I was chased at the beginning, and I got the first quick sword

Chapter 499 The Bald Prince

Chu Qing put down what she was holding and examined it carefully.

This object appears to be made of bronze, covered with a layer of patina. It is shaped like a bell, but without a clasp.

Its patterns are intricate and exquisite, and even after the passage of time, they have not faded in the slightest.

"I got this from the Tomb King..."

The earlier suspicion that the strange transmission was the work of the Tomb King was later concealed by his use of the Frost Binding in the Heavenly Frost Fist to cover up the details of his fight with the Evil King, the Tomb King, and the Chess King.

It was during that moment that he took the item from the tomb prince's bosom.

I just didn't look at it closely then, and only now have I had the chance to examine it carefully.

"show me."

The shepherd boy jumped up and ran to Chu Qing's side to take it.

Chu Qing subconsciously turned around, and was immediately stunned:
"No, you just came like this? Where are your clothes?"

"Clothes... Oh no!!"

The shepherd boy darted back behind Chu Qing.

Chu Qing was both amused and exasperated.

"Looks like I have to take back what I just said. You really don't consider me an outsider."

"You...you're being hypocritical after getting the benefit. Tell me, what did you see just now?"

"I'll tell you I didn't see anything, do you believe me or not?"

"I don't believe you! You're a master of martial arts, with perfect hearing and eyesight, and you might even have night vision. You could see everything clearly... I'm doomed, I'll never get married!"

The shepherd girl angrily punched Chu Qing in the back, but the impact hurt her hand. Her cultivation level was not high to begin with... and she was worlds apart from Chu Qing. Even if Chu Qing did not use any protective divine power, she could not do anything to him.

"Don't worry, don't worry."

Chu Qing quickly comforted him.

The shepherd boy snorted:
"What's wrong? You're not going to marry me, are you?"

"Marrying you is definitely out of the question, but what happened here is known only to heaven, earth, you, and me. Let's keep it a secret. We haven't done anything shady, so who would know, right?"

The shepherd boy flew into a rage and kicked Chu Qing hard.

Chu Qing didn't want to take another hit for no reason, so he grabbed her ankle:
"Stop it!"

"Who's messing with you? What do you take me for, a shepherd boy? After you saw it, you're denying it? Denying it is one thing, but you're even saying we should pretend it never happened? Why should I? I'm not some kind of cheap person."

The shepherd boy was genuinely annoyed this time:

"Chu Qing, I am deeply grateful for the life you saved, but you cannot treat me with such contempt!"

"That was not what I meant."

Chu Qing hadn't expected the shepherd boy to react so strongly, and quickly said:

"I'm just thinking that since you're not interested in marrying me, I'm not all alone."

"It wasn't me who turned around on my own initiative... When you ran over, I thought you had already put your clothes on, but who knew... I was just thinking that it's better to avoid trouble."

"If Miss Mu feels that my words have offended you, then I apologize and hope that Miss Mu will not take offense."

"Hmph, that's more like human speech."

The shepherd boy stretched out a hand:
"Bring it here."

"what?"

Chu Qing was taken aback by this sudden action. Her arm stretched out from behind her back, white as jade, with slender palms, which really didn't look like a tomb raider who digs around aimlessly.

"Use the communication bell!"

The shepherd boy beckoned with his finger in dissatisfaction:

"What else could it be? Let me see it quickly."

"Oh oh oh."

Chu Qing came to his senses and felt that this woman was really hard to figure out. She was just complaining about him, but now she's moved on.

He placed the communication bell in her hand, and she withdrew her hand. There was no further movement behind her for the time being.

Only the sound of footsteps gradually faded away, finally stopping in front of the campfire.

Chu Qing asked:

"Is this thing called a communication bell?"

"Yes, that's right, it's called the Sound Transmission Bell, one of the Nine Treasures of Heaven and Earth."

The shepherd boy replied:

"You got this from the Tomb King? That old man's going to be crying his eyes out!"

"He most likely won't cry..."

Chu Qing sighed helplessly.

"Why?"

The shepherd boy asked casually, but his tone suggested he didn't really intend to get to the bottom of it.

With nothing else to do, Chu Qing recounted the events that had transpired.

The shepherd boy didn't take it seriously at first, but as he listened, his expression changed, and finally he became furious:
“This is truly outrageous! If he had such a scheme, why didn’t he say so earlier?”

