C69 A fortuitous encounter in the tomb (2)

Shao Jian immediately felt that something was amiss, he went around the bookshelf and arrived behind the old man. Suddenly, he stepped on something that released a cracking sound, he lowered his head and took a deep breath, all the pores on his body stood up, and a gloomy feeling hit his mind. He saw a large pile of bones scattered on the ground, along with a few different types of weapons. Was it all for the same purpose as the previous person? "If what I thought was right, then even if these people don't get what I want, they can still leave. Could it be that after entering this tomb, they will forever …" Shao Jian did not dare to continue thinking about it, and was extremely afraid in his heart. He then turned to the old man and looked at him. He felt that it was funny and he did not expect that he had said a lot of nonsense to a dead man.

"But why is his body emitting such a dazzling light? Could it be that he really has a rare treasure on him? Could it be that the dark yellow light was emitted by the treasure that was hidden on his body? Who was this old man in a long white robe? From the clothes on his body and the two high quality white jade sculptures, we can tell that his status is definitely extraordinary. Just who is he … " All sorts of questions lingered in Shao Jian's mind.

At this time, the books neatly placed on the counter caught Shao Jian's attention. He thought that he might be able to find out the identity of this mysterious old man from these books. Arriving in front of the desk, Shao Jian squatted down and started flipping through the books one by one. They were all records of the national affairs and some trivial matters that occurred in various countries during the Spring and Autumn War, focused on recording the national destiny of Chu at that time, describing how a weak country turned into a superpower, standing amongst the seven nations, and then how it gradually turned from strong and prosperous to weak and perished.

When Shao Jian saw this, his heart could not help but be shocked, as a person who was closely related to that era appeared in his mind. He raised his eyes to look at the righteous elder in front of him, and blurted out a name: "Qu Yuan …."

"Could he really be Qu Yuan? The owner of this grave? But why was he so lifelike, sitting there as if he were still alive? Didn't he go to the Miluo River to commit suicide? "Just what is going on …" A series of questions popped up in his mind. Shao Jian continued to flip through the remaining books, a thick bamboo scroll appeared in his sight, he casually picked up the first volume, and only saw the title of the book written in ancient characters: "Li Suo".

Shao Jian's eyes flashed, he was extremely excited. With this book, he was even more sure that the arrogant old man in front of him was a scholar from the Spring and Autumn War Kingdom, which meant that he was the owner of this tomb, Qu Yuan.

When Shao Jian was certain that the person sitting on the white jade chair before him was the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan, he couldn't help but respect everything that happened in front of him, and felt pity for his death, thinking: "Since I accidentally came here and saw his corpse, I don't care whether I can leave or not, out of respect for him, junior should at least kowtow to him."

Thinking about that, Shao Jian slowly stood up, took three steps back, looked at Qu Yuan's corpse, and then kneeled down. Coincidentally, there was a circle drawn on the ground where he was kneeling, it was suitable for a person to kneel down and use.

Both of Shao Jian's hands pushed against the ground, and then he slowly lowered his head. At this moment, he realized that the two floor tiles facing him were different from the rest, but he did not pay any attention to them. With a light sound, his forehead made contact with the ground, and he felt as if he had touched a hard, protruding object.

Right at this moment, a mechanism turning sound came out, causing Shao Jian to be shocked, he quickly searched his surroundings for the source of the sound, suddenly, the two tiles that he felt something was amiss previously, they automatically shifted to two sides, a small hidden compartment appeared in front of him, then a white jade brick slowly rose from the ground, level with the ground, on the white jade brick laid a letter and an ancient book that had already turned yellow. Shao Jian watched as the mechanism operated, as though he was in a dream, until he was completely finished. He reached out and picked up the letter, only to see a few ancient words written on top of it.

Shao Jian was puzzled. Someone who was destined to meet him personally? Am I the fated one? And he had to do it himself, wasn't it possible for others to do it as well? What was the secret behind this letter? As he casually opened the letter, he saw the words, "Doctor Qu and the rest of the students have written this letter together. I hope that everyone will remember this, my respected teacher has seen the fall of the Great Chu in his later years, and felt heartbroken and heartbroken. How can this dynasty not perish? Wuuuuu! The Great Qin Empire's military might was like a divine weapon that had descended from the heavens. My master felt that there was no hope for saving the nation, so he demoted official and reclined beside the Miluo River, in his grief and indignation, he completed the entire chapter, and after reading it in the fifth book of the fifth day of the fifth month, he sighed to the heavens, "The heavens are about to destroy us, what can I do?!" Afterwards, the students found the corpse of our master, built this mausoleum, and buried the body of our master here. The people did not know that our master had a battle formation, and now that we have collected the jade pendant 'Qu Yuan's pendant' in front of our teacher, we hope that future generations will have some fate behind us.

