Chapter 527 - Trapped in the Stone Chamber (1/2)

At the mention of this incident, a rare ruthless look appeared in Zuo Qiuyu’s eyes.

“My master was truly superb in his medical skills although he was not an authoritative elder in the pavilion. Nevertheless, he was in no way less reputable than the rest in those days. However, those men had come together and plotted against my master! Somehow they had managed to escape although I tried many times to find the evidence against them. I never imagine my master’s body would be found here.”

At Zuo Qiuyu’s words, Lin Mengya could make out 70-80% of what happened.

Since the Chief Elder had taken her mother, who was the eldest princess, in as his disciple, Master Yuan, who had taken Zuo Qiuyu in as his disciple, was certainly outstanding in his medical skills too.

If she guessed correctly, Master Yuan was the candidate chosen by the Chief Elder to succeed him.

In an attempt to usurp the position of the Chief Elder, Nan Rui had to join hands with the others to plot against Master Yuan.

From this deduction, the Chief Elder and Master Yuan ought to have been here as a result of the selfish and evil ambition of Nan Rui and his accomplices.

“I believe that they are unable to come into the stone chamber. Otherwise, the Chief Elder and Master Yuan would not end up here. I would think that we should not act rashly and alert the enemy. Let’s get out of here first.”

Zuo Qiuyu nodded. Holding in his grief, he collected the remains of the Chief Elder and his master.

“Hush, it sounds like someone is coming from outside.”

Long Tianyu who had been on high alert suddenly blurted out a warning.

The four of them immediately stopped in their tracks when they indeed clearly heard the sound of hurried footsteps.

This was strange. Who would come here at this hour?

The footsteps sounded hurried and anxious, but they were gone all too soon.

Despite straining their ears to listen while staying close to the stone door, they failed to hear any more noises.

It was as if the people had disappeared all of a sudden. Could they be straining their ears to listen while staying close to the stone door, just like them?

Lin Mengya turned to look at Long Tianyu, perplexed, and realized that he had the same expression of puzzlement in his eyes.

It was so quiet that the sound of their breathing was almost audible. Nevertheless, there was still silence on the other side of the stone door.

It appeared that the two parties were having a competition to see which of them could endure for a longer time.

The stone door was like a barricade that separated the two spaces.

“Could you have made a mistake, Elder?”

Finally, a young man from the other side seemed to have lost his patience and broke his silence.

“That’s impossible! This place is out-of-bounds. Someone must have fallen in given that the oil lamps on the two sides had been lit up.”

It was the voice of Duanmu Yang!

Lin Mengya quickly exchanged looks with Long Tianyu. Yu An was carrying the Chief Elder’s remains was behind them. However, out of carelessness, he dropped a section of the leg bone onto the floor.

Instantly, a clear, crispy sound echoed throughout the quiet stone chamber.

Lin Mengya felt as if her heart had gone into her throat. She was sure the people outside had found out about them.

However, she did not hear the expected voices even after a moment.

Lin Mengya and Long Tianyu looked at each other, blinking their eyes at each other as a form of communication.

“Cough, cough, who’s there outside the door?”

Long Tianyu’s spoke with a suspicious tone. He was neither too loud nor too soft.

However, the silence continued and they could only make wild guesses of what was going on.

However, they did not hear any voices.

Testingly, Zuo Qiuyu cursed but still, there was no reaction from outside.

The four of them finally felt relieved. The structure of the stone chamber seemed to be rather special in that the people from outside were not able to hear any sound from within the chamber.

On the other hand, the people inside the chamber were able to hear clearly what was spoken outside.

This made things much easier for them.

The four of them finally relaxed. However, they decided to listen to what the people outside were saying.

They were still arguing over the point that the oil lamps had been lit despite not seeing any human beings around.

Lin Mengya could not help but feel puzzled. Were they not aware that there was a stone chamber here?

At this moment, the voice of the young man outside who spoke at first started speaking once again.

“Elder, could they have entered already?”

As she expected, Duanmu Yang and his company also knew about this stone chamber.

“How could that be? Even if it were that prince and princess who fall into here, they wouldn’t be able to open this door. Perhaps someone came down and forgot to extinguish the oil lamps. Let’s get out of here first. It would be disastrous if someone found out that there are other exits.”

It was the voice of Duanmu Yang speaking and they could tell that Duanmu Yang and his company had walked away.

At this moment, however, Lin Mengya was full of questions in her mind.

It appeared that Duanmu Yang was aware of this secret stone chamber. Otherwise, how could he be so certain that no one could enter the stone chamber?

As for the other exits—

“Quick, let’s get out of here!”

Immediately, Lin Mengya called for Long Tianyu and the rest to leave as she felt anxiety rising in her.

Fortunately, they were prepared. Zuo Qiuyu and Yu An carried a body each and jogged up the steps towards the exit at the top.

However, when they reached the stone door before they could open the door using the mechanism, the smell of burned wood diffused into the chamber through the stone door from outside.

As they expected, Duanmu Yang had been deliberately mystifying the matter!

Their real objective was to use another exit to trap whoever was in the stone chamber.

Needless to say, they knew that the other side of the stone door had been heavily ambushed.

On one hand, they had set fire on the other side of this exit. No matter which exit the people from inside used, they would be captured there and then.