"He made my father run all the way to the Valley of Abandoned Gods to wait for him... That Valley of Abandoned Gods is such a dangerous place, yet he managed to get involved because of his schemes. This Ghost Emperor is truly outrageous!"

The shepherd boy tossed the communication bell to Chu Qing with a flick of his wrist:
"This thing can be activated by internal force and can transmit sound for thousands of miles."

"Although he is not good at warfare, his ingenious use of it is by no means ordinary."

Chu Qing nodded upon hearing this:

"As expected..."

The conversation between the Tomb King and him was transmitted to Liu Zhaonian and the others using this item.

The reason the sound stopped afterward was because the Ghost Emperor reversed control and took over the control of the Tomb King and the Chess King.

The Ghost Emperor most likely didn't know that the communication bell was on the Tomb King's body, so he didn't let him continue to transmit the information into the bell. That's why, at the moment when the offensive and defensive positions were reversed, the sound of the communication bell was cut off.

"If used properly, this thing can indeed have miraculous effects."

Chu Qing smiled slightly, then asked:

"How's the drying of your clothes going?"

"It's almost dry, although it's still a little far from being completely dry, but it's still wearable."

"Then hurry up. Although the Ghost Emperor and the Tomb King are also trapped here, I think with their abilities, this place won't hold them for too long..."

"We need to get out of here first."

"leave?"

The shepherd boy's voice suddenly rose:
"Why are you leaving? This is the tomb of the First Martial Emperor. Have you forgotten what I told you before?"

"The tomb of the First Martial Emperor holds the secret to his unparalleled power."

"If you can obtain this secret, you will surely become the number one in the world!!"
"Moreover, with the knowledge of the Ghost Emperor and the others, they should be able to recognize this place... After all, the Ghost Emperor could definitely recognize just a Zhenyuan Stone."

"You may want to give up this item, but the Ghost Emperor may not."

"That makes some sense."

Chu Qing said:

"Miss Mu, as Senior You's disciple, surely you can handle the traps here?"

"This is a perfect opportunity to test what I've learned!"

The shepherd girl approached Chu Qing, her clothes half-dry and her hair still dripping wet. She looked at Chu Qing:

"Let's go, your sister will take you to get rich." Chu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry:

"You have no manners! Whose older sister are you?"

"I'm twenty-one years old this year, and I call myself 'older sister,' what's wrong with that?"

The shepherd boy bent down to look at Chu Qing:
"If my investigation at the time was correct, you're only nineteen this year, little brother, right? Little brother~"

Chu Qing moved back slightly:

"Keep your distance!"

"Humph!"

The shepherd boy turned and left, and Chu Qing secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead:
"Why is this woman suddenly a little scary?"

It's no longer clear what this room was used for.

The two of them walked around in circles, but couldn't even see the exit.

However, besides the normal way out, they also knew of another way... which was the river in the middle of the room.

The evil prince disappeared from here, so there must be an exit below.

But the shepherd boy felt that besides concealing a hidden path, there must be other paths, so he began searching the room.

As expected of a disciple of the You Sect, he quickly found a mechanism on the wall and opened a hidden door.

However, after leaving here, you will encounter even more traps and formations.

However, with the shepherd boy leading the way, even the tomb of the First Martial Emperor was a breeze for the two of them.

Along the way, Chu Qing has certainly broadened his horizons.

When the First Martial Emperor built this great tomb, he must have hired many skilled craftsmen to create it. There are countless mechanisms and traps. One that left a deep impression on Chu Qing was a 'square stone array'.

It's called a formation, but it's actually a machine room.

Upon entering, you will see many square stones. These stones are all the same length, width, and height, and no more than ten feet in size, just enough for two people to stand on one stone.

Once inside the stone formation, you can choose a direction to move in. Each time you move forward, the surrounding stone formations will change, making previously existing paths disappear.

It may also trigger all sorts of traps.

This mechanism, which constantly changes the surrounding environment, requires finding a way forward amidst a complex web of paths.

However, because the surroundings are exactly the same, it is very easy to lose your way. At first, you can still remember which direction is which, but after taking a few steps forward, you will be completely confused.

Then, in this room, he started circling endlessly until he was trapped and died.

According to the shepherd boy, if you are really lucky, you can make it to the end, and even the stone under your feet may suddenly rise or fall depending on your choices.

As for why... it's based on the shepherd boy's account, rather than what they saw with their own eyes.

