Garon frowned and glanced around.
"Looks like Duskdune Shura purposely set a trap for us to enter. What is he trying to do? "
"Who knows?" Su Lin shrugged, "Let's go, the waterfall is right in front of us. Let's see how Duskdune Shura will guide us, he must have planned this beforehand."
Garon nodded, and the three of them walked slowly towards the small waterfall in front of them.
In the vast expanse of green grass and pine forest, the small white waterfall looked like a square piece of white gauze embedded in the middle, and on the right was an oval ruin made of white stones.
The ruin was filled with the remains of gray stone houses, broken walls, overgrown weeds, and a mix of gray and green.
The three of them slowly walked from the edge of the waterfall into the ruin. Garen replaced Su Lin and walked to the front to scout.
He looked left and right at the broken three-story buildings on both sides, the windows on the buildings were all black holes. Cold and lifeless.
"This used to be a small village … Looking at the time, it should be a village from a few decades ago." Garon said in a low voice, "From the weathering of these buildings, and the density of the surrounding weeds and trees, we can tell."
"That's right, to be sure, it should be about fifty or sixty years ago." Su Lin was more precise.
Garon glanced at him. "You even know this?"
"Don't underestimate me, I'm a genius with five university degrees!" Su Lin laughed.
"Now that we're here, where is Duskdune Shura's guide? Since he let us come here, he definitely won't let us wander around randomly. "Celine interrupted. "Let's split up and look for markings or something?"
"No need." Garon suddenly looked up, looking at a small alley between the buildings on the left. The alley was a little dark, and it was unusually quiet, leading somewhere unknown. They could only see the ground at the other end of the exit, which was full of brown rocks and green weeds.
"Can you smell it?" Garon looked at Celine.
"No, it's still disturbed." Celine shook her head.
"The layout of this building … It's very similar to the layout of the ancient Endor. It's clearly a ruin from a few decades ago, but it's actually using the layout of the ancient Endor civilization. This place is a little strange," Garon said doubtfully.
"Duskdune Shura must have led us here for a reason." Celine guessed. "Could it be that the secret of the Golden Sword Throne is hidden here?"
"Who knows?" Garon was noncommittal. "What does the Golden Sword Throne of the Nabudas Empire from the Fivestar Continent have to do with the Ancient Endor civilization of the Stonecliff Continent?"
"Let's look around," Su Lin suggested.
"Just as you said, the layout here is very similar to the ancient Endor buildings. If it's really related to Ancient Endor, then let's split up and take a look at the overall layout of the entire village, "Garon frowned." I need more information to determine the key areas here. I'll have to trouble you to help me count how many buildings there are here, as well as their distribution. "
"Alright, let's split up." Su Lin nodded. "Celine, are you safe?"
Celine curled her lips. "I can beat both of you up. You're the weakest here. "
Su Lin was speechless as he discussed the direction with Celine. They split up to the left and right to understand the terrain.
Garon was in charge of checking out the details of the situation here.
He reached out his hand and gently touched the wall on the right. It was covered with strange greyish-white moss. It was moist and slippery to the touch, and also a little cool to the touch.
Su Lin and Celine were already far away as he walked through the ruins. The surroundings returned to its original state of silence.
Garon walked forward slowly.
"If it's the layout of Ancient Endor …" He recalled the knowledge of ancient architecture that he learned from the old man and squinted his eyes. "Maybe it's there!"
He slowly walked along the path between the houses and walked out of the ruins. He circled around the periphery of the ruins and finally came to an empty space surrounded by broken metal railings.
The empty space was filled with broken greyish-white rocks. Green grass grew out from between the rocks. It was barren and peaceful.
Garen walked in through a gap in the guardrail and slowly walked in the open space with one foot up and one foot down.
He looked down at the rocks on the ground. These rocks were abnormally flat, but some were broken and others were crooked.
Garon walked a few steps and seemed to be calculating something in his eyes. He slowly stood beside a greyish-white rock that was stuck in the ground.
He was about to squat down when he suddenly hesitated and looked back in the direction of the ruins of the village.
Celine and Su Lin were walking towards him quickly. Celine was the first to speak.
"There should be a total of twelve buildings here."
"The shape is a triangle. It's actually a very standard triangle. That's weird. "Su Lin said with a strange expression.
Garon nodded and squinted his eyes. He stood still in the same spot.
After a few minutes, he came back to his senses.
"I know the situation now …" He left his original position and looked for something in the empty space. Soon, he stood on the weeds between the rocks.
He squatted down and felt around on the grass. He seemed to have grabbed something and pulled it up.
Snap!
A black metal ring appeared in Garon's hand. It seemed to be connected to something and was broken by him.
"According to the style of Ancient Endor …" Garon recalled the knowledge he had learned before. He only understood after the old man's death that the old man gave him secret knowledge that could not be found in the books on the market. It was precious knowledge that other appraisers would never be able to find in their entire lives.
He carefully observed the fine handwriting on the ring. He stood up and walked ten steps forward before stopping.
