274 Nine Dies, One Lives, Ten Dies, None Lives (2/2)
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A few Hidden Soul Guild members went out onto a street in a hurry and found a diviner who had set up his stall there. Without any hesitation, they brought out a bag of money and slammed it on the counter.
”I have a question.”
”If you are searching for your eight words, your fate with fortune, a person, or seeking the secrets of the universe, I can help you. Do tell me your request.”
The diviner grinned and grabbed the money bag. He watched the three people with an amicable gaze. ”My divinations are accurate. As long as it is within the five magnetic forces[1], I will have no problem in figuring it out.”
”Oh? That's perfect.” The members of Hidden Soul Guild looked at each other. Then, one person said, ”Master, do you know of the royal mausoleum?”
”Royal mausoleum? There are plenty of royal mausoleums. There are plenty of emperors and princes who share different names from the royal family. All of them have built royal mausoleums. Could you tell me the details? Which one are you referring to?”
The diviner stroked his graying beard.
The player cast the area around him a wary glance. Then, he leaned over and whispered into the diviner's ears.
The diviner's expression changed swiftly, and he stared at the trio in front of him incredulously.
”Yan Dynasty's royal mausoleum? You actually found the royal mausoleum of the former dynasty, Yan Dynasty?”
Countless people immediately turned their eyes onto them.
Dynasties and royal mausoleums were shocking words. Naturally, it caused the imaginations of many players in the area to run wild, and they quickly surrounded the stall.
'This damn old man!'
Even though they knew that diviners were not people who could protect secrets, the trio from Hidden Soul Guild still felt gloomy, as if they had been set up by the diviner. Hence, they decided to just admit it. ”That's right, it's Yan Dynasty's royal mausoleum. We want to know how we can get out.”
”This is…” The diviner put on a troubled look.
The three people from Hidden Soul Guild clearly knew the trade. They just brought out another bag of money.
The diviner said nothing.
They gave him another bag of money!
The diviner grinned and put away the three money bags into his bosom. This action finally made the trio from Hidden Soul Guild release a sigh of relief.
In truth, they were very worried that three money bags would not be enough to buy the service from the diviner.
The diviner brought out a turtle shell and coin used for divination. He shook them and made them make clear sounds. Then, they fell on the Eight Trigrams diagram.
He frowned.
Then, right under countless players' attentive gazes, he said slowly, ”Nine dies, one lives, one mercy. Hmm… Living Door opens once every twenty-four hours. It is not acceptable to leave at this time… This means that within twenty-four hours, you must find the exit, or else, Living Door will close, and all will die.”
The expressions of the members of Hidden Soul Guild changed swiftly. They quickly sent a messenger pigeon with the divination's results into the royal mausoleum.
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Hidden Soul Guild's boss crushed the paper while feeling speechless!
”Damn it! We actually ran into this sort of quest that guarantees certain death?!”
Once the guess was proved to be right, the people in the main hall went wild.
”What the heck?!”
”If we sit around, we're just going to die! Let's just slaughter our way inside!”
”That's right!”
”Those from the four sects are still inside. They definitely know more than we do!”
”Let's go! Come on, we have to go!”
Once some of the people stirred up the others' motivation and the decision makers agreed to their suggestion tacitly, many people stood up, and the three sects formed groups to surge into the tunnel with a mighty momentum.
Very soon, the main hall in the royal mausoleum became completely empty.