The Tang Sect once flourished, especially during Tang San's era when it surpassed the Haotian Sect to become the number one Sect in the world.
Afterward, with the assistance of the Heaven Dou Empire, it continuously grew stronger, and the mausoleum it built was naturally extraordinary.
This mausoleum was built like a palace, extremely grand and vast.
Inside, thousands of stone coffins were densely arranged, all belonging to the Tang Sect's ancestors.
Furthermore, ordinary Disciples certainly wouldn't have been qualified to be buried here; only those with a certain level of Cultivation and status could be interred, otherwise, the number would undoubtedly be much larger.
After all, that was a Sect with a Legacy of ten thousand years, and it was once the number one Sect in the world; the number of Disciples in the same period would have been at least in the thousands, or even tens of thousands.
One must know that during the Douluo Dalu 1 era, the population of the four great Families alone was considerable.
First, he determined his position, then went to a corner and lit the candles he had specifically bought.
"I hope for a good harvest!"
Muttering to himself, Tian Hao, carrying the heavy refined iron shield, took out the two-meter-long crowbar, squatted down, hid behind the shield, and pried open the lid of a nearby stone coffin.
The moment it was pried open, hundreds of fine refined iron needles shot out in all directions from the gap.
"Ding, ding, ding..."
A series of metallic clanging sounds echoed, and over a dozen fine refined iron needles embedded themselves in the shield, clearly a anti-theft mechanism set up by the stone coffin itself.
"It's a good thing I was cautious enough!"
Looking at the fine refined iron needles on the shield, which had an unusual color, Tian Hao felt fortunate for his caution, then, holding the two-meter-long crowbar, he pushed open the heavy coffin lid.
He walked over and saw a skeleton inside.
After prodding it with the crowbar and finding nothing of value, he turned to the adjacent stone coffin.
He continued opening blind boxes and excavating in this manner; although most contained nothing of value, the sheer number meant there were still some items, especially those storage Soul Tools.
Some people's storage Soul Tools were buried with them, and the Soul Tools would contain some preserved items.
Due to the airtightness of Soul Tools, the contents inside could be perfectly preserved, even after ten thousand years, with little impact.
"Dugu Bo!"
He looked at the name Dugu Bo on the plaque in front of the stone coffin, then opened the stone coffin, revealing a bizarre mummified corpse with faintly green skin.
For the skin to be like this, it must undoubtedly be Dugu Bo.
And in the abdomen of the mummified corpse, a faint emerald green glow was visible.
He used the crowbar to push aside the clothes on the abdomen, then used a long sword to cut it open, revealing an emerald green bead.
"Dugu Bo's poison pill?"
Looking at the emerald green bead, Tian Hao thought of the poison pill Dugu Bo gave Tang San in the Douluo Dalu 1 era.
It was condensed from his Martial Soul, considered a type of Soul Core.
Then, his gaze shifted to a delicate and small leather pouch inside the coffin.
His heart stirred, and he picked it up with the crowbar.
He tried it with Soul Power and found it was a storage Soul Tool, containing several fragments emitting powerful Soul Power fluctuations.
He took out the fragments, examined them carefully, and formed a guess.
"ruyi treasure sack, are these fragments of Dugu Bo's head Soul Bone? Is this world the anime version?"
There's nothing to say about the ruyi treasure sack; it originally belonged to Dugu Bo.
After Tang San became a god, the ruyi treasure sack was no longer of much use to him.
Coupled with Dugu Bo's help and contributions to the Tang Sect, it was normal for the ruyi treasure sack to be buried with him.
However, these head Soul Bone fragments made him think of a plot point in the Douluo anime.
In that version, Dugu Bo shone brightly, over-activating his Soul Bone skill to petrify all the undead summoned by Bibi Dong, and eventually, his Soul Bone couldn't withstand it and shattered.
A shattered Soul Bone naturally couldn't be refined, losing its value for Legacy.
It was normal for it to be placed in the coffin as a burial item.
And Soul Bones are different from Soul Rings.
