Moreover, it wasn't just that. A wall of swords pressed down from above. The sword wall only rose slowly after it met the ground. Soon, the sharp swords on the ground and the sword wall above vanished as if they had never appeared.
However, the corpse of the old man with a goatee on the ground was already riddled with holes, which made Nangong Feiyan's face change.
If Ning Beichen hadn't pulled her back in time, she would probably have met the same fate as the old man with the goatee.
Not only Nangong Feiyan was afraid, but even Ning Beichen was somewhat fearful. If it were him, even with his cultivation as a Grandmaster, he wouldn't dare to say he could survive such a situation.
But soon Ning Beichen regained his composure. This wasn't the first time he had explored such ruins. Every ruin had its dangers. If he was afraid of everything, he might as well not cultivate.
Anyway, with his current wealth, he could live very well anywhere, marry a beautiful wife, and have a few children to tease him, living a life of boundless happiness.
But that wasn't the life Ning Beichen wanted.
There were billions of people in this world. If everyone chose mediocrity and only fought for a hundred years, what meaning would human life have?
This was also what his master had told him back then.
Others didn't have this opportunity, but he, Ning Beichen, did.
And now he was already at the Grandmaster realm. As long as he took one more step to reach the realm of oneness between man and nature, he could break through the shackles of human lifespan and live for hundreds of years. Only a fool would refuse such a prospect.
"Be careful, Junior Brother."
As Ning Beichen took a step towards the throne, Nangong Feiyan, scared, quickly grabbed him. The scene just now was still vivid in her mind. How could she watch Ning Beichen go to his death?
"Senior Sister, it's alright. Don't worry. Such mechanisms usually only have a one-time effect. It has already been activated, so there won't be a second time."
Ning Beichen said to her.
"R-really?"
Nangong Feiyan was half-believing.
"Yes, and besides, Senior Sister knows my strength. If there were any other mechanisms, I could dodge them."
Ning Beichen said.
"Then... Junior Brother, be careful. It's better not to get the Nine Palaces Strategy than to get yourself into trouble."
Nangong Feiyan said worriedly.
"Don't worry, I have it under control."
Ning Beichen patted her hand.
Under Nangong Feiyan's worried gaze, Ning Beichen stepped onto the stairs. This time, no sharp swords shot out from the ground, which slightly relieved Nangong Feiyan, but she was still very worried.
Ning Beichen, on the other hand, was not as worried. It wasn't that he was bold or ignorant, but because he had experience and knew that such mechanisms were usually one-time use.
Moreover, the ruins of the Annam royal family were not extraordinary places, and they would absolutely not have such super terrifying mechanisms.
As expected, Ning Beichen walked all the way to the side of the throne, and no mechanism appeared, proving that Ning Beichen was right. The mechanism had only a one-time effect.
"Senior Sister, there's no danger up here anymore. You should come up and take a look too."
Ning Beichen said to Nangong Feiyan.
Nangong Feiyan also walked up curiously and came to Ning Beichen's side. However, when she saw the throne, she was still startled.
"Is this throne made of jade?"
"Yes, jade."
Ning Beichen nodded.
A royal throne naturally wouldn't be made of stone, and Annam produced jade, so it was not lacking in jade. A jade throne was therefore not surprising.
"Junior Brother, do you want to take this throne away?"
Nangong Feiyan asked.
"Why would I take this thing?"
Ning Beichen found it a bit amusing.
Although the jade throne was worth a lot of money, Ning Beichen wasn't so poor that he would carry away someone's throne to sell.
Next, the two studied the jade throne for a while and carefully inspected the surroundings, but found nothing.
"Impossible! For such an important place, there's only a jade throne."
Ning Beichen murmured to himself.
Nangong Feiyan couldn't figure it out either. However, they had searched other places. Apart from the treasury, they hadn't found anything useful, let alone the Nine Palaces Strategy.
Ning Beichen was a bit disappointed. He glanced at the jade throne, then casually sat down on it, intending to rest.
The jade throne was cool, but it wasn't uncomfortable.
Ning Beichen leaned back against the throne, his hands resting on the armrests.
Two dragon heads were carved on the front of the armrests. Ning Beichen, bored, touched the dragon heads with his fingers, like playing with walnuts.
"Hmm, what's this?"
Ning Beichen's movement suddenly stopped because his hand touched something protruding inside the mouth of the dragon head on the armrest of the jade throne.
If Ning Beichen hadn't touched it, these two protruding things would have been invisible to the naked eye.
Ning Beichen pressed hard on the two protruding things inside the dragon's mouth with both hands.
With a click.
These two protruding things were pressed back in. It wasn't that they were pressed back, but that Ning Beichen had reset these two protruding parts.
A rumbling sound echoed.
As the rumbling sound continued, the throne Ning Beichen was sitting on moved sideways, revealing an entrance hidden beneath the throne.
Ning Beichen and Nangong Feiyan were overjoyed when they saw this entrance. They had tried to push the throne before, but it wouldn't budge. It turned out that it was moved by a mechanism.
Ning Beichen had inadvertently sat on the throne and happened to touch the mechanism in the dragon's mouth, accidentally activating it.
This entrance was hidden beneath the throne. It was obvious that it led to a royal secret chamber.
Ning Beichen became excited. He tested it and found no traps, then led the way.
The secret chamber was not large and could be seen at a glance. Inside, there was only a long jade table, and on the surface of the jade table, three jade boxes of different sizes were placed separately.
With excitement and caution, Ning Beichen opened the first jade box.
A rich medicinal aroma wafted out from the jade box. The two of them looked down and saw a well-formed ginseng root placed inside the jade box.
Sigh...
The two of them exhaled at the same time, greedily inhaling the medicinal fragrance emanating from the ginseng in the jade box.
"Junior Brother, this ginseng root is at least five hundred years old."
Nangong Feiyan said excitedly.
Ning Beichen also nodded. In his entire life, this was the first time he had seen ginseng of such an old age.
This age did not refer to the time of preservation, but to the years the ginseng had grown.
It was difficult for ginseng to form, and it required at least several hundred years. The ginseng root before them was not just formed, it was almost sentient.
However, at this moment, they saw that the medicinal properties of the ginseng in the jade box began to rapidly dissipate, and it even showed signs of weathering. Ning Beichen quickly closed the lid of the jade box.