Chapter 1634: A three-year-old child soaked in mercury! This is the cruelty of King Xian!

Immediately after, Zhang Lin said, "Actually, there is no need to discuss this matter. Anything anyone says can be questioned. If there is no freedom to criticize, then praise has no meaning."

Zhang Lin suddenly said such a sentence, causing the gaze everyone looked at Zhang Lin with to gain an extra layer of reverence. This height reached an unprecedented state.

Even the people from the authorities couldn't help but be stunned at this moment. They didn't expect that Zhang Lin could not only say things that exceeded people's cognition but also speak golden sentences.

Just this one sentence was enough to be written into textbooks: if there is no freedom to criticize, then praise is meaningless.

Let alone issuing a challenge?

Since Wang Kaixuan had such a doubt, Zhang Lin would naturally treat it seriously, not to mention that Wang Kaixuan was a personal witness now.

After all, Zhang Lin was only at the Crescent Hotel, so Wang Kaixuan carrying such emotions could still be understood.

Although everyone was clear that Zhang Lin's words were not only to make up for Wang Kaixuan, the main thing was for the Second Archaeological Team.

The top priority in this was still from Yang Lu, but they still actively changed the topic and did not persist in asking.

If they were to persist in this matter, that would be not giving Zhang Lin face.

And at this time, the news had not yet reached the Second Archaeological Team. Yang Lu walked over and, without hesitation, raised her hand and slapped Wang Kaixuan directly in the face.

Her purpose in doing so was also very clear, and she immediately asked, "Are you sober now?"

The current Yang Lu was very clear about what Wang Kaixuan specifically meant by saying this. She did not blame Wang Kaixuan for raising such a doubt, because the things experienced at this very moment were truly too astonishing.

The reason why Young Master Zhao did not do this was because he had basically been scared silly. Facing a situation that might be similar to a "ghost hitting a wall" but was even more bizarre and unpredictable than that, it was not strange for these people to have such thoughts.

Yang Lu's only task now was to keep them clear-headed at all times. Before Wang Kaixuan could answer, Yang Lu said loudly, "We experienced the Ancient City of Jingjue and the Longling Maze together. In the Ancient City of Jingjue, that purple light of the Corpse Fragrance Konjac brought us such hallucinations, and we all walked through it. What does this count as?"

Wang Kaixuan took a deep breath and nodded. At that moment, he only felt as if he had lost his original psychological balance, but this slap from Yang Lu was considered timely and effective.

Ada couldn't help but shrug his shoulders, then shook his head and said, "I don't have any other meaning, but does your archaeological team only have this much courage?"

Except for Yang Lu, everyone couldn't help but look at Ada in astonishment. At this time, it wouldn't be strange even if Ada really felt bad emotions.

But his words had no malice. If it were someone like En Kuan who said the same words, then it would carry a hint of disdain, but Ada seemed to be interpreting a fact.

It seemed as if he was very surprised about this matter itself, but immediately after, Ada explained, "I said I don't have any other meaning. This kind of thing is very common in our Southern Border; it's nothing more than a 'ghost hitting a wall'."

Originally, they still wanted to hear some novel answer, but after hearing this sentence, everyone stopped paying attention to Ada. If it really was some "ghost hitting a wall" or whatever, they wouldn't need to be so afraid at all.

And the reason why Yang Lu thought of a "ghost hitting a wall" was nothing more than a metaphor. The root cause of this was basically a hundred thousand miles away from what Ada said.

Immediately after, Yang Lu turned her gaze to that Longevity Candle. This time, four of them appeared together. Previously, they had already found five Longevity Candles shaped by those mermaids.

Now five plus four equals nine, which means there are nine mysterious corpses in this tomb. At this time, someone at the Crescent Hotel took the initiative to help Zhang Lin change the topic.

They immediately asked, "Mr. Zhang, according to your meaning, is it that there are nine corpses hidden here?"

Zhang Lin shook his head and said, "There are indeed nine Longevity Candles now, but I have a premonition that there are definitely more than nine."

Everyone did not persist in this topic. In their view, whether it was nine, ten, or eleven, it seemed to make no difference. This proved that they still did not understand the key point Zhang Lin had mentioned before.

The top priority that this tomb itself was alive, they naturally could not understand.

The next moment, someone else asked, "Mr. Zhang, why is it that they are both Longevity Candles, but the styling of this Longevity Candle is different?"

Zhang Lin smiled helplessly and explained, "They represent different levels of corpses. The four Longevity Candles you see now are in the shape of children; they represent more noble corpses, while the five Longevity Candles you saw before are naturally one level lower than this. King Xian is truly cruel."

Hearing this sentence, everyone was stunned. For a moment, they didn't understand what Zhang Lin was trying to express.

But immediately after, someone with wide eyes hurriedly asked, "Mr. Zhang, you don't mean that this child is a real child, do you? These four Longevity Candles are not simply molded shapes, but real children at the time?"

This person was incoherent with astonishment, and his tone was suddenly raised!

Actually, before getting this answer, or after this person asked this question, everyone's eyes were already faintly carrying that kind of anger!

Combining this question with the kind of emotion Zhang Lin just expressed, they had basically already obtained the answer that followed.

Sure enough, the next moment Zhang Lin nodded and sighed, saying, "That's right, these are two or three-year-old children, alive and refined into human figurines, and then Longevity Candles are lit here. And this method of refining is extremely cruel; they must cultivate corpse oil within their bodies."

"It was while they were still alive that they were soaked in mercury; only then could the cycle of the Longevity Candle be completed. Under the state of constant circulation of the corpse oil in their bodies, this candle would not go out even if lit for thousands of years."

After hearing this explanation from Zhang Lin, everyone subconsciously began to rub their molars!

If Wang Canghai's sacrifice of his own relatives was too cruel, then this King Xian was basically attacking indiscriminately; he didn't even let children go.

For the sake of such a heaven-reaching tomb of his own, he sacrificed countless lives. At this moment, they realized that what Zhang Lin said before was not an exaggeration. The lives King Xian sacrificed for this tomb of his, for him to be able to become an immortal, were probably not limited to these.

Perhaps after he died, the entire Ancient Dian Kingdom was buried with him. Those were living human lives!

After the crowd's anger, they couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh!

……. ===== CHAPTER 1635 =====