The stone beside him whispered to Mr. Hui: "Second Master, this is still on the outskirts of the tomb, and there are already such corpse spirits lurking around. There may be more inside, perhaps even Third Grade ones..."
Stone’s expression showed a hint of dread.
Mr. Hui frowned deeply, then his eyes lit up and he said in a deep voice:
"No tomb without spirits. The more sinister it is, the more it indicates the tomb’s prestige, and the more treasures it holds inside."
Stone nodded and said no more.
This is how the tomb-raiding business works: the greater the reward, the higher the risk.
Similarly, the greater the risk, the richer the rewards might be.
They all understand the principle of seeking fortune amidst danger.
Afterwards, everyone prepared to set off.
Mo Hua continued to unravel the formation, intending to open the gate.
Mr. Hui still sat at the side, adjusting his breath.
He’s a veteran in this line; he knows that the things inside the tomb all exude eeriness and won’t become complacent just because the recent corpse spirit was only Second Grade.
Some of his Golden Core peers fell victim to some unknown Second Grade corpse poison, only to perish within the tomb.
Mr. Hui has heard quite a bit about such incidents.
Therefore, in the tomb, if injured, even if it’s a minor injury, one must be extremely cautious.
Mr. Hui meditated, regulating his injury.
Meanwhile, Mo Hua focused on breaking the formation.
Now that the corpse spirit has appeared, he didn’t want to delay longer, so after fumbling around for a bit, pretending, he broke the gate’s formation, opening it.
Beyond the gate, there was still a dark passage.
"This wretched tomb, it’s truly vast..." Mousie frowned and said, "Endless."
"Hurry up, stop complaining." Mr. Hui said.
He conducted an internal inspection for the last time, checked his injury, confirmed there were no issues, and also confirmed no "corpse poison" was contracted, then got up and said, "Let’s go."
The group proceeded deeper into the passage.
Mo Hua still held the compass, leading the way.
The group followed behind him.
Yet, because of the "corpse spirit" incident, not only Mr. Hui’s group but even the four in black robes became vigilant.
These corpse spirits are sinister, rotted and foul-smelling, yet silent and undetectable by Divine Sense, making them unpredictable and highly dangerous.
Thus, everyone was on high alert, with focus heightened to the maximum.
Especially Mr. Hui, as those two corpse spirits earlier had both targeted him, one clawing over his shoulder, and the other leaping onto his face, with its disgusting fangs biting down on his forehead.
Once bitten by a snake, one becomes ten times more cautious.
Consequently, Mr. Hui was particularly cautious.
Especially considering that those two corpse spirits might have been trailing them from behind for a long while, unnoticed by everyone...
Mr. Hui realized this and something struck his heart.
"No... not everyone was unaware..."
Mr. Hui turned his head to glance at Mo Hua, feeling alarmed: "This kid seemed to have noticed..."
"On the way earlier, he mentioned feeling something, clearly sensing something."
"Perhaps the perception wasn’t clear, but such vigilance towards danger is rare, especially in the tomb-raiding trade..."
Mr. Hui regarded Mo Hua with newfound respect.
"This is an outstanding prospect, can’t let him slip away, must keep him tightly under control, have him work for me."
Mr. Hui’s eyes gleamed with excitement, then he masked his expression, pretending nothing happened and remained on guard.
While Mr. Hui silently watched Mo Hua, Mo Hua was also quietly observing him.
There was something Mo Hua hadn’t mentioned.
In Mr. Hui’s mind, those two corpse spirits were targeting him.
But that was not the case.
Those corpse spirits were actually after Mo Hua.
Just like the nightmare he’d had in Solitary Mountain City, where many malformed vengeful spirits crawled out from the abyss, tearing and biting at him.
Those two corpse spirits were the same.
However, the corpse spirits were somewhat "dull", for while they knew where Mo Hua was, they somehow couldn’t distinguish exactly which one amidst the crowd he was.
Mo Hua left a part of his Divine Thought on Mr. Hui.
Those two corpse spirits mistook Mr. Hui for him and started clawing at his shoulder and leaping onto his face.