In Panjiayuan, the first thing they did was trick Lao Hu into going tomb raiding.

Fatty and Chu Yi took ice picks and prepared to smash it.

Uncle Ming just came downstairs. He was ready to watch everyone get to work.

At this moment, all the lights focused on the plate, and when Uncle Ming saw the image of a human with a wolf's head, his face suddenly changed color.

He hurriedly took out the scripture from the Samsara Sect and pointed to the wolf-headed demon god on the ice plate, saying, "This glacial crystal must not be destroyed. It contains the curse of the White Wolf Demon Slave of the Demon Kingdom. If it is broken, the curse will be released!"

Old Hu was somewhat skeptical.

His sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret technique includes an explanation of the layout of the Nine-Story Demon Tower.

Old Hu had previously deduced that there couldn't possibly be any mechanisms on this floor.

This crystal disc is likely a type of funerary decoration called a spirit canopy, which is present at the junctions of each level.

However, seeing Uncle Ming's strange and rambling manner, and recalling the ghostly events that had occurred recently, Lao Hu hesitated.

Zhang Yingchuan was also familiar with the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique. After exchanging a glance with Old Hu, he turned to look at Su Mo.

They seemed to be waiting for Su Mo to come up with a plan.

Su Mo said in a deep voice, "Smash it! Whether it's a curse or a trap, I'll see just how powerful this Nine-Story Demon Tower really is!"

Upon hearing Su Mo's words, Fatty and Chu Yi stepped forward and started smashing things.

In no time, the crystal plate was smashed into countless fragments.

Upon seeing this, Uncle Ming and the others involuntarily took a few steps back.

After examining the crystal, Shirley Yang said to everyone, "Mr. Lei is right. However, the crystal plate at the bottom is fake; the real cursed crystal plate is at the deepest part!"

"This demon tower, which enshrines the evil god Crystal Corpse, was also mentioned in the long poem of the King of the Enemy-Slaying Pearl. The silver demon slave, the White Wolf King, is named Crystal Free Mountain!"

"It serves the evil god at the bottom of the tower, and if anyone approaches, the army of demon wolves will descend from the sky and devour the intruder!"

Chu Yi nodded and echoed, "The Wolf God Crystal Free Mountain was a demon slave of the Demon Kingdom. There are related legends in the earliest mythological system of the Western Regions. Crystal Free Mountain was also a giant white wolf in its previous life, the ancestor of all the hungry wolves of Kunlun Mountain..."

"But it received this title after its death. Legend has it that after being killed by Guru Padmasambhava, its body transformed into a giant iceberg of crystal, hence the name Crystal Free Mountain..."

Shirley Yang said, "That's right. This crystal, which was formed from the corpse of the White Wolf Demon Slave, contains a vicious curse from the demon slave's spirit. Anyone who tries to get close to it will die without a burial place."

"The Demon Kingdom is a people who worship the abyss and caves. The Glacier Crystal Corpse, as a symbol of the evil god, must be at the very bottom of the Demon Tower. When you dig to the deepest point, be careful not to damage the Crystal Free Mountain and bring trouble upon yourself..."

Shirley Yang solemnly reminded everyone.

To be honest, mentioning curses now might not bother most people. But Shirley Yang, Lao Hu, and Fatty were definitely a little guilty and scared.

After all, they came here to break the curse. If they don't break the red-eyed curse and get another one added, they're doomed!

The group carefully dug open the second layer, but there were no other dead bodies buried there, only piles of bull heads.

Compared to the extravagance of the spirit tower that served as the burial place for the leader of the Samsara religion in the previous Ice Citadel, the Nine-Story Demon Tower contained nothing at all.

This inevitably disappointed many people!

The fat man complained, "This nine-story demon tower is supposed to bury the princess of this demon kingdom, so why is it so poor? There aren't even any burial goods after several stories..."

Sherry Yang reminded him, "Fatty, don't forget why we're here."

When Shirley Yang said this, Uncle Ming and the others assumed that Shirley Yang meant to help them find the Thousand-Year Crystal Corpse.

But the fat man naturally understood that Shirley Yang was reminding him that lifting the curse was the most important thing.

"Humph!"

The fat man snorted in resentment and continued digging downwards.

The next layer was a blank ghost banner with a star pattern, but they still found nothing. The group persevered and dug all the way to the fourth layer.

Nineteen tall male ancient corpses were seen, all seated, arranged in a circle around the area.

Because this demon tower has always been frozen by ancient glaciers, these corpses look no different from living people.

His face was unusually dark, and his attire was even more peculiar.

Old Hu looked at the ancient corpse and asked, "Brother Su, don't you think we've seen these ancient corpses' attire somewhere before...?"

Su Mo nodded, "In the tomb of the King of Xian!"

Chapter 126: Crystal Free Mountain and the Impending Avalanche

Old Hu looked at Su Mo, "Brother Su, don't you think we've seen these ancient corpses' outfits somewhere before...?"

Su Mo nodded, "In the tomb of the King of Xian!"

"That's right..."

The fat man slapped his forehead, and memories suddenly flooded back. "Now that you mention it, I remember too! Wasn't it in the Heavenly Palace of the King of Xian?"

Shirley Yang looked at the meditating ancient corpses and said, "These might be priests or protectors who voluntarily sacrificed themselves after the glacier crystal corpses were buried. Be careful, there might be an ambush on this floor!"

No one dared to be careless at this moment.