"This used to be a graveyard." Garon turned back and whispered to Su Lin and Celine. "Follow me."
Su Lin and Celine both saw that Garon seemed to have discovered something and quickly followed.
The three of them walked to the edge of the graveyard under the shade of a tree.
Garon felt around on the ground and dug away some of the yellow soil. A rectangular greyish-white stone slab was quickly revealed on the grass. There were faint words engraved on the stone slab.
'Ainham Fendor, may you rest peacefully underground. 2867.3.1’
"This is the grave of someone who lived here in the year 2867. It's now 2987. 120 years have passed!" Su Lin frowned. "Garon, what are you trying to do?"
"This is the key." Garon reached out and grabbed the sides of the stone slab. "I'm going to open it up and take a look."
With a sudden push, the stone slab was lifted up and put aside.
Garon leaned over and looked inside.
There was a black hole under the grave. The rectangular black hole was constantly emitting cold and stinky air. The smell of rotten eggs was constantly coming out of the hole.
Looking into the black hole, one could not see the bottom.
"As expected of an appraiser!" Su Lin whistled. "You actually found the ruins of an ancient civilization!"
"Forget it. This is a traditional grave from a long time ago. It's a grave cellar used to store corpses," Garon said unhappily. "A long time ago, this kind of grave was very popular in the Stonecliff Continent. Because people believed that even after death, the soul still needed to live. Therefore, the grave was built like a living person's underground cellar. There were even living rooms, bedrooms, storage rooms, and so on. "
"Tsk, I thought it was a big discovery." Su Lin looked disappointed. He took out a flashlight and turned it on. "Let me take a look."
He stood by the hole and shone the flashlight down. Some of the soil under his boots fell into the black hole.
Su Lin carefully moved his head closer to the flashlight and looked down.
Chi!!
Suddenly, a black line shot out from the hole and stabbed toward Su Lin's face.
"Watch out!!" Garon could not block it in time. The black line was too fast. It was a black triangular spike. It spun at high speed and shot toward Su Lin's forehead.
He quickly reached out to block in front of Su Lin's face, but it was too late.
Ah!!
Su Lin staggered backward and fell to the ground. He covered his face with both hands and gasped for breath.
"What … What is that!!" He could not speak coherently. In that moment, he clearly felt that he was on the verge of death.
Seeing him dodge, Garen and Celine heaved a sigh of relief.
Releasing his hand, a red scar appeared under Su Lin's right eye like an eyeshadow, adding a hint of charm and sharpness to his already handsome face.
"Luckily I felt it and dodged quickly. Otherwise, it would have been troublesome." He was still a little scared. The red scar under his eye slowly disappeared.
"As long as you're okay. What's that under your eye?" Garon asked curiously.
"It's a secret technique that I'm practicing. It has some side effects, so I can't use it often." Su Lin smiled bitterly. "I didn't think that I would be forced to use my trump card at the beginning."
"Secret technique? It's a secret technique that simplifies some of the application techniques in secret techniques for normal warriors. Many strong non-secret warriors know some of it. "Celine explained as if she saw Garon's confusion. "Of course, this kind of secret technique is much weaker than the true secret technique. It also has side effects."
Garon understood and nodded. "Alright, if I'm not wrong, this tomb should contain the secrets of the Ancient Endor civilization. Duskdune Shura's purpose of having us come here should be to unravel the secrets of the Ancient Endor."
He reached out his hand and touched the edge of the black hole, feeling the cool breeze blowing out from the hole.
"This shouldn't just be the tomb of the dead. It should be connected to other exits. The tomb of the dead should only have one entrance and exit. "
"In other words, this is an underground passage?" Celine's eyes began to shine.
"It's very possible." Garon threw a stone in and waved his hand above the hole to make sure that there was no danger. "Alright, we can go down now. The poisonous gas inside is almost gone."
"Are we going in?"
"We have to go in. If I'm not wrong, there should be a certificate of the dead at the entrance." Garon replied softly. "This is the rule of the Ancient Endor."
The three of them shone their flashlights into the hole again carefully. Sure enough, they saw a gray staircase extending down the hole.
On the right side of the staircase was a white stone pillar. On top of it was an exquisite stone bowl containing an oval red stone. It was only the size of a fist and was carved with extremely delicate patterns and symbols.
"That's it. Let me get it." Garon carefully stepped on the stone steps and walked two steps inside. He reached out his hand to touch the stone bowl.
Ding ding!!
Two crisp sounds flashed on the back of his hand. Garon's hand was also hit and lowered. Two identical Mitsubishi Thorns shot down from above and accurately hit the back of Garon's hand. Tiny golden sparks lit up.
"What a strong force!"
Garon's eyes focused slightly and continued to reach out his hand to grab it.
Hiss!
Garon suddenly retracted his hand. Wisps of white smoke came out from his finger and the smell of burnt skin spread.
He looked at his index finger. The top of it was burnt. The skin on his finger looked like it had been scalded by high temperature.
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