Chapter 1387 — Elder Yu Goes Blind
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Wei Zhao was the first out of the library, and so the first to reach the next stone door. This was the last stone door in the corridor - at least, the last one within these hundred meters. Further on, along either side of the passage walls, there was nothing. Only the flashlight beam had its limits, so the situation ahead could not yet be made out clearly.
Even so, Wei Zhao did not rashly put out a hand to open the stone door, for before this last door the jade pendant at his chest gave off a faint, barely perceptible warning; and as he reached toward the door, that warning grew stronger by the moment.
So Wei Zhao simply did not touch it. He stood at the threshold and waited for Elder Yu to come up.
"Why aren't you going in?" Elder Yu was taken aback.
"Waiting for you - to spare that petty mind of yours the trouble of suspecting me of keeping something for myself." Wei Zhao said flatly.
"Hmph. You want to copy the medical practice notes, so you curry favor with me on purpose, is that it?" Elder Yu snorted, and said it proudly; then he reached out, pushed at the stone door, and strode inside.
But no sooner had Elder Yu gone in than a scream followed: "My eyes! My eyes - no, there's poison in that chamber!"
Old Hei, standing at the doorway and meaning to follow him in, shuddered from head to foot. This tomb was truly danger upon danger. There had been no danger before, and he had thought the worst was behind them - yet now danger had struck, and even Elder Yu was wounded?
"Thief, you little wretch, you meant to trap me, sending me in first to be the cannon fodder!" With a roar Elder Yu came charging out of the stone chamber. His eyes were wide open, but the left one was dull and lightless, clearly damaged; only the right still seemed normal.
At the doorway, the corner of Wei Zhao's mouth curved into a cold smile. You're the one I meant to trap. What he found slightly regrettable was that Elder Yu had probably lost only one eye, not both - a bit of a waste, that. Painful for Elder Yu, to be sure, but it would make little difference to the man's strength in a fight.
"I trapped you? Is there some mistake? You went in yourself - how is it I trapped you? Did I build this tomb, by any chance?" Wei Zhao gave a cold snort. "I warned everyone beforehand that there might still be danger inside. If you weren't careful, whose fault is that?"
"That..." Elder Yu choked on his anger. Yes - if he had not been careful, whose fault was it? Wei Zhao had indeed said earlier that there might still be danger in the main burial chamber; only, the previous collection rooms had held no danger at all, and that had dulled Elder Yu's caution.
"Elder Yu, your eyes... in there..." Old Hei asked with concern.
"There's a poisonous mist in there. If I hadn't reacted fast, I'd have lost both eyes!" Elder Yu shouted, frantic with rage.
"You asked for it. Every time, you have to be first into a stone chamber, as though you fear someone will snatch something ahead of you." Wei Zhao said mockingly. "Well? Are you going in or not?"
That said, Wei Zhao paid him no further mind, walked past him, and went straight into the stone chamber. That wisp of poisonous mist had formed only in the instant the door opened, and had dispersed afterward - for the jade pendant on Wei Zhao's chest was no longer giving off any warning signal at all.