Rebirth of a Lost Nation: Princess, Please Respect Yourself

Chapter 163 The Door Opens, Deciding Life and Death

When asked this question, Ning Yunxiao's face was very heavy. After a while, he said, "I can try, but I can't guarantee it."

"But..." After hearing this, everyone's faces turned pale. Xiaoya couldn't help but wanted to open her mouth to refute, but she didn't expect that as soon as she said a word, Jiang Lige glared back.

Xiaoya knew she was in the wrong and was suppressed by Jiang Lige's aura, so she immediately shut up.

Only then did Jiang Lige smile and slowly say, "It's okay, Prince, go ahead and try. We believe in you."

Seeing Jiang Lige's smiling face, the solemnity on Ning Yunxiao's face relaxed a little. He nodded and picked up a wooden stick. He drew something on the ground, looking very serious.

In the huge open space, no one spoke or moved. Everyone was holding their breath, waiting for Ning Yunxiao's outcome.

The silence made time seem incredibly long. After an unknown amount of time, Ning Yunxiao finally stopped drawing with his head down, his forehead covered in sweat.

Then, he slowly raised his hand and pointed to the stone gate in the southeast corner. His voice was deep and rich, as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

"The life gate is here."

Deng Sijiu rushed over upon hearing this, and took a look at the "ghostly talisman" drawn on the ground by Ning Yunxiao with a fire stick. After looking at it for a long time, he was still confused. "How did you calculate this?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the pattern above the stone door should be the twelve zodiac animals, corresponding to the twelve branches of the Chinese zodiac: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. If incorporated into the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams, they would represent the twenty-four mountains. The twelve branches are arranged in order, but if you look closely, you'll notice that the zodiac animals on the stone door are not arranged in that order. Comparing them, I've eliminated all the ones with the wrong order, and only this door, Si Snake, makes sense."

Deng Sijiu took a while to react after hearing this, and slowly raised a thumbs up, "You're deceiving me with your words, but you still have a clue. When we return to Beijing this time, should we consider taking a position at the Imperial Observatory?"

"..."

Jiang Lige ignored the unruly Deng Sijiu, raised his head and glanced at the stars in the sky through the gap in the vines. He then followed the method Wei Letian taught them to determine the direction, roughly determined the direction of the twelve zodiac signs, and nodded.

"South of the southeast, it's the Snake."

"..." Deng Sijiu felt that his IQ had been crushed, and touched his nose awkwardly, "There's no time to lose, let's get going quickly."

Even though Ning Yunxiao's reasoning was well-founded, everyone was still a little nervous as it was a matter of life and death.

Deng Sijiu took the lead and walked in front. He took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled, as if hoping to calm his inner anxiety with this action.

Then, he turned around to look at everyone, closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and pressed his palm on the protrusion of the stone wall.

The stone gate shook slightly in response, and then an evil wind blew out, stirring up a gust of wind in the open space, making it almost impossible for everyone to open their eyes.

When they opened their eyes again, the stone door in front of them was wide open, and a deep corridor appeared in front of everyone. Above their heads hung an object shaped like an hourglass, and water was flowing slowly.

"Come in first. The door will close when the hourglass counts down."

Jiang Lige was the first to react. While reminding everyone, he pulled Ning Yunxiao into the stone gate.

Upon hearing this, the others hurried to follow.

As expected, Xiaoya had just come in when she saw the last ray of light in the hourglass completely disappear. The stone door slammed shut with a clang, raising a cloud of dust that made people cough.

Jiang Lige subconsciously turned her head to avoid the dust, but saw Ning Yunxiao reaching out to help her block the dust with a slight smile on his lips.

Being protected like this, Jiang Lige inexplicably felt very happy. He curved his lips and smiled brightly, "The prince is really amazing. He made the right choice."

"It was just a fluke." Ning Yunxiao was delighted by Jiang Lige's praise, but he still cautioned everyone. "Although we have entered the Gate of Life, we don't know what's inside. We may encounter new dangers. Everyone, please be careful."

Everyone said in unison: "Okay."

The corridor is narrow and deep. Looking along it, you can vaguely see a faint light flickering at the end.

The crowd did not stay here. After all, they had no food or water, and they didn't know how many dangers were lurking here and how long it would take to get out.

If you delay any longer, you may die.

The corridor was very long and it took almost an hour to see the end. The scene in front of me made people feel cold.

At the end of the corridor is a completely enclosed stone chamber, still round in shape. The structure of the stone chamber is similar to the walls outside, both of which are naturally grown, without any traces of polishing.

The light they had just seen at the other end of the corridor was the light emitted by the golden room.

In the middle of the stone chamber stood a coffin, and in front of the coffin stood a one-meter-tall statue. The weathered statue was so worn that it was almost difficult to discern the delicate patterns, but the smile carved on the face was still vivid, so bright, yet terrifying!

The statue is surrounded by four beast-shaped statues with wide-open eyes. Compared with the one in the middle, the beast-shaped statues on the surrounding areas are much shorter, but the patterns on them are much clearer.

Inside the stone chamber, apart from the coffin and the statues, the rest were densely packed human bones, scattered everywhere in a disorderly and chaotic manner, and even could not be pieced together to form a complete corpse.

Seeing such a scene, even Jiang Lige, who was a brave person, was frightened. At this moment, Ning Yunxiao gently held her hand.

Probably due to years of martial arts training, Ning Yunxiao's fingertips still had some calluses, which did not hurt but instead gave people an inexplicable sense of security, and also helped Jiang Lige's wandering heart find a home.

On the other side, Zheng Baoyao was so frightened that she forgot all about the etiquette in the boudoir. She screamed and threw herself into the arms of Deng Sijiu, who was closest to her.

Xiaoya's legs went weak and she fell to the ground.

Ning Yunxiao was the first to speak. After carefully observing the stone chamber, he speculated, "It seems we have entered the tomb of some senior."

Deng Sijiu tried his best to suppress his chattering teeth and maintain his dignity. "These...are these people buried alive?"

"Most likely tomb robbers." Protected by Ning Yunxiao, Jiang Lige gradually calmed down. Pointing at the scattered bones, he explained, "If they were buried alive, there's no reason they would be treated so badly. There must be a mechanism in the stone chamber. Once it's triggered, we'll end up like them."

Ning Yunxiao nodded in agreement. Before he could say anything, Deng Sijiu pointed behind the coffin and asked, "Is that the exit?"

Looking in the direction of Deng Sijiu's finger, everyone discovered an inconspicuous exit.

It is called an exit, but it looks more like a dog hole. However, it is the only passage in the stone chamber.