638: Chapter 634: Map?
638: Chapter 634: Map?
What made Ye Tian even more astonished was that the body, which had turned into a skeleton, actually had no clothes on!
The owner of such a grand ancient tomb certainly wouldn’t have been buried without clothes, which meant that the clothes had been stripped from the tomb owner’s body.
What kind of tomb robber would be so barbaric as to not even spare the clothes on a dead body…
Ye Tian’s gaze fell on the skeleton in the stone coffin.
Now, within the entire tomb chamber, only this skeleton remained.
But it was just an ordinary skeleton, wasn’t it?
Where was the slightest hint of abnormality?
Ye Tian also tried to speculate on the identity of the tomb owner based on the appearance of the skeleton.
The ancient tomb in Jiang City was a single tomb!
The tomb owner must have come from a wealthy family, but after being buried, there were no accompanying burials, which suggested two possibilities: either the tomb owner had died young without having married, or the owner had remained unmarried throughout life.
Ye Tian took out a silver needle, wanting to investigate the age at which the tomb owner had died…
Of course, he could obtain many clues from someone who had just recently passed away, but this tomb owner had died long ago, and Ye Tian didn’t know if his silver needle would be of any use?
Ye Tian carefully pierced the silver needle into the skull, and immediately he noticed something different!
“What is this!?”
The spot where the needle was inserted had no point of resistance at all.
It didn’t feel like it was piercing human bone.
Fearing that he might damage the structure within the skeleton, Ye Tian didn’t dare to pierce any further.
He quickly pulled out the silver needle that had been inserted and then looked at the skeleton with renewed surprise.
“Could it be that this skeleton has got a story too?”
Ye Tian said to himself.
It wasn’t difficult to find out the condition of a skeleton’s bones—medically speaking, one would only need to perform an X-ray scan.
For Ye Tian, it was even simpler since he had clairvoyant ability and could clearly see if there was anything inside the skeleton’s bones!
So Ye Tian focused and used his clairvoyant ability, carefully examining the skeleton.
Unbeknownst to him until he looked closer, the inspection gave him quite a shock!
The bones of this skeleton were completely devoid of any bone mass; they were entirely hollow within!
“Is such a thing possible?”
Ye Tian exclaimed in shock.
If a person had lived in such a state, the slightest movement would have caused the bones to fracture.
“Could it be that the bone mass was emptied after the person died?”
Ye Tian wondered again, and he started to take a close look at the contents within the bones of the skeleton.
There was no bone mass, and inside the skeleton’s bones, Ye Tian actually saw some patterns!
Indeed, patterns!
Normal tattoos should be on the skin, right?
Tattooing on bones is exceedingly difficult, not to mention tattooing on the inside of bones, which is virtually unthinkable!
However, on the inner side of this skeleton’s bones there really were patterns, and Ye Tian could actually recognize them!
“It looks like a map…”
Ye Tian kept musing, astonished that someone had somehow drawn a map on the inside of the bones.
Such skill was utterly inconceivable!
Having discovered a clue, Ye Tian didn’t dare to delay.
He looked carefully, bit by bit, and memorized the map etched on the inside of the bones.
After spending two to three hours, Ye Tian finally memorized the entire map on the inside of the bones.
To be on the safe side, he recalled the map in his mind and, after confirming that he had indeed memorized it, he ceased to use his clairvoyant ability.
“Boss, how are you doing?”
Just then, Ye Xuong’s voice reached Ye Tian’s ears.
Initially meant to lure those workers from the cultural heritage protection department away, astonishingly, Ye Xuong had managed to shake off the entire group and entered the tomb chamber himself.
“Ye Xuong, did everything go smoothly on your side?”
Ye Tian smiled as he looked at Ye Xuong, feeling that his own gains this time were quite substantial, although they were not yet sufficient to share with Ye Xuong.
“Hehehe~~~~”
In response to Ye Tian’s inquiry, Ye Xuong chuckled.
“I took that person away, and a bunch of them followed.
I weaved through the forest for a while and shook them all off!”
Ye Xuong spoke nonchalantly, his Qinggong was exceptional, making it easy for him to get rid of the workers guarding the ancient tomb!
Upon entering the tomb chamber and lighting up his flashlight, Ye Xuong felt a bit puzzled since the chamber seemed to contain nothing.
However, seeing Ye Tian’s relaxed expression, he guessed his boss must have made some discoveries and therefore did not inquire further.
“Let’s go!”
Seeing that Ye Xuong had arrived, Ye Tian thought that the workers Ye Xuong had led away would likely be returning soon.
There was no time to delay; it was time to leave the ancient tomb.
Moreover, this time, he had obtained valuable information.
However, to truly understand and utilize it, he would need to study it thoroughly first…
“Yes!”
Ye Xuong nodded and promptly followed Ye Tian out of the tomb chamber.
One after another, just as they stepped out of the tomb’s entrance, they were met with a burst of light!
