What to do if you receive the wrong package?

Chapter 134 Adults Never Make Choices

"Open sesame?"

"Balala Energy?"

"Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger, Pagoda suppresses the River Demon?"

Su Huaiqi's words became increasingly outrageous and lacked conviction. Her voice grew so soft that even she could barely hear it. In the end, she had no choice but to shut up.

Professional tasks should be left to professionals.

After all, she, like a blind cat, had just stumbled upon a dead mouse; she should be content.

Su Huaiqi silently took a few steps back, intending to give her place to the seniors who were observing intently. Unexpectedly, the little black snake on her shoulder became unhappy and hissed at her.

"What, you can understand it?" Su Huaiqi turned his head, lifted the small black snake on his shoulder, placed it on the pillar, and joked with it, "If you really can understand it, then tell us what to do next?"

To her surprise, the little black snake looked up at her, then twisted its body and crawled away along the symbol.

That's outrageous! She actually saw disgust in a snake's eyes!

If you're so capable, try pronouncing an English word and see if you know what "submission" means!

Su Huaiqi retreated somewhat angrily to Yu Zechuan's side, watching the others continue to explore and investigate in front of the pillar.

Seeing that the group had been studying it for a long time without coming up with anything, Mu Qing impatiently called out, "A-Rang, Kang-Nian, are you guys even capable?"

"If you're so good, then you do it." Xuan Zhang retorted without even turning his head when he heard Mu Qing's urging.

"I'll do it then." Mu Qing hung the scimitar back at his waist, squeezed between Xuan Zhang and Chen Kangnian, and reached out to roll up his sleeves to touch the engravings of characters on the pillar.

"What's the use of just touching?" Xuan Zhang scoffed at Mu Qing's actions.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the marks that Mu Qing had touched began to glow faintly, and then the marks on the pillar lit up one by one.

The moment the stone pillar lit up, the snakes that had been swaying around stirred again and surprisingly retreated and dispersed in an orderly fashion.

"Aqing, what did you just do?" Chen Kangnian was shocked by the scene before him and looked at Mu Qing with a surprised expression.

Mu Qing hadn't expected this situation. He rarely looked so bewildered, and shook his head slightly. "I don't know either..."

"Haha, Aqing, your luck has turned around! You've gone from being a jinx to hitting the jackpot!" Xuanzhang found their conversation amusing and couldn't help but laugh out loud, but he still couldn't resist teasing Mu Qing.

"It shouldn't be me... Fei Ran, did you and A Rang do something?" Mu Qing frowned slightly. The scene in front of him was too strange, so he asked someone else.

"It wasn't us, neither of us touched anything."

When asked, Lin Feiran and Gongsun Rang exchanged a glance and shook their heads in denial.

Mu Qing then turned her attention to the younger generation behind her.

Bai Heming, Li Hengzhi, and Yu Zechuan were responsible for guarding the surrounding area and did not approach the stone pillar, so it is unlikely that it was them.

Su Huaiqi felt Mu Qing's gaze lingering on her, so she quickly raised her hands in a gesture of surrender, shook her head, and said rapidly, "It wasn't me, I didn't do anything."

Mu Qing looked at Su Huaiqi with some suspicion, and suddenly noticed that the little black snake on her shoulder was gone.

Where is your pet?

"Pet? You mean Blackie? It..." Su Huaiqi realized why Mu Qing asked that question halfway through her sentence and quickly pointed to the stone pillar, saying, "Blackie just climbed away along the stone pillar by itself."

Upon hearing Su Huaiqi's answer, everyone turned their attention to the stone pillar, diligently searching for traces of the little black snake.

Su Huaiqi walked back to the stone pillar and called softly, "Blackie, Blackie, come back quickly."

Before the little black snake appeared, the stone pillar changed. The head of the giant python statue coiled around the pillar turned 180 degrees, from the dark side to the light side.

"Huh, this 'giant python' is actually a one-eyed dragon?" Xuan Zhang suddenly exclaimed as he examined the head of the giant python, which had turned around.

Curious about what Xuan Zhang said, everyone went over to observe, and even Bai Heming and the others who were on guard came to join in the fun.

However, when Bai Heming saw the statue's "empty" left eye, a sudden inspiration flashed in his mind. He quickly took out a handkerchief from his pocket, held the thing wrapped in the handkerchief in his hand, hesitated for less than a second, and then stuffed it into the statue's left eye.

The glowing fluorite that Bai Heming stuffed into the statue's left eye was the one he had accidentally picked up last time.

The fluorite fits perfectly with the hollow in the left eye, making it seem as if the fluorite was originally meant to be there.

However, after Bai Heming filled the statue with fluorite, the statue did not change at all, and even the glowing marks returned to their original state.

"Why is it quiet again?" Su Huaiqi looked at the statue and suddenly wondered if it was broken.

"No, look at your feet." Gongsun Rang's words were a wake-up call.

