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

Wu Xie explained, "This is blackening due to oxidation, a normal phenomenon after the coffin is opened in a mortar-filled tomb!"

Hearing Wu Xie's words, A Ning's subordinates were immediately relieved. Most importantly, the corpse really did not show any signs of rising from the dead.

They were all ordinary people, and when they were tomb raiding, their biggest fear was nothing more than the reanimation of corpses!

Of course, this was their thought without knowing Su Mo and the Four Fiends. If they had known that Su Mo and the Four Fiends killed zombies like dogs, they wouldn't have panicked so much just now!

As the coffin was opened, the foul odor and putrid smell that had lingered for a thousand years evaporated and were neutralized by the air. The unpleasant smell slowly disappeared, and only then did everyone remove their hands from their mouths and noses.

Then, everyone's attention was drawn to the situation inside the coffin.

The inside walls of the coffin were carved with many patterns and text.

Upon seeing these, Wu Xie immediately recognized the bird pattern among them: "Three Bluebirds!!!"

"The Three Bluebirds are messengers of the Queen Mother of the West. After searching for so long, we've finally found a clue!"

Chapter 419: The Elixir of Immortality

"The Three Bluebirds are messengers of the Queen Mother of the West. After searching for so long, we've finally found a clue!"

Ah Ning was overjoyed; this was the only good news she had heard in days.

Wu Xie continued, "The Three Blue Birds are the predecessors of the Phoenix and are auspicious creatures with divine qualities. According to legend, they are not only messengers of the Queen Mother of the West, but also, like the dragon in our Chinese civilization, only royalty can use them!"

"It seems the tomb's occupant was no ordinary person!"

"..."

As they were talking, Wu Xie suddenly noticed something was wrong. He paused, then asked疑惑地问道, "Don't you guys think something's off? Why are these clothes so much bigger...?"

Everyone raised an eyebrow, realizing the problem.

Ah Ning was the first to voice her judgment: "Judging from the size of the bones, it should be a child!"

Taotie looked on with curiosity, "Why is this child being buried in adult clothes? What kind of custom is this? I've never heard of it before?"

Over the past few decades, Taotie and the others have followed Su Mo into many tombs, and through observation and experience, they have learned a lot about tomb raiding. But to be honest, they have never seen anything like this strange scene before.

Chaos said, "There's definitely something wrong with this corpse!"

“Look, there are words on the coffin wall…” Su Mo pointed to a certain spot and reminded them.

Ah Ning leaned closer, "What's written?"

Wu Xie then lay down on the coffin, turned on his flashlight, and began to read the words on the coffin wall.

Half a minute later, Wu Xie bent over and said, "It contains some information about the tomb owner's life, and... pills?"

A Ning exclaimed in shock, "A pill?"

"Then what?"

At that moment, Ah Ning seemed to remember something and hurriedly asked.

Wu Xie stared intently at the blurred ancient characters on the coffin wall, shaking his head and saying, "They're too oxidized; I can't see them clearly!"

Ah Ning felt greatly disappointed, frowned, and decided to observe for herself.

Just then, Wu Xie was about to get up when Su Mo reached out and pressed him down, making him unable to move.

Wu Xie panicked and quickly asked, "Master Su, what's wrong?"

Su Mo pointed and said, "Don't move. Look down there. There's a thread caught on your zipper. That must be a trap!"

Nearby, several of Ah Ning's men scoffed, saying, "This ship is so old, and it's in such a dilapidated state, even if it had a mechanism, it's definitely unusable..."

Su Mo shook his head, "If everyone thought like you, tomb raiders would have been wiped out long ago!"

As Su Mo spoke, she helped Wu Xie untie the silk threads.

"Thank you, Master Su!"

After being freed, Wu Xie stood up and thanked Su Mo, then said to A Ning's subordinates, "We'd better be careful..."

Ah Ning's subordinates sighed. Although they were dissatisfied, they didn't say anything. They had always been wary of Su Mo.

Ah Ning asked curiously, "Who exactly is in the coffin?"

"Uh…"

Based on the murals inside the coffin, Wu Xie boldly guessed, "She must have been a close relative of the Queen Mother of the West. She fell seriously ill when she was eighteen, and the Queen Mother of the West fed her elixirs to prolong her life, but it was too late..."

"Oh…"

Wu Xie, standing nearby, chuckled. "The Queen Mother of the West probably thinks that the elixir she developed can slow down aging, so she believes it to be an elixir of immortality that can cure all diseases and poisons!"

Upon hearing Su Mo's words, Wu Xie was shocked. "An elixir of immortality? How could such a elixir possibly exist in this world?"

Just as Su Mo was about to say something, he saw A Ning overjoyed and excitedly say, "That's it! It must be the elixir of immortality. According to the information we've collected, the Queen Mother of the West did indeed try various methods to create pills in order to achieve immortality!"

"The Queen Mother of the West wanted to prolong the life of the child in the coffin, which is very likely because she gave the child the elixir of immortality that she had refined herself!"

At this point, Aning examined the remains more closely. "Since the Queen Mother of the West developed the elixir of immortality, could she still be alive?"

Wu Xie shook his head, denying A Ning's judgment, "Look at this corpse, it should only look about seventeen or eighteen years old. Logically speaking, its body shouldn't be this small..."

