The Personal Bodyguard of the Female CEO
Chapter 909 - 909 908 The Secret of the Avatar

909: Chapter 908: The Secret of the Avatar 909: Chapter 908: The Secret of the Avatar “I’ve already covered up, we can go now.” Piao Xue’s eyes were wrapped in black cloth.

She held onto Wang Dadong’s sleeve and said.

Wang Dadong’s cultivation was strong, so even with the faintest light, he could see clearly.

Leading Piao Xue, he headed toward the dark underground passage.

To be cautious, he hadn’t turned on his flashlight, fearing that Piao Xue might accidentally see Medusa’s pattern.

As soon as they entered the cave, Wang Dadong noticed a large number of Medusa carvings, even on the sides of the stairs beneath their feet.

Wang Dadong was secretly relieved that Piao Xue had covered her eyes, or else she would surely have been cursed as soon as they entered.

After walking down roughly ten meters, Wang Dadong arrived at a spiral staircase.

This underground structure was identical to the one above ground, but it seemed to be upside down, hollow in the middle with stairs spiraling down around it.

There were still nine levels, and the walls were not only engraved with Medusa patterns but also densely packed with strange text, none of which Wang Dadong, despite his proficiency in numerous languages, could recognize.

At the very bottom layer, Wang Dadong saw a stone coffin, surrounded by several column-like structures.

Wang Dadong’s heart stirred; could that stone coffin be the sarcophagus of the King of Loulan?

“It’s a shame I can’t understand the writing here, otherwise it might shed some light on things,” Wang Dadong murmured to himself.

Suddenly, Piao Xue behind him released him and reached towards the wall.

“Piao Xue, what are you doing?” Wang Dadong was shocked.

Although the Ancient Kingdom of Loulan had been buried under the sands for thousands of years, who knew if there were still any mechanisms.

Piao Xue stroked the strange text on the wall a few times and said, “I recognize these characters; they are the common script of Ancient Loulan.”

Wang Dadong was startled, “Piao Xue, do you special forces even learn ancient scripts?”

“What’s so unusual about that?

The missions we of the Dragon Group undertake are beyond your imagination.

Recognizing ancient scripts isn’t strange at all,” Piao Xue said proudly.

She not only recognized Ancient Loulan’s script but could also identify it by touch.

“Then quickly tell me what’s recorded on the walls?” Wang Dadong said with delight.

If they could understand the writing on the walls, perhaps the mysteries in their hearts could be unraveled.

“Place my hand on the first character,” Piao Xue instructed.

Wang Dadong complied and placed Piao Xue’s hand on the first character.

After fumbling for a few seconds, Piao Xue shook her head and said, “No, this isn’t the first character; Loulan’s script is read from right to left.”

“Oh!” Wang Dadong suddenly realized that indeed, in ancient times, writing was done from right to left.

He placed Piao Xue’s hand on the first ancient character.

Piao Xue began to feel her way along.

After a few minutes, Piao Xue had finished and said, “This mentions that this place is the Tower of Slumber, the resting place of the Queen of Loulan.”

“The Queen of Loulan?

The King of Loulan was a woman?

No way!” Wang Dadong exclaimed in surprise.

“What’s so impossible about that?

Even Medusa appeared in Loulan; it’s not strange for the King of Loulan to be a woman,” Piao Xue said as she reached for another part of the stone wall.

Each carving recorded different content, most of which praised the Ancient Kingdom of Loulan and the Queen of Loulan.

It wasn’t until the third level down that new content appeared on the carvings.

It mentioned the head of a demoness.

“The previous King of Loulan once went abroad and on his travels acquired a woman’s head with snakes for hair.

The head had magical powers, and anyone who looked at the woman’s face would be immediately petrified, turning into hard stone.

This was a terrible curse.

Though the King of Loulan was the most powerful wizard of the Ancient Country, he was still unable to resist this mysterious force and was eventually transformed into a stone statue.

Later, the demoness’s head was brought back to Loulan by the warriors of Loulan Country and was considered an ominous object, sealed in the Demon Locking Tower by the greatest sacrificial priest of Loulan…

Until the King of Loulan’s daughter, Lou Zongying, grew up, ascended to the throne, and the demoness’s head was unsealed to preserve the greatest figures of Loulan.

The Queen of Loulan believed this to be the best way to immortalize those on the brink of death, and possibly, one day she would lift this curse and bring those encased back to the world…

However, before the Queen of Loulan passed away at the age of thirty-five, she couldn’t break the curse, and she used the demoness’s head to turn herself into a stone statue, hoping that one day a wizard from Loulan Country would resurrect her.”

After listening to Piao Xue’s explanation, Wang Dadong finally understood why Medusa’s curse had appeared in Huaxia Country.

It turned out to be discovered by the King of Loulan who once traveled across the sea and then was brought back to the Ancient Country of Loulan.

And the Queen of Loulan, Lou Zongying, had quite the plan: using Medusa’s head to petrify herself so she wouldn’t die from illness, still hoping to be resurrected by future generations.

Unfortunately, the Ancient Country of Loulan never had a future, forever buried under the sands.

“So even the Queen of Loulan couldn’t break Medusa’s curse?” Wang Dadong said heavily.

The King of Loulan was also described as an extremely powerful cultivator in the legends, and if even she couldn’t break the curse, then perhaps Wang Dadong might not be able to either.

But this also gave Wang Dadong hope.

Because according to the ancient text, once the curse was broken, those who were petrified could be resurrected.

Of course, this was just the speculation of the Queen of Loulan, but having hope is better than despair.

“There’s no more content, it seems to be just like this,” Piao Xue nodded.

They had reached the very bottom level, where an ornate white jade coffin quietly rested, and the column-like things they saw earlier were actually stone figures.

Upon closer inspection, Wang Dadong was astonished to discover that some of these stone figures were modern people, as they wore contemporary fashionable clothing.

One of the brands of clothing he recognized as one of the most famous luxury brands, Hermès.

It seemed he wasn’t the first one to descend to the Tower of Slumber.

It’s just that others had fallen victim to Medusa’s curse and were turned into stone statues.

Perhaps someone discovered the secret below the Tower of Slumber and upon leaving, realized they were cursed by Medusa, and in anger, destroyed Medusa’s stone statue inside the tower and blocked the entrance.

It seemed that Medusa’s head was indeed here.

As long as they could find Medusa’s head, breaking the curse would be a task for the future.

Wang Dadong searched carefully, but apart from the petrified people, he couldn’t find Medusa’s head.

Eventually, his gaze landed on the jade coffin.