Chapter 17 The Bizarre Sound

The grave robbers' tunnel Silver Ring Snake and her gang dug was clearly aimed at the burial goods in the underground palace. This tunnel led directly to several large-scale tomb chambers, filled with a rich variety of high-quality funerary objects. Any single piece could be sold for hundreds of thousands, even millions. If they had a channel to smuggle them abroad, they could easily rake in eight or nine figures.

But with that being the case, getting to the Crystal Palace from this tunnel was a bit of a hassle. Under Silver Ring Snake's lead, we circled around three tomb chambers, but still couldn't catch a glimpse of the Crystal Palace.

During the journey, I couldn't figure out why we hadn't found the Immortal Cave, even though we clearly entered the tomb from the middle of the South Mountain ridge.

Where exactly did White-Clothed Immortal Maiden dig out that Immortal Cave?

Her methods were just too damn unpredictable!

The more I thought about it, the more puzzled I became. I simply asked Silver Ring Snake, "Sister Snake, when you were digging your tunnel, did you find any other tunnels nearby? Like, say, a tunnel that leads directly to the Crystal Palace?"

Silver Ring Snake laughed as soon as she heard that. "A tunnel that leads directly to the Crystal Palace? That's an Immortal Cave! It's not easy to dig out an Immortal Cave in the Qu Shang underground palace. I don't think there's anyone that skilled in the business these days."

But I said, "Sister Snake, you're wrong about that. Last time we went into the tomb, we saw an Immortal Cave right above the Crystal Palace."

"What? Impossible, impossible. Little brother, don't tease me." Silver Ring Snake shook her head like a rattle drum. "The environment below the Qu Shang underground palace is extremely complex. Countless veterans have come here to explore over the years, making dozens of attempts. Don't even mention an Immortal Cave, they haven't even dug out a tunnel that can touch the edge of the Crystal Palace. How could anyone dig out an Immortal Cave?"

At this time, Old Wei couldn't help but interject, "Girl, there are people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens. Little Chen didn't lie to you. An Immortal Cave was really dug out above the Crystal Palace. The tunnel leads directly to the Crystal Palace, without a single detour."

"Holy crap?"

Silver Ring Snake had no choice but to believe it now. She asked with a shocked expression,

"There really is a colleague with such heaven-defying skills? Do you know who dug out this Immortal Cave? Tell me so I can broaden my horizons. If I ever have the chance to meet them, I'd at least have to bow and scrape to this expert."

Although I don't have absolute proof right now, I'm guessing that the person who dug out this Immortal Cave is most likely White-Clothed Immortal Maiden.

I said, "This person is a woman, just like you, Sister Snake. She comes from a family of grave robbers, likes to wear white clothes, and her surname is Ge. Does that ring any bells?"

I figured that Silver Ring Snake has been in this business for so many years, she must know more colleagues than we do. Since Ge Xueying comes from a family of grave robbers and has such impressive skills, she should have some fame in this business, right?

But Silver Ring Snake shook her head directly and denied, "Never heard of her. I've been in this business for so many years, and I'm not ashamed to say that I'm the only famous woman. Most of the other well-known colleagues are men. Even if there are women doing this, they're mostly just lookouts. It's rare to see one who can actually do the digging."

Silver Ring Snake's words seemed like bragging, but they were actually quite realistic.

Grave robbing is a physical job, and men naturally have an advantage in this line of work.

Another point is that most people in the business are superstitious, and there are many taboos in grave robbing.

Most people believe that men are yang and women are yin. Letting a woman enter a tomb is a bad omen, which is why there aren't many women who do grave robbing.

Hearing that Silver Ring Snake didn't know White-Clothed Immortal Maiden, I didn't ask any further.

Old Wei probably didn't want to reveal too much information to Silver Ring Snake either, so he didn't say much on this topic.

Just then, we turned a corner in a corridor. Before we could move forward, I suddenly heard a strange sound again.

How should I describe this sound? It was like someone smacking their lips while eating, *chomping, chomping, chomping...* eating with gusto.

I quickly reminded everyone in a low voice, "Listen, is there a sound of someone smacking their lips?"

This time, many people heard it. Little Liang nodded first and said, "It really is!"

"What kind of sound is that? It's kind of scary." Yun Jie started to get scared again, asking with a pale face.

"What kind of sound? We'll find out when we go take a look!" Tiger Cub was indeed brave. After saying that, he walked forward with his flashlight.

As a result, after taking two steps, he suddenly shouted, "Holy crap!"

I quickly followed and looked forward along the beam of his flashlight. After this one look, I also got a big fright!

I saw a person lying on the ground in the depths of the corridor ahead. He looked like a grave robber too, but I didn't know if he was one of Silver Ring Snake's accomplices.

The clothes on this person's body were torn to shreds, and his flesh was torn open. What was even more frightening was that there were two huge wild dogs beside him, tearing at his corpse with their heads lowered!

The meat on this person's torso was almost completely gnawed off! The scene was extremely horrifying!

Don't even mention Tiger Cub, even I couldn't help but shout, "Holy crap!" when I saw it!

As a result, hearing the sounds of me and Tiger Cub, the two dogs put down the dead man in their mouths and looked up at us.

I saw that the eyeballs of these two dogs were bright red, emitting a red glow under the light of the flashlight.

They opened their bloody mouths, and red saliva dripped from the corners of their mouths. I saw that their teeth were like daggers, gleaming with a cold light!

"Damn it!" Tiger Cub cursed and asked me, "Are these wolves? Or dogs?"

I subconsciously took two steps back and said, "Who cares if they're wolves or dogs, retreat first, be careful!"

Before I could finish speaking, these two beasts howled and charged towards us.

I quickly turned my head and asked Old Wei and the others for help, shouting, "Old Wei, fire! Fire!"

Old Wei didn't hesitate. Although he didn't have a gun himself, his men all had guns. He quickly ordered, "Kill these two beasts!"

Several Xiaoling Guards were quick-witted and quick-handed, drawing their guns and firing!

But these two dogs ran damn fast, and it was a bit dark in the corridor. The Xiaoling Guards' aim wasn't very good, and they didn't hit the target even after firing several shots.

Finally, one dog pounced in front of us. Tiger Cub cursed, took out his baton, and swung it twice at the dog's head.

The dog was in pain and didn't dare to clash head-on with Tiger Cub. It "wuffed" and turned to run, but it just so happened to be shot in the butt by a Xiaoling Guard, and its body trembled and fell to the ground.

Tiger Cub rushed up with his baton and slammed it wildly on the beast's head. After three or five blows, the beast fell to the ground, convulsing, and died.

The other dog was quick-witted. Seeing its companion being killed, it quickly turned its head and ran.

This thing had four legs and ran very fast. The Xiaoling Guards fired two shots after it, but didn't hit it, and could only let it leave the scene.