Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

After seeing the blood-red words on the ground, Hei Xiazi seemed to suddenly realize something. He raised his hand, patted the back of his head, and laughed as he moved one of his feet away from the sorceress's shoulders.

"I almost forgot this is the village of the mute. You can't speak, but that's okay, as long as you can walk. So... come with me now!"

After Qin Henian finished speaking, he put down his other foot, casually grabbed the sorceress by the back of her head and collar, and led her out of the temple, following the principal's steps.

On the other side, Qin Henian, who had already sensed the message from Hei Xiazi that the sorceress had been kidnapped, twitched his lips, unsure of what to say.

According to the future fragments given by Xiaotiandao, Wu Xie and his group will not return to this place for another ten years, and a boss surnamed Jiao will also return. They have arrived early now and have no idea what that future boss Jiao is doing.

Somewhere, under the scorching sun of Feizhou, a boss surnamed Jiao, who was directing his men to work, was wiping the sweat dripping from his dark face while vigorously fanning himself with a fan.

rustling sounds... rustling sounds...

Outside the woods, heavy footsteps approached, disappearing into the dense foliage.

Inside the woods, Wu Xie and his group reacted quickly, gathering together and watching warily as the person tried to emerge from the tree branches. Of course, this didn't include Zhang Qilin and Qin Henian, who simply stood to one side, their eyes fixed on a single spot.

Wipe it...

The branches were pushed aside, and a dark figure was thrown in front of the crowd. Then, an arrogant and somewhat roguish black man swaggered up to them...

"Come, come, everyone! I brought you some local specialties from the mute village. Here's the mute fortune teller. If you need anything, just ask her!"

Black Bear had just started to speak when, seeing that no one around him spoke, he raised an eyebrow and continued, his voice sounding strange and sarcastic, as if it had taken seven or eight turns…

"What? You guys have discovered how handsome Blackie is? Could it be that you've fallen for me, the blind guy, without even realizing it? Tsk tsk tsk...?"

Black Bear blurted out his sarcastic remark, looking at the group who were still on guard, and acted shamelessly, like a rogue.

"Pah! Black Bear, you're truly shameless!"

Xie Yuchen rolled her eyes, too lazy to pay attention to the person opposite her, and then looked down at the figure that had just been thrown in front of her.

Fatty Wang wanted to say something, but when he glanced at Black Bear's smiling face, he felt a chill down his spine and shut up. He then pulled Wu Xie, who had just rolled his eyes after hearing Black Bear's words, to follow Xie Yuchen and examine the lump on the ground.

A slightly cool hand suddenly landed on Qin Henian's neck, and goosebumps immediately started jumping all over his body. Qin Henian turned his eyes and stared at the person who had been causing trouble as soon as he returned.

"My hands are cold!"

Qin Henian was speechless.

“Oh dear wife, it’s a bit cold for a blind man to be out in the wind while traveling. Why didn’t you tell him to warm him up?”

Black Bear's expression was sorrowful, and his eyes seemed to say, "Do you not love me anymore?"

"Cover up! Cover up! Sigh..."

Qin Henian reached out and removed the hand from his neck, then grabbed Hei Xiazi's other hand with his other hand, holding both hands in his own. Although his hands were not as big as Hei Xiazi's, he could cover as much as he could.

You should pamper your partner a little; you can't always tease them. Sigh…

As Qin Henian sighed and thought to himself, just then, another pair of eyes outside seemed to look at him with a hint of grievance. It was this look that Qin Henian noticed.

He seems to have a girlfriend... Hmm... Well, I guess I'll just have to cover this one up for a while, and that one up for a while longer... Sigh~

Qin Henian and his two companions didn't intend to get too involved in Wu Xie's upbringing; instead, they huddled together, chattering and flirting.

On the other side, Wu Xie, Xie Yuchen, and Wang Pangzi had already squatted down, staring at the old sorceress with messy hair, strangely styled but wrinkled clothes.

"Where is the underground river in your village? Take us there!"

Wu Xie's gaze was deep and penetrating as he swept his eyes over the sorceress lying on the ground, his voice indifferent. This sudden change in Wu Xie was the result of his gradual growth over the past few days.

"Mmm... mmm..."

"Didn't the blind man say that this sorceress can write? Fatty, go find a tree branch over there and let her demonstrate on the ground."

Wang Pangzi stammered for a long time, but couldn't utter a single word. He remembered what Hei Xiazi had said about this being a mute sorceress, and also considered that the village they were going to was called the Mute Village. Given the current situation, it was easy to guess that not everyone in the village not far from them was mute.

Looking for a slender, hard branch that wouldn't hurt your hands, Fatty Wang quickly picked out the one that looked best on the ground and handed it to the sorceress who was still lying on the ground, too afraid to get up.

The sorceress's hands were covered with dry, wrinkled skin and prominent knuckles, making them look like a skeleton covered with human skin. She gripped a tree branch and began to write and draw on the ground.

The circles, crosses, and some unfamiliar characters were all jumbled together, making it impossible for Wu Xie and his companions to understand.

"What the hell is this? Do you recognize Xiaohua?"

Although Wu Xie is a college student, to be honest, he had only seen these checkmarks and crosses on the ground when his teachers were grading his papers back in school.

“If you don’t even know him, how could I possibly know him? Wu Xie, I’m not omnipotent.”

Xie Yuchen also sighed. He had no idea what these scribbles on the ground meant, as he had never studied them.

Wang Pangzi, standing to the side, was even more confused. He didn't have much education to begin with, and he scratched his head when he saw the crooked and strangely shaped characters on the ground.

"never mind!"

“In that case, let’s rest for a while and wait until it gets dark. Then we’ll have this sorceress lead the way to the underground river mouth.”

Wu glanced at the sorceress, a hint of something unsettling in his eyes. He then ignored the person on the ground, told Zhala Luowa and Rossi, who were watching the scene, to keep an eye on the person, and then directly stated his next plan.

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As the night deepened and the stars sparse, amidst the swaying shadows of the trees, rustling sounds arose from the woods not far from a small village. As time passed, dark figures emerged from the forest and stealthily slipped into the village under the cover of darkness.

Leading the group was Hei Xiazi, who was carrying the shaman. Following the route he had taken during the day, he led his men quickly toward the shaman's dwelling place, which was also the closest place to the underground river that he had observed—the village's "temple."