Chapter 2267: The Altar in the Secret Chamber

Once the tremor stopped, no more sand or stones fell from above.

Gu Zhiqi looked at Su Yunling, whose clothes were covered in dust, blinked, and then raised a hand to pat him down.

Tang Yichen stood next to them, watching their interaction, clicked his tongue silently, and went off to pat the dust off himself.

Once the three of them had patted off most of the dust, they stepped into the secret chamber.

Behind the stone door was a very large chamber, its walls were uneven and irregular, some parts were very narrow, while others were quite wide.

The three of them walked around the chamber and saw quite a bit of gold and silver jewelry; as for other things, they hadn’t seen them yet.

However, the chamber wasn’t completely explored yet.

This chamber was indeed large, not like the maze they had walked through earlier, but it had many pathways connecting several rooms.

Moreover, there were traces that someone had lived here.

Continuing forward, they came upon a table, and Gu Zhiqi walked over to take a look.

On the table were several journals and many blueprints.

Gu Zhiqi picked up the blueprints and journals on the table and looked down at them.

The journal was about the crafting of puppets, and the blueprints included drawings of animals, plants, and human anatomy.

It looked like they were researching methods to craft these into puppets.

After flipping through everything on the table, she eventually found a prescription for Puppet Pill. She had seen this prescription before; it was the same formula Mo Qingsnow used while trying to control the Medical Alliance.

When taking down Angel’s group, they hadn’t been able to find those researching the Puppetry Technique. It turned out they were hiding in the Feng Family.

After going through everything on the table and confirming there was nothing left to see, Gu Zhiqi and her companions began exploring the chamber again.

Along the way, they saw many other things: several crates of Puppet Pill, heaps of human bones stacked like small mountains, and a few corpses used for experiments.

Then the three arrived at the innermost part of the chamber.

It was separated by a mechanism door, and they didn’t know what was inside yet.

Gu Zhiqi glanced at Su Yunling, and Su Yunling instantly understood, stepping forward to handle the mechanisms.

The mechanisms weren’t very difficult, and he quickly managed to open them.

It was apparent that this door was opened often; although the noise was loud, no sand or stones fell from above.

As the stone door opened, Gu Zhiqi and her companions saw the scene inside.

There was an altar, with a stone coffin placed in the center. Around the stone coffin stood several pillars engraved with charms.

The three of them walked slowly into the chamber. Tang Yichen glanced at the setup and asked in a low voice, "What is this?"

Gu Zhiqi: "An altar."

"An altar?" Tang Yichen repeated quietly, then asked, "What’s it used for?"

Although Tang Yichen had heard of altars, he wasn’t very clear on their purpose.

Listening to Tang Yichen’s question, Gu Zhiqi paused for a moment before explaining to him, "It’s used for rituals, typically dedicated to deities, but..."

"This altar being built here is clearly meant to be kept secret."

Without delving deeper into it, Gu Zhiqi couldn’t determine what the altar was meant to honor.

Tang Yichen listened and suddenly understood, "I see."

Gu Zhiqi stared at the altar for a few seconds, then turned back to look at the other two, saying, "You two stay here, I’ll go take a look."

Tang Yichen and Su Yunling nodded in understanding and stayed where they were.