But this time it seemed to be a different tomb chamber. Old Ji couldn't help touching his own body. It was his first time having this kind of experience. Surveying the surroundings, he immediately recognized it belonged to a yin dwelling.

The furnishings and objects couldn't escape his eyes, "Pankou pots, double-handled jars... There's really a lot of porcelain."

Besides porcelain, there were also a large number of human figurines. "Stone figurines... Mm, this is the tomb owner, and there are twelve zodiac animal figurines..." Old Ji couldn't help walking to the side of the figurines to take a careful look.

Tan Xiao also saw that the twelve zodiac animal figurines had clearly distinguishable animal types. This was naturally easy to say. But outside the zodiac animal figurines, there were two more human figurines with lifelike facial features. One looked up at the sky and one bowed to the ground. The one bowing was almost prostrating.

"What are they doing?" Mu Fei asked curiously. She also knew the human figurines in tombs all imitated roles in the living world and had their own jobs. She couldn't tell what these two were doing.

"These two, one is called the sky-gazing figurine and one the ground-listening figurine. We usually believe their function is to observe the movements of heaven and earth for the tomb owner, either astronomy and geography, or to seek good fortune and avoid bad luck. Some also believe they may be like listening for the movement of horses on the ground when marching to battle."

Old Ji squatted down to look at the ground-listening figurine, "Personally, I feel it's more like the former and has the effect of warding off evil. Maybe it's checking if there are ghosts and burglars that will harm itself..."

Halfway through his words, he saw the ground-listening figurine's eyes actually change from staring at the ground to looking at him askance!

The four eyes met. Old Ji cried out in surprise and retreated several steps. Taking a closer look, the ground-listening figurine's eyes had returned to normal.

"Could it be my eyes playing tricks?" Old Ji looked at the others. Everyone had been attracted by his startled cry, "I felt it... glanced at me."

"Since we're in a yin dwelling, it definitely can't be your eyes playing tricks." Mu Fei said leisurely, "This place has outstanding people and a blessed location. More than one has developed consciousness."

It's just that this ground-listening figurine was probably not as advanced as that Tang Sancai tomb-guarding beast and could only roll its eyes for now. Hearing this, Tan Xiao's heart stirred, feeling there might be something to work with.

"So, where is that tomb-guarding beast?"

"Last time when I came down, it appeared right away. Maybe seeing so many of us, it hid." Tan Xiao looked around, "Let's go, search the other tomb chambers."

There were many human figurines in this tomb. Wandering to the other tomb chambers, they saw the Four Sacred Beast figurines.

The so-called Four Sacred Beast figurines were the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise. The forms of these four sacred beast figurines had always varied. Some were completely animal forms, some had animal heads and human bodies, and some were like the ones before their eyes, a combination of sacred beasts and standing warrior figurines.

The Azure Dragon and White Tiger were crouched on the shoulders of the human figurines, the Black Tortoise was intertwined on the body of the figurine, and the Vermilion Bird was being held by the warrior figurine.

Because of Old Ji's words, everyone paid more attention when looking at these figurines. Tan Xiao even laughed a little when he saw the Vermilion Bird figurine. The Vermilion Bird and the Phoenix have similar forms, but they are not actually from the same clan.

However, under everyone's gaze, the bird head of the Vermilion Bird figurine actually moved slightly, with its head shifting in a small range under the warrior figurine's hand.

Because it only had a little spiritual awareness, the movement of the stone was stiff. Everyone looked at it for a while before reacting, "Hahaha, it's asking to be petted."

Kong Xuan laughed especially mockingly: "Vermilion Bird, hahahaha!"

Tan Xiao: "..."

You...

Forget it.

Tan Xiao suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if someone was secretly observing him. He looked back and saw only rows of human figurines. However, in Tan Xiao's words, if there was an unusual feeling here, it must be something strange.

"Is it you?" Tan Xiao was just suspecting it was the Tang Sancai, when he heard the Four Divine Beasts figurines suddenly make a sound in unison, murmuring in human voices, overlapping in a surround-sound manner:

"Thousands of horses and cattle, a hundred people to recruit, thieves are coming, a hundred people to behead them--"

Not only the tomb-guarding beasts, but the figurines in this tomb also had different names, but most of them were used to guard the tomb. As the chanting sounded, black qi rose from the surrounding walls, entangling into human forms, a hundred people in total, riding horses and wielding swords, leaping down with thousands of strands of black qi!

"Kill!" The pitch-black mouths opened and let out a hoarse voice.

"Nobody move!!" Xiong Hui was complaining that he didn't get to show off enough last time, and was afraid that Kong Xuan would use the Five-Colored Divine Light to wipe them out in a flash. He stretched out his body, revealing all nine heads, and his huge body surrounded the group, opening his mouths to bite.

