Ye Qingli's pair of eyes shone brightly in the dark.
She suddenly stared at Jun Ao Han warily.
It was such a priceless treasure. Surely being a thief as well, was he not intending to snatch it from her?
"I'm telling you right now, you can take whatever treasures you want, but this one—you must leave it to me!"
Jun Ao Han didn't quite know if he should laugh or cry.
If he wanted, everything in this treasure vault could be his to demand and take!
However, at the sight of the caution in her eyes, he suddenly felt a little heartache.
It must have been because there was no one to take care of her that she had developed this vigilant and solitary character.
"Don't worry, I won't take it from you," He said impassively.
Reaching out, he immediately made a grab at the precious pearl.
Don't forget that this is from my great grandfather's generation, alright!
He really felt nothing for this imperial family...
Which was why he felt no guilt in doing this.
But once the orb was within his grasp, his arms were dragged down by its weight!
This Purple Jade Pearl was over ten times heavier than ordinary jewels!
"Up!"
He shouted and pulled it out directly.
His hand had just left the coffin when Ye Qingli felt shaken to the core.
She had a sudden sense of impending danger, and immediately threw herself forward to grab Jun Ao Han by the waist. "Get out of the way!"
"BOOM!"
Smoke and dust clouds appeared all around!
An enormous crack split the ground.
And the entire crystal coffin fell in.
The ground surrounding them quickly settled down again.
At the same time, the Night Pearl inlaid on the wall exploded. The resulting burst of gravel and debris left line after line of burning pain across Ye Qingli's body.
And the area from where the crystal coffin had been, innumerable steel needles shot out.
The needles brushed past their bodies and struck the rocky surface of the ceiling above, burying themselves deep.
Ye Qingli felt a chill down her spine that spread throughout her body just at the sight.
If it wasn't for the fact that she had managed to move fast, the both of them would be bristling with those steel needles like a pair of hedgehogs.
Now, they were both freefalling.
And they were hugging each other tightly, skin against skin.
Jun Ao Han could clearly feel the warmth that emanated from the other body.
This was a feeling he had not felt for a long time, not ever since he left his mother.
He held on to the hand that Ye Qingli had placed on his waist and couldn't help but relax into the warmth.
Ye Qingli pinched him hard.
"Are you eager to die? Quick, think up a plan to get us out of this!"
Now, their weight was supported solely by Ye Qingli's whip.
The other end of that long whip was curled around a steel arrow which was stuck deeply into the wall. However, that could not possibly support both of them for long.
Damn. How could he possibly be so heavy?
Ye Qingli yelled, "Watch out!"
And then the both of them fell!
Countless arrows shot out from all around them.
"Get behind me!" Jun Ao Han shouted.
He reached out and drew Ye Qingli close to him. Shielding her with his own body!
Fwoosh fwoosh fwoosh!
Arrows sliced the air around them, all were knocked aside by the short sword in Jun Ao Han's hand.
But still, they continued to fall.
The abyss of darkness a gaping chasm under them.
Under a dim light, Ye Qingli saw rows upon rows of spears standing upright. Their sharp metal blades shone with a cold light.
If they were to fall on that, no matter how skilled in martial arts they were, they'd still end up like stuck pigs.