NOVPUBShen Borong also saw the situation inside the stone chamber and couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment.
Zhou Mingde, however, said nothing.
The Zhou Family had passed on the Beast Taming Technique for generations, and even though he did not recognize the origin of the Red Flying Mosquitoes, he knew of some demon insects that could hibernate for a thousand years in special environments.
The Red Flying Mosquitoes were likely that type of demon insect, and the fiery red stone coffins were undoubtedly the special objects prepared for their hibernation.
After examining the two fiery red stone coffins for a while, he said in a low voice, "Those stone coffins seem to be made of Fire Essence Stones. To use such large blocks of Fire Essence Stones to make these coffins, the Tomb Master really was willing to spend a fortune!"
The Fire Essence Stones he mentioned were a type of material that remained unchanged even after tens of thousands of years within Earth Fire Magma.
This material had extremely high resistance to fire and also contained dense and pure Earth Fire Spirit Force. Great powers would use this material to seal and fill around fire outlets when building Earth Fire Chambers, hence its significant value.
Upon hearing his words at this moment, Shen Borong too seemed somewhat eager as he said, "It looks like these two stone coffins are still usable. Should we collect them now?"
"There’s no rush for that, we have yet to reach the main tomb chamber. It would be best not to move these things prematurely, lest we trigger some mechanism."
Zhou Mingde slightly shook his head, rejecting Shen Borong’s somewhat reckless suggestion.
Ruan Hongzhuang quickly nodded in agreement and said, "Taoist Friend Zhou is right. They are just two Fire Essence Stone coffins after all. Even if they are somewhat valuable, they are not worth risking our lives."
Hearing both of them speak this way, Shen Borong could only give up on the idea.
So, after a brief rest, Zhou Mingde continued ahead to scout the path.
This time, after he had passed a right angle turn in the corridor, he soon saw the end of the passage tens of meters away.
At the end of the passage, there was another thick stone door, intricately carved with complex and mysterious Formation patterns.
At a glance, the distance from the turn to the stone door appeared to be less than fifty meters.
Such a distance, if flown, would indeed be covered in a flash.
Zhou Mingde even had the capability to strike the stone door with a Magic Artifact right then and there.
But he knew very well that things were definitely not that simple.
If he were to attack the stone door now, it might trigger some unforeseen consequences.
Therefore, after a moment’s contemplation, he decided to tread slowly and cautiously foot by foot.
However, no sooner had he taken less than ten meters than a familiar scene occurred again.
The walls of the passage on both sides suddenly split open, and, in an instant, countless dark green moths swarmed towards Zhou Mingde.
The dark green moths were huge, each the size of a sparrow.
Unlike the previous Red Flying Mosquitoes, Zhou Mingde recognized the origin of these dark green moths at first glance.
If he was not mistaken, they were a kind of highly poisonous insect known as "Rotshade Moth," which was generally active in places rich in gloom and corpse qi.
These poisonous insects possessed intense corpse poison. Not only could they spew poisonous mist to form a toxic haze to attack enemies, but they also had the ability to self-detonate to injure foes.
And now, these "Rotshade Moths" had undoubtedly chosen the quickest mode of attack through self-detonation.
The moment they came near Zhou Mingde, they immediately exploded.
In the blink of an eye, Zhou Mingde was submerged by the dark green poisonous liquid formed from their self-detonation.
Fortunately, the Fire Divine Jackal successfully lent a hand this time.
It breathed out Demon Fire, burning many of the Rotshade Moths that had not exploded into ashes and even incinerated the corrosive liquid threatening Zhou Mingde’s protective shield into green smoke.
Between the cooperation of master and servant, although slightly disheveled, they safely withstood this round of attack.
When all the poisonous moths had been eliminated, Zhou Mingde stuffed two Rejuvenation Pills into his mouth before he turned to look at the stone chamber where the moths had emerged.
Like the previous chamber, the side chambers of the passage were prepared to cater to the "Rotshade Moth’s" hibernation, using gloomy wood rich in gloom qi to seal and encase these poisonous moths.
Compared to the Fire Essence Stones, which were quite useful to cultivators, these gloom wood coffins had little value, and none of the group gave them a second thought.
As Zhou Mingde continued to lead the way forward, they encountered attacks from two more kinds of strange insects. Thankfully, with the help of the Fire Divine Jackal and both Shen Borong and Ruan Hongzhuang, they managed to safely resolve the dangers.
They had not encountered any new attacks by the time they reached the stone door at the end of the passage.
Looking at the stone door at the end of the passage, Shen Borong felt a surge of frustration and couldn’t help but blurt out with a huff, "This Tomb Master really is peculiar, setting up all these trials without leaving a single piece of information." 𝚗𝚘v𝚙𝚞b.𝚌𝚘m
"Does he not fear that we will vent our frustrations on his remains when we eventually leave?" Stay connected through freewebnovel
By now, all three of them had examined the murals along the passage, making it clear that this was indeed the tomb of a Golden Core Stage cultivator.
However, as Shen Borong said, since the tomb had an entrance and a passage, it meant that the Tomb Master must have been prepared for the eventuality of his tomb being discovered.
Under such circumstances, even just to get the intruders to respect his remains, he should have left some introductory information, at least indicating how many more trials lay ahead.
But now, apart from the information left on the murals along the passage, Zhou Mingde and the others knew nothing about this tomb, not even the name of the Tomb Master himself.
