CHAPTER 970: CHAPTER 950: THE UNDERGROUND PALACE (PART 1)

Luo Qianqian pushed the door but didn’t move it. Instead, Tang Tianyi stopped her hand, smiling, "This has a mechanism."

If brute force could solve everything, wouldn’t the strong be invincible? Why waste time learning? Gaining knowledge and thinking?

Luo Qianqian blushed, realizing what Tang Tianyi hadn’t said, awkwardly observing around. She truly didn’t understand things like this.

Tang Tianyi’s hand explored the wall, the entire tunnel was lit by Luminous Pearls on the walls, which was extravagant enough. Strangely, after all these years, they appeared to be without any wear or consumption, glowing as brightly as ever.

Squatting down, he noticed the stone in the corner was somewhat hollow, casually pushed it inside, and unexpectedly, the next second saw two thin arrows emerge from the lion heads.

The arrows shot straight toward the opposite wall, making the two corresponding stones penetrate directly.

Luo Qianqian’s face turned pale immediately: "If we were standing in front of the door, would we be dead already?"

"Who do you think would stand there while crouching to search for a mechanism?" Tang Tianyi’s eyes were clear: "If my guess is right, this should be to prevent the person who built this place from being forced to open it..." He didn’t continue, but both of them had ideas, exchanged a glance, and nodded.

Watching the door loosen a bit, Tang Tianyi pulled Luo Qianqian behind him and pushed the door open.

Unexpectedly, behind the door was a wardrobe filled with clothes???

Various kinds, bright colors, a myriad of styles, it was essentially a walk-in closet.

Luo Qianqian opened her mouth, "I thought it was a tomb before, but now it seems I’ve overthought, it should be someone’s residence."

Tang Tianyi also nodded skeptically, but the clothes weren’t particularly strange, so they continued onward.

Seeing the silk and satin wasn’t surprising either, but Luo Qianqian was a little amazed, "I wonder how long these things have been stored? No bugs either? It doesn’t even seem like there’s mothballs here."

Tang Tianyi was at a loss for words.

As they continued forward, they saw two skeletons leaning against each other by the wall.

Luo Qianqian wouldn’t think this was a model from school, she leaped up and hid behind Tang Tianyi.

Tang Tianyi’s face was full of seriousness, he approached the skeletons, squatting, not daring to proceed easily.

After touching the skeletons, he slightly frowned, "Male, young adults, instant deaths, the wounds are at the brain stem..."

Hearing this, Luo Qianqian wasn’t surprised, but she slightly frowned too, "That’s not right, if they died here, where are the clothes? Flesh, blood? There are no traces on the walls either..."

"If it was corrosion, the floor shouldn’t be this clean, if it was chemicals, the bones shouldn’t be intact, is this considered an old Secret Chamber murder case?" Tang Tianyi inexplicably felt the two skeletons were deliberately placed there.

"Could it be bugs?" Luo Qianqian shivered involuntarily, looking around with some horror.

Books often described those bugs that drink human blood and eat human flesh. If they truly existed, wouldn’t they face death too?

"I don’t know." Tang Tianyi shook his head, took out his phone, and snapped a few photos of the skeletons, making Luo Qianqian shiver.

Even if you saw it, why take pictures, what’s the difference between a skeleton and a corpse? Isn’t it just a matter of time?

After seeing them, they wanted to get up, but Tang Tianyi suddenly squatted down again, taking a few more photos with his four hands, slightly frowning.

"Let’s go..." Luo Qianqian didn’t want another look, pushing Tang Tianyi away from the skeletons.

Tang Tianyi sighed, bowed slightly to the skeletons, and then left with Luo Qianqian.

As for the previous clothes and silk, Luo Qianqian was secretly glad she had no interest, thinking of them as dead people’s clothing made her nauseous...

The road ahead had a crossroads.

Tang Tianyi casually found two bottles of water, threw them into two passages, and listened to the sound, feeling the direction of the wind.

Luo Qianqian looked at the right passage curiously, there was a familiar feeling there.

"To the right." Luo Qianqian saw Tang Tianyi hesitating and spoke, "It’s my intuition, though I’m not sure what’s there."

Tang Tianyi was stunned but nodded, letting Luo Qianqian stay behind him and first stepped into the right passage.

The right passage had Luminous Pearls every ten meters or so, dim light, but neither took out a flashlight.

Strong light is certainly good for seeing the path, but unusual light may attract other life forms.

Since they didn’t know what kind of place this was, why act rashly?

After walking for a time, Luo Qianqian and Tang Tianyi entered a room like a study, the door was slightly ajar, push it and it opened, with no resistance or mechanism.

Both were baffled; wasn’t this too odd?

Entering the room, they were even more surprised to find a stone statue inside, and a meadow before it.

Luo Qianqian looked at the statue for a moment, then shifted her gaze to the bookcase.

There were a few books and a vase on the shelf, but what attracted her was a very small black bow and arrow. She felt her heart racing uncontrollably.

Reaching for the bookcase, she looked back at Tang Tianyi, "This seems like the thing I’m looking for..."

But she saw Tang Tianyi dashing toward her, mouth open, seemingly shouting something, but she didn’t hear it.

Her hand already touched the small black bow and arrow, and the next second, she vanished from the room.

Tang Tianyi lunged at the bookcase, his face full of incredulity, looking around the room, but Luo Qianqian was nowhere to be found.

He had not seen it wrong earlier; it was the wave of a Formation...

But with Luo Qianqian’s departure, the room Tang Tianyi was in automatically closed its door, leaving him no time to investigate what was happening before feeling the power of confinement, his face turned slightly pale, "It’s a Formation?" He pushed the door, but it didn’t budge, like it was integrated into the room’s walls and even the entire Secret Chamber.

Tang Tianyi didn’t act rashly; in such a completely sealed environment, apart from normal air circulation, even Spiritual Energy couldn’t enter. Regardless of consumption, there could be no replenishment, now acting impulsively meant waiting for death.

Luo Qianqian wasn’t here, plus the useful items for such an environment were with her.

The statue, sitting eyes closed, seemed oddly eerie.

He looked around, trying to find a way out.

He had learned much about this from his god-grandmother, but facing it for real left him helpless and lost.

He blinked, utterly perplexed.

Noticing the desk in front of the bookshelf, the chair was already pulled out like inviting him to sit...