Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 256 The Pseudo-Ghost Seal Appears
Of course, a fire was a must before leaving.

It's impossible for Hu Ming to leave his own corpse beetle king in the tomb just to appease the corpse beetle horde.

Without a king, the corpse beetle swarm will inevitably go berserk and erupt.

Hu Ming and his group didn't care and simply left, but the nearby village was going to suffer.

Before leaving, the Corpse King commanded the Corpse Beetle horde to kill each other…

After all, setting fire to a mountain is illegal and can land you in jail for life.

Although tomb raiding is a much more serious crime than arson.

This trip dragged on until noon the next day.

The group returned to the guesthouse, travel-worn and exhausted. They didn't even have time to eat; they took a hot shower and went straight to sleep.

I slept soundly until noon on the second day.

That noon, after Hu Ming woke up, he didn't open his eyes immediately.

Instead, he calmly took out a cigarette from beside his pillow and lit one for himself.

"You're leaving, as always, without saying goodbye?"

Exhaling a smoke ring that dispelled the last traces of his pajamas, Hu Ming asked softly.

A thin figure sat quietly beside his bed.

"Yes, before I leave, I'll keep my promise to you," the young man said softly.

Although the young man's tone was as indifferent as usual, Hu Ming could tell.

This is the guy complaining: "You're like a pig, you sleep too much. If it weren't for waiting for you to wake up, I would have already left."

As he spoke, the young man took out a square object wrapped tightly in white gauze from his bag.

That's the Ghost Seal.

Hu Ming understood, sat up, and tore off the white gauze.

His eyes suddenly transformed into dragon eyes, shimmering with golden light.

Before long, Hu Ming had memorized the style, size, and material of the pitch-black Ghost Seal.

Neither the Boundless Demon Eye nor the even more advanced Golden Dragon Eye is omnipotent.

To materialize something using power, one must first see it with one's own eyes and record all its details in one's mind.

This seems quite different from the mysterious bronze of the Qinling Sacred Tree.

Although the sacred tree of the Qinling Mountains can be conjured up at will simply by thinking about it.

However, there is one thing to note: the things that are materialized are ultimately illusory, and they also have a considerable burden and side effects on the person who embodies them. Moreover, the materialized living beings are merely puppet creatures, like living corpses, whose actions and thoughts are all based on the subconscious of their master.

In short, whoever uses the power of the Bronze Tree to materialize a Godzilla.

A foolish thought crossed my mind: "Won't this thing hurt me?"
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In this respect, the Golden Dragon Eye is much better. The creature manifested by the Dragon Eye has an independent consciousness and is completely under its control, so there is no risk of it going out of control.

It can only be said that both have their advantages and disadvantages, but if Hu Ming had to choose, the Golden Dragon Eye would be more useful.

Hu Ming casually tossed the Ghost Seal to the young man, then made a grasping motion in the air with his right hand.

Wisps of black mist appeared out of thin air.

Before long, black mist filled Hu Ming's palm, like a miniature black hole, sucking in all the light from the surroundings.

The black fog surged irregularly.

The young man stared intently at Hu Ming's palm, where the black mist had condensed into a square shape, its size and shape looking exactly like the Ghost Seal.

In the blink of an eye, the black mist dissipated, revealing a ghost seal in Hu Ming's palm. Its shape, size, and style were exactly the same as the one in the young man's hand.

After a moment's thought, the young man simply picked up the one in Hu Ming's hand and examined it closely against the one in his own.

The exact period during which the Zhang family possessed the other ghost seal is unknown, but it was a very long time.

There are naturally methods to distinguish the authenticity of a ghost seal.

"It's true, it works perfectly, it can control ghost soldiers, and it can open the bronze door."

"I never expected that Hu Ming would do it! The power of the Golden Dragon Eye and the Scaled Head is truly amazing! You can even use the power of the Boundless Demon Eye!"

Even with the young man's indifferent nature, he couldn't help but murmur his praise.

"Hehe, this is just a fake Ghost Seal, I can only use it a few times!" Hu Ming said with a smile.

The young man couldn't help but sigh upon seeing this. Although he had witnessed something similar more than twenty years ago, he had lost his memory of that time.
"What do you intend to do with it? There's something I must tell you: you can explore the secret behind the bronze door on your own. It was one of the agreements between the Zhang family and the Nine Gates back then."

"But no matter what, you absolutely must not tell anyone else what's inside!"

"The things inside concern the dragon veins of the world. Compared to that, the longevity that caused so much trouble is just a small matter."

The matter was settled, and the young man turned to leave, but before leaving, he still gave Hu Ming some words of advice, still feeling a little uneasy.

“Okay!” Hu Ming nodded solemnly upon hearing this.

Although we don't know what lies behind it, the secret that the Zhang family has guarded for thousands of years is definitely not something simple.

But it concerns the dragon veins of the world?
Hu Ming stroked his chin, watching the young man's departing figure, lost in thought.

Is this a spoiler, bro? Oh well! Hu Ming gave up on making wild guesses. After all, with the fake Ghost Dust, he'd find out sooner or later.

After stubbing out his cigarette, Hu Ming prepared to take another nap.

but
"Hu Ming, there's something I'm concerned about and I'd like to ask you about."

As soon as the deliveryman left, Wu Sansheng pushed the door open and entered!

"..."

"Damn it, did these two agree to come in one after the other?"

"you say.."

“You’ve been to the ancient city of Jingjue and know what’s inside. I just want to ask you one question.”

"Back then, how many Corpse-Stinging Pills did the Queen of Jingjue obtain from the Queen Mother of the West? And how many jade figurines did she acquire?"

Wu Sansheng sat on a stool in the room, looking at Hu Ming with a serious expression.

He really cares about this.

The trip to the Jingjue Ancient City was led by Hu Ming and two tomb raiders, accompanied by a national archaeological team.

Wu Sansheng had to figure out whether the nation would have another chance to achieve immortality during the subsequent excavation work.

Twenty years ago, at the underwater tomb in the Xisha Islands, it was because a bottle of corpse beetle pills laced with drugs by Wang Zanghai was found that all the friends traveling with him were transformed into something neither human nor ghost.

Even Wu Sansheng's beloved Chen Wenjin could only travel to the Snake Swamp Ghost City to suppress the mutations in her body with the help of the magical power there.

This is Wu Sansheng's deepest pain.

As Wu Sansheng's good friend, Xie Lianhuan naturally had to help him find out the truth.

His goal is to find immortality, or even a means of resurrection.

So, Wu Sansheng's path of confrontation with Xie Lianhuan was actually to take the initiative and go to various ancient tombs with clues to immortality to destroy those clues!
The Xie and Wu families' plan was simple: destroy all clues to immortality in the world! Therefore, upon learning from Hu Ming that the Corpse-Stinging Pill had appeared in the Jingjue culture, he had to take it seriously…

(End of this chapter)