Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 495 Senior Sister, Please Listen to My Explanation!

Although Ling's story sounds like a wild history compiled in a third-rate novel, the history of mixed-race people is so bizarre that it seems like a wild history.

Just like who knew that the true identity of Attila the Hun was actually Fenrir, the King of the Earth and Mountains, and Lu Mingfei's brother-in-law? Who knew that in addition to correcting the country, Lin Yuanfu also had the purpose of preventing the British East India Company from secretly transporting dragon skeletons abroad?
If you think about it this way, the story of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, beheading the White King and starting the uprising, and the secret of Bronze City where Liu Bei entrusted his son to the care of others in Baidi City... all seem quite reasonable.

History is a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone. Who knows what the real face is underneath the carefully painted face?
Ling continued, "The ending of the Three Kingdoms is that the three families returned to the Jin Dynasty. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the two most prestigious families at that time were the Wang family of Langya and the Xie family of Chenliu. There is a poem called 'The Swallows in the Old Wang and Xie Halls'. These two families were actually the two dragon-slaying families that rose rapidly after the end of the Three Kingdoms.

However, after the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, the power of the Wang and Xie families declined rapidly. At this time, the Huan and Yingchuan Yu families took the opportunity to rise to power and became the most powerful families in the Western Jin Dynasty.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the most powerful dragon-slaying families became the famous Five Surnames and Seven Families in history, and everyone was proud to marry into the Five Surnames. They were so arrogant that they disregarded the imperial power, and even Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, could not do anything about them. "

Ling's voice was calm, but he continued, "There are many families like this in Chinese history, but no dragon-slaying family has survived to this day. Even powerful families like the Five Surnames and Seven Families are like this. Every time a first-generation dragon king, or even a second-generation dragon king, awakens, it will lead to a reshuffle of power."

Lu Mingfei subconsciously asked: "Why?"

"Because most of the people from these dragon-slaying families are dead." Ling said calmly, "They died on the battlefield between humans and dragons. When an old family dies, a new family will appear. They keep changing back and forth. The Yin family that followed Liu Xiu in the crusade was also like this. They have long disappeared in the long river of history."

Following Ling's narration, Lu Mingfei's eyes slowly swept across the silver wall, where the afterimages of the battlefield were formed by the lines of solidified silver liquid.

In the spotlight, the simple-lined little man glows silver under the huge dragon figure. It's as if the long river of history is flowing in the mural.

The light and shadows passed silently and disappeared on the silver wall, carrying those pictures passing and disappearing one by one in Lu Mingfei's sight.

It’s like history that once existed in this world but has been forgotten.

Ange had said something similar to him.

In the era when humans had not yet mastered the power of science, you will smell the strong smell of blood in the history of the dragon race if you look at the means used by the descendants of the dragon-slaying families to repeatedly prevent the revival of the dragon race.

Those years, times, and names will be engraved in your mind like a knife, and you will never be able to forget them. When history looks back to describe a person or an event, there are often only a few dozen words.

Those who were able to leave behind a few dozen words at that time often paid the price with their lives, and their lives burned as brilliantly as fireworks, invisible to no one.

In the past, the Five Surnames and Seven Families probably produced many dragon slayers as outstanding as Caesar, Chu Zihang, and even Principal Ange, but in the end, only four light words were left in the history books.

In fact, the ending of history is often like this. There is no such thing as a good ending or a bad ending. The ending is just an ending. A person dies, a family disappears, and a dynasty perishes. That's all.

Lu Mingfei followed Ling into the corridor, and at the end of the corridor there was a fork in the road. The three forks extended in three directions: straight ahead, left turn or right turn.

Lu Mingfei saw the spotlight shining into the depths of the three steps. The steps were also made of silver and led diagonally upwards. The range of the submersible spotlight was not large. It could only see a distance of several dozen steps, and could not see deeper. No one knew how long the steps were.

Left, right or straight ahead?
Different choices determine whether they can successfully leave the maze.

"Left." Zero said without hesitation.

Ling's tone was very firm, and Lu Mingfei certainly did not hesitate. He followed Ling's footsteps and walked up the stairs on the left.

