I discovered that this old bastard is just cheap. We were polite to him before, but he calculated against us. Now that I've beaten him black and blue, he's become honest.

Just now, we asked him if he had seen Liu Huangshu's gang of tomb robbers, and the old man pretended to be a grandson, saying he hadn't seen them.

Now, as soon as I asked like this, he immediately confessed.

Before I could continue to press him, the old man confessed everything. He held his head in his hands and said, "About four or five days ago, I had just woken up and was wandering around the underground palace when I suddenly saw a light in the distance. I knew someone had broken in, probably to rob the tomb..."

That's more like it.

How could Liu Huangshu and his large group come down to rob a tomb without being discovered? As long as this old man lived in the Crystal Palace, he would definitely have discovered them.

The old man continued, "A lot of tomb robbers have come to the underground palace over the years. None of them are good people. I wanted to hide and not deal with them. Anyway, based on past experience, these tomb robbers would take some treasure and leave... But in the end, I didn't manage to hide and was caught by them."

I didn't easily believe what he said, but asked, "What does the leader of this group of tomb robbers look like?"

The old man thought for a moment and said, "That person had a square face, a big beard. Oh, yes, his arms were especially long, dangling around, looking quite scary!"

Hearing this, I was sure that the old man wasn't lying. He had indeed seen Liu Huangshu.

I nodded and asked, "So, this is the person who made you plot against us? Did this person know we were coming?"

The old man immediately replied, "Yes, yes, it was that tomb robber with the especially long arms who told me to wait at the entrance of the tomb. If anyone else came in, I should find a way to kill them, or he would smash my Crystal Palace and kill me..."

I sneered after hearing this. That was indeed Liu Huangshu's way of doing things.

"And then? Where did Liu Huangshu and the others go?" I continued to ask.

The old man helplessly pointed towards the Crystal Palace and said, "They heard that the Crystal Palace where I live has great magical powers, so they went to that Crystal Palace."

I felt something was wrong. Didn't Liu Huangshu leave three accomplices in the tomb chamber? And these three tomb robbers all contracted the same laughing sickness as Mr. Liao, going insane.

I quickly said, "Wait, why are there still tomb robbers in the tomb chamber? How did they go crazy? Does this have anything to do with you?"

The old man smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "That's because they trespassed into the ancient tomb and suffered retribution, that's why they went insane. How could it have anything to do with me? Every time tomb robbers break into this ancient tomb, some of them always go insane..."

Speaking of this, the old man quickly pointed to the tomb chamber and said, "Young brother, let me quickly release your companions. If it takes too long, I'm afraid some of them will also go insane!"

I didn't expect this old man to be so proactive. I was also worried about Lao Wei, Xiao Liang, and the others, so I quickly urged, "Yes, yes, hurry up, quickly release them!"

The old man responded and walked in front of me, wanting to touch the mechanism on the tomb passage wall.

Being cautious, I quickly grabbed him and shouted, "Stop! How do I know you're not playing me? How do I know that your mechanism is for releasing people? What if it's a mechanism to harm people? Or a mechanism to escape, what then?"

The old man seemed to have guessed that I didn't trust him. He pointed to the three relief sculptures on the tomb passage wall and said, "Young brother, look at these three relief sculptures, what's different?"

Hearing this, I looked at the wall. I saw that the three relief sculptures on the wall were all carved with images of ancient Shu people wearing masks and with vertically aligned eyes and square faces.

The only difference was that the first relief sculpture was intaglio, with the faces of the ancient Shu people recessed, while the other two relief sculptures were cameo, with the faces of the ancient Shu people protruding from the stone surface.

I pointed out this difference, and the old man nodded and said, "That's right, that's the secret of this sealing stone. This sealing stone will only open if all three carvings are intaglio or all are cameo. If the three carvings are different, the sealing stone will fall..."

Speaking of this, the old man patted the first relief sculpture. With his palm falling, the first relief sculpture suddenly turned, changing from intaglio to cameo.

But that wasn't the end of it. The first relief sculpture didn't move independently. When it moved, the third relief sculpture would also move.

In this way, although the first relief sculpture changed from intaglio to cameo, the third relief sculpture also changed from cameo to intaglio. The three relief sculptures still failed to unify, and the sealing stone at the tomb entrance still fell.

I was a little anxious and said loudly, "Old bastard, don't play tricks on me! How come these three relief sculptures are still different? Are you playing me?!"

The old man smiled apologetically and quickly said, "Young brother, don't worry. How can the mechanisms in ancient tombs be so simple? These three relief sculptures are all interconnected. Each time, at least two will move. You'll understand when you see it."

After saying that, he moved the second relief sculpture again.

As soon as the second relief sculpture moved, the first relief sculpture also moved.

The second relief sculpture changed from cameo to intaglio, and the first relief sculpture also changed from cameo to intaglio.

In this way, all three relief sculptures simultaneously became intaglio. The mechanism was therefore activated. Only the sound of rumbling could be heard from the sealing stone, and the originally fallen stone was lifted up. I also saw Lao Wei, Xiao Liang, Hu Wazi, and the others inside.

When everyone saw the sealing stone being lifted up, they immediately ran out excitedly.

"Xiao Chen, well done!" Lao Wei said excitedly.

"Chen Rongsheng, good job!" Xiao Liang also gave me a thumbs up.

Hu Wazi was about to come over and praise me, but he saw the old bastard standing next to me at a glance.

"Damn! You old bastard dare to come back? Looking for death!"

Hu Wazi had a fiery temper and was tall and burly. He came to the old man in three steps and kicked him directly in the stomach!

Hu Wazi was born with divine strength. This kick directly sent the old man flying!

I quickly shouted, "Hu Wazi! Hold back a little. I've already beaten him up. Don't beat him to death. We'll still need him to lead the way later."

Hu Wazi glared and said, "You still want him to lead the way? Aren't you afraid that this old bastard will lead us to a dead end again? I say, for this kind of old beast, it's better to just kill him!"

Lao Wei, hearing this, quickly rushed up and said, "Hu Wazi, calm down. Even if this old man isn't a good person, we can't just disregard human life..."

After speaking, he quickly went to check on the old man. He saw that the old man had been kicked by Hu Wazi and probably suffered internal injuries. He struggled to get up and vomited a mouthful of blood all over the ground.