"How could a villager who has lived for at least five hundred years not know the greatest heroic deed of his own village?"

Jiang Han's words echoed in the empty, dilapidated ancestral hall, carrying a strong sense of irony.

Wang Shengsi's lie was exposed the moment Jiang Han stepped into the ancestral hall.

Everything here tells a story of a history that has been deliberately hidden.

The excitement of the live stream's explanation cooled down, replaced by lingering fear and skepticism.

Holy crap...that's terrifying to think about!

Wang Sheng is lying! He definitely knows about the Earth Immortals! But why is he pretending he knows nothing?

[A monster who's lived for five hundred years, guarding a shrine dedicated to a local deity, and then telling you he doesn't know who that deity is? Who would believe that nonsense!]

He's not stupid, he's malicious! Every word he says might be a trap!

I take back what I said about him being a comedian; this guy... is terrifying.

Jiang Han stopped worrying about Wang's life or death.

If the other party doesn't want to talk, then find out for yourself.

He walked deeper into the ancestral hall.

The super-powerful tracking ball followed behind him, presenting the eerie interior of the ancestral hall to a global audience.

It's much bigger here than it looks from the outside.

There was a lingering musty smell in the air, a mixture of dust and rotten wood, and every breath made my chest feel stuffy.

Rows of wooden frames extend from the ground to the roof, densely packed with countless wooden memorial tablets.

Each memorial tablet is like a small shrine.

"A longevity tablet shrine..."

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Jiang Han looked at these shrines.

The style and size were exactly the same as what he saw in the mirrored world on the other side of the village entrance.

Beneath each shrine, an ancient name is written in cinnabar.

"Feng De, Feng Yuanshan, Feng Li..."

These names match the list in Zhang Zhenren's "Book of Life and Death in Fengxian Village" one by one.

This place enshrines all the villagers of Fengxian Village who have pursued "decomposition and ascension" over the past hundreds of years.

Ugh... another one of those shrines. It's giving me trypophobia.

I understand! The village entrance is the sunny side, the ancestral hall is the shady side! A world of the living, a world of the dead!

So, are there any living people left in Fengxian Village? Or... have they all turned into these memorial tablets?

This is so eerie; this place is more unsettling than any of the previous restricted areas.

Jiang Han's gaze moved upwards.

At the deepest and highest point of the ancestral hall, there is a unique shrine.

It is larger than the other shrines and occupies the most prestigious position.

Strangely, the shrine was empty.

There is no memorial tablet.

There was nothing there.

There was only one candle burning in the very center of the shrine.

That candle was special.

Other candles burn with an orange flame, but this candle's flame is a ghastly white.

It didn't emit light or heat, but the surrounding air twisted and turned in circles, as if space itself was being pulled along by it.

"The Soul-Guiding Candle"

Jiang Han looked at the candle.

He could sense a strange energy emanating from the pale flames, drawing in the energy of all the ancestral tablets in the ancestral hall.

This is the heart of the entire ancestral hall.

That empty shrine was undoubtedly prepared for the most important person in Fengxian Village.

Earth Immortal.

Jiang Han walked over.

He didn't touch the soul-guiding candle, but instead looked at the base of the empty shrine.

Fingers brushed across the wooden base.

There was a very weak energy fluctuation remaining there.

There's something there.

He followed the mark and pressed it in an inconspicuous corner under the base.

"Click".

A soft sound.

A small door popped open on the base of the shrine.

The door was very small, only the size of a palm, neither gold nor jade, and its surface was covered with intricate patterns that seemed to be slowly flowing, as if they were alive.

An aura even more ancient than the Soul-Guiding Candle emanated from behind the door.

"The Gate of Sumeru".

Jiang Han gave this strange little door a name.

The live stream chat immediately went wild.

[Holy crap! It's a trap! It's a trap!]

[Found it! The secret of the Earth Immortal must lie behind this door!]

This door is so exquisite! The patterns on it seem to move! It's absolutely a creation of the gods!

[Open it now! I can't wait!]

Amidst the urging from the entire internet, Jiang Han did not take immediate action.

He first manipulated the god-level tracking ball to zoom in on the camera.

The camera panned past his shoulder and directly onto the palm-sized "Gate of Sumeru".

