Little Yusu poked the statue's face with her tiny finger and said in surprise, "It's made of stone."
Li Ran did not sense any Mysterious Power emanating from the monster statue. Besides, any creature buried beneath Queen Mother of the West's ancient divine tomb would have long since died beyond death, even if it had once been alive.
(Ancient auspicious beast: Jiao. Its cry resembled a dog's bark. In ancient times, people often mistook it for a vicious beast because of its ferocious appearance. In truth, wherever a Jiao appeared, bountiful harvests followed. It was a beast of good fortune.)
Li Ran looked toward the niches along both sides of the tomb chamber.
The tomb chamber had been preserved exceptionally well, with no signs of grave robbers.
Perhaps the citizens of Myriad Volt City held Queen Mother of the West's divine tomb in reverence, or perhaps they believed there was nothing valuable inside?
In any case, it was rather unbelievable that such a massive divine tomb, comparable in scale to an underground palace, showed no trace of having been plundered.
If this were in the Dragon Kingdom on Blue Star, grave robbers would have come in wave after wave. There was no way any treasures would still remain in the tomb.
Inside the niches were clay sculptures of several strange-looking creatures, though he had no idea what they were.
"Let's go."
There was nothing valuable in the tomb chamber.
Besides, he had not come here to rob graves. He was here to find the Yi God.
What the two of them did not notice as they left the tomb chamber was that the eyes of the Jiao statue and all the sculptures in the niches had begun to glow red.
After walking farther ahead, Li Ran saw a side chamber