“Stop right there!”
Someone shouted, and it was none other than one of the artifact protection department staff members who had been lured away by Ye Xuong just before!
The rest of the staff also crowded around, each holding firearms, their expressions filled with fury.
“…”
“…”
Ye Tian and Ye Xuong exchanged glances, not expecting these guys to have returned so quickly.
However, since they were staff from the national artifact protection department, Ye Tian and Ye Xuong had no intention of harming them, and they also knew breaking into the Jiangcheng Ancient Tomb was wrong on their part.
“Jump!”
Ye Tian gave the order to Ye Xuong, who, catching on immediately, pushed off with the tip of his foot and leaped ten meters away.
Ye Tian too stomped his foot on the ground, and with a swift motion, arrived mid-air.
Then, with another push from his foot, this time on the scattering dust, he propelled himself even further forward!
Both Ye Tian and Ye Xuong were using their superb Qinggong.
The tomb guards, who were no more than ordinary people, were helpless against the fleeing duo, even with their firearms.
But what happened next took Ye Tian and Ye Xuong by complete surprise!
One of the staff members, to their astonishment, also pushed off the ground with the tip of his foot, and his body suddenly rose into the air, charging straight at Ye Tian and Ye Xuong!
“Is this even possible?”
Ye Xuong was shocked.
Meanwhile, another staff member had also used the same Qinggong technique and appeared in front of Ye Tian and Ye Xuong.
“Damn it!”
As the second-in-command of Night King Hall, how could Ye Xuong tolerate being chased by ordinary people?
Moreover, he needed to protect his boss, Ye Tian.
Therefore, Ye Xuong threw a punch at one of the staff members, but considering that the other party was an ordinary person, he only used ten percent of his strength.
The staff member, in turn, raised his hand to counter the strike!
“Be careful!”
Ye Tian warned, and only then did Ye Xuong realize the situation.
He immediately channeled more energy into his fist, increasing his strength from ten to fifty percent.
“Bang!”
When fist met palm, Ye Xuong felt a numbness in his arm, a clear indication of the staff member’s formidable power!
Ye Tian helped Ye Xuong, massaging the arm briefly until the numb sensation gradually subsided.
Meanwhile, Ye Xuong’s eyes still showed a look of amazement; he couldn’t believe what was happening!
“This, this is…”
Ye Xuong couldn’t utter a full sentence, while Ye Tian remained unusually calm.
“These people have all become puppets!”
Ye Tian stated gravely, for he had battled puppets several times before, and he could immediately tell something was off with these artifact protection department workers!
“But, they were ordinary people just a moment ago?”
Ye Xuong couldn’t believe it either.
When he had led them away earlier, they knew no martial arts; their only reliance was the weapons in their hands.
How could this group of people have become martial arts experts in such a short time, their Inner Strength even surpassing his own?
“…”
Ye Tian didn’t have an answer to that either.
Right from the start, Ye Tian had observed these artifact protection department staff members who guarded the ancient tomb outside Jiangcheng.
They all seemed normal, and there were no signs of any unusual flow of energy inside them.
But why had they suddenly changed once he and Ye Xuong had left the tomb?
Upon thinking it over, Ye Tian realized they were in a situation where the dragon vein had been severed, and many unique individuals were rushing toward Jiangcheng.
It hardly made sense for these unarmed workers to guard the tomb…
Thus, the likelihood of them being manipulated was extremely high.
It was because they were being controlled that they could keep the company of extraordinary individuals away from the tomb.
However, Ye Tian couldn’t understand how, after being controlled, they could revert to their normal consciousness and live as ordinary people?
While Ye Tian was deep in thought, a dozen puppets had already surrounded him and Ye Xuong.
They had initially been armed, but now, they faced them unarmed, with bare fists.
From their bodies, Ye Tian could feel no sign of life, precisely as it had been when facing Long Wenshan and Deng Xi…
“Boss, what should we do?”
Ye Xuong asked Ye Tian.
Ye Tian smiled slightly and said, “What else can we do?
Fight!
Hit them hard!”
Following Ye Tian’s order, Ye Xuong didn’t hesitate to ramp up his strength and began to fight ferociously!
When an ordinary person is turned into a puppet, their power significantly increases, and the deeper one’s foundation, the stronger they become after transformation.
So even though Ye Xuong unleashed his full power, it wasn’t an easy task to deal with these dozen puppets!
Ye Xuong threw a punishing punch at a puppet’s face.
This frontal assault was meant to make the adversary dodge and reveal an opening, then he could launch a series of attacks.
But the puppet faced Ye Xuong’s fist head-on without dodging, merely absorbing the blow…
As a result, Ye Xuong’s planned onslaught of attacks couldn’t materialize…
While Ye Xuong hesitated, the puppet, now with half a face left from Ye Xuong’s punch, immediately counterattacked, swinging the palm towards Ye Xuong’s chest!