Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

Chapter 215 Zhang Family Ancient Building, Zhang Qiling Lost His Memory

The next day, Jiang Hua and the other two boarded a train heading south to Guangxi Province.

Jiang Hua now only has two things left to activate his immortal body. After meeting Jiang Chen, Jiang Hua discovered that there might be many hidden and unknown strong people in this world.

Therefore, this undead body still needs to be activated as soon as possible.

And this time, he is determined to get the ancient Yao divine jade!

Banai is a very remote mountain village. Jiang Hua and his friends first took a train to Nanlin, which took them three days to get there. After getting off the train, they rested in Nanlin for a night. The next morning, they searched for the bus to Shangsi at the station for a long time but couldn't find it.

It is a county town in Guangxi Province. Banai is located in Shangsi, on the northern foot of the Shiwanda Mountains. It can be said to be the last county town entering the Shiwanda Mountains.

Going further inside, there are only mountains and various villages.

Therefore, Jiang Hua and others had to go to Shangsi and then go to Banai.

But at this moment, many places here are not open to traffic, and there is no bus to Shangsi at all. There is no way, Jiang Hua can only spend a lot of money to buy a car directly, and then drive to Shangsi by himself.

Two more days passed, and after stopping and walking along the way, we finally arrived at Shangsi.

There was no other way. After all, I was unfamiliar with this place. I had to get off the car every once in a while to ask for directions, and then check the map. It took me two days to reach Shangsi.

Not long after entering the Shangsi area, the general said, "Stop for a moment."

Jiang Hua pulled the car over and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

The general got off the car, looked at the endless mountains around him, and said, "We have entered the territory of Kushiro."

"Kushi Country?"

Jiang Hua was overjoyed and got out of the car to look around.

The surrounding mountains are undulating and the feng shui is excellent. There must be a big tomb here.

But now Jiang Hua needed to hurry on. If it wasn't the site of the ancient kingdom of Jushi, he didn't want to waste time, so he asked, "Where is the kingdom of Jushi you mentioned?"

Jiang Chen jumped onto the roof of the car, then stepped on it and jumped further away. In a blink of an eye, he reached the top of a small mountain. He seemed to be staring for a long time. Finally, he jumped down again and shook his head: "Not yet. Thousands of years have passed, and the terrain has changed a little. I will know when I get close to it."

Jiang Hua frowned and said, "Are you kidding me? Guanggui Province is so big, where can I find you? Do I have to drive this broken car and take you around the entire Guanggui Province? Tell me the truth, how close are you to the Jushi Kingdom for you to sense it?"

Jiang Chen's expression was not very good. If someone dared to talk to him like this, he would have sucked the other person's blood dry.

But now it’s Jiang Hua, and he can’t beat Jiang Hua, what can he do?

Jiang Chen said: "As long as you are within a 20-mile radius of me, I can sense the strong corpse aura of the Jushi Kingdom."

Although Jiang Hua was still unhappy, he didn't say anything more. He nodded and said, "Get in the car. Let's go to Banai first."

So Jiang Hua got in the car and continued to take Jiang Chen and Chen Wenjin to Shangsi.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when we arrived at Shangsi, so we booked three rooms in the guesthouse to rest.

The next day, Chen Wenjin led the way and we headed into the mountains.

When we got here, cars could no longer pass, and even horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts could not enter, so we had to walk deeper.

Fortunately, Chen Wenjin had been here when he attended the funeral of a powerful figure. Although a long time had passed, Chen Wenjin still remembered the general route.

So the three of them walked for more than half a day, passing through several mountain villages and Yao villages. Finally, when the sun was about to set, they saw several stilt houses in the distance, located among the mountains.

"Look, that's Banai Village. I have a very deep impression of that lake."

Chen Wenjin stood on the mountain and pointed to a village at the foot of the mountain where there was a large lake.

Jiang Hua knew that the Zhang family ancient building was just under the lake, and there was an ancient village sunk under the water.

Finally found this place.

I just wonder if the ancient Yao divine jade is in the Zhang family’s ancient building?
Or do we have to find the jade vein before we can find the ancient Yao divine jade?
Jiang Hua didn’t think too much about it for the time being. Since he was already here, he would naturally go find Zhang Qiling first.

Zhang Qiling brought the "Zhang Qiling" from the Snake Marsh Ghost Town back to the Zhang family ancient building, and there has been no news of him since then.

Not long ago, I asked someone to deliver a letter to the capital. In that era, the speed of letter delivery was very slow, often taking more than half a month. Adding the time Jiang Hua and others spent on the journey, more than 20 days had passed.

I don’t know how Zhang Qiling is doing now.

"The yin energy here is very heavy. There must be a huge tomb."

Jiang Chen said in a low voice.

Jiang Hua nodded without comment.

The Zhang family’s ancient building is right here, how could it not be filled with gloomy energy?
This ancient Zhang family building is very scary. It is said that it has eight floors in total, but Wu Xie and his friends only went up to three floors.

Even Fairy Huo died here.

This Zhang family ancient building could be considered one of the most dangerous places in the story of stealing the pen.

Jiang Hua and the other two went down the mountain and finally arrived at the village before the sun set.

According to Chen Wenjin's previous memory, they found the home of a villager named Agui.

This Agui was the one who entertained Chen Wenjin and others back then. There are still portraits of Chen Wenjin and others hanging in the living room, so when Chen Wenjin appeared again, Agui seemed very enthusiastic.

After Jiang Hua and the other two settled down, they asked Agui about Zhang Qiling's news.

As a result, Agui said that he had never seen Zhang Qiling and did not know that Zhang Qiling had come back, so he asked Jiang Hua and others to go to Zhang Qiling's home to take a look.

