[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl":3,"chapter-kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-chapter-63":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Kicked Out of the Party, Then I Picked Up a Problematic Beauty",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2346187,4585,"Chapter 63: 62. Older Than the Empire","kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-chapter-63",63,"\u003Cp>62. Older Than the Empire\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy also noticed those spheres: \"What are those?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was about to step forward, Li Ang reached out to stop her, pointing at the floor: \"Watch out for traps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Traps? I know some ancient ruins have trap mechanisms, but you mean there are some here too? How come I can't see any at all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady tilted her head, her ginger hair adding a touch of silliness to her appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Traps are certainly not set for you to see them. However, trap mechanisms are divided into magical ones and purely mechanical ones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang explained: \"Traps in ancient ruins and supernatural forbidden zones that high-level Sky Cavalry regiments explore are a major problem, but the ones here are clearly just standard traps for dealing with grave robbers or desecrators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Standard? Aren't they dangerous?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probably just flames, poisonous gas, arrows, and retractable blades. With your delicate, soft body, I'm afraid you'd turn into a dried corpse or be skewered like a kebab in an instant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Li Ang talk about her body, Dorothy, who had been standing with her hands on her hips and a faint smile, could no longer smile after hearing the second half of the sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wouldn't die... but it would definitely hurt. Forget it, I don't dare move anymore, you go ahead and scout the path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not about whether it hurts or not. This isn't just a problem for you alone; the way one explores during an adventure must also take into account the adaptability of others in the team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang had seen teams that were entirely composed of members with outstanding defense and immunity to poisonous gas; they would brute-force their way through standard trap mechanisms. But most teams didn't have that luxury, so they would be equipped with a rogue carrying various tools to handle conventional traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without that kind of preparation now, it required experience to discern and avoid locations that might contain mechanisms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang pointed at the ground: \"The floor tiles around the altar, the statues in the niches, and the rows of hanging oil lamps—in this room, these three things are the most likely to have mechanisms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then pointed to the ventilation vents at the bottom of the walls: \"That one is exposed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the vent grilles were covered in dust, while others nearby, despite also having dust, were significantly thinner, indicating that these \"vents\" with thick dust had no airflow passing through them and were, in reality, mechanisms for spraying flames or poisonous gas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If there weren't any dust, they wouldn't be easy to spot, but it has been far too long since anyone came here. The concealment has almost completely failed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since we know the location of some mechanisms, the traps that trigger them are usually nearby; this is determined by both the level of craftsmanship and cost control. Based on this line of reasoning, we can look at the nearby floor tiles. For traps with such ordinary materials, the floor tiles might bulge or sink over time, and there might also be obvious gaps between them and other tiles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While explaining to Dorothy, Li Ang stepped on safe spots as he walked inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't afraid of ordinary traps; with the Wind-Chaser's Holy Bell, he could use a Wind Element Shield of the Excellence realm at will, making trap damage unable to get near him. However, this tomb chamber was already beneath the grounds of the Count's estate, and the commotion of triggering a trap might alert someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, upon getting closer, he discovered that these traps had already been disarmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back, the lady was carefully tiptoeing, stopping with every step. Li Ang originally thought she was being overly nervous, only to find she was avoiding some skeletons and spiderwebs on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come in, the mechanisms here shouldn't be active anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" Dorothy asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I originally thought this was the tomb of the Finat family, but it has another owner; instead, the Finat family might have been the ones who disarmed the traps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whose tomb is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is for me to ask you.