And after talking about the story with Sisi for a long time, it was already dusk.

No one had the appetite for dinner and they headed straight to the Sword Emperor's tomb.

Due to the connection between the two spaces, there was no need to enter from the Lu family as before. The original location of the Sword Pool had been opened up by the sword shadow, creating a large opening for them to go down directly.

Tang Buqi said, "There is no back mountain anymore," but it wasn't that exaggerated. The entire Tiger Hill was still there, but it was in a mess. The location of the Sword Pool had become a big pit, with trees and rocks broken all around. But in fact, it was still a good place, and it even lived up to its name as a "forbidden area."

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Some members of the Tang family guarded cautiously by the big pit. There were still occasional bursts of sword energy and dense evil energy swirling around, indicating that it was very dangerous. Even without Tang Wanzhuang's strict orders, the cowards of the Tang family wouldn't dare to touch it.

Originally, Tang Wanzhuang planned to wait for the dissipation of the sword energy and evil energy for a few days, until the lower area stabilized and Zhao Changhe's injuries were healed, before exploring together. But inexplicably, there was a sudden tremor from below, and they couldn't wait any longer. They had to find out the reason immediately.

And it wasn't just Tang Wanzhuang alone, but the elite members of the Demon Suppression Bureau were all gathered, including Wu Weiyang and hundreds of other soldiers who had come from afar. They were divided into different groups and began to survey every path in the tomb systematically.

Their organization and professionalism seemed to indicate that they were very experienced in this type of exploration.

But Zhao Changhe still trusted Sisi more. After all, she was a survivor from the previous era and no one understood the architectural style and prohibition types of the previous era better than her. There might be many similar tombs where she lived.

Just look at how easily she found the way that day, it was like going home. Wherever there was less sword energy, that was the main tomb. The generations of exploration by the Lu family were found in the blink of an eye by her. Even the Demon Suppression Bureau, as professional as they were, probably couldn't match her level.

This time was no different. The members of the Demon Suppression Bureau were surveying everywhere, while Zhao Changhe and Sisi went straight to the main tomb entrance. If there was a problem, it was most likely in the main tomb, not in the outer passages.

Tang Wanzhuang silently followed the two, protecting them.

When they arrived outside the main tomb entrance, the body of the old man from the Lu family was still there, with a smile on his face as he died. Under the influence of the dense evil energy around him, it even gave off a sense of power, stronger than his weak appearance before his death. It seemed like he could get up at any moment and strike you with a sword.

Zhao Changhe said, "My first reaction was that the evil energy controlled this corpse transformation, but it seems not."

Tang Wanzhuang nodded. Zhao Changhe's guess was reasonable. The evil energy here was still dense and hadn't dissipated. Under the drive of this strong destructive killing intent, even unconscious sword energy could rush out on its own. It wouldn't be strange for this body to climb up and randomly attack. It didn't seem to be the case for now, but it could happen at any moment.

This further proved the possibility of the Sword Emperor's revival.

Tang Wanzhuang looked at the heavy stone door. This was the main tomb, and the meaning of the main tomb was not just a burial chamber, but also a huge complex of buildings. The guards inside were no longer simple sword energy like outside. Who knew how many terrifying killing intents were hidden inside.

The so-called tremor came from inside.

If there were no changes, Tang Wanzhuang thought that the best solution was the "permanent closure of this place" proposed by Zhao Changhe before. There was no need to touch the tomb of the predecessors. It would be as if it didn't exist. But since there were changes, they had to solve them, right?

But the door couldn't be opened, and they didn't even know what changes had occurred. How could they solve it?

Zhao Changhe was asking Sisi, "Do you know how to open this door? We can't just chop it like this old man, right?"

"Of course not, that would only anger the imperial tomb again."

"Then how do we enter? Are there mechanisms in the outer passages?"

Sisi said seriously, "When people see a door, they always want to open it, but they never think about it. This is someone's tomb. After you are buried, do you want others to enter? Why would there be a mechanism that can be opened from the outside?"

