Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

"You want to know?"

Qin Henian turned his head and glanced at the arm draped over his shoulder. He thought about putting the matter of taking back the meteorite energy on hold for the time being, and then he started thinking about the future of Hei Xiazi and Zhang Qilin.

They are now divine beasts. Although they are of different races, divine beasts should stay in the world that belongs to divine beasts. This world is too weak and does not have the power and resources needed to raise a divine beast.

It seems the only option is to pack them up and take them with us.

"Yes, I want to know! The blind man and the mute man both want to know about He Nian's affairs, as well as those two guys from before!"

Although Hei Xiazi is old, his memory is excellent, and he can keep accounts very quickly! So when he asked this question, he mentioned two guys instead of one, after all, Hei Xiazi would not forget the guy who made such a big fuss in the Bronze Gate.

"I will not tell you!"

"Alright, stop analyzing me! Now let's talk about the path Wu Xie chose! It's definitely wrong. We've all fallen down, which means we've taken the wrong path. Plus, the area below looks like a mountain that's been hollowed out to make a tomb, but it's empty and has no foundation. There probably isn't anything good at the bottom of this mountain, and we're probably already out of the tomb complex above..."

Qin Henian didn't want to talk too much about himself, so he quickly shook his head from side to side, glancing around to change the subject.

"It's not my fault that I went the wrong way, Henian, you're changing the subject!"

Hei Xiazi raised his hand and pushed up his sunglasses, covering his deep eyes beneath them. He still wore his usual smile, but spoke words of certainty.

While Hei Xiazi and Qin Henian started bickering, Zhang Qilin could only silently walk over to the people lying on the ground, squat down, and check their breathing one by one to make sure they were alive before gently waking them up...

"What just happened? No! Something's pressing down on my thigh, it's so heavy!"

Wu Xie was the first person Zhang Qilin woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he checked his body, confirmed that his surroundings were the same as before, and glanced at the people lying on the ground around him. Just as he was about to get up, he realized that something seemed to be pressing down on his thigh... something very heavy...

"What's the weight?"

"Young Master, are you alright?"

Two voices rang out immediately after Wu Xie finished speaking. The first was Wang Pangzi's question after hearing the question as soon as he opened his eyes, and the second was Pan Zi, who was in great shape and had started looking for Wu Xie.

"What's going on... I can't feel my inner thighs anymore, I just feel heavy!"

Upon hearing Pan Zi's concern, Wu Xie's face showed helplessness and astonishment, and he quickly explained his current situation.

"Young Master, don't move. Let me see what's going on."

Pan Zi stared at Wu Xie's thigh after hearing this, and raised his hand to touch Wu Xie's leg to see what was wrong.

"No, no, no, Panzi, don't come any closer... Let the young man take a look at me, he's really good, he'll definitely be able to figure out what's wrong!"

Wu Xie felt awkward as he watched Pan Zi's hands about to touch his thighs, especially with everyone watching... He quickly waved his hand to stop him. Pan Zi's posture seemed to suggest that if anything happened to his thighs, he would give him a good beating. Wu Xie was a little uncomfortable, so he quickly tilted his head and looked at the group of people standing together, scanning them one by one before finally speaking.

"This guy is really good, but two of the other members of our Iron Triangle are just as good!"

After realizing what was happening, Fatty Wang started grumbling indignantly...

“Okay, Master Zhang is skilled, he trusts me, Panzi.”

Seeing Wu Xie's refusal to engage, Pan Zi had no choice but to turn his attention to Zhang Qilin...

Tap...tap...tap...

Without saying a word, Zhang Qilin, who was called out by Wu Xie, walked directly to Wu Xie's side, squatted down, and pinched the man's thigh to examine him.

The sight before his eyes made Qin Henian, who was standing to the side, frown. But thinking of the two big troubles behind him, he could only suppress his discomfort and turn to walk towards the butterflies fluttering in the valley.

In an instant, two slender fingers swiftly grasped an orange-black patterned butterfly. A golden-red, transparent square magic disc appeared between the fingers, hovering above the butterfly's head before rapidly shrinking into a black dot and merging into its body. Soon, information about the butterfly's passage—various directions, terrain, mountain ranges—appeared in Qin Henian's mind.

In his memory, Qin Henian saw this mountain. He didn't know how to climb it back to the tomb, but there was a path leading directly out into the forest...

pat!

After examining all the routes the butterflies had flown, Qin Henian loosened his grip, and the dead body of one butterfly fell into the grass and was buried.

Back at the gathering place, Qin Henian immediately noticed Wu Xie's thigh, which was wrapped up like a mummy. Suddenly, a sense of curiosity welled up in his heart, and he walked over to Wu Xie.

"Wu Xie, your leg...?"

Qin Henian blinked his curious eyes and spoke.

"Waaah... He Nian, my leg... The young man said that when I suddenly fainted, I lost my balance and fell, hitting the ground and damaging the nerve in my thigh, so I can't feel it. I need to go back to the hospital for a checkup... Waaah..."

Wu Xie felt wronged when he saw Qin Henian come over and immediately ask about his leg. He then began to explain his situation with a look of misfortune on his face.

"Pfft!"

"Cough cough... Child, you're so pitiful! Oh no... You can fall flat on your face and still end up like this, you're really unlucky..."

Qin Henian didn't want to laugh, but it was just too funny, so he couldn't help but change the subject and start complaining.

"Sigh! You're right, my cheap apprentice's evil nature is too strong, I can't control him at all. He Nian, look at all the guys around us, aren't they all 'healthy and safe'? Only this guy is unlucky..."

"I even suspect this blind man might be a reincarnated vengeful ghost; he's always working when he shouldn't and sometimes he isn't..."

Hei Xiazi is currently focused on gaining a significant advantage, so naturally he joined in the吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments) along with his friend He Nian...

After Wu Xie was injured, his physical and mental health were dealt another blow. A few minutes later, the topic suddenly shifted to where they should go from their current location...

"We can't go any further from here. Wu Xie, how much treasure did you take this time? Is it enough for you to get by for a while?"

Upon hearing the news of another "exploration," Qin Henian immediately asked Wu Xie and a few others.

"That should be enough. We collected quite a few gold bars before, and after we exchanged them for money, we can get our initial plan going."

"The main thing is that we're getting the manpower together very quickly, and we've found people for the first experimental project, so there shouldn't be any problems. If we're still short of money, I'll borrow some from Xiaohua..."

Wu Xie carefully considered his current situation and circumstances before speaking cautiously.

"Alright, let's go out now. I just checked and there's only one way out. Follow me!"

Everyone who isn't blind would have noticed what Qin Henian did earlier, since it wasn't far away.

With everyone's consent, Kan Jian and Pan Zi took turns carrying Wu Xie on their backs, and the group followed Qin Henian outside...