CHAPTER 1245: CHAPTER 1246 AN YIQING CRIED (3)

An Yiqing carefully searched around the bottom right corner and then gently tapped on it.

The coffin emitted a soft "knock knock" sound, making it obvious that this part was hollow.

An Yiqing’s eyes lit up, and she extended her finger to probe along the patterns. When her finger slid over an inconspicuous fine line, she suddenly stopped.

She carefully felt along the inconspicuous fine line, and An Yiqing tentatively pressed down on it—

Ka! Creak!—

A slight sound echoed, and An Yiqing clearly felt a slight tremor from the coffin under her hand.

Immediately after, at the spot where she had just pressed her finger, a hidden compartment suddenly appeared!

"Master, let me do it!"

Just as An Yiqing was about to reach inside, Yin Xilin quickly stopped her. Her master’s vision was impaired, and if there was any mechanism in the hidden compartment, it would be hard to avoid. Yin Xilin had good eyesight and quick movements, making her more adept for the task.

An Yiqing understood the thoughts of her young apprentice entirely. She gently patted Yin Xilin’s hair and lightly shook her head: "Although Master’s eyes cannot see, my vigilance remains. Lingling, I took you as my disciple not to have you risk your life for me."

Yin Xilin felt warmth fill her heart, and biting her lip in confliction, she finally relented as An Yiqing extended her hand.

The anticipated mechanism did not appear, and An Yiqing successfully retrieved a plaque from the hidden compartment.

It was a triangular plaque molded from pure gold, etched with numerous dense symbols that An Yiqing did not recognize.

"Xiao Yu, is this plaque supposed to be the key to open the coffin?" Ah Mi asked, turning the gold plaque over and over in puzzlement.

An Yiqing shook her head: "I can’t be sure right now. Let’s first look around and see if there are any triangular patterns or shapes nearby."

With that, her ears perked slightly. Hearing the muffled sound of beating from below the platform, she frowned even more.

"Ah Mi, Lingling, things below are not looking good; we need to speed up!"

Ah Mi and Yin Xilin nodded vigorously and resumed their search with determination.

Fortunately, their luck seemed to have improved significantly this time. In less than five minutes, Yin Xilin found something resembling a mechanism.

It was an ordinary elongated groove, which at first glance seemed unrelated to the triangular plaque. However, flipping the plaque over revealed that its base matched the groove’s size perfectly!

Holding the triangular plaque, An Yiqing inserted the pointed end inward, only to find that the plaque halted midway.

Raising her beautifully arched eyebrows, she adjusted the plaque’s direction, pointing the tip outward, and it indeed fit in!

As the pointed end of the triangular plaque just sunk into the groove, the lid of the golden coffin gradually opened.

The first sight that caught their eyes was a male corpse completely intact, undoubtedly the first master of the Situ Family’s Dragon Taming Clan, Situ Ming.

He was dressed in a black robe, lying peacefully in the coffin with closed eyes. There were no ornaments of jewels or flowers around him, only some classical books, which seemed to be his favorites during his lifetime.

Under Yin Xilin’s description, An Yiqing’s focus finally settled on Situ Ming’s hand.

On his left ring finger was a simple ring carved from an unknown Jade Stone. Grandma Fengling had once said that the ancestral relic of the Situ Family was such a ring-like thing! As long as both An Yiqing’s and Ah Mi’s blood were dripped onto this item, a miracle would occur!