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

This slight movement startled Guoguo and Wang Pangzi quite a bit.

Without a second thought, Fatty Wang quickly drew his pistol and aimed it at the general.

Zhang Qiling raised his hand, his eyes fixed on the general, while simultaneously pressing down on Fatty Wang's arm that was holding the gun.

Fatty Wang was panting heavily. He glanced at the young man beside him, but out of trust, he didn't make any further moves.

"Shh!"

Just then, the general in front of everyone suddenly launched an attack, swinging his sword fiercely towards Zhang Qiling.

"Why!"

Wang Pangzi screamed in fright, raised his gun again, and aimed, his tense fingers seeming ready to fire at any moment.

Zhang Qiling stared intently at his opponent, remaining unmoved by the general's attack.

Beside the general, a young man on horseback asked, "Qianzhi, what's wrong?"

The general shook his head at the young man, then glanced at the crowd again before riding straight past them.

Before long, the well-disciplined and powerfully marching army disappeared from everyone's sight.

"..."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Watching the army's departing figures, Fatty Wang patted his chest, looking utterly shaken: "Was that a human or a ghost?"

The cricket said, "They're definitely not human. They crawled out of the rock, otherwise that slash would have killed you both!"

Fatty Wang wiped the sweat from his brow and looked at Su Mo, "Master Su, isn't this the mute army we heard about before? The ones called the Silent Riders..."

Just as Su Mo was about to speak, A Ning said in a deep voice, "It's a recording!"

Fatty Wang was completely bewildered: "What?"

Ah Ning explained, "A few years ago, just like the stone wall in front of the Forbidden City, some people saw the shadows of palace maids and eunuchs from the Qing Dynasty on it..."

"Scientists have verified that this is a problem with the magnetic field!"

"It just so happens that some people record their shadows and play them out at specific times."

"Some are audio, some are video; this kind of thing happens all over the country!"

Hearing A-Ning's explanation, Guoguo nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I've heard that too!"

Fatty Wang retorted, "Of course I know that, but scientists have also said it's because of thunder and rain. Do you see thunder and rain here?"

Ah Ning cautioned, "Don't forget, the magnetic field here is very problematic. Those people who just passed by were wearing clothes from the Northern Wei Dynasty..."

"Perhaps these people passed through here during the Northern Wei Dynasty, and due to the magnetic field, they happened to record these images from that time!"

"That's why we were able to see it!"

Upon hearing this, Guoguo felt it made even more sense and nodded, saying, "Yes, the leader just now was wearing Northern Wei clothing, and his eyes were terrifying!"

"He's clearly a seasoned veteran, I wonder how many people he's killed..."

The fat man, too lazy to argue with A Ning and Guoguo any longer, looked at Su Mo again and asked, "Master Su, what's going on here?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Su Mo, who had traveled all over the country and seen many strange things.

Everyone felt that Su Mo could give them a reasonable explanation.

Su Mo thought for a moment and said, "These people are the Unspeakable Cavalry. The general just now was the Unspeakable Cavalry General, and the young man who called him 'General' should be the prince who was being chased!"

"As for whether they are images or ghost soldiers... I'm certain they are not ghost soldiers, because they don't possess any yin energy..."

Fatty Wang was puzzled: "It really could be a video recording! Then... how did that leading general see us? That's so strange!"

Recalling the man's gaze, the fat man shuddered. It was terrifying! That general was definitely a veteran of countless battles!

Su Mo said, "It should be the Bronze Divine Tree. Although we haven't seen it yet, I can sense an extremely powerful energy here..."

"This energy is exactly the same as the bronze tree branch we saw!"

"..."

Everyone was horrified. What kind of divine object was this bronze tree? It was so strange and powerful.

Almost all the difficulties they encountered along the way stemmed from the Bronze Tree.

Chapter 278: Lao Yang and Wu Xie

Ancient Bronze Tree!

This is a lingering psychological shadow in everyone's mind.

Fortunately, after parting ways with Bu Yanqi, the rest of the journey went much more smoothly.

They no longer encountered ghosts or evil spirits, but only traps and mechanisms.

A century later, these mechanisms are still very flexible and have the power to kill silently.

