four unconscious mercenaries and lowered them into the pit. He observed using the glow of the glow sticks and made sure there were no corpse worms or poisonous insects approaching before he started descending.
To prevent the four from waking up prematurely, Han Xiao Liu, the crafty one, used ether to wet the mouths of the four. Now, even if An Ning came, they wouldn't wake up.
Han Xiao Liu turned on his flashlight and began to observe the surroundings. The opening of the sinkhole was not large, but the space below was quite vast, exceeding 100 meters in diameter.
The first thing he saw at the bottom of the sinkhole was a giant tree that would take almost ten people to hug.
“This is the Nine-Headed Snake Bai, right? It's been thousands of years old, and it's still so big. It must be 30 meters tall. It seems it hasn't awakened yet.”
Han Xiao Liu continued to observe and discovered that there seemed to be two ‘people’ lying on the platform in the depths.
While carefully approaching the corpses, Han Xiao Liu kept one hand covering part of his vision, so he wouldn't look at the heads of the corpses.
The corpse of the Qingyan Fox is said to cause illusions upon eye contact. Han Xiao Liu didn't want to fall for it at the beginning.
As he approached the corpses, Han Xiao Liu tilted his head, took out two pieces of cloth, covered the heads of the corpses, and then began to examine them carefully.
The female corpse in white lay flat. Although her skin was pale, there was no decay on the body. The female corpse was holding a simple box with its hands. The box was 30 centimeters square and had a lock with a mechanism.
“This should be the Eight-Layered Treasure Box. Inside it is most likely the Snake-Brow Copper Fish. Hehe, knowing the plot is good. Right, the key.”
Han Xiao Liu first removed the Eight-Layered Treasure Box and placed it on the platform. Then, he began to search the body, trying to ignore the discomfort.
He searched both the female corpse in white and the Qingyan Fox corpse.
The Qingyan Fox corpse was wearing armor, with many gaps. While rummaging through the breastplate, Han Xiao Liu felt a finger-sized, dark brown ‘chocolate’.
“This thing can't be Qilin Jie, can it? Some details are really hard to remember. But I remember that Xiao Ge used Qilin Jie to save Tian Zhen. Perhaps this is it.”
He continued to search for a while but didn't find the key. Suddenly, Han Xiao Liu slapped his forehead in frustration.
“Ai, I'm such an idiot, the mouth!”
He carefully pried open the female corpse's mouth with one hand, and a bronze key appeared. But this triggered the crossbow mechanism hidden in the woman's neck. Three silver needles shot towards Han Xiao Liu's face with great speed.
“Ding!”
With his other hand, Han Xiao Liu took out a golden dagger from his spatial backpack, accurately knocking away the silver needles and quickly retrieved the key.
As soon as the key was removed, the woman instantly decayed into a dry corpse.
“Damn, this key can even prevent decay? Amazing, good stuff.”
The key had exactly eight teeth.
“Click.”
“It opened, it opened.”
The first layer of the treasure box opened. After opening it, he saw another smaller box that looked exactly the same.
“Eight-Layered Treasure Box? This is just like a Russian nesting doll!”
The same key continued to open, one layer after another, until the eighth box opened. Han Xiao Liu saw a one-inch long, fish-shaped object, with a fish body and a snake winding around it, made of bronze.
“This is the Snake-Brow Copper Fish? The shape is really exquisite. The scales are lifelike. But this thing is useless to me. Forget it, I'll leave it here. Wu San Sheng will be here later. This Eight-Layered Treasure Box, I'll take it.”
“Click click.”
Han Xiao Liu's keen hearing picked up an almost inaudible sound.
There was a bulge in the abdomen of the female corpse in white that was ‘moving’.
“I almost forgot about this little thing. To some extent, the Corpse Worm King is also a treasure!”
Han Xiao Liu took out a glass bottle, with the opening following the bulge on the woman's body.
“Pop!”
With a crisp sound, a red, thumb-sized insect burst out from the body.
But as soon as the Corpse Worm King ran out, it burrowed directly into the glass bottle. Before it could react, Han Xiao Liu put the lid on. The lid had air holes, so it wouldn't die in a short period of time.
“Done. I'll put this thing in my bag. The Corpse Worm King is now my trump card, haha.”
“Little thing, do you see those four people over there? Don't worry, you'll get a good meal.”
Han Xiao Liu carried the glass bottle and came to the Nine-Headed Snake Bai. The GPS showed that Iron Face Sheng was underneath the tree trunk.
A thick iron chain protruded a long way from the tree trunk, looking quite out of place.
Han Xiao Liu didn't care about that now. He grabbed the iron chain and pulled hard, the intertwined branches below the Nine-Headed Snake Bai separated on both sides, revealing a heavy coffin that was slowly pulled out.
Han Xiao Liu immediately checked the condition of the Nine-Headed Snake Bai. If it woke up, things wouldn't be good.
After observing silently for a few minutes and confirming that it was safe, Han Xiao Liu carefully examined the coffin.
The outer coffin was made of polished stone, with patterns unique to the Warring States period engraved on it.
With one hand, he pushed open the lid, and Han Xiao Liu was surprised to see that the lid was made of a whole piece of jade, and the coffin wood was dark red.
“Luxury! It's really damn luxurious! Such a big piece of jade, even if the quality is average, it's worth a lot of money. If I sold this to Yin Nan Feng, I wonder how much he would offer.”
Han Xiao Liu carefully pushed open the lid of the coffin, and a jade figurine in human form gradually emerged. Looking closely, he saw that the chest of the jade figurine was still slightly rising and falling.