Tomb Raiding: The Bloodline of Dragons and Snakes, Starting from the Kunlun Divine Palace

Wu Tianjiao walked towards Wu Xie, while Fatty was right next to Wu Xie, so he didn't need to move. Fatty shone his flashlight on the text.

"This does look like English, but what is written on it?"

"Judging from the wear and tear, it must be quite old. Wu Xie, do you think this might have been left behind by your third uncle and the others back then?" Wu Xie nodded.

"It should be, but unfortunately the wear and tear is so severe that we can't see what's written on it at all." Zhang Qiling stroked the writing on the wall, lost in thought.

Wu Xie was a little puzzled and was about to speak when Wu Tianjiao stretched out a hand, made a shushing gesture, and then shook his head at him.

Wu Tianjiao knew that the young man had remembered something, and it was best not to disturb him in this situation. After a long while, the young man's clear and cold voice finally rang out.

"I feel like I've been here before."

The fat man felt a wave of disappointment. "Isn't this obvious? It's like saying nothing at all. You were a member of the Xisha underwater tomb archaeological team twenty years ago. How could you not have been here?"

"Hey buddy, did you remember something?"

Wu Xie asked.

Zhang Qiling shook his head. "I just feel like I've been here before, but I can't remember anything else."

Wu Tianjiao patted the young man on the shoulder and said, "Since you can't remember, don't force yourself. Keep walking forward, and maybe you'll remember everything."

Zhang Qiling glanced at Wu Tianjiao, his dark eyes unusually bright. It was as if, no matter what he did, someone would always be there to support him. He then nodded, and the four of them continued forward.

The fat man walked along, constantly waving his flashlight back and forth.

"Where did that little wench, Aning, go? We haven't run into her along the way."

"When it's meant to happen, it will happen naturally; when it's not meant to happen, you may never happen."

Wu Tianjiao uttered a very philosophical statement. After walking for a few minutes, Zhang Qiling seemed to have discovered something. Suddenly, he quickened his pace. Wu Tianjiao and Wu Xie exchanged a glance, then also quickened their pace. Fatty followed at the very back.

When Wu Tianjiao and the others stopped, the fat man caught up, but he was already panting heavily.

"Hey, you three heroes, could you please have some consideration for me, this guy with high cholesterol? I'm really exhausted."

The fat man kept muttering to himself. Meanwhile, Wu Tianjiao and Wu Xie arrived beside the young man. Before them stood a massive, towering stone tablet.

The young man stared intently at the stone tablet, lost in thought. He seemed to be recalling something. Having heeded Wu Tianjiao's warning last time, Wu Xie didn't disturb him this time, allowing him to quietly reflect on his memories.

However, Wu Xie wasn't idle either. He walked to a spot very close to the stone tablet and began to examine it carefully. The stone tablet was made of priceless marble.

A huge palace is carved on it. Although it is a carving, the carving is so lifelike that it looks like the real thing.

Moreover, the palace on the stone tablet was shrouded in mist, making it seem more like a palace in the sky than a palace on earth.

Wu Xie looked down and noticed many characters carved on the ground. He squatted down and carefully examined the carved characters, his brows furrowing.

"Brother Tian, ​​come and take a look. This is a Zen saying, isn't it? I only have a vague understanding of Zen sayings. Do you understand them?"

Wu Tianjiao walked over.

I took a look too.

Zen sayings are not something that ordinary people can understand. Fortunately, Wu Tianjiao is a time traveler from the future to the present. He has read the original work and also has the help of the system.

"This means that the tomb owner built a heavenly palace, and the gate to the heavenly palace is hidden inside this stone tablet." As he spoke, Wu Tianjiao looked at the stone tablet in front of him.

"If you are destined to have it, this door will open for you and lead you to the Heavenly Palace."

"The Heavenly Palace?"

Wu Xie slowly stood up from the ground. If someone else claimed to have built a heavenly palace, he would definitely think they were bragging. But the tomb's occupant was very likely Wang Zanghai.

If it really is Wang Zanghai, he might not be bragging. The Ming Dynasty's imperial palace, and this underwater tomb, were both designed and built by him.

This clearly demonstrates his power. But if he truly built a celestial palace, where is it now?

But if he really built a heavenly palace, then where is that heavenly palace now? Why is it said that the stone tablet in front of him is the gate to the heavenly palace?

If that's really the case, then isn't this a bit too fantastical?

