The corridor of the ancient tomb was wet and cold. Only their footsteps sounded in the eerie silence. This type of environment felt weird and it was even worse when no one spoke.
It was pitch black in front of them so everyone quickly took out their Night Pearls. They used the light from the Night Pearls to find that there was a paved dirt ground and the surrounding walls were also made of dirt. There weren’t any bricks.
Was this the entrance to the tomb?
Sure enough, they walked for a while and found a stone door in front of them. There were strange totems painted on the door and two lanterns next to the stone door which were always lit. The light might be dim but the oil in it seemed as though it would burn forever. Once everyone approached, the wick started to sway gently and cast strange ghostly images on the surrounding walls, like two ghost fires floating in the darkness.
Ye Qi wasn’t afraid of these illusions and curiously asked, “This place is a centuries old underground tomb, right? Can the lamp oil burn for so long?”
Lu Jiuchuan wanted to go forward to take a look but Yu Hanjiang was worried. His brother had just been hurt and might not be able to avoid any traps. Thus, he reached out to stop his brother and went forward himself to check the two lights.
Yu Hanjiang observed carefully before saying, “The lamp oil added in here should be made of a special substance. It isn’t the same as other oil lamps we’ve seen.” He glanced at Xiao Lou as he spoke, as if waiting for Xiao Lou’s explanation.
Xiao Lou walked up to him and also observed it for a few seconds. “This is the ‘Eternal Flame Lamp’. It can burn for hundreds of years without being extinguished. Putting it in a tomb has another precept apart from lighting the tomb. For those who believe in Buddha, if they want to see liberation after death then they will use their body as a lampstand and their heart as a lamp burner. An additional precept is to add oil and they will be as wise as
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