Chapter 1 My Life as a Corpse Fisherman

Seeing the old woman leading us into the tomb chamber again, Hu Wazi became suspicious. He grabbed the old woman and asked loudly, "Why are we going into the tomb again? We're going to the Crystal Palace, why are you heading into the tomb?"

The old woman turned and glared at Hu Wazi, saying, "I told you there's a hidden passage, a hidden passage! Can't you understand human speech? The hidden passage is in the tomb chamber. How can we get to the Crystal Palace without going to the tomb chamber? What a blockhead!"

"You old hag, who are you calling a blockhead?!"

Hu Wazi got angry immediately, glaring and questioning.

Lao Wei quickly came over to mediate, patting Hu Wazi on the shoulder, and said, "Alright, alright, Hu Wazi, don't bother arguing with an old woman. Let's go, let's find the hidden passage in the tomb chamber."

Although Hu Wazi had a quick temper, he was reliable at crucial moments. He also wanted to find Little Mei Jie as soon as possible, so he didn't continue arguing with the old woman.

The old woman led the way into a relatively spacious tomb chamber. We followed behind. After entering, I saw that the burial goods in this tomb chamber were quite lavish. Most of them were gold, and there were also some rare lacquerwares. The ancient Shu Kingdom was thousands of years ago, but these lacquerwares were still well-preserved, with most of the colors still faintly visible. This was truly a miracle!

But I didn't have time to admire these burial goods. I still had to keep an eye on this old woman. Last time, her old man led us and took the opportunity to slip out of the tomb chamber when we weren't paying attention, locking us inside.

This old couple lived in the ancient tomb all year round and knew the traps and mechanisms like the back of their hands. I had to be extremely vigilant to avoid being tricked by her.

After arriving at the tomb chamber, the old woman walked straight towards the end of the tomb chamber. There was clearly no way forward. Lao Wei couldn't help but ask, "Grandma, there's no road ahead, what are you going there for?"

The old woman turned back and smiled, saying, "You say there's no road? I say there is! Let me tell you, the hidden passage is hidden in this tomb chamber!"

After speaking, she walked to the side of the wall. I saw a stone sculpture standing there. The stone sculpture was a human figure, somewhat similar to the common bronze standing figures outside, but there were also differences. The difference was that this human figure had a pair of wings on its back, a bit like eagle's wings, spread open.

The old woman walked to the side of the stone statue, hugged its wings, and was about to twist them. At this moment, Lao Wei shouted, "Don't move! Don't move!"

The Xiaoling Guard next to him reacted quickly, and with a "whoosh," drew his weapon, aiming it at the old woman.

Seeing that the Xiaoling Guard was serious, the old woman didn't dare to move, cold sweat seeping out of her forehead. She slowly turned to look at us, and said tremblingly, "You... why are you turning on me? I... I'm taking you to the Crystal Palace, what do you want?"

Lao Wei quickly comforted her, "Grandma, don't take it to heart, we've been tricked too many times, we have to be careful. What does this stone statue do? Why do you want to move it? At least give us an explanation."

The old woman wiped away her cold sweat and said, "What else can it do? Of course, it's to open the hidden passage. Twisting this stone statue will open the hidden passage to the Crystal Palace. Didn't I say that already?"

"Really?" Lao Wei asked again.

The old woman nodded vigorously, "Can that be fake? Of course, it's real, absolutely true!"

"Let me see."

Lao Wei didn't believe her easily, but walked to the front of the stone statue and carefully inspected it.

Because Little Liang and I had encountered this kind of thing before, Lao Wei also called us over to observe the stone statue.

We looked carefully and found that the base of the stone statue should be connected to a mechanism, but where it was connected to was unknown.

At this time, Yinhuan She (Silver Ring Snake) also came over, observed the stone statue for a while, and啧啧 said in amazement, "Awesome, the ancestors more than four thousand years ago could build this kind of mechanism, I really admire them! The wisdom of the ancients is unimaginable!"

Lao Wei glanced at her and asked for advice, "Sister, you're an expert in grave robbing, take a look, is there anything mysterious about this stone statue? Is it a trap?"

Yinhuan She looked around, patted this, knocked on that, and finally shook her head, saying, "Brother, to be honest, I can't tell for sure either, this mechanism is too exquisite. But at least it can be confirmed that there are no hidden weapons inside or outside the stone statue, and it shouldn't hurt people."

The old woman was a little impatient seeing Lao Wei asking this and that. She said, "You asked me to lead the way, why don't you believe me? I'm still counting on you to find my old man and compensate me for my dog, why would I harm you? This stone statue is used to open the hidden passage. My old man and I go in and out all the time, we always take this road, just put your minds at ease."

Although the old woman spoke quite sincerely, Lao Wei was still unsure.

Not only was Lao Wei unsure, but I was also unsure.

But we had already come this far, we couldn't retreat. Lao Wei looked at the old woman and asked, "Grandma, are you really not lying to us? This stone statue, once twisted, will open the hidden passage?"

"Of course, I'm not lying to you! Why would I lie to you! If something really happens, wouldn't you shoot me?" The old woman pointed to the Xiaoling Guard's big weapon.

Lao Wei thought about it, and that was indeed the case.

Last time, the old man was able to plot against us because he used Liu Huangshu's people to attract our attention, ran outside the tomb chamber, and locked us in. Now that this old woman was right in front of us, how could she play tricks under our noses?

Lao Wei turned to look at Little Liang and me, seemingly asking for our opinions. I thought about it and nodded towards Lao Wei. Little Liang had no other opinions either, and also nodded towards him.

Lao Wei made up his mind and said, "Okay, then you open the mechanism to find the hidden passage, we'll believe you this time."

The old woman then smiled and said, "That's right, you're eager to go to the Crystal Palace, and I'm also eager to go to the Crystal Palace, I'm still waiting for you to help me find my old man, what good would it do me to harm you? No good at all."

As she spoke, she walked to the side of the stone statue, hugged the statue's wings with both hands, and twisted them back forcefully.

With a "creak" sound, the stone statue shook violently, twisted by the old woman to turn in the opposite direction, its face now facing the wall and its back facing us.

As a result of the stone statue's change, a "rumbling" sound suddenly came from the entrance of the tomb chamber. Hearing this, I immediately slapped my forehead and shouted, "Crap! This is bad!"

Lao Wei, Little Liang, Hu Wazi, Yinhuan She and the others also quickly looked back, only to see a huge sealing stone fall from the ceiling at the entrance of the tomb chamber, slamming down on the doorway and directly blocking the exit of the tomb chamber!

This was not a mechanism to open a hidden passage at all!

We had been tricked again!