Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

"You're not as pretty as Huahua."

"Aren't you tired of carrying her?"

Su Li's words caused Hei Xiazi to break down twice. His smile froze, and his expression became half-smile, as if he were having a spasm. He subconsciously touched his back.

Su Li watched as the ghost in the bright red wedding dress, who had been clinging to Hei Xiazi's back, was slapped by Hei Xiazi, who immediately stretched out his ghostly hand and slapped him hard on the neck.

Although Su Li could tell from Hei Xiazi's appearance that he was only slightly uncomfortable and didn't seem to feel any pain, she still couldn't help but grit her teeth.

This ghost looks somewhat like Lan Yan, the girl my third senior brother raised, but it looks even worse than when Lan Yan was first brought back by my third senior brother.

She must have had her eyes gouged out before she died, and her mouth was sewn together with black thread. Judging from the stitched-up wounds at the corners of her mouth, her tongue was probably cut off as well. There were black hole-like wounds on her palm when she reached out to scratch the black bear. These must have been left when she was nailed to the coffin while still alive. This ghost... was a ghost bride who was sacrificed in a ghost marriage.

"Ah Li, can you see that thing on the blind man's back?" Xie Yuchen had always known that there was something dirty on the blind man's back; it was something he got after taking on that job with the Huo family.

Over the years, Hei Xiazi has been searching for a solution, but despite spending a lot of money, he has only been able to suppress the problem slightly without any other substantial progress.

Su Li nodded. "I can see it."

"What is it?"

“A ghost bride forced into a ghost marriage.” Su Li stared at the girl on Hei Xiazi’s back, her voice hoarse. “A little girl who was blinded, had her tongue cut out, her mouth sewn up, and nailed to a coffin.”

The three of them fell silent upon hearing this.

Hei Xiazi always knew that the person on his back was a female ghost dressed in a wedding gown, and he could always see that red figure in various mirrors, but he never expected it to be like this...

"Is there any way to resolve this?" Xie Yuchen still asked this question. Although the girl's experience was indeed tragic, it was not Hei Xiazi's fault, and he should not have to bear it.

Black Bear opened his mouth, then gritted his teeth and grinned, revealing his big white teeth. "What's there to solve? No need to solve anything. I'm used to it. If I didn't have this on my back, I'd feel uncomfortable, hahaha."

“Blind man.” Zhang Qiling looked at Hei Xiazi with strong disapproval. Hei Xiazi’s condition had clearly deteriorated significantly over the years, and the suppressive effect of that prescription was becoming increasingly weak. They couldn’t let their momentary weakness prevent them from doing so…

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just..."

“Um…” Su Li interrupted the three’s argument. “There’s no need to deal with her.”

"Huh? Really? Really?" Hei Xiazi, who was racking his brains trying to figure out how to convince the two, looked up in surprise. "Little Ali, you can't lie to me, you blind man!"

Zuli nodded affirmatively.

Xie Yuchen and Zhang Qiling didn't necessarily have to be ruthless towards this girl with such a tragic background; they just wanted to solve Hei Xiazi's problem.

Seeing Hei Xiazi suddenly stand up straight, Xie Yuchen got angry thinking about how Hei Xiazi had suddenly become a nice guy. What happened to the ruthless and unpredictable Yama? Is this all?

"Didn't Blackie say he was used to it? Why is he getting so excited now?"

Seeing Xie Yuchen looking at him with a half-smile, Hei Xiazi knew he had offended both of them with his earlier outburst, and quickly smiled apologetically. "I was wrong, I was wrong, Master Hua, Master Zhang, you are all so magnanimous, so magnanimous."

Zhang Qiling crossed his arms, turned away, and refused to communicate.

"Get out of here." Xie Yuchen impatiently pushed away the clownish Black Bear.

"Ah Li, this black thing's... cough..."

"Don't worry, she won't be hurt. Master has prepared a gift for you, which includes a solution to this matter." Su Li assured him that Master had already arranged everything and there wouldn't be any problems.

After saying that, he took Xie Yuchen's hand and led the three of them back to the Jade Platform.

The dragon-patterned bracelet on her wrist tapped the jade box with a special rhythm. A flash of light appeared, and Su Li raised her hand to open the lid, revealing the contents of the jade box.

The small space inside the jade box contained only six small square boxes with inscriptions neatly arranged, and nothing else.

"What's this?" Black Bear asked curiously, reaching out to rummage through the small boxes.

Each box was engraved with intricate patterns, and in the center of each box were small characters such as '黎, 瓶, 邪, 黑, 花, 胖'.

"Meeting gift."

“‘Flower’ belongs to Flower Lord, ‘Black’ should belong to Blind Man Me, and who is Mute? ‘Li’? Little Li, you have one too.”

Su Li picked up the small box engraved with the word 'bottle' and handed it to Zhang Qiling.

Why is the mute person associated with a 'bottle'?

"Because Brother Zhang will have a nickname from now on: Silent Bottle." Holding her little box, Su Li smiled happily. "My Emperor Realm master can't open it, this is the luggage they prepared for me."

"Silent Bottle? Interesting." Just as Xie Yuchen and Zhang Qiling received their portions, Hei Xiazi eagerly opened his. "This is... a ring?"

Each box contains a simple, antique-style ring, so unassuming that it would be the kind of ring you'd throw away at a street stall and the owner wouldn't even think of giving it away as a freebie.

"A storage ring, also called a spatial ring, is a basic beginner's model. It's not very pretty, but the advantage is that ordinary people can use it. It's about three times the size of this stone chamber." After Su Li finished speaking, she taught them how to bind their items with blood and how to retrieve them.

After repeated attempts, Zhang Qiling was the first to master the technique and successfully stored and retrieved his flashlight.

Less than five minutes later, Xie Yuchen also achieved initial success in this activity.

Except for...

"Little Ali, who made this spatial ring? Your aesthetic sense is terrible."

"This was specially designed by the senior disciple for his new disciples; it's about keeping your wealth hidden."

"Hey, hey, hey, the blind man can sense something! There seems to be something in here!!"

"A gift prepared by my master."

"I thought the gift you were talking about was this spatial ring, Little Ali, our master is so generous!"

"..."

"Little Ali, what kind of gift did our master prepare for our meeting? Is it really enough to handle the blind man carrying this person on his back?"

"My third senior brother is an expert in controlling ghosts."

"Controlling ghosts? Raising ghosts? How do you raise them? Our sect can raise ghosts? Are we a legitimate sect? Are we a demonic sect? Even the image our master left behind doesn't seem like it, he's so ethereal..."

Su Li looked at the other two who had already grasped the basics, then at the guy over here who was practicing and asking her all sorts of questions. Why did this guy talk so much?! So tiring! Just let it all end!

With a blank expression, she said, "Can you concentrate? They've already succeeded."

"It's alright, it's alright, they all succeeded. The blind man is so clever, he'll be quick." Black Bear still acted carefree, since he had everything in his hands anyway, it was just a matter of time.

Having successfully mastered the technique and gradually become proficient, Xie Yuchen walked over and patted Su Li on the head. "Ah Li, take a break, let me do it."

After speaking, he took out a small wooden box from his own space and placed it in front of Hei Xiazi.

"What?"