Tomb raiding: It all started with shocking the archaeological team.

Depend on!

This is so awkward!

Chen Yibai's crimson ancient sword missed its mark, and the blade landed on the bluestone floor with a clang.

Unexpectedly, Yan Xuefei's reaction speed was so fast, and her green eyes might also have the ability of night vision, which must be related to the Divine Pearl she swallowed.

It might be something like bloodline inheritance again.

After all, ancient times left behind too many mysteries that science cannot explain.

But if that's the case, then the Divine Pearl must have already been digested by Yan Xuefei.

So when Yan Xuefei came yelling at him, Chen Yibai's brain raced for half a second as he considered what to do next.

Now that Yan Xuefei has already digested the Divine Pearl, taking her life is no longer of much use.

Furthermore, after Yan Xuefei digested the Divine Pearl, it was uncertain whether she possessed any other abilities besides night vision.

Therefore, taking everything into consideration, and just to be on the safe side, Chen Yibai decided to play it safe for now. He immediately suppressed his murderous aura, his expression changing in an instant. He exclaimed "Ah!" to Yan Xuefei, "Miss Yan, you're awake! I just saw a ghost crawling on you, and I was about to take out my sword to drive it away when you woke up..."

"ghost?"

Yan Xuefei narrowed her eyes, her dark green pupils darting around before her expression turned cold, as if the words "I don't believe you!" were practically written on her face.

Although Chen Yibai concealed his murderous intent and his expression changed drastically, Yan Xuefei was not stupid. The sword strike that came straight down was clearly aimed at her life.

Yan Xuefei is still shaken. Fortunately, after digesting the Divine Pearl, she not only gained night vision, but her senses and mental strength also became very sharp, which allowed her to react quickly and dodge the sword.

Otherwise, I'm afraid I would already be dismembered by now.

"What a treacherous and vicious man! How could he do this to someone as beautiful as me!"

A murderous intent also subtly rose in Yan Xuefei's heart.

Now that we've obtained the Divine Pearl, killing Chen Yibai will save us another 150 million in commissions—it's practically the perfect ending.

However, as she thought of this, Yan Xuefei glanced at the empty red armor not far away. Although there was only a pool of rotten black water left inside the armor and the air was filled with a stench, she was certain that this was the giant meat dumpling that Chen Yibai had helped to stop earlier.

This shows that Chen Yibai has some skills. To be on the safe side, it's best not to rush in headfirst!

Yan Xuefei turned her eyes back, her killing intent also concealed. Instead, she adopted a naive and innocent demeanor, gave Chen Yibai a smile, and quickly said, "Captain Chen, thank you for your help just now. It's really all thanks to you. When we get back, I'll definitely have my godfather thank you properly..."

If Chen Yibai's acting was solid, Yan Xuefei's acting was even more superb, completely natural. Her expressions and tone showed absolutely no trace of acting.

This is practically a battle of acting prowess between two award-winning actors.

Life is like a play, and it all comes down to acting skills.

As she spoke, Yan Xuefei had already arrived in front of Chen Yibai. Two large white breasts were hanging from her chest, swaying back and forth as she took each step, making Chen Yibai's eyes dazzle.

This was undoubtedly a huge offense to Yan Xuefei.

But Yan Xuefei took advantage of this, facing Chen Yibai without dodging or flinching, and even deliberately puffed out her chest, thinking to herself, "Anyway, we're both going to die, so it doesn't matter if you get a second look."

"Miss Yan, I didn't expect you to know Maoshan Taoist arts?"

Chen Yibai shifted his gaze from Yan Xuefei's chest and asked with some surprise.

Yan Xuefei shrugged and smiled, "It's not exactly orthodox Maoshan Taoist magic, it just has some connection with Maoshan Taoist magic."

Chen Yibai then feigned curiosity and concern, asking, "Did your body react when you swallowed that bead?"

Yan Xuefei knew that Chen Yibai was trying to get information out of her. She also frowned slightly, feigning seriousness, and said softly, "My eyes seem to be able to see through the darkness, and then I feel a tightness in my chest, like a stone is stuck here, making it hard to breathe..."

As she spoke, Yan Xuefei pointed to her chest and pressed it against her chest, making it look soft and yielding.

"Oh?"

Chen Yibai exclaimed "Oh!" in surprise, his eyes widening so much they almost fell onto Yan Xuefei's chest.

Just then, taking advantage of Chen Yibai's concentration, Yan Xuefei suddenly took out a talisman and quickly stuck it on Chen Yibai's body.

This is not an ordinary yellow paper talisman, but a black paper talisman, painted with black ink and with a spell drawn in blood beforehand. It's clearly not something legitimate.

Fortunately, Chen Yibai had taken precautions in advance, his eyes fixed on Yan Xuefei's chest, but it was just a deliberate illusion he created to test her.

So Chen Yibai immediately dodged and reached out to grab Yan Xuefei's wrist, which was holding the black talisman.

Yan Xuefei then realized that Chen Yibai was on guard against her. After her attack failed, she quickly dodged Chen Yibai's grabbing hand and took two quick steps back.

This can be considered a draw; neither side suffered a loss nor gained an advantage.

"Miss Yan, what are you doing?"

Upon seeing this, Chen Yibai immediately looked at Yan Xuefei and asked in surprise.

"This……"

Seeing that Chen Yibai hadn't yet revealed his true colors, Yan Xuefei decided to continue her performance, saying, "This is an exorcism talisman from Maoshan Taoism. I just noticed that you seemed to be haunted and followed by some evil spirits..."

A black talisman for exorcising evil spirits?

Chen Yibai chuckled on the surface, but inwardly he cursed, "You really think I'm some clueless newbie? I may not have eaten pork, but I've seen plenty of pigs run. This black blood talisman is clearly a soul-summoning talisman drawn on human skin!"

A soul-summoning talisman can attract ghosts to possess a person. Even if a person has strong yang energy and a robust body, and the ghost cannot possess them, they will still be entangled and their spirit will be disturbed.

This soul-guiding talisman is a kind of unorthodox and evil technique in Maoshan Taoism. Because it was too evil, the Maoshan Taoist sect was afraid of ruining its reputation, so it had long ago expelled this evil technique from the sect and made it a forbidden technique.

It seems that this Yan Xuefei is indeed not a proper female Taoist priest from Maoshan.

As she said, it's a wild path with some connection to the Maoshan Taoist sect!

"Miss Yan, thank you for your concern. I am naturally resilient and possess an extremely yang constitution, so I am not afraid of these evil spirits!"

Chen Yibai shook his head and chuckled at Yan Xuefei.

"Oh, really? Captain Chen is indeed no ordinary person!"

Yan Xuefei gritted her teeth inwardly and chuckled.

The laughter of the two men sounded surprisingly harmonious in the hall.

But if you listen carefully, it sounds like knives are being used indiscriminately.

At this moment, Chen Yibai and Yan Xuefei had both clearly understood each other's feelings.

It's as if both of them clearly know that they 'deeply love' each other, but they just haven't yet broken through the barrier between them.

It all comes down to who's going to break through this barrier first...