CHAPTER 1242: CHAPTER 1243 ENTERING THE MAIN TOMB (4)

An Yiqing nodded, her blurred gaze landing on Gu Yelin.

"I’ll be fine, don’t worry about me. Your eyes can’t see clearly, so be extra careful. You said it, if I jump, you jump, and vice versa."

An Yiqing bit her red lip, nodding slowly.

Because her eyes could only make out faint shadows, Gu Yelin, worried, picked her up with one hand and placed her on the eagle chain.

The eagle chain swayed slightly under the added weight, and everyone held their breaths watching An Yiqing, their hearts in their throats.

Standing on the eagle chain, An Yiqing steadied herself for a moment, feeling the sense of her position beneath her feet.

A moment later, she took a deep breath, and as the crowd’s screams were about to erupt, she leaped lightly from the eagle chain. Like a swift swallow, she glided to the other end and landed steadily on the ground.

Seeing An Yiqing reach safely, Gu Yelin, who had been gripping the eagle chain tightly, exhaled a sigh of relief. He gave the chain a shake and stepped to the edge of the ground.

The stone chamber was silent, everyone’s eyes unblinkingly focused on Gu Yelin’s movements. An Yiqing’s vision was unclear, and her beautiful watery eyes were full of worry, her hands tightly clenched together, fingers whitening with tension.

Suddenly, Gu Yelin’s right hand gave a sharp jerk on the iron chain, his body leaping into the air under everyone’s tense gaze, propelled swiftly forward by the eagle chain’s momentum.

Gu Yelin’s strength was immense, and the force he generated was incredibly swift. It wasn’t until he was halfway across that his momentum began to fade.

To the crowd’s fearful awe, Gu Yelin’s body started to fall into the abyss below. Beneath him was a pit of knives and fire, but Gu Yelin’s expression remained unchanged, calmly gripping the eagle chain firmly with a sharp tug—

Once again defying the law of gravity, his body was propelled upward by sheer force, leaping from the abyss and racing swiftly toward An Yiqing’s direction!

The crowd only felt a breeze brushing their faces, and when they reopened their eyes, Gu Yelin already had An Yiqing tightly in his embrace.

"I’m fine, I’m fine."

Gu Yelin, like comforting a child, gently patted An Yiqing’s back. The person in his arms trembled continuously, hiding in his arms like a frightened bird unwilling to come out.

Although Gu Yelin appreciated An Yiqing’s delicate dependence, his heart also ached for her fear.

Once her emotions stabilized, An Yiqing lifted her head from Gu Yelin’s embrace.

"Cough! Find the mechanism!"

With a light cough, An Yiqing pulled Gu Yelin along, leaving first, ignoring everyone’s gazes. Although her eyes couldn’t see clearly, she could guess just how ambiguous their looks must be.

An Zhifeng and the others exchanged knowing smiles, then dispersed to begin locating the mechanism that opened the stone door.

As with the previous two times, the stone door’s mechanism was hidden in an extremely secretive place. Yin Xilin, despite her young age, had keen eyes and discovered the problem ahead of everyone.

The mechanism began to open slowly. Accompanied by the sound of stones scraping, the stone door of the main tomb finally opened!

Golden light, gold everywhere.

Even though An Yiqing’s eyes could only see faint shadows, the dazzling golden light still pricked her eyes painfully.

Everyone covered their eyes with their hands, only reopening them slowly once the golden light inside the stone door dissipated completely.

The first thing that met their eyes was a floor covered in gold, the bright bricks blinding everyone!

"Damn! A road paved with gold! The Situ Family is so damn extravagant!" Tan Yulin knelt on the ground, his eyes fixed on the gold bricks, eyes shining, drool dripping.

Cao Xiaosha gave Tan Yulin a disdainful glance. Even among the boss’s subordinates, how could there be such a difference in appreciation levels?

Rolling his eyes at Tan Yulin, Cao Xiaosha turned his gaze to the walls of the main tomb, a mysterious green light flickering in his eyes, with a hint of drool at the corner of his mouth.

Ah Mi shuddered, rubbing her arms, looking at Cao Xiaosha in disgust. It was just jade stone walls, did he have to act so repulsively...

Compared to Tan Yulin and Cao Xiaosha, An Zhifeng and An Zhiying seemed much more composed. They perused the main tomb casually and, after a moment of amazement, directed their gaze to the high platform.

Looking from the stone chamber’s entrance, there was a spacious hall. Beyond the hall were steps made of layers upon layers of gold bricks. They roughly counted, estimating at least a hundred layers.

"According to Grandma Fengling, the legacy item is on the high platform. Let’s go up." An Yiqing held Ah Mi’s hand, following the group as they slowly approached the steps.

However, just as she stepped onto the first tier of steps, an unexpected change occurred!

In the previously empty hall, a "creak, creak" sound suddenly echoed, making everyone’s scalps tingle. The gold bricks forming the ground seemed to come to life, writhing snake-like across the floor. After several seconds of this, they suddenly shot up and in full view formed numerous entities.

Everyone’s hearts were in their throats; they had never seen such a bizarre phenomenon before.

As time ticked by, the entities formed from the gold bricks quietly stood there, emitting continuous "creak, creak" noises.

Just as everyone thought the changes had ceased, the gold bricks altered again!

These shapeless entities began to bubble as if boiling water, the golden bricks shimmering and slowly melting, reshaping as if an invisible hand molded them into various forms.

An Yiqing couldn’t see, but a heavy unease bubbled in her heart.

"Go quickly! Don’t worry about these things, let’s grab the legacy item first!"