136: Chapter 136 The Bone of the Dragon's Head

However, the moment the lights in the Seminar Hall came on, everyone was stunned.

At this moment, it felt as if the entire Great Xia... No! The entire world had fallen silent.

It was as if time had stopped, freezing everyone in place.

Because, right in the center of the hall, there lay an incomparably massive skull.

This skull appeared to be as tall as a three-story building.

Its long snout was covered in sharp teeth, and it was completely pale.

The sight of it as a whole was truly chilling.

But what was most shocking was the pair of horns on this massive skull, which were its most recognizable feature.

It had to be said, this was simply miraculous.

Identical to the illustrations passed down by our ancestors, this pair of horns resembled those of a deer but were extraordinarily long.

They were completely—dragon horns!

And this huge, pale skull was none other than the Dragon Skull!

The appearance of this dragon bone was enough to resolve all the questions in everyone's minds.

That's right, the content on the previous murals was all true.

The legends regarding the Dragon Locking Well were also all true.

What Ye Xiao had said about the legend of Liu Bowen suppressing the evil dragon in the Dragon Locking Well was now corroborated.

Everything, every single thing, now made sense.

Indeed, back when the capital suffered from floods, it was truly an evil dragon stirring up trouble.

And it was indeed Liu Bowen and Yao Guangxiao who were ordered to crusade against the evil dragon.

The evil dragon... was indeed suppressed at the bottom of the well.

So, all of this had truly happened.

This evil dragon had truly been trapped at the bottom of the well by Liu Bowen and Yao Guangxiao.

And later, the reason Liu Bowen bound himself with chains and trapped himself beneath the Dragon Locking Well...

…was because Liu Bowen sensed that the evil dragon showed signs of emerging, and he was worried.

So he used a fake tomb to deceive people, while in reality, he was suppressing the evil dragon at the bottom of the well with his own body.

And after this evil dragon had survived for a hundred years, it encountered Emperor Jiajing.

What happened afterward was what was depicted on the murals.

Liu Bowen believed that even an evil dragon carried the fortune of heaven and earth, and killing it would certainly bring about karma and damage the fortune of the Great Ming.

Therefore, Liu Bowen only suppressed and trapped it.

But he did not kill the evil dragon.

However, in the later dynasty, Emperor Jiajing did not care about all that.

"Since you want to block my path to longevity, to block my ascension to immortality..."

"...then I have no choice but to kill you!"

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing sent Daoist Lan to execute the evil dragon before him.

He placed the skull of the dragon in the hall, treating it as a trophy to ascend to the heavenly realm together.

For a moment, many of the experts present felt as if they were struggling to breathe.

They all couldn't help but look at the Live Stream Room, their eyes filled with intense shock.

At this very moment, the same sentence must have flashed through everyone's minds.

"In this world... dragons actually exist!"

The expressions on the faces of the experts present were all identical.

Their hearts were stirred with tumultuous waves.

After the audience in the Live Stream Room reacted, there was an immediate uproar.

The entire Live Stream Room exploded, as if a bomb had been detonated.

"My god... this, this is a dragon bone! This is really a dragon bone!"

"It's simply unbelievable! There really are true dragons in this world!"

"Our ancestors did not deceive us! Creatures that don't exist wouldn't be included in the Chinese Zodiac! True dragons really do exist!"

"It's just too exciting! Oh my god!"

"Sure enough, dragons are real! These legends are all true! After knowing this news, I can die without regrets!"

...

The Live Stream Room was in a frenzy.

Everyone was discussing the matter of this dragon bone.

Below the tomb, Professor Yang and the others were still standing by the door, not daring to enter the main hall.

The expressions on everyone's faces were somewhat dazed, just staring blankly at the Dragon Skull in the hall.

In the Seminar Hall, Professor Zhou finally came to his senses.

He immediately pressed the button on his headset and said:

"Hurry and examine the dragon bone, see if it is real or fake!"

At this moment, everyone's hearts were pounding, and their faces had turned red with excitement.

Hearing these words, the Archaeological Team did not hesitate.

Professor Yang led the Archaeological Team directly into the hall.

Apart from the candlesticks and the dragon bone in the center, there was nothing else in this hall!

However, this single Dragon Skull was enough to plunge the entire world into deep shock.

The Archaeological Team slowly walked toward the center of the hall.

But the closer they got to the dragon bone, the faster everyone's hearts beat.

Even when they reached a distance of two meters from the dragon bone, they could already hear the heavy, rapid beating of their own hearts.

One step further, and it felt as if their hearts were about to burst; they felt an immense sense of oppression.

Professor Yang, who was at the very front, felt difficulty breathing and immediately became dizzy, unable to stand steady.

Just as Professor Yang was about to collapse, Ye Xiao suddenly grabbed the headset and said:

"Do not go any further! Everyone retreat! Retreat at least three meters away! Quickly!"

When these words were spoken,

even if the Archaeological Team's reactions were slow, they could sense the hidden mystery within this dragon bone.

So immediately, the two bodyguards behind Professor Yang supported him and carried him away from the spot.

Not until they retreated more than three meters away from the dragon bone did everyone's heartbeats finally return to normal.

Their breathing was no longer difficult.

At this moment, it was as if they had just returned to sea level from a high-altitude plateau with thin air, and their breathing had finally returned to normal.

Everyone felt a wave of dizziness.

It was as if countless stars were spinning, and their vision was darkening.

It took a long while for the Archaeological Team to finally recover.

Everyone was panting heavily, unable to speak for a long time.

Seeing the Archaeological Team in this state, Professor Zhou was extremely worried.

He hurriedly looked at Ye Xiao beside him and asked:

"Little Ye! What on earth is going on? What happened?"

At the same time, the other experts present also looked at Ye Xiao with confused expressions.

This was simply too absurd and bizarre.

They had only approached the dragon bone, and such severe symptoms had appeared.

Could it be that there was some hidden danger within this dragon bone?

However, Ye Xiao's next sentence made everyone's breathing hitch slightly.

"If they had taken one more step forward just now, their hearts and lungs would have burst, and they would have died bleeding from their seven orifices!"

"What???"

Professor Zhou's pupils instantly dilated, and he exclaimed.

At this moment, no one dared to dismiss what Ye Xiao said as sensationalism.

But... was what Ye Xiao said a bit too serious?

The experts present recovered from their shock and forcibly suppressed the tumultuous waves in their hearts.

The entire hall exploded, as if a bomb had been dropped into it.

All the experts began to discuss it one after another.

"What? One more step and their hearts and lungs would burst? Is... is this true or false?"

"It doesn't look like he's bluffing! Now that they are in such a state, no one can predict what would happen if they took another step forward!"

"This long-dead Dragon Skull... could it really have such great power?"