Chapter 119: The Bronze Coffin and the Path to the Heavens
Li Yanchu’s keen eyes immediately noticed something: faint, intricate runes flickering to life on Wang Yunting’s arm. A pale, ghostly glow shimmered especially around his fingers.
As the bronze gate creaked open with an ear-piercing screech, everyone instinctively took a step back with a tense look. After all, Wang Yunting’s retreat just now had looked way too dramatic, so they couldn’t help but think something was wrong.
But Li Yanchu noticed something deeper: Wang Yunting was now kneeling on one knee with his fingers buried deep into the stone floor, and the aura of yin qi surrounding him had visibly weakened. It seemed that opening the tomb gate was far from as simple as it appeared. At that moment, Wang Yunting seemed to be forcing some invading power out of his body.
Once the bronze tomb gate fully opened, it revealed a deep, shadowy tomb chamber. But it wasn’t shrouded in darkness, a faint light glimmered from within, illuminating a flight of steep stone steps leading upward.
Just then, Wang Yunting walked over calmly, but as he passed by Li Yanchu, he subconsciously shifted away and kept some distance.
Seeing this, Li Yanchu immediately raised an eyebrow. What’s with this guy?
“Amitābha,” Master Shenshan said solemnly. With a wave of his hand, he withdrew the six-character Buddhist mantra, and the brilliant golden letters instantly vanished into thin air.
The once vicious and sinister carvings on the bronze gate now remained inert, as if they’d lost all sentience.
Exactly as expected... Master Shenshan nodded slightly, silently affirming Wang Yunting’s earlier judgment.
Bringing Wang Yunting along had indeed proven to be a crucial decision. Though infamous across the jianghu as a tomb raider, Wang Yunting had looted many great tombs, some even belonging to kings, nobles, and high officials.
These acts were, in fact, illegal under the laws of the Kingdom of Qian, and he had stolen from many important Qian officials’ burial sites. Though young, he had followed his elders across the country, navigating mountains and rivers, locating dragons and determining burial sites. Thus, he had gained a wealth of experience along the way.
There had been a time during one tomb expedition when Wang Yunting’s grandfather encountered a powerful evil spirit. Though he eventually destroyed it, the battle left him seriously injured.