Ye Fan saw that he was in a difficult position and said," Brother Wang, why don't you take a few tools from me? I'll go down and take a look myself. This way, it won't delay my inspection and your archaeological team's rest, right?"”
Backpack, rope, digging shovel, knife, flashlight, helmet... Ye Fan prepared all the tools from the archaeological team and entered the tomb through the entrance.
Although it was pitch-black inside, with the help of a strong flashlight, one could still see very clearly. Soon, Ye Fan had already walked to the deepest place he had entered last time, which was the end of the sacrificial room.
Compared to two days ago, everything in the sacrificial room had been cleared out by the archaeologists. The entire sacrificial room was empty now, and there was not a single antique left.
With the help of the strong flashlight, Ye Fan carefully searched the surrounding walls. He was looking for the door of the next tomb chamber. Generally speaking, there was a door connected between the tomb chambers. In burial studies, it was called the underworld door.
After receiving the Nine Dragons Painted Phoenix, a very serious question kept appearing in Ye Fan's mind. That was why the Nine Dragons Painted Phoenix would appear in the lake. The Nine Dragons Painted Phoenix that appeared in the lake made Ye Fan realize that something was wrong. Perhaps there was only one explanation that could explain why the Nine Dragons Painted Phoenix would appear in the lake.
Grave robbing, Ye Fan immediately thought of this. He suspected that this tomb had already been visited by grave robbers. His initial guess was that the grave robbers entered the tomb from the bottom of the lake and carried out the grave robbing in order to deceive people.
If his guess was correct, then this matter would be serious. Once there was a secret passage leading to the tomb at the bottom of the lake, then the main tomb chamber was very likely to have been flooded.
Ye Fan stayed in the tomb until dawn before coming out. After a round of exploration, he only found the underworld door that led to the main tomb, but he could not find the way to enter.
The door leading from the sacrificial chamber to the main tomb was designed to prevent grave robbers from entering. When the door was installed, it was designed as a dead door. Once it was closed, it could not be opened.
Therefore, if one wanted to enter the main tomb, they had to dig it out by force or destroy it. Both methods were impossible for ancient thieves, but it was not difficult for modern archeologists.
Although the tomb had taken many precautions to prevent grave robbers, the grave robbers had found a new way. They did not hesitate to spend a lot of manpower to dig a passage from the bottom of the tomb to the tomb.
After a busy night, when Ye Fan came out of the tomb, his appearance could only be described as unsightly. After three to four hours of continuous work, Ye Fan's face had turned pale because of the large amount of sweat. There were faint signs of dehydration. His hair was messy, and sweat kept dripping down. His clothes were also completely soaked.
"Are you okay? You've been down there for more than four hours. If you didn't come up, we would have gone down to look for you.”As soon as Ye Fan appeared, the archeologists rushed forward and hurriedly unloaded Ye Fan's backpack.
A smile appeared on Ye Fan's pale face. He sat on the ground without looking good. He took the water from the archeologist and took a sip carefully. He had lost a lot of water now, so he couldn't drink too much water at once. He could only drink a little water each time to slowly replenish the water that he had lost.
"Ye Fan, did you find anything down there?”The person who handed Ye Fan the water asked curiously. After all, Ye Fan had been down there for more than four hours. They wouldn't believe it if he said that he didn't notice.
Ye Fan took off his clothes that were already soaked in sweat. He twisted them and said,"I didn't find anything else. I only found the underworld door that leads to the main tomb. However, when that door was designed, it was designed to be a death door. I spent a lot of effort but still couldn't enter the main tomb.”
Although Ye Fan's trip could be said to be fruitless, he still received the respect of the archeologists. Whether it was the four hours in the tomb or Ye Fan discovering the Nether Gate, the archeologists were all impressed.
One had to know that when the Ming Gate was designed, it was perfectly attached to the stone wall. Even if they went down, they would not have any information to find the Ming Gate, but Ye Fan had found it.
"Ye Fan, if you go down again, can you still find the Ming Gate? If you can, then when we dig later, we can save a lot of effort and avoid a lot of effort.”The one who spoke was the deputy captain of the archeological team, Zhang Xiaolin. Since Yang Yu was not here, he was in charge of the archeological team.
"Brother Zhang, don't worry. I've already used a shovel to clean up the soil on the door. When you go down, you'll be able to see the place I've cleaned up at a glance. That's where the Underworld Gate is.”
Zhang Xiaolin looked at him in admiration and said,""Ye Fan, don't find me annoying. I want to ask you something else.”
"Brother Zhang, do you want to ask me if there are any pictures on the Underworld Gate?”Ye Fan guessed that Zhang Xiaolin wanted to ask about this. There were patterns on the Underworld Gate. If there were no patterns, it could only mean that the place was not the Underworld Gate but an ordinary stone wall.
