As soon as he said that, Gou Monan was just about to push the door open when he sensed no footsteps.
When he turned around, he saw Ye Zichen looking at him solemnly, then heard Ye Zichen's voice.
Ye Zichen said, "The door was open before you arrived?"
"That's right. The door to the palace was already open, and I could vaguely make out that person's silhouette. I've been looking for him since you arrived. Otherwise, you wouldn't have scared me so badly. "
Gou Monan nodded, then pushed open another door.
Behind it was another empty room, but this time, there were no more five doors.
"We've reached the end. It seems we went the wrong way. Let's go back!"
As he spoke, Gou Monan retraced his steps. Although the rooms and doors were like a maze, they could still go back the way they'd come.
It was as if this wasn't a test of luck, but patience …..
Once they'd gone through all the possible doors, they'd naturally reach the room with the true treasure.
However, when he turned around, they were still standing in the same spot. Gou Monan tilted his head and glanced at them.
"Brother Ye, don't just stand there. There were people before us. If they found out ahead of time, all our efforts would have been for naught."
They were still in a state of trial and error. Ye Zichen, Gu Luolin, and Gou Monan walked side by side.
Ye Zichen said nothing along the way. Instead, he studied Gou Monan's expression out of the corner of his eye.
"Brother Monan, I get the feeling that you're not worried at all about people entering before us."
"Brother Ye, are you doubting me?" Gou Monan pushed open the door again and again, then looked straight ahead. "Ever since we met here, I've sensed that Brother Ye doesn't trust me very much."
"Brother Monan, you're overthinking things!" said Ye Zichen. "Someone entered before me. Of course I'm worried, but there's no point in worrying, is there?" Gou Monan continued to push open the door, then laughed bitterly. "In terms of cultivation, I'm not particularly strong compared to those who entered the mountain. I was fortunate enough to enter the palace earlier than them. In truth, I'm quite satisfied. As for the palace?
It's impossible for me not to be interested in the treasures inside. However, I also know my own limits. It would be best if I can obtain it, but if I can't, I won't force it. "
"Even at this point, Brother Mo Nan, it's rare for you to have such an attitude!" said Ye Zichen.
"Like I said, I'm just more self-aware."
After saying that, Gou Monan took the lead and pushed open a door. The empty room made Gou Monan's eyes flash with disappointment.
"Another empty room."
Letting out a long sigh, Gou Monan couldn't help but mutter as he looked at the room that didn't have any traces left.
"They traveled all the way to the palace and even created so many secret rooms. If there really is an opportunity, it should be given to us. Pushing the door again and again, it's really … "
"Brother Mo Nan, are you anxious?"
"Who's in a hurry? We've been walking for a long time."
Gou Monan looked at the five doors in the room and was speechless as if he had lost the strength to push the doors open in disappointment.
"How about Brother Ye give it a try? Maybe I'm just unlucky."
"I'll go, I'll go. The seniors at home all said that I'm very lucky."
Gu Luolin ran over to one of the doors with a giggle and pushed it open with her hands. The moment she opened the door, several arrows shot out from the room, which had never had any traps before.
Ye Zichen, who had maintained his vigilance, instantly appeared in front of Gu Luolin and hugged her. At the same time, the arrows also hit the walls of the room.
"Brother Ye, are you alright?"
Gou Monan quickly ran over and saw that Ye Zichen wasn't injured at all. Instead, Gu Luolin, who had pushed the door open, had a cut on her shoulder.
Tears welled up in Gu Luolin's eyes as she was hugged by Ye Zichen, as if she was about to cry at any moment.
"The arrows don't seem to be poisonous." Gou Monan grabbed the arrow that had hit the wall and walked over. The arrow was just a normal arrow, and Ye Zichen could see a trace of blood on the arrowhead.
Ye Zichen also glanced at the arrow, then took out some medicine to apply on the wound. Then, he tore a piece of cloth from his clothes to bandage Gu Luolin's wound.
"Be gentler," Gu Luolin said in pain. "Be more obedient!" Ye Zichen smacked her head. "What did we say before? I told you to listen to me when you came here. Didn't I tell you to push the door open? It's fine if you pushed the door open, but why didn't you wear the spiritual energy armor? You need to be vigilant at all times in here.
If it wasn't for me reacting fast enough, you would have been skewered like a meat skewer. It's fortunate that the arrows weren't poisonous. What do you think I should do if they were? "
As he scolded Gu Luolin, Ye Zichen helped her bandage her wound.
Gu Luolin lowered her head in silence. She actually felt that this sort of door-pushing game was rather interesting, so she wanted to give it a try. Who knew that there would be traps in the room.
