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

A short while later, Shirley Yang emerged from the back of the tunnel.

Professor Chen said anxiously, "Sherry, where did you go? We were so worried..."

"Miss Yang, you can't leave the team without permission. Our duty is to protect your safety...!"

Several young soldiers in the army also looked reproachful.

"what…"

Sherry Yang was a little embarrassed, "I thought the scenery over there was quite nice, so I just took a few pictures. I'm sorry for taking up so much time and making everyone worry..."

Shirley Yang looked apologetic.

Hearing this, no one said anything, except Professor Chen who cautioned, "Sherry, if anything happens, please let us know in advance. We're all worried about you..."

By the river, Su Mo and his two companions were measuring the water depth. Seeing Shirley Yang suddenly rejoin the group, Fatty whispered to Lao Hu and Su Mo, "Is this American girl deliberately avoiding us...?"

"Fat!"

Su Mo lowered his voice, "Regardless of what he or she does, we shouldn't interfere. Our mission is to bring her to the Jingjue Ancient City..."

"Get paid to do the work, don't worry about anything else!"

Su Mo said no more and buried himself in preparing to cross the river.

"Everyone, come quick..."

Suddenly, a young member of the archaeological team noticed something unusual on the wall of a cave in the underground river. "What is this?"

Chapter Twenty: Kunlun Glacier, Demon Tower Appears

"Everyone, come quick and take a look..."

Everyone was drawn to the young man's words, including Su Mo and the other two.

The group walked to the wall, raised their heads, and a series of distorted rune images came into view.

The fat man asked, "What is this?"

Old Hu also looked bewildered, "How would I know!"

Su Mo glanced at it and said directly, "Ghost Cave script, this is the script of the Jingjue Ancient Kingdom. It seems we came to the right place; this place is indeed related to the Jingjue Ancient City!"

Several young members of the archaeological team looked at Su Mo suspiciously, "You even recognize the Ghost Cave script?"

"Pah, look at Fatty's temper..."

Seemingly sensing the disdain of the young men, the fat man became somewhat angry. "How dare you talk like that? Do you really think that the three of us, Fatty and I, are just some kind of roughnecks who only know how to fight and kill?"

"Let me reintroduce you now, Fatty. This is Su Mo, a genuine top student who graduated from Peking University!"

"Hey bro, ever attended Peking University?"

The fat man puffed out his chest, tilted his head back, and said with a disdainful expression, "You college students aren't even worthy of carrying Brother Su's shoes!"

Good guy!

The young members of the archaeological team exclaimed, "Wow!" The Su Mo they had regarded as a wandering swordsman was actually a top student from Peking University.

It seemed that we were indeed a shoulder below this person.

The young members of the archaeological team immediately blushed. Seeing this, Professor Chen quickly came to their rescue, asking, "Comrade Su, what does it say on it?"

"Could you help us translate this? Perhaps the inscriptions on the wall will be helpful for our trip to the ancient city of Jingjue!"

"Ok!"

Su Mo nodded, looked up, and examined the murals on the wall again. "It's nothing special. The murals on the wall are all sacrificial texts, including some prayers..."

"........."

Su Mo paused for a moment, "However, they are not worshipping Heaven and Earth, nor the legendary Three Pure Ones, but a deity known as the 'Snake God'!"

"Snake god?"

Professor Chen paused for a moment, then quickly said to his students, "Xiao Sa, Xiao Chu, quickly write this down; these are the key points of our future research!"

"This young man knows the script of the Jingjue Kingdom!"

Among the crowd, Sherry Yang was overjoyed. She realized that she had really found the right person. Perhaps Su Mo could really help her find the Jingjue Ancient City.

"Crack!"

Several young members of the archaeological team picked up their cameras and kept taking pictures of the wall, with flashes and camera clicks filling the air.

"crash"

A small ripple suddenly appeared in the direction of the underground river.

Su Mo frowned and reminded the group, "Brother Sa, don't use the flash!"

Xiao Sa from the archaeological team was a little confused. "Why? The photos won't be clear without the flash!"