Soul Rings are simply the concentrated Origin power of a Soul Beast, while Soul Bones are Soul Cores fused with Qi and blood power, condensed with bones as the Foundation.
They have a physical basis and can last forever, even if shattered.
"I wonder if the Spirit Eye Rune can be integrated into it."
Thinking of the Spirit Eye Rune he had condensed earlier, Tian Hao had a good idea.
He decisively summoned the Spirit Eye Rune sealed in his Dantian, gathered and pieced together the Soul Bone fragments, and then attempted to integrate the Spirit Eye Rune.
The skill of this head Soul Bone was Medusa's Petrification Demonic Eye, which acts on the eyes, and it was also a head Soul Bone that increased Mental Energy.
It should have some compatibility with the Spirit Eye Rune.
Indeed, this was the case.
Although the Spirit Eye Rune did not perfectly fuse with the Soul Bone, it had initially integrated into it.
Seeing that there was indeed compatibility, Tian Hao redououbled his efforts.
Using this Fusion, he injected his Soul Power into the Soul Bone, stimulating the residual Origin power within to shape a compatible bone inscription, which finally evolved into a runic structure compatible with himself.
During this period, Tian Hao even made the Spirit Eye Rune the core of the Soul Bone's runic structure, so the evolution took a bit longer, but it ultimately succeeded.
However, it only evolved into an Origin Rune, and the Soul Bone was still not repaired.
"I wonder if I can use the Origin of a Medusa to repair this Soul Bone."
Looking at the cracks on the Soul Bone, Tian Hao had an idea.
A shattered Soul Bone is not beyond repair.
Tang San's head Soul Bone shattered and then fused with the Vast Sea Universe Cover to form a new head Soul Bone, and the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone also shattered.
He didn't have a Divine Artifact like the Vast Sea Universe Cover, but he could find Origin power similar to the Soul Bone, which might be able to repair it.
At least he could try.
Calming his thoughts, after opening all the stone coffins, Tian Hao then tallied his gains.
He first took out all the items from the storage Soul Tools, throwing useless junk back into the coffins, and soon only a small pile remained.
There were gold Soul Coins, hidden weapons, Soul Tools, books, and so on.
He chose an unassuming storage Soul Tool for his own use, sorted and stored the other items, and finally looked through the books.
After consuming the Bodhi Leaf, his divinity Awakened, and he gained the ability to almost instantly memorize things, allowing for rapid recall.
Thus, by quickly flipping through, he gained no small harvest.
Those buried here were not simple in status or strength, and what they kept in their storage Soul Tools was naturally not simple either.
Most of what he found were notes recording Cultivation insights and experiences, and there were even partial descriptions of some of the Tang Sect's unique skills .
Although there were no complete Cultivation methods, they were still incredibly precious.
"Archaeology is indeed a very promising profession."
Tian Hao sighed in his heart, then, without lingering, he picked up the shield, which was covered in various hidden weapons, and left.
However, when he reached the section with the mechanism, he paused, looked at the footprints, and then took out a notebook and read it carefully.
"Is this the basic footwork of Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track?"
His gaze once again fell upon the seemingly scattered and disordered footprints.
He understood that these should be the basic footwork of Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, which also aligned with the Tang Sect's philosophy for anti-theft in the mausoleum.
After all, anti-theft was only for outsiders, not for insiders.
Tang Sect Disciples who possessed Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track could pass through here.
After confirming that these footprints were the basic footwork, Tian Hao decisively consumed his fate power to activate his Comprehension Ability boost, meticulously memorizing all these footprints without a single error.
The notebook he held contained Cultivation insights for Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but it wasn't the actual Cultivation method, nor did it include the basic footwork.
These footprints now perfectly filled that gap.
Once he was sure he had completely memorized them without any mistakes, Tian Hao then walked through this section, untied Big Yellow, who was tethered there, and acted as a 'poop-scooper' to clean up all traces before leaving.
He activated the mechanism to re-seal the passage, put away his armor, shield, and other items into his storage Soul Tool, and returned directly to Heaven Dou City with Big Yellow.