Shengjing Noble

Chapter 583: A Blow of Ashes

"nothing."

Noticing that he was a little scared, Su Lanyin didn't explain much.

"Let's go in and take a look."

As they talked, the two continued to walk inside, through an archway, inside was a long and narrow path, it was pitch black ahead with no end in sight.

Ah Hai nervously pulled Su Lanyin's arm: "Or... let's not go in..."

"Why, are you afraid of ghosts?"

"Who said that! I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on my door unless I do something wrong!"

Ah Hai immediately retorted angrily, trying to show off his strength.

Su Lanyin smiled and said, "Since you are not afraid of ghosts, why don't you dare to go in?"

"I... How could I not dare to go in? I'm just worried that you might be in danger. Of course I can protect myself, but what about you? You're a weak woman..."

Although Ah Hai felt guilty, he still insisted on his actions and refused to admit that he was a coward and afraid of ghosts.

"What's wrong with being a weak woman? At least I'm not afraid of any monsters or ghosts."

"I'm not afraid! I'm afraid... I'm afraid there are some wild animals hiding inside. This underground palace has been here for so many years, it might have become a habitat for wild animals. What if we rush in and get attacked? What should we do?"

Su Lanyin looked at his nervous expression and said with a smile, "Don't worry, there are absolutely no monsters here."

"How do you know? You've never been here."

"I have never been here, but I will observe."

"Observe what?"

"There was only a row of human footprints on the ground, but no footprints of wild animals, which means that there were no animals except for humans."

"What if the beast is in there all along?"

"That's even more impossible. Wild animals have to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, right? Besides, wild animals have a strong smell. So far, I haven't smelled any animal in the underground palace."

Although Su Lanyin had lost her memory, her sense of smell had not decreased in the slightest.

If there really were any jackals, tigers or leopards, she would be able to smell them even from dozens of meters away.

When Ah Hai heard her say there were no wild beasts, he relaxed a little, but he was still nervous and scared.

"Then...what if there is some mechanism?"

"Don't worry, I'm here to protect you."

"You, why are you protecting me? If anyone needs to protect you, it should be me, a grown man, who should protect you!"

As he spoke, Ah Hai plucked up the courage and took the initiative to walk to the front.

"Follow me, don't run around!"

Su Lanyin didn't want to lose his last bit of face, so she could only follow his stubborn temper and walk in little by little.

The night-shining pearls illuminated the corridor, and the murals on the walls on both sides also appeared.

The two looked left and right, afraid of missing something.

Ah Hai suddenly stopped, grabbed Su Lanyin's arm, pointed at the painting on the wall and said, "Look at this..."

"what?"

Following his finger, she looked up and saw a painting on the wall of a beautiful woman with a naked upper body and a fishtail lower body, with her hands tied and hung high.

Below her was a huge cauldron filled with boiling hot oil.

This mural is so lifelike that just by looking at it, you can feel the state of mind of each person in the painting.

For example, the half-human, half-fish beauty, she closed her eyes, frowned, looked down with despair and helplessness, as if she had given up all struggles.

And the soldiers holding weapons below were all extremely excited, some even opened their mouths as if they were cheering.

Continuing forward, there is a two-story platform. The emperor in a golden robe sits on the supreme dragon throne, looking down on everything below the stage.

This scene is very ironic.

Su Lanyin couldn't help but reach out to touch the mermaid, but the moment she touched the mural, she felt a chill all over her body and quickly withdrew her hand.

"What's wrong?" Ah Hai asked.

"It's okay, I just think this mural is so cool."

"Really? Let me feel it and see..."

Ah Hai reached out to touch it, but Su Lanyin held his hand back.

"Don't mess around, let's go find the five uncles as soon as possible."

"Yes, yes, I almost forgot."

Ah Hai led her to continue walking inside, and the two of them were still paying attention to the murals on the walls on both sides.

Finally, they came to a small door and stopped.

There were all kinds of strange patterns carved on the door, and there were two door knockers in the shape of a fish swallowing its tail, which was quite odd.

"Is there any mechanism behind this door? Ah Xing, please move back a little and let me open it!"

As he said that, Ah Hai took a step forward and pushed the door hard.

Su Lanyin stood at the back and was about to speak: "That..."

"This door is so heavy, it doesn't even budge! Ah Xing, don't come over here, I can do it alone!"

He gritted his teeth and pushed the door with all his might.

As a result, there was still no sign of opening.

In the end, Ah Hai had no choice but to look at Su Lanyin helplessly.

"It seems that we really can't get in, why don't we retreat."

After saying that, he started walking back. After taking two steps, he suddenly heard the sound of a door opening.

He looked back and saw Su Lanyin holding the door knocker with one hand and opening the door effortlessly.

Ah Hai was stunned on the spot, his eyes full of disbelief.

So after he pushed with all his might for a long time, the door was opened?

Su Lanyin explained: "There is a pull ring on the door, so I think it should be opened."

"Uh... I was just joking just now, hahaha... I was afraid that it would be too boring and you would be scared, so I did it on purpose to make you relax, haha..."

"Really? Thank you then, shall we go in?"

"Okay! Come on, let's go in."

Ah Hai looked embarrassed. He lowered his head and walked straight into the small door without caring about his fear.

Su Lanyin followed closely behind.

The room, which was originally pitch black and pitch dark, was illuminated by the night pearl. Standing at the door and looking inside, one could see almost everything.

This is a square tomb chamber with a coffin placed in the center.

Although the style and size are ordinary, the material is unusual.

Su Lanyin walked over to take a look, and sure enough, the smell was similar to what she smelled outside.

"It's rotten wood."

"What rotten wood?"

"This coffin is made of rotten wood. If you don't believe me, take a look."

She pointed to the crack on the coffin.

Ah Hai moved closer with the night pearl, and now he finally knew what the coffin looked like.

I saw all kinds of rare mushrooms growing in the dense cracks on it. Not only that, there were also many insects crawling around.

The coffin gave off a foul odor, but the strange thing was that such a strong smell could only be smelled when you got close to it. It was so strange.

"Disgusting……"

Ah Hai pinched his nose and took several steps back with a look of disgust on his face.

"Who on earth is so wicked as to use rotten wood to make a coffin for someone else?"

Su Lanyin held her chin and thought for a while, then said, "How about we open the coffin lid and take a look?"

Ah Hai was immediately horrified: "Ah Xing, are you crazy? This is not a joke! It's already very rude of you to barge in, how can you lift someone's coffin lid!"