Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 44 Qinling Sacred Tree
That day, Zhang Wuxun had just come out of the library with a book tucked under his arm when his phone rang.

He took it out and saw that it was Wu Xiaoxie.

"Hello? What's wrong?"

Zhang Wuxun replied casually, his mind preoccupied with whether to have fried rice noodles or fried flat rice noodles today.

How about stir-fried rice noodles? The stir-fried rice noodles at Li's Rice Noodle Shop near the school gate are really spicy and flavorful.

"What? You're not in Hangzhou? Then where are you?"

Upon hearing what Wu Xiaoxie said, Zhang Wuxun's voice instantly rose, "What are you doing running off to that place? Never mind, I'll tell you the details when I get there. Remember, you're not allowed to act alone with that person until I arrive, understand?"

Wu Xiaoxie quickly covered the microphone on the other end of the phone and gave Lao Yang, who was looking over curiously, an awkward smile.

The phone hangs up.

Lao Yang asked, "Who are you calling?"

Wu Xiaoxie peeled a peanut, rubbed off the skin, and put it in his mouth. "One of my best brothers is a professional in this line of work. Unlike us half-baked guys, I feel at ease with him around."

A fleeting, unnatural expression crossed Lao Yang's face, before he laughed and said, "That's great! You said you're my good brother, so I'm sure I can rest assured."

Wu Xiaoxie was looking down to pick up a cup and didn't notice.

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After hanging up the phone, Zhang Wuxun changed his route and went to the cafeteria to eat braised chicken rice, then took a taxi back to his house.

There was actually a secret room under the main building of the house, which the original owner probably didn't know. Zhang Wuxun accidentally touched an old flowerpot on the shelf, which triggered the mechanism.

So Zhang Wuxun moved all the items from the original underground warehouse over, modified the mechanisms, and installed two defensive devices.

They also materialized several 360-degree surveillance cameras, which would have been used in later generations, and installed them in the front and back yards.

The third storyline is about to begin, but I don't know why the system is still in hibernation.

Pack several copies of the usable equipment into his spatial storage. When he saw the sinister Illusionary Blade, Zhang Wuxun hesitated for a few seconds, but finally packed it into his spatial storage and took it with him.

Before leaving, he went to see Panzi and left the keys to several doors in the house, asking him to take care of the fish and plants inside.

Panzi didn't ask him where he was going, he just told him to "be careful".

Zhang Wuxun smiled and agreed, and that very night he took a red-eye flight to Chang'an.

It was already 4 a.m. when I came out of the airport. I called Wu Xiaoxie, and he told me the name of a big restaurant.

Zhang Wuxun took a taxi there, only to find that the so-called "Grand Hotel" was actually a roadside food stall called "Grand Hotel".

There weren't many people in the food stall at the moment. As soon as you entered, you could see Wu Xiaoxie sitting at the third table by the window. Opposite him was a tall, thin man with medium-length hair and an unshaven beard, who looked like a scoundrel.

This person must be Lao Yang and Xie Ziyang, Wu Xiaoxie's childhood friend who spent three years in prison in the original story. These two idiots are loudly discussing the tomb raiding, not knowing how to restrain themselves at all. Didn't they see the people at the next table constantly glancing at them?

Zhang Wuxun strode over, grabbed Wu Xiaoxie by the back of the neck with his left hand, and blocked an elbow strike with his right hand. "What are you talking about?"

Just as Wu Xiaoxie was about to make a move, he heard a familiar voice, turned around, and immediately burst into laughter, "Muyu, you're here! Lao Yang, this is the good buddy Muyu I told you about."

Then he introduced Zhang Wuxun, "This is my childhood friend, Lao Yang."

Zhang Wuxun narrowed his eyes, pulled out a chair and sat down, then smiled at Lao Yang, "Hello."

Seeing Zhang Wuxun's aloof and unassuming demeanor, Lao Yang realized he didn't seem like the "professional" Wu Xiaoxie had described. He breathed a slight sigh of relief, assuming Zhang Wuxun was just interested in tomb raiding and had been invited by Wu Xiaoxie for fun.

He smiled憨厚ly and said, "You, you're fine too."

Zhang Wuxun subtly observed Lao Yang. This guy was incredibly cunning, playing chess with remarkable skill and completely fooling Xiao Tianzhen. He had to keep a close eye on him.

However, what puzzled Zhang Wuxun was that this Lao Yang had a familiar aura, very similar to the materialization ability he had been given as a reward by the system. Considering that this Lao Yang was materialized by the real Lao Yang, Zhang Wuxun was startled. Could it be that the materialization ability given by the system really came from the Bronze Tree? Then... what exactly is the system?
The system said it was created from the consciousness of rice... but that's a lie!
And that strange flame tattoo that only appeared once—is it related to his other half's bloodline, or to the system? Or is it connected to both?
As Zhang Wuxun was pondering, he suddenly felt an elbow strike to the waist. Turning his head, he saw Wu Xiaoxie had gotten him a small bowl, filled it with vegetables and meatballs, and placed it in front of him. "What are you thinking about?"

Zhang Wuxun smiled and said, "It's nothing, let's eat."

Just as I picked up a piece of food and put it in my mouth, one of the people at the next table got up and came over, speaking in a thick local accent, and asked, "You three, are you thinking of going to Ada to do some local product trading?"

Wu Xiaoxie couldn't understand the local dialect and was standing there, unsure what to say, when Lao Yang quickly chimed in, "Fellow villager, what place is Ada?"

Seeing that they couldn't understand, the man switched to his still heavily accented Mandarin, "What I mean is, where are you two planning to do business? Are you here to dig up some local products?"

Wu Xiaoxie was startled and about to speak when Zhang Wuxun put down his chopsticks, pressed down on his arm, looked up at the man with a smile, and said, "Uncle, the three of us are outdoor survival enthusiasts who also make some documentaries to upload online to earn money. Are the local specialties you mentioned local products?"

The man was taken aback, clearly still somewhat incredulous.

Seeing this, Zhang Wuxun took the backpack, pulled out a Sony (from his spatial storage) and waved it in front of him, then asked with a naive smile, "Uncles, are you here for tourism? How about we team up?"

Seeing this, the man stopped wasting time arguing with Zhang Wu, said "No," and turned to leave.

Back at the table, he whispered to the group, "It's nothing, just three clueless guys carrying a camera, saying they're hiking buddies or something, making a documentary or something."

The fatter one in the group nodded upon hearing this and lowered his voice, saying, "I've seen many young people like them in the harbor, with long hair, saying they're doing some kind of performance art. I guess they're just people who have someone keep an eye on them for a while, and if nothing seems amiss, they just leave it at that."

Zhang Wuxun finished the food in his bowl, then winked at Wu Xiaoxie, "Tianzhen, since we're already here, let's visit all the attractions here before going into the mountains."

Wu Xiaoxie immediately understood, "Ah, okay, I'll listen to you."

"Okay then." Zhang Wuxun stood up and put on his backpack. "Waiter, check please."

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