\" Li Ang looked back and said: \"You've worked in Spark Port for so many years, haven't you learned about the history of this land belonging to the Count's estate? Collecting information is also a necessary part of adventuring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy clasped her ten fingers together, twisting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know, sorry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This tomb contains information about the sleeper,\" Li Ang said, pointing to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the sculptures corresponding to the coffins, there were inscriptions, and the stone walls between the different sculptures also featured reliefs. The pigments used were precious and had only peeled off slightly, but even if they had all faded, it wouldn't matter, as the reliefs were of a high artistic standard, sufficient to tell the recorded story in its entirety—it was a family history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coffins and statues had an obvious chronological order; the oldest ones were crafted quite crudely, while the last one, although completed, had no one buried in it, and the subsequent spots were all left empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The epitaph beneath the first statue read: \"Here lies the pioneer, Lin Deng, who led his adventuring companions to land on Spark Island, helped the residents here defeat a dragon that could spew sparks even when breathing, and gained their support, thereby laying the foundation for the family's glory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Adventuring companions\" might be an embellishment; they could have been adventurers, or they could have been sky pirates or wandering stragglers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hogati Lin Deng, builder of the port, brought prosperity to Spark Island and secured the family's substantial foundation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lina Moen Lin Deng, Dragon Tamer. Brought the taming method of the Spark Dragon to the family, intimidating all forces coveting the key location of Spark Island, allowing the family to remain stable and endure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kaban Lin Deng. A loving grandfather, a strict father, a heroic warrior. Sacrificed gloriously in the battle resisting the army of the barbarian Kaikulus. We shall surely inherit his legacy and defend the family territory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dukas Wall Lin Deng. A prodigal son who returned, took up his father's legacy, and resisted the barbarians alongside the fief's people. Beheaded multiple red-haired barbarian generals. In the final moments of his life, he protected the Fire Dragon Ranch amidst the barbarians' schemes and tricks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Dukas Lin Deng. Artist,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text beneath the final sculpture only wrote the beginning; the empty, unclosed coffin indicated that this artist was not buried here, or perhaps it was impossible to bury him, or there was no one left to preside over the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Lin Deng family?\" Dorothy pondered, pinching her chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This family was the earliest builder and ruler of Spark Port. It must have been a long time ago; I have never heard of them, let alone heard of any fire dragons on this island,\" Li Ang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today's Spark Island had towns built even on its outermost edges; there was no trace of any \"Fire Dragon Ranch\" at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I might actually know a little about this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy pointed at the epitaph of Kaban Lin Deng and said: \"The name Kaikulus has been mentioned by people in the last year or two. Later, someone told me he was the founding emperor of the Holy Spirel Empire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking at it this way, it was the Finat family that followed the Empire to conquer Spark Island and wiped out the original owners here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to what Li Ang had just learned from Lancelot, the Empire had existed for at least eight hundred years, which was much earlier than the founding of the Sky Knight Guild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast majority of contemporary people, even if they lived in the Ignis airspace, would have no real sense that this land once belonged to the Empire, let alone know the history from before the Empire's conquest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Sky Knight like Li Ang understood a sky island more in terms of what resources and utility it could provide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tomb chamber was so ancient that it felt like a phantom in the gaps of time; even the founding emperor of the Empire was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for a place like Spark Port that had such origins, no one would ever mention him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Li Ang didn't think the entire \"city mezzanine\" shown to him by the system could be that ancient. Those secret passages were likely built by the Finat family later on; records of many subsequent wars were mentioned in many documents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Finat family discovered this tomb chamber during the construction process, and it thus became connected to the secret passages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the secret passages were no longer needed, they deliberately abandoned some areas outside the exits, or kept them under their control and surveillance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang asked Dorothy: \"Is the house you live in a property of the Finat family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, many mansions are theirs, but I pay rent, so I don't have any intention of getting involved with them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang nodded; he must have guessed correctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Finat family had followed the Empire's founder through battles, it would also explain why they immediately became the vanguard when the Empire was about to rise again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy gave a teasing smile: \"Why ask this suddenly? Are you very concerned?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang didn't respond to her and walked toward the altar in the middle of the tomb chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>",1574,"2026-06-21T01:23:38.712Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","dd7bc48bbfaed92173839731beaf0311d9b282ac32720a56302df593a875b7dc","kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-chapter-64","kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-chapter-62",496,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fkicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-cover.jpg"]