"Yes, that's right. I just wanted to ask this. I didn't expect you to predict the enemy's advance.”Zhang Xiaolin smiled awkwardly.
Ye Fan had a good impression of this group of archaeologists. Everyone was straightforward and would not scheme against each other when they were together. It was very easy for Ye Fan to stay with them, so Ye Fan did not hide anything from them."I've seen it. There are pictures on the Underworld Gate, but they're very strange. They're not auspicious beasts used by the ancients, but a hammer and a forging furnace used by craftsmen.”
"Hammer? Forging furnace?" Zhang Xiaolin rubbed his chin and frowned as he pondered. He had participated in many archeological works and had also participated in the tombs of the Han Dynasty. However, this was the first time he had heard of a hammer or forging furnace being carved on the Underworld Gate.
At the same time, while Ye Fan was discussing the Underworld Gate with the archeological team, Cheng Qingyu was anxious because he couldn't find Ye Fan. He called Ye Fan more than ten times in a row, but he couldn't get through.
When Cheng Qingyu called Ye Fan, Ye Fan happened to be coming out of the tomb. There was no signal on Ye Fan's phone.
"Brother Dashui, have you seen Ye Fan?”? Cheng Qingyu was desperate and went to Huang Dashui to ask if he had seen Ye Fan.
Huang Dashui snickered and thought to himself,'Did the two of them quarrel?' However, he said seriously,""I didn't see him, but you can go to the ancient tomb to take a look. Perhaps Master Ye is there.”
"Oh." " Oh," Cheng Qingyu replied, then turned around and ran toward the tomb.
Cheng Qingyu jogged all the way. When he arrived at the tomb, he saw Ye Fan and a group of archaeologists sitting together and eating breakfast. However, when he saw Ye Fan's pale face, his nose ached and his eyes turned slightly red.
The archeological team's breakfast was very simple. They made themselves some simple millet porridge. Cheng Qingyu walked over with small steps and complained,"Ye Fan, how did you get yourself into this state? Also, when did you come over? Why didn't you call me?”
Seeing Cheng Qingyu running over, Ye Fan had already thought of an excuse in his heart: "I received a call from Brother Zhang in the morning. He said that they had found the Underworld Gate and asked me to come and take a look. Then, I came over. I just don't know why. I just stayed in the tomb for less than half an hour and became a little dehydrated.”
As he spoke, Ye Fan secretly winked at the archeologists. The archeologists also cooperated with Ye Fan's words and nodded repeatedly.
"Sister Qing Yu, you haven't eaten in the morning, right? Come and eat with us. There's nothing good, just some millet porridge.”Zhang Xiaolin found a set of chopsticks for Cheng Qingyu, then kept winking at the other archaeologists. The others immediately understood and wolfed down the porridge in their bowls before leaving in a hurry, in the name of making room for the young couple.
Cheng Qingyu didn't see Zhang Xiaolin giving the others a look, but Ye Fan saw it clearly. He complained in his heart. This group of people just recognized his relationship with Cheng Qingyu. Now, even if he was covered in mouths, he couldn't explain clearly.
"Ye Fan, I haven't seen the Underworld Gate in real life. I've only seen it in books in the past.”Cheng Qingyu poured himself a bowl of porridge and started to eat it in small mouthfuls.
Ye Fan's mind was now filled with the matter of fishing up the Nine Dragons Painted Phoenix in the lake. He had no mood to talk to Cheng Qingyu about anything else. He could only say perfunctorily,"It's similar to the one in the book, but the pattern on the Nether Gate here is a little different.”
"What's the difference?" Cheng Qingyu's fair face was abnormally red. He didn't know what was going on.
Ye Fan finished the porridge in his bowl and burped."Go in and take a look. I'm a little dizzy. Can you let me rest for a while?”
In fact, other than Ye Fan's pale face, there was no other problem. However, because of his pale face, people would believe whatever he said now. Cheng Qingyu did not continue to disturb Ye Fan, and Ye Fan was also happy to be idle. He closed his eyes as if he had already fallen asleep, but his brain was still working at high speed.
Gradually, Ye Fan connected the incident where he instantly felt that the hillside where the tomb was located had lost its spiritual energy when he was swimming in the lake yesterday with the Nine Dragons Painted Phoenix being fished out of the lake.
As he thought quickly, his brain was also working rapidly. These two things quickly combined, making Ye Fan's thoughts clearer and clearer. In the end, Ye Fan made a definition in his heart. If it wasn't because the tomb raider was willing to let the Nine Dragons Painted Phoenix flow into the lake, then there was only one possibility left, and that was that this tomb wasn't a single tomb but a group of tombs.
Thinking of this, Ye Fan opened his eyes and looked at Cheng Qingyu who was sitting in front of him."Do you still remember what I told you yesterday? There will be something more exciting than acquiring cultural relics?”
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