"Brother Tian, ​​Tianzhen, Brother Xiao, come quick, look what I found!"

At this moment, the fat man's voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Wu Xie's thoughts.

The fat man waved the thing in his hand.

“Look at the oxygen tank and diving mask. These things must be quite old. They must have been left behind by your third uncle and his family back then.”

Wu Xie ran over.

"Fatty, where did you find all this stuff?"

"It's right here in the water."

Just as the fat man finished speaking, a piercing scream suddenly rang out.

The fat man was startled. "Oh my god, what is this? No, there must be something fishy going on underwater. Naive, for safety's sake, we can't stay here any longer. Let's get out of here quickly."

Wu Xie nodded. That strange scream had startled not only Fatty, but also him.

However, after observing their surroundings, they found nothing there, which was rather eerie. Fatty and Wu Xie were just about to go up...

At this moment, the river suddenly began to flow backward, even the water droplets rose upward, and the reefs in the river gradually became visible. Inside the tomb, water droplets continued to drip incessantly.

Wu Xie and Fatty were quite surprised to see this scene and couldn't understand what was going on.

Was there any wind in there? How could that have happened? Everyone tensed up involuntarily. Their nerves were taut, and they remained highly vigilant. That strange scream just now, coupled with this sudden turn of events...

To be honest, anyone with a slightly weak heart would be terrified. Especially since all of this was happening in this eerie and terrifying environment. While Wu Xie and Fatty were still on high alert...

Zhang Qiling said suddenly.

I remember now.

Chapter 165: The Heavenly Palace Under the Sea

Wu Xie and Fatty immediately shifted their attention.

Even Wu Tianjiao wanted to know what the young man had remembered. "There really is a Heavenly Palace on the Clouds here."

Wu Xie was stunned. "The Heavenly Palace on the Clouds? It's here?"

It's hard to believe, but the underwater tomb itself is actually a palace. How could one palace possibly contain another?

Moreover, it is a palace that is said to be in the heavens.

"That was twenty years ago. Your third uncle and I were on the same archaeological team. We discovered a lot of ceramics in this very place."

"Among them, there seems to be a person named Huo Ling. She discovered that there was a special symbol in all those porcelain pieces. When all those symbols were put together, they formed a palace."

"I thought that if we went further, there might be some new clues, so I suggested that everyone look further ahead."

"At that time, your third uncle was probably exhausted, so he fell asleep."

"Huo Ling didn't tell us to wake him up - she said to go and come back quickly."

"Later, we searched all the way and found a tomb."

"That tomb chamber can't even be called a tomb chamber. It was magnificent and brightly lit, truly like a heavenly palace."

However, we passed by this place just before we reached the tomb.

"Because this is the gateway to that place."

But then we saw someone here, someone we never expected.”

"Who is it?"

Wu Xie suddenly felt inexplicably nervous for no apparent reason.

The young man looked at Wu Xie and said, "It is indeed your third uncle, Wu Sansheng."

"Wasn't Third Master asleep at the time?" the fat man asked.

"How could you possibly be here? And even arrive before you?"

"That's the strangest thing."

The young man said.

"What was my third uncle doing at the time?"

Wu Xie didn't know whether Xiao Ge was telling the truth or not. In any case, he was temporarily taking him for the truth.

"Pretend to be a woman, and then pose in front of the stone tablet," the young man said.

"Pretending to be a woman? Pose in front of the stone tablet? Dude, I consider you a friend, are you kidding me?" Wu Xie said, looking at Wu Tianjiao.

His eyes seemed to be accusing the younger brother of bullying him.

“Wu Xie, Brother Xiao didn’t lie to you. Your Third Uncle probably guessed something back then.”

The smaller characters beneath the stone tablet also state that it is the gate to the Heavenly Palace. And the reason your third uncle dressed as a woman in front of the tablet was actually to search for the exit—no, he wasn't dressing as a woman, nor was he posing provocatively; he was adjusting his altitude.

It's possible that the delivery guy and his companions were too far away to see clearly what he was doing.

The little brother nodded.

"Brother Tian is right. At that time, Wu Sansheng was adjusting his body height to find a way out."

"Later I discovered that the life gate and the secret gate actually had corresponding mechanisms inside the stone tablet."

"So what happened next? Did you ask my third uncle why he got here before you?"

Wu Xie was beginning to believe what Xiao Ge had said.