Chapter 27: It's Actually Like This

  The door was quietly and cleverly pushed open, without the expected scene of flying arrows, and it opened so quietly. But as soon as it opened, everyone was stunned. Was this really an ancient tomb?

  If the outside door gives people a feeling of being rich and powerful, then the inside gives people a feeling of being in a paradise, only it's a very wealthy paradise. The floor is made of gold bricks, with a high platform in the center, about two meters off the ground. Around the platform is a river, but it's paved with pearls. On both sides of the river are some trees, about the height of an adult, with trunks made of ink jade and leaves made of green jade, connected by golden threads. Next to the platform is a staircase, and going up the stairs is a heavenly ladder made of white cloud mother-of-pearl blocks. It stretches far into the distance, disappearing from view. It's called a paradise because inside, the clouds and mist are sparse, half-concealing these precious objects, making them even more mysterious.

  "Jade has a spirit, so many jades gathered together, after a hundred years of changes, the spiritual energy has actually misted." The ghost exclaimed.

  "Indeed, the owner of this tomb has a big handwriting." Yin Huan Yue also praised.

  Chang Qingzi walked straight to a tree, hugged it with both hands and started pulling it up. The tree was only embedded in the golden bricks, and it came out easily. Seeing Gui Hun and Yin Huan Yue staring at him, Chang Qingzi asked strangely: "Aren't you moving?"

  The ghost was stunned for a moment, took out a jade bottle from the cloth bag, muttered to himself, and those mists began to rush into the bottle in a hurry.

  Yin Huan Yue suddenly felt that he might have found the wrong partner, one more greedy than the other. Thinking about it, he also took out a jade bottle from his Qian Kun bag.

  "Alright, let's go." Chang Qingzi said with a smile.

  "Mo Changqing, why are you interested in those mundane things and not these spiritual ones?" the ghost asked.

  "No choice, I'm too interested in these mundane objects." Chang Qingzi said with a smile. Then he patted the Qiankun bag on his waist, and these things were really useful. If it weren't for the ghosts moving some away, they should have all fallen into his hands by now.

  "Let's go." said Yin Huan Yue. Then she raised her eyes and looked at the road in front of her, which seemed to have no end.

  The ghost walks in front, Chang Qingzi is in the middle, and Yin Huan Yue follows behind.

  A white cloud ladder, with no railings on either side. As soon as three people stepped onto it, it started to shake slightly. Fortunately, the cultivation of several people was not bad, and they were all able to control their bodies. The three people walked forward, and the further they went, the more unclear the road behind them became. In the end, the road they had taken to get there had completely disappeared.

  "Wait, stop first." The ghost said suddenly.

  The ghost stopped, and the two people behind him also stopped tacitly, without any unexpected situation occurring.

  "It doesn't feel right." Chang Qingzi said calmly.

  "The yin energy has grown stronger." Yin Huan Yue said.

  "Hmm?" Yin Huan Yue said, the ghost was stunned for a moment, then thought that this hell messenger's sensitivity to changes in yin energy was much sharper than theirs, and even if it was just a thread, they couldn't escape their perception. "Is it because we're getting close to the main tomb chamber?"

  "It's gone again." Yin Huan Yue said, stunned.

  "Is it gone again?" Zhang Qing furrowed his brow and carefully observed his surroundings. "What now?"

  "No, but I'm certain what just happened wasn't an illusion. The yin energy has indeed grown heavier," said Yin Huan Yue.

  "Let's go back and take a look." The ghost said suddenly, the two were somewhat surprised by the ghost's decision, looked at each other, and still walked along the road they came from.

  "There's no way out." Yin Huan Yue said with a start.

  There's no way out, it seems like they've hit a dead end. But this road isn't just any ordinary flat ground, it's a sky ladder suspended several meters in the air. There are only two paths to take, advance or retreat. Since retreating is not an option, they can only press on with determination. However, after walking for so long, they still haven't seen the end of the road. This is quite strange. From the moment they entered, they didn't encounter any traps, it seems like the tomb owner wants to lead everyone into the inner chamber. But if everything goes too smoothly, it's bound to arouse suspicion. So, they need to create an illusion that they've overcome difficulties to get this far.

  The ghost smiled faintly and said, "Let's go, continue from where we left off."

  The three continued walking, and as expected, the arrow arrays began to appear. It seemed like a dense and chaotic shooting, but in fact, as long as the three paid a little attention, there wouldn't be any big problems. The shaking of the heavenly ladder under their feet gradually grew louder, but fortunately, it didn't affect the ghosts' movements. After walking for another stretch, they finally saw the second high platform. The platform was slightly larger than the previous one, only its height couldn't be seen clearly. However, the things on the platform were obviously much richer than before.

  "It seems we've been going up all along," said the ghost.

  "No, we're going down." The usually gentle and smiling Chang Qingzi's face finally turned serious. It seemed that the information he had received earlier was incorrect, this was not a simple tomb at all. And no one's tomb was built like this. This section connected to another style, each layer thicker than the previous one with objects that were extremely beneficial to cultivators. Could this be a trap? But judging from the situation here, it seemed to have existed for a very long time. From its appearance, no one had come before them.

  "Just keep going and you'll find out." The ghost said faintly.

  Yes, keep going and you'll find the final answer. Chang Qingzi thought to himself, a smile reappearing at the corner of his mouth, warmer than before. "Yin Huan Yue, leave some for me!"

  They walked and took it all the way. Unconsciously, they had been walking for a long time. Moreover, the continuous arrow arrays attacking them along the way did not change at all. The ghost felt that they seemed to have reached a depth of 100 meters underground already. And judging from the road, it would probably continue downward.

  "Let's take a short rest." Chang Qingzi said, and then sat directly on the high platform. I've lost count of how many seats it is, or how many tens of seats.

  The ghost sat down and started rummaging through the cloth bag. After Yin Huan Yue sat down, she stared at the ghost's movements together with Chang Qing Zi.

  The ghost's hand finally stopped moving, then took out something from the bag. Judging by its appearance, it should be several pieces of cloth wrapped together. The ghost lifted the cloth layer by layer. Chang Qingzi and Yin Huan Yue's four eyes didn't blink, what was this again? Was it an ultimate weapon? After all, ghosts usually take out things that are not ordinary goods.

  "Baozi!" Zhang Qingzi shouted loudly.

  Yin Huan Yue's eyes also twitched slightly.

  "We've been walking for so long, aren't you guys hungry?" the ghost asked strangely, then handed over a steamed bun. After that, he took out water from his cloth bag. Looking at the two people staring at him intently, the ghost asked: "Don't you guys have any water?"

  "You've got everything you need," said Yin Huan Yue.

  "It was Master who prepared it for me," said the ghost.

  "Let's eat something and keep some strength, we estimate there is still a long way to go." Chang Qingzi said, taking a big bite of the steamed bun.