"This platform should be the mechanism to enter the underground palace."
"I'll crack it."
Hu Bayi volunteered, his figure already standing beside the platform.
Below the platform were names of constellations and their arrangements.
"The pillars around us are also arranged according to the constellations. I won't dwell on that."
"Fatty, come here."
Hu Bayi called Fatty over.
Then, the two of them moved the stone platform.
"Shunyang five steps, Yin follows one. Open, Fatty, turn with me."
Hu Bayi said, and Fatty quickly turned the stone platform with Hu Bayi.
When they turned to the fifth step, there was a click, and the stone platform sank in again.
Hu Bayi and Fatty took a step back, and then, a staircase extending downwards appeared before everyone.
"As expected of Old Hu, you can do this too."
Fatty gave a thumbs-up, and everyone else looked down.
Shirley Yang's eyes showed a hint of admiration.
"It's finally open! Boss, let's go down quickly. Fatty hates those eyes the most."
Fatty said, and Zhang Tian nodded. He glanced at the jade eye in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then put it back into his backpack.
He couldn't leave it here. If the expert team arrived and were also trapped in the illusionary space, it would be over. He could get out, but they wouldn't be able to.
Following the stairs, everyone went down.
Then, they arrived at a very long passageway.
The passageway was a bit narrow, about four or five meters wide when side-by-side.
On the ceiling and stone walls of the passageway were carved eye-like totems.
These totems were lifelike, appearing incredibly eerie in the dim tomb passage.
"Holy crap, it's like basking in the sun with a dog, sunburnt dog!"
"What kind of hellhole is this? Eyes everywhere."
Fatty shone his flashlight on the surrounding walls, and the many eyes looking at them made everyone's hearts pound.
Zhang Qilin walked in front, his eyes filled with seriousness.
The Black Gold Ancient Saber never left his hand.
"The Yin energy here is very heavy."
Zhang Qilin said slowly, and the unending corridor stretched before them.
"Listen, there's the sound of flowing water."
Suddenly, Shirley Yang whispered, and Zhang Qilin's ears twitched slightly.
"Xixi..."
Indeed, from the end of the passageway not far away, the sound of flowing water could be heard. The current was a bit rapid, and it sounded like a large river.
"This is the dragon脉 that runs through the entire desert."
"This should be the location of the dragon's head. We should reach the tomb chamber soon."
Hu Bayi said, his voice tinged with excitement.
Zhang Tian nodded and quickened his pace.
Soon, to Zhang Tian's surprise, they encountered no danger in the passageway and smoothly reached its end.
As expected, at the end of the passageway, an underground river flowed before their eyes.
The river's end was invisible, and the current was not fast.
However, perhaps because it was underground, and an underground river at that, the surrounding temperature was not very high.
"Boss, are there any black snakes in this river?"
Fatty was still thinking about the black snakes.
Not fondly, but he hated those things.
Zhang Tian looked at the river.
"I'm not sure, but the water quality here is good. We're almost out of water, so let's refill a bit."
Zhang Tian said.
Moreover, he sensed a clear spiritual energy flowing from this river.
"Boss, this river water is unusual. I can feel something that makes my internal true qi boil."
Hu Bayi felt his dantian's true qi boiling and was somewhat surprised.
Zhang Tian looked at Hu Bayi's compass.
"Old Hu, calculate where the upstream of this river is."
Zhang Tian said, he had a feeling that this river water was spiritual water, otherwise, it wouldn't cause their dantian's true qi to surge.
Hu Bayi nodded and quickly made a calculation.
"This river seems to bypass the Zaglama Mountains, it's the Zidu underground river, and it has never dried up for thousands of years. Judging by the river's course, I suspect this water flows from the Kunlun Mountains."
Hu Bayi said, he was a bit shocked by the result himself, but judging by the compass and his own skills of Feng Shui and water-finding, it was indeed so.
"Old Hu, are you kidding me? Kunlun Mountains? Who knows how far that is from here? If the water flowed all the way here, it would have dried up by now."
Fatty said volubly.
Zhang Tian frowned slightly.
"I think there's some truth to it. This water should be a unique spiritual water from the Kunlun Mountains, otherwise, it wouldn't remain unfrozen for a thousand years."
Zhang Tian said, and Hu Bayi's eyes lit up.
"Then Boss, can't we recover here and cultivate at the same time?"
Hu Bayi said, and Zhang Tian nodded.
"But we need to be aware of the surrounding dangers. Miss Yang, please keep watch. Wake us up if there's any danger."
Zhang Tian said, and Shirley Yang looked bewildered.
She knew that Zhang Tian and the others might have practiced something, but she didn't understand why they needed to sleep.
However, since Zhang Tian had said so, she could only nod.
Then, Zhang Tian, Zhang Qilin, and others took some underground water and tasted it. It was indeed fine.
"Item: Low-grade spiritual water!"
"Item effect: Helps cultivators to practice."
"Item description: Water flowing from a certain Heavenly Mountain."
A voice echoed in his mind. Zhang Tian was depressed. Great, he had just guessed it, and now it was giving him the answer. What was the use of that?
However, after confirming it was a good thing, Zhang Tian began to cultivate without reservation.
After all, he was close to a breakthrough, and Zhang Tian didn't want to give up.
Then, the scene went black, clearly indicating that Zhang Tian had skipped the cultivation process.
[Speaking of which, what's going on with the screen? It started to lag and go black after only a few hours of viewing?]
[That shouldn't be the case. Although it's the first time experimenting on a human, I heard Dr. Chen tested it many times on monkeys before.]
[I saw that video. The monkey recalled its entire life from birth.]
[By the way, did you guys see the eyes on the wall just now? They looked so eerie.]
[I searched online. The Jingjue Ancient City was eventually discovered by Professor Chen and his expert team, but they told the outside world that it collapsed in the end.]
[I'm not sure. I'm starting to doubt whether the Jingjue Ancient City really collapsed. Maybe they deliberately announced it to the public to protect the cultural relics.]
At this moment, the scene became even more chaotic.
Chen Xi looked at her instruments and the light bulb that lit up on Zhang Tian's head.
She didn't think her instruments were faulty.
Before experimenting with humans, Chen Xi had tested them on animals hundreds of times.
Just as Chen Xi was about to check the experimental instruments, some images suddenly appeared on the display screen.
In the image, Zhang Tian and his group reappeared.
At this moment, Zhang Tian's demeanor was completely different.
He even looked much more energetic and had a strange, immortal-like aura.
"What's going on? Did he break through?"
Chen Xi's mind was filled with questions.
And in the image, it was clear that Zhang Tian had broken through to the Grandmaster realm.
Previously, Zhang Tian had felt the signs of a breakthrough but had never managed to achieve it. Now, with the help of this low-grade spiritual water, Zhang Tian had actually broken through.