"Uh, then why make a door?"

"Because the tomb was built during their lifetime, and the door was for them to enter when they were dying. Or if they died outside, their relatives or disciples would carry them in... The meaning of the door is that once it is closed, the mechanism will disengage and it will be permanently closed. If I were to design my own tomb, it would be the same. There would definitely be no preset mechanism for outsiders to open."

"That makes sense... Then how do those tomb raiders do it?"

"Tomb chambers are made of bricks, stones, and soil. They can dig their way in. But no one dares to dig and blast into such powerful tombs. One mistake and they would die without a complete corpse." Sisi sighed, "But in reality, it's not that difficult. We can use some corrosive substances to slowly melt open a silent crack in this heavy stone door without making any noise. It won't trigger any prohibitions."

Zhao Changhe widened his eyes, "There's something like that?"

Sisi glanced at Tang Wanzhuang, who had been listening quietly, "I don't have it, but the Demon Suppression Bureau definitely has something similar. After so many years since the establishment of Da Xia, there must have been many similar tombs explored."

Tang Wanzhuang finally said, "I have it, but there is also a type of prohibition that will be triggered once the door is damaged. This method may not be reliable. I wanted to hear if you had any other ideas."

"I don't." Sisi shook her head, "What I said is that this door doesn't have that kind of prohibition. Because this silent and unnoticeable method was summarized by tomb raiders after many deaths, so later tombs began to deal with this. But the Sword Emperor's era was earlier, and they didn't pay attention to these things."

Zhao Changhe stood aside with his hands in his pockets, like a newbie listening to a lecture.

Even Tang Wanzhuang's eyes flashed with amazement. Their understanding of the previous era was a bit outrageous. How did you even know which year the Sword Emperor died in?The vast majority of people's impressions of the powerful beings from the previous era were that they perished in the apocalypse that marked the end of that era. Few people seriously considered that the previous era itself spanned an unknown number of years, encompassing multiple historical periods. Even for those who had thought about it, it was difficult to verify due to the epochal divide, making it hard to confirm the era of each legendary figure.

Not to mention the previous era, even the history of this era is full of unverifiable facts... At least, the Demon Suppression Bureau really didn't know in which year the Sword Emperor died.

Tang Wanzhuang didn't question Sisi's judgment. She decisively took out a bottle and gently sprinkled some seemingly clear liquid by the door.

After a short while, a visible corner of the solid, heavy stone door began to soften and become brittle. Even Zhao Changhe could feel it. He tried to use the Dragon Sparrow to lightly dig, and effortlessly pierced through it.

Zhao Changhe was somewhat taken aback: "There really is such water. If someone drank a bit of it, it would be more terrifying than any poison, right?"

How did this technology tree develop...

"It can't be made tasteless, so it's hard to poison with it. But be careful not to get splashed." Tang Wanzhuang simply said, and took the lead to crawl through the small hole they had dug.

Watching her bend over to crawl through the hole, Sisi smirked: "I didn't expect her butt to be quite perky."

Tang Wanzhuang: "..."

Zhao Changhe rubbed his forehead: "You really have the leisure, hurry up and crawl, I'll cover the rear."

"You just want to look at my butt, don't you? You go first!" Sisi feigned a kick, urging him to go first.

Zhao Changhe rolled his eyes, too lazy to argue with her, and crawled in first.

In fact, he knew what Sisi was afraid of.

Just like Chichi back then... Chichi said, don't expose your back to others... especially in this narrow space, facing the potential treasure ahead.

Tang Wanzhuang led the way with sincerity, coupled with her overwhelming strength, she was not afraid of being ambushed.

But Sisi didn't dare... In fact, Sisi should know that even if there would be changes, they wouldn't start before they saw anything. She didn't do things like that... It was just her instinct, her subconscious choice to be the last one.

Although she joked around like friends, in her heart, she had never trusted anyone.

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PS: No more tonight, need a break, my brain is so stiff.

(End of the chapter)