Chapter 949 Ancient Kerosene
Chapter 949 Ancient Kerosene
After Jiang Jiyun came out of the space, he immediately saw Sun Jiaguo and Hu Dahe crawling on skateboards not far ahead.
No wonder they heard it was in the passageway and turned around to get the skateboard.
Jiang Jiyun crawled on the ground for a while, but soon found it too troublesome.
So she took out a scooter from her spatial storage, sat on it, and easily glided over.
So when Jiang Jiyun saw Sun Jiaguo and Hu Dahe moving forward by supporting themselves with their hands, she couldn't help but find it a little funny. After all, they were so tall that they couldn't sit up in the cave and couldn't ride the scooter.
Jiang Jiyun sat on the car and quickly pedaled, speeding up to catch up with Sun Jiaguo and the others.
After seeing them all leave, Oda couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
He recalled the pathetic way he had crawled earlier and felt his face burning.
After hesitating for a moment, Xiaotian finally decided to stop making a fool of himself.
With a flushed face, he pulled out his skateboard from the storage space, and like Sun Jiaguo and Hu Dahe, he lay on it, using both his hands and feet to glide forward with all his might.
Before Xiaotian could catch up with them, he was surprised to find that the group had turned around and were paddling straight back towards him.
At the front was Sun Jiaguo, who said to Xiaotian with a serious expression, "There's no road ahead, we have to go the other way."
Just before Jiang Jiyun had a chance to send the people back to the space to reorganize the team, Sun Jiaguo saw Xiao Tian quickly curl up into a ball, like a nimble hedgehog.
Immediately afterwards, he spun around in place and then glided in the direction Sun Jiaguo pointed out without hesitation.
Sun Jiaguo stared at Xiaotian in astonishment and asked incredulously, "Xiaotian, you're amazing! Is this the legendary bone-shrinking technique?"
Xiao Tian certainly knew about the Bone Shrinking Technique; he had heard that a Taoist master had been practicing this miraculous skill.
However, he himself has never practiced bone-shrinking techniques. He has only practiced various martial arts since childhood, which makes his body more flexible than the average person.
So, Xiaotian explained with a smile, "This is not a bone-shrinking technique. I just have better flexibility than you guys because I've been practicing since I was a child."
And so, the group continued gliding along the other side of the road.
Along the way, they frequently saw skeletons, which looked to be quite ancient.
"Could this be another ancient tomb down there? These corpses don't look like they were from recent years," Hu Dahe said in surprise as he shone his flashlight over the area.
Xiao Tian was walking ahead when he sensed that there was another turn ahead. He turned around and shouted to the people behind him, "We're turning again! We've already gone around in circles several times already. Are we just going in circles?"
There was a hint of unease in his voice.
Sun Jiaguo, who was in the middle of the group, quickly replied after hearing Xiao Tian's words: "This should be considered a tomb robber's hole, so that the entrance won't collapse."
As he spoke, he touched the wall with his hand, feeling the structure of the tomb robber's tunnel.
Jiang Jiyun walked at the end of the group. She knew that this was a zigzag passage. Looking at the passage, which was obviously dug by tomb raiders, and recalling the steps she had seen earlier, she became more and more certain that there was a large tomb below.
Sun Jiaguo seemed to realize this as well, and he reminded everyone, "The area below is probably occupied, so be careful."
Everyone nodded silently, their vigilance increasing even further.
Time passed slowly, and the group, covered in sweat, moved forward slowly through the passage.
Finally, after a long journey, they arrived at an irregular brick wall, which led to another dark passage.
Sun Jiaguo gently patted Xiaotian's leg and asked softly, "Can we go in now?"
Xiao Tian frowned and replied with some pain, "Brother, wait a minute, my leg is suddenly cramping."
He quickly packed up his skateboard, lay down on the ground like a shrimp, and said apologetically.
Seeing this, Sun Jiaguo quickly asked with concern, "Are you alright? Let me rub it for you."
Xiao Tian quickly waved his hand and said, "No need, brother, I'll just rest for a while."
After a while, Xiaotian felt that the cramping symptoms had eased a little before saying, "There must be a problem inside. Let's observe it first before going in."
After seeing what Xiao Tian was doing, Sun Jiaguo quickly climbed onto Xiao Tian's back and shone his flashlight in front of him, trying to observe the situation inside the hole in the wall.
However, when he shone the flashlight into the hole in the wall, he was surprised to find that the light seemed to be absorbed by something and could not shine very far.
"It seems like something is absorbing light from the walls here; the light can't reach very far," Sun Jiaguo said to everyone, frowning.
After saying that, he was about to go through the hole in the wall to find out what was going on when he was suddenly grabbed by Hu Dahe from behind.
"Jiaguo, don't act rashly!" Hu Dahe shouted anxiously, "Look at the ground over there, something seems wrong!"
Sun Jiaguo then looked down and saw that the area that should have been a hard surface now had a strange, liquid-like texture.
"This...this doesn't seem to be the ground. It looks like some kind of liquid." Sun Jiaguo said in surprise.
Just then, Jiang Jiyun, who was standing at the back and couldn't see what was happening in front, began to get curious.
So she sent the two people into the space. Xiao Tian, who was being pressed down by the two people, felt a release on his body. Just as he was about to look up, he felt Jiang Jiyun climb onto his back.
Xiao Tian resignedly lay down and let Jiang Jiyun crawl on him, while he himself went closer to see what was inside.
Jiang Jiyun had just smelled an indescribable odor from behind. She looked down at the liquid flowing down and realized it was ancient kerosene!
She reminded the curious Xiao Tian, "Brother Xiao Tian, you shouldn't have seen this before. This is kerosene used by wealthy families in ancient times."
Oda stared in surprise at the black ground below. "Ancient? Can something that's been there for so long still be lit?"
Jiang Jiyun looked at the width and said, "Do you want to give it a try? The wisdom of the ancients is beyond our reach. It seems that the corpses of those people either escaped from here or were trapped while trying to go in."
“I’ll take out two wooden basins. Let’s see if we can paddle across. There are people here; they must be in the tomb.” Jiang Jiyun said, then put out a wooden basin and sat down inside.
Xiaotian also got up and sat in another wooden tub, and the two of them used the wooden planks as oars to row forward.
"Baka! Our location may have been exposed!"
"Blow up the tomb door! The food inside will last us for months. I believe the general and the others will come back!"
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