After receiving green snake findings, Ryan and his companions took a few steps and turned a corner. A spacious house built of large square stones appeared before them. Stepping inside, Ryan could feel a cool breeze brushing against him, instantly dispelling the summer heat from the tunnel.
It seems that there is a ventilation hole in this place. Thinking of this, Ryan began to look around. At this time, Hermione also came out from the hole at the back. The cool breeze from the ventilation hole immediately cheered her up.
After taking a quick look around, Hermione asked curiously, "Isn't it said that after a long journey on an adventure, there are always many things waiting for you? Why is there nothing here?"
"The adventure novels written by my father are artistically processed. There are not so many treasures in reality. Besides, there is only a servant passage here. It would be strange to find good things here." After all, he had just walked in the passage for such a long time with a tense mind. Ryan also wanted to talk to relieve his mental fatigue.
"Wait." Ryan suddenly saw something. "You're not entirely wrong. I think I found some treasures." At this time, Ryan walked to a stone basin in the center of the stone chamber and pointed at the things in the basin.
"What is this?" Hermione leaned forward to take a look, but even with the Bubble Head Charm, a fishy smell rushed into her nose, making her step back quickly.
"This is the cheapest stuff, 60 Galleons a pound, and I've never seen it in stock in Diagon Alley. 35xs." Ryan said as he used his body to block Hermione's view and took out a five-liter oil drum from the Wanjie Grocery Store. He then poured the yellow-white ointment from the basin into the drum.
"Wait, I think I've seen this in a book." Hermione thought for a moment after hearing Ryan's description and then said, "Is this the oil of the enchanted anaconda? The book says that adding the oil of the enchanted anaconda as fuel when brewing certain potions can greatly increase the success rate of the potion."
"As expected of Miss Know-It-All." Ryan was a little surprised by Hermione's range of knowledge, as this was quite a niche subject. If he hadn't stumbled upon it in a book, he wouldn't have guessed what it was. "You're right. I just discovered this should fetch up to 200 Galleons per pound. The longer this oil ages, the better it gets. The pot in front of us is at least a thousand years old, having turned from milky white to a pale yellow. So, even if we fall down this time, it's not without benefits. Even if most of the contents evaporate, the remaining contents will fetch at least 300 Galleons."
Hermione didn't show much excitement after hearing Ryan's words. After all, it was hard to be happy in such a dangerous place, even though they had gained a lot of good things this time.
After putting most of the magic anaconda oil into the oil barrel, Ryan put away the barrel and used a cup to pour the remaining oil into the two grooves on the wall in front of him, and then used the magic wand to shoot sparks to ignite the oil in the grooves.
A blue flame slowly burned in the groove, and as the flame grew, a faint fragrance filled the entire house. At the same time, the wall slowly rose up, revealing the passage behind it.
"How did you discover this mechanism?" Hermione asked curiously.
"You see, there's nothing in the entire house except that stone basin. There are only two grooves on the opposite wall, with some black burn marks on them. Considering the precious fuel in the stone basin, it's obvious how to open this mechanism. After all, this is just a passage for servants to pass through on a daily basis. It's impossible to have all kinds of complicated mechanisms like a treasure trove."
Ryan took the lead and stepped into the passage. This passage should lead to some important place, so there were a lot of reliefs on both sides. He walked forward while looking at these reliefs.
I felt like Indiana Jones on an adventure at this moment.
As we all know, archaeology has made a huge contribution to humanity's understanding of ancient history, especially in the wizarding world. Sometimes, the things unearthed by archaeology even represent advanced productivity. However, for some owners who have stayed in ancient ruins for many years, whether they are Muggles or wizards, they certainly do not want to be dug up again.
So soon after Ryan stepped into the tunnel, they were attacked. Two fully armed mummies suddenly smashed open the thin stone walls on both sides of the tunnel used for camouflage and jumped out. They used their obsidian spears to express their attitude towards Ryan and other outsiders.
"Unholy Silence!" As Ryan chanted the spell, he drew runes in the air with Clingwell's teeth. A pale beam of light struck a mummy. Perhaps because this place had been abandoned for so long, the rune-carved wooden armor on the mummy had largely decayed and lost its magical defenses. Therefore, the spell easily reduced the mummy to ash.
But at this time, another mummy took the opportunity to approach. "Dropped!" Hermione's voice came from behind. Unfortunately, the mummy was not alive, and the petrification spell only made the mummy pause for a moment. But this also bought Ryan time. He took this opportunity to release another Unholy Silence to kill the mummy.
Aren't South American mummies usually found in high, cold, and dry mountains? How could such a thing exist in a tropical rainforest? For them to survive for thousands of years in such a humid place without decaying, it's clear that the magic in this place is far more dangerous than imagined. With this in mind, Ryan cast a "Holy Weapon" spell on the knife in his hand.
Clinway's teeth emitted a faint white light after Ryan finished chanting the spell. As long as the white light did not disappear, it meant that the spell was effective and could cause targeted attacks on any evil creature.
After all, the two mummies were ambushing too close to them just now. Ryan was worried that if the passage was narrower next time, there might not be enough space to cast the spell, so he added targeted magic to the knife to be prepared.
Sure enough, mummies jumped out from the stone walls on both sides one after another. These should be the defense lines to protect important places from intrusion by outsiders. Ryan and his companions, who did not have permission from the temple, naturally touched them when they passed through the corridor.
Based on the examination of the two mummies just now, it can be judged that this civilization did not invent metal smelting technology, because the weapons on them were all made of obsidian.
For the indigenous wizards or warriors of this civilization, encountering these mummies, which are as hard as metal and have wooden armor with runes on them and are agile in such a small place at close range is basically a matter of life and death. The temple naturally believes that this is a foolproof method of defense.
However, Ryan possessed a spell from another civilization specifically designed to target these creatures, and these mummies had lost 70% of their power due to the erosion of time. Therefore, Ryan and his companions passed through the passage without any danger. Later, when Ryan was familiar with how to deal with these mummies, he even used the corpse-driving technique taught by the Four-Eyed Taoist Priest to control six mummies and protect them.
Finally, they came to a stone door. According to the instructions on the map, as long as they passed through this stone door, they would reach the core hall of the entire temple.
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