Chapter 53: The Mystery of the Tomb

李豪二人相顾无言。
就算是傻子也能猜到，李雪此刻恐怕已经凶多吉少。
“不能再耽搁了。”黑衣人神情凝重的说。
失去了李雪，就等于失去了一个战斗力。想从鲁班墓中盗取鲁班尺，无疑又困难了几分。
“我们现在就进鲁班墓。”李豪自然没有异议。
```htmlBoth of them had no intention of searching for Li Xue, because even if they found Li Xue, they might only see a completely disfigured corpse.
There was no time to lose. Li Hao walked up to the door of Luban's Tomb, his big hands pressing against the heavy stone door, muscles bulging all over his body in an instant.```
"Open for me!"
From behind the stone door came a creaking sound that made one's teeth ache. The two heavy doors, made of stone and weighing thousands of pounds, slowly parted in the middle, revealing a narrow and endless tomb passage.
```html“Hu!” Li Hao wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked shoulder to shoulder with the black-clad figure into the equally dark tomb passage, completely unaware that a pair of eyes were silently watching him.```
```htmlThe tomb passage, like the tomb door, is built of bluestone, about five meters wide. There are fist-sized holes in the walls on both sides, with traces left by burning candles inside.
Approximately every five meters or so, there are scattered bone fragments on the floor of the tomb passage, some human, some animal.```
These things naturally didn't scare Li Hao. Whenever there was something blocking the way, no matter what kind of remains it was, he just kicked it away and got it over with.
The tomb passage was extremely quiet. Li Hao walked while silently calculating the time. He estimated that he had been walking for about two or three minutes. The tomb passage came to an end, and two large doors appeared ahead.
Unlike the stone gate at the entrance of the tomb passage, this tomb door is made of bronze and is five meters high. The door is covered with fierce ghosts with fangs and claws and terrifying faces. Each of these ghosts is lifelike and seems to be ready to crawl out of the bronze door at any moment.
The middle part of the door is quite strange. There are no engraved fierce ghosts, but a delicately carved image of a woman sitting in her boudoir, doing her hair in front of the mirror.
"I'll go open the door." Li Hao said without hesitation, walking up to the door and placing his hand on it, about to push it open with force?
Suddenly, he felt a chill emanating from the bronze tomb door, wrapping around his arm like a bone-maggot.
"Hiss~" Li Hao shook his arm, frowned, and prepared to push the door. The woman who had been facing the mirror and grooming suddenly turned her head, revealing a terrifying and eerie ghost face.
"This..." Li Hao instinctively took a few steps back, rubbed his eyes, and the woman, no! The female ghost on the door had turned back into the image of a woman applying makeup to the mirror.
The man in black walked forward, pressed his fingertips against the tomb door, and felt the cold aura. He said, "There is Yin Qi attached to this door."
"Yin Qi?"
The man in black did not explain what Yin Qi was, but said, "The Yin Qi in this tomb is about to overflow, even the Lu Ban ruler cannot suppress it."
“鲁班尺放在墓中是为了镇邪？”李豪问。
“怎么，你以为它是鲁班的陪葬？”
“呃……”李豪说不出话来。
“这座墓原本不叫鲁班墓，至于原本叫什么，已经无法考证了。我只知道鲁班尺在这墓中，就是为了镇压住墓中的阴邪之气。”黑衣人说。
The Lu Ban ruler is actually a tool used by ancient carpenters, similar to a modern tape measure. In addition to measuring markings, the ruler also has eight characters engraved on it: wealth, illness, separation, righteousness, official position, calamity, harm, and self. Therefore, in addition to measuring length, it can also be used to measure the auspiciousness of houses.
If you use a Lu Ban ruler to measure the layout of a Ghost House, it is definitely a haunted house.
The black-clothed man has been waiting outside the Lu Ban Grave for the people from the Ghost House. His task is to help them when they enter the tomb with the Lu Ban ruler. Although he has entered the tomb several times, he has never really entered the tomb chamber and doesn't know much about the Lu Ban Grave.
他只知道鲁班墓之所以叫鲁班墓，是因为有一把鲁班尺放在墓中，而不是墓中埋着鲁班。
至于鲁班尺镇压着什么东西，他不清楚。
但用膝盖想也知道，这墓中绝对十分凶险，进去恐怕就出不来了。
“你现在可以退出，我不会阻拦你。”黑衣人转身对李豪说道。
"Hmph! Even if I die today, I must get the Lu Ban ruler before I do." said Li Hao fiercely.
Not completing the Ghost Tower mission is the same as death. Even if we leave now, we can only survive for a period of time."
“很好。希望你不要后悔。”
黑衣人说罢，指尖一弹，两扇紧闭的青铜门猛然对着两人敞开，仿佛在欢迎下一波送死鬼到来。
门后依旧是伸手不见五指的漆黑墓道，李豪硬着头皮走进去，刚迈出一步，就感觉一阵阴风迎面吹来，吹得人心底都泛起一股寒意来。
“小心，这鬼雾阴风非常危险，一旦察觉到有人进入，每隔一段时间，这墓道就会生出许多鬼物来袭击。”黑衣人提醒道。
I'm going, this even has automatic refreshing!
Li Hao inwardly ridiculed, but didn't dare to delay on his feet. He made sufficient preparations, keeping a lookout for any attacking monsters, and ran quickly toward the tomb chamber. The black-clothed figures followed closely behind, swords and daggers in hand.
There was a deadly silence inside the tomb passage, and the sound of their footsteps sounded particularly clear as the two ran. They ran for about three or four hundred meters when the black-clothed man seemed to remember something, and his brow furrowed.
Something's off. Usually, ghosts would appear in the tomb path just a few steps away, but why is there nothing this time?
Li Hao also feels like things are going too smoothly. He and the person in black exchanged a glance, slowed their pace, and increased their vigilance as they continued forward.
After walking about another hundred meters, two bronze gates appeared again in front of them, and behind the gates was the tomb chamber of Lu Ban.
"Why hasn't a single monster appeared?" Li Hao asked in confusion.
The men in black were also puzzled. "I don't know, but the gloom here is much heavier than the last time we came. Usually, the heavier the gloom, the more ghosts are produced."
"Can't worry about too much." Li Hao knew there was something strange going on, but he had no choice, the Lu Ban ruler was within reach.
Li Hao pushed open the tomb door with his hand, and the sudden light made his eyes, which were used to the darkness, sting. He instinctively raised his hand to block his eyes, and when the discomfort faded, he dared to look inside the tomb chamber.
“马的！这是墓室？”李豪一脸的难以置信。
因为出现在他眼前的，根本不是什么铜棺重椁，而是一间古代女子闺房。
Looking closely, the layout of this room is exactly like the bedroom depicted on the bronze door, even the position of the bronze mirror is identical. The only difference is that there is a huge bronze square box on the dressing table, and there is no ghostly woman sitting in front of the mirror to comb her hair.
"Hmmm?" The black-clad man's face slightly darkened, also filled with doubts.
The red candles on the candlestick were still burning, and the more peaceful the tomb room became, the more uneasy it made people feel.
"Ruland ruler..." After saying these three words, even Li Hao was shocked. His voice was so dry and full of tension that he sounded like a different person.
The man in black pressed his lips together and did not speak, only tightening his grip on the sword in his hand.
"Li Hao." A weak voice came from the dark tomb passageway.
"Who?" Li Hao quickly turned to look.
"Yes, it's me."
The sound of footsteps drew closer and closer, and a woman stumbled towards the tomb, her disheveled hair revealing a pale, bloodless face.
"Li, Li Xue?"