Prince Zhong was delighted to hear someone praise him. "Oh, I'm not that wonderful! I simply have a knack for making money and spend relatively little. Naturally, living frugally has let me save quite a bit."
Everyone looked at him with contempt. Spend little? Put your hand on your conscience and ask whether it hurts!
Jiang Shuyue: [But what did he just draw on the gravestone? Don't tell me this era has touch-to-unlock technology?]
Huahua: [Of course not! It's a mechanism created by the First Celestial Master. Not only must the strokes be correct, even the pressure has to be right, or the mechanism won't open.]
[And although this burial site looks small, it's actually very deep. Everything below is built from meteorite, and the main door is reinforced with thick black iron.]
[So even if Great Zhou were in danger and the Celestial Master were captured and revealed how to open the mechanism, they still couldn't open the Treasure Vault without the Imperial Preceptor's cooperation.]
As Jiang Shuyue listened to Huahua dish out juicy secrets, she secretly stuffed gold beads into her clothes.
Everyone saw her and pretended they hadn't.
Murong Tianci looked rather aggrieved. "Master, keeping this trick to yourself has broken your disciple's heart. It's practically shattered!"
"You were too young back then. Even if I'd taught you, you couldn't have mastered it. We have plenty of time now, so your master will train you properly!"
Prince Zhong smiled, and Murong Tianci suddenly felt as though his very survival was uncertain.
Huahua sighed. [This unlocking method looks simple, but those five strokes contain thirty-six different pressure points. Get it wrong three times, and the secret chamber locks forever. To unlock it again, you have to sacrifice a Royal Family Member to gain another three chances.]
Jiang Shuyue: