Chapter 2851: Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl

Axiang's reminder and attempt to block her did not stop Yang Lu-si.

She only saw Yang Lu-si smile and shake her head, saying, "You stand here and don't move. If we want to get out, we'll probably have to go over there and find the mechanism."

Axiang actually understood very well why Yang Lu-si had to come in here — it was all so that Archaeology Team Two could continue moving forward.

Although she didn't know why Yang Lu-si had suddenly changed her previous way of thinking — that is, no longer waiting for Zhang Lin to ascend the New Moon Restaurant, deciding everything herself.

But instinct drove Axiang not to bring up these questions, even though Axiang herself had now become a member of Archaeology Team Two.

After this she would no longer continue on with Archaeology Team Two, but in the current situation she had to accompany Archaeology Team Two through this tomb of the Kunlun Divine Palace, so she didn't want to ask too much.

She also learned from Hu Hu Bayi and Wang Wang Kaixuan — as long as it was a decision Yang Lu-si made, they would raise no objection whatsoever — but even so, she still felt worried for Yang Lu-si.

Seeing the unusual firmness in Yang Lu-si's gaze, Axiang could only release her hand. She had originally intended to accompany Yang Lu-si to the front, but she hadn't expected the other to turn back and glance at her.

The emotion in those eyes brooked no argument. She didn't speak, but the meaning was crystal clear — it was telling Axiang to obey her order and stay put!

That was the greatest help she could offer. Axiang unconsciously sighed, knowing she couldn't say anything more, and could only stand quietly in place according to Yang Lu-si's wishes at this moment.

The reason Yang Lu-si had to go over and check the situation was, on one hand, to find the mechanism she had mentioned earlier, and on the other hand, it was the most important purpose of her coming in this time — to see if there was anything here that would add value to their road ahead.

Yang Lu-si still didn't dare be one hundred percent certain whether this enclosed space was the correct path, but along with finding the mechanism, there should be some discovery.

Whether it would open the entrance from before, or a brand-new great door would appear before her eyes, and then she could lead everyone to the next location — what followed was certainly a choice between two options.

Instinct drove Yang Lu-si to lean more toward the latter. If this place didn't lead anywhere, then Yang Lu-si knew the chances remaining to her were growing fewer and fewer. What she was doing her utmost to do now was simply not wanting to make things difficult for Zhang Lin up on the New Moon Restaurant.

After a few steps she reached the front. Yang Lu-si looked down, and the corner of her mouth curved into a smile.

Right beneath the sculpture of Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl there was a basin-shaped vessel — this was the key point; from a distance she simply couldn't see it.

But up close it was revealed without a doubt. Yang Lu-si clearly saw that in this water basin there were two transparent crystals, spherical in shape.

Yang Lu-si immediately thought of the glacier crystal corpse they had seen earlier — that is, the corpse of the Demon Kingdom Ghost Mother. At first, although Yang Lu-si had made some discovery, she hadn't paid attention to this point: namely, that the corpse of the Demon Kingdom Ghost Mother had no eyeballs.

Afterwards, Teacher Yang had originally wanted to discuss this situation with everyone, but then those ice-ladle insects appeared, and Yang Lu-si could only set all her thoughts aside for the moment.

And she also determined that this matter was of no great consequence — just as in the tomb of King Xian, the other party's corpse ultimately presented only a single head.

King Xian had used this method in an attempt to become an immortal, so after death he had made himself neither man nor ghost. This kind of situation wasn't very rare, but Yang Lu-si hadn't expected to see something like this now.

Subconsciously, Yang Lu-si once again associated it with the mural they had seen, and on this point Yang Lu-si raised a doubt at the very first moment.

Because that was a tomb-robber's hole, and it was dug from the inside out, so Yang Lu-si was certain this bizarre situation must be tied to some important reason.

Under the historical circumstances of that time, no one could have done this — except for the clansmen of the Demon Kingdom Ghost Mother. And the other party's clansmen, in the historical records—

Regarding the Demon Kingdom Ghost Mother, they certainly held the most pure kind of faith. This loyalty was equivalent to their having been severely brainwashed — they simply didn't dare to disobey the other's commands.

Now it seemed that wasn't the case. And the only purpose they had in digging this tomb-robber's hole and entering was, it should be, to take the eyeballs of the Demon Kingdom Ghost Mother. Through the things she had experienced before, Yang Lu-si slowly formed a thread of logic.

It was also connected to the so-called eyeball worship. She had already gone through all of this when she was in the Ancient City of Jingjue — the Queen of Jingjue had conquered the entire Western Regions with her own eyes and become the overlord of the Western Regions.

And everyone's fear of her was all because of the power of the eyeball. Different paths, same destination — the Demon Kingdom Ghost Mother was the same. This indicated that the two should share the same bloodline.

Otherwise such a coincidence wouldn't appear in this world. Yang Lu-si felt a sudden sense of clarity, but soon laughed self-deprecatingly, thinking to herself that even if she knew this kind of thing, what could she do about it?

The clues she currently held were still rather scattered. Even if she could muster the courage to move forward, and when she discovered clues, she could boldly analyze some situations—

But Yang Lu-si was clear: when it really came to the critical points, she still had to rely on Zhang Lin's analysis. Relying on courage and experience couldn't solve any problem — it could only yield a relatively general answer. On this point, Yang Lu-si was more certain than anyone.

Having thought through all this, Yang Lu-si sighed. She didn't suspect there were any more mechanisms inside the basin, because this place was genuinely tranquil, and those original betrayers of the Demon Kingdom who had wanted to take the eyeballs without success should have been blocked by those ice-ladle insects up ahead.

So at this moment Yang Lu-si didn't hesitate in the slightest, and directly reached her hand toward the basin. Sure enough, no accident occurred. When the eyeballs fell into her palm, Yang Lu-si felt a heart-penetrating coolness.

Yang Lu-si couldn't help clicking her tongue in wonder. At this moment she began to doubt the truth of that legend — if the eyeballs of the Demon Kingdom Ghost Mother truly possessed that kind of miraculous power—

Then why did she end up in such a miserable fate in the end?

This showed that, from a certain angle, the legend should hold no persuasive power whatsoever; a large part of it was simply imagined by later generations.

This should be the relatively more reliable answer.

Coming and going, looking across history at so many people, between the changes of dynasties there would always be some bizarre legends left behind.

But along with their excavation, these legends all turned into rumors and collapsed of their own accord — which also showed just how ignorant the people of that time truly were.

However, Yang Lu-si also knew that one couldn't completely use the eyes of later generations to fault the practices of those who came before. Perhaps even if they themselves were placed at that point in time, they probably wouldn't have done any better than those people.

After pondering for a moment, Yang Lu-si didn't dwell on these things any longer.

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