Everyone looked down and saw that a faint light had appeared on the ground sometime earlier. This light started from the head of the statue and stretched along the direction of the snake's head into the dim area behind it.

Just then, the little black snake that had disappeared slowly crawled from the statue to the snake's head and hissed at the light on the ground.

“We saw it, we saw it a long time ago.” Su Huaiqi put the little black snake back on her left shoulder and waited for the others to make arrangements for the next step.

"Shall we go take a look?" Mu Qing asked.

"Let's go take a look." Chen Kangnian looked at everyone, nodded, and agreed.

Bai Heming and Li Hengzhi took the lead as always, lighting their tinderboxes to faintly illuminate the darkness ahead.

After walking about ten steps, a somewhat "familiar" stone door appeared before them, but it was tightly closed and could not be recognized without careful observation.

"Girl, ask your pet if we can go through the stone gate this time?" Mu Qing turned to look at Su Huaiqi.

Su Huaiqi looked at the little black snake that seemed a bit tired, perched on his shoulder. Seeing that it wasn't blocking him like before, he nodded and said, "It should be okay to go in. Blackie didn't react much."

Upon hearing Su Huaiqi's reply, Bai Heming walked to the stone gate first. The stone gate had no decorations or handles. He glanced at it briefly, reached out and pushed, but it wouldn't budge.

Seeing Bai Heming's actions, Li Hengzhi walked to his side and together with Bai Heming stretched out their hands to push against the stone door. The two of them exerted their strength to push, but the stone door still did not budge.

Bai Heming frowned slightly and exchanged a helpless glance with Li Hengzhi. The two of them exerted their efforts again in unison, but still to no avail.

Seeing that the two juniors had tried several times without success, Chen Kangnian suggested, "Check the surroundings for any traps or mechanisms."

Upon hearing this, Su Huaiqi eagerly stepped forward with a tinderbox to help light the way. Bai Heming used the light to remove the dead branches and leaves around the stone gate. After carefully inspecting the area, he discovered a dent in the wall to the right of the stone gate.

"Look, could this mark be related to the stone gate?" Bai Heming wanted to discuss it with Su Huaiqi and the others, but as soon as he finished speaking, he found that Su Huaiqi had turned around and run away with a tinderbox.

Bai Heming looked at Li Hengzhi with some surprise when his vision suddenly darkened, seemingly not quite understanding what had just happened.

The reason why Su Huaiqi ran away is very simple.

The moment she saw the marks, an idea instantly popped into her mind.

So she decided to verify it.

Su Huaiqi ran to the stone pillar with a tinderbox in hand. Looking at the "snake eye" that Bai Heming had just put back on the "snake head" of the statue, he unceremoniously pried off the fluorite again.

Immediately afterwards, Su Huaiqi pulled out a silver hairpin from her hair and, with the help of the hairpin, pried off another fluorite that was originally intact.

Adults don't make choices; of course they want both.

After removing the fluorite, Su Huaiqi turned back to Bai Heming's side, gave Bai Heming a slightly embarrassed smile, and then placed one of the fluorites on the engraving under everyone's gaze.

However, nothing happened.

Su Huaiqi felt a little embarrassed. Could it be that her guess was wrong?

Just as she was debating whether to bring the fluorite back, the little black snake on her shoulder somehow climbed up the wall, then swung its tail and lashed out at the fluorite, pulling it right into the center of the engraving.

Then a creaking sound was heard, and the stone door opened a crack automatically from the outside in.

Li Hengzhi took the tinderbox from Su Huaiqi and slowly pushed open the stone door. Before he even stepped inside, he could smell the damp scent of earth.

In the dim light of the fire, behind the stone gate was another relatively narrow passageway, where two people standing side by side felt a bit cramped.

The group entered the stone gate one by one. Gongsun Rang was the last to enter. Before he could take a few steps, he heard a loud "bang" and the stone gate closed again.

In places unseen by them, the statues on the stone pillars in the empty space have also returned to their original state.

Su Huaiqi followed behind Chen Kangnian, walking quietly, wondering to himself where this road would lead.

Could it be that the sealed formation they're looking for is at the end of the road?

The passageway was winding, the walls around it looked wet, and the sound of dripping water could be heard from time to time.

"Slow down and stay alert," Chen Kangnian said, standing in the middle of the group.

The others nodded, gripped their weapons, and began to move forward in the dark passage. The temperature inside the passage was quite low, and a damp, cold wind would occasionally blow through.

Su Huaiqi hunched his shoulders and leaned close behind Yu Zechuan, whispering, "Yu, how long have we been here?"

Yu Zechuan thought for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "It's probably been more than two hours?"

Su Huaiqi nodded, but before he could say anything, he heard a loud bang and felt a violent shaking.

She quickly grabbed the wall for support to keep from falling, but the rock dust above her head was falling down with a crackling sound.

A wave of panic washed over her, and without thinking, she screamed at the top of her lungs:

"Earthquake! It's an earthquake! Run!"