Seeing that no one could find the entrance to the tomb passage, Li Changsheng carefully recalled Hu Bayi and the others' experiences, and then gave them some pointers.

"The tomb of King Xian should be located in the middle of the tomb passage. Carefully observe every part of the tomb passage and walk around it again."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie and Ma Liang immediately agreed.

To save time, the two chose to go in different directions, searching inch by inch until they eventually met up.

After a thorough search, Wu Xie was the first to discover the entrance to the main tomb chamber in less than ten minutes.

"Big brother, we found it!"

Wu Xie's face lit up with joy, and he called out loudly to gather everyone over.

On the wall of the tomb passage in front of him, there was a picture of King Xian ascending to heaven.

The difference is that the murals here depict the scene of King Xian ascending to immortality from his tomb, escorted step by step by many ghostly soldiers and messengers.

At first glance, the murals didn't seem particularly special, and even after looking at them for a long time, Ma Liang couldn't find anything wrong with them.

"Old Wu, where's the mechanism? I can't see it."

Wu Xie smiled slightly and pointed to the corner of the mural.

It depicts a queen wearing a phoenix crown, with countless maids behind her.

Clearly, this queen was the wife of King Xian.

"Is there something wrong with this mural?"

Not understanding the meaning, Ma Liang stepped forward and touched the mural with his hand.

But as soon as he put his hand on it, he sensed something was wrong and almost immediately pulled his hand back in fright.

"Holy crap, is this real?"

Ma Liang quickly moved to the side and shone his flashlight in the direction.

Only then did everyone realize that the queen in the mural, wearing a phoenix crown and exuding majesty over the world, was actually a real person embedded in the wall of the tomb passage.

Sun Xiaomei was amazed and quickly told Professor Sun what had happened.

Professor Sun frowned slightly, pondered for a long time, and then slowly spoke.

"This may be a legendary secret method used to seal the sacred cave and prevent the earth's dragon energy from leaking out."

"Legend has it that to achieve immortality through corpse liberation, one must rely on the dragon vein energy of the immortal's burial site. However, the dragon vein energy will dissipate as the earth veins migrate. The only way to lock it in is for the tomb owner to personally kill their closest relatives and seal them at the entrance of the tomb."

Professor Sun's words made Wu Xie frown.

"This King Xian killed slaves, killed common people, and even his own wife, whom he had married, was utterly inhuman."

Li Changsheng chuckled coldly and said indifferently, "Throughout history, there have been countless fools like this. If the cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death were so easily broken, the world would have been in chaos long ago."

Compared to King Xian's cruelty, figures like the Queen Mother of the West, King Lu Shang, and King Wan Nu were no less ruthless, willing to sacrifice everything for immortality.

As soon as Li Changsheng finished speaking, a faint rustling sound suddenly rang out in the tomb passage, as if countless insects were crawling across it.

Startled, Sun Xiaomei instinctively asked, "What was that sound?"

Not only Sun Xiaomei, but Wu Xie and Ma Liang also heard it and quickly turned around to look for the source of the sound.

But after searching for a long time, they were surprised to find that the voice actually came from the body of the wife of the King of Xian, who was embedded in the wall.

"this……"

Wu Xie felt a chill run down his spine and instinctively gripped the wolf-tooth flashlight, nervously looking at the mural.

The next second, before anyone could react.

Suddenly, the belly of the King Xian's wife split open to both sides, and then countless black moths flew out from inside.

These moths almost completely obscured the entire tomb passage, swarming towards the crowd.

Moreover, wherever the moths flew, all the burial objects in the niches surrounding the murals, whether gold, silver, or bronze, were completely devoured!

"Be careful!"

Wu Xie was horrified when he saw this, and quickly grabbed Ma Liang, who was the closest to him, and turned to run away.

Of all the people, only Li Changsheng had anticipated this scene and was not too worried.

Soon, Wu Xie and Ma Liang ran up behind Li Changsheng.

Seeing that Li Changsheng did not move, Wu Xie secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This moth was obviously difficult to deal with, but Li Changsheng didn't move, which meant he had a way to solve it.

As the moth drew closer, Li Changsheng slowly and deliberately cast the Golden Light Spell!

In an instant, his entire body was radiating golden light.

The golden light was like an impenetrable wall of bronze and iron. As soon as the moths encountered the golden light, they melted into ashes as snow meeting the sun.

While dealing with the moths, Li Changsheng also had the leisure to explain the origin of these moths to Wu Xie and the others.

"This thing is scientifically called the Ghost Corpse Moth. Originally, it was an insect from deep in the mountains and forests, feeding on various poisonous plants. Later, a Gu master in the southwest region developed a method to infuse a living person with the moth's eggs, then soak them in seven kinds of poisons. After the person was poisoned to death, another seven kinds of poisons were injected into their body. Then, a special liquid was applied to the surface of the corpse to prevent it from rotting. Eventually, the moth's eggs will grow into a cocoon in the human's abdominal cavity, absorbing the corpse's corpse energy and resentment, and transforming into a Ghost Corpse Moth. This Ghost Corpse Moth does not like low temperatures and will remain dormant when the temperature is low. However, as soon as the temperature changes slightly, it will quickly emerge from the cocoon and devour everything edible."

Ma Liang's brow furrowed upon hearing this, and he couldn't help but ask, "So, the Ghost Corpse Moth is also poisonous?"

"It is more than ten times more dangerous than the most venomous snake. If you are bitten by it, you will die in less than three minutes."

Upon hearing this, Ma Liang and the others quickly shrank back, fearing that some ghostly corpse moths might bypass Li Changsheng and appear in front of them.

However, their worries were unnecessary. Although these ghostly moths were extremely venomous, they had little intelligence and their instinct to be attracted to light remained unchanged. Even though the ashes of their companions' corpses had already piled up in a thick layer in the tomb passage, they still rushed towards Li Changsheng's golden light one after another.

More than a quarter of an hour passed before all the ghostly corpses and moths turned to ashes, piling up into a half-meter-high pile of ash. Only then did Wu Xie, Ma Liang, and the others breathe a sigh of relief.

For monsters like the Gu infant, firearms are at least somewhat useful.

With thousands upon thousands of poisonous moths swarming overhead, bullets are practically useless.

Fortunately, they had Li Changsheng with them, so no matter how dangerous the situation, they could always find a way to overcome it.

After dealing with the ghostly moths, Wu Xie and the others covered their mouths and noses, carefully stepped over the ashes of the moths' corpses, and returned to the mural of the King Xian's first wife.

Wu Xie shone his wolf-tooth flashlight through the laceration in the Queen's abdomen.

"Brother, there really is a burial chamber inside! It seems this is the main burial chamber of King Xian!"

The environment inside delighted Wu Xie.

They spent several days and nights on Zhelong Mountain, enduring countless dangers, and now they finally see hope.

Li Changsheng nodded and instructed Wu Xie and Ma Liang to dig up the body of the Queen of Xian.

Even after the body was dug out, the passage remained narrow, barely wide enough for one person to pass through.

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