Lu Mingfei was still a little worried that the stairs might contain a trap like those in the tomb-raiding novels he had read, or European and American adventure movies like "Treasure Hunters of the Lost Ark", where there might be a mechanism to trigger a trap hidden under an inconspicuous step, so he was very careful when going up.

After all, if we don't count the Bronze City, this is his first time to rob a tomb... No, it's his first time to enter the interior of such an ancient building to conduct exploration. It never hurts to be cautious.

Ling turned around, and the spotlight flashed across Lu Mingfei: "There is no mechanism in here."

Lu Mingfei, who had been walking timidly, touched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

The higher you go, the more you can smell the smell of metal corrosion. Even silver, which is relatively easy to preserve, will inevitably oxidize after being placed for thousands of years.

Lu Mingfei thought that this was probably due to the work of the living spirit at the door who needed to breathe. It was rare that this Silver Mausoleum was sealed for a thousand years and still had oxygen, and it was probably all replaced by that living spirit.

It's just very strange. Logically speaking, the underwater environment should be completely isolated from the outside world. Even if the living spirits can breathe, as the oxygen is consumed by the oxidation of metals inside the mausoleum, the exhaled carbon dioxide should increase, while the inhaled oxygen should decrease.

Why is there so much oxygen in the mausoleum? So much oxygen that people can even breathe in it.

It was a long journey, and the light from the spotlight illuminated the way forward for the two.

They reached the next fork in the road. Lu Mingfei looked at Ling. Ling turned around again without hesitation and took Lu Mingfei to the road on the left.

"Have you come in many times?" Lu Mingfei asked behind Ling.

Ling looked very familiar with the internal structure of the Silver Mausoleum, as if she was the owner of this maze.

"I've only been in here a few times." Ling said without turning his head.

"But you seem to be familiar with the way here?"

"It's actually very simple to find the exit. Yin Lizhen must have built this mausoleum that seals the Bronze City according to the system of Chinese alchemy. The King of Bronze and Fire possesses the 'power of fire', so the internal structure of this mausoleum must conform to the water attribute in the Five Elements, and gold produces water in the Five Elements. In Chinese alchemy, the gold element is on the left side of the pentagram. So the exit to escape from this maze must be on the left. We just need to keep going to the left."

As Ling finished his words, the sound of machinery running and metal friction suddenly came from the silent corridor.

The thick silver walls suddenly rotated and interlocked with each other, and the floor shook like an earthquake... The maze suddenly began to tremble!
Lu Mingfei subconsciously grabbed Ling's hand and pulled Ling to squat under the wall. Although he didn't know if an underwater earthquake really happened, it was always a good idea to find a shelter as soon as possible.

Looking around, every passage and every space in the maze was changing, and the metal parts between the walls made a "clicking" sound. It was not known whether it was dust or yellow-black silver rust stains on the ceiling that fell on the two people.

It was like a large machine suddenly started to move. No one knew where the power of this building that had been dormant underwater for thousands of years came from!
"So what's the situation now?"

Lu Mingfei blinked and asked, "Did we accidentally trigger the mechanism inside the maze when we passed by a certain road just now? I did hear that in ancient times, emperors would ask craftsmen to set traps in tombs to prevent tomb robbers..."

Ling, who was held in Lu Mingfei's arms, raised his head, and a rare expression of surprise appeared in his eyes: "I have never encountered such a situation."

Fortunately, the shaking of the entire Silver Mausoleum did not last long. After a few minutes, all the changes inside the maze stopped, and the corridor returned to its usual quietness. Only the dirty dust and rust stains on Lu Mingfei and Ling showed that what had just happened was not an illusion. Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing whether this was unfortunate or lucky.

Fortunately, there was no underwater earthquake or something, otherwise the silver structure of this mausoleum might not be able to withstand an earthquake of several magnitudes.

Unfortunately... after the changes inside the maze, they didn't know if they could get out.

"Do you want to hold me forever?" Ling suddenly said.

Lu Mingfei was stunned when he heard this, and lowered his head. Then he saw himself half-sitting on the ground, holding Ling in his arms.

