Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

The sound of footsteps approached, and a familiar scent wafted in from outside the door.

Qin Henian withdrew his gaze from Hei Xiazi's side and turned his head to look at the door of the tomb chamber where he was, his eyes curving upwards.

Boom! !

The stone gate opened, and the first person to enter was Zhang Qilin, followed by Wu Xiewang, Fatty, and Xie Yuchen.

"Little Qilin, you're here! Come over here quickly!"

Qin Henian didn't move. He sat on the stone bench behind the only stone platform in the tomb chamber, only raising his hand to greet people. After greeting everyone, he turned around and looked down at the stone platform about a meter in front of him.

The stone platform serves as the control panel for the large mechanisms within the tomb chamber. It is covered with countless crisscrossing grooves of varying sizes and shapes. Some are short, some long, some diagonal, some vertical, and some intersecting. The contents of these grooves are intricate, but each groove's opening is controlled by a stone, clearly revealing the purpose of these stones.

"He Nian, is there any purpose to all this mess on the stone platform?"

Wu Xie had explored many tombs, but he had never entered the control room that controlled the mechanisms within the tomb chamber. This was because the ancients typically commissioned master architects to design their tombs, and all the mechanisms would activate at specific points. They believed that since the tomb's occupants were dead, such a control room was unnecessary. Except for some tombs with hereditary tomb keepers, most tombs didn't have a side chamber for controlling the mechanisms. Therefore, this was the first time Wu Xie had encountered one; he had never seen one before.

"Wu Xie, you don't know this? Didn't your family explain it to you before?"

Qin Henian had heard many stories of tomb raiding from Wu Xie since he was a child, following his third uncle. What's going on?

Qin Henian looked puzzled, then turned his gaze to Xie Yuchen. Surely this person knew this! Qin Henian had inquired about it after returning from Tamutuo; Xiaohua used to have a master. Surely a master from a family of tomb raiders wouldn't have failed to teach her that?

"what?"

Wu Xie looked puzzled, then started racking his brains. But while Wu Xie was still thinking, Xie Yuchen, who had received Qin Henian's gaze, smiled and said.

"The control room, this should be where the main mechanisms of this tomb are controlled. The stone plate in front of you, Henian, should be the one that controls the mechanisms."

Xie Yuchen knew that knowledge about tomb raiding was very diverse, but he was still able to grasp the key points from the jumbled mess in his mind.

"Hyouka! Hana got it right, this is the control room. How about we play around and broaden our horizons?"

Qin Henian looked excitedly at the people around him, wanting to see if the mechanisms made by later generations were as powerful as those made by "Little Egg".

"No, that won't do! This tomb may not be big, but it's kept with quite a few creatures. If we release them, they could easily get infected with bacteria!"

As Xie Yuchen and his group followed Zhang Qilin down into the depths of the tomb, they encountered numerous corpse beetles and bats perched on the walls. Not to mention Wu Xie, who was known for his strange ability to revive corpses whenever he opened a coffin. On their way down, Wu Xie was constantly flanked by Zhang Qilin and Fatty Wang, and he would always detour two or three meters away from any coffin he saw, his main motto being, "I won't touch you, and you shouldn't touch me either!"

Xie Yuchen shook his head and rejected Qin Henian's suggestion, his words revealing a kind of "germaphobia".

"Then... that's fine!"

"Then you guys find a place to sit, I'll show you something good!"

Seeing that Xiao Hua wouldn't play with him, Qin Henian immediately lost interest in controlling the tomb's mechanisms... As for Wu Xie... who cares! He's really weird; you're not allowed to touch the switches! And Wang Pangzi's mischievousness also distracted Qin Henian, who had to constantly watch out for his men making a mistake...

With a "whoosh," a bright red camellia-like flower was placed in a redwood box, which contained not only the flower but also its roots, which were submerged in an unknown, lush green liquid.

"This medicinal Gu has petals made up of tens of thousands of transparent honey Gu. When these honey Gu are densely packed and nurtured for a long time, they will produce a substance that is good for the body. Eating it will also allow them to disperse in each of your blood and flesh, which will greatly improve your physical fitness in the future. It can also decompose the toxins in the little Qilin's blood. Such a good thing, let's share it!"

Qin Henian used his slender, long fingers to pinch a crimson petal from the wooden box, opened his small, pink mouth, and swallowed it whole. He then shoved the wooden box he was holding toward the person next to him and ignored them... He just smacked his lips a couple of times, then casually pulled a small black bat from his pocket and turned to put it in his mouth as well...

Eat and drink as you please, and blame others for any problems that arise.

Zhang Qilin had just walked the fastest and was standing next to Qin Henian. Suddenly, a wooden box was stuffed into his hand. He sighed inwardly, his eyes filled with helplessness and indulgence.

"Poison Gu? You still have that stuff in modern society? I've never heard of it before!"

"Could it be that I've been spending all my time with Little Innocent, and she's sucked my brain away?"

Fatty Wang was a man who loved to hunt. When he saw something good, especially a treasure shared with his good brother, and heard that it had so many benefits, he couldn't help but be curious and joke around.

"You fatso! What do you mean I sucked your brain away?! Can't you speak properly? Can't you keep your mouth shut for once...?"

Wu Xie was curious about the box the young man was holding. He and Xiao Hua were carefully observing the flowers inside the box, their eyes fixed on whether there were any Gu worms moving. When they heard Wang Pangzi's words, Wu Xie rolled his eyes and retorted.

"Alright, alright, Wu Xie, we can put Fatty's poison gu aside for now. We can study it when we get back."

"Our main objective now is to capture the Wang family member who's mixed up with the Huo family. Hei Xiazi isn't here; he must have gone to deal with him."

After all, Hei Xiazi received money from Wu Xie, so the quality should be somewhat guaranteed since he was paid.

As soon as Xie Yuchen entered the side room, he felt that it was a suitable place for interrogation. He could just leave the person here after the interrogation, instead of having to walk all the way back to the desert and bring along a few burdens.

"Then I'll release them right now!"

Qin Henian understood Xie Yuchen's meaning, and of course, he agreed. After all, this desert was much larger than the previous ones, and who knew if anyone was lying in ambush...