Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 1378 - Passage Opens

Chentian had taken Goudan's place these days, sitting at the door the entire day, eating and sleeping there like a door god, just like Goudan.

Goudan relaxed once he saw that- he had considered this a test of sorts to Chentian, after all, and if he were serious about this task, he wouldn't mind recommending him to Lin Yi when he got back.

Chentian didn't even mention the injuries Goudan sustained after Gonggao and Jiaoqi called him- he wasn't a calculative person, but he knew that the things his boss wanted him to keep secret were of an extremely serious matter!

Other than driving Mengyao and Yushu around everyday and becoming their new bodyguard, nothing changed.

Jianwen, on the other hand, had learned of what Goudan did to Wudi as well, but he wasn't too scared- he had been in the shadows, and didn't fear Goudan coming for him. Although, it did piss him off when he knew who he was!

"Shit, this damned Er Goudan, he's actually Lin Yi's follower!" Jianwen said after hearing the news, his face as dark as ash, "This Lin Yi and that Song Lingshan bitch are really close, so this time it had to be that Lin Yi who reported it to her after he got the news from that Er Goudan!!"

"Master Wen, please calm down- killing a Jin Wudi isn't much. My biological experiments are at the later stage, and I'll be able to make the Hercules pill soon- normal people will be able to punch through armored cars and kick down UFO's!" The professor said faintly, "Plus, this time, other than the goal of getting money, aren't we also after messing with Lin Yi? Even if he's on good terms with Song Lingshan, Lingshan will not be able to protect him if all the evidence points to him! If she dares to push things, then we'll ruin her name as well, and with her gone, Songshan will be ours to milk!"

"Yes, you're right- how is that prototype?" Jianwen nodded.

"It's here, I'm making the final adjustments- the best plastic surgery master and hypnotist are trying their best as well, we'll be on schedule!" The professor said. His current status was equal to Jianwen- one could even say that he came here initially only to follow the Firewolves and do some experiments, helping Jianwen was only secondary!

But now he saw how much money Jianwen pulled for the Firewolves, and his position which was rising as well- each business was the type that got an amazing amount of profit, and this made the Firewolves' boss treat him with care. This meant that the professor was basically Jianwen's partner, and he had to listen to him.

"Very good!" He nodded, "We'll see how cocky Lin Yi still is after that!"

Lin Yi sneezed in the underground palace- this was the second day already, Old Hei and Xiaoke still hadn't found anything wrong with the pillar.

After meticulous investigation, it was pretty much confirmed that there was no mechanism in the pillar, and they were all the same on the surface.

"Damn it!" Xiaoke slammed her palm on the stone pillar, it was already her few hundredth time checking the pullar, and nothing worked!

A rumbling and crisp sound came after the smack.

"It's hollow?" Xiaoke paused.

Everyone other than Lin Yi turned to look at her, and all started doing the same thing, tapping on the pillars to realize they were all hollow, although the tune that came from the smack differed…

"So it's all empty. Is there a secret inside one of the pillars? Should we open one up?" Old Hei suggested.

"No!" Xiaoke frowned and pointed at the top, "The entire palace is supported by the pillars, breaking one would endanger us!"

"Then what do you mean to do?" Old Hei asked.

"Let me think about it…" Xiaoke patted the pillar in front of her and did the same to the next one. A look of joy flashed across her face- she had just thought of something!

"Everyone back off from the pillar!"

Old Hei, Lingshan, and Yutian followed her instructions and left.

Xiaoke tapped almost every pillar in the palace, sighing after hearing the sounds before she started tapping them in a different order. Everyone else just stared silently.

"What are you doing?" Elder Yu couldn't take it anymore- in his view, this girl was just running around.

"Don't interrupt her!" Lin Yi stopped him, "If my guess is right, this entire palace has seven pillars, each one of them represents a hidden mechanism- if she can figure out the connection between them, perhaps… It might be the melody on that stone wall…"

"Yes, you- the Sparrow girl's taps make musical notes, and while it isn't completely right, it matches the melody on the painting!" Lingshan had some knowledge of music, and made the connection.

Elder Yu nodded, although Old Hei's eyes were surprised- it seemed that this group was quite capable, the sparrow, as well.

The distance between the pillars were far, and even with Xiaoke's qinggong, it took half an hour to finish the music.

"Fuu…" After hitting the last note, Xiaoke breathed out. What the hell was with this design? If it were a graverobber with bad stamina, he would be panting to death… Although, a graverobber had to have good stamina in the first place!

"Careful!" Lin Yi called out all of a sudden- the entire palace was shaking!

Lin Yi's words came out because of the alert in the jade- he just said it subconsciously.

But it evidently didn't do much, as the ground started breaking beneath them, and in a manner of seconds, the entire ground split into two parts, rapidly collapsing toward the center.