Ling was like a cute kitten held in the arms of his owner, clinging tightly to his body, with his head obediently resting on his chest. He raised his eyes and met Lu Mingfei's eyes, and his soft hair rubbed against Lu Mingfei's chest, which was a little itchy.

Lu Mingfei put one hand around Ling's slender waist and embraced her entire body.

The white and smooth shoulders slipped out from the collar of the loose shirt, and the tangible spring mountains that had already grown under the collar were faintly visible.

Of course, the above are not the most fatal ones.

The worst thing was... Lu Mingfei was shirtless. He had taken off the jellyfish top from his diving suit and gave it to Ling, so he was now shirtless and next to Ling.

Zero's smooth thighs were pressed against his abdominal muscles, even very close to his dangerous area.

Add to that Zero's petite and childish appearance, like that of a junior high school student...if the policeman next door saw this posture, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River, right?

More than three years, with a maximum penalty of death.

Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat, and he said "sorry" and immediately let go of her hand.

Just now, the Silver Mausoleum suddenly shook, and he pulled Zero to hide under the wall in a hurry... But this couldn't explain why he was holding Zero in such a posture?

No, I can’t explain it clearly. He really doesn’t seem to be very clean.

Could it be that because he was used to hugging his junior sister, and suddenly he hugged someone who was similar in size to his junior sister, his conditioned reflex was to use an intimate posture?
However, Ling didn't seem to ask him to explain anything. He put his hands on Lu Mingfei's chest and just moved away from him. He sat right opposite Lu Mingfei in a comic sitting posture, turned his head, and looked to the right with his ice-blue eyes.

The corridor on the right was dark.

"Did you find anything?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Shh..." Ling made a gesture to keep quiet and whispered, "Listen, there is a sound."

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei also imitated Ling's action and pricked up his ears to listen towards the corridor on the right. At first, Lu Mingfei thought it was the sound of falling water droplets, and wondered if the vibration just now caused water to leak inside the tomb?
But then he heard a sound that was different from the sound of water. It was not as fine and dense as the sound of water drops, nor was it as noisy. Instead, it was uniform and had a sense of rhythm...

"Is that footsteps?" Lu Mingfei asked in a low voice, "And it looks like there's more than one person."

The only silent response he got was a nod of his head.

Of course, only living people can make footsteps; ghosts can only float while walking.

This meant that besides him and Ling, there were other people or other teams in this mausoleum. The abnormality that happened in the Silver Mausoleum just now was most likely related to this group of people.

"Should we wait for them here, or leave first?" Lu Mingfei asked Ling for his opinion. After all, Ling was more familiar with the structure here than he was, so Ling's words were more authoritative than his.

Ling shook his head: "We can't leave. They are very close to us."

Lu Mingfei was about to ask if it was not possible to move forward, but when he turned around, he found that the road ahead, which had been unobstructed just now, had now turned into a silver wall.

It seemed that because of the sudden movement just now, the road inside the maze had changed, blocking their way forward.

Hearing the footsteps approaching him, Lu Mingfei gradually became nervous, wondering who the other party was...

Dragons? Zombies guarding the mausoleum? Or are they here to investigate, just like them?

Investigate...Investigate...

Wait a moment.

Just as Lu Mingfei seemed to remember something, a high-lumen daylight light suddenly appeared in the dark corridor ahead. The moment the light shone on the silver wall, it immediately changed direction and shone towards him and Ling.

The dazzling light shone over, causing Lu Mingfei to unconsciously raise his hands to cover his eyes. With the help of the light, he saw several blurry figures.

Before Lu Mingfei could open his mouth, he heard a familiar voice.

"Doctor Zhou, it's Junior Brother Lu...!"

The moment Lu Mingfei was stunned, the sound of surprise he had originally expressed came to an abrupt halt.

He put down his hands, raised his eyes, and saw Aki's face which was suddenly stunned with joy.

"Junior Brother Lu..."

The light from the flashlight kept swinging between him and Zero, just like the dazed gaze of Aki Shude at this moment.

"...What are you doing?"

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(End of this chapter)