Immortal Dao Fruits, Cards to Help Me

Chapter 109 Closing the door with a single glance!
Originally, Wang Yuan wanted to send his younger brother, Wang Bian, ahead to scout the way.

His younger brother practiced agility and leaping techniques from a young age, and also trained in night vision and sound localization in a dark room, making him extremely sensitive to mechanisms.

However, Chen Xiuxian refused.

There's no need to send living people to scout ahead; it's too dangerous.

He has plenty of summoned creatures.

Upon closer examination, what about the toad, the gold, and the whole gang of demons? What about the Black Wind Stronghold with its bearded men? What about the wrathful Vajra statue?

In the end, I chose the [Dog-Headed Knife-Wielding Earthenware Figurine (Green)], which was dropped by monsters in the General's Tomb dungeon of Fuyu Kingdom.

It's never been of any use.

It's only level 12, not very high, with average strength, and is a mechanical magic puppet with little intelligence; it needs to be commanded to do anything and has no autonomy.

However, it has one advantage: it is neither afraid of pain nor death.

Moreover, like the Toad Gold, it is a follower card, meaning that once summoned, it can remain indefinitely.

There is no limit to the number of times it can be used, nor is there a limit to the time it can be summoned.

The only thing Chen Xiuxian wasn't sure about was whether the card would be destroyed and the person would die if the follower card died.
Or is it said that after a period of time, or under certain conditions, it can be summoned again?

This is a good opportunity to give it a try, let's use it to the extreme!
This is another advantage; since it's not a living thing, there's no psychological barrier to sending it to its death, right?
Made of stone and wood, with a human body and a dog's head, holding a long-handled decapitation sword, the dog-headed clay figurine, as tall as two meters, stiffly stepped through the stone gate and into the darkness.

Next were Wang Yuan, Wu Shixian, and others.

These skilled tomb raiders lit their ever-burning torches, surrounded Chen Xiuxian and his companions, and filed in.

……

These tomb raiders and grave robbers are still quite useful.

Wang Bian led his team to dismantle two traps, while Wang Fang, with her keen sense of smell, also promptly discovered a kerosene trap.

The others also each have their own unique skills.

Although it doesn't involve any magic or anything like that, it's still considered very powerful among ordinary people.

However, they soon ran into trouble.

Another stone gate.

This gate was much smaller than the original entrance gate, but it was still about the size of a normal mansion gate, neatly embedded in the stone wall.

The patterns are intricate and full of detail, depicting many people, objects, flowers, and animals.

However, the door cannot be opened.

Having reached this point, Hu Tiedao's abilities had been completely exhausted.

That last limerick was meant to guide you through the correct path among the dozens of branching paths in the caves.

Now that we've reached this point, there's no more information beyond this point.

Seeing this, the tomb raiders wanted to use their skills to earn some merit so they could share the spoils later.

Inside this small stone chamber, there were four stone coffins placed in the four corners.

Clearly, the clues lie within these four stone coffins.

These men donned their tools, picked up ropes, shields, and pickaxes, and prepared to open the coffin to search for clues.

They also knew that this "great tomb" was definitely not an ordinary situation and was likely fraught with danger.

Therefore, they were extremely vigilant when facing this stone coffin.

However, just as Wang Yuan was about to "make a fortune by raising the coffin," Chen Xiuxian reached out and stopped him.

"Wait a minute!"

Everyone else looked at Chen Xiuxian.

Chen Xiuxian took two steps closer and examined one of the coffins. Then he looked at the other one...

The coffin was inscribed with the characters for "east, south, west, and north," as well as carved patterns of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

However, Dou Zhongde just performed a divination, and all four results were extremely unlucky, indicating potential bloodshed.

Chen Xiuxian activated his spiritual eye technique, his eyes gleaming with golden light as he looked at the four coffins, all shrouded in black mist mixed with crimson blood. These four coffins were definitely not good things.

Moreover, it's probably not some kind of mechanism to open a door!

"These four coffins cannot be opened; they must contain some vicious and evil magic."

"The person who designed this door probably knew exactly what 'professionals' like you were thinking. It was a trap they deliberately set."

"No matter which coffin is opened, it's likely to be a matter of life and death."

Wang Yuan hesitated for a moment before asking, "Young Master Chen, what about the door?"

Chen Xiuxian turned around and looked at the stone door. He went up and patted it; it felt very solid.

“These four coffins have nothing to do with this door. And this door can’t be opened.”

Cao Bianjiao grew anxious: "Can't it be opened?"

Chen Xiuxian nodded: "This door is a dead door. Or rather, it's not a door at all. It's just a decoration!"

"This is a wall!" A door was carved into the wall!

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.

Cao Bianjiao took two steps forward and slammed his fist into the stone door. Then his expression changed: "Damn, it's solid!"

Chen Xiu chuckled. The person who designed this door was truly cunning. They exploited people's habitual thinking, especially targeting professionals like tomb raiders—who love to look for clues and traps.

Once the coffin is opened, death is certain.

"How do we open this door?" Li Rusong asked.

Chen Xiuxian chuckled and said, "Judge Li, why don't you try walking through the wall?"

"Oh?" He suddenly thought of something.

Chen Xiuxian continued, "That's right. The person who designed this gate didn't leave a door. Instead, he left a wall. He knew that the descendants who would come to open the treasure would definitely have cultivation. A stone wall couldn't block their way."

"On the contrary, even if ordinary people get this far, they can't go any further. If a professional tomb raider like him came, he would be tricked to death..."

Then Chen Xiuxian began to use the [Soil Control Technique (Green)] to "peel" the stone skin layer by layer from the stone wall.

It took him almost half an hour to open a hole in the two-meter-thick stone wall, big enough for one person to crawl through.

It's only because his magic power recovers quickly; otherwise, even doubling the time wouldn't be enough.

Wang Fang, the girl with the braided pigtails, leaned close to the stone cave and carefully sniffed it before saying, "It should be a natural cave inside. There's a musty and fishy smell. There should be some kind of animal inside."

Animals? More like monsters.

Moreover, it's very warm inside; you can feel a surge of heat emanating from it.

According to Hu Tiedao, the people of the pseudo-emperor did not have time to carry out large-scale construction, so they must have made use of natural or existing places.

The places they had passed through before were all later constructions by them, disguised as the entrance to the real treasure trove.

The real treasure lies behind this stone wall!
……

"Watch out!" Wang Bian grabbed his sister Wang Fang by the back of her collar and pulled her back.

Wang Fang also used the momentum to leap backward, jumping more than two meters backward.

At the open opening, a large reptile poked its head out!
Only a small part of the thing was visible, but it was already about the size of a toy. It had a pair of long, segmented tentacles on its head, and scattered markings. Its eyes were indistinct, but it possessed a pair of enormous, hook-like fangs!

"I'm Cao Qian Chuanzi!"

"It's huge!"

Wu Shixian's men were quick; they swung their short-handed shovels at him.

"No!" Wang Yuan shouted, but it was too late.

The centipede, which had poked its head out and was tentatively exploring with its antennae, was flattened by this shovel!
With a "crack" sound, it sounded pretty hard. It was a bit like the sound of stepping on a small piece of ice.

A large patch of sticky, gooey liquid, whose origin was indistinguishable, had flowed out!

At this moment, Wang Yuan drew a flat-headed cudgel from his waist and whispered, "Everyone be careful! These things have a keen sense of smell; killing one will attract a whole bunch."

(End of this chapter)