Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

As they dodged the mummies, they moved toward the stone door. Zhang Qilin and Qin Henian were closest and slipped through the door in one swift motion. After passing through a stone corridor, they reached an uphill section with about ten steps. At the top, another stone door blocked their way, but thanks to Zhang Qilin's skill in unlocking mechanisms, it only took a minute or two to open.

As soon as the stone gate opened, everyone rushed in like people going to a grave, one after another, afraid of being left behind.

Qin Henian and Zhang Qilin both disliked people who knew they were dangerous getting close to them. Fortunately, both of them were quite skilled in combat. Everyone had noticed their abilities when they fought the mummified corpses before, so no one dared to compete with them for a spot. Soon, everyone entered the room, listened to the closing sound of the mechanism, and arrived at a new tomb chamber.

Because most of the people were injured, especially Qiu Dekao, who was not only old but also had a broken arm, the group began emergency treatment and care as soon as they entered the tomb chamber, without even having time to look around.

Qin Henian, who was completely unharmed, began to examine the new tomb chamber. The chamber was dark, and no one bothered to use flashlights to illuminate the surroundings. Everyone was busy treating their wounds. A group of people stayed at the entrance, while Qin Henian moved quietly to another side. His phoenix eyes were bright as he looked up at the layout of the tomb chamber and sighed inwardly.

On either side of the wall was a well-looking dead body, bound by yellow amber, unlikely to rise from the dead. However, the layout of this tomb chamber was different from the previous eight-sided octagonal one; this one only had six sides. Two sides already had dead bodies guarding the tomb, and the other sides were also full of traps, none of them easy to deal with. But the good news was that Qin Henian looked through the stone wall at the upper level of the stone wall above him. It was a hollow new tomb chamber, much more "dangerous" than this one. They had only entered a few floors of the Zhang Family Ancient Building, and almost everyone was already dead. He wondered what others would think if they knew.

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While the group was wandering around the Zhang Family Ancient Building, Hei Xiazi and his companions finally arrived in Banna after a long and arduous journey.

After finally reaching the top of the mountain, Wu Xie followed the directions of the villagers who had stayed behind to a side of Yangjiao Mountain. He saw the people who had stayed there and was momentarily disoriented. He took out his glasses from his pocket and put them on.

"Panzi! That's strange, didn't you go down with them?"

Wu Xie's mind was still a bit foggy; he vaguely remembered that he had asked Pan Zi to come along...

Pan Zi, who was ahead, also noticed them approaching. He walked forward and listened to his young master's words with a hint of helplessness on his face.

"Young Master, it's not that I wanted to stay up here. It was Master Zhang and Mr. Qin who instructed me to stay up here to provide support."

After learning what had happened, Wu Xie didn't say anything. He just looked at the few unfamiliar people left beside him and didn't know it was appropriate to ask Pan Zi about the current situation or what Xiao Ge and He Nian were planning. The few newcomers could only stay outside and keep an eye on things so they could intervene if the other two teams tried to make a move against them.

Meanwhile, the two tomb raiders who were being talked about were currently focused on the murals on the walls of the tomb. The murals were carved with many figures and patterns, depicting ancient people dressed in clothes from various dynasties. However, most of them were scenes of sacrifices and burials from various dynasties, and there were also many mass graves, which made Qin Henian feel uneasy.

Although he was a beast, he never ate a human!

Looking at the various patterns carved on the murals, including snakes, spiders, all sorts of poisonous creatures, and human bones, as well as records of human sacrifice, filth sacrifice, sulfuric acid sacrifice, amber sacrifice, salt sacrifice, and cut-off sacrifice, Qin Henian deeply realized that the word "kind-hearted" was most suitable for him. After all, for the past thousand years, he had generally given people a quick death when killing them, unless someone angered him, in which case he would be more ruthless.

"Little Qilin, your family history is truly ancient, with contact with various dynasties. It's just that there are quite a few deaths, which gives me the creeps!"

Qin Henian swallowed hard, suppressing the ferocity surging within him. He hadn't yet committed any large-scale massacres since coming to this world, and he had almost forgotten that he was also a ferocious beast. The surging flames in his heart couldn't be contained, so he loved to cause trouble.

"This is where the bodies are kept, let's be careful!"

Zhang Qilin had a lot on his mind, worried that their ancestor, who was hiding here, might not be completely dead and could rise from the dead, making him difficult to deal with.

"Some of the murals here are really creepy!"

Is this painting real or fake?

At this moment, a timid foreigner spoke fluent Chinese, his eyes wide open, and the flashlight in his hand trembled uncontrollably, clearly looking frightened.

Snapped!

A hand landed on his shoulder, startling the two or three remaining foreign teammates. They slowly moved their heads to the side and saw Ah Ning, the leader, with a dark expression on her face.

"Whether it's real or fake, it doesn't exist now. Why are you so cowardly? Don't embarrass the boss!"

Ah Ning looked at her subordinate with a cold expression. After going through so many traps, she realized that they might not be able to go back this time. But she still had a younger brother... As she thought about it, Ah Ning's gaze fell on Qin Henian, who was looking at the mural.

It seemed that she might be able to get out alive... Fragments of memories and intuition in her mind told her that as long as she followed Qin Henian, she would be safe.

With this idea in mind, Qin Henian gained a semi-invisible little tail by his side.

Click!

Just then, the sound of a mechanism suddenly rang out in the tomb. Qin Henian snapped back to reality and looked up at the source of the sound.

"Little Qilin! What did you touch?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a large section of the wall on one side of the tomb chamber slid down, revealing a stone trough that was about two meters long and one meter wide, and it was completely empty!

"do not know!"

Zhang Qilin was also confused. He walked around the tomb a few times, and suddenly one of the stone slabs he was stepping on made a hollow sound. He squatted down and felt around with his finger, finding a spot where he inserted it into the stone. Then, with a flick of his finger, he heard the sound of a mechanism being activated, and then the walls began to change...

What is this stone trough for?

Some people were curious and bent over to look inside. Even Qiu Dekao thought that the suddenly appearing mechanism was a way to enter another layer of the tomb. Ignoring the pain of losing an arm, since he had painkillers to reduce the pain by most, he let A Ning and the female captain he had just promoted help him over.

The old hand reached out to touch the outside of the stone trough. The flashlight shone the groove all over but he couldn't see any mechanism. Qiu Dekao frowned, thought for a moment, and then stepped into the stone trough, squeezing his whole body inside. He looked up at the stone wall above the groove.

Click!

Just then, the mechanism sounded again, and rows of black holes suddenly appeared on the stone wall opposite the groove. Before Qiu Dekao could react, streams of yellowish-green liquid poured down from the black holes.

"what!"