"Oh, heavens, I hope they're alright? It's okay if something happens, no, my gold coins haven't been settled yet."
"Well, heavens, I still hope they're alright, at least so they can come back and settle the payment again."
Anliman spread out a carpet, knelt on the desert, and prayed fervently to the sky.
"Ah-choo, ah-choo..."
"Damn, it's so cold down here, Fatty's sneezing."
Fatty rubbed his nose and shivered at the same time.
"Fatty, you complain too much, hurry up and turn on the light."
Hu Bayi said. Fatty patted the searchlight on his head, and light illuminated the surroundings, revealing everything to everyone.
"Such a small tomb chamber."
Seeing the surrounding space, Hu Bayi couldn't help but speak.
Most of the tomb chambers they usually entered were large. One with only a single chamber was rare.
The tomb overall didn't seem large, it was square, just one space.
In the center of the tomb chamber, there was a rather square coffin.
There were murals on the surrounding walls.
"Boss, the owner of this tomb must have been very square."
Fatty looked around the tomb chamber and scratched his cheek.
"The murals here seem to be about the ancient city."
Shirley Yang walked towards the walls and couldn't help but say.
Zhang Qilin, however, went to the front of the coffin. He looked at the coffin in front of him, his expression solemn.
Hu Bayi walked towards the murals, while Zhang Tian and Fatty went to Zhang Qilin's side.
"What a lousy place, not even a broken pot. Looking at his poor appearance, he must have been very pathetic in life."
Fatty complained as he looked around.
This tomb chamber was square, and apart from the murals and the coffin, there was nothing else. It was no wonder Fatty was dejected.
"Come on, Fatty, with your talent for spotting treasures, even if there were treasures, you'd pick the most worthless one."
Zhang Tian said, and Fatty looked unconvinced.
"Boss, believe it or not, Fatty can find something valuable."
Fatty said, and Zhang Tian patted his shoulder.
"Keep trying, I believe in you."
Saying this, Hu Bayi seemed to have discovered something.
"Boss, come quickly and look at the murals here!"
Hu Bayi shouted, and Zhang Tian led Fatty towards the murals.
"This records the stories of Queen Jingjue and the Princess of Loulan. The story is vivid and very moving."
Hu Bayi said, Zhang Tian's face darkened. This guy had definitely learned bad habits from Fatty. They were tomb raiding, not storytelling.
Shirley Yang slowly spoke as she looked at the murals.
"From the murals, the city we are in now is called Gu Mo Kingdom. Gu Mo Kingdom had a prince who was in love with the princess of Loulan City."
"However, Gu Mo Kingdom was constantly exploited by Jingjue Kingdom. Gu Mo Kingdom was originally a small vassal state, so its financial and material resources were far inferior to those of Loulan Ancient City."
"Because of this, the Prince of Gu Mo always hid his love. He didn't dare to express it to the Princess of Loulan because his kingdom was not worthy, and due to the constant suppression..."
"He gradually developed resentment towards Queen Jingjue."
Shirley Yang said. Zhang Tian scratched his head. How did someone who poisoned a queen turn into a pathetic lover?
Moreover, someone who could make the Prince of Gu Mo fall head over heels must not have been a simple person.
However, speaking of this, Zhang Tian thought of the mural on the outer door. The one carved there should be the Prince of Gu Mo.
He was imitating the Princess of Loulan, wanting to resemble the Princess of Loulan and enter her past.
Shirley Yang continued to speak.
"So, he began his assassination plan. He believed that his country's decline and inability to compare with Loulan was due to the exploitation by Jingjue Kingdom."
"That day, he secretly sneaked into the Queen's chambers. Just as he was about to assassinate her, a maid accidentally offended the Queen. The Queen lifted her veil, and the maid the Queen saw vanished into thin air."
Shirley Yang said, and Hu Bayi frowned slightly.
"Why is that? Did the Queen have superpowers?"
"Legend has it that the Queen's eyes are a passage to the underworld. No one knows where the vanished people went."
Shirley Yang shook her head, thinking of something.
"Perhaps the Queen was too cruel and offended the gods, so she died within a year. And look, the murals above also confirm this."
Shirley Yang said, and everyone's gaze turned to the murals.
Although the Prince of Gu Mo had seen the Queen's power and was afraid, he did not give up and continued to search for a plan to eliminate the Queen.
During this period, the Prince of Gu Mo met a fortune teller, who gave the prince a specific poison. The side effect of the poison was to consume his own lifespan to increase the potency of the toxin.
The Prince of Gu Mo's thoughts had changed. From initially wanting to be with the Princess of Loulan, he now only wanted to eliminate Queen Jingjue.
Then, after a sacrifice, the Prince of Gu Mo exchanged his lifespan for this poison. The poison also had a side effect: a curse.
This curse would afflict the descendants of the Prince of Gu Mo, none of whom would live past fifty.
Having obtained the poison, the Prince of Gu Mo hid it in an alpaca and presented it to the Queen.
As expected, not long after, the Queen died. As for whether she truly died, no one knew.
Later, the Prince of Gu Mo still did not meet his beloved Princess of Loulan. As his lifespan ended, the Prince of Gu Mo also died soon after.
Then the fortune teller set up the prince's tomb below and offered sacrifices of living people, allowing the Prince of Gu Mo to enjoy blessings and good fortune.
However, it was a shame that Zhang Tian had broken this formation. The Prince of Gu Mo would probably not be able to rest in peace.
"Boss, that's bullshit! The Queen was so powerful, how could she be poisoned?"
Fatty complained, and Zhang Tian nodded in agreement.
Given the Queen's power, she was at least a Grandmaster or above. To be poisoned, how strong would the poison have to be?
Unless it was a curse.
As for that fortune teller, Zhang Tian guessed that he must have been an expert proficient in formations and curses.
"This Queen was a female demon. I read this story in my father's 'Records of the Western Regions of the Great Tang'. It is said that Xuanzang, while passing through the desert, discovered a city from underground."
"They ruled the surrounding countries, so there were countless treasures in the middle..."
Shirley Yang said, her gaze receding.
Fatty's eyes lit up.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go to the ancient city directly."
"However, after the Queen died, the allied forces attacked. During this time, a demonic wind appeared from nowhere, and the allied forces and all the treasures were buried in the desert."
"Since then, the whereabouts of the ancient city have been unknown."
Shirley Yang spoke again, and Fatty was stunned.
Good heavens, he had just been fantasizing, and she had interrupted him. How rude!
"Miss Yang, please speak faster next time. You made Fatty happy for nothing."
Fatty said, and even gave Shirley Yang a big eye-roll. Hu Bayi looked at the murals.
"Look, this should be the Raglama Valley. We should be arriving soon."
Hu Bayi said, holding a small fan in his hand.
Zhang Tian's expression became a little serious.
"Didn't you notice? These murals write so much, yet they don't mention anything about Loulan Ancient City."
"Even the appearance and abilities of the Princess of Loulan are not mentioned at all. And we don't know if Loulan Ancient City was among the allied forces, or if the ancient city eventually disappeared. We don't know any of this."
Zhang Tian's voice was not loud, and everyone became serious.
"Boss, what do you mean?"
"Be careful of Loulan Ancient City. I have a bad feeling about Loulan."
Zhang Tian had a bad premonition, and it was about Loulan Ancient City.