"Yes!" Old Hei smiled bitterly in his heart, but nodded on the outside. He was the first one to break the mechanism because he wanted to prove to Lin Yi that he was a capable man, and that he didn't need to rely on Lin Yi to enter the underground palace. This way, he would have the upper hand when it came to the final deal!
What Elder Yu wanted, Old Hei didn't even dare think about it. It was like stealing food from a tiger's mouth, and those things weren't that useful to Old Hei anymore- qi gathering pills, medical notebooks, these were all flashy and useless. He couldn't really sell them, so he didn't really need them.
But when Lin Yi asked for the fifty percent, it made Old Hei's heart ache. After Lin Yi left yesterday, he and James had been scheming for a while, and both of them felt that it was unfair! If it was just one person, they might be able to hold it in, but both of them had different thoughts in their hearts, and so they decided to work together. The more people there were, the braver they were. The two of them wondered if they could find a chance to kill Lin Yi in the tomb.
They believed that if there was a chance like this, Elder Yu would be more than happy to watch Lin Yi die instead of saving him! This way, Old Hei and James would have all the treasures in the tomb to themselves. Just thinking about it was exciting. If they did this, they'd be able to retire in the future.
Even if there wasn't a chance like this, if Old Hei performed well, he'd be able to get more authority, and Lin Yi wouldn't be able to say much then. After all, it was according to work.
Old Hei's method was very normal. He used an electronic stethoscope, placed it on the stone door, and then carefully vibrated the two codexes on the door, using the slight difference in sound to decipher the correct password.
This method was simple, but very practical, especially for ancient mechanisms like this. It was the safest way, and so it was widely used by thieves.
Xiaoke, naturally, knew how to do this, but since Old Hei volunteered, she didn't need to force herself.
Half an hour went by in a flash, and Old Hei was still working tirelessly on the passageway. Other than Elder Yu who seemed a little impatient, the others all had a calm expression on their faces, not surprised at all.
James and Xiaoke both knew that this kind of thing required luck, and it was normal for them to fail after a day or two. Lingshan, Yutian, and Lingshan, on the other hand, were pretending to be a couple, and they were experts in this kind of thing. Naturally, they wouldn't show anything on their faces.
"Why are you so slow? Can you open it or not? "Finally, after two hours, Elder Yu asked impatiently.
"Elder Yu, this is all about luck, it's just a matter of time …" Old Hei smiled bitterly. "This door's mechanism isn't the highest leveled mechanism, just a normal password. It's easy to open."
"Then hurry up. Stop dilly-dallying. I'm sleepy! Old Hao's people broke the passageway already. I wouldn't have let you kill him if I'd known, what a piece of trash! "Elder Yu said, pissed.
Old Hei didn't dare say anything. He lowered his head and continued to break the passageway.
Three hours, four hours … Old Hei didn't show any signs of impatience- people in his line of work had enough patience. If he didn't, he'd be dead a thousand times over. Some mechanisms weren't as safe as this one, and it would be dangerous if he didn't have patience.
Elder Yu saw that no one was talking, and he knew that he was an amateur. With a hmph, he sat down and started practitioning.
Lin Yi, Lingshan, and Yutian, on the other hand, copied Elder Yu and started practitioning. The qi in this tomb wasn't as much as in the jade space, but it was still much thicker than in the city. Of course, this was only for Lingshan and Yutian- Lin Yi could enter the jade space whenever he wanted.
Weiwu was in Yutian's arms the whole time, and now he was on the ground as well. Weiwu was very obedient, lying beside Lin Yi, not bothering about anything else.
Elder Yu hmphed coldly as he looked at the three practitioning as well. "Other than the male thief, the other two are too weak. They're progressing too slowly, they're just wasting their time training!"
From what Elder Yu could see, Lin Yi, Lingshan, and Yutian were at least in their thirties or forties. After all, the couple had been active in the tomb raiding world for ten years. They couldn't be that young. If they were still Golden class late phase peak at forty, they wouldn't be able to improve much in the future.
"You don't have to worry about that- if you don't work hard to get into Sky class, you'll die in a few years." Lin Yi said faintly.
"Hmph!" Elder Yu hmphed and didn't say anything else.
In the blink of an eye, it was time to eat. After everyone ate some fast food, Blackie went back to work. It wasn't until the sky turned dark that a click came from the stone door. Clearly, Blackie had unlocked the password on the stone door.
"It's done!" As expected, Old Hei called out excitedly. "It's open!"
"Why aren't you opening the door? What are you waiting for? " Elder Yu stood up when he heard Old Hei open the stone door. Seeing that he wasn't doing anything else, he urged impatiently.
"This … Elder Yu, we don't know if there are any hidden mechanisms behind the door, so if we just open it …" Old Hei was speechless. Talking to an outsider was really tiring! Look at the others, why was he in such a rush? "Why don't you try, Elder?"
"Hmph, if I knew how to do this, why would I need you juniors?" Elder Yu was prideful, but he wasn't an idiot. He wouldn't do something as dangerous as this. Helping out on the way was just an excuse, to make his robbery seem more honorable.
Old Hei smiled bitterly and turned to Xiaoke. "Flying sparrow, your qinggong is really good. I'll leave the opening of the mechanism to you!"
The ten percent he paid Xiaoke wasn't for nothing- naturally, he'd let Xiaoke do the work when there was a problem.
Xiaoke nodded solemnly. She'd been prepared for this since the beginning. In the tomb, she had to be the one doing the dangerous stuff. Otherwise, she wouldn't get such a great benefit. That was ten percent of the profits!
There was no free lunch in this world, so Xiaoke didn't say much and walked carefully to the stone door.
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