Jiang Hua knew that the Zhang family had lived here before, and Zhang Qiling had also lived here for a long time, so he asked for the location, had dinner at Agui's house, gave Agui some money, and then took Chen Wenjin and Jiang Chen to Agui's house.

There are no street lights in the village, and even their own homes have no electricity. They all use kerosene lamps.

So, the village is very dark.

However, Jiang Hua and the other two are not ordinary people. Jiang Hua and Jiang Chen both have night vision capabilities, and Chen Wenjin has lived alone in the wild for more than ten years, so she can naturally adapt to the darkness easily.

Soon, the three found Zhang Qiling's home, a very tall house on stilts.

Inside, there are lights!

"There is indeed someone!"

Chen Wenjin said. However, Jiang Hua frowned and pulled Chen Wenjin: "Something is wrong! The person inside doesn't look like Zhang Qiling, look! There are two people!"

“Who could that be?
Chen Wenjin asked.

Jiang Hua thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. We'll know when we go in and take a look."

So the three of them went to Zhang Qiling's home.

The three of them were all very skilled. Chen Wenjin had been active in the Snake Swamp for many years, so she had developed very nimble movements and could walk without making any sound.

So, when the three of them walked to the door, no one inside noticed them.

Jiang Hua pushed the door open directly, and the people inside were startled.

When several pairs of eyes met, everyone was stunned, including Jiang Hua.

"Wu Xie?"

"Master Jiang!"

Jiang Hua and Wu Xie shouted in surprise at the same time.

Jiang Hua didn't expect that the people in Zhang Qiling's house were Wu Xie and Wang Banyue.

Jiang Hua had never thought of bringing them here, but he didn't expect them to arrive here early.

"Why are you here?"

Jiang Hua walked in and asked.

Wu Xie looked at Chen Wenjin and Jiang Chen behind Jiang Hua. Chen Wenjin knew that they were going to meet Zhang Qiling, so she put on a human skin mask when leaving Agui's house.

Therefore, Wu Xie didn’t know Chen Wenjin and Jiang Chen either.

Wu Xie raised his hand and pointed at the person sitting in a daze on the chair: "It's all because of Men You Ping. Fatty and I both received his letter for help. After investigation, we found out that Men You Ping's home is here, so we came here."

When Jiang Hua took a look, he saw Zhang Qiling sitting on a chair with a dull look on his face, as if he was thinking about something.

This guy, isn't he a good person?
Jiang Hua said: "I also received his letter."

Then, Wu Xie took out the letter paper, and Jiang Hua took a look and found that it was exactly the same as his.

Chen Wenjin said: "Why doesn't he speak? Isn't he asking for help?"

Jiang Hua said: "It should be amnesia."

"Master Jiang, how do you know that Menyouping has lost his memory?"

Wu Xie said in surprise.

Jiang Hua said: "This is not the point."

In fact, in the original book, at this point in time, Zhang Qiling had indeed lost his memory.

Originally, according to the original development route, Zhang Qiling was in the underground palace of the Queen Mother of the West, and followed Chen Wenjin into the meteorite jade. After he came out, he was a little confused, and finally he suffered from amnesia and couldn't even recognize who was who.

And now, Jiang Hua entered the meteorite jade on behalf of Zhang Qiling. After that, Zhang Qiling behaved normally, without any mental disorder or amnesia.

Jiang Hua thought he would not suffer from amnesia.

However, when Jiang Hua saw Zhang Qiling for the first time, he knew that Zhang Qiling had amnesia.

Wu Xie sighed softly, "Yes, Menyouping has amnesia. Now he can't even remember us. No matter what I asked him, he didn't say anything. It seems that he was stimulated somewhere."

Jiang Hua said: "It's not because of stimulation, it's a problem with his physical condition. This is not the first time he has lost his memory."

Wu Xie opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, but finally asked, "Who wrote this letter to us?"

Jiang Hua said: "It should be Zhang Qiling, these are not important, the important thing is that we have to go to the Zhang family ancient building to take a look.

"Zhang Family Ancient Building?"

Wu Xie frowned.

Now he doesn’t know about the Zhang family’s ancient building.

Jiang Hua didn't explain anything to him.

Seeing that Jiang Hua didn't want to talk more, Wu Xie didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he looked at Jiang Chen and Chen Wenjin and asked, "Master Jiang, who are these two?"

Jiang Hua casually assigned two identities to Jiang Chen and Chen Wenjin. Jiang Chen was his distant uncle, and Chen Wenjin was his cousin, and the two were father and daughter.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie didn't think much about it and was very polite to the two of them.

Jiang Chen ignored Wu Xie, but Chen Wenjin was much more enthusiastic. After all, Chen Wenjin and Wu Xie had a good relationship.

Jiang Hua walked up to Zhang Qiling and looked at what Zhang Qiling was holding with a frown.

He was holding something in his hand.

Jiang Hua said: "Xiao Zhang, raise your head."

Zhang Qiling finally recovered from his dazed state after hearing this.

"Jiang Hua?"

Zhang Qiling uttered two words.

Wu Xie and Wang Banyue were stunned, and then Wang Banyue said: "Oh my god! Doesn't this mean you still recognize Master Jiang? Little Wu Xie, it seems that you are not important enough in my heart."

Wu Xie ignored Wang Banyue's teasing and was overjoyed. He rushed over and asked, "Menyouping, have you recovered your memory?"

However, Zhang Qiling shook his head.

Wu Xie felt disappointed.

Jiang Hua said: "How come you still remember me?"

(End of this chapter)