Then, Jiang Han stretched out two fingers, pinched the edge of the small door, and pulled it outwards.

The door opened.

There was no sound.

The camera, guided by Jiang Han, shot the ball through the doorway with god-like precision.

next second.

Everyone in the live stream paused for a moment.

The camera pans from a narrow, dimly lit ancestral hall to a magnificent underground world.

The tomb passage, so high that its top is invisible, is constructed of massive bronze bricks and stones, with eternal lamps burning on both sides, casting a dim glow.

In the distance lies a vast underground space, shrouded in mist, where white jade platforms can be seen floating in mid-air.

In the very center of the space, a huge bronze coffin was suspended in the air by countless thick chains, making one's chest feel tight.

The ancient tomb of the Earth Immortal.

This is absolutely a genuine ancient tomb of a celestial being.

[New...New map unlocked!!!]

[Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Found it! Really found it!]

[My God! This is the work of a celestial being! It's magnificent! Could a human really have created this?]

[A world contained within a mustard seed! Behind this tiny door lies a complete universe! This is unbelievable!]

Command Center of Bureau 749

Long Guozhu and a group of white-haired scientists stood up from their seats, staring at the screen, their hands trembling with excitement.

"Spatial folding technology! It's true spatial folding technology!"

"My God...we always thought this only existed in theory!"

"Quick! Record all the data! This discovery could rewrite the history of physics!"

The whole world is celebrating this discovery.

Everyone thought that Jiang Han was about to step into a new and magnificent world full of treasures and secrets.

The atmosphere in the live stream reached its peak at this moment.

But just then...

A finger appeared in the picture.

A finger that belonged to Jiang Han.

It appeared outrageously large, standing next to the "grand" tomb passage.

Then, the second finger.

Pinch gently with two fingers.

next second.

To the astonishment of audiences worldwide.

That magnificent ancient tomb of immortals, hailed as a "miracle" and a "revolutionary discovery in physics"...

Jiang Han used two fingers to pull it from that palm-sized shrine...

It was taken out.

The camera zooms out at the same time.

The ball followed Jiang Han back behind.

In the picture.

Jiang Han stood in the ancestral hall, holding a palm-sized, incredibly intricately designed ancient tomb model in his hand.

That magnificent tomb passage, the floating coffin, the swirling mist...

All of these are landscapes from this miniature model.

"..."

The live stream was silent for a full half minute.

The screen was completely blank.

Inside the 749 Bureau command center, the expressions on Long Guozhu and his expert team's faces went from ecstasy to astonishment, and then to blankness, as if they had all been put on pause.

Half a minute later.

The screen was flooded with comments.

[Holy crap!!!]

【? ...

[I...I'm dumbfounded...Is it a model?? A figurine??]

【(╬☉д⊙) I was so excited I almost had a heart attack! And you're telling me it's a figurine?! ? ?】

[Earth Immortal: You didn't expect that, did you? Surprised? Unexpected? ✧(≖ ◡ ≖✿)]

[Lung Kuo-chu: My history of physics... my spatial folding... gone... all gone...]

I feel like my IQ has been brutally rubbed into the ground by some shaman! This old Deng is too much of a showman!

So... the trail has gone cold? This was just a smokescreen? Where is the real tomb?

The whole world thought it was a dead end.

An ultimate mockery from an earth immortal, separated by hundreds of years.

Jiang Han ignored the collapse of the live stream.

He toyed with the excessively exquisite miniature ancient tomb in his hand, a cold smile appearing on his face instead.

He casually tossed the model aside, as if it were a worthless toy.

Their gaze returned to the empty "Gate of Sumeru".

Behind the door lies the interior of an empty shrine.

But in Jiang Han's eyes, there was clearly more to it than met the eye.

"The design is quite interesting."

His voice had a hint of amusement in it.

"However, you're too naive to think you can stop me with this kind of trick."

The entire online audience was stunned.

What does "Jiang Shen" mean?

[A smokescreen? Could it be...?]

Jiang Han extended a finger, and a faint wisp of pure yang golden flame lit up at the fingertip.

He looked at the empty door, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"The true entrance is not something you can see with your eyes."

"Since it doesn't want to open the door..."

"Then I'll build a door myself."

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