Su Xiao had just emerged from the underground passage when the sound of a collapse came from behind.
He was inside a tomb. Many holes had been broken through the surrounding stone walls, clearly the work of tomb robbers who had visited repeatedly.
"Meow."
Bubu Wang leaped down from Su Xiao's shoulder. After drinking a potion, its injuries had basically recovered, but the bloodstains on its fur made it extremely uncomfortable. Bubu Wang had a slight cleanliness obsession, and dirty fur made it feel awful all over.
Bubu Wang took out a stone slab and used its paw to carve five patterns into the ground: a disc, a scepter, a thorn whip, an ouroboros, and a ball of flame.
Bubu Wang stood the stone slab above the ouroboros pattern. The slab's surface was covered in irregular protrusions, and it seemed that a snake had been embedded inside it. It was difficult to tell whether it had been carved that way or whether a real snake had been embedded within.
"You mean the Ghanlu Dynasty fell not because of the construction of the Stairway of the Sun, but because of these five items?"
"Meow."
Bubu Wang nodded, then carved a mask above the five patterns on the ground. There was a circular hole at the mask's brow.
What Bubu Wang had carved was identical to the image provided by the Philosopher. The location in that image was where a group of Sanctuary Paradise contractors had died horribly. Father did not know what had been done there.
Su Xiao picked up the stone slab from the ground, and a notification appeared.
You obtained the Ouroboros Stone Slab (this is a special item and cannot be taken out of this world).
Notification: This is a key item for the Hunter's "Eighth-Rank Promotion Assessment"