"Brother Ye, don't blame her too much," Gou Monan comforted.
"I'm not blaming her, I'm just reminding her. Regardless of whether you're in the tomb or outside, you need to be absolutely vigilant at all times. That's a requirement of being a cultivator. She's always so careless. Even if she's skilled, she'll still die if someone ambushes her, "Ye Zichen said this from the bottom of his heart.
After interacting with Gu Luolin for so long, he noticed that the girl had a problem … She wasn't vigilant at all!
It was fine in the Peaceful Era, where there were very few riots and robberies.
However, this was an era where people would fight for resources, opportunities and treasures. Gu Luolin didn't care about anything when she was in the clan, and could live innocently like a princess.
However, this wasn't her home. Danger lurked everywhere, and she could fall into dire straits at any moment.
She's still so careless. Even if she can leave the tomb safely, she will pay the price for her carelessness when the Terminators attack the Third Era in the future!
This price isn't something that can be made up for with a simple scolding. It might even be her life!
Since she was with Ye Zichen, and the two of them were somewhat related, Ye Zichen decided to let this fatal flaw of hers remain.
Seeing that Ye Zichen was truly angry, Gu Luolin pouted as if she was about to cry.
"I know I was wrong. I won't do it again." "Well, I don't mean to blame you much." Ye Zichen's heart softened when he saw Gu Luolin's sullen face. "You just have to remember, there is absolutely no harm in staying vigilant at all times. Vigilance is the first thing that keeps us alive. Have you read Romance of the Three Kingdoms?
Is Zhang Fei a valiant general? Was he beheaded by two soldiers in the end? "
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms?" Gu Luolin raised her eyebrows.
Ye Zichen couldn't help but slap his forehead. He nearly forgot that he wasn't in the Modern Realm, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was a made-up novel. Even if it was slightly similar to history, it wasn't something that people here could know.
"Brother Ye, you've really put in a lot of effort."
Gou Monan didn't interrupt. He waited until Ye Zichen finished his scolding before smiling.
"But Brother Ye, the girl beside you is really a lucky star. Maybe the door she just pushed open really is the room we want to go to."
"You're saying …."
"In the past, there were no traps when we entered the room, but there just happened to be a trap in this room. The problem is very obvious, right?" Gou Monan smiled.
"The arrows don't feel old at all," Ye Zichen also examined the arrows.
"Then Brother Ye, do you understand something?"
Gou Monan smiled as he watched Ye Zichen walk over to the wall and examine the other arrows for a long time.
After that, he nodded with a smile and said.
"It seems like someone set up a trap!"
"Brother Ye, you're an understanding person!" said Gou Monan. "This person should be the person who came in a bit earlier than me. I'm not sure if there are other traps inside, so how about this: I'll scout ahead, while Brother Ye and Brother Ye stay behind. "
With that, Gou Monan's yao spiritual energy transformed into a suit of astral energy, which covered his body with a set of Divine-artifact level armor.
This was a good example, so Ye Zichen used Gou Monan to explain it to Gu Luolin.
"Do you see that? That's the right thing to do. When facing an unknown environment, you have to be prepared for your own survival. If everyone was like you and walked in blankly, then even if you were an emperor, you'd still die! "
"Roar ….."
It would have been better if Ye Zichen hadn't said anything, but now that he did, Gu Luolin really didn't hide anything. She took out all her life-saving treasures. For a moment, her entire body glowed with a myriad of colors. She was armed from the soles of her feet to the top of her head. Unfortunately, none of the defensive treasures she wore were particularly bulky. They were just like the clothes she usually wore. Just from the light they emitted, it was obvious that they weren't ordinary.
Color.
"You ….."
"This is silk my mother obtained from the Poison King of the West, which only falls once every three thousand years. She asked a grandmaster artificer to refine it for me. There are sixty-nine small-scale defensive spiritual formations imprinted on it."
"My father killed the head of an earth dragon in the Northern Wastelands, then used its belly skin to refine these boots for me. There are thirty-seven small-scale defensive spiritual formations, six support spiritual formations, and two wind-type spiritual formations. "
"This hat is a soul-protecting pearl my mother obtained from the Nine-tailed Fox Empress."
"This bracelet is a magma crystal my third uncle obtained from a volcano three thousand meters below the surface of the lava ….."
Gu Luolin stood in place, listening to Ye Zichen talk for a full ten minutes. She introduced the sixteen divine treasures she wore. Six of the most unassuming rings were forged from the most precious materials by a grandmaster artificer. What's more, there were at least twenty offensive and defensive formations imprinted on them.
It was no exaggeration to say that Gu Luolin's equipment was comparable to all the assets of a first-rate faction!
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