As Ji Biluo's chanting grew louder, hundreds of clay figurines engaged in battle gradually came to a halt. Meanwhile, Yan Fei and the others were already exhausted.
The clay figurines had almost no weaknesses. Even if knocked down, they would continue to attack. Only when all their limbs were shattered would they stop moving.
Except for Yan Fei and Ji Biluo, the others were all injured.
Ji Biluo was in no better condition at this moment. In order to make the tomb - robbing magic work, he had smeared his rhinoceros horn with fresh blood, which was how he managed to restrain the clay figurines.
With a pale face, Yan Fei couldn't bear to look at him.
Unexpectedly, Ji Biluo hoarsely and weakly said, "Help me over there. Open the door to the main burial chamber."
No matter what, he had to seize a glimmer of hope. The person inside was of extraordinary status. Perhaps, just perhaps, his Ji family could finally step into the light.
"Zhongli Mingye..."
Song Jinyu noticed several irregular holes on the coffin. This didn't seem right. Generally, coffins should be highly air - tight to protect the corpse.
The two circled around the coffin. Zhongli Mingye wanted to reach inside, but Song Jinyu slapped his hand away. "What if there's a monster inside?" She had read plenty of ghost stories since childhood.
"Pfft..."
Zhongli Mingye was amused by her seriousness.
While they were whispering and discussing countermeasures, the door of the burial chamber suddenly opened again! Zhongli Mingye quickly flew down, stabbing out with his soft sword, which was immediately entangled by Yan Fei's flying chain.
"My lord..."
"Miss!"
Seeing Yan Fei and the others, Song Jinyu quickly ran over. After seeing with her own eyes that they were injured but not in mortal danger, she felt relieved.
Ji Biluo staggered towards the coffin. He had lost too much blood earlier and felt dizzy. Seeing this, Song Jinyu gave him a spiritual pill. "Take one to refresh yourself."
A moment later, he lit incense outside the coffin. He knelt down and bowed, muttering something. Soon after, he presented a top - grade jade disc.
Song Jinyu sighed, "Every profession has its own rules." Fortunately, she and Zhongli Mingye hadn't tried to force open the coffin. Who knew what kind of ghostly things they might have released? They might not have had a way out then. Feeling a sudden chill, she lowered her head and patted her chest. Zhongli Mingye couldn't help but rub her little head. "What are you thinking about?"
"Thanks to Mr. Ji."
"Well... If I can keep you safe, I'll reward him handsomely." These words, neither too loud nor too soft, just reached Ji Biluo's ears, so he worked even harder.
Song Jinyu gave Zhongli Mingye a sidelong glance. "You're such a sly fox."
Everyone's attention was focused on Ji Biluo, completely unaware that many shadows were gradually gathering around the main burial chamber.
"Open!"
Ji Biluo took nine steps forward and circled the coffin nine times. Then, the coffin lid opened!
The person in the coffin showed no signs of decay. Instead, he looked lifelike. Just as Prince Yu had said, this was the great general who had shaken the world a thousand years ago.
"If you take something from him, you must replace it with something of equal value."
"Otherwise..." Ji Biluo kindly explained to everyone. After hearing this, Song Jinyu saw him put the jade disc into the coffin. She reached out and gave him a jade cicada. "I never intended to take anything from the ancient tomb, so I prepared a replacement in advance. This way, it's not considered stealing his precious possession."
Impressed by Song Jinyu's way of doing things, Ji Biluo praised, "The miss is really thoughtful!"
After making full preparations, he carefully removed a delicate jade cicada from the corpse's mouth. It was also a jade cicada, but with a more ancient design.
After replacing it with the jade cicada Song Jinyu had prepared, Ji Biluo closed the coffin lid. It looked as if it had never been opened. However, he didn't notice that just as the coffin lid was about to close, the corpse suddenly opened its eyes!
Song Jinyu saw this and was shocked. "Hurry and leave!"
Zhongli Mingye grabbed the flustered her. "What's wrong?"
"That person opened his eyes. He must be dissatisfied! I'm afraid he'll take revenge on us."
Ji Biluo took out a carpenter's ink marker and quickly drew ink lines on the coffin. He also stuck the prepared glutinous rice on the coffin. Even so, the coffin still shook violently. If you listened carefully, you could hear roars coming from inside.
Song Jinyu widened her eyes. "Sure enough, he's a great general. His killing aura is still so strong after a thousand years..."
Afraid that she would get hurt, Zhongli Mingye pulled her behind him to block the evil aura. Ji Biluo's face turned even paler. After handing the thousand - year - old jade cicada to Song Jinyu, he staggered away. He quickly knelt down and said, "Today, the unworthy descendants of the Ji family have disturbed the great general. Please forgive us."
Unfortunately, his plea for mercy didn't move the owner of the coffin. The whole burial chamber shook even more violently, and shadows shuttled back and forth. Niaoniao, who was already injured and the weakest, was hit by a shadow and let out a miserable scream before fainting on the spot.
"Niaoniao!!!"
And Cheng Song and the others were in no better condition. Only Zhongli Mingye beside Song Jinyu was not affected at all. He protected her with all his might. Suddenly, he took off the dragon - fish jade pendant he was wearing and hung it on her. "What is this?"
"Those shadows always bypass me. It must be because of this dragon - fish pendant!"
Sure enough, as the Prince Yu, he was very smart. He held his soft sword and hacked at the shadows. "No, if this goes on, you'll all be exhausted."
Song Jinyu was extremely anxious. She closed her eyes and carefully recalled the murals. Finally, she remembered that she had seen those murals in her master's study.
Her master's ancestors had been of noble status. She guessed that they must have had some connection with this great general. She walked around to the back of the coffin and saw those holes. There were exactly nine of them!
"Nine?"
She guessed that these shadows originated from the coffin. She quietly picked up some glutinous rice from the ground and took out nine jade pieces from her pocket.
She covered the nine holes with the jade pieces. Immediately, the shadows that had lost the support of the evil aura from the coffin began to fade, and the pressure on everyone was suddenly reduced.
"Miss, you're truly a remarkable person..."
Ji Biluo happened to see Song Jinyu doing all this.
He sincerely admired her and even had the idea of taking Song Jinyu as his disciple. Unfortunately, Zhongli Mingye wouldn't give him this chance.
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief and sat down to rest. After the chaos, they found that the burial chamber was surrounded by gold, silver, and jewels.
"We're rich! We're rich!"
Song Jinyu was dazzled by these jewels. However, they couldn't take them away. After all, they all belonged to the great general. Ji Biluo originally wanted to take some, but thinking of the main task, he gritted his teeth and gave up.
"The quality of these jewels is just average..." Zhongli Mingye glanced at them indifferently. "If you want, I'll give you the entire treasury of the Prince Yu's Mansion."
"Ugh..." Who would want that! Humph...
But before they could relax for long, the mechanism in the main burial chamber suddenly activated!
After a moment of dizziness, the coffin suddenly disappeared into thin air...
And a sudden ground collapse caught them off guard! Everyone fell down. In this critical moment, Zhongli Mingye and Yan Fei both tried to grab Song Jinyu. However, Zhongli Mingye was closer. He hugged Song Jinyu and used his light - body technique, but it was still no match for the speed of the ground collapse.