Faced with such a trap, anyone else would either die or flee in disarray.

But... today they encountered Su Mo!

Su Mo used two fingers to probe into the crack in the wall, easily dismantling the mechanism.

The group arrived near an altar without much effort.

The altar is not large, only about fifty square meters.

The altar is surrounded by bottomless cliffs, and countless iron chains connect it to the distant stone walls.

On all the iron chains, a bronze bell was hung every ten centimeters or so, and some chains also had mummified corpses hanging on them.

There were also many skulls on the ground of the altar.

There were also a few withered trees nearby.

White skulls were stuck into the branches of these trees.

On a stone platform not far away sat a mummified corpse wearing a skull mask, making the entire altar look extremely eerie.

The crowd dispersed on the altar, observing.

Fatty Wang approached Su Mo and pointed to the bells hanging from the iron chains, saying, "Master Su, look, so many bells again!"

A Ning asked Zhang Qiling, "Have you ever seen such a sight before?"

Zhang Qiling didn't speak, but slowly shook his head.

Seeing Zhang Qiling's reaction, A Ning couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, so she boldly speculated, "This should be the place where the Ku people hold their sacrifices!"

Su Mo guessed that he and his companions had not yet reached their final destination, as there had been no response to the reward he had chosen for the "Guanshan Zhima Fu" (a book on mountain observation and navigation).

The cricket arrived at the center of the altar, looked at the bronze cauldron on the high platform, and smiled happily, "Hey, this cauldron is quite nice, the quality is excellent, a real gem!"

Fatty Wang pointed at the bronze cauldron and said magnanimously, "If you don't mind the weight, you can take it with you!"

Upon hearing this, the cricket immediately grabbed the bronze cauldron and tried to lift it up.

"ah!!!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Even though the cricket used all its strength, the bronze tripod remained completely still.

"Hahaha…"

This scene made Fatty Wang burst into laughter.

Unable to lift the bronze tripod, Guoguo looked at the bell hanging from the iron chain. "This bell must be worth a lot of money!"

"..."

Fatty Wang was startled again, his smile froze, and he quickly reached out to stop him: "Hey, hey, hey! Stop! This is no good!"

Seeing this, Ah Ning tried to persuade the cricket to stop, but it was too late. The cricket touched a bronze bell on its head.

Ah Ning's expression changed drastically. "Stop it!"

Upon hearing Ah Ning's voice, Guoguo quickly withdrew his hand, but the surrounding area was filled with the sound of ringing bells.

"Ring ring!"

"Ring ring!"

As the bell rang louder and louder, Wang Pangzi, A Ning, and Guoguo, the only three ordinary people in the room, all began to hallucinate.

Looking at Ah Ning beside him, who was fighting against thin air.

Su Mo forced a drop of blood from his finger and let it drip onto A Ning's forehead.

When Zhang Qiling, who was standing next to Fatty Wang, saw that Fatty Wang was about to commit suicide by swallowing a bullet, he quickly cut his finger with the Black Gold Ancient Sword and a drop of blood shot onto Fatty Wang's forehead.

Instantly, both Aning and Fatty Wang stopped.

At this moment, the cricket, having been left unattended, jumped off the altar.

Aning and Fatty Wang's faces trembled, and they quickly went to the edge of the altar and looked down.

Looking down into the bottomless abyss, Fatty Wang muttered to himself, "It's definitely going to be a complete mess now!"

Aning stood there, seemingly lost in thought.

Su Mo wouldn't be saddened by a stranger. He looked around, deciphered the mechanisms, found the hidden tunnel, and called to the others, "Let's go..."

The four fierce generals followed closely behind.

Wang Pangzi and A Ning both sighed, and then followed the group.

……

the other side.

Wu Xie, Lao Yang, and that old man with glasses.

The three men were deep inside the tomb, at the roots of the bronze tree, examining the cricket's corpse from head to toe.

The old man with glasses stared at the dead cricket, sighing repeatedly, which annoyed Lao Yang greatly. "Old man, why do you keep sighing!"

The bespectacled old man shone his flashlight on the dead cricket and sighed, "Although we don't know where this little guy came from, his purpose was probably the same as ours..."