Zhang Tian’s gaze fell upon the figures inside.
Indeed, the corpses had lost their fingers.
The gold and silver treasures scattered around the bodies remained untouched, even the weapons were still in place.
How had Hu Bayi determined that it had been plundered?
Suddenly, Zhang Tian thought of something.
“I think, because the prince’s secret was known to too many people, and he was robbed when he entered the tomb.”
As Zhang Tian spoke, Hu Bayi nodded.
“It’s possible, but now there’s very little inside the coffin. Fatty, go search.”
Hu Bayi said, and Fatty chuckled, diving in headfirst.
“Damn, there’s a lot of good stuff! Boss, Old Hu, we’re going to be rich this time.”
Fatty’s backside wiggled.
His face was filled with excitement.
Clearly, there were many items inside, and they had captured Fatty’s attention.
Hu Bayi let out a sigh and patted Fatty’s backside, causing Fatty to rein himself in a bit.
Soon, Fatty emerged, a piece of jade in his mouth, a small booklet in one hand, and a small bell in the other.
“Boss, these are all the things from inside.”
Fatty placed the two pieces of jade on the coffin lid, then put the booklet and the bell alongside them.
Without hesitation, Zhang Tian’s spiritual sense entered the jade. One jade contained incantations for Qinggong, and the other contained the prince’s sword cultivation techniques.
Zhang Tian didn’t need Qinggong and could give it to Hu Bayi.
The sword techniques Zhang Tian could give to Fatty.
There were no sword cultivation methods here, which disappointed Zhang Tian somewhat.
He looked at the booklet.
On the booklet, there were some blurry characters that were unclear.
However, they were likely some secret records.
The bell was rather strange.
Anyone who had watched zombie films knew that Taoist priests could command zombies with bells.
The bell in front of them was almost identical to those on television.
[Demon Suppressing Bell: High-grade magical artifact!]
[Item Effect: Suppress corpses, lure corpses, can be used in conjunction with sorcery.]
[Item Description: None]
A voice echoed in his mind, and Zhang Tian frowned slightly.
This item clearly did not belong to the prince.
As expected, it had been plundered, just as he had suspected.
At this moment, Zhang Tian still held the jade pendants he had found on the throne.
His spiritual sense probed them. One was for fist techniques, and the other was for calming the mind. There were no sword techniques.
Zhang Tian was somewhat disappointed.
“We’ll take these items and leave the rest.”
Zhang Tian said, and everyone nodded. Yingzi, however, looked at the corpse in the coffin.
“Brother Zhang, why do other corpses rot after death, but these don’t?”
Yingzi asked curiously.
“Because of the corpse-suppressing pearl.”
Lin Tian pried open the prince’s mouth, and indeed, there was a black pearl inside.
“So amazing.”
Yingzi was truly shocked, speaking from the heart.
Zhang Tian smiled and prepared to leave with the group.
However, he still took the corpse-suppressing pearl with him.
After the pearl was removed, the corpse instantly turned into a dried husk.
After all, this item was useful, and he wasn’t a philanthropist, nor did he need to leave it for others.
“Boss, we’ve had quite a haul this time! Just the jade pendants alone, there are six or seven of them, plus this little bell and such. It’s like Old Hu taking the train, and Bayi standing up.”
Fatty said gleefully, clutching the items he had obtained.
Hu Bayi impatiently punched Fatty.
“You fellow, can’t spit anything good from your dog’s mouth.”
Hu Bayi said, then decided not to bicker with Fatty.
The group arrived at the Qilin, and after Hu Bayi manipulated the mechanism inside, they finally exited the prince’s tomb.
“Are we going to the Princess’s tomb now?”
Fatty asked curiously, carrying a large backpack.
“Since we’re here, let’s go take a look.”
Zhang Tian said without much thought. They had come all this way, after all, and it wouldn’t do to just visit the prince and not the princess.
It would be a great offense to the princess.
Walking down the narrow passage, with the cliff beside them.
With the experience from the first time, the group was noticeably faster.
Soon, they stopped before the passage to the Princess’s tomb.
“Listen, it sounds like there’s guqin music from inside.”
Suddenly, Yingzi whispered.
The rest of them stood at the entrance of the tomb passage, their brows furrowed.
An ancient tomb from a thousand years ago, and there was lingering guqin music from within. This was already extraordinary.
Especially since the guqin music was beautiful, like a sound from the distant past.
“Could it be that the princess inside has come back to life? And is playing for us?”
Fatty’s face changed, and he quickly drew his broken sword.
“Whether it’s a person or a ghost, Fatty is not afraid!”
Fatty said earnestly.
Lin Tian and Hu Bayi exchanged a glance.
“Shall we go in and take a look?”
Zhang Tian asked, and Hu Bayi nodded.
“Yes, since we’re here, let’s go in and see. Yingzi, you watch these two children and wait for us outside.”
Hu Bayi said.
He was quite concerned about Yingzi.
Yingzi, seeing Hu Bayi hand her the bodies of two children and ask her to wait outside, was a little displeased.
“Women can hold up half the sky, I want to go in too.”
Since the reform and opening up, women had made significant contributions, and Yingzi had been deeply influenced by this.
“Never mind, let’s all go together.”
Zhang Tian said, having seen Yingzi’s character.
She was a bit naive, a bit childlike, and a bit stubborn.
All in all, she had a rather good personality.
“Boss, you’re a bit biased towards Yingzi, aren’t you? Come on, Boss, do you have a crush on her?”
Fatty teased from the side. Zhang Tian gave him an exasperated look.
“Let’s resolve the issue of the guqin music first.”
Zhang Tian said, and Fatty stopped his teasing.
Instead, he looked intently at the tomb chamber not far away.
“Let’s go in and take a look.”
Saying that, the group entered the tomb chamber.
The guqin music grew louder.
As they passed through the corridor and entered the tomb chamber, the scene inside truly shocked them.
Inside the tomb chamber, there was no sign of the princess’s spirit.
The main tomb chamber was filled with guqin, row upon row of wooden guqin.
And the sounds were produced by the wind blowing through these guqin, causing them to play.
This sound had likely been playing for thousands of years.
Around the tomb chamber, the architecture was mostly inspired by phoenixes.
Even the murals in the tomb chamber depicted elements of a phoenix’s rebirth, clearly indicating that the person associated with these elements was no ordinary individual.
Zhang Tian’s gaze swept across the tomb chamber.
Besides the guqin, there was a staircase, and on top of the staircase was a gemstone coffin.
The lid of the coffin showed signs of being pried open.
Above their heads, there were torches, but they were the kind that could no longer be lit.
“It seems this place has also been plundered.”
Zhang Tian said, surprised that such a hidden tomb had such a high chance of being robbed.
However, judging by the appearance of the coffin, it should contain something of value.
“Let’s open it and take a look first.”
Seeing that there were no murals or anything of the sort around, Zhang Tian decided to open the coffin.
His gaze fell upon the coffin.
[Princess’s Coffin: Contains the body of the princess.]
[Status: (Deceased)]
Upon receiving this information, Lin Tian felt a great sense of relief.
Thus, the danger had been averted.
The three of them approached the coffin and, without hesitation, picked up their shovels and pried it open.
“Rumble, rumble, rumble…”
The coffin made a sound.
The moment it opened, a dark shadow shot out from within, moving at an incredible speed, almost instantaneously.
For a moment, the three of them retreated, and Yingzi’s face turned pale.
She seemed to have seen something.