sbdcsierra Chapter 45 The Seal of the Celestial Official of the Tomb Raiders
Chapter 45 The Seal of the Celestial Official of the Tomb Raiders
'The mission to eliminate the drought demon is complete. Do you wish to claim your reward?'
While waiting for the mechanisms in the tomb to activate, Cheng Feng looked at the system notification.
The reward for this task is the Seal of the Celestial Official of the Tomb Raiders, another item that is not very useful in this tomb.
If you had the Heavenly Official's Seal before killing the drought demon, you wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble.
"After receiving the reward, let's first take a look at what the famous Heavenly Official Seal of the Tomb Raider looks like."
As Cheng Feng made his choice, a small seal appeared in his hand from scratch.
The Heavenly Official Seal is about two centimeters in length, width, and height, and is golden in color, but it is not made of gold in terms of weight.
Cheng Feng couldn't identify it, but it must be some kind of extraterrestrial meteorite.
Below are eight characters in small seal script: "Heavenly Official Bestows Blessings, All Taboos Are Removed," and above is an exquisite animal-shaped carving.
This mythical beast is recorded in the Mountain Moving tradition; its name is Bixie.
It resembles a lion, with a single horn, two wings on its ribs, an open mouth, a raised head, a long beard, and a mane on its face.
The Han Dynasty medical text *Emergency Rescue* records: "Shooting the 'qi' (a type of talisman) wards off evil and eliminates all malevolent forces."
Boss Cao put a lot of effort into his tomb raiding team.
“What a treasure! The original seal of the Heavenly Official of the Tomb Raiders was destroyed during the Yongle era. The one I have now is probably the only one left.”
Although the Heavenly Official Seal is not as grand as its name suggests, but rather small, its ability to suppress evil spirits is beyond doubt.
Cheng Feng held it in his hand and played with it, deciding that he would handle it more often in his spare time and make sure it developed a patina.
After fiddling with the Heavenly Official Seal for a while, the mechanism finally started turning again, and Cheng Feng finally walked out of the tomb.
He knew there was a hole under the coffin, but he wasn't going to go through it.
It's so filthy; the stones under that coffin must have been pickled.
Given that there were other options, Cheng Feng really didn't want to touch it, not even the imaginary space.
A huge expression of disgust.
This time, Cheng Feng went straight to the innermost tomb door.
The tomb door is over three meters high and has two circular handles carved with tomb guardian beasts.
The gate had been opened a crack, and judging from the marks on the ground, it had been opened many years ago.
Although it is called the underwater tomb, it is not very deep below the sea surface.
Those tomb raiders in the past were all highly skilled, and this distance was no obstacle for them.
But the outcome is unlikely to be good; either they'll be killed by the forbidden woman, or they'll end up on the sea monkey's dinner table.
As Cheng Feng entered through the gate, he passed through a section of tomb passage, where there weren't even any decorative mechanisms.
At the end of the tomb passage is a normal-sized exit, below which is a large pool of water.
A coffin is suspended in mid-air above the pool.
The coffin was secured to the center of the pool above by a net made of eighteen chains.
"Finally, we have clean water."
With a sigh, Cheng Feng jumped off the exit and plunged into the water with a splash.
Underwater, Cheng Feng casually tore his clothes to shreds and began to scrub his body.
These clothes are unusable; without professional washing tools, the stench won't go away at all.
On the other side, Xie Lianhuan successfully brought Qi Yu back to shore.
He first led Qi Yu to the safe house prepared by Wu Sansheng.
After tying Qi Yu up, he used the tools in the safe house to disguise himself as Wu Sansheng.
The two were almost the same height and build, and had known each other since childhood.
It can be made to look completely real.
He didn't stay in the safe house for long, but instead, as planned, he found someone similar to him in every way under the cover of night.
After strangling him, they took him to the dock, where Jie Lianhuan used a knife to clean up the body on a small boat.
Finally, they dressed the body in a diving suit without an oxygen tank.
Then, navigating their small boat, they found a prominent reef on the way to the underwater tomb.
They placed the body on the rocks to disguise it as their own.
On the other side, Wu Sansheng, in the underwater tomb, was relatively free; he dared not wander around.
Because the entire tomb is filled with Pure Vision Agamas, one wrong move and you might end up meeting your grandfather.
Therefore, he could only hide above the main burial chamber's access route, so that he could act according to the situation when someone came.
Cheng Feng was taking a shower when he felt the water start to swirl and begin to sink rapidly.
Cheng Feng did not panic, but instead used the force of the vortex to move himself towards the edge.
As he passed the wall, Cheng Feng drew his Zhanlu sword and pinned it to the wall.
Soon, the water around his body receded to his feet, and he was left hanging naked in mid-air.
Looking down, Cheng Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
Due to the operation of the mechanism, nine drainage outlets, each two meters wide, appeared below.
If he hadn't gotten out of the water, he would probably have been thrown out of the underwater tomb through the drain opening by now.
"This underwater tomb is really cleverly designed."
With a sigh, Cheng Feng suddenly drew his sword, fell a few meters, and then used the sword to cushion the fall again.
And so, Cheng Feng arrived at the very bottom.
At this point, all the seawater had been drained, and the nine drainage outlets were slowly closing under the action of the mechanism.
Cheng Feng looked around.
This is a circular terrace with eight tomb doors on the surrounding walls.
There is a stone sculpture of a water monkey between each pair of tomb entrances.
In the very center of this place is a stone platform, on which sits a bronze mirror that is more than two meters tall.
"The tomb entrances are arranged according to the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) orientation, with one entrance containing the door of life and the rest being doors of death."
The solution lies in…
Thinking about it, Cheng Feng looked at the bronze mirror in the middle.
This mechanism is actually quite simple; even someone who doesn't understand the I Ching or the Eight Trigrams could easily solve it if they were clever enough.
Cheng Feng first took out a set of clothes from the imaginary space and put them on.
Then he walked to the mirror, looked left and right, and quickly found the right way.
Arriving at the door reflected in the mirror, Cheng Feng raised his hand and pushed it open.
"somebody is coming!"
Hearing a sudden noise, Wu Sansheng instinctively drew his dagger and cautiously peered down.
But no lights were found to be on.
Wu Sansheng wondered, "Could it not be a person?"
In his view, a normal person would certainly be unable to move an inch in this dark and sunless tomb without light.
At this moment, Wu Sansheng heard footsteps approaching from afar.
He gripped the dagger tightly, but dared not turn on the light to take a look. Whether it was a person or not, he did not want to reveal his location.
In the darkness, Cheng Feng paused as he passed Wu Sansheng's location.
This made Wu Sansheng's heart skip a beat.
But soon the footsteps resumed, accompanied by the sounds of many snakes crawling.
"Wu Sansheng is quite clever; he actually hid here."
Cheng Feng ignored him and released a number of Pure Vision Agamas, leaving Wu Sansheng to stay up there.
After a while, Cheng Feng arrived at the end of the tomb passage, where there was also a double door with handles.
Without hesitation, Cheng Feng raised his hand and pushed it aside, instantly illuminating the entire passageway with light.