"Fatty's temper is terrible..."

The fat man was annoyed. "I told you not to turn it on, so just turn it off! Why make so many questions!"

"Okay, okay..."

Although Xiao Sa was a little unhappy, she still turned off the flash.

"Brother Su..."

The fat man immediately ran to Su Mo's side, "You told the young comrade not to use the flash, did you sense something?"

Having followed Su Mo for some time now, the fat man has become quite cunning.

Su Mo whispered, "In a little while, you and Lao Hu stay close to me..."

Su Mo didn't say much, and the fat man didn't ask any more questions either. He simply agreed, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you!"

Although he didn't know what was going to happen, the fat man always carried out Su Mo's orders one hundred percent.

A few minutes later, seeing that everyone had taken enough photos, Su Mo said, "Alright, it's time for us to cross the river!"

"When crossing the river, don't hesitate, try to be as fast as possible!"

With that, Su Mo was the first to step into the underground river, followed closely by Old Hu and Fatty…

"Hey…"

The fat man chuckled, "Brother Su, it's so cold outside, but I didn't expect the water in this underground river to be so warm. It feels quite nice to the touch..."

"Don't talk, hurry up and cross the river..."

Su Mo urged, "If you feel comfortable, everything else will feel comfortable too..."

The fat man's expression changed, and he quickened his pace to cross the river.

"Splash!"

A few minutes later, the group crossed the underground river one after another.

Su Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief. He took a deep look at the underground river before turning and leaving.

There's a hole ahead!

Su Mo said, "Don't rest here, let's go straight into the cave!"

Following Su Mo's instructions, everyone headed directly into the cave.

"Demon Tower!"

Professor Chen looked at the glowing, demonic tower ahead, his voice trembling with excitement. "It's the Nine-Story Demon Tower! Students, our actions today will surely shock the entire archaeological community!"

The entire nine-story demon tower radiated blue light, standing in the cave like a celestial palace.

"This demon tower is full of corpses; it's no good place..."

The fat man muttered something under his breath.

"not good!"

Su Mo's eyes gleamed with golden light. When he saw the countless fireflies crawling on the demon tower, his expression changed drastically. "Turn off the lights! Don't make any noise!"

Old Hu looked puzzled, but when he saw the blue light flashing on and off, his face immediately fell.

As the sole survivor of the Kunlun Glacier, how could he forget what Fu Ying looked like?

The Demon Tower was teeming with Rotten Fireflies; they had stumbled into the Rotten Fireflies' lair!

"..."

Several young members of the archaeological team were a little unhappy and were about to object when Professor Chen said, "Listen to Comrade Xiao Su's instructions and turn off the lights!"

Everyone had no choice but to comply!

【Ding! 】

The long-awaited system voice sounded: [Welcome to the Nine-Story Demon Tower, Host. The God-Level Selection System is activated!]

[Option 1: The Nine-Story Demon Tower is far too dangerous. Leave here immediately. Reward: Permanent +10 Agility...]

[Option Two: Observe from afar and never step inside; reward: a permanent +10 to Wisdom...]

[Option 3: Go to the top floor of the Nine-Story Demon Tower to explore its secrets, rewarding you with +4 cubic meters of system space...]

The system reward this time was decent, but Su Mo wasn't in a hurry to make a choice. Instead, he looked at Shirley Yang.

Nominally, they are just employees; whether they stay or leave now depends on their employers.

"Come closer to me..."

Su Mo gave Lao Hu and Fatty a heads-up beforehand, "If you notice anything amiss, just run away and don't worry about me!"

Su Mo could easily escape on his own, and with Lao Hu and the other two, he could barely manage. However, with so many people in the archaeological team, he was really struggling to cope.

"The Nine-Story Demon Tower, the burial site of the ancient demon kingdom's successive kings!"

Sherry Yang said in a deep voice, "There are definitely clues about the ancient city of Jingjue inside. Let's go up..."

Chapter Twenty-One: Ghostly Shadows of the Demon Tower

"The Nine-Story Demon Tower..."