"The Heavenly Dipper Eight Formations, corresponding to eight of the thirty-six Heavenly Dipper generals."
"These are the Heavenly Kui Star, Heavenly Ji Star, Heavenly Gang Star, Heavenly Xian Star, Heavenly Ying Star, Heavenly Fu Star, Heavenly Xuan Star, and Heavenly An Star."
"A total of eight constellations, arranged according to these eight, can form a Heavenly Dipper formation."
Hu Bayi explained.
Zhang Tian nodded in realization.
He looked at the cliff face before him again and saw that it was indeed as Hu Bayi had said.
Arranged according to the Heavenly Dipper star lines, there were many small protruding rocks on the cliff face.
He surmised that those rocks represented the various star lines.
"What Heavenly Dipper formation? Fatty only knows the thirty-six Transformations of Heavenly Dipper," Fatty grumbled.
He was completely ignorant of formations.
Professor Li and Xiao Guang were both stunned.
How did archaeology suddenly involve astronomy?
And astronomy was involved too.
Archaeology was becoming increasingly difficult these days.
"That's amazing, Teacher Li, they're practically geniuses."
Xiao Guang was excited and shocked.
Although he didn't understand it all, he grasped that they already knew how to avoid traps.
"I never imagined they each knew so much."
"This team is terrifying."
Professor Li thought to himself, but dared not speak it aloud.
Zhang Tian's team was more professional than their own expert group.
If they were allowed to continue grave robbing, no one in the world would be able to stop them.
Moreover, Zhang Tian's team was indispensable, each member possessing a unique charm.
However, when Professor Li looked at Zhang Qilin and Fatty, he felt a sense of confusion. What abilities did these two possess?
"This Heavenly Dipper formation isn't very difficult. It can deal with ordinary people, or those with some skill, but compared to us, it's like a dwarf meeting a giant," Hu Bayi said confidently.
He was very confident in facing the Heavenly Dipper formation before them.
Zhang Tian said nothing, but slowly led Fatty and Xiao Guang forward.
"Let's go, we'll break the formation first."
Zhang Tian said.
Hu Bayi nodded, then leaped up, taking Shirley Yang and Professor Li to the cliff face.
"The corpse energy is heavy up here," Zhang Qilin said silently to Zhang Tian.
"I smell it too," Zhang Tian replied.
"There's a high probability of a zombie in here, be careful," Zhang Tian whispered to Zhang Qilin.
Zhang Qilin nodded slightly, his footsteps following as he stepped onto the cliff face.
On the cliff face.
Several people walked as if on flat ground, scaling the cliff.
They moved at a forty-five-degree angle, as if they were stuck to the cliff like Spider-Man.
"We're about to enter a star formation," Hu Bayi announced.
The needle of his compass spun constantly.
"Uh, little brother, what is this?" Professor Li asked curiously.
This was the first time he had truly seen a compass being used. He had studied them in ancient texts.
But seeing someone use one in reality was a first.
"A compass. It can determine star lines, the eight trigrams, constellations, zodiac signs, and more," Hu Bayi said calmly.
Shirley Yang gazed at Hu Bayi's compass.
Even though she had seen it many times, she was always amazed.
She couldn't fathom how Hu Bayi managed to find the clue he needed amidst so many constellations and trigrams.
It seemed impossibly difficult.
"How magical," Professor Li murmured, his curiosity about the compass deepening.
"Heavenly Kui Star, aid of the Southern Dipper, in the south."
Hu Bayi said, then slammed his hand onto the cliff face.
In the next moment, a burst of energy shot towards the south.
"Boom!"
As Hu Bayi's palm strike landed, a resounding explosion echoed from the cliff face not far away.
Immediately, a recess appeared on the cliff face.
Then, countless arrows shot out furiously from within the cliff.
The southern cliff face was almost entirely riddled with arrows.
If someone had been traveling there, they would undoubtedly have been shot into a hedgehog.
"This..."
Seeing hundreds, even thousands, of arrows shooting out from the cliff face, Professor Li and Xiao Guang were wide-eyed.
If they had discovered this palace, what would they have done?
They would have undoubtedly climbed up without hesitation.
Without knowledge of these things, the chance of being shot dead would have been ninety percent.
"So many traps..."
"Why didn't we see so many traps when we explored tombs before?" Xiao Guang exclaimed, a question forming in his mind.
Professor Li knew that the mysterious special agents must have helped them remove the traps.
"Alas, we must thank them. If we hadn't seen it for ourselves, we wouldn't have realized how dangerous each tomb actually is," Professor Li mused.
They had grown accustomed to tomb exploration, habitually believing that tombs had few traps, only a handful, and that casualties were low.
This had led them to a blind confidence in tombs.
But now it seemed that it wasn't that tombs were simple, but rather that someone had silently borne all the danger for them.
"Thank you, Anonymous Hero." Xiao Guang spoke from the bottom of his heart.
Zhang Tian twitched his lips.
When did he become an Anonymous Hero?
But seeing the expressions of these two, he hoped they wouldn't do anything so reckless in the future.
The countless arrows shot out for a few seconds, and the first star formation was passed.
Then, Hu Bayi continued to climb.
Soon, he reached the second recess.
"The second star, Heavenly Ji, also in the south."
Hu Bayi said, and struck the cliff face again.
Immediately, the mountain began to shake again.
In the south, the mountainside then began to cave in.
After a series of mechanical sounds, countless black insects swarmed out from the sunken area.
The black insects crawled frantically. These insects were entirely different from the ones in the water.
They moved like snakes, crawling on the cliff face.
"My goodness, snakes again!"
Fatty's reaction to seeing snakes was like a mouse seeing a cat.
"Fatty, why are you still afraid of snakes?" Zhang Tian was somewhat exasperated. His cultivation was not low.
"Boss, these things are longer than Fatty, and thinner. Fatty hates those slippery, thin things the most," Fatty said, shuddering at the thought of countless snakes writhing together in a nest.
"This..."
Seeing another trap triggered, and countless snakes crawling down the cliff, Professor Li and the others held their breath.
There were too many traps, and danger lurked everywhere.
"What do we do? So many venomous insects, Teacher Li, be careful!" Xiao Guang looked somewhat panicked.
They weren't wearing protective suits, nor were Zhang Tian and his group. If they were bitten, wouldn't it be fatal?
"Where are the talismans I gave you?" Zhang Tian looked at Professor Li.
Professor Li took them out from his backpack.
"Good, keep them safe. You'll be alright."
Seeing that the talismans were still there, Zhang Tian no longer worried about Professor Li.
With the Golden Light Talismans, they would be protected.
Hu Bayi swung his peach wood sword in the air.
He drew a talisman that broke through the void.
Then, the talisman flew towards the black snakes.
Countless flames spread across the cliff face.
Professor Li and Xiao Guang's eyes widened.
Their faces were filled with disbelief.
Drawing talismans in mid-air, and the sudden appearance of flames and symbols without any warning.
This defied all scientific explanation!
How were they doing this?!