Within the mausoleum's courtyard
Ye Zichen was most afraid of sudden silence. When he felt the warmth of his body and the pain in his leg, he inexplicably forced a smile.
Grizzled Face's gaze was like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath. It was so cold it sent shivers down his spine.
Chi Mei wasn't much better. Her eyes brimmed with fury as she glared at him.
Time passed bit by bit in this wordless silence.
"Hahaha ….."
Ye Zichen broke the awkward silence. He smiled relaxedly and looked at Chi Mei and Grizzled Face, rubbing their hands and laughing foolishly.
"You feel much more relaxed now, don't you? I was just worried you'd be nervous before entering the mausoleum. I'm doing this for your own good. It's getting late. Let's go in early, shall we? "
His words didn't affect Wu Yi and Chi Mei's gazes in the slightest. Gradually, Ye Zichen's smile turned awkward. He scratched his head and rolled his eyes, speechless.
They were still alive!
Just now, that lion had clearly eaten him, and Chi Mei and Wu Yi had been eaten by the lions as well. He'd seen it all with his own eyes. How come everything had changed now?
When he looked at the mausoleum, he saw that the lions were still stone statues. They hadn't grown to the size he'd seen them before.
"Big-breasted but brainless. Concubine. Acting cute is so awkward ….. So that's how sweetie sees me."
Chi Mei crossed her arms and nodded with a faint smile. However, no matter how you looked at it, it was clear she was gnashing her teeth.
"Don't be like that. I was just joking with you. Why are you so serious?"
This was truly awkward. Ye Zichen had thought they were all dead, which was why he'd blabbered so carelessly. Who would've guessed they were still alive?
In order to avoid continuing this topic, Ye Zichen licked his lips and arched his brows.
"Goddess Chi Mei, just now, I thought I saw the lions eat you and Grizzled Face. What was going on? If you're talking about illusions, I didn't even sense them at all. Everything was so frighteningly real. "
After hearing Ye Zichen call her "goddess," Chi Mei's expression improved somewhat, but her expression was still grim.
"You're staring at the stone lions in front of the mausoleum, aren't you? These stone lions were the Five Elements Great Emperor's guardian divine beasts when they were alive. Even though they became stone statues to guard the mausoleum when the Five Elements Great Emperor died, they didn't actually die. Now, it was impossible to tell whether they were alive or dead. But what was certain was that they all had spirits. You should have been hit by their soul attack, and thus the scene you saw in the soul world evolved. "
"I see."
Ye Zichen nodded, but didn't dare to look into the lion's eyes again. What he had just experienced felt like it was real. It was too frightening.
"Don't waste any more time. Let's enter the mansion."
At that moment, Grizzled Face hugged his rusted sword to his chest. He glanced coldly at Ye Zichen, but ignored him and walked towards the mausoleum's gates.
When he saw Grimace's gaze, Ye Zichen smiled back.
It wasn't until Grizzled Face ignored him and headed straight for the mausoleum's gates that he lowered his head and scratched his head. His expression and gaze shifted uncontrollably.
This was truly too awkward. Only the three of them had come here ….
His words just now had offended both of them. Ye Zichen couldn't help but smack his mouth and mutter, "Ye Zichen, why do you have such a big mouth?
"Ye Zichen, why is your mouth so annoying? Even if you're really dead, can't you just stop for a moment? Great, I already suspected that there was something wrong with those two. If there really was something wrong with them, then once we got inside, they'd play you to death! "
Ye Zichen cursed himself viciously, then set his gaze on Grizzled Face.
By now, he was standing in front of the mausoleum's gates, but he didn't push them open. Instead, he bowed deeply to the two stone lions.
Only then did he reach for the gates.
The mausoleum's gates were bronze in color, and each side had a lion's head. Beneath each lion's mouth were two metal rings.
Grizzled Face grabbed the rings, knocked on the gates a few times, then retreated to the bottom of the stairs.
Suddenly, the mausoleum's gates swung open on their own. Ye Zichen had been staring intently at the mausoleum's gates the entire time. The instant they opened, his eyes widened. It was as if he'd just seen someone open the gates, and that person was wearing a conical bamboo hat.
A boatman!
An image instantly appeared in his mind. It overlapped with the blurry figure he'd just seen. Ye Zichen's heartbeat gradually sped up. He realized that ever since he'd arrived here, he hadn't had a moment of peace. Everything here filled him with fear, but when he looked at Chi Mei and Wu Yi, they acted as if nothing had happened. After opening the gates, they bowed deeply to the stone lions, then walked inside.
Ye Zichen followed suit. When they bowed to the stone lions, he bowed as well.
Regardless of what they were for, he couldn't go wrong as long as he followed suit.
When they entered the mausoleum's front courtyard, another world appeared before them.
This time, they appeared in what seemed to be the mausoleum's front courtyard. It was drizzling incessantly, and in front, left, and right of the courtyard was a hundred-meter-long, three-meter-wide gravel path. Both sides of the path were filled with thriving immortal herbs.
If they were sold outside, any one of these herbs would be worth cities. If they could bring all of them out, they'd make an astonishing fortune.
Ye Zichen's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He licked his lips and reached for the immortal herbs.
Slap.
Chi Mei slapped his outstretched hand away. She said softly, "Don't move."
Grizzled Face, who stood at the very front, knit his brows and glanced at Ye Zichen. Surprisingly, he took the initiative to speak.
"If you don't want to die, you'd best not touch anything in this courtyard."
With that, Grizzled Face looked away. Ye Zichen was rather confused. Since they'd already said they'd leave the place for their juniors, why couldn't they take it? As if sensing Ye Zichen's confusion, Chi Mei picked up a stone from the path and tossed it at the immortal herbs.
Whoosh.
Before the stone could land in the immortal medicine garden, it was directly burned to pieces by the raging fire in mid-air.
"Did you see that?" Chi Mei pursed her lips into a smile and said, "These immortal herbs are indeed real, but there are restrictions left behind by the Great Emperor on them. The entire courtyard is covered in seals. Only these three gravel paths are safe. If you want to obtain everything here, you'll have to gain the mausoleum's approval. "
"Chi Mei."
Grizzled Face Face shouted coldly, then turned around and spoke in a low voice.
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