Tomb raiding: It all started with the kidnapping of Yin Xinyue

Her comment about curly hair made Li Xiaohu burst out laughing.

Then he explained, "Passing through mountains and hills, the wind and water rise."

"It's a kind of underworld slang."

"Penetrating through mountains and tombs indicates that the tomb robbers have made a breakthrough, and their destination is the ancient tomb's burial chamber."

"The 'wind' in 'winds rise and waters flow' refers to the fact that the ancient tomb inside did not accumulate any gloomy energy; the 'water' refers to the funerary objects scattered all over the ground. Together, it means that there is indeed an ancient tomb palace at the other end of the tomb robber's tunnel!"

Yin Xinyue nodded thoughtfully.

"Alright!" Chen Yulou suppressed his urge to go in and find out what was going on, and turned to Hong Gu, instructing, "Hong Gu."

"You, Brother Xiaohu, and Brother Partridge Whistle, wait here first."

"I'll take some men back and bring Commander Luo and the main force here!"

"Okay." Li Xiaohu and Partridge Whistle had no objections.

After making the arrangements, Chen Yulou led a group of people out of the cave.

Before leaving.

Li Xiaohu instructed, "Stick torches all over the raft; those bats shouldn't dare to come near."

Chen Yulou thought about it and found it made a lot of sense, so he ordered his men to do so.

Not long after.

Several rows of rafts, each adorned with torches, drifted upstream along the river, slowly leaving Ping Mountain behind.

Li Xiaohu and his companions watched Chen Yulou and the others leave.

They then entered the cave.

Unable to contain her curiosity, Hong suddenly suggested, "How about..."

"Shall we go in and check things out first?"

Partridge Whistle turned to look at the old foreigner, whose eyes were full of enthusiasm, which aroused Partridge Whistle's curiosity.

Finally, he asked Li Xiaohu, "Brother Xiaohu, what's your opinion?"

Li Xiaohu smiled nonchalantly and replied, "Then let's go in and take a look."

Red Girl left a few brothers to guard the entrance, then led the way and walked into the tomb.

The three brothers, Partridge Whistle and his companions, followed closely behind.

"And you?" Li Xiaohu asked Yin Xinyue.

Yin Xinyue said with dissatisfaction, "Do I even need to ask?"

After saying that, he rushed into the tomb first.

Li Xiaohu smiled helplessly, bowed, and followed him inside.

The diameter of the tunnel wasn't huge, but it wasn't small either. The height was enough for a person to bend over and barely move forward, but it wasn't exactly uncomfortable.

Unlike ordinary tomb raiding tunnels, which require crawling inside, this one is much better.

The girl in red walked at the front, lighting a torch and sticking it on the wall every so often as a light marker.

Along the way, they discovered that some hard, bluestone mountains had been thoroughly excavated by the mountain-moving and cave-digging armor, which made them secretly marvel at the power of the mountain-moving and cave-digging armor technique.

The tunnel winds upwards and is not very long overall.

The girl in red soon felt a gust of cold wind on her face, knowing that the exit was right in front of her. She couldn't help but show joy and quickened her pace.

Soon, the group emerged from the tunnel.

Red Girl looked up, holding up her torch.

It was discovered that this place was a sloping, upward-facing bluestone path.

The surrounding area and the ceiling were completely sealed off by neat, massive blue stone bricks, leaving no gaps.

"Swish swish swish swish..."

Partridge Whistle caught a glimpse of several centipedes darting through the cracks in the bluestone and became more alert.

Li Xiaohu naturally also noticed the venomous insect demon that was lurking in the shadows.

He had the round-tailed tiger move to either side of the group to protect them, and then prompted the girl in red to continue forward.

“Hong Gu, let’s keep walking and take a look around.”

After planting a torch at the exit, the girl continued to venture deeper inside.

He didn't take a few steps.

Suddenly, a huge stone tablet appeared in front of them!

The group stepped forward to take a look.

They discovered that the stone tablet was engraved with four large characters in a flowing, dragon-and-phoenix style.

"Reflections of the Mortal World"

"A reflection of the mortal world?" Miss Hong couldn't help but feel puzzled. She glanced at Li Xiaohu and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"What exactly is this place?"

Li Xiaohu didn't know how to explain, so he pointed ahead and said, "Why don't you just look ahead and see?"

Having said that, he stepped past the girl in red and took the lead.

Yin Xinyue hurried to catch up, afraid of falling behind even a step.

Li Xiaohu led the group slowly up the slope.

Then a stone beam carved with flying dragons and auspicious clouds appeared in front of us.

Carefully stepping over the stone bridge.

Li Xiaohu and the others' eyes suddenly lit up!

"Wow..." Yin Xinyue's eyes sparkled with disbelief.

Even Hong Guniang, Partridge Whistle, and the others were speechless with surprise upon seeing the scene before them.

Even Li Xiaohu was mentally prepared.

At this moment, I also felt a bit shocked!

Before them lay a huge natural cave.

There are no caves, and no sunlight.

Yet it was unusually bright!

The reason is that there are two rows of eight-treasure glass lamps neatly arranged inside the cave, and the thousand-year-old wicks and ten-thousand-year-old candle flames inside are still burning!

The dazzling lights shone through the glazed glass dome, illuminating every corner of the cave.

The end of the cave.

It consists of several magnificent halls with double-eaved hip roofs, golden bricks and green tiles, resplendent in gold and green!

The towering beams and flying arches, along with the vermilion-lacquered pillars embracing the door, give the room an exceptionally luxurious and solemn appearance.

Wisps of water vapor and mist constantly seeped from the crevices of the mountain rock where the main hall is located.

Bathed in the glow of colorful lights, it resembled a scene of ethereal beauty.

At first glance.

It's not some ancient tomb or underground palace at all; it looks like a celestial palace in the sky.

"I think I know why it's called a reflection of the mortal world."

Yin Xinyue murmured,

"This luxurious palace, nestled inside the mountain, exudes an indescribable sense of mystery..."

"Yet it clearly feels unreal, ethereal."

"as if......"

"Like a reflection in a mirror or the moon in the water, a mere illusion of the mortal world, all that passes before our eyes is but fleeting smoke," Li Xiaohu continued.

"Mmm." Yin Xinyue nodded at Li Xiaohu.

"It's magnificent!" the old foreigner exclaimed. "It's like an underground palace!"

Partridge Whistle nodded with a pleased expression and replied, "It is said that Ping Mountain has been a royal alchemy site since ancient times."

"Now it seems that these palaces are indeed in the style of the Royal Dan Palace."

"Sect Leader Brother," Hua Ling said, her delicate brows furrowed and her tone uneasy, "there's no life in here at all. I don't feel like this is a main hall of the Pill Palace."

"It's more like a..."

"A what?" the old foreigner asked curiously.

Hua Ling glanced timidly at her two senior brothers before slowly saying, "It looks like the Underworld Palace..."

Partridge Whistle and the others were taken aback upon hearing this.