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

Because the main tomb chamber's traps were just centimeters away from everyone, and because wandering around had previously triggered the Corpse Fiend Eight Trigrams Formation's mechanisms, most of them had one foot on the ground and the other raised. Before Wang Yueban's front foot touched the ground, everyone else's heels were suspended in the air...

"hey-hey...."

Wang Yueban scratched his head apologetically, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"Well... this isn't entirely my fault. If Kong Zhengye hadn't been in such a hurry to see his 'cousin,' we wouldn't have gotten lost! The situation is a bit unusual now; the trajectory simulated by my 'geomancy divination' has been disrupted..."

"Given the current situation, we'll probably have to recalculate our location... If we continue on this 'recklessly'... we'll be risking our lives!"

Upon hearing this, the tall young man Jiang Jiaxu was immediately filled with anger.

"You fatso Wang, you've been playing us!"

If it weren't for maintaining his balance, Jiang Jiaxu would have smashed the camera on his shoulder at the head of this "fake tomb raider"!

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"Alright, everyone stop arguing and be quiet for a while!"

Just then, Wu Tianjiao suddenly spoke up from the crowd and strode to the front of the line.

"The situation is critical. I'll lead the way!"

After saying this, Wu Tianjiao reached into his robes and pretended to take out the Qiankun Compass Spoon, a rare artifact gifted to him by the system!

The moment the item was taken out, Wu Tianjiao was immediately drawn to its ancient and rustic patterns.

It was a "copper spoon" that shone with a golden luster all over its body. It was placed steadily on a square compass. At the same time, many small seal characters were engraved on the compass, making the entire Qiankun Sinan spoon look extremely mysterious and difficult to understand!

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"Hey Fatty, am I blind? Brother Tian, ​​how did you get this 'treasure'?"

Wang Yueban's expression was incredibly interesting the moment he saw the Qiankun Compass in Wu Tianjiao's hand.

Ignoring the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, he turned around and approached the Qiankun Sinan spoon in Wu Tianjiao's hand, shining the flashlight beam on it at the same time.

The golden "copper spoon" reflected brilliant rays of light, which stung Wang Yueban's eyes and brought tears to her eyes!

He reached out and rubbed his eyes, his expression shifting from surprise to excitement:

"There's no mistake! There's no mistake, this is the legendary 'Qiankun Sinan' from the Qin Dynasty!"

Seeing that everyone still looked confused, Fatty Wang clapped his hands triumphantly and explained.

I don't know if you've ever heard this saying.

[The compass, when placed on the ground, points south.]

Jiang Jiaxu, standing in the crowd, suddenly spoke up somewhat hesitantly:

"According to you, we can just throw this compass spoon on the bluestone floor of the main tomb chamber, and it will point the way?"

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Listening to Jiang Jiaxu's explanation, Wang Yueban's nose relaxed slightly, and for the first time, she displayed a confidence unlike anything she usually showed:

"Everyone says you scholars are all bookworms! You don't know how to apply what you've learned. Anyone with eyes can see that if this thing is dropped on the ground, it will definitely break. Besides, you're willing to throw away something so precious?"

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Jiang Jiaxu retorted angrily, "Hey! What kind of talk is that!"

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Wang Yueban ignored his reaction and continued to explain:

"When I mentioned the Qiankun Sinan (a compass for divination), the 'ground' I was referring to doesn't represent the Shoushan stone floor of the main tomb chamber. The 'ground' here refers to the square base beneath the spoon..."

"This territory has quite a history. I've heard rumors that the base of the Qiankun Sinan is the prototype of the compass. It's square in shape and engraved with characters from the Qin Dynasty. It's clearly a Later Heaven Bagua diagram, and it even has the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and the Twenty-Eight Mansions engraved on it. If you look at the diagonals, you'll see eight Heavenly Stems, four Trigrams, and twelve Earthly Branches..."

"Forget it... let's not talk about this anymore. Even if we did, you wouldn't understand!"

"In short, with this thing, it's much easier than me painstakingly calculating the tomb raiders' 'geomancy location' bit by bit! If I'm not mistaken, we can move freely through this 'Corpse Fiend Eight Formations' just by relying on 'it'!"

Wang Pangzi's eyes were filled with excitement, and his emotions infected the 1.8 people present.

"Wu Tianjiao, you have such a good thing, why didn't you take it out sooner! This is so unfair of you, waiting until your Fatty is exhausted before taking it out. If you had this earlier, I guarantee you, we could have gotten to the vicinity of the tomb raider's tunnel much sooner and left this eerie tomb..."

Just as Fatty Wang was rambling on and on, a soft rebuke suddenly rang out from the crowd:

"Fatty Wang, you'd better think before you speak!"

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A hint of disdain appeared on Ah Ning's pretty face. "I've heard of this stuff before," she said.