It was because Chu Qing had only taken two steps when he felt that this thing was really messing with his mind, so he simply used a move that shocked a hundred miles away, directly turning the stone into dust.

The scene was quite beautiful.

Because these square stones also contained mechanisms, after Chu Qing shattered them, the contents inside scattered out, including flames, ice, arrows, poisonous smoke... it was all there.

Chu Qing was actually quite curious whether the poisonous smoke from a thousand years ago had expired.
But in the end, he did not break the law.

The shepherd boy didn't appreciate Chu Qing's violent way of breaking through the barrier, but he approved of it.

She had been watching the water flow on the floor... ever since she came out of that room.

Chu Qing asked her why she cared so much, and she told Chu Qing that it was called a 'dragon-summoning scheme'.

The feng shui of the First Emperor Wu's tomb is underground, with a dragon coiled around the mountain outside the bronze door, which is the dragon-attracting formation that draws in the mountain dragon.

Then she told Chu Qing mysteriously:

"I suspect that the First Emperor of Wu built his ancient tomb here for some other purpose."

"Especially after seeing this Dragon-Drawing Formation, I can be pretty sure... that the First Martial Emperor back then probably didn't want to die."

Chu Qing didn't understand what he meant, so the shepherd boy said:
"Think about it, why do we need to attract dragons? Whether it's a dragon winding around a mountain or two dragons guarding it, it's a good formation."

"Why didn't we just let this dragon stay outside? Why did we bring it in?"
"What do you plan to do after bringing them in?"

Chu Qing raised an eyebrow slightly and gestured towards her neck:
"kill?"

His words were somewhat of a joke, but the shepherd boy nodded:

"Probably!"

"But this is not a dragon after all... it's water."

"You do not understand."

The shepherd boy waved his hand, his face full of "summer insects cannot be discussed with ice."

Chu Qing rolled her eyes:
"Nonsense, I really don't understand. If I did, would I allow you to show off in front of me?"

After that, the shepherd girl didn't talk to Chu Qing about her feng shui secrets anymore. Instead, she was amazed by how big the place was and how many tricks she had learned along the way.

Suddenly, the human figures in front of them vanished, and what they saw was indeed a stone forest.

Even the river that had always been there had disappeared underground.

There should be a formation inside this stone forest...

"Let me take a closer look, oh, the sixty-four hexagrams, that's interesting... Hmm? Quite fascinating... Let's go inside."

After muttering a few words, the shepherd boy led Chu Qing inside.

Chu Qing still knows nothing about formations, but the shepherd boy is an expert in this field.

Along the way, we have indeed broken through quite a few formations.

However, this place is clearly different from the others, and is more mysterious and complex.

The shepherd boy walked and stopped intermittently, and after about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he suddenly stopped.

He was muttering something under his breath. Chu Qing overheard it; it was all technical terms like Qian, Kun, Zhen, Dui, Kan, Li, and Gen. Finally, she suddenly looked up:

"Nine deaths and one life, the gate of life is in the east!"

"let's go!"

She pulled Chu Qing along and took a step forward.

After taking this step, the seemingly endless, densely packed stone forest suddenly vanished, leaving behind only a completely different room.

In the very center, there was a pill furnace.

There was a metal shelf on one side, filled with all sorts of small bottles.

On the other side were shelves as well, but most of them were covered in black and gray dust. A few jade slips remained intact, and it was unknown what they contained.

Directly opposite the alchemy furnace was a couch.

There is still one person sitting on the couch.

The man was dressed in black, had no hair, and sat cross-legged, surrounded by black flames.

Chu Qing was slightly taken aback:
"This black flame... is it the karmic fire from the [Record of Villains]? This is... the Evil Prince?"

"Is the evil prince bald?"

The shepherd boy gave Chu Qing a strange look.

Chu Qing suddenly slapped his forehead:
"You, the one who started this, have the nerve to ask... Have you forgotten what you did before?"

"What a tragedy! A perfectly good evil prince has become a bald prince."

"I...what did I do..."

After thinking carefully, the shepherd girl suddenly remembered the blood-stained scalp and the long hair that she had thrown away earlier.

Her expression gradually changed, and then she began to clench her teeth, her face contorting as she forced herself not to laugh out loud.

"This, this isn't my fault... I didn't expect his injuries to heal so quickly... and he still doesn't have hair..."

(End of this chapter)