My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

After hearing his words, the group of tomb robbers felt a little relieved. After all, they had seen several Taoist priests take action yesterday and knew that they had real skills.

So he stopped worrying and began to carefully look for a way to enter the tomb.

But the purpose of the Dragon-Breaking Stone is to isolate uninvited guests from the tomb, so how could it be possible for them to find the entrance easily?

The group searched for a long time but found nothing. Just when everyone was at a loss, Kunlun proposed a rough solution, "Since we can't find a way in, why don't we use explosives to blow out an entrance?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou rejected it directly, "No, this Dragon Breaking Stone is made of a whole piece of granite, a small amount of explosives will not be able to damage it at all!"

"But if we put too much explosives, I'm afraid the tomb passage will collapse as well, and we might all be buried inside."

Everyone thought it made sense, but without explosives they really had no other solution.

Who told them that the Xiangling lineage was an organization between tomb robbers and bandits? They were proficient in teamwork and various equipment, but their professional tomb-robbing skills were not that outstanding.

Seeing that Chen Yulou had no good solution, Partridge Whistle could only step forward to help, "In that case, let's give it a try!"

As he said this, he asked his junior sister Hua Ling and junior brother Lao Yangren to put down the two baskets they were carrying, which were made of unknown materials.

He opened the lid of the basket, revealing two pangolins, one large and one small, and explained to everyone, "These two pangolins are called mountain-digging pangolins. They were cultivated by my mountain-moving lineage using secret medicine. They are specially used to dig holes in mountains and rocks."

When everyone heard this, they looked at the two big guys crawling out of the basket in surprise. Red Girl saw that although their claws were sharp, she couldn't see that they had the ability to crush stones.

So he said directly, "They do look much larger than ordinary pangolins, but if they want to dig through this granite, it's probably impossible!"

After hearing what Hong Girl said, everyone in the Xiangling lineage felt that it made sense, even a few Maoshan Taoists nearby thought so.

Because they did not sense any demonic aura from the two beasts. They were obviously just ordinary beasts that had taken some special demonic substances. It was indeed not easy for them to dig out the granite.

And what Partridge Whistle said also confirmed their guess, "If you want to use them to dig a hole in this granite, it is indeed difficult, but if you want to dig a passage from both sides and bypass this Broken Dragon Stone, it is worth a try!"

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. It seemed to make sense. Although the two sides were also made of stone, they were not granite but softer limestone.

After Partridge Whistle finished speaking, he took out a cloth bag from the interlayer of the basket. When he opened it, it was filled with densely packed red-headed ants.

When the people in Xiangling saw these things, they all took a step back. It was obvious that they didn't want to be bitten by these guys for no reason.

At this time, Partridge Whistle did not pay any attention to them. He placed the cloth bag in front of the two mountain diggers and stood aside waiting.

When the two pangolins saw the food, they immediately went forward and devoured it. In just over ten minutes, the bag of red-headed ants, weighing about three or four pounds, was completely eaten up.

After that, at Partridge Whistle's command, the two big guys began to explore on both sides along the granite slabs. After a while, they found a position on the mountain walls on both sides and started digging.

As their sharp claws continued to fly, the limestone on the mountain wall was easily dug out like tofu.

One of them is small and the other is big, standing in front and behind. The small one is responsible for digging the hole in the front, and the big one is expanding the hole in the back. They cooperate very well and it is obviously not the first time they have done this.

And in the midst of everyone's astonished gazes, the two of them disappeared at the entrance of the cave in just a few moments, leaving behind a fairly regular passage where they passed.

Less than twenty minutes later, Partridge Whistle, who was squatting at the entrance of the cave listening for any movement, heard the sound of stones falling to the ground.

"pass."

When everyone heard the answer, they couldn't hide their joy. But after taking a look at the cave entrance, they calmed down again, "This cave entrance is too small. I definitely can't get in!"

Kunlun grinned and clenched his teeth.

When Partridge Whistle heard this, he thought it made sense, so he recalled the two pangolins and ordered them again to dig another passage under this passage.

The two guys had no complaints and happily started digging again.

After another half an hour or so, the entrance of the cave doubled in size and people could finally pass through it smoothly.

Just as they were about to enter, a Maoshan Taoist suddenly shouted, "Be careful, there is something in this cave!"

As he spoke, he cast out a few talismans and pasted them on the wall of the cave, then signaled everyone to enter.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou picked up a leather shield and entered the cave first. However, as soon as he entered, he felt that the air in the cave was very turbid, which made him feel a little suffocated, so he had no choice but to retreat.

"It seems that the back of this tomb is very closed. If that's the case, we can't rush in, or we might suffocate to death in there!"

Partridge Whistle said, stroking his chin.

"In that case, let's wait a while!" Chen Yulou suggested.

Partridge Whistle had no objection to this, but he couldn't just sit there and wait, so he asked the two pangolins to dig a few small holes on the other side so that air could circulate quickly.

After this was done, he could only sit down with everyone and chat about random things.

...

They waited like this for an unknown amount of time. When Chen Yulou entered the cave with a lit candle and slowly moved forward, he found that the candle was not extinguished, so he signaled to everyone that everything was normal.

Then the rest of the people followed him in, but as soon as they entered, they saw Chen Yulou squatting at the entrance of the cave, blocking the exit.

So he asked immediately. Chen Yulou heard the urging from behind, turned around and sighed, then said nothing, and continued to move forward and entered the tomb.

After some twists and turns, the others successfully entered the tomb. It turned out that the two pangolins bypassed the Dragon-Breaking Stone and dug out a large C-shaped passage on the stone wall.

But when they raised their heads, what they saw was a large number of skeletons lying in the tomb, so many that they could not be counted.

At the same time, they felt gusts of biting cold wind, but when they looked down, their clothes and hair were intact.

Chen Yulou and others endured the discomfort and carefully observed the bones, and found that most of them had no wounds.

So Queqiao Shao asserted, "Looking at the teeth and bones of these people, they should all be strong men. I think they are the craftsmen who built this tomb!"