Yu Qiubai took out the incense he had prepared and lit three of them. Then, he handed the remaining three to Zhou Wen and said, "Offer incense three times and you will be teleported into the mausoleum."
"Offer incense three times?" Zhou Wen received the incense, but his expression turned odd.
He wasn't afraid of such things and was willing to offer incense, but based on his past experience, being offered incense by him didn't end well.
"You can only enter by offering incense. What if I blow up the stone statue?" Zhou Wen hurriedly stopped Yu Qiubai when he saw him about to offer incense.
"Teacher, let me go first." Zhou Wen was afraid that Yu Qiubai would blow up the stone statue after he entered. When that happened, Yu Qiubai would be trapped inside again.
"Alright." Although he didn't know why Zhou Wen wanted to go first, Yu Qiubai retreated to the side.
Zhou Wen lit the incense and walked to the stone temple. He held the incense with both hands and was about to kowtow to the stone statue.
But just as he bent his waist slightly, he heard a boom. The stone statue moved a few feet to the side, revealing a stone staircase that led downwards.
"What's going on?" Yu Qiubai had entered Emperor Sui's mausoleum several times, but he had never encountered such a situation. He didn't know that there was a passageway behind the stone statue.
"Teacher Yu, is this the path to Emperor Sui's mausoleum?" Zhou Wen didn't continue bowing and turned to ask Yu Qiubai.
"I really don't know. When I entered Emperor Sui's mausoleum before, I would enter the mausoleum as though I was riding on the clouds after offering incense. I've never seen these stone steps," Yu Qiubai said hesitantly.
"Then I'll go in and take a look. Teacher, wait for me outside," Zhou Wen said as he walked into the stone temple and walked down the stone steps.
The stone steps weren't wide and could barely fit one person. Furthermore, the passageway was too short. Zhou Wen had to bend his body to walk over.
Thankfully, he didn't discover anything dangerous. When Zhou Wen reached the end of the stone steps, he found a pool.
Zhou Wen scanned it and knew that the pool was connected to the outside. He dived into the water and quickly emerged from a fountain.
"This is Emperor Sui's mausoleum?" Zhou Wen sized up his surroundings and discovered many strange statues. They were arranged in two rows on both sides of the stone path. All of them had strange shapes, and he couldn't tell what creatures they were.
Zhou Wen looked at the end of the stone path and saw a huge stone statue. It was a statue of a man holding a torch.
"Is that the statue of the Sui Sovereign?" Zhou Wen looked around and realized that although the Sui Emperor's tomb was huge, there wasn't a single dimensional creature inside.
The stone statues seemed to be just stone statues. Even if Zhou Wen reached out to touch them, it didn't trigger any changes.
"How's this place? It's very difficult for outsiders to enter, and there aren't any dimensional creatures inside. The dimensional creatures outside can't enter, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem if it's used for living, "Yu Qiubai said as he walked in and sized up his surroundings.
"I wonder if there will be any unforeseen events in the future," Zhou Wen said as he looked at the stone statues and Suirenshi's statue.
"Suirenshi is the Sovereign of Human Dao. Even if there are any unforeseen events, it shouldn't be too dangerous, right?" Yu Qiubai said.
If it were in the past, Zhou Wen would have had the same thoughts as Yu Qiubai, but ever since he saw the humanoid monster in the ancient city, Zhou Wen didn't think so.
Suirenshi was indeed the Sovereign of Human Dao, but if he were to demonize, it was hard to say if he would harm humans.
Furthermore, although Emperor Sui's mausoleum looked safe, there was actually a hidden danger. Where did the people who had barged in go? Zhou Wen had already scanned the entire cemetery several times, but he didn't find a single worm.
"How strange. Such a huge cemetery is enough to build a city, but there isn't a single dimensional creature." Zhou Wen felt that this place might not be as safe as it looked on the surface.
"After I discovered the way to enter Emperor Sui's mausoleum, I came in many times to study it, but I didn't find any dimensional creatures. Furthermore, dimensional creatures that come from other dimensional zones rarely approach Emperor Sui's mausoleum," Yu Qiubai explained.
Zhou Wen could tell that they had encountered quite a number of skeleton creatures along the way, but they didn't see a single one near Emperor Sui's mausoleum.
"Let's talk outside." Without discovering any problems, Zhou Wen left Emperor Sui's mausoleum with Yu Qiubai. He planned on searching the vicinity to see if he could find the tiny palm symbol.
After exiting the stone tunnel, they arrived in front of the stone temple again. Zhou Wen scanned the stone temple several times, but he didn't find the tiny palm symbol.
He then searched the outer walls of Emperor Sui's mausoleum, but he also didn't find the tiny palm symbol. He couldn't help but feel disappointed.
Is this Emperor Sui's mausoleum really just a cemetery used to commemorate ancient sages? Although Zhou Wen felt that it wasn't that simple, he really couldn't see any problems.
"Zhou Wen, what do you think?" Yu Qiubai asked Zhou Wen.
"It does look very suitable for humans to live in. The space is large enough, and the entrance is hidden and difficult to enter. Dimensional creatures don't seem to approach this place, so it's very safe," Zhou Wen said after some thought.
"If you plan on building a human city here, I believe many people will be willing to stay," Yu Qiubai said.
"Let me think about it." After Zhou Wen sent Yu Qiubai back, he returned to Emperor Sui's mausoleum alone. He placed a reclining chair and a table under the Sui Emperor statue and rested while observing the situation inside.
The chick was also released by Zhou Wen. He had originally brought it here in hopes that it could help, but it was useless in the beginning. Later on, the humanoid monster was too strong, so Zhou Wen didn't dare release it.
The chick stood on the table, pecking at the nuts Zhou Wen had placed on the plate.
Zhou Wen waited for more than ten hours without discovering any problems. Suddenly, the chick flapped its wings and flew up.
Zhou Wen originally imagined that the chick had been here for too long and wanted to move around, but to his surprise, the chick flew towards the Sui Emperor statue and landed on the torch it was holding.
The chick opened its mouth and spat out a blob of phoenix flames. When the phoenix flames touched the torch, the stone torch actually burst into flames.
"Chick, what are you doing?" Just as Zhou Wen was feeling puzzled, he suddenly realized that the entire mausoleum seemed to undergo some strange changes due to the burning torch.
Zhou Wen was alarmed as he hurriedly summoned his Companion Beasts and prepared for battle.
However, after waiting for a while, no dimensional creatures appeared in the mausoleum. Instead, the weeds and trees in the mausoleum seemed to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.
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