"During the Qin Dynasty, people used to make spoons out of lodestone and place them on fixed square plates to determine direction! However, as history progressed, the friction between the spoon and the plate became very high, which is common knowledge from elementary school! Because the friction was too great, the magnetic force itself could not overcome the friction, so this 'thing' was long ago phased out!"

"Hoping to rely on some kind of 'compass' is no better than simply blindfolding yourself!"

Chapter 237: The Corpse Fiend Eight Trigrams Formation is Too Eerie

There's at least a one in a thousand chance of a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse!

Upon hearing A Ning's explanation, everyone in the main tomb chamber subconsciously agreed. After all, the fact that a square tray with a spoon on it could break through the legendary "Qimen Dunjia" and the "Corpse Fiend Eight Trigrams Formation" was simply too eerie!

This thing has neither electricity nor mechanical structure!

It's basically just a spoon on top, like a "lucky wheel," and where you end up is entirely up to luck!

"Wu Tianjiao, I think you should just give up. You'd better put away your 'lucky wheel.' At least Wang Yueban, this tomb raider, does have some skills. Let him go first!"

Jiang Jia, a tall young man in the crowd, nodded in agreement after listening to A Ning's explanation. Although the situation was dangerous, they couldn't put their fate on something so unreliable!

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Upon hearing these remarks, Wang Yueban's eyes widened and his mouth gaped open. He wanted to rush up and argue with these "nonsense" fellows. How could the "strange object" of the Great Xia Federation be questioned like this?

16 Just then, a hand reached out and patted Wang Yueban on the shoulder. Wu Xie, who had been silent all along, quietly put his mouth close to Wang Pangzi's ear and whispered something.

Wang Yueban nodded in agreement while looking towards the front of the line.

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Wu Tianjiao had no intention of explaining anything to these people, mainly because he genuinely didn't know the specific effects of the Qiankun Compass Spoon, a rare artifact from the tomb!

During this time, Wu Tianjiao asked the system questions many times, but still did not receive a clear answer. It was obvious that this arrogant system had left work arbitrarily after awarding the rewards.

But the reality is quite tricky!

The reward for killing the scarlet lice, the Qiankun Compass Spoon, has a time limit.

Wu Tianjiao only noticed the line of tiny seal characters at the bottom of the "item" during the discussion.

【The Mysterious Treasure of the Tomb Raider: Qiankun Compass Spoon x1】

(Special restricted item, time remaining: 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds...)

Wu Tianjiao was furious. He didn't have time to complain about this unscrupulous system, nor did he have the mood to explain anything to the group of people behind him!

Wu Tianjiao doesn't know anything else! But one thing is certain.

The [Qiankun Compass Spoon] is a limited-time item, so its effects must be extraordinary.

Making the most of the time, Wu Tianjiao strode ahead.

When Wu Tianjiao held the Qiankun Sinan ladle level with both hands, the golden "copper ladle" above it automatically rotated a full circle and settled in front of his left. At the same time, the ancient seal script characters on the square compass began to occasionally reflect a strange luster...

"Wow, is that really so 'amazing'...?"

Seeing this "strange" scene, Wu Tianjiao was completely relieved and quickened his pace as he moved around the main tomb chamber!

Just then, Wang Yueban, who was in the crowd, hurriedly urged:

"What are you all standing there for? Someone is leading the way, and the fact that the Corpse Fiend Eight Trigrams Formation trap wasn't triggered is enough to explain the situation!"

In this critical moment, everyone disregarded all other considerations and quickly followed Wu Tianjiao's lead.

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Along the way, Wu Tianjiao noticed that the compass spoon in his hand changed its position many times. Each change was based on a special step structure. Wu Tianjiao had a preliminary guess in his mind because it would always change direction on the fourth and seventh steps.

About ten minutes later, some black lines appeared on Wu Tianjiao's forehead!

"System...System! Is what you gave me a 'fake'?! This ancient artifact, the Qiankun Compass, was supposed to lead everyone to the 'exit'! Why did we end up on the central stone platform of the inverted bucket-shaped tomb?!"

"There's a bronze coffin here!"

Wu Tianjiao was speechless. According to his original plan, the best course of action at this moment was to leave this "strange" main tomb chamber of the Qin Empire!

We can consider other things after we get out. Right now, I have neither "equipment" nor "supplies". Once I'm out, I'll be fully prepared and have plenty of ammunition before I come back to open the coffin!

Unfortunately... things didn't go as planned... At this moment, Wu Tianjiao discovered that the Qiankun Compass in his hand had stopped working, and its surface, which had been radiating golden light, was gradually dimming!

"This...a strike?"

"You can do that?"

Looking at the Qiankun Compass Spoon, a rare artifact from the tomb raiding site, Wu Tianjiao gripped it tightly, feeling an urge to throw it away in a fit of rage!

Just then, Wu Tianjiao heard a system notification.

[Ding! Special mission triggered has been completed!]

[Protect Wu Xie as he traverses the Corpse Fiend Eight Trigrams Formation and arrives at the ancient bronze coffin 1/1]

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