I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 241 Tomb Guardian Beast and Tomb Keeper_1

Chapter 241: Chapter 241 Tomb Guardian Beast and Tomb Keeper_1

After the two gates were opened, you appeared extremely fatigued, and simply plopped down onto the cold floor.

"What about the Death Gate? Open it up and let’s have a look."

Hearing this, you couldn’t help shaking your head and sighing, "Let’s not open that thing; nothing good ever comes from it."

Your mother thought for a moment, then, with a wave of her hand, the talisman papers floating and circling around you all ignited, ultimately turning to ash as they fell to the ground.

"Hahaha... "

After discovering your truly heaven-defying strength, your mother couldn’t contain her delight, "Now that’s great, old mom’s been stifled for over a decade; finally, there’s a day to turn things around!"

"Mom, please calm down for a bit, my abilities are only so much. Whether I can return from Qian Ling Mausoleum this time is still unknown."

"Nonsense, it’s just the Qian Ling Mausoleum. Even if it were the First Emperor’s Mausoleum, you’d still be able to come and go as if it were your own backyard!" Your mother pulled you up from the ground.

"Mom, what is the book that the old amah from the Wu Family wants me to find in the Qian Ling Mausoleum?"

"I’m not too clear about that either, but I’ve read a piece of information in a secret scroll."

The moment you heard your mother say this, you hurriedly brought over a chair for her to sit down and asked, "What information?"

"The scroll mentioned that Qian Ling Mausoleum is the tomb of Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty. Its scale cannot bury two emperors, but the Empress insisted on being interred with Li Zhi. After the Emperor’s passing, she personally led eight Mystery Sect Elders skilled in array formations into the Qian Ling Mausoleum, and afterward, those eight Elders never came out."

Your mother paused and then said, "Therefore, I think the danger of Qian Ling Mausoleum lies in the arrays, not so much in the so-called traps. However, nothing is absolute. You have the Sen Luo Eye, and you can easily see through most formations and traps, so I’m not worried about that. What you should really be cautious of are the Tomb Keepers and Tomb Guardian Beasts."

"Tomb Guardian Beasts?" Prompted by your mother’s words, you suddenly looked towards Zhao’er. You remembered that when you first saw Zhao’er, she was lying in a coffin surrounded by strange purple plants with golden buds. Later, a golden snake flew out of those buds.

After you shared what you had seen with your mother, her eyes widened before she looked at Zhao’er, then said to you, "You’re just lucky, that golden little snake isn’t a Tomb Guardian Beast; it’s far more superior to them. Its name is Gold Wire Snake, an extremely rare and precious creature. It grows only one centimeter every twenty years, and with each growth, it needs to consume ten meters of fine gold wire."

"Feeding on gold? Who can afford to keep such a snake?"

"Hmph, the higher the cost to keep it, the stronger its usefulness. Anyone bitten by this Gold Wire Snake needs just a breath before their life is snuffed out. And there’s no antidote!"

Your mother added, "However, the Gold Wire Snake must be fed by a living person. They guard the Empress, not what should be the Empress."

"What are the Tomb Guardian Beasts and Tomb Keepers? Are they both living beings?"

Wu Qiyi asked timely at this moment.

Your mother shook her head, "Tomb Guardian Beasts and Tomb Keepers are both non-living. Tomb Guardian Beasts are usually sacrificial bronze beasts and are generally inanimate. Once Tomb Keepers detect someone entering the tomb, they might activate the Tomb Guardian Beasts; as for Tomb Keepers, plainly speaking, they’re zombified. Tomb Keepers are usually made from the bodies of eunuchs, who are imprisoned in the imperial mausoleum for eternity, never seeing the light of day."

Frowning, you asked, "What level of zombie are Tomb Keepers?"

Your mother knocked on your head, "I said they’re zombified, not zombies. Zombies are born from the accumulation of yin and filth, while zombified creatures are cultivated. They merely possess undying bodies without any real strength; otherwise, which Emperor would dare to put a ticking time bomb in his own mausoleum?"

You rubbed your head and laughed, "That’s true."

"All right, I’ve said what needed to be said, and now it’s all down to your own fate," your mother patted your shoulders and said to you, "I might need to leave home for a while. If I’m still not back when you return from Qian Ling, don’t look for me."

You nodded slightly. From your mother’s words, you seemed to have caught onto something and asked, "Mom, what should I do?"

She reached out and touched your head, her face still beautiful and loving as she smiled and said, "What you need to do is to become stronger, to keep becoming stronger. When you’re strong enough, I’ll tell you what you need to do."

You nodded firmly.

After chatting for a few more minutes, you and Zhao’er went downstairs with Wu Qiyi.

As Little Hei excitedly leaped into the bed of the Night Owl truck, you noticed that Zhao’er was again looking up at the balcony on the fourth floor.

This time, you didn’t activate your Sen Luo Eye but casually glanced over, only to see an actual shadowy figure standing there. And when you went to take a closer look, the shadow had disappeared.

You quickly turned to Zhao’er and asked, "Zhao’er, has that person left?"

"They’ve gone."

You sighed lightly and said, "Okay, it seems this person doesn’t want me to see him. When I come back, I’ll ask Mom for details."

After dropping the two ladies at the Ladies’ Home, you opened the door to find Xi Yu and Lin Panxia watching the foreign horror film "Human Centipede."

Seeing you come in, Xi Yu stood up first and cheerfully said to Wu Qiyi, "Miss, you’re back. How was it, did your aunt praise your cooking?"

Wu Qiyi playfully blinked her eyes with a smile and went upstairs.

Meanwhile, Lin Panxia was absorbed in the movie, completely ignoring you all.

"Woof."

It was only when Little Hei’s massive form blocked Lin Panxia’s view of the screen that she reacted by exclaiming, "Monster!"

Immediately after, the young girl bolted into your arms and clung to you as if embracing a large tree; she even wrapped her legs around your waist, lifting herself off the ground.

"Brother Mu Yun, there’s a monster that wants to eat me!"

The massive objects on Lin Panxia’s chest also blocked your line of sight and made it somewhat difficult for you to breathe.

"Um... Xiaxia, come down first. It’s not a monster, it’s Little Hei," you said.

"Little Hei?" Lin Panxia turned to look at Little Hei, only to see him stretching his big mouth towards the puffed food she left on the couch. The puffed food, likely barbecue-flavored, had already caught Little Hei’s attention.

"You can’t eat my stuff!"

Seeing Little Hei about to eat her snacks, Lin Panxia immediately lunged at Little Hei, and the two began to squabble over it.

You didn’t intervene, letting Lin Panxia and Little Hei play and quarrel for a bit.

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