CH 371

371: Sarcophagus

The clan’s investigation revealed the kids were from Xingguang Holy academy and though they were able to find out some of the kid’s identities, some remained unknown.

Ming Xi and Tianya’s identities were particularly mysterious. They were unable to find out who the two were despite spending a great deal of money. Because of this, the Lianye clan didn’t dare move too quickly. However the identities of everyone else, like Feng Wu, was easy enough to find out.

They even found out the vesture for Feng house. Though Feng Wu was the first daughter of the direct family line for, the family had disowned her. It didn’t matter how prestigious her identity was, an unmarried and pregnant daughter who brought shame to the family, who would take such a woman into their house? The Lianye clan weren't going to take her seriously.

Bisi had already made up her mind to kill Feng Wu. She would have killed Feng Wu and avenged her father already were it not for the fact she didn’t want to do it in front of so many people.

Ming Xi was on her hit list too, but based on the clan’s investigation, Bisi felt Ming Xi’s identity couldn’t be simple. She wasn’t sure if she would get into unnecessary trouble for killing him. She couldn’t get him yet, so by default, Feng Wu became her prime target.

Everyone was healed after an hour of rest. It was time to enter the burial room.

Beyond the gate was pitch black, much different from the room they currently occupied, which was illuminated by crystals on the walls. Everyone took out their individual light sources and walked in carefully.

Light flared up suddenly upon the first person’s step inside.

Beyond the gate was a spacious stone hall with four columns. There were two sarcophagi in the center.

The rough-hewing process didn’t take away from the elegance of the ancient sarcophagi. Whoever were inside weren’t ordinary people. A seven-star lamp shown from above the columns. Though it wasn’t as bright as the light from the crystals outside, it was nonetheless, sufficient to light the room.

All around the room were huge murals similar to the ones outside. A stone statue of a man stood above them. He had rough features and eyes filled with contempt. In his hand was a scepter.

“Look, is the person in the pictures the sea god?” Someone said in surprise as he pointed to the murals.

“It’s possible. The sea god was worshipped by all the oceanic countries at the time, so the pictures are probably of him.”

A man holding a double-sided ax walked up to one sarcophagus and tried pushing the lid off.

“What are you doing?!”

The group was shocked at his casual attitude.

“Does it need to be said? Open the sarcophagus of course. I want to see what treasures there are. This is the tomb of the sea god, even if these are just the coffins of minor servants, they’re still going to be good stuff in here.” The guy looked disdainfully at the crowd glaring at him.

“If I were you, I wouldn’t touch the contents of the coffins.” Zo spoke up suddenly.

Everyone turned to look at Zo and Feng Wu standing by the gate entrance. Other than Bisi, who was always looking for ways to deal with them, no one else paid them any attention. Zo had been ignored by everyone, probably because he was the weakest. He didn’t usually take the initiative to speak up, so it was surprising that he suddenly opened his mouth.

“Little pansy, you don’t have any right to speak.” The ax guy’s disdain toward Zo was obvious. A little pansy who only survived by hiding behind a skirt, of course he looked down on Zo. He couldn’t stand everyone else’s arrogance either. They were all there for the coffin, so why fuss over opening it? Once the treasure was revealed, they’d be even more excited than him.

“This place was set up to turn the dead into evil puppet spirits, so the corpses in the sarcophagi have turned evil. It will be disastrous if you open that sarcophagus.” Zo said with a serious face.

Unfortunately no one believed him.

What raise the dead to be evil spirits? If there were some, why hadn't they found any already? Yet this ordinary person could? So they couldn’t even compare to an ordinary person now? Yeah right, that’ll be the day.

No one believed Zo – they thought he was just grandstanding – besides they were all confident in their strength.

Bisi’s sneer was on obvious display.

An ordinary person showing off knowledge in front of them, it was too much.

Feng Wu looked at the group silently. She could tell they didn’t believe Zo. It was obvious he wasn’t lying so she didn’t understand why they didn’t believe him.

“Stop joking! Evil puppet corpses? What do you think you are, that you can see puppet corpses when we can’t.” The guy didn’t stop his efforts to open the sarcophagus. His heart was bursting with excitement at the prospect of all the treasures sure to be inside. He didn’t have time to pay attention to a waste.

Zo sighed. He knew it would be useless, so he stopped trying to convince them. He hadn’t been hopeful of it anyway, so he wasn’t disappointed when no one listened.

“The sarcophagus is going to be opened. What should we do?” Zo asked Feng Wu. As the only one in their group who had any attack potential, he had to confer with her before making any decisions.

Feng Wu blinked as if asking: Why are you asking me?

No matter who she was with, she was never the one who came up with the ideas. She was used to obeying orders, so to have someone ask her what to do was disconcerting.

“Wait and run to be back of the hall.” The little Rui Baby interjected before Feng Wu could speak.

Zo glanced at the baby and nodded, showing that he knew. .