After all, the nine-story demon tower was being dug out by everyone layer by layer, which was far too easy. And the more this was the case, the more everyone felt that each layer held hidden dangers.

Even Su Mo dared not be careless!

If you were to ask Su Mo who the most powerful zombie he had ever encountered was, it would naturally be the Demon King's Tomb in the Nine-Story Demon Tower, where he had previously searched for Shirley Yang's father's notes.

Those were two beings whose defenses even the Crimson Sky Sword couldn't penetrate.

This is an absolutely huge rice dumpling!

Don't be fooled by how easy the fight seemed back then; if Su Mo didn't have the Azure Dragon bloodline, he probably wouldn't have made it out.

Old Hu said, “Anyway, we still have plenty of fat men’s ginger juice. Keep some for backup, and spray the rest all over these ancient corpses!”

"it is good!"

The fat man nodded and quickly did as Old Hu said, adding a lot of water in the process.

They sprinkled it all over the entire eighth floor.

Su Mo, Lao Hu, and Shirley Yang saw the fat man's actions but did not stop him; being cautious is always a good thing.

Before long, the fat man finished the work efficiently, and the entire eighth floor was immediately soaked.

Seeing this, everyone felt reassured and continued digging.

Using black folding tools, crowbars, and ice rods, they opened the large, black wooden plank, revealing a square space underneath, also constructed of wood, earth, and stone.

Shirley Yang threw seven or eight fluorescent tubes down, and the space finally lit up a little.

The group observed the situation below through the opened hole.

Seeing this, Uncle Ming quickly squeezed from the back to the front to look down into the space.

After looking for a long time, Uncle Ming's heart sank. There was no evil god's corpse down there.

At the bottom layer, there are only two round crystals of the same size, one white and one blue, placed on the stone platform, which shimmer and sparkle when illuminated by a glow stick.

You can see a naturally formed star map above, but there's nothing else.

These two natural crystals are clearly neither the glacial crystal corpse nor the cursed Crystal Free Mountain.

Uncle Ming shouted angrily, "How is this possible? How is this possible? How can there be no thousand-year-old crystal corpse? How can there be no thousand-year-old crystal corpse?"

Uncle Ming placed all his hopes on the thousand-year-old crystal corpse. He risked everything to come to Tibet to search for it.

Seeing that there was no thousand-year-old crystal corpse in the deepest part of the nine-story tower, he felt utterly devastated. He collapsed to the ground.

Two lines of tears silently streamed down her face.

Ah Xiang was so frightened that she immediately grabbed Han Shuna's arm.

Seeing Uncle Ming like this, Han Shuna couldn't help but sigh silently.

This was the first time the fat man had ever seen Uncle Ming like this, as if he had lost all motivation to live.

The kind-hearted fat man quickly comforted him, "Although we didn't find the real owner, these two genuine items look worth quite a bit of money, so we didn't leave empty-handed this time!"

Su Mo said, "Don't cry. The thousand-year-old crystal corpse is down there. But it's very dangerous down there, everyone be prepared."

Old Hu also said to Uncle Ming, "That's right, the space below is too dark. If we look from here, we're bound to miss something. We need to go down and take a look to be sure. The glacier crystal corpse might be hidden somewhere."

As he spoke, Old Hu patted Uncle Peng on the shoulder again and said, "Since we're here, let's make the best of it. We won't be done until we've turned this place upside down..."

Uncle Ming was truly surprised. Su Mo and the others actually comforted him at this time.

I felt ashamed. It seems I had been judging others by my own petty standards all along.

Uncle Ming gave Su Mo and Fatty Hu a grateful look.

The group packed up their tools and descended one after another to the deepest part of the Demon Tower—the base of the tower.

This type of tomb tower doesn't resemble a Buddhist pagoda or underground palace in a temple; this should be the final level.

Old Hu and Zhang Yingchuan moved the blue and white crystals aside and immediately discovered that the stone platform was movable.

This means there are secrets or mechanisms here.

Old Hu said, "This stone platform is movable; the thousand-year-old crystal should be underneath it."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Ming immediately stared nervously at the stone platform.

The fat man stepped forward and pushed the stone platform aside, revealing a shallow pit in the frozen soil beneath it. Inside was a large, thin piece of crystal.

The crystal has dense, natural patterns resembling water ripples, and is engraved with a wolf-headed, human-bodied deity.

With a fierce and menacing face, he wore a white helmet, silver armor and a white robe, and held a silver-tipped spear.

The god will make a leaping motion, creating a majestic and awe-inspiring scene!

Shirley Yang looked at it with alarm and quickly warned everyone, "Don't move! This is Crystal Freedom Mountain, which contains the curse of the demon slave. Although we don't know what that legendary curse is..."

"However, the ripples within the crystal are very peculiar, seemingly locked inside. If this crystal were to crack, the entire snow-capped mountain and glacier at Dragon Peak would be in danger of collapsing..."

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard what Sherry Yang said. Was it really that mysterious?

Seeing that no one believed her, Shirley Yang continued to explain, "The scale-like ripples densely covering this crystal in Zizai Mountain are likely a special kind of sound wave accumulated inside. If this crystal breaks, it will immediately trigger a massive avalanche..."

"Furthermore, the posture of this white wolf demon slave explains everything. Descending from the sky with white destructive power also matches the descriptions of avalanches in ancient myths and legends!"

Fatty, Uncle Ming, and the others had never experienced an avalanche and did not know what such an avalanche scene meant.

As a local, the guide's facial muscles involuntarily tensed up when he first learned that an avalanche might occur.