After he finished reading this letter, Shao Jian then went to the other tomb to find the small embroidered box that originally contained the 'Qu Yuan's Pendant'. If it was an ordinary grave robber who stole the jade pendant, then it would be worth it for the money, but what was the purpose of man of the jianghu obtaining the jade pendant? Could it be that the 'Qu Yuan's Pendant' was hiding some sort of secret?

Soon after, Shao Jian picked up the old book that had turned yellow due to the passage of time. The words on the cover of the book were already blurred, it was probably the battle formation theory written on the letter, he thought: "This book is actually worth for the experts of the True and Evil to come and snatch? Could it be that this ancient book is also hiding some kind of secret like the Qu Yuan Pendant? "

Opening the ancient book, the first page was about how to govern the country, with peace on both sides and external support on the outside. Opening the ancient book, the first page was about how to govern the country, with peace on the inside and external support on the outside.

Shao Jian was not interested in these kinds of books, and threw them to the side, but after thinking for a while, since it was left behind by his ancestors, he had to keep it well, and picked up the ancient book again.

At this moment, a series of questions appeared in Shao Jian's mind: "How many secrets are hidden in this Qu Yuan's tomb, one after the other, first Qu Yuan's pendant, then that letter, it is really puzzling, who knows if there will be other secrets?"

Shao Jian kept the ancient book in his bosom, he stood up and took a look at Qu Yuan's corpse, he initially wanted to find out what was that yellow light from's body, but after thinking for a while, he realised that Qu Yuan had already died a thousand years ago, why did he bother him anymore. The most important thing to do was to open the stone door as soon as possible.

With a leap, he grabbed hold of the black iron sword. Strangely enough, this time, the wall did not release such a strong suction force like before, but rather, the sword was still in its scabbard, after carefully inspecting the closed tomb door, he did not find any mechanism to open it, he did not expect the door to be so strange, it turned out to be only a mechanism outside, no wonder there was a pile of bones on the floor, the door could only be entered but not exited.

Shao Jian thought that since there was no mechanism to open it, then he should try using the Qi in his body to push it away. Taking three steps back, he faced the door of the tomb, slowly raised both of his hands, and the Qi inside his body started to converge onto his palms continuously, and after a while, he noticed that there was a layer of faint red Qi between his palms, which became darker and darker, with a light roar, both of his palms pushed out at the same time. He felt that the air in his surroundings started to fluctuate, and the strong force of his palm struck the stone door.

Shao Jian was momentarily shaken to the point where he staggered backwards several steps before steadying himself. His body went up and down violently and he could not help but have a mouthful of blood flow from the corner of his mouth. With a tragic smile, he calmed the True Qi in his body and then sat cross-legged on the ground and began to circulate his Qi to help recuperate his injuries. Time continued to pass minute by minute, Shao Jian did not know how long he had been in Qu Yuan's tomb, nor did he know what time it was.

Behind a large boulder, Chen Shaofeng, Chen Jianbing and the others were anxiously staring at the big stone door of Qu Yuan's grave. It had already been so long, but there was still no movement, so the three of them could not help but have a bad premonition in their hearts: "Why hasn't Shao Jian come out yet, could it be that something happened to him inside?"

"If this large stone door can't be opened, then would Shao Jian be buried alive …"

Just as the three were thinking about that, suddenly, a sound of clothes came out, followed by a tall man dressed in black, with a face scarf, floating down to the ground. He glanced around, and seeing that no one was following him, he looked at the tightly shut big stone door of Qu Yuan's tomb, laughed softly, then leaped up again, and disappeared without a trace. This person appeared without a sound and left immediately after doing nothing. This person's strange behavior caused the three people behind the boulder to be puzzled.

Just then, Shao Jian who was in Qu Yuan's tomb had finished his recovery, he stood up and looked at the tomb's door, frowning slightly, he took off the Xuanyuan sword behind him and muttered in his heart: "Now it's all up to you."

In an instant, the entire tomb chamber lit up with a gold light, the divine sword had already left the sheath, and immediately, he slashed at the tomb door, causing beams of bright gold light to fly out. In a moment, the stone door was struck by countless of swords, and following a 'boom', the door immediately turned into a pile of broken stones, and with a light smile, Shao Jian turned and bowed towards Qu Yuan's corpse, then walked out and went into another tomb room, and once again examined it, and then headed back into the dark tunnel to the tomb.