The black qi was torn apart under their mouths and tried to condense together again, determined to protect the tomb to the death.

"..." Tan Xiao looked at the terrifying scene of the nine-headed snake dancing wildly, and suddenly said in a bit of a daze, "We really do look a bit like those unscrupulous evil ways. The other side seems so passionate."

Everyone: "..."

Tan Xiao didn't feel it last time, but this time he really felt that his own side also seemed quite evil.

Kong Xuan snorted and said leisurely, "That's how Yin creatures are." The schadenfreude in his tone made it hard not to suspect that he deliberately gave Xiong Hui the opportunity to act.

That makes sense. If it was Kong Xuan who acted, with that light, who wouldn't say he was righteous.

Xiong Hui also heard it. He had deliberately wanted to show off his ferocity, but he didn't expect to overdo it. He was a bit ashamed and angry, and with one gulp, he sucked all the hundred riders into his mouth. His body could be seen struggling left and right, as if there was something living running around inside, and his body swayed with it, hitting the stone walls and making a dull sound.

"Oh no, be careful!" Old Ji shouted, not telling Xiong Hui to be careful, but telling it not to damage the things here.

"Hiss hiss hiss!" Xiong Hui closed his eyes to digest, and when he opened his mouth again, he spat out a stone tablet filled with cinnabar and spells, which was the true form of those knights.

Tan Xiao felt the peeping intention again. This time, he used the Taiyin slingshot to shoot back, using Mu Zhenzhu.

"Clang!"

With a crisp sound, Tan Xiao looked back. Mu Zhenzhu automatically located and hit an object, which fell down and couldn't move its body, relying on a few small snakes under its feet to drag it and squirm.

Tan Xiao looked at it and thought it was a close call. He had shot Mu Zhenzhu, which had its own sense of measure, and didn't damage it.

"What's this?" Kong Xuan used his foot to poke it and turn it over to look at the front, disdainfully saying, "Why are there only things with slow reactions in this tomb."

The other party looked at them with grief and indignation: "You guys!"

"The tomb-guarding beast Tang Sancai? The glaze color is really beautiful!" Old Ji's eyes lit up. He wanted to go forward, but was hindered by the other party's strangeness and could only look from afar to appraise it.

"How come they can all talk now, and can't move. Can tomb-guarding beasts also have strokes?" Mu Fei asked curiously.

"That shouldn't be. Last time it was quite agile, shouting and killing." As Tan Xiao was talking, he suddenly found that the tomb-guarding beast was staring at him intently, "...Ah."

Tan Xiao suddenly remembered, "It seems that I put a shackle on it last time, and didn't release it when I left."

Everyone: "..."

Xiong Hui couldn't help but laugh, "We were also shackled back then!"

For some reason, the tone was a bit proud.

The tomb-guarding beast closed its eyes, feeling ashamed and resentful.

Seeing this shaman return with a large group of people, one of whom even had professional tools like shovels in his hands, it became more certain that they had ill intentions: "I knew you wanted to steal the treasure, and you still said something about archaeology..."

It glanced at Xiong Hui, "You are clearly born to guard tombs like me, yet you assist the wicked. Although I am shackled, I will never submit to burglars like you."

Hearing this, Tan Xiao looked at Old Ji suspiciously, "This place shouldn't have been robbed before, right?"

Old Ji had already observed this tomb quite thoroughly, "No."

"Then it knows quite a lot. Did it neglect its duty and go out for a stroll?" Tan Xiao remembered that last time it also mentioned something about Tang tombs, and today it mentioned even more, which didn't seem like something it could know from its era. Just like Xiong Hui, when it first emerged, it didn't understand English.

Upon hearing this, Xiong Hui cursed and said, "You wish. What's your status compared to us who emerged from the Chu emperor's tomb? A mere Tang Sancai also wants to serve the Spirit Master? The Spirit Master wouldn't find you when he was alive, and wouldn't use you to guard his tomb after his death."

Tan Xiao: "..."

Xiong Hui was so angry that he opened his mouth wide, wanting to wrap this shameless fellow into his stomach and teach it a lesson.

The fangs had already fallen on the tomb-guarding beast's head. The tomb-guarding beast couldn't move and could only watch helplessly as the snake's mouth fell, not knowing what fate awaited it, certainly something vicious.

At this moment, the group of burglars shouted in unison for some reason, "Xiong Hui!"

Among them, an old man's tone was especially anxious - it mustn't damage its condition!

Xiong Hui's movement paused. It couldn't bite down, and its tongue slid over the head of the Tang Sancai. It closed its mouth in embarrassment.

The tomb-guarding beast, with a head full of saliva: "?!"

It fainted from anger. What kind of pervert is this!