Elsewhere, after traveling some distance, Su Jiu and the others made their way into a side chamber.
The side chamber was quite spacious overall. Two rows of tiered shelves around its edges were filled with vessels of all sizes, seemingly all burial offerings.
Aside from those, a coffin stood in the center of the chamber.
After entering, Su Jiu and Yun Huanling did not head straight for the coffin. Instead, they first checked for any traps or mechanisms nearby. Although traps rarely appeared in the outermost side chambers, there were always exceptions.
Fortunately, this chamber was not one of those exceptions.
Seeing Su Jiu and Yun Huanling finish their inspection without any change in expression, Gu Ningyun understood that the chamber was safe.
She picked up a vessel from a shelf and examined it. "Being in the Ancient Tomb has stained it with a great deal of yin qi, but there's nothing else special about it. Before it was brought into the tomb, it should have been an ordinary mortal object."
She put down the bottle and inspected several more pieces. Almost all were the same, with only one or two possessing a little spirituality, though not enough to qualify as magic treasures.
Su Jiu walked over to an empty shelf and studied it for a while, her brows drawing together slightly.
"What's wrong?" Feng Qi was not far from Su Jiu, so he was the first to notice the change in her mood.
He glanced at the spot Su Jiu was staring at, and understanding flickered in his eyes. "The yin qi here is very dense, yet there's nothing on display. Clearly, someone took a vessel from this spot.
"What? Are you curious about what used to be here?
"Well, that's understandable. For such dense yin qi to remain