Chapter 71

"Ding—" The crisp ring of a bell exploded through the enclosed space, and the mercenaries immediately pivoted their weapons. Mu Feng seized the moment to dash deep into the secret passage, but at a corner, he collided with a skeleton draped in a burial suit of gold and jade. His pupils shrank as he saw the jade *zhang* clutched tightly in the skeleton’s hand—this was a funeral rite reserved for a feudal king of the Western Zhou Dynasty! His "Mystic Eyes" swept over the surface of the jade *zhang*. What appeared to be decorative thunder patterns were, in fact, micro-carved characters: "The Taigong Tally, hidden in the Nine Abysses; neither sage nor king shall ever behold it." Suddenly, the sound of clockwork emanated from the skeleton’s ribcage. Mu Feng retreated three steps in a blur, nine crossbow bolts grazing his hem and burying themselves in the stone wall.