Ancient Tomb in the Deep Mountains

The situation inside the cave was much as he had expected. The ground and stone walls on both sides were smooth, built from enormous stone blocks. Small black holes appeared here and there, while rotting arrows lay scattered across the floor.

There were clearly mechanisms embedded within these walls, but they had long since been triggered and dismantled.

Seeing this, Shen Luo knew that quite a few cultivators must have come here over the years. He relaxed slightly, but did not quicken his pace, continuing forward at the same speed as before.

After walking some distance, the passage finally came to an end. A stone chamber appeared ahead, its two great doors having long been destroyed and fallen to the ground.

The stone chamber was enormous, spanning a hundred zhang. It had been built tall and grand, yet was exceedingly empty. Apart from several massive stone pillars, some rubble, and a few toppled stone statues of soldiers and horses, there was nothing else. It was impossible to tell whether everything had been taken away.

The walls on both sides of the chamber were carved with many exquisite murals, painted in vivid mineral colors that remained remarkably bright. They seemed to recount the life of the tomb's owner.

However, many of the murals had also been damaged, making them difficult to discern. They seemed to tell of the tomb owner's campaigns on the battlefield.

Shen Luo glanced at the murals a few times, but quickly lost interest and looked elsewhere in the chamber.

At the depths of the stone chamber were three more passages leading in different directions. They too disappeared into unfathomable darkness, and it was unclear where they led.

Lu Huaming had never visited this Gu tomb and knew little of its layout, so he had offered Shen Luo