"As royalty, it's impossible for her to be buried in ill-fitting clothes, so there's only one possibility: her body experienced reverse aging!"

"If it were an elixir of immortality, how could such a situation occur? Even if it couldn't bring the dead back to life, it should at least be able to stabilize the body's shape!"

Wu Xie's mind was exceptionally sharp, and he analyzed all the possible points of doubt that might arise at that moment.

A Ning raised an eyebrow. "That's true. Not only did the elixir fail to prolong her life, it also caused deformities in her body after death. It seems she consumed a failed creation of the Queen Mother of the West..."

"You really believe in the elixir of immortality?" Wu Xie looked at A Ning in surprise. He really couldn't understand why such an intelligent person as A Ning would believe in such a vague and unrealistic thing.

Ah Ning glared fiercely at Wu Tianzhen and deliberately threatened, "I allowed you to come along, but I didn't give you permission to pry into my business secrets!"

Wu Xie: "..."

Su Mo smiled and explained, "From what I understand, the Queen Mother of the West did indeed develop an elixir of immortality, hehe... but whether this elixir works or not remains to be determined!"

what?

Is there really an elixir of immortality?

After hearing Su Mo's words, Wu Xie was speechless for a long time, feeling completely bewildered.

As a promising young man of the new century, he had received higher education, but since getting involved in the tomb raiding industry, his worldview has been refreshed time and time again.

"Waaaaah~"

Suddenly, another eerie sound echoed from the dark space ahead!

In this shipwrecked graveyard, the sudden appearance of this abnormal phenomenon made everyone extremely cautious, and everyone shone their flashlights forward to look ahead.

The entire squad became extremely cautious!

Su Mo and the four fierce generals were alright. They were highly skilled and daring, and with years of tomb raiding experience, they were used to unexpected situations. At this moment, they were just being cautious and vigilant.

Although Wu Xie was scared, he didn't panic because Su Mo was there.

However, Ah Ning's men, looking at the dark distance ahead, had their hearts pounding wildly, their faces filled with shock and fear.

"Evil child, evil child, the evil child is here!"

Remembering what the tour guide Zaxi had said earlier, one of Aning's men shouted.

Ah Ning glanced at her good-for-nothing subordinate, feeling utterly ashamed. She shook her head and walked straight ahead, saying, "I want to see what this thing is that's putting on this act!"

Aning walked to the vicinity where the strange noises were coming from, scanned the surroundings, and quickly discovered that something was wrong.

Behind a dilapidated wooden plank, a strange, pale green light emanated.

"Smack!"

Without saying a word, Ah Ning kicked the broken wooden plank to pieces, revealing the eerie source behind it.

Su Mo looked closely and saw a small, child-shaped human skin standing there burning.

When Wu Xie and A Ning's men saw that A Ning seemed to have discovered something, they swallowed hard, tried to remain calm, and walked over.

Chapter 420: The Twelve Demon Children

When Wu Xie and A Ning's men saw that A Ning seemed to have discovered something, they swallowed hard, tried to remain calm, and walked over.

Wu Xie approached the human skin, squatted down, and examined it for a while before saying, "The walls of this storage area are hollowed out; there's something inside!"

Chaos rolled his eyes at Wu Xie speechlessly and said, "Nonsense, it's still burning, attracting so much attention, who wouldn't see it!"

Wu Xie smiled awkwardly; he had been too scared before, and his thoughts had become muddled.

"..."

Su Mo shook his head. Although Wu Xie had been to many large tombs before, he was still too timid. This was not something that could be developed in just one year.

At this time, Wu Xie was still far from becoming the Evil Emperor he would later become, and the biggest difference was in his courage!

One of A Ning's men bent down behind Wu Xie, shining a flashlight on his eyes, and said, "This is human skin!"

Ah Ning frowned and said, "Something's weird!"

“The skin is sealed with beeswax, and behind the beeswax should be white phosphorus. White phosphorus spontaneously combusts, and the phosphorescent light shines through these human skins, creating shadows…” Wu Xie sorted out his thoughts and began to analyze seriously again.

One of Aning's men guessed, "Could this be the 'evil child' that Zaxi was talking about?"

"Ughhhh~"

At this moment, one of Ah Ning's men next to the coffin let out a piercing scream, and then collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Hearing the commotion, everyone quickly turned to look.

"Ah Hu!"

Seeing his partner collapse to the ground, Ah Ning's other henchman, nicknamed "Knife," rushed over to check on him. Seeing Ah Hu convulsing on the ground, Knife cried out in panic again, "You wicked child! It must be that wicked child taking our lives!"

Ah Ning snapped, "Shut up, you bunch of useless trash, all you do is scare yourselves!"

Seeing that Ah Hu was still convulsing, Wu Xie ran over to check on him. After carefully examining Ah Hu's condition, he immediately said, "It's crush syndrome. If this continues, he'll suffer kidney failure. We need to get out of here right away!"

In this emergency, Ah Ning went to Dao Zai's side and reached out her hand, saying, "Dao Zai, give me the grappling hook!"

Without hesitation, Daozai quickly unpacked his backpack, assembled the grappling hook, and handed it to Aning.