Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 650 Hidden Sea Flower?
Falling from the top of the Buddha statue's head, with a drop of more than ten meters below, the Buddha's palms lay horizontally in the center.

Hu Ming continued to use the momentum along the way, and by the time he fell from a height of more than ten meters, his falling speed had slowed down to a safe range.

Shortly after Hu Ming landed, Zhang Yueshan followed suit.

Hu Ming stepped on the tip of the middle finger of the Buddha statue's palm, and a strange look appeared on his face.

"It's right here, the things left behind by the Buddha."

Zhang Rishan carefully examined the palm of the Buddha statue, unaware of the change in Hu Ming's gaze. He bent down and pointed to the center of the Buddha statue's palm, whispering.

"...However, haven't you noticed that something seems a little off here?"

Hu Ming responded softly, walked to Zhang Yueshan's side, and asked meaningfully.

"Of course I noticed... Although my physical abilities far surpass those of ordinary people, they are still somewhat lacking compared to someone like you who is not human."

"You noticed something was wrong here, how could I not have reacted at all?"

Zhang Yueshan opened his clenched fist, and a splash of blood red on his palm was somewhat glaring.

Upon closer inspection, there was no wound on Zhang Yueshan's palm at all. A drop of bright red blood was drawn out of his flesh and blood vessels through his skin by some strange force!
At this moment, with Zhang Rishan's movements, the forces of gravity were defied, and he slowly floated upwards!
Under the indifferent gazes of the two, the blood droplet slowly rose and disappeared into the slightly open mouth of the Buddha statue.

There's something strange about this Buddha statue!
"Zhang Qishan never holds back when he does things. It's amazing he was able to find such a strange substance."
"This peculiar rock can draw blood out of the human body."

"It seems that something is being nurtured within the Buddha statue..."

Hu Ming clenched his fist, feeling the restless fluctuations of blood within his veins, and clicked his tongue in amazement.

"I don't know exactly why Buddha partnered with Chenpi to establish this place in the first place."

"All I know is that if we don't speed things up, you might be fine, but I'll probably be drained dry, right?"

As Zhang Yueshan watched his skin darken, he calmly recounted his current predicament as if nothing had happened.

He could already feel the pressure of blood on his blood vessels and flesh and skin, and this feeling became clearer and clearer as time went on.

Zhang Yueshan had no doubt that if things dragged on any longer, he might turn into a blood-spurting funnel.

"Okay~!"

Hu Ming nodded, and with a slight clench of his fist in the air, a precious sword appeared out of thin air in his hand.

He turned the blade around and gently stabbed it into the center of the Buddha's palm.

Although the material was strange, its hardness was not outstanding. Hu Ming easily pierced the Buddha's palm and controlled the treasure knife to draw a square with a side length of 20 centimeters in the palm.

With a slight flick of the wrist, an ancient brown scripture lay quietly in the dent it had created.

Judging from the material, it is not paper, but made from the skin of an unknown animal, and it has maintained its integrity despite the erosion of time.

"Those are the things Zhang Qishan brought out from the ruins of Gutongjing back then...?"

Opening the scripture, one finds it filled with ancient texts. Hu Ming had studied the history of ancient Tongjing and had a good understanding of the written language of ancient Tongjing culture.

However, these words were not something Hu Ming knew, which was somewhat unbelievable.

Hu Ming's intuition told him that this scripture definitely contained many secrets that interested him!
"Take it if you're interested. Even the Buddha couldn't decipher its secret back then, and he still regretted it before he died."

"I came here for this!"

Zhang Rishan could tell that Hu Ming was very interested in the scripture, and casually remarked. Then, Zhang Rishan tapped lightly in the dent, opened the hidden compartment, and took out a thick stack of neatly bound, yellowed papers.

The drawings on the paper were all printed out, with various professional data marked on them.

This is a design drawing.

The design drawings for the outer buildings of the ancient city of Tongjing, which were overseen by Zhang Qishan!
"...Take this, you'll find it useful. With this design, things will be much easier for you inside."

After thinking it over, Zhang Rishan finally handed all the paper to Hu Ming.

"You and I both know this thing is completely useless to me. You're leaving it for me? Tsk, Zhang Yueshan, when did you start speaking so evasively?"

"You clearly want to use me, or Xiaohua, to give this to Liang Wan, to increase her chances of survival, right?"

Hu Ming clicked his tongue lightly, glancing with a hint of mockery at Zhang Rishan, whose expression remained unchanged.

"Think what you want. In short, we've got everything and given it to you. How you do with it is up to you."

"I can't help you with much else from now on; you'll have to figure things out yourselves."

"Let's go, the situation is getting worse and worse, I can't hold on much longer."

Zhang Rishan looked down at his arm without changing his expression. He could clearly feel that the capillaries under the skin of his arm had ruptured.

Large patches of crimson blood had seeped from her skin and was slowly rising.

Even with Hu Ming's physical prowess, he felt a bit of pressure at this moment.

If they stay any longer, what happened to Zhang Yueshan will inevitably happen to Hu Ming as well.

Without further hesitation, they flicked their wrists and each threw their grappling hooks up. Neither of them were ordinary people, and they climbed up the steep ten-meter-high cliff in just a few breaths.

Before returning the way he came, Hu Ming looked back down.

At the tip of the middle finger of the Buddha statue's palm, an eerie crimson flower is slowly blooming!

"It's as red as blood! Its shape is exactly the same as the Tibetan sea flower of Medog, but the color is completely different..."

"I think I understand now, no, it's Zhang Rishan and Chen Pi's scheme here. Hey! These two cunning guys have finally teamed up and started plotting, haven't they?"

A flash of insight struck Hu Ming; as the numerous clues connected, he vaguely understood.

The Tibetan sea flower is a magical flower in Medog, and legend has it that this flower is related to the secrets of life and death.

Before her death, Baima, the young man's mother, asked the Living Buddha there to bury her in the legendary Tibetan Flower Garden so that she could see her son, who had been taken away by the Zhang family when he was young, one last time in the distant future.

Pema's body lay there quietly for many years, never decaying, and still retaining the features she had in life.

Finally, when the master brought the young man there, Pema awoke, just as the legend had said—she had come back from the dead!
Unfortunately, the mysterious power of the Hidden Sea Flower is ultimately limited; it lasts only three days.

After waking up and spending three days with the young man, Baima finally succumbed to death. This time, even the miraculous power of the Tibetan sea flower could not bring her back to life.

And this flower in front of me...

It's clear that Zhang Qishan and Chen Pi collaborated here, using life as nourishment to nurture and stimulate the Tibetan sea flower to undergo some kind of mutation, achieving an effect that can perfectly bring people back from the dead!
Whether it's the man-eating vines or the eerie blood-sucking rocks here, they all serve to provide nourishment for this peculiar Tibetan sea flower!
Unfortunately, how could the secrets of life and death be deciphered so easily?
Hu Ming's intuition told him that this flower was very alluring!

It's definitely not what Zhang Rishan and Chen Pi expected—it can truly bring people back to life. Otherwise, this